You will cut the skin to show that you follow the agreement between me and you.
Deuteronomy 10:16 - Easy To Read Version “Stop being stubborn. Give your hearts to the Lord. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So circumcise the foreskin of your [minds and] hearts; be no longer stubborn and hardened. American Standard Version (1901) Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked. Common English Bible So circumcise your hearts and stop being so stubborn, Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and no longer stiffen your neck. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart; and stiffen your neck no more. |
You will cut the skin to show that you follow the agreement between me and you.
Don’t be stubborn like your ancestors {\cf2\super [364]} were. But obey the Lord with a willing heart. Come to the Most Holy Place. {\cf2\super [365]} The Lord has made the Most Holy Place to be holy forever. Serve the Lord your God. Then the Lord’s fearful anger will turn away from you.
People of Jerusalem, wash the evil\par from your hearts.\par Make your hearts pure so you can be saved.\par Don’t continue making evil plans.\par
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
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.
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.
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!
I know you are very stubborn. I know you want to live your own way. Look, you refused to obey the Lord while I was with you. So I know you will refuse to obey him after I die.
“The Lord also said to me, ‘I have watched these people. They are very stubborn!
The Lord your God is giving you that good land to live in, but you should know that it is not because you are good. The truth is that you are very stubborn people!
In Christ you had a different kind of circumcision. {\cf2\super [9]} That circumcision was not done by the hands of any person. I mean you were made free from the power of your sinful self. That is the kind of circumcision Christ does.