18 Therefore hear, O nations,and know, O congregation,what is among them.
19 Hear, O earth.I will bring calamity on this people,even the fruit of their thoughts,because they have not listened to My words,nor to My law, but rejected it.
20 To what purpose does incense from Sheba come to Me,and the sweet cane from a far country?Your burnt offerings are not acceptable,nor are your sacrifices sweet to Me.
21 Therefore thus says the Lord: See, I will lay stumbling blocks before this people,and the fathers and the sons together will fall upon them.The neighbor and his friend will perish.
22 Thus says the Lord: See, a people comesfrom the north country,and a great nation will be raisedfrom the remote parts of the earth.
23 They will lay hold on bow and spear;they are cruel and have no mercy.Their voice roars like the sea,and they ride upon horses,set in array as men for waragainst you, O daughter of Zion.
24 “We have heard the report of it;our hands grow feeble.Anguish has taken hold of us,and pain as of a woman in labor.