The sweet cane - This is the same as the scented cane of Exodus 30:23 (see the note).

Your burnt offerings - The rejection of r…

Incense from Sheba. —The land that had a proverbial fame both for gold and frankincense (Isaiah 60:6; [Reference Ezeki…

The Prophet here replies to those hypocrites who thought that they made an expiation when they had offered incense and sacrifices, as if that were …

To what purpose comes there to me incense from Sheba In Persia or Arabia, from where incense was brought, and perhaps the…

God rejects their outward services, as worthless to atone for their sins. Sacrifice and incense were to direct them to a Mediator; but when offered…

Here he discusses the abuse of sacred things; since they were polluted with sins, they presumed to offer sacrifices to God, which, for this reason,…