20 What use to me is frankincense from Sheba(A)
or sweet cane(B) from a distant land?
Your burnt offerings are not acceptable;
your sacrifices do not please me.(C)
21 Therefore, this is what the Lord says:
I am going to place stumbling blocks before these people;
fathers and sons together will stumble over them;(D)
friends and neighbors will also perish.

A Cruel Nation from the North

22 This is what the Lord says:

Look,(E) an army is coming from a northern land;(F)
a great nation will be stirred up
from the remote regions of the earth.(G)

Read full chapter

Bible Gateway Recommends

CSB Church Bible (Value Pew Bible) Black
CSB Church Bible (Value Pew Bible) Black
Retail: $12.99
Our Price: $5.15
Save: $7.84 (60%)
CSB Thinline Bible--LeatherTouch, charcoal
CSB Thinline Bible--LeatherTouch, charcoal
Retail: $24.99
Our Price: $11.43
Save: $13.56 (54%)
4.5 of 5.0 stars
CSB Drill Bible, Gray Hardcover
CSB Drill Bible, Gray Hardcover
Retail: $17.99
Our Price: $10.29
Save: $7.70 (43%)
3.0 of 5.0 stars
CSB Grace Bible--soft leather-look, brown
CSB Grace Bible--soft leather-look, brown
Retail: $44.99
Our Price: $33.49
Save: $11.50 (26%)