Jeremías 6:17

17 Y puse centinelas sobre vosotros, que dijeran: "Escuchad el sonido de la trompeta." Pero dijeron: "No escucharemos."

Jeremías 6:17 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 6:17

Also I set watchmen over you
That is, prophets, as Jarchi; true prophets, as Kimchi; such an one was Ezekiel, ( Jeremiah 3:17 ) . The Targum interprets it teachers; such were the apostles and first ministers of the Gospel; and all faithful preachers of it, who teach men good doctrine and watch for their souls, give them warning of their danger, and exhort them to flee to Christ for rest and safety; and these are of the Lord's appointing, constituting, and setting in his churches; see ( 1 Corinthians 12:28 ) . Saying, hearken to the sound of the trumpet;
to their voice, lifted up like a trumpet, ( Isaiah 58:1 ) , to the word preached by them; to the law, which lays before them their sin and danger; and to the Gospel, which is a joyful sound, and gives a certain one, and proclaims peace, pardon, and salvation, by Christ: but they said, we will not hearken;
so the Jews, in the times of Christ and his apostles, turned a deaf ear to their ministry, contradicted and blasphemed the Gospel, and judged themselves unworthy of it, and of eternal life, brought to light by it. Perhaps here it may regard the punishments threatened the Jews by the prophets, which they would not believe were coming upon them, but put away the evil day far from them.

Jeremías 6:17 In-Context

15 ¿Se han avergonzado de la abominación que han cometido? Ciertamente no se han avergonzado, ni aún han sabido ruborizarse; por tanto caerán entre los que caigan; en la hora que yo los castigue serán derribadosdice el SEÑOR.

16 Así dice el SEÑOR: Paraos en los caminos y mirad, y preguntad por los senderos antiguos cuál es el buen camino, y andad por él; y hallaréis descanso para vuestras almas. Pero dijeron: "No andaremos en él."

17 Y puse centinelas sobre vosotros, que dijeran: "Escuchad el sonido de la trompeta." Pero dijeron: "No escucharemos."

18 Por tanto, oíd, naciones, y entiende, congregación, lo que se hará entre ellos.

19 Oye, tierra: he aquí, yo traigo una calamidad sobre este pueblo, el fruto de sus planes, porque no han escuchado mis palabras, y han desechado mi ley.