Jeremiah 6:20
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.”
עֹלָה
a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
מֶרְחָק
distance
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מֶרְחָק
remoteness, i.e. (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar
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לְבוֹנָה
frankincense
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לְבוֹנָה
frankincense (from its whiteness or perhaps that of its smoke)
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עָרֵב
they are pleasing
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עָרֵב
to be agreeable
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