Jeremiah 6:16-21

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹⁶ This is what the Lord says.
Stand at the crossroads and look.
Ask about the ancient paths.
Ask where the good road is.
Walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.
But you said, “We will not walk in it.”
¹⁷ I set watchmen over you and said,
“Listen to the sound of the ram’s horn!”
But you said, “We will not listen.”

¹⁸ Therefore, listen, you nations!
You witnesses, observe what will happen to them.
¹⁹ Listen, O earth.
I am bringing disaster on this people,
the fruit of their schemes,
because they have not listened to my words,
and they have rejected my law.
²⁰ What use to me is incense from Sheba
or sweet cane from a distant land?
Your burnt offerings are not appealing to me.
Your sacrifices do not please me.

²¹ Therefore this is what the Lord says.
Look, I am going to place obstacles in front of this people.
Parents and children alike will stumble over them.
Friends and neighbors will perish.