To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba - literally, 'To what purpose is this to me, that incense cometh to me?
Incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane - (Isaiah 43:24; Isaiah 60:6). No external services are accepted by God without obedience of the heart and life (Jeremiah 7:21-23; Psalms 50:7-9; Isaiah 1:11; Micah 6:6, etc.)
Sweet ... sweet - antithesis. 'Your sweet cane is not sweet to me.' The calamus.