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-# Connecting Statement:
-This is the third item in the list of things that Yahweh warns the Israelites that they might do ([Deuteronomy 8:11](./11.md)), the first being "your heart becomes lifted up" and the second being "you forget Yahweh your God" ([Deuteronomy 8:14](./14.md)).
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 # but you may say in your heart
 
-This is the third thing the people might do when their hearts "become lifted up" and they "forget Yahweh" ([Deuteronomy 8:14](../08/14.md)). Here "heart" is a metonym for a person's innermost thoughts. Alternate translation: "but you may think to yourself" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
+"but you may think to yourself". This is the third thing the people might do when their hearts "become lifted up" and they "forget Yahweh" (verse 14). 
 
 # My power and the might of my hand acquired all this wealth
 
-Here "hand" refers to a man's power or ability. Alternate translation: "I got this wealth because I am so strong and powerful" or "I have acquired all these things by my own power and ability" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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+"I got this wealth because I am so strong and powerful" or "I have acquired all these things by my own power and ability"