Jeremiah 6:16-21 - Disaster Because Of Disobedience

¹⁶ Thus said Jehovah: Stand ye by the ways and see, and ask for paths of old, Where is this -- the good way? and go ye in it, And find rest for yourselves. And they say, 'We do not go.' ¹⁷ And I have raised up for you watchmen, Attend ye to the voice of the trumpet. And they say, 'We do not attend.'

¹⁸ Therefore hear, O nations, and know, O company, That which is upon them. ¹⁹ Hear, O earth, lo, I am bringing evil on this people, The fruit of their devices, For to My words they gave no attention, And My law -- they kick against it. ²⁰ Why is this to Me? frankincense from Sheba cometh, And the sweet cane from a land afar off, Your burnt-offerings are not for acceptance, And your sacrifices have not been sweet to Me. ²¹ Therefore thus said Jehovah: Lo, I do give to this people stumbling blocks, And stumbled against them have fathers and sons together, The neighbour and his friend do perish.