¹⁴ If any male is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that man will be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.”

¹⁶ Therefore, circumcise your hearts^(A) and don’t be stiff-necked any longer.

²⁵ “‘Look, the days are coming—this is the Lord’s declaration—when I will punish all the circumcised yet uncircumcised:^(A)

²⁸ For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly,^(A) and true circumcision is not something visible in the flesh. ²⁹ On the contrary, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly,^(B) and circumcision is of the heart—by the Spirit, not the letter.^[a](C) That person’s praise is not from people but from God.^(D)