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@@ -4212,26 +4212,26 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \q2 The one who caused you to become a nation says this:
 \q1 "Do not be afraid,
 \q2 because I have rescued you.
-\q1 I have called you by your name, in order that you may belong to me. Now you are mine.
+\q1 I have called you by your name so that you may belong to me. Now you are mine.
 
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 \q1
-\v 2 When you experience dangerous situations,
+\v 2 When you experience dangerous situations
 \q1 and you have hardships as terrible as deep rivers to cross,
 \q2 I will be with you.
 \q1 When you have very painful troubles, as painful as fire,
 \q2 you will be able to endure them, and they will not hurt you,
 \q1
-\v 3 because I am Yahweh, your God,
+\v 3 because I am Yahweh your God,
 \q2 the Holy One of Israel, the one who rescues you.
-\q1 I will sacrifice Egypt in your place;
+\q1 I will sacrifice Egypt in your place,
 \q2 and Ethiopia and Seba exchange for you.
 
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 \q1
 \v 4 I will cause other countries to be conquered instead of your country;
-\q2 I will trade them for you,
-\q2 in order that you will not be killed,
+\q2 I will trade them for you
+\q2 so that you will not be killed
 \q1 because you are very precious to me
 \q2 and because I love you.
 \q1
@@ -4240,12 +4240,12 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 
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 \q1
-\v 6 I will command the rulers of the nations to the north and to the south,
+\v 6 I will command the rulers of the nations to the north and to the south:
 \q2 'Allow all the people of Israel to return to their country,
 \q2 from the most distant places on the earth.
 \q1
-\v 7 Allow all those who belong to me to return,
-\q2 because I have caused them to become a nation in order that they would honor me;
+\v 7 Allow all those who belong to me to return
+\q2 because I have caused them to become a nation so that they would honor me;
 \q2 I am the one who has done that.'
 
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@@ -4289,7 +4289,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \q1
 \v 14 Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, is the one who rescues you, and this is what he says:
 \q2 "For your sake, I will send an army to attack Babylon.
-\q2 They will force the people of the city to run away from their city, and to wail in song instead of rejoice in song.
+\q2 They will force the people of the city to run away from their city and to wail in song instead of rejoice in song.
 \q1
 \v 15 I am Yahweh, your Holy One,
 \q2 the one who caused Israel to become a nation, and the one who is really your king.
@@ -4300,9 +4300,9 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \q2 making a road through the Sea of Reeds.
 \q1
 \v 17 Then I summoned the great army of Egypt
-\q2 to come with all their chariots and horses.
+\q2 to come with all of their chariots and horses.
 \q1 But when they tried to pursue my people,
-\q1 I caused the waves to flow over them and they drowned;
+\q1 I caused the waves to flow over them, and they drowned;
 \q2 their lives ended like the light of a candle ends when someone snuffs out the wick.
 
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@@ -4320,9 +4320,9 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \v 20 The jackals and ostriches and other wild creatures will thank me
 \q2 for giving them water in the desert.
 \q1 I will cause streams to appear in the dry desert
-\q2 in order that my people, the ones whom I have chosen, will have water;
+\q2 so that my people, the ones whom I have chosen, will have water;
 \q2
-\v 21 I will do that for the people whom I have created and chosen to belong to me,
+\v 21 I will do that for the people whom I have created and chosen to belong to me
 \q2 so that they will tell others about the wonderful things I have done for them.
 
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@@ -4338,12 +4338,12 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \q1
 \v 24 You have not bought for me any fragrant reeds,
 \q2 and you have not poured out to me the sweet-smelling fat from any animal sacrifices.
-\q1 But you have burdened me by all the sins that you have committed,
+\q1 But you have burdened me by all the sins that you have committed
 \q2 and made me weary because of all your iniquities.
 
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 \q1
-\v 25 I am the one who is able to forgive you for all your sins;
+\v 25 I am the one who is able to forgive you for all of your sins;
 \q2 I am the only one who can do that,
 \q2 with the result that I will never think about them again.
 \q1
@@ -4353,11 +4353,11 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
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 \q1
 \v 27 No, what has happened is that the first ancestor of you Israelites sinned against me,
-\q2 and since then, all your leaders have rebelled against me.
+\q2 and since then, all of your leaders have rebelled against me.
 \q1
 \v 28 That is why I will cause your priests to be disgraced;
 \q2 I will allow others to destroy you people of Israel
-\q2 and caused you to be despised."
+\q2 and cause you to be despised."
 
