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25-26 Someday I will punish the nations of Egypt, Edom, Ammon, and Moab, and the tribes of the desert.[a] The men of these nations are circumcised, but they don't worship me. And it's the same with you people of Judah. Your bodies are circumcised, but your hearts are unchanged.

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  1. 9.25,26 the tribes of the desert: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

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

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