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# Connecting Statement:
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Yahweh continues giving Jeremiah his message to the people of Judah.
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# How can you say, "We are wise, for the law of Yahweh is with us"?
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Yahweh asks this question to make the people of Judah think about what they were saying. It can be translated as a statement. AT: "You think that you are wise because you have the law of Yahweh with you." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# How can you say
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The "you" here refers to the people of Judah.
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# Indeed, see!
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These words tell the hearer to pay close attention to what follows.
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# The deceitful pen of the scribes
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The pen represents the words that the scribes write. AT: "The false things that the scribes write" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# has created deceit
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"has given you false ideas"
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# The wise men will be ashamed
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This is irony because the wise men are normally honored for their wisdom. AT: "Those men who think they are wise will feel ashamed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-irony]])
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# dismayed
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"terrified" or "shattered"
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# Behold!
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"Pay attention!"
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# so what use is their wisdom?
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This question expects a negative answer and is intended to make the hearers think about how little what they consider wisdom is really worth when they reject Yahweh's word. AT: "so what they think is wise does not do them any good." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# because from the least to the greatest, all of them are greedy for dishonest gain! From the prophet to the priest, all of them practice deceit
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See how you translated this in [Jeremiah 6:13](../06/13.md).
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# because from the least to the greatest, all of them are greedy
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The phrase "from the least to the greatest" shows that all the people of Judah are included in the phrase "all of them," regardless of how important they are. AT: "because all of them, including the least powerful, the most powerful, and everyone else, are greedy" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism]])
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# the least
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This refers to the least powerful and least important people. AT: "the least powerful people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj]])
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# the greatest
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This refers to the most powerful and most important people. AT: "the greatest people" or "the most powerful people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj]])
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# all of them
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"all of the people of Judah"
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# are greedy for dishonest gain
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The abstract noun "gain" can be expressed with the phrases "get more money" or "get more things." AT: "want to get more money by lying to people" or "strongly desire to get more things and will even trick people in order to get them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# all of them practice deceit
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"all of them deceive people" or "all of them are liars" |