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Jeremiah 6:20

What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”

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ASV

To what purpose cometh there to me frankincense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing unto me.

KJV

To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לָמָּה־la.mah-<to> why?H4100 →
זֶּ֨הzehthisH2088 →
לִ֤יlito <the> me
לְבוֹנָה֙le.vo.NahfrankincenseH3828 →
מִשְּׁבָ֣אmi.she.Va'[which] from ShebaH7614 →
תָב֔וֹאta.Vo'it comesH935 →
וְקָנֶ֥הve.ka.Nehand [the] caneH7070 →
הַטּ֖וֹבha.Tov<the> goodH2896 →
מֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzfrom a land ofH776 →
מֶרְחָ֑קmer.ChakdistanceH4801 →
עֹלֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙o.lo.tei.Khemburnt offerings yourH5930 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
לְרָצ֔וֹןle.ra.Tzon[are] for acceptanceH7522 →
וְזִבְחֵיכֶ֖םve.ziv.chei.Khemand sacrifices yourH2077 →
לֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
עָ֥רְבוּ'A.re.vuthey are pleasingH6149 →
לִֽי׃ סLito <the> me

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Romans 12:1Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.Genesis 4:7If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.Isaiah 1:11“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.Hebrews 10:5Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me.Amos 5:21“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.Ephesians 5:10Test and prove what pleases the Lord.Isaiah 43:24You have not bought Me sweet cane with your silver, nor satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened Me with your sins; you have wearied Me with your iniquities.1 Timothy 4:8For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.Micah 6:6–8With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?Amos 5:21–22“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.Jeremiah 14:12Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.”Jeremiah 7:21This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves!Proverbs 21:27The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent!Hosea 9:4They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him, but will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat will be defiled. For their bread will be for themselves; it will not enter the house of the LORD.Psalms 40:6Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.Malachi 1:10“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.Jeremiah 14:10This is what the LORD says about this people: “Truly they love to wander; they have not restrained their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their guilt and call their sins to account.”

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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