Jeremiah 9:26

9:26 That is, I will punish the Egyptians, the Judeans, the Edomites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, and all the desert people who cut their hair short at the temples. ¹  I will do so because none of the people of those nations are really circumcised in the Lord’s sight. ²  Moreover, none of the people of Israel ³  are circumcised when it comes to their hearts.” ⁴ 

Jeremiah 14:16

14:16 The people to whom they are prophesying will die through war and famine. Their bodies will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem ⁵  and there will be no one to bury them. This will happen to the men and their wives, their sons, and their daughters. ⁶  For I will pour out on them the destruction they deserve.” ⁷ 

Jeremiah 19:13

19:13 The houses in Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled by dead bodies ⁸  just like this place, Topheth. For they offered sacrifice to the stars ⁹  and poured out drink offerings to other gods on the roofs of those houses.’”

Jeremiah 19:15

19:15 “The Lord God of Israel who rules over all ¹⁰  says, ‘I will soon bring on this city and all the towns surrounding it ¹¹  all the disaster I threatened to do to it. I will do so because they have stubbornly refused ¹²  to pay any attention to what I have said!’”

Jeremiah 28:14

28:14 For the Lord God of Israel who rules over all ¹³  says, “I have put an irresistible yoke of servitude on all these nations ¹⁴  so they will serve King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. And they will indeed serve him. I have even given him control over the wild animals.”’” ¹⁵ 

¹ tn Heb “all those who are cut off on the side of the head who live in the desert.” KJV and some other English versions (e.g., NIV “who live in the desert in distant places”; NLT “who live in distant places”) have followed the interpretation that this is a biform of an expression meaning “end or remote parts of the [far] corners [of the earth].” This interpretation is generally abandoned by the more recent commentaries and lexicons (see, e.g. BDB 802 s.v. פֵּאָה 1 and HALOT 858 s.v. פֵּאָה 1.β). It occurs also in 25:33; 49:32.

² tn Heb “For all of these nations are uncircumcised.” The words “I will do so” are supplied in the translation to indicate the connection with the preceding statement.

³ tn Heb “house of Israel.”

⁴ tn Heb “And all the house of Israel is uncircumcised of heart.”

⁵ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁶ tn Heb “And the people to whom they are prophesying will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem and there will not be anyone to bury them, they, their wives, and their sons and their daughters.” This sentence has been restructured to break up a long Hebrew sentence and to avoid some awkwardness due to differences in the ancient Hebrew and contemporary English styles.

⁷ tn Heb “their evil.” Hebrew words often include within them a polarity of cause and effect. Thus the word for “evil” includes both the concept of wickedness and the punishment for it. Other words that function this way are “iniquity” = “guilt [of iniquity]” = “punishment [for iniquity].” Context determines which nuance is proper.

⁹ tn The words “by dead bodies” is not in the text but is implicit from the context. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰ tn Heb “the host of heaven.”

¹³ tn Heb “Yahweh of armies, the God of Israel.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “all its towns.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “They hardened [or made stiff] their neck so as not to.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “Yahweh of armies, the God of Israel.” See the study notes on 2:19 and 7:3 for this title.

¹⁸ tn Heb “An iron yoke I have put on the necks of all these nations.”

¹⁹ sn The emphasis is on the absoluteness of Nebuchadnezzar’s control. The statement is once again rhetorical and not to be taken literally. See the study note on 27:6.