16 Thus says the Lord:“Stand by the roads, and look,and ask for the ancient paths,where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls.But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
17 I set watchmen over you, saying,‘Pay attention to the sound of the trumpet!’But they said, ‘We will not pay attention.’
18 Therefore hear, O nations,and know, O congregation, what will happen to them.
19 Hear, O earth; behold, I am bringing disaster upon this people, the fruit of their devices,because they have not paid attention to my words;and as for my law, they have rejected it.
20 What use to me is frankincense that comes from Sheba,or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable,nor your sacrifices pleasing to me.
21 Therefore thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, I will lay before this peoplestumbling blocks against which they shall stumble;fathers and sons together,neighbor and friend shall perish.’”
22 Thus says the Lord: “Behold, a people is coming from the north country,a great nation is stirring from the farthest parts of the earth.