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Jeremiah 6:17

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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

Jeremiah 6:17 — KJV

Theological / Devotional

Watchmen. Compare Isa. 56:10; Eze. 3:17 ; 33:7.

Sound of the trumpet. The trumpet blast was the signal of alarm used by the sentinels on the walls of a city (see ch. 4:5).

We will not hearken. Compare “we will not walk,” in v. 16.

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