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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. Alternate translation: "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. Alternate translation: "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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