Jeremiah 6:20

For the uselessness of ceremonial without obedience, cp. Isaiah 1:11; Hosea 6:6; Amos 5:21 ff.; Micah 6:6; Psalms 50:13 f.

frankincense from Sheba Cp. Isaiah 60:6, and "Centumque Sabaeo Ture calent arae" (Aen. I. 416 7). The word occurs only in the later portions of O.T., viz. Jeremiah 17:26; Jeremiah 41:5 (in Jeremiah 7:9 and Jeremiah 44:21 the word is different); Exodus 30:34; Leviticus 2:1 and six times besides; Numbers 5:15 (all P), Isaiah 43:23; Isaiah 60:6; Isa 66:3; 1 Chronicles 9:29; Ca. Jeremiah 3:6; Jeremiah 4:6; Jeremiah 4:14.

cane mg. calamus(Exodus 30:23; Ezekiel 27:19; Ca. Jeremiah 4:14). It was used as an ingredient in the making of incense, and probably the "far country" was India. Du. and Co. think that Jeremiah is not attacking the sacrificial system, but the new-fangled ritual fashions. But this involves the precarious assumption that the latter part of the v. is the work of a supplementer.