Jeremiah 6:16-21

New King James Version

“Stand in the ways and see,
And ask for the ^(A)old paths, where the good way is,
And walk in it;
Then you will find ^(B)rest for your souls.
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
¹⁷ Also, I set ^(C)watchmen over you, saying,
^(D)‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’
But they said, ‘We will not listen.’
¹⁸ Therefore hear, you nations,
And know, O congregation, what is among them.
^19 (E)Hear, O earth!
Behold, I will certainly bring ^(F)calamity on this people—
^(G)The fruit of their thoughts,
Because they have not heeded My words
Nor My law, but rejected it.
^20 (H)For what purpose to Me
Comes frankincense ^(I)from Sheba,
And ^(J)sweet cane from a far country?
^(K)Your burnt offerings are not acceptable,
Nor your sacrifices sweet to Me.”

“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.”