Jeremiah 9:25

Complete Jewish Bible

Egypt, Y'hudah, Edom, the people of ‘Amon and Mo'av, and all those living in the desert who cut the edges [of their beard]: "For although all the Goyim are uncircumcised, all the house of Isra'el have uncircumcised hearts."

Parallel Translations

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

Hebrew Names Version
Behold, the days come, says the LORD, that I will punish all those who are circumcised in [their] uncircumcision:

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

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

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

New Century Version
The Lord says, "The time is coming when I will punish all those who are circumcised only in the flesh:

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

World English Bible
Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will punish all those who are circumcised in [their] uncircumcision:

Geneva Bible (1587)
Beholde, the dayes come, sayth the Lorde, that I wil visite all them, which are circumcised with the vncircumcised:

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

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

Contemporary English Version
Someday I will punish the nations of Egypt, Edom, Ammon, and Moab, and the tribes of the desert. The men of these nations are circumcised, but they don't worship me. And it's the same with you people of Judah. Your bodies are circumcised, but your hearts are unchanged.

Darby Translation
Behold, days are coming, saith Jehovah, when I will visit all [them that are] circumcised with the uncircumcised;

Easy-to-Read Version
This is what the Lord says: "The time is coming when I will punish all those who are circumcised only in the body.

George Lamsa Translation
Behold, the days come, says the LORD, that I will punish all those who are circumcised together with the uncircumcised;

Good News Translation
The Lord says, "The time is coming when I will punish the people of Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and the desert people, who have their hair cut short. All these people are circumcised, but have not kept the covenant it symbolizes. None of these people and none of the people of Israel have kept my covenant."

Lexham English Bible
"Look, days are coming," declares Yahweh, "and I will call into account all those who are circumcised in the foreskin:

Literal Translation
Behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that I will punish all the circumcised with foreskin:

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Beholde, the tyme cometh (saieth the LORDE) that I wil vyset all them, whose foreskynne is vncircumcised:

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

Bible in Basic English
See, the day is coming, says the Lord, when I will send punishment on all those who have circumcision in the flesh;

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that have the corners of their hair polled, that dwell in the wilderness; for all the nations are uncircumcised, but all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.

King James Version (1611)
Behold, the dayes come, saith the Lord, that I will punish all them which are circumcised, with the vncircumcised,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Beholde the time commeth (saith the Lord) that I will visite all them whose foreskinne is vncircumcised, and the circumcised,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will visit upon all the circumcised their uncircumcision;

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Lo! daies comen, seith the Lord, and Y schal visite on ech man that hath prepucie vncircumcidid; on Egipt,

Update Bible Version
Look, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will punish all those that are circumcised in [their] uncircumcision:

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

New English Translation
The Lord says, "Watch out! The time is soon coming when I will punish all those who are circumcised only in the flesh.

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

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—

New Life Bible
"See, the days are coming," says the Lord, "when I will punish all who have gone through the religious act of the Jews, but have not had the sin cut from their heart.

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

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Lo! days are coming, Declareth Yahweh, - When I will bring punishment upon every one circumcised, With him that is uncircumcised:

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

Revised Standard Version
"Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will punish all those who are circumcised but yet uncircumcised--

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

THE MESSAGE
"Stay alert! It won't be long now"— God 's Decree!—"when I will personally deal with everyone whose life is all outside but no inside: Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab. All these nations are big on performance religion—including Israel, who is no better."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Behold, the days are coming," declares the LORD, "that I will punish all who are circumcised and yet uncircumcised—

