17. Also I have set watchmen over you: --Hearken ye to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
18. Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O assembly, what is among them.
19. Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, the fruit of their thoughts; for they have not hearkened unto my words, and as to my law, they have rejected it.
20. To what purpose should there come to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, nor are your sacrifices pleasing unto me.