25 “The days are coming”—the Lord’s declaration—“when I will punish all the circumcised yet uncircumcised:(A) 26 Egypt, Judah, Edom, the Ammonites, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair on their temples.[a] All these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 9:26 Or who live in distant places

25 “A time is coming,” says the Lord, “when I will punish all those who are circumcised in body but not in spirit— 26 the Egyptians, Edomites, Ammonites, Moabites, the people who live in the desert in remote places,[a] and yes, even the people of Judah. And like all these pagan nations, the people of Israel also have uncircumcised hearts.”

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  1. 9:26 Or in the desert and clip the corners of their hair.