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25 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares Yahweh, “that I will punish all who are circumcised and yet (A)uncircumcised— 26 Egypt and Judah, and Edom and the sons of Ammon, and Moab and (B)all those inhabiting the desert who clip the hair on their temples; for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are (C)uncircumcised of heart.”

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25 Watch! The days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will punish all those who are circumcised only in the flesh— 26 Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all who cut their hair short[a] and who live in the wilderness.[b] Actually, these are all uncircumcised nations. And the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in their hearts.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 9:26 Cutting the hair short was often done in honor of a pagan god and was forbidden in Leviticus 19:27.
  2. Jeremiah 9:26 Or and all who live in the distant corners of the desert