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Look,הִנֵּהdaysיָמִיםare coming,בָּאִיםdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהwhen I will punishוּפָקַדְתִּי עַלallכָּלwho are circumcisedמוּלin the foreskin:בְּעָרְלָה
Jeremiah 9:25
Study it in the app“Look, days are coming, declares YHWH, when I will punish all who are circumcised in the foreskin:”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 9:25, word by word
- daysיָמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- are comingבָּאִיםbaim
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “baim” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- when I will punishפָקַדְתִּיfakadti
punish
To call to account, punish.
Where else “fakadti” appears- who are circumcisedמוּלmul
circumcise
To circumcise, also the heart.
Where else “mul” appears- in the foreskinעָרְלָהarla
foreskin
The skin cut in circumcision.
Where else “arla” appears
Translation note
“Circumcised in the foreskin” can be understood as circumcised in the body and not in the heart (see the end of 9:26; compare 4:4; Romans 2:28-29).
The context
24but in this let the one who boasts boast: in having understanding and knowing me, that I am YHWH, who practices loyal love, justice, and righteousness in the earth; for in these things I delight, declares YHWH.
25 · This verse (above)
26Egypt and Judah and Edom and the sons of Ammon and Moab and all who are clipped at the temples, who live in the wilderness; for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.”