16 Thus says the Lord:
“Stand in the ways and see,
And ask for the aold paths, where the good way is,
And walk in it;
Then you will find brest for your souls.
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
“Stand in the ways and see,
And ask for the aold paths, where the good way is,
And walk in it;
Then you will find brest for your souls.
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
17 Also, I set awatchmen over you, saying,
b‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’
But they said, ‘We will not listen.’
b‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’
But they said, ‘We will not listen.’
19 aHear, O earth!
Behold, I will certainly bring bcalamity on this people—
cThe fruit of their thoughts,
Because they have not heeded My words
Nor My law, but rejected it.
Behold, I will certainly bring bcalamity on this people—
cThe fruit of their thoughts,
Because they have not heeded My words
Nor My law, but rejected it.
20 aFor what purpose to Me
Comes frankincense bfrom Sheba,
And csweet cane from a far country?
dYour burnt offerings are not acceptable,
Nor your sacrifices sweet to Me.”
Comes frankincense bfrom Sheba,
And csweet cane from a far country?
dYour burnt offerings are not acceptable,
Nor your sacrifices sweet to Me.”
21 Therefore thus says the Lord:
“Behold, I will lay stumbling blocks before this people,
And the fathers and the sons together shall fall on them.
The neighbor and his friend shall perish.”
“Behold, I will lay stumbling blocks before this people,
And the fathers and the sons together shall fall on them.
The neighbor and his friend shall perish.”
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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