13 “Everyone, from the least important to the greatest,is greedy for money.Even the prophets and priestsall tell lies.
14 They try to heal my people’s serious injuriesas if they were small wounds.They say, ‘It’s all right, it’s all right!’But really, it is not all right.
15 They should be ashamed of the terrible way they act.But they are not ashamed at all.They don’t even know how to blush about their sins.So they will fall, along with everyone else.They will be thrown to the ground when I punish them,” says the Lord.
16 This is what the Lord says:“Stand where the roads cross and look.Ask where the old way is.Ask where the good way is, and walk on it.If you do, you will find rest for yourselves.But you have said, ‘We will not walk on the good way!’
17 I chose watchmen to watch over you.I told you, ‘Listen for the sound of the war trumpet!’But you said, ‘We will not listen.’
18 So listen, all you nations.Pay attention, you witnesses.Watch what I will do to the people of Judah.
19 Hear this, people of the earth:I am going to bring disaster to the people of Judah!It will happen because of the evil they plan.They have not listened to my messages.They have rejected my teachings.