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20 What use do I have for incense imported from Sheba
    or fragrant cane from a distant land?
I do not regard your burnt offerings as acceptable,
    nor are your sacrifices pleasing to me.
21 Therefore, thus says the Lord:
    Behold, I will now place obstacles before this people
    that will cause them to stumble.
Fathers and sons, friends and neighbors,
    will all perish together.
22 These are the words of the Lord of hosts:
    Behold, a people is approaching
    from the land of the north;
a great nation is coming forth
    from the ends of the earth.

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