Jeremiah 6:20
Why is this to Me? frankincense from Sheba cometh, And the sweet cane from a land afar off, Your burnt-offerings are not for acceptance, And your sacrifices have not been sweet to Me.This verse in the real world
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- מֶרְחָקmerchâqremoteness, i.e. (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar
- לְבוֹנָהlᵉbôwnâhfrankincense (from its whiteness or perhaps that of its smoke)
- שְׁבָאShᵉbâʼSheba, the name of three early progenitors of tribes and of an Ethiopian district
- קָנֶהqâneha reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the
- רָצוֹןrâtsôwndelight (especially as shown)
- זֶבַחzebachproperly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victi
- עֹלָהʻôlâha step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
- טוֹבṭôwbgood (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Isa 1:11, Mic 6:6–8, Amo 5:21–22, Psa 40:6, Isa 43:23–24, Isa 60:6, Isa 66:3, Jer 7:21–23