Jeremiah 9:25
New International Version
“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh—

New Living Translation
“A time is coming,” says the LORD, “when I will punish all those who are circumcised in body but not in spirit—

English Standard Version
“Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will punish all those who are circumcised merely in the flesh—

Berean Standard Bible
“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised yet uncircumcised:

King James Bible
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;

New King James Version
“Behold, the days are coming,” says the LORD, “that I will punish all who are circumcised with the uncircumcised—

New American Standard Bible
“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “that I will punish all who are circumcised and yet uncircumcised—

NASB 1995
“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “that I will punish all who are circumcised and yet uncircumcised—

NASB 1977
“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “that I will punish all who are circumcised and yet uncircumcised—

Legacy Standard Bible
“Behold, the days are coming,” declares Yahweh, “that I will punish all who are circumcised and yet uncircumcised—

Amplified Bible
“Behold, the days are coming,” says the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised [physically] and yet uncircumcised [spiritually]—

Christian Standard Bible
“ ‘Look, the days are coming—this is the LORD’s declaration—when I will punish all the circumcised yet uncircumcised:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
“The days are coming"—the LORD’s declaration—"when I will punish all the circumcised yet uncircumcised:

American Standard Version
Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will punish all them that are circumcised in their uncircumcision:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Behold, the days are coming, says LORD JEHOVAH, and I shall adjudicate everyone who is circumcised to be in uncircumcision

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will visit upon all the circumcised their uncircumcision;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, and I will visit upon every one that hath the foreskin circumcised.

English Revised Version
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised in their uncircumcision;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will punish all who are circumcised.

International Standard Version
"Look, days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I'll punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh:

JPS Tanakh 1917
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them that are circumcised in their uncircumcision:

Literal Standard Version
“Behold, days are coming,” | A declaration of YHWH, | “And I have laid a charge on all circumcised in the foreskin,

Majority Standard Bible
“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised yet uncircumcised:

New American Bible
See, days are coming—oracle of the LORD—when I will demand an account of all those circumcised in the foreskin:

NET Bible
The LORD says, "Watch out! The time is soon coming when I will punish all those who are circumcised only in the flesh.

New Revised Standard Version
The days are surely coming, says the LORD, when I will attend to all those who are circumcised only in the foreskin:

New Heart English Bible
"Look, the days come," says the LORD, "that I will punish all those who are circumcised in uncircumcision:

Webster's Bible Translation
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them who are circumcised with the uncircumcised;

World English Bible
“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will punish all those who are circumcised only in their flesh:

Young's Literal Translation
Lo, days are coming -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And I have laid a charge on all circumcised in the foreskin,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
A Lament over Zion
24But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth—for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD. 25“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised yet uncircumcised: 26Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair of their temples. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”…

Cross References
Romans 2:25
Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

Romans 2:28
A man is not a Jew because he is one outwardly, nor is circumcision only outward and physical.

Romans 2:29
No, a man is a Jew because he is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man's praise does not come from men, but from God.

Leviticus 26:41
and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies--and if their uncircumcised hearts will be humbled and they will make amends for their iniquity,

1 Samuel 14:6
Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, "Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work on our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD from saving, whether by many or by few."

1 Samuel 17:26
David asked the men who were standing with him, "What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?"

Jeremiah 4:4
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds."


Treasury of Scripture

Behold, the days come, said the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;

that.

Ezekiel 28:10
Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 32:19-32
Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised…

Amos 3:2
You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.

punish.

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Jeremiah 9
1. Jeremiah laments the people for their manifold sins;
9. and for their judgment.
12. Disobedience is the cause of their bitter calamity.
17. He exhorts to mourn for their destruction;
23. and to trust not in themselves, but in God.
25. He threatens both Jews and Gentiles.














(25) I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised.--The passage is difficult, but the English verse is misleading. Better, I will punish all those that are circumcised in uncircumcision--all, i.e., who have the outward sign, but not the inward purity of which it was the symbol. In the day of God's judgments (this being the connecting link with the preceding verse) there would be no difference between the Jew and other races who like him practised circumcision on the one hand, and the outlying heathen world on the other. Here, again, Jeremiah anticipated St. Paul, "To the Jew first, and also to the Gentile; for there is no respect of persons with God" (Romans 2:9). The true circumcision is that which is "in the spirit, not in the letter" (Romans 2:29).

Verses 25, 26. - A further enforcement of the doctrine that no outward privileges, if dissociated from inward moral vitality, will avail. Verse 25. - All them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised; rather, all the circumcised in uncircumcision, or, as Ewald turns it, "all the uncircumcised-circumcised." But what does this enigmatical expression signify? Hitzig, Graf, and apparently Dr. Payne Smith, think that it has a twofold meaning: that, as applied to the Jews, it means circumcised in the flesh, but not in heart, and, as applied to the heathen, simply uncircumcised (the one-half of the phrase neutralizing the other, like "a knife without the blade," "angels with horns and hoofs," etc.). The latter meaning, however, is surely very improbable, and it would only become necessary if it were proved that circumcision was practiced by none of the nations mentioned but the Jews. This is not the case. There is no doubt that the Egyptians were circumcised in very early times (see the drawing of a bas-relief in the Temple of Chunsu at Karnak, given by Dr. Ebers in his 'Egypten und die Bucher Meets'). The assertion that only the priests underwent the operation has no older evidence than that of Origen (edit. Lommatzsch, 4:138), "in whose time it is quite possible that the Egyptians, like the later Jews, sought to evade a peculiarity which exposed them to ridicule and contempt." As to the Ammonites and Moabites, we have, unfortunately, no information. With regard to the Edomites, it is true that, according to Josephus ('Antiq.,' 13:9, 1), they were compelled to accept circumcision by John Hyrcanus. But it is still quite possible that, at an earlier period, the rite was practiced, just as it was among the ancient Arabs, the evidence for which is beyond question (see the writer's article, "Circumcision," in Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th edit.). (On the statement that "all these [the] nations are uncircumcised," see below.)

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
“Behold,
הִנֵּ֛ה (hin·nêh)
Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

the days
יָמִ֥ים (yā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3117: A day

are coming,”
בָּאִ֖ים (bā·’îm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

declares
נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5002: An oracle

the LORD,
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

“when I will punish
וּפָ֣קַדְתִּ֔י (ū·p̄ā·qaḏ·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6485: To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit

all who are
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

circumcised
מ֖וּל (mūl)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's 4135: To cut short, curtail, to blunt, to destroy

yet uncircumcised:
בְּעָרְלָֽה׃ (bə·‘ā·rə·lāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6190: The prepuce


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