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@@ -4443,7 +4443,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \q1 He uses a chisel and other tools
 \q2 to carve it to resemble a human.
 \q1 He causes it to become a very beautiful idol,
-\q2 and then he puts it in a special house, where he will bow down to it.
+\q2 and then he puts it in a special house where he will bow down to it.
 
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@@ -4468,8 +4468,8 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
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 \q1
 \v 17 Then he takes the rest of the wood
-\q2 and makes an idol which is to be his god.
-\q1 He bows down to it and honors it,
+\q2 and makes an idol, which is to be his god.
+\q1 He bows down to it and honors it
 \q2 and prays to it and says,
 \q2 "You are my god, so save me!"
 
@@ -4493,7 +4493,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \q1
 \v 20 They might as well be eating the ashes from a fire!
 \q2 They trust in something that cannot save them;
-\q2 they do not admit, "In my hand I hold something that is not really a god! "
+\q2 they do not admit, "In my hand I hold something that is not really a god!"
 
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@@ -4511,10 +4511,10 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 
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 \q1
-\v 23 The sun and moon and stars in the sky, should sing,
-\q2 and the very deepest places of the earth will should joyfully!
-\q1 All the mountains and forests, and all you trees,
-\q should sing loudly,
+\v 23 The sun and moon and stars in the sky should sing,
+\q2 and the very deepest places of the earth will shout joyfully!
+\q1 All the mountains and forests and all you trees
+\q should sing loudly
 \q2 because Yahweh has rescued the descendants of Jacob,
 \q2 and the people of Israel will praise him.
 
@@ -4569,7 +4569,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \q2 and cut through their iron bars.
 \q1
 \v 3 I will give you treasures that people have hidden in dark secret places.
-\q1 I will do that in order that you will know that I am Yahweh,
+\q1 I will do that so that you will know that I am Yahweh,
 \q2 the God to whom the Israelites belong,
 \q2 the God who calls you by your name.
 
@@ -4584,7 +4584,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \q1 Even though you do not know me,
 \q2 I will give you power to wage war
 \q1
-\v 6 in order that everyone in the world, from the east to the west, will know that there is no other God.
+\v 6 so that everyone in the world, from the east to the west, will know that there is no other God.
 \q2 I am Yahweh, and there is no other God.
 
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@@ -4604,7 +4604,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \q2 they are just like every other clay pot that is made, and yet they argue with the One who made them and formed them out of the clay.
 \q1 Can a lump of clay say to the potter who made him,
 \q2 'Why are you making me like this?'
-\q1 The clay pot cannot say 'What do you think you are doing, making me this way?" or "You have no skill and your clay pots are not worth anything!"
+\q1 The clay pot cannot say 'What do you think you are doing, making me this way?' or 'You have no skill and your clay pots are not worth anything!'
 
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@@ -4675,7 +4675,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \v 19 What I proclaimed, I did not speak secretly;
 \q2 I did not hide what I was saying by speaking in a dark place.
 \q1 When I spoke to the descendants of Jacob,
-\q2 I did not tell them
+\q2 I did not tell them,
 \q1 'It will be useless for you to seek for me!'
 \q2 I, Yahweh, speak only what is true and what is right.
 
@@ -4692,14 +4692,14 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \q2 And when you do that, I will ask you,
 \q1 'Who predicted long ago what has now happened?
 \q2 Did any idol tell you that those things would happen?'
-\q1 No, it was only I, Yahweh, who told you,
+\q1 No, it was only I, Yahweh, who told you
 \q2 because I am the only God; there is no other God.
 \q1 I am a God who acts righteously and saves people;
 \q2 there is no other one who does these things.
 
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 \q1
-\v 22 Everyone in the world should ask me to save them,
+\v 22 Everyone in the world should ask me to save them
 \q2 because I am the only God who can do that;
 \q2 there is no other one.
 \q1