Jeremiah 6:17

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

I appointed watchmen over you and said, 'Listen to the sound of the trumpet!' But they said, 'We will not listen.'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַהֲקִמֹתִ֤י עֲלֵיכֶם֙ צֹפִ֔ים הַקְשִׁ֖יבוּ לְק֣וֹל שׁוֹפָ֑ר וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ לֹ֥א נַקְשִֽׁיב׃

Transliteration

And-I-hăqîmōtî over-you ṣōpîm haqšîbû to-qôl šôpār and-they-yōʾmərû not we-will-naqšîb.

Grammar Details

• *hăqîmōtî*: hiphil perfect, 1st person singular - I raised up/established
• *ṣōpîm*: qal participle, masculine plural - watchers/watchmen
• *haqšîbû*: hiphil imperative, masculine plural - pay attention/listen
• *qôl*: noun, masculine singular construct - sound of
• *šôpār*: noun, masculine singular - trumpet/ram's horn
• *yōʾmərû*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural with waw consecutive - they said
• *naqšîb*: hiphil imperfect, 1st person plural - we will pay attention/listen

Word Meanings

• *hăqîmōtî*: I raised up/established/appointed
• *ṣōpîm*: watchers/watchmen/sentinels
• *haqšîbû*: pay attention/listen/hearken
• *qôl*: sound/voice/noise

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Listen to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not listen.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And I set{H6965} watchmen{H6822} over you, [saying], Hearken{H7181} to the sound{H6963} of the trumpet;{H7782} but they said,{H559} We will not hearken.{H7181}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Also I set{H6965}{(H8689)} watchmen{H6822}{(H8802)} over you, saying, Hearken{H7181}{(H8685)} to the sound{H6963} of the trumpet{H7782}. But they said{H559}{(H8799)}, We will not hearken{H7181}{(H8686)}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and I will set watchmen ouer you, and therfore take hede vnto the voyce of the trompet. But they saye: we will not take hede.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Also I set watchmen ouer you, which said, Take heede to the sound of the trumpet: but they said, We will not take heede.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Moreouer, I wyl set watchmen ouer you, and therefore take heede vnto the voyce of the trumpet: but they say, we wyll not take heede.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Also I set watchmen over you, [saying], Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I set watchmen over you, [saying], Listen to the sound of the trumpet; but they said, We will not listen.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And I have raised up for you watchmen, Attend ye to the voice of the trumpet. And they say, `We do not attend.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And I set watchmen over you, `saying', Hearken to the sound of the trumpet; but they said, We will not hearken.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And I set watchmen over you, [saying], Hearken to the sound of the trumpet; but they said, We will not hearken.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And I put watchmen over you, saying, Give attention to the sound of the horn; but they said, We will not give attention.

• World English Bible (2000)

  I set watchmen over you, saying, 'Listen to the sound of the trumpet!' But they said, 'We will not listen!'

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The LORD said,“I appointed prophets as watchmen to warn you, saying:‘Pay attention to the warning sound of the trumpet!’” But they said,“We will not pay attention!”

Referenced Verses

• Isa 58:1 : 1 Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a trumpet; announce to my people their rebellion and to the house of Jacob their sins.
• Jer 25:4 : 4 The LORD has sent all His servants the prophets to you again and again, but you have not listened or inclined your ears to hear.
• Isa 21:11 : 11 This is a prophecy concerning Dumah: Someone is calling to me from Seir, saying, 'Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, how much of the night has passed?'
• Zech 7:11 : 11 But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder. They stopped their ears so they would not hear.
• Isa 56:10 : 10 Israel's watchmen are blind; they all lack knowledge. They are all mute dogs; they cannot bark. They lie around dreaming, loving to sleep.
• Hab 2:1 : 1 I will stand at my watch post and station myself on the rampart; I will wait to see what He will say to me and what I will answer regarding my complaint.
• Acts 20:27-31 : 27 For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole plan of God. 28 Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, among whom the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood. 29 I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. 30 Even from among your own group, men will rise up, speaking twisted things to draw away the disciples to follow them. 31 Therefore, be watchful, remembering that for three years I never stopped admonishing each one of you with tears, night and day.
• Heb 13:17 : 17 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Allow them to do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
• Ezek 3:17-21 : 17 "Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them warning from Me. 18 If I say to a wicked person, 'You will surely die,' and you do not warn him or speak out to warn him to turn from his wicked ways to save his life, that wicked person will die in his sin, but I will hold you accountable for his blood. 19 But if you warn the wicked person and he does not turn from his wickedness or his wicked way, he will die in his sin, but you will have saved yourself. 20 Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and does wrong, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. Since you did not warn him, he will die in his sin. His righteous acts will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for his blood. 21 But if you warn a righteous person not to sin and he does not sin, he will surely live because he heeded the warning, and you will have saved yourself.
• Ezek 33:2-9 : 2 Son of man, speak to the people of your nation and say to them, 'When I bring a sword against a land, and the people of the land choose one man from among them and make him their watchman,' 3 and he sees the sword coming against the land and blows the trumpet to warn the people, 4 then if anyone hears the sound of the trumpet but does not take warning, and the sword comes and takes them away, their blood will be on their own head. 5 Since they heard the sound of the trumpet but did not take warning, their blood will be on themselves. If they had taken warning, they would have saved their lives. 6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and the sword comes and takes someone’s life, that person will die for their sin, but I will hold the watchman accountable for their blood. 7 Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. So hear the word I speak and give them warning from me. 8 When I say to the wicked, ‘You wicked person, you will surely die,’ and you do not speak out to dissuade them from their ways, that wicked person will die for their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood. 9 But if you do warn the wicked person to turn from their ways and they do not do so, they will die for their sin, but you will have saved yourself.
• Hos 8:1 : 1 Set the trumpet to your lips! Like an eagle, disaster comes against the house of the LORD, because they have broken my covenant and rebelled against my law.
• Amos 3:6-8 : 6 Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid? Does disaster come to a city unless the Lord has done it? 7 Surely the Lord God does nothing without revealing His secret to His servants, the prophets. 8 The lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken; who can but prophesy?