Jeremiah 9:25

JPS Old Testament

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.

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.

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."

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;

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 But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth, and knoweth Me, that I am the LORD who exercise mercy, justice, and righteousness, in the earth; for in these things I delight, saith the LORD. ²⁴ Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them that are circumcised in their uncircumcision: ²⁵ 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. ²⁶span data-lang="eng" data-trans="jps" data-ref="jer.9.1" class="versetxt"> Oh that I were in the wilderness, in a lodging-place of wayfaring men, that I might leave my people, and go from them! For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. And they bend their tongue, their bow of falsehood; and they are grown mighty in the land, but not for truth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and Me they know not, saith the LORD. Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother; for every brother acteth subtly, and every neighbour goeth about with slanders. And they deceive every one his neighbour, and truth they speak not; they have taught their tongue to speak lies, they weary themselves to commit iniquity. Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know Me, saith the LORD. Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts: behold, I will smelt them, and try them; for how else should I do, because of the daughter of My people? Their tongue is a sharpened arrow, it speaketh deceit; one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him. Shall I not punish them for these things? saith the LORD; shall not My soul be avenged on such a nation as this? For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none passeth through. And they hear not the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled, and gone. And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a lair of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without an inhabitant. Who is the wise man, that he may understand this? And who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it? Wherefore is the land perished and laid waste like a wilderness, so that none passeth through? And the LORD saith: Because they have forsaken My law which I set before them, and have not hearkened to My voice, neither walked therein; But have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baalim, which their fathers taught them. Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink. I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them. Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the wise women, that they may come; And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters. For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion: 'How are we undone! We are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.' Yea, hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of His mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation: 'For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from the street, and the young men from the broad places.-- Speak: Thus saith the LORD--And the carcasses of men fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, which none gathereth.' Thus saith the LORD: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches; But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth, and knoweth Me, that I am the LORD who exercise mercy, justice, and righteousness, in the earth; for in these things I delight, saith the LORD. Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them that are circumcised in their uncircumcision: 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.

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
And the LORD God said unto the serpent: 'Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou from among all cattle, and from among all beasts of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.

Genesis 4:11
And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.

Genesis 9:7
And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; swarm in the earth, and multiply therein.'

Genesis 9:8
And God spoke unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying:

Genesis 9:20
And Noah the husbandman began, and planted a vineyard.

Genesis 9:21
And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

Genesis 9:22
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

Genesis 9:28
And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.

Genesis 49:7
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath, for it was cruel; I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

Deuteronomy 27:16
Cursed be he that dishonoureth his father or his mother. And all the people shall 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.