Jeremiah 9:23-26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Reader Related Verse
Bible Comments

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 Israel's religion (Jeremiah 9:23 f.), and the futility of physical without spiritual circumcision (Jeremiah 9:25 f.). In the second, Israel is degraded to the level of other, uncircumcised nations.

Jeremiah 9:26. The corner-clipt (Jeremiah 25:23; Jeremiah 49:32) are those shaved around the brow, according to the practice of some Arab tribes (cf. Herod. iii. 8, and contrast Leviticus 19:27 *).

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 9:23

Jeremiah 9:23-26

23 Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:

24 But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.

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

26 Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmosth corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.