Jeremiah 6:20

Jeremiah 6:20

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

19 ^aHear, O earth!
Behold, I will certainly bring ^bcalamity on this people—
^cThe fruit of their thoughts,
Because they have not heeded My words
Nor My law, but rejected it.

20 ^aFor what purpose to Me
Comes frankincense ^bfrom Sheba,
And ^csweet cane from a far country?
^dYour burnt offerings are not acceptable,
Nor your sacrifices sweet to Me.”

21 Therefore thus says the Lord:
“Behold, I will lay stumbling blocks before this people,
And the fathers and the sons together shall fall on them.
The neighbor and his friend shall perish.”

22 Thus says the Lord:
“Behold, a people comes from the ^anorth country,
And a great nation will be raised from the farthest parts of the earth.

Commentaries:

John Wesley's Notes

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Sheba - A country in Arabia Faelix, to which country frankincense was peculiar. The sweet cane - The same that is mentioned as an ingredient in the holy oil, Exodus 30:23. To what purpose art thou at this trouble and charge to fetch these ingredients for thy incense.

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