There is another sense in which the term "circumcise" is used in the Hebrew Bible. In the Book of Deuteronomy () it's written: ""Circumcise the foreskin of your heart,"" (also quoted in , New JPS Tanakh translates as: "Cut away, therefore, the thickening about your hearts") along with : "To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: ..." (the New JPS Tanakh translates: "Their ears are blocked"). says that circumcised and uncircumcised will be punished alike by the Lord; for "all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart." The New JPS Tanakh translation adds the note: ""uncircumcised of heart": I.e., their minds are blocked to God's commandments." Non-Jewish tribes that practiced circumcision were described as being "circumcised in uncircumcision."()