to retrieve it because it is “in your [sg] mouth and in your heart” (30:11–14), it is still “written in this book of the law” (30:10. The metaphor of writing on the heart shows how the external limitations and vulnerability of the old system of written documents and human mediators will be eliminated. The metaphor of the heart also shows how the internal impediment to the perfection of the covenant relationship will be overcome. The conviction that having the LORD’s word in or on one’s heart prevents