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24 If they want to brag, they should brag that they understand and know me.
    They should brag that I, Yahweh, act out of love, righteousness,
        and justice on the earth.
            This kind of bragging pleases me, declares Yahweh.
25 “The days are coming,” declares Yahweh,
    “when I will punish all who are circumcised.
26 I will punish Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, and Moab.
    I will punish all who shave the hair on their foreheads
    or live in the desert.
        Even though these nations are circumcised,
        all Israel has uncircumcised hearts.”

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24 but let the one who boasts boast(A) about this:
    that they have the understanding to know(B) me,
that I am the Lord,(C) who exercises kindness,(D)
    justice and righteousness(E) on earth,
    for in these I delight,”
declares the Lord.

25 “The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh(F) 26 Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab and all who live in the wilderness in distant places.[a](G) For all these nations are really uncircumcised,(H) and even the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 9:26 Or wilderness and who clip the hair by their foreheads