Jeremiah 6:20 meaning and explanation

What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”

Jeremiah 6:20, Berean Standard Bible

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The LORD speaks through Jeremiah to Judah, likely in the years before Babylon's assault on Jerusalem. The people kept bringing costly incense from Sheba and sweet cane from far away, along with burnt offerings and sacrifices, yet verse 19 says they had paid no attention to God's word and rejected His instruction.

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