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Connecting Statement:
Yahweh continues to deliver his message about the false prophets and priests that he began in Jeremiah 23:9 and completes in Jeremiah 23:40.
Am I only a God nearby ... and not also a God far away?
Yahweh uses this question to rebuke the priests and false prophets for thinking that he did not rule everywhere. AT: "I am not only a God who is here in Jerusalem ... but I am everywhere!" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)
this is Yahweh's declaration
Yahweh speaks of himself by name to express the certainty of what he is declaring. See how you translated this in Jeremiah 1:8. AT: "this is what Yahweh has declared" or "this is what I, Yahweh, have declared" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person)
Can anyone hide in a secret place so I cannot see him?
Yahweh uses this question to rebuke the priests and false prophets for thinking that he did not see the evil that they were doing. AT: "No one can hide in a secret place so I cannot see him." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)
do I not fill the heavens and the earth?
Yahweh uses this question to emphasize that he is everywhere in heaven and on earth. AT: "I am everywhere, both in the heavens and on the earth." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)