¹⁴ If you people would respect him, he would be a safe place^[a] for you. But you don’t respect him, so he is like a stone that you stumble over. He is a rock that makes both families of Israel fall. He has become a trap that all the people of Jerusalem will fall into. ¹⁵ (Many people will trip over this rock. They will fall and be broken. They will be caught in the trap.)

¹⁶ The Lord said, “Write this agreement.^[b] Tie it up and seal it so that it cannot be changed. Give these teachings to my followers for safekeeping.”