Jeremiah 6:20-22
Good News Translation
20 What do I care about the incense they bring me from Sheba, or the spices from a distant land? I will not accept their offerings or be pleased with their sacrifices. 21 And so I will make these people stumble and fall. Parents and children will die, and so will friends and neighbors.”
Invasion from the North
22 The Lord says, “People are coming from a country in the north; a mighty nation far away is preparing for war.
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Jeremiah 6:20-22
New International Version
20 What do I care about incense from Sheba(A)
or sweet calamus(B) from a distant land?
Your burnt offerings are not acceptable;(C)
your sacrifices(D) do not please me.”(E)
21 Therefore this is what the Lord says:
“I will put obstacles before this people.
Parents and children alike will stumble(F) over them;
neighbors and friends will perish.”
22 This is what the Lord says:
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