What Does Jeremiah 6:20 Mean?

properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

“there to me incense”

frankincense (from its whiteness or perhaps that of its smoke)

“from Sheba”

sheba, the name of three early progenitors of tribes and of an ethiopian district

“To what purpose cometh”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

“cane”

a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard)

“and the sweet”

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good

“country”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

“from a far”

remoteness, i.e., (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar

“your burnt offerings”

a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“are not acceptable”

delight (especially as shown)

“nor your sacrifices”

properly, a slaughter, i.e., the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“sweet”

to be agreeable