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These are Yahweh's words about the people of Judah.
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## Why do you say, “We are wise! And the law of Yahweh is with us”? ##
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"Why do you say, we are wise! And we have the law of Yahweh?" AT: "You should not say that you are wise and that you have the law of Yahweh." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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## Why do you say ##
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The "you" here refers to the people of Judah.
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## The deceitful pen of the scribes has created deceit ##
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The pen represents the words that the scribes write. AT: "The false things that the scribes have been writing have given you false ideas about the law of Yahweh." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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## The wise men will be ashamed ##
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"These men who think they are wise will feel ashamed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-irony]])
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## They are dismayed and trapped ##
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"Enemies will defeat them and take them away"
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## so what use is their wisdom? ##
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AT: "so their so called wisdom does not do them any good."
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## those who will possess them ##
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"the people who will take control of their land"
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## for from the youngest...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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