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 # I did not run from being a shepherd following you
 
-Jeremiah speaks of leading and caring for the people as if he were a shepherd caring for sheep. He speaks of his abandoning that work as if he were running away from it. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+Jeremiah speaks as if he were a shepherd caring for sheep and abandoning that work as if he were running away.
 
 # I did not long for
 
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ Jeremiah speaks of leading and caring for the people as if he were a shepherd ca
 
 # the proclamations that came from my lips
 
-Here the word "lips" represents Jeremiah who spoke. The word "proclamations" can be translated with a verbal phrase. Alternate translation: "the proclamations that I spoke" or "the things that I proclaimed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])
+"the proclamations that I spoke" or "the things that I proclaimed"
 
 # They were made
 
-This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "I made them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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+"I made them"
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