Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Jeremiah 9:25
All them which are circumcised ... - Rather, “all circumcised in uncircumcision,” i. e., all who though outwardly circumcised have no corresponding inward purity.
All them which are circumcised ... - Rather, “all circumcised in uncircumcision,” i. e., all who though outwardly circumcised have no corresponding inward purity.
Verse Jeremiah 9:25. _I WILL PUNISH ALL_ THEM WHICH ARE _CIRCUMCISED WITH THE_ _UNCIRCUMCISED_] Do not imagine that _you_, because of your crimes, are the only objects of my displeasure; the _circumc...
CHAPTER 9 _ 1. The prophet's complaint and Jehovah's answer (Jeremiah 9:1) _ 2. The cause of desolation and destruction (Jeremiah 9:10) 3. The call for the mourning and wailing women (Jeremiah 9:17...
THE KNOWLEDGE OF YAHWEH: UNCIRCUMCISED ISRAEL. This paragraph contains two originally distinct prophecies, unrelated to their present context, though quite possibly Jeremianic. They teach the glory of...
CIRCUMCISED, &C.: in the flesh, but not in "ears" (Jeremiah 6:10), nor in "heart" (Jeremiah 4:4). Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:41;...
See summary introducing the section. Piety alone is the source of true glory. Circumcision, as the mere external mark of the covenant, of itself brings no man, Jew or otherwise, favour with God. 23, 2...
_circumcised in their uncircumcision_ probably meaning circumcised in body but not in heart. "Judah cannot rely on a rite which she shares with the heathen, indeed the corresponding inward circumcisio...
IV. THE UNCIRCUMCISED HEART Jeremiah 9:25-26 TRANSLATION (25) Behold, days are coming (oracle of the LORD) when I will bring punishment upon all circumcised in their uncircumcision. (26) Upon Egypt a...
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised; I WILL PUNISH ALL THEM WHICH ARE CIRCUMCISED WITH THE UNCIRCUMCISED - rather, 'all t...
1-22. The prophet continues his lament. The impending doom....
_Them which are_ CIRCUMCISED, WITH THE UNCIRCUMCISED] RV 'Them which are circumcised in their uncircumcision.' They are circumcised in the flesh, but uncircumcised in spirit: cp. Deuteronomy 10:16; Ro...
I WILL PUNISH ALL THEM WHICH ARE CIRCUMCISED WITH THE UNCIRCUMCISED. — The passage is difficult, but the English verse is misleading. Better, _I will punish all those that are circumcised in uncircumc...
_[Jeremiah 9:24]_ הִנֵּ֛ה יָמִ֥ים בָּאִ֖ים נְאֻם ־יְהוָ֑ה...
Jeremiah 8:1; Jeremiah 9:1; Jeremiah 10:1; Jeremiah 26:1 In the four Chapter s which we are now to consider we have what is plainly a fin
In answer to his own question, Jeremiah sighed for some adequate means of expressing the anguish of his heart, and then for escape to some lonely place in the wilderness. All this was in the nature of...
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all [them who are] (t) circumcised with the uncircumcised; (t) Meaning, both Jews and Gentiles, as in this next verse he shows the cause, (Je...
It is blessed to see the Old Testament truths corresponding with New Testament doctrines. Both the circumcised and the uncircumcised are all one in Christ Jesus. And without him, neither circumcision...
The Prophet, after having removed the obstacle which he saw hindered the Jews from reverently receiving the truth of God, now speaks more sharply, and performs the office of a herald in denouncing the...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7, 8, AND 9. Chapter 7 begins a new prophecy, contemplating especially the temple, which, instead of being a protection (as the people, without conscience, wo...
BEHOLD, THE DAYS COME, SAITH THE LORD,.... Or, "are coming" h; it seems to respect the time after the Babylonish captivity, when the punishment after threatened took place, and not before: THAT I WIL...
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all [them which are] circumcised with the uncircumcised; Ver. 25. _That I will punish all them, &c._] Promiscuously and impartially. _ That...
_Behold the days come_, &c. Blaney translates these two verses, “Behold, the days are coming, saith Jehovah, that I will punish all the circumcision with the uncircumcision; Egypt, &c., and all those...
THE WAY OF ESCAPE REJECTED...
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised, literally, "every circumcision in foreskin," that Isaiah He would visit in anger all me...
PUNISH: _ Heb._ visit upon...
23-26 In this world of sin and sorrow, ending soon in death and judgement, how foolish for men to glory in their knowledge, health, strength, riches, or in any thing which leaves them under the domin...
I WILL PUNISH, viz. by the Babylonians, all them which are circumcised: q.d. Do not think to insist upon your external privilege of _circumcision_, that you are Abraham's natural seed, and thereby dis...
Jeremiah 9:25 days H3117 coming H935 (H8802) says H5002 (H8803) LORD H3068 punish H6485 (H8804) circumcised...
THOSE WHO ARE TRULY WISE WILL KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT GOD AND WILL THUS UNDERSTAND WHY HE ACTS LIKE HE DOES IN BRINGING FINAL JUDGMENT ON JUDAH (JEREMIAH 9:12). The passage commences by asking who the tr...
Jeremiah 9:1. _Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!_ Jeremiah foresaw that the Chaldeans would c...
CONTENTS: Message in the temple gate, continued. Detestation of the sins of the people. The vanity of trusting in anything but God. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: Those who will not know God...
Jeremiah 9:2. _Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodgingplace of wayfaring men._ In countries where the peasantry are very poor, travellers provide for themselves as they can. Even in Spain many of th...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 9:25 In coming DAYS God will punish all people who are UNCIRCUMCISED IN HEART (see Jeremiah 4:3).
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES. For Chronology and History, see chap. 7. 1. GEOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES. Jeremiah 9:26. “_Egypt_.” sit. on N.E. angle of Africa; a vast plain; in general features it may be...
EXPOSITION JEREMIAH 9:1 The Hebrew more correctly attaches this verse to Jeremiah 8:1. OH THAT MY HEAD WERE WATERS, etc.! A quaint conceit, it may be said. But "if we have been going on pace for pace...
Now Jeremiah declares, Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes were as a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! Oh that I had in the wildernes...
Amos 3:2; Ezekiel 28:10; Ezekiel 32:19; Galatians 5:2; Romans 2:25;...