# General Information: This is a quotation from the prophet Jeremiah in the Old Testament. # with them "with my people" # after those days "when the time of the first covenant with my people has finished" # I will put my laws in their hearts Here "hearts" is a metonym for a person's inner being. The phrase "put my laws in their hearts" is a metaphor for enabling people to know his laws. Alternate translation: "I will enable them to know my laws" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) # I will write them on their minds The phrase "write them on their minds" is a metaphor for causing people to remember his laws. Alternate translation: "I will cause them to remember my laws" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])