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Jeremiah writes about sweet cane in Jeremiah 6:20. In the book of Ezekiel it is linked to Phoenician traders.
The Greek word for sugar is sakcharon and in Arabic it is called souker. The original land of sugar cane is uncertain. China, India, Arabia and the Holy Land all have used it for centuries (Walker).
Sugarcane is used for making cane sugar, syrup, molasses, wax and rum. Molasses is an ingredient used in industrial alcohol, explosives, synthetic rubber, and combustion engines. Cane stems are often chewed, mostly in poorer countries. Sugar preserves meats and fruits. A liquor can be made from cane. Refuse cane, called bagasse, is used in the making of paper, cardboard, and fuel. Cane reeds are made into mats or screens. Some races use cane for magic purposes. The jagged edge of its leaves prepare skin for tatooing. Cattle feed on cane as a mixture of bagasse and molasses. It has a variety of medical uses such as antiseptic, bactericide, cardiotonic, diuretic, and laxative. It is used for hiccups, diarrhea, bedsores, dysentery, and laryngitis. In India the plant is used for treatment of tumors. It is also used as an elephant medicine (www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/Saccharum_officinarum.html).
Isaiah 43:23-26 (KJV) Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense..... Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities..... I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins..... Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
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