Verse 20

To what purpose cometh{H935}{(H8799)} there to me incense{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} sweet{H6149}{(H8804)} unto me.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 1:11 : 11 To what{H4100} purpose is the multitude{H7230} of your sacrifices{H2077} unto me? saith{H559}{(H8799)} the LORD{H3068}: I am full{H7646}{(H8804)} of the burnt offerings{H5930} of rams{H352}, and the fat{H2459} of fed beasts{H4806}; and I delight{H2654}{(H8804)} 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 didst not desire{H2654}{H8804)}; mine ears{H241} hast thou opened{H3738}{H8804)}: burnt offering{H5930} and sin offering{H2401} hast thou not required{H7592}{H8804)}.
  • Isa 60:6 : 6 The multitude{H8229} of camels{H1581} shall cover{H3680}{(H8762)} thee, the dromedaries{H1070} of Midian{H4080} and Ephah{H5891}; all they from Sheba{H7614} shall come{H935}{(H8799)}: they shall bring{H5375}{(H8799)} gold{H2091} and incense{H3828}; and they shall shew forth{H1319}{(H8762)} the praises{H8416} of the LORD{H3068}.
  • Amos 5:21-22 : 21 I hate{H8130}{(H8804)}, I despise{H3988}{(H8804)} your feast days{H2282}, and I will not smell{H7306}{(H8686)} in your solemn assemblies{H6116}. 22 Though ye offer{H5927}{(H8686)} me burnt offerings{H5930} and your meat offerings{H4503}, I will not accept{H7521}{(H8799)} them: neither will I regard{H5027}{(H8686)} the peace offerings{H8002} of your fat beasts{H4806}.
  • Mic 6:6-8 : 6 Wherewith shall I come before{H6923}{(H8762)} the LORD{H3068}, and bow{H3721}{(H8735)} myself before the high{H4791} God{H430}? shall I come before{H6923}{(H8762)} him with burnt offerings{H5930}, with calves{H5695} of a year{H8141} old{H1121}? 7 Will the LORD{H3068} be pleased{H7521}{(H8799)} with thousands{H505} of rams{H352}, or with ten thousands{H7233} of rivers{H5158} of oil{H8081}? shall I give{H5414}{(H8799)} my firstborn{H1060} for my transgression{H6588}, the fruit{H6529} of my body{H990} for the sin{H2403} of my soul{H5315}? 8 He hath shewed{H5046}{(H8689)} thee, O man{H120}, what is good{H2896}; and what doth the LORD{H3068} require{H1875}{(H8802)} of thee, but to do{H6213}{(H8800)} justly{H4941}, and to love{H160} mercy{H2617}, and to walk{H3212}{(H8800)} humbly{H6800}{(H8687)} with thy God{H430}?
  • Isa 66:3 : 3 He that killeth{H7819}{(H8802)} an ox{H7794} is as if he slew{H5221}{(H8688)} a man{H376}; he that sacrificeth{H2076}{(H8802)} a lamb{H7716}, as if he cut off{H6202} a dog's{H3611} neck{H6202}{(H8802)}; he that offereth{H5927}{(H8688)} an oblation{H4503}, as if he offered swine's{H2386} blood{H1818}; he that burneth{H2142}{(H8688)} incense{H3828}, as if he blessed{H1288}{(H8764)} an idol{H205}. Yea, they have chosen{H977}{(H8804)} their own ways{H1870}, and their soul{H5315} delighteth{H2654}{(H8804)} in their abominations{H8251}.
  • Jer 7:21-23 : 21 Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, the God{H430} of Israel{H3478}; Put{H5595}{(H8798)} your burnt offerings{H5930} unto your sacrifices{H2077}, and eat{H398}{(H8798)} flesh{H1320}. 22 For I spake{H1696}{(H8765)} not unto your fathers{H1}, nor commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} them in the day{H3117} that I brought them out{H3318}{(H8687)} of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}, concerning{H1697} burnt offerings{H5930} or sacrifices{H2077}: 23 But this thing{H1697} commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} I them, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Obey{H8085}{(H8798)} my voice{H6963}, and I will be your God{H430}, and ye shall be my people{H5971}: and walk{H1980}{(H8804)} ye in all the ways{H1870} that I have commanded{H6680}{(H8762)} you, that it may be well{H3190}{(H8799)} unto you.
