²³ This is what the Lord says:

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](A) For all these nations are really uncircumcised,^(B) and even the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.^(C)”