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.
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Gill's Exposition
To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba,.... In Persia or Arabia, from whence incense was brought, and perhaps the best; see Isa 60:6, and yet the offering of this was of no esteem with…
Barnes' Notes
The sweet cane - The same as the scented cane of Exo 30:23 (see the note). Your burnt offerings - The rejection of ritual observances is proclaimed by the two prophets Isaiah and Jeremiah, who chiefly…
Here, I. God appeals to all the neighbours, nay, to the whole world, concerning the equity of his proceedings against Judah and Jerusalem (Jer 6:18, Jer 6:19): "Hear, you nations, and know…
Cambridge Bible
For the uselessness of ceremonial without obedience, cp. Isa 1:11; Hos 6:6; Amo 5:21 ff.; Mic 6:6; Psa 50:13 f.
frankincense from Sheba Cp. Isa 60:6, and "Centumque Sabaeo Ture calent arae" (Aen. I.…
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