4
They will not pour out drink offerings of
awine to the Lord,
bTheir sacrifices will not please Him. Their bread will be like mourners' bread; All who eat of it will be cdefiled, For their bread will be for themselves alone; It will not enter the house of the Lord.
b
Jeremiah 6:20, Hosea 8:13
Jeremiah 6
20
"aFor what purpose does bfrankincense come to Me from Sheba And the csweet cane from a distant land? dYour burnt offerings are not acceptable And your sacrifices are not pleasing to Me."
Hosea 8
13
As for My asacrificial gifts, They bsacrifice the flesh and eat it, But the Lord has taken no delight in them. Now He will cremember their iniquity, And dpunish them for their sins; They will return to eEgypt.
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