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Jeremiah 9:26

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I am talking about the people of the nations of Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the people that live in the desert. The men in all those countries really were not circumcised in their bodies. But the people from the family of Israel were not circumcised in their hearts.”\par

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Family of Israel, listen to the Lord!

Become the Lord’s people.\par Change your hearts! {\cf2\super [20]} \par Men of Judah and people of Jerusalem,\par if you don’t change,\par then I will become very angry.\par My anger will spread fast like a fire,\par and my anger will burn you up.\par And no person will be able to put out that fire.\par Why will this happen?\par Because of the evil things you have done.”\par

All the people of Judah that were in the countries of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and all the other countries heard that the king of Babylon had left some people of Judah in the land. And they heard that the king of Babylon had chosen Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, to be governor over them.

The enemy will steal their camels\par and take their large herds of cattle.\par The enemy will steal their large herds.\par Those people cut the corners of their beards. {\cf2\super [405]} \par Well, I will make them run away\par to the far corners of the earth.\par And I will bring terrible troubles to them\par from everywhere.”\par This message is from the Lord.\par

Who can I speak to?\par Who can I warn?\par Who will listen to me?\par The people of Israel have closed their ears,\par so they can’t hear my warnings.\par The people don’t like the Lord’s teachings.\par They don’t want to hear his message.\par

“Egypt, there were many big and powerful trees in Eden. Which of those trees should I compare you to! They all went down into the world below! And you too will join those foreigners {\cf2\super [257]} in that place of death. You will lie there among the people killed in battle.

“Egypt, you are no better than anyone else! Go down to the place of death. Go lie down with those foreigners. {\cf2\super [263]}

You brought foreigners into my temple—and those people were not truly circumcised {\cf2\super [417]} —they did not give themselves completely to me. In this way you made my temple unclean. You broke our agreement and did terrible things, and then you gave me the offerings of bread, the fat, and the blood. But this only made my temple unclean.

The Lord my Master says these things, “A foreigner that is not truly circumcised {\cf2\super [418]} must not come into my temple—not even a foreigner living permanently among the people of Israel. He must be circumcised and he must give himself completely to me \{before he can come into my temple\}.

Maybe they will admit that I turned against them and brought them into the land of their enemies. Those people will be like strangers to me. But maybe they will become humble [453] and accept the punishment for their sin.

\{Then Stephen said,\} “You stubborn Jewish leaders! You have not given your hearts to God! You won’t listen to him! You are always against what the Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [147]} is trying to tell you. Your ancestors did this, and you are just like them!

The Lord your God will make you and your descendants want to obey him. [198] Then you will love the Lord with all your heart. And you will live!

Jonathan said to his young helper who carried his weapons, “Come on, let’s go to the camp of those foreigners. [129] Maybe the Lord will use us to defeat these people! Nothing can stop the Lord—it doesn’t matter if we have many soldiers or just a few soldiers.”

David asked the men standing near him, “{What did he say?} What is the reward for killing this Philistine and taking away this shame from Israel? Who is this Goliath anyway? He is only some foreigner. [153] Goliath is nothing but a Philistine. Why does he think he can speak against the army of the living God?”




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