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.”
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.”
“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.
“Behold, a people comes from the anorth country,
And a great nation will be raised from the farthest parts of the earth.
23 They will lay hold on bow and spear;
They are cruel and have no mercy;
Their voice aroars like the sea;
And they ride on horses,
As men of war set in array against you, O daughter of Zion.”
They are cruel and have no mercy;
Their voice aroars like the sea;
And they ride on horses,
As men of war set in array against you, O daughter of Zion.”
24 We have heard the report of it;
Our hands grow feeble.
aAnguish has taken hold of us,
Pain as of a woman in1 labor.
Our hands grow feeble.
aAnguish has taken hold of us,
Pain as of a woman in1 labor.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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Definitions of words in Jeremiah 6:22:
Earth {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Earth {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
People {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Will {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Lord {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
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