“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will punish all those who are circumcised only in their flesh:
Parallel translations
- KJV Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;
- BSB “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised yet uncircumcised:
- NKJV “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “that I will punish all who are circumcised with the uncircumcised—
- NASB “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “that I will punish all who are circumcised and yet uncircumcised—
- NLT “A time is coming,” says the Lord, “when I will punish all those who are circumcised in body but not in spirit—
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Quick answer
God warns that days are coming when He will punish those who are circumcised only in flesh. Outward religious marks without inward reality bring no exemption.
Overview
Yahweh announces judgment on the merely physically circumcised, distinguishing external rite from inward devotion. The verse begins a list that includes Judah alongside pagan nations, stripping away false security in ritual. It anticipates the New Testament emphasis on circumcision of the heart and true faith over outward form, fulfilled in the Spirit's inward work through Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Rom 2:25–26For circumcision indeed profits, if you are a doer of the law, but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
- Rom 2:8–9but to those who are self-seeking, and don’t obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath and indignation,
- Gal 5:2–6Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.
- Amos 3:2“I have only chosen you of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins.”
- Ezek 32:19–32Whom do you pass in beauty? Go down, and be laid with the uncircumcised.
- Ezek 28:10You shall die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, says the Lord Yahweh.
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