Jeremiah 9:25

Webster's Bible (1833)

Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will punish all those who are circumcised in [their] uncircumcision:

📖 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 to those who are self-seeking, and don't obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath and indignation, 9 oppression and anguish, on every soul of man who works evil, on the Jew first, and also on the Greek.
• Rom 2:25-26 : 25 For 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. 26 If therefore the uncircumcised keep the ordinances of the law, won't his uncircumcision be accounted as circumcision?
• Gal 5:2-6 : 2 Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing. 3 Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. 4 You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace. 5 For we, through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness. 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.
• Ezek 28:10 : 10 You shall die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, says the Lord Yahweh.
• Ezek 32:19-32 : 19 Whom do you pass in beauty? Go down, and be laid with the uncircumcised. 20 They shall fall in the midst of those who are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword; draw her away and all her multitudes. 21 The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of Sheol with those who help him: they are gone down, they lie still, even the uncircumcised, slain by the sword. 22 Asshur is there and all her company; her graves are round about her; all of them slain, fallen by the sword; 23 whose graves are set in the uttermost parts of the pit, and her company is round about her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who 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, who are gone down uncircumcised into the lower parts of the earth, who caused their terror in the land of the living, and have borne their shame with those who 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 her; all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for their terror was caused in the land of the living, and they have borne their shame with those who go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of those who are slain. 26 There is Meshech, Tubal, and all their multitude; their graves are round about them; all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for they caused their terror in the land of the living. 27 They shall not lie with the mighty who are fallen of the uncircumcised, who are gone down to Sheol with their weapons of war, and have laid their swords under their heads, and their iniquities are on their bones; for [they were] the terror of the mighty in the land of the living. 28 But you shall be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shall lie with those who are slain by the sword. 29 There is Edom, her kings and all her princes, who in their might are laid with those who are slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with those who go down to the pit. 30 There are the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Sidonians, who are gone down with the slain; in the terror which they caused by their might they are put to shame; and they lie uncircumcised with those who are slain by the sword, and bear their shame with those who 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, says the Lord Yahweh. 32 For I have put his terror in the land of the living; and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, says the Lord Yahweh.
• Amos 3:2 : 2 "You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins."