Jeremiah 9:25

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עַל־מִצְרַ֣יִם וְעַל־יְהוּדָ֗ה וְעַל־אֱד֞וֹם וְעַל־בְּנֵ֤י עַמּוֹן֙ וְעַל־מוֹאָ֔ב וְעַל֙ כָּל־קְצוּצֵ֣י פֵאָ֔ה הַיֹּשְׁבִ֖ים בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר כִּ֤י כָל־הַגּוֹיִם֙ עֲרֵלִ֔ים וְכָל־בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עַרְלֵי־לֵֽב׃

Transliteration

Upon-miṣrayim and-upon-yĕhûdāh and-upon-'ĕdôm and-upon-bĕnê 'ammôn and-upon-mô'āb and-upon-all-qĕṣûṣê pē'āh the-yōšĕbîm in-the-midbār kî all-the-gôyîm 'ărēlîm and-all-bêt yiśrā'ēl 'arlê-lēb

Grammar Details

• *miṣrayim*: proper noun with prefixed preposition - upon Egypt
• *yĕhûdāh*: proper noun with prefixed preposition - and upon Judah
• *'ĕdôm*: proper noun with prefixed preposition - and upon Edom
• *bĕnê*: masculine plural noun, construct state with prefixed preposition - and upon sons of
• *'ammôn*: proper noun - Ammon
• *mô'āb*: proper noun with prefixed preposition - and upon Moab
• *qĕṣûṣê*: passive participle, masculine plural, construct state with prefixed preposition - and upon all those cutting
• *pē'āh*: feminine noun - corner/side
• *yōšĕbîm*: participle, masculine plural with definite article - the ones dwelling
• *midbār*: masculine noun with prefixed preposition - in the wilderness
• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *gôyîm*: masculine plural noun with definite article - the nations
• *'ărēlîm*: adjective, masculine plural - uncircumcised
• *bêt*: masculine noun, construct state - house of
• *yiśrā'ēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *'arlê*: adjective, masculine plural, construct state - uncircumcised of
• *lēb*: masculine noun - heart

Word Meanings

• *qĕṣûṣê pē'āh*: those who cut the corners [of their hair]/those with trimmed edges/those with hair clipped at the temples
• *yōšĕbîm*: those dwelling/living/inhabiting
• *midbār*: wilderness/desert/uninhabited land
• *'ărēlîm*: uncircumcised/unclean/impure
• *'arlê-lēb*: uncircumcised of heart/stubborn/unreceptive

Referenced Verses

• Rom 2:8-9 : 8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, 9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
• Rom 2:25-26 : 25 For circumcision verily pfiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. 26 Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?
• Gal 5:2-6 : 2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. 3 For I testify ain to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. 4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. 5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. 6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
• Ezek 28:10 : 10 Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
• Ezek 32:19-32 : 19 Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised. 20 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. 21 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. 22 Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword: 23 Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of the living. 24 There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit. 25 They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that be slain. 26 There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they caused their terror in the land of the living. 27 And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living. 28 Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword. 29 There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, which with their might are laid by them that were slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit. 30 There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit. 31 Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the Lord GOD. 32 For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain with the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.
• Amos 3:2 : 2 You only have I known of all the filies of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.