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19 Hear, O earth.
    I will bring calamity on this people,
    even the fruit of their thoughts,
because they have not listened to My words,
    nor to My law, but rejected it.
20 To what purpose does incense from Sheba come to Me,
    and the sweet cane from a far country?
Your burnt offerings are not acceptable,
    nor are your sacrifices sweet to Me.

21 Therefore thus says the Lord:

See, I will lay stumbling blocks before this people,
    and the fathers and the sons together will fall upon them.
    The neighbor and his friend will perish.

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19 Hear, you earth:(A)
    I am bringing disaster(B) on this people,
    the fruit of their schemes,(C)
because they have not listened to my words(D)
    and have rejected my law.(E)
20 What do I care about incense from Sheba(F)
    or sweet calamus(G) from a distant land?
Your burnt offerings are not acceptable;(H)
    your sacrifices(I) do not please me.”(J)

21 Therefore this is what the Lord says:

“I will put obstacles before this people.
    Parents and children alike will stumble(K) over them;
    neighbors and friends will perish.”

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