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-\v 1 Yahweh says that at that time, he will be the God who is worshiped by all the clans in Israel, and they will be his people.
+\v 1 Yahweh says that at that time he will be the God who is worshiped by all the clans in Israel, and they will be his people.
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 \v 2 This is what Yahweh says:
 \q1 "Those people who remained alive and were not killed by their enemies' swords
-\q2 were blessed by me even in the desert;
+\q2 were blessed by me even in the desert
 \q2 where they survived.
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 \v 3 Long ago I, Yahweh, said to your ancestors, the Israelite people,
 \q1 'I have loved you and I will continue to love you forever.
-\q2 By faithfully loving you I have brought you close to myself.'
+\q2 By faithfully loving you, I have brought you close to myself.'
 
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 \q1 "Sing joyfully about what I have done for the people of Israel!
 \q1 Shout about your nation, the greatest nation!
 \q2 Shout joyfully, praising me and saying,
-\q2 'Yahweh, has rescued his people,
+\q2 'Yahweh has rescued his people,
 \q2 the ones who were still alive!'
 
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 \v 10 People in the nations of the world, listen to this message from Yahweh.
 \q2 Then proclaim it to people who live along the coasts far away.
 \q1 Yahweh scattered his people, but he will gather them again and will take care of them
-\q2 like a shepherd takes care of his sheep.
+\q2 as a shepherd takes care of his sheep.
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 \v 11 Yahweh will buy his Israelite people back
 \q2 from those who conquered them because they were more powerful than his people.
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 \v 18 I have heard the people of Israel grieving very much and saying to me,
 \q2 'You punished us severely,
-\q2 like calves are beaten by their owners to train them for pulling a plow.
+\q2 as calves are beaten by their owners to train them for pulling a plow.
 \q1 So bring us back to obey you again,
-\q2 because we are ready to return to you,
+\q2 because we are ready to return to you
 \q1 because you alone are Yahweh, our God.
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 \v 19 We turned away from you,
-\q2 but we repented;
+\q2 but we repented
 \q1 after you caused us to realize that we were guilty.
 \q2 We beat our hands on our legs to show that we were very ashamed of the sins that we committed when we were young.'
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 \v 23 This is what Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, the God whom Israel worships, says: "When I bring them back from the countries to which they have been exiled, all the people from the towns in Judah will again say, 'I hope that Yahweh will bless this my home, the holy place where righteous people will live!'
 \v 24 The people of Judah who live in the towns, including the farmers and the shepherds, will all live together peacefully.
-\v 25 I will enable weary people to be refreshed with drinks of water, and enable people who are very exhausted to become strong again."
+\v 25 I will enable weary people to be refreshed with drinks of water and enable people who are very exhausted to become strong again."
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 \v 26 I, Jeremiah, woke up after dreaming all those things, and I looked around. I had slept very delightfully!
 
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 \v 27 Then Yahweh said to me, "There will be a time when I will greatly increase the number of people and the number of livestock here in Israel and Judah.
-\v 28 Previously, I caused their enemies to remove the people from their land and to destroy their land and to bring many disasters to it. But in the future, I will enable them to build houses and to plant crops here in Israel again. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.
+\v 28 Previously, I caused their enemies to remove the people from their land, destroy their land, and bring many disasters to it. But in the future, I will enable them to build houses and plant crops here in Israel again. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.
 
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-\v 29 Previously the people often said, 'The parents have eaten sour grapes, but it is the children's teeth that ache.' They meant that it was not fair for them to be punished for their ancestors' sins. But when I bring them back to their land, they will no longer say that.
+\v 29 Previously, the people often said, 'The parents have eaten sour grapes, but it is the children's teeth that ache.' They meant that it was not fair for them to be punished for their ancestors' sins. But when I bring them back to their land, they will no longer say that.
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 \v 30 But now all people will die because of the sins that they themselves have committed. It will be more like 'The person who eats sour grapes will have his own teeth aching.'
 
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-\v 35 Yahweh is the one who causes the sun to give light during the day,
+\v 35 Yahweh is the one who causes the sun to give light during the day
 \q2 and who causes the moon and the stars to give light during the night.
 \q1 He stirs up the seas, with the result that waves roar.
 \q1 His name is Yahweh, commander of the angel armies,
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 \v 2 His army had surrounded Jerusalem, and Jeremiah was in a prison area in the courtyard where the guards of the king's palace stayed.
 
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-\v 3 When King Zedekiah had put Jeremiah in prison, he said to Jeremiah, "Why do you prophesy and say to me, 'Yahweh says that he will give this city to the king of Babylon, and the king of Babylon will capture it.
-\v 4 And the soldiers of Babylonia will most definitely capture King Zedekiah and take him to the king of Babylon for a face to face encounter.
-\v 5 Then his soldiers will take Zedekiah to Babylon, and he will remain there until I arrange for him to be punished. And if he tries to fight against the soldiers from Babylonia, he will not succeed.'?"
+\v 3 When King Zedekiah had put Jeremiah in prison, he said to Jeremiah, "Why do you prophesy and say to me, 'Yahweh says that he will give this city to the king of Babylon, and the king of Babylon will capture it,
+\v 4 and the soldiers of Babylonia will most definitely capture King Zedekiah and take him to the king of Babylon for a face-to-face encounter;
+\v 5 then his soldiers will take Zedekiah to Babylon, and he will remain there until I arrange for him to be punished, and if he tries to fight against the soldiers from Babylonia, he will not succeed'?"
 