Contextual Overview

²³ instead, let the boaster boast about this: that he understands and knows me — that I am Adonai , practicing grace, justice and righteousness in the land; for in these things I take pleasure," says Adonai . ²⁴ "The days are coming," says Adonai , "when I will punish all those who have been circumcised in their uncircumcision — ²⁵ Egypt, Y'hudah, Edom, the people of ‘Amon and Mo'av, and all those living in the desert who cut the edges [of their beard]: "For although all the Goyim are uncircumcised, all the house of Isra'el have uncircumcised hearts." ²⁶ class="poetry"> I wish I were out in the desert, in some travelers' lodge — then I could get away from my people and distance myself from them! "Indeed they are all adulterers, a band of traitors is what they are. They bend their tongues, their ‘bow' of falsehood, and hold sway in the land, but not for truth. For they go from evil to evil, and me they do not know," says Adonai . Everyone, be on guard against your neighbor, don't trust even a brother; for every brother is out to trick you, and every neighbor goes around gossiping. Everyone deceives his neighbor, no one speaks the truth; they have taught their tongues to lie, they wear themselves out with sinning. "You inhabit a world of deceit; deceitfully they refuse to know me," says Adonai . "Therefore," says Adonai -Tzva'ot, "I will refine them and test them. What else can I do with the daughter of my people? Their tongues are sharpened arrows; with their mouths they speak deceit — they say nice words to their neighbors, while inwardly plotting against them. Should I not punish them for these things?" asks Adonai . "Should I not take vengeance on such a nation?" I weep and wail for the mountains and lament over the desert pastures, because they have been burned up; no one passes through; they no longer hear the sound of cattle; the birds and wild animals have fled, are gone. "I will make Yerushalayim a heap of ruins, turn it into a lair for jackals, and make the cities of Y'hudah desolate, with no one living there." Who is wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of Adonai spoken, so that he can proclaim it? Why has the land perished and been laid waste like a desert, so that no one passes through? Adonai answers: "Because they abandoned my Torah, which I set before them, and neither listened to what I said nor lived accordingly, but have lived by their own hearts' stubbornness and by the ba‘alim, as their ancestors taught them — therefore," says Adonai -Tzva'ot, the God of Isra'el: "I will feed this people bitter wormwood and give them poisonous water to drink. I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors have known. I will send the sword after them until I have wiped them out." Thus says Adonai -Tzva'ot: "Mark this, then summon the mourning women, so that they will come; send for those who are best [at mourning], so that they will come: ‘Have them hurry and wail for us, so our eyes will be wet from crying, and our eyelids gush with tears.' For the sound of wailing is heard from Tziyon: ‘We are utterly ruined, we are completely ashamed, because we have left the land, and our homes have been torn down!'" You women, hear the word of Adonai ! Let your ears receive the words from his mouth. Teach your daughters how to wail, have each teach her friend how to lament: "Death has come up through our windows, it has entered our palaces, it has cut down children in the streets and young people in the public places." Say: "Here is what Adonai says: ‘The corpses of people are scattered like dung in an open field, like sheaves left behind by the reaper with no one to gather them.'" Here is what Adonai says: "The wise man should not boast of his wisdom, the powerful should not boast of his power, the wealthy should not boast of his wealth; instead, let the boaster boast about this: that he understands and knows me — that I am Adonai , practicing grace, justice and righteousness in the land; for in these things I take pleasure," says Adonai . "The days are coming," says Adonai , "when I will punish all those who have been circumcised in their uncircumcision — Egypt, Y'hudah, Edom, the people of ‘Amon and Mo'av, and all those living in the desert who cut the edges [of their beard]: "For although all the Goyim are uncircumcised, all the house of Isra'el have uncircumcised hearts."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

that: Ezekiel 28:10, Ezekiel 32:19-32, Amos 3:2, Romans 2:8, Romans 2:9, Romans 2:25, Romans 2:26, Galatians 5:2-6

punish: Heb. visit upon

Reciprocal: Genesis 17:10 - Every Leviticus 19:23 - uncircumcised Leviticus 26:41 - their uncircumcised Joshua 5:9 - I rolled away 1 Samuel 31:4 - uncircumcised Isaiah 24:10 - of confusion Jeremiah 21:14 - punish Ezekiel 25:2 - the Ammonites Ezekiel 25:11 - upon Ezekiel 29:2 - against all Ezekiel 31:18 - thou shalt Ezekiel 35:2 - and prophesy Amos 2:4 - Judah Amos 9:7 - ye not Obadiah 1:1 - concerning Obadiah 1:15 - the day Habakkuk 1:5 - ye among Acts 7:51 - uncircumcised Ephesians 2:11 - Uncircumcision

Cross-References

Genesis 3:14
Adonai , God, said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, you are cursed more than all livestock and wild animals. You will crawl on your belly and eat dust as long as you live.

Genesis 4:11
Now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood at your hands.

Genesis 9:7
And you people, be fruitful, multiply, swarm on the earth and multiply on it."

Genesis 9:8
(v) God spoke to Noach and his sons with him; he said,

Genesis 9:20
Noach, a farmer, was the first to plant a vineyard.

Genesis 9:21
He drank so much of the wine that he got drunk and lay uncovered in his tent.

Genesis 9:22
Ham, the father of Kena‘an, saw his father shamefully exposed, went out and told his two brothers.

Genesis 9:28
After the flood Noach lived 350 years.

Genesis 49:7
Cursed be their anger, for it has been fierce; their fury, for it has been cruel. I will divide them in Ya‘akov and scatter them in Isra'el.

Deuteronomy 27:16
"‘A curse on anyone who dishonors his father or mother.' All the people are to say, ‘Amen!'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord,.... Or, "are coming" h; it seems to respect the time after the Babylonish captivity, when the punishment after threatened took place, and not before:

that I will punish all them that are circumcised with the uncircumcised; Jews and Gentiles together. The circumcised. Jews trusting in their circumcision, and being, as is said in the next verse, uncircumcised in heart, were no better than the uncircumcised Gentiles; wherefore both being transgressors of the law, and despisers of the Gospel of Christ, are threatened with destruction; see Romans 2:12.

h ימים באים "dies [sunt] venientes", Schmidt, Montanus; "venturi sunt", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

All them which are circumcised ... - Rather, “all circumcised in uncircumcision,” i. e., all who though outwardly circumcised have no corresponding inward purity.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 9:25. I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised — Do not imagine that you, because of your crimes, are the only objects of my displeasure; the circumcised and the uncircumcised, the Jew and the Gentile, shall equally feel the stroke of my justice, their transgressions being alike, after their advantages and disadvantages are duly compared. In like manner, other nations also were delivered into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, these he immediately enumerates: Egypt and Edom, and the Moabites and the Ammonites, and the Arabians of the desert. All these nations were uncircumcised in that way which God required that rite to be practised as a sign of his covenant; and the Israelites, that did practise it as a sign of that covenant, did not attend to its spiritual meaning, for they were all uncircumcised in heart. And it may be remarked, that these people were in general confederated against the Chaldeans.