Verse 20
To what purpose cometh{H935} there to me frankincense{H3828} from Sheba,{H7614} and the sweet{H2896} cane{H7070} from a far{H4801} country?{H776} your burnt-offerings{H5930} are not acceptable,{H7522} nor your sacrifices{H2077} pleasing{H6149} unto me.
Referenced Verses
- Isa 1:11 : 11 What{H4100} unto me is the multitude{H7230} of your sacrifices?{H2077} saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} I have had enough{H7646} of the burnt-offerings{H5930} of rams,{H352} and the fat{H2459} of fed beasts;{H4806} and I delight{H2654} not in the blood{H1818} of bullocks,{H6499} or of lambs,{H3532} or of he-goats.{H6260}
- Ps 40:6 : 6 Sacrifice{H2077} and offering{H4503} thou hast no delight{H2654} in; Mine ears{H241} hast thou opened:{H3738} Burnt-offering{H5930} and sin-offering{H5930} hast thou not required.{H7592}
- Isa 60:6 : 6 The multitude{H8229} of camels{H1581} shall cover{H3680} thee, the dromedaries{H1070} of Midian{H4080} and Ephah;{H5891} all they from Sheba{H7614} shall come;{H935} they shall bring{H5375} gold{H2091} and frankincense,{H3828} and shall proclaim{H1319} the praises{H8416} of Jehovah.{H3068}
- Amos 5:21-22 : 21 I hate,{H8130} I despise{H3988} your feasts,{H2282} and I will take no delight{H7306} in your solemn assemblies.{H6116} 22 Yea, though ye offer{H5927} me your burnt-offerings{H5930} and meal-offerings,{H4503} I will not accept{H7521} them; neither will I regard{H5027} the peace-offerings{H8002} of your fat beasts.{H4806}
- Mic 6:6-8 : 6 Wherewith shall I come before{H6923} Jehovah,{H3068} and bow{H3721} myself before the high{H4791} God?{H430} shall I come before{H6923} him with burnt-offerings,{H5930} with calves{H5695} a year{H8141} old?{H1121} 7 will Jehovah{H3068} be pleased{H7521} with thousands{H505} of rams,{H352} [or] with ten thousands{H7233} of rivers{H5158} of oil?{H8081} shall I give{H5414} my first-born{H1060} for my transgression,{H6588} the fruit{H6529} of my body{H990} for the sin{H2403} of my soul?{H5315} 8 He hath showed{H5046} thee, O man,{H120} what is good;{H2896} and what doth Jehovah{H3068} require{H1875} of thee, but to do{H6213} justly,{H4941} and to love{H160} kindness,{H2617} and to walk{H3212} humbly{H6800} with thy God?{H430}
- Isa 66:3 : 3 He that killeth{H7819} an ox{H7794} is as he that slayeth{H5221} a man;{H376} he that sacrificeth{H2076} a lamb,{H7716} as he that breaketh{H6202} a dog's{H3611} neck;{H6202} he that offereth{H5927} an oblation,{H4503} as he that offereth swine's{H2386} blood;{H1818} he that burneth{H2142} frankincense,{H3828} as he that blesseth{H1288} an idol.{H205} Yea, they have chosen{H977} their own ways,{H1870} and their soul{H5315} delighteth{H2654} in their abominations:{H8251}
- Jer 7:21-23 : 21 Thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} the God{H430} of Israel:{H3478} Add{H5595} your burnt-offerings{H5930} unto your sacrifices,{H2077} and eat{H398} ye flesh.{H1320} 22 For I spake{H1696} not unto your fathers,{H1} nor commanded{H6680} them in the day{H3117} that I brought them out{H3318} of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} concerning{H1697} burnt-offerings{H5930} or sacrifices:{H2077} 23 but this thing{H1697} I commanded{H6680} them, saying,{H559} Hearken{H8085} unto my voice,{H6963} and I will be your God,{H430} and ye shall be my people;{H5971} and walk{H1980} ye in all the way{H1870} that I command{H6680} you, that it may be well{H3190} with you.
