Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;
Parallel translations
- WEB “Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will punish all those who are circumcised only in their flesh:
- 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 verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
- Rom 2:8–9But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
- Gal 5:2–6Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
- Amos 3:2You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
- Ezek 32:19–32Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.
- Ezek 28:10Thou 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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