Jeremiah 6:18-20

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¹⁸So listen, all you nations,
    and pay attention, you people in those countries.^[a]
¹⁹Hear this, people of the earth:
    I am going to bring disaster to the people of Judah
    because of all the evil they planned,
and because they ignored my messages.
    They refused to obey my law.

²⁰“Why do you bring me incense from the country of Sheba^[b]?
Why do you bring me sweet-smelling cane from a faraway country?
Your burnt offerings don’t make me happy.
Your sacrifices don’t please me.”

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 6:18 pay … countries The Hebrew text here is hard to understand.
Jeremiah 6:20 Sheba A land south of Israel, located where part of Saudi Arabia is today. Sheba controlled the spice trade in the time of Jeremiah.