Jeremiah 6:20
Therefore do you⌃ 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 one 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 50:7You shall sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be purified: you shall wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow. 1
Psalms 66:3Let the nations, O God, give thanks to you; let all the nations give thanks to you. 1
Proverbs 21:27The sacrifices of the ungodly are abomination to the Lord, for they offer them wickedly. + 21:27 Or, unlawfully.
Isaiah 43:23You have not brought me the sheep of your whole burnt offering; neither have you glorified me with your sacrifices. I have not caused you to serve with sacrifices, neither have I wearied you 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 →