Jeremiah 6:20
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 6:20 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 6:20 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are n..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 6:20 — KJV
“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.”
— Jeremiah 6:20 (KJV)
Jeremiah 6:20 in Context — About the Book of Jeremiah
Jeremiah preached for forty years to a nation that would not listen, weeping as Jerusalem fell. Yet from the rubble come some of Scripture's most hopeful promises: plans to prosper and not harm, a new covenant written on hearts, and a God who invites us to call and see great things.
Cross-References for Jeremiah 6:20
“Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense. small...: Heb. lambs, or, kids”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 6:20: incense, burnt, offerings
“Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 6:20: burnt, offerings, nor
“Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel. sweet...: Heb. incense of spices”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 6:20: incense, sweet, burnt
“And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 6:20: incense, sweet, burnt
“Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 6:20: incense, burnt, offerings
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