John Trapp on Jeremiah 6:20-21
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Jeremiah6:20-21
Ver. 20. To what purpoſe cometh there to me incenſe] Cui bono, ſo long as it ſmelleth of the foul hand that offereth it? ſo long as you think to bribe me with it? See Iſa. 1.14.
From Sheba] Whence the Greeks ſeem to have their word [non-Latin text not transcribed] to worſhip: and the Arabians call God (the adequate object of divine worſhip) Sabim, and a Myſtery Saba.
And the ſweet cane] Heb. cane the good. The Septuagint render it cinamon; and the Vulgar Calamus: of which ſee Pliny, lib. 12. cap. 22.
From a far Country] From India ſaith Hierom, Haec omnia bene in noſtros Papiſtas quadrabunt.
Strages ſc. & [illegible: 1 letter]lades in quas incident & corruent.Ver. 21. Behold I will lay ſtumbling blocks] Heb. Stumblements, i. e. occaſions, preparations and means to work their ruth and ruine: what theſe are, ſee ver. 22.
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