Jeremiah 6:20
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20 Of what use to me is frankincense that comes from Sheba
or sweet cane from a distant land?
Your burnt offerings are not acceptable,
nor are your sacrifices pleasing to me.(A)
Hosea 5:6
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6 With their flocks and herds they shall go
to seek the Lord,
but they will not find him;
he has withdrawn from them.(A)
Hosea 8:13
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13 Though they offer choice sacrifices,[a]
though they eat flesh,
the Lord does not accept them.
Now he will remember their iniquity
and punish their sins;
they shall return to Egypt.(A)
Footnotes
- 8.13 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain
Haggai 2:14
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14 Haggai then said, “So is it with this people and with this nation before me, says the Lord, and so with every work of their hands; what they offer there is unclean.(A)
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