Jeremiah 6:20
King James Version
Translation: KJV
18Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.Select Jeremiah 6:18
19Hear, 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.Select Jeremiah 6:19
20To 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.Select Jeremiah 6:20
21Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.Select Jeremiah 6:21
22Thus saith the Lord, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.Select Jeremiah 6:22
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WEB
6:20 To what purpose comes there to me frankincense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing to me.”
ASV
6:20 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.
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