Jeremiah 6:17 - Exposition

Also I set ; rather, and I kept raising up (the frequentative perfect). Watchmen ; i . e . prophets ( Ezekiel 3:17 , and part of Isaiah 52:8 ; Isaiah 56:10 ). Hearken , etc. probably the words of Jehovah. Standing on their high watch-tower ( Habakkuk 2:1 ), the prophets scrutinize the horizon for the first appearance of danger, and give warning of it by (metaphorically) blowing a trumpet (so Amos 3:6 ).