  • Ps 50:7-9 : 7 Hear{H8085}{H8798)}, O my people{H5971}, and I will speak{H1696}{H8762)}; O Israel{H3478}, and I will testify{H5749}{H8686)} against thee: I am God{H430}, even thy God{H430}. 8 I will not reprove{H3198}{H8686)} thee for thy sacrifices{H2077} or thy burnt offerings{H5930}, to have been continually{H8548} before me. 9 I will take{H3947}{H8799)} 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}{H8804)} all the fowls{H5775} of the mountains{H2022}: and the wild beasts{H2123} of the field{H7704} are mine{H5978}. 12 If I were hungry{H7456}{H8799)}, I would not tell{H559}{H8799)} thee: for the world{H8398} is mine, and the fulness{H4393} thereof. 13 Will I eat{H398}{H8799)} the flesh{H1320} of bulls{H47}, or drink{H8354}{H8799)} the blood{H1818} of goats{H6260}?
  • Isa 43:23-24 : 23 Thou hast not brought{H935}{(H8689)} me the small cattle{H7716} of thy burnt offerings{H5930}; neither hast thou honoured{H3513}{(H8765)} me with thy sacrifices{H2077}. I have not caused thee to serve{H5647}{(H8689)} with an offering{H4503}, nor wearied{H3021}{(H8689)} thee with incense{H3828}. 24 Thou hast bought{H7069}{(H8804)} me no sweet cane{H7070} with money{H3701}, neither hast thou filled{H7301}{(H8689)} me with the fat{H2459} of thy sacrifices{H2077}: but thou hast made me to serve{H5647}{(H8689)} with thy sins{H2403}, thou hast wearied{H3021}{(H8689)} me with thine iniquities{H5771}.
  • Exod 30:23 : 23 Take{H3947}{(H8798)} thou also unto thee principal{H7218} spices{H1314}, of pure{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} shekels, and of sweet{H1314} calamus{H7070} two hundred{H3967} and fifty{H2572} shekels,
  • 1 Kgs 10:1-2 : 1 And when the queen{H4436} of Sheba{H7614} heard{H8085}{(H8802)} of the fame{H8088} of Solomon{H8010} concerning the name{H8034} of the LORD{H3068}, she came{H935}{(H8799)} to prove{H5254}{(H8763)} him with hard questions{H2420}. 2 And she came{H935}{(H8799)} to Jerusalem{H3389} with a very{H3966} great{H3515} train{H2428}, with camels{H1581} that bare{H5375}{(H8802)} spices{H1314}, and very{H3966} much{H7227} gold{H2091}, and precious{H3368} stones{H68}: and when she was come{H935}{(H8799)} to Solomon{H8010}, she communed{H1696}{(H8762)} with him of all that was in her heart{H3824}.
  • 1 Kgs 10:10 : 10 And she gave{H5414}{(H8799)} the king{H4428} an hundred{H3967} and twenty{H6242} talents{H3603} of gold{H2091}, and of spices{H1314} very{H3966} great store{H7235}{(H8687)}, and precious{H3368} stones{H68}: there came{H935}{(H8804)} no more such{H1931} abundance{H7230} of spices{H1314} as these which the queen{H4436} of Sheba{H7614} gave{H5414}{(H8804)} to king{H4428} Solomon{H8010}.
  • Ps 50:16-17 : 16 But unto the wicked{H7563} God{H430} saith{H559}{H8804)}, What hast thou to do to declare{H5608}{H8763)} my statutes{H2706}, or that thou shouldest take{H5375}{H8799)} my covenant{H1285} in thy mouth{H6310}? 17 Seeing thou hatest{H8130}{H8804)} instruction{H4148}, and castest{H7993}{H8686)} my words{H1697} behind{H310} thee.
  • Ps 66:3 : 3 Say{H559}{H8798)} unto God{H430}, How terrible{H3372}{H8737)} art thou in thy works{H4639}! through the greatness{H7230} of thy power{H5797} shall thine enemies{H341}{H8802)} submit{H3584}{H8762)} themselves unto thee.
  • Ezek 20:39 : 39 As for you, O house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}, thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; Go{H3212}{(H8798)} ye, serve{H5647}{(H8798)} ye every one{H376} his idols{H1544}, and hereafter{H310} also, if ye will not hearken{H8085}{(H8802)} unto me: but pollute{H2490}{(H8762)} ye my holy{H6944} name{H8034} no more with your gifts{H4979}, and with your idols{H1544}.
  • Ezek 27:22 : 22 The merchants{H7402}{(H8802)} of Sheba{H7614} and Raamah{H7484}, they were thy merchants{H7402}{(H8802)}: they occupied{H5414}{(H8804)} in thy fairs{H5801} with chief{H7218} of all spices{H1314}, and with all precious{H3368} stones{H68}, and gold{H2091}.