Jeremiah 6:20-22
Living Bible
20 There is no use now in burning sweet incense from Sheba before me! Keep your expensive perfumes! I cannot accept your offerings; they have no sweet fragrance for me. 21 I will make an obstacle course of the pathway of my people; fathers and sons shall be frustrated; neighbors and friends shall collapse together. 22 The Lord God says: See the armies marching from the north—a great nation is rising against you.
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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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