14 They have healed the wound of my people lightly,
    saying, (A)‘Peace, peace,’
    (B)when there is no peace.
15 (C)Were they ashamed when they committed abomination?
    No, they were not at all ashamed;
    they did not know how to blush.
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
    (D)at the time that I punish them, they shall be overthrown,”
says the Lord.

16 Thus says the Lord:
“Stand by the roads, and look,
    and ask for (E)the ancient paths,
where the good way is; and walk in it,
    (F)and find rest for your souls.
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
17 (G)I set watchmen over you, saying,
    ‘Pay attention to (H)the sound of the trumpet!’
But they said, (I)‘We will not pay attention.’
18 Therefore hear, O nations,
    and know, O congregation, what will happen to them.
19 Hear, O earth; behold, I am bringing disaster upon this people,
    (J)the fruit of their devices,
because they have not paid attention to my words;
    and as for my law, they have rejected it.
20 (K)What use to me is (L)frankincense that comes from (M)Sheba,
    or sweet cane from a distant land?
(N)Your burnt offerings are not acceptable,
    nor your sacrifices pleasing to me.
21 Therefore thus says the Lord:
(O)‘Behold, I will lay before this people
    stumbling blocks against which they shall stumble;
fathers and sons together,
    neighbor and friend shall perish.’”

22 Thus says the Lord:
(P)“Behold, a people is coming (Q)from the north country,
    a great nation is stirring from (R)the farthest parts of the earth.
23 They lay hold on bow and javelin;
    they are (S)cruel and have no mercy;
    (T)the sound of them is like the roaring sea;
they ride on horses,
    set in array as a man for battle,
    against you, O daughter of Zion!”

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