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.’ ‡

17 Also, I set ^awatchmen over you, saying,
^b‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’
But they said, ‘We will not listen.’ ‡

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.”  ‡

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.”