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)”

² “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his hordes:

¹⁸ “‘Which of the trees of Eden can be compared with you in splendor and majesty? Yet you, too, will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the earth below; you will lie among the uncircumcised,^(A) with those killed by the sword.

“‘This is Pharaoh and all his hordes, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”