From 1b3a8acf04a545928f32604c11c11664aa6c3335 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PaulDeYoung Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 18:18:21 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update jer/08/08.md --- jer/08/08.md | 15 +++------------ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/jer/08/08.md b/jer/08/08.md index 1ecc1932de..3bf097bec1 100644 --- a/jer/08/08.md +++ b/jer/08/08.md @@ -1,14 +1,6 @@ -# 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]]) - -# 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! @@ -16,9 +8,8 @@ These words tell the hearer to pay close attention to what follows. # 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" - +"has given you false ideas" \ No newline at end of file