Imamat 26:41

26:41 (and I myself will walk in hostility against them and bring them into the land of their enemies), and ¹  then their uncircumcised hearts become humbled and they make up for ²  their iniquity,

Ulangan 10:16

10:16 Therefore, cleanse ³  your heart and stop being so stubborn! ⁴ 

Yeremia 4:4

4:4 Just as ritual circumcision cuts away the foreskin

as an external symbol of dedicated covenant commitment,

you must genuinely dedicate yourselves to the Lord

and get rid of everything that hinders your commitment to me, ⁵ 

people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem.

If you do not, ⁶  my anger will blaze up like a flaming fire against you

that no one will be able to extinguish.

That will happen because of the evil you have done.”

[26:41]  ¹ tn Heb “or then,” although the LXX has “then” and the Syriac “and then.”

[26:41]  ² tn Heb “and then they make up for.” On the verb “make up for” see the note on v. 34 above.

[10:16]  ³ tn Heb “circumcise the foreskin of” (cf. KJV, ASV, NRSV). Reference to the Abrahamic covenant prompts Moses to recall the sign of that covenant, namely, physical circumcision (Gen 17:9-14). Just as that act signified total covenant obedience, so spiritual circumcision (cleansing of the heart) signifies more internally a commitment to be pliable and obedient to the will of God (cf. Deut 30:6; Jer 4:4; 9:26).

[10:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “your neck do not harden again.” See note on the word “stubborn” in Deut 9:6.

[4:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “Circumcise yourselves to the Lord and remove the foreskin of your heart.” The translation is again an attempt to bring out the meaning of a metaphor. The mention of the “foreskin of the heart” shows that the passage is obviously metaphorical and involves heart attitude, not an external rite.

[4:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “lest.”