22 “Speak as follows: ‘This is what the Lord declares: Human corpses will fall like manure on the surface of the field,p like newly cut grainq after the reaper with no one to gather it.

BOAST IN THE LORD

23 “ ‘This is what the Lord says:

The wise person should not boast in his wisdom;

the strong should not boast in his strength;

the wealthy should not boast in his wealth.

24 But the one who boasts should boast in this:

that he understands and knows mer—

that I am the Lord, showing faithful love,

justice, and righteousness on the earth,

for I delight in these things.

This is the Lord’s declaration.

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