Jeremiah 9 · Verse 25

Jeremiah 9:25

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;
Jeremiah 9:25, King James Version

Jeremiah 9:25 in other translations

BSB“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised yet uncircumcised:
WEB“Behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that I will punish all those who are circumcised only in their flesh:
ASVBehold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will punish all them that are circumcised in their uncircumcision:
YLTLo, days are coming--an affirmation of Jehovah, And I have laid a charge on all circumcised in the foreskin,
DARBYBehold, days are coming, saith Jehovah, when I will visit all them that are circumcised with the uncircumcised;
BBESee, the day is coming, says the Lord, when I will send punishment on all those who have circumcision in the flesh;
WebsterBehold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them who are circumcised with the uncircumcised;

What does Jeremiah 9:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
25. with the uncircumcised--rather, "all that are circumcised in uncircumcision" [Henderson]. The Hebrew is an abstract term, not a concrete, as English Version translates, and as the pious "circumcised" is. The nations specified, Egypt, Judah, &c., were outwardly "circumcised," but in heart were "uncircumcised." The heathen nations were defiled, in spite of their literal circumcision, by idolatry. The Jews, with all their glorying in their spiritual privileges, were no better (Jr 4:4; De 10:16; 30:6; Ro 2:28, 29; Col 2:11). However, Eze 31:18; 32:19, may imply that the Egyptians were uncircumcised; and it is uncertain as to the other nations specified whether they were at that early time circumcised. Herodotus says the Egyptians were so; but others think this applies only to the priests and others having a sacred character, not to the mass of the nation; so English Version may be right (Ro 2:28, 29).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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 practiced as a sign of his covenant; and the Israelites, that did practice 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 9:23-26

In this world of sin and sorrow, ending soon in death and judgement, how foolish for men to glory in their knowledge, health, strength, riches, or in any thing which leaves them under the dominion of sin and the wrath of God! and of which an account must hereafter be rendered; it will but increase their misery. Those are the true Israel who worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence…

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Jeremiah 9:25 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הִנֵּ֛הhi.Nehhere!H2009
יָמִ֥יםya.MimdaysH3117
בָּאִ֖יםba.'Im[are] comingH935
נְאֻם\־ne.'um-[the] utterance ofH5002
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וּפָ֣קַדְתִּ֔יu.Fa.kad.Tiand I will visit [judgment]H6485
עַל\־'al-onH5921
כָּל\־kol-everyH3605
מ֖וּלmul[man] circumcisedH4135
בְּעָרְלָֽה\׃be.'a.re.Lahin a foreskinH6190

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 9:25

  • Galatians 5:2-6

    Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. …

  • Romans 2:25-26

    For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?

  • Romans 2:8-9

    But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;

  • Ezekiel 32:19-32

    Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised. They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes. The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword. Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword: …

  • Amos 3:2

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

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
that.
Eze 28:10; 32:19-32; Am 3:2; Ro 2:8,9,25,26; Ga 5:2-6
punish. Heb. visit upon.

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Context

  • Jeremiah 9:24

    But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 9:25

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

  • Jeremiah 9:26

    Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.

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Jeremiah 9:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		He aquí que vienen días, dice Jehová, y visitaré sobre todo circuncidado, y sobre todo incircunciso:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		l’Égypte, et Juda, et Édom, et les fils d’Ammon, et Moab, et tous ceux qui coupent les coins de leur barbe, lesquels habitent le désert; car toutes les nations sont incirconcises, et toute la maison d’Israël est incirconcise de cœur.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Siehe, Tage kommen, spricht Jehova, da ich heimsuchen werde alle Beschnittenen mit den Unbeschnittenen:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ecce dies veniunt, dicit Dominus, et visitabo super omnem qui circumcisum habet præputium,