Jeremias 6:20

20 De que me serve o incenso trazido de Sabá,ou o cálamo aromático de uma terra distante?Os seus holocaustos^[a] não são aceitáveisnem me agradam as suas ofertas”.

Jeremias 6:20 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 6:20

To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba
In Persia or Arabia, from whence incense was brought, and perhaps the best; see ( Isaiah 60:6 ) , and yet the offering of this was of no esteem with God, when the words of the prophet, and the law of his mouth, were despised; see ( Isaiah 1:13 ) : and the sweet cane from a far country?
either from the same place, Sheba, which was a country afar off, ( Joel 3:8 ) , or from India, as Jerom interprets it; this was one of the spices in the anointing oil, ( Exodus 30:23 ) and though this was of divine appointment, and an omission of it is complained of, ( Isaiah 43:24 ) yet when this was brought with a hypocritical heart, and to atone for neglects of the moral law, and sins committed against that, it was rejected by the Lord: your burnt, offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet
unto me:
being offered up with a wicked mind, and without faith in Christ, and in order to expiate the guilt of black crimes unrepented of, and continued in; they were not grateful to God, nor could he smell a sweet savour in them, but loathed and abhorred them; see ( Isaiah 1:11 ) .

Jeremias 6:20 In-Context

18 Vejam, ó nações;observe, ó assembleia,o que acontecerá a eles.

19 Ouça, ó terra:Trarei desgraça sobre este povo,o fruto das suas maquinações,porque não deram atenção às minhas palavrase rejeitaram a minha lei.

20 De que me serve o incenso trazido de Sabá,ou o cálamo aromático de uma terra distante?Os seus holocaustos não são aceitáveisnem me agradam as suas ofertas”.

21 Assim diz o SENHOR:“Estou colocando obstáculos diante deste povo.Pais e filhos tropeçarão neles;vizinhos e amigos perecerão”.

22 Assim diz o SENHOR:“Veja! Um exército vem do norte;uma grande naçãoestá sendo mobilizadadesde os confins da terra.

Footnotes

• [a] Isto é, sacrifícios totalmente queimados; também em 7.21 e 22.