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20 Of what use to me is incense that comes from Sheba,
    or sweet cane from far-off lands?
Your burnt offerings find no favor with me,
    your sacrifices do not please me.(A)
21     Therefore, thus says the Lord:
See, I will place before this people
    obstacles to trip them up;
Parents and children alike,
    neighbors and friends shall perish.(B)
22     Thus says the Lord:
See, a people comes from the land of the north,
    a great nation, rising from the very ends of the earth.(C)

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