Jeremiah 6:20
Wherefore do ye bring me frankincense from Saba, and cinnamon from a land afar off? your whole-burnt-offerings are not acceptable, and your sacrifices have not been pleasant to me.
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2 Samuel 15:12And Abessalom sent to Achitophel the Theconite, the counsellor of David, from his city, from Gola, where he was sacrificing: and there was a strong + 15:12 So the Alex. which reads σὺστρεμμα. See Acts 23. 12.conspiracy; and the people with Abessalom were increasingly numerous.
1 Kings 10:10And she gave to Solomon a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and very many spices, and + 10:10 Gr. precious stone.precious stones: there had not come any other spices so abundant as those which the queen of Saba gave to king Solomon.
Psalms 50:7For, behold, I was conceived in iniquities, and in sins did my mother conceive me.
Psalms 66:3That men may know thy way on the earth, thy salvation among all nations.
Proverbs 21:27The sacrifices of the ungodly are abomination to the Lord, for they offer them wickedly. + 21:27 Or, unlawfully.
Isaiah 43:23Thou hast not brought me the sheep of thy whole-burnt-offering; neither hast thou glorified me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with sacrifices, neither have I wearied thee with frankincense.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 6:19-30
Equity of Divine Judgments; Punishment Predicted. ( b. c. 608.) 18 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them. 19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it. 20 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. 21 Therefore thus saith the… Read the whole commentary →