- Ps 50:7-9 : 7 Hear,{H8085} O my people,{H5971} and I will speak;{H1696} O Israel,{H3478} and I will testify{H5749} unto thee: I am God,{H430} [even] thy God.{H430} 8 I will not reprove{H3198} thee for thy sacrifices;{H2077} And thy burnt-offerings{H5930} are continually{H8548} before me. 9 I will take{H3947} no bullock{H6499} out of thy house,{H1004} Nor he-goats{H6260} out of thy folds.{H4356} 10 For every beast{H2416} of the forest{H3293} is mine, And the cattle{H929} upon a thousand{H505} hills.{H2042} 11 I know{H3045} all the birds{H5775} of the mountains;{H2022} And the wild beasts{H2123} of the field{H7704} are mine.{H5978} 12 If I were hungry,{H7456} I would not tell{H559} thee; For the world{H8398} is mine, and the fulness{H4393} thereof. 13 Will I eat{H398} the flesh{H1320} of bulls,{H47} Or drink{H8354} the blood{H1818} of goats?{H6260}
- Isa 43:23-24 : 23 Thou hast not brought{H935} me of thy sheep{H7716} for burnt-offerings;{H5930} neither hast thou honored{H3513} me with thy sacrifices.{H2077} I have not burdened{H5647} thee with offerings,{H4503} nor wearied{H3021} thee with frankincense.{H3828} 24 Thou hast bought{H7069} me no sweet cane{H7070} with money,{H3701} neither hast thou filled{H7301} me with the fat{H2459} of thy sacrifices;{H2077} but thou hast burdened{H5647} me with thy sins,{H2403} thou hast wearied{H3021} me with thine iniquities.{H5771}
- Exod 30:23 : 23 Take{H3947} thou also unto thee the chief{H7218} spices:{H1314} of flowing{H1865} myrrh{H4753} five{H2568} hundred{H3967} [shekels], and of sweet{H1314} cinnamon{H7076} half{H4276} so much,{H4276} even two hundred{H3967} and fifty,{H2572} and of sweet{H1314} calamus{H7070} two hundred{H3967} and fifty,{H2572}
- 1 Kgs 10:1-2 : 1 And when the queen{H4436} of Sheba{H7614} heard{H8085} of the fame{H8088} of Solomon{H8010} concerning the name{H8034} of Jehovah,{H3068} she came{H935} to prove{H5254} him with hard questions.{H2420} 2 And she came{H935} to Jerusalem{H3389} with a very{H3966} great{H3515} train,{H2428} with camels{H1581} that bare{H5375} spices,{H1314} and very{H3966} much{H7227} gold,{H2091} and precious{H3368} stones;{H68} and when she was come{H935} to Solomon,{H8010} she communed{H1696} with him of all that was in her heart.{H3824}
- 1 Kgs 10:10 : 10 And she gave{H5414} the king{H4428} a hundred{H3967} and twenty{H6242} talents{H3603} of gold,{H2091} and of spices{H1314} very{H3966} great store,{H7235} and precious{H3368} stones:{H68} there came{H935} no more such{H1931} abundance{H7230} of spices{H1314} as these which the queen{H4436} of Sheba{H7614} gave{H5414} to king{H4428} Solomon.{H8010}
- Ps 50:16-17 : 16 But unto the wicked{H7563} God{H430} saith,{H559} What hast thou to do to declare{H5608} my statutes,{H2706} And that thou hast taken{H5375} my covenant{H1285} in thy mouth,{H6310} 17 Seeing thou hatest{H8130} instruction,{H4148} And castest{H7993} my words{H1697} behind{H310} thee?
- Ps 66:3 : 3 Say{H559} unto God,{H430} How terrible{H3372} are thy works!{H4639} Through the greatness{H7230} of thy power{H5797} shall thine enemies{H341} submit{H3584} themselves unto thee.
- Ezek 20:39 : 39 As for you, O house{H1004} of Israel,{H3478} thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} Go{H3212} ye, serve{H5647} every one{H376} his idols,{H1544} and hereafter{H310} also, if ye will not hearken{H8085} unto me; but my holy{H6944} name{H8034} shall ye no more profane{H2490} with your gifts,{H4979} and with your idols.{H1544}
- Ezek 27:22 : 22 The traffickers{H7402} of Sheba{H7614} and Raamah,{H7484} they were thy traffickers;{H7402} they traded{H5414} for thy wares{H5801} with the chief{H7218} of all spices,{H1314} and with all precious{H3368} stones,{H68} and gold.{H2091}