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20 They may offer to me sweet incense that comes from Sheba.
    But that does not please me.
The spices that they bring from lands far away
    do not please me either.
I will not accept the burnt offerings or other sacrifices
    that they offer to me.’

21 So this is what the Lord says:

‘I will send troubles to make these people fall down.
Fathers and their children will all fall to the ground.
Their friends and their neighbours will die.’

22 This is what the Lord says:

‘Look! An army is coming from the north.
    A great nation is preparing to attack you
    from a place that is far away.

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