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# General Information:
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This is a quotation from the prophet Jeremiah in the Old Testament.
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# with them
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"with my people"
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# after those days
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"when the time of the first covenant with my people has finished"
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# I will put my laws in their hearts
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Here "hearts" is a metonym for a person's inner being. The phrase "put my laws in their hearts" is a metaphor for enabling people to know his laws. Alternate translation: "I will enable them to know my laws" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# I will write them on their minds
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The phrase "write them on their minds" is a metaphor for causing people to remember his laws. Alternate translation: "I will cause them to remember my laws" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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