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# Your words have been found
This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "I have heard your message" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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# I consumed them
Jeremiah speaks of listening and understanding Yahweh's message as if it were food that he ate. Alternate translation: "I understood your message" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# the delight of my heart
Here the "heart" represents a person emotions and feelings. Alternate translation: "what I love most" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# I bear your name
"people know that I serve you"