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# General Information:
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Yahweh is speaking of his people as if they had been a flock of sheep that he found wandering in the wilderness. He says that he claimed them there for his own.
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# I knew you in the wilderness
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Yahweh claimed the Hebrew people as his own special people, and he took care of them there.
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# When you had pasture, then you became full
The image of sheep is continued with this expression.
# your heart became lifted up
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Becoming arrogant is spoken of as one's heart being lifted up. AT: "you became proud" (See:[[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/egypt]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/savior]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/know]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/desert]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/heart]]
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