14. And they heal the breach of the daughter of my people slightly, Saying, `Peace, peace!' and there is no peace.
15. They were ashamed when they did abomination! Yea, they are not at all ashamed, Yea, blushing they have not known, Therefore they do fall among those falling, In the time I have inspected them, They stumble, said Jehovah.
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.