Originally Posted by mee
"Circumcision" is used figuratively also in the bible
Circumcision of the heart was a divine requirement of even the Israelites who were already circumcised in the flesh. Moses told Israel: "You must circumcise the foreskin of your hearts and not harden your necks any longer." "Jehovah your God will have to circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, that you may love Jehovah your God with all your heart and all your soul for the sake of your life." (De 10:16; 30:6) Jeremiah reminded that wayward nation in his day of the same thing. (Jer 4:4) ‘Circumcision of the heart’ means getting rid of anything in one’s thinking, affections, or motives that is displeasing and unclean in Jehovah’s eyes and that makes the heart unresponsive. Similarly, ears that are not sensitive or responsive are spoken of as "uncircumcised."—Jer 6:10; Ac 7:51
What about the OT prophecies of those of the "circumsized" being brought down with the "uncircumcised".
The original Hebrews out to Egypt were the only ones given a covenant of "circumcision", though I am sure other nations practiced it perhaps for health reasons, but not because they were covenanted with it as the Hebrews of Israel/Jacob were.
Do any Bible scholars have any idea if this prophecy in Jeremiah 31 has been fulfilled on Israel/Judah yet as this concerns the split Nations of Israel[put away by God]/Judah and how is this New Covenant going to be brought in by God? Thanks.
Jeremiah 31:31 " Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a
new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah -- 32 "not according to the covenant ["
circumcision of the flesh"?].............. 33 "But this [is]
the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My law in their
minds, and write it on their
hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
Ezekiel 32:18 "Son of man, wail over the multitude of Egypt, And cast them down to the depths of the earth, Her and the daughters of the famous nations, With those who go down to the Pit: 19 'Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down, be placed
with the uncircumcised.'
Jeremiah 9:25 " Behold,
the Days are coming," says the LORD, "that I will punish all [who are]
circumcised with the uncircumcised --
Jeremiah 4:4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, And take away the foreskins of your hearts, You men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, Lest My fury come forth like fire, And burn so that no one can quench [it,] Because of the evil of your doings."