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-# Connecting Statement:
-
-Yahweh continues giving Jeremiah his message to the people of Judah.
-
 # How can you say, "We are wise, for the law of Yahweh is with us"?
 
-Yahweh asks this question to make the people of Judah think about what they were saying. It can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "You think that you are wise because you have the law of Yahweh with you." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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-# How can you say
-
-The "you" here refers to the people of Judah.
+"You think that you are wise because you have the law of Yahweh with you". This refers to the people of Judah.
 
 # Indeed, see!
 
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 # The deceitful pen of the scribes
 
-The pen represents the words that the scribes write. Alternate translation: "The false things that the scribes write" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
+"The false things that the scribes write"
 
 # has created deceit
 
-"has given you false ideas"
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+"has given you false ideas"
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