Offerings without listening

18Therefore hear, O nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.

19Hear, O earth: behold, I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not listened to my words, and they have rejected my law.

20Why is this to me: frankincense comes from Sheba, and sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, and your sacrifices do not please me.

21Therefore, thus says Yahweh: Behold, I am setting stumbling blocks before this people, and they will stumble over them—fathers and sons together; neighbor and his friend will perish.