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20 (A)What use to me is (B)frankincense that comes from (C)Sheba,
    or sweet cane from a distant land?
(D)Your burnt offerings are not acceptable,
    nor your sacrifices pleasing to me.
21 Therefore thus says the Lord:
(E)‘Behold, I will lay before this people
    stumbling blocks against which they shall stumble;
fathers and sons together,
    neighbour and friend shall perish.’”
22 Thus says the Lord:
(F)“Behold, a people is coming (G)from the north country,
    a great nation is stirring from (H)the farthest parts of the earth.

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