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 \v 6 Jeremiah said, "Yahweh gave another message. He said,
-\v 7 'Your cousin Hanamel son of Shallum your uncle, will come to you. He will say to you, "Buy my field at Anathoth, your hometown. Because you are my closest relative, it is written in our laws that you have the right to buy it before I ask if anyone else wants to buy it."'"
+\v 7 'Your cousin Hanamel, son of Shallum your uncle, will come to you. He will say to you, "Buy my field at Anathoth, your hometown. Because you are my closest relative, it is written in our laws that you have the right to buy it before I ask if anyone else wants to buy it."'"
 
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 \v 9 So, I bought the field at Anathoth. I paid Hanamel almost two hundred grams of silver for it.
 
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-\v 10 I signed the paper on which it was written that I was buying it, while others were watching. Then I weighed the silver and gave it to him.
+\v 10 While other people were watching, I signed the paper on which it was written that I was buying it. Then I weighed the silver and gave it to him.
 \v 11 Then I took two copies of the paper. One was sealed and the other was not sealed. On both of them was written the price and conditions of the purchase. I took both copies
-\v 12 and I gave them to Baruch son of Neraiah, and the grandson of Mahseiah. I did this while my cousin Hanamel, the other witnesses who had signed the paper, and other men of Judah who were there in the courtyard, were watching.
+\v 12 and I gave them to Baruch son of Neriah and grandson of Mahseiah. I did this while my cousin Hanamel, the other witnesses who had signed the paper, and other men of Judah who were there in the courtyard were watching.
 
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 \v 13 Then, while they were all listening, I said to Baruch,
-\v 14 "This is what Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, the God whom Israel worships, says: 'Take both copies of this paper and put them in a clay jar, to preserve them for a long time.
+\v 14 "This is what Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, the God whom Israel worships, says: 'Take both copies of this paper and put them in a clay jar to preserve them for a long time.
 \v 15 Do that because this is what I, Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, the God whom Israel worships, say: The people will again own property in this land, and they will buy and sell houses and vineyards and fields.'"
 
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 \v 19 You make wise plans and you do mighty deeds. You see how all people behave, and you do to them what they deserve.
 \v 20 You performed many miracles in Egypt, and you continue to perform miracles here in Israel and everywhere else in the world. Because of that, you have become very famous.
-\v 21 You brought our Israelite ancestors out of Egypt by performing many great miracles, using your very great power, causing our enemies to be terrified.
+\v 21 You brought our Israelite ancestors out of Egypt by performing many great miracles using your very great power, causing our enemies to be terrified.
 
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 \v 22 You gave to us Israelite people this land that you solemnly promised to give to our ancestors, a land that is very fertile.
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 \v 24 And now, the army of Babylonia has built ramps up against our city walls in order to attack our city. Because of our enemies' swords and because of famines and diseases, they will be able to conquer it easily. The things that you said would happen have now happened.
-\v 25 And it is evident that the Babylonian army will soon conquer this city. So now, I do not understand why you told me to buy this field with my silver, while others were watching. It seems that I have just been wasting my money by doing that!"
+\v 25 And it is evident that the Babylonian army will soon conquer this city. So now, I do not understand why you told me to buy this field with my silver while others were watching. It seems that I have just been wasting my money by doing that!"
 
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 \v 26 Then Yahweh gave Jeremiah this message:
 \v 27 "I am Yahweh, the God who rules over every living thing in the world. There is absolutely nothing that is too difficult for me to do.
-\v 28 So, this is what I say: It is true that I will enable the Babylonian army and King Nebuchadnezzar to capture this city.
+\v 28 So this is what I say: It is true that I will enable the Babylonian army and King Nebuchadnezzar to capture this city.
 
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 \v 29 The soldiers of Babylonia who are now outside the walls around the city will enter and burn this city. They will burn down all the houses where people caused me to become angry by burning incense on the tops of their roofs to honor Baal and by pouring out offerings of wine to other gods.
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 \v 38 They will be my people, and I will be their God.
-\v 39 I will give them one way of thinking and behaving, in order that they may revere me, for their good and for the good of their descendants.
+\v 39 I will give them one way of thinking and behaving so that they may revere me, for their good and for the good of their descendants.
 \v 40 I will make an agreement with them that will last forever: I will never stop doing good things for them, and they will always honor me; they will never stop worshiping me.
 
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 \v 43 By buying land you, Jeremiah, have predicted that the people will buy and sell fields in this land about which you people of Jerusalem now say, "The Babylonian soldiers have destroyed it. It is now desolate. It is a land where there are no longer any people or animals."
-\v 44 But the people will again buy and sell fields here. People will sign documents about buying those fields, and other people will witness them doing that. That will happen in the land where the descendants of Benjamin live and here in the villages near Jerusalem, in other towns in Judah, in the hill country and in the foothills to the west, and in the southern Judean wilderness, I will cause them to prosper again. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.'"
+\v 44 But the people will again buy and sell fields here. People will sign documents about buying those fields, and other people will witness them doing that. That will happen in the land where the descendants of Benjamin live and here in the villages near Jerusalem, in other towns in Judah, in the hill country and in the foothills to the west, and in the southern Judean wilderness. I will cause them to prosper again. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.'"
 
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 \v 3 Call out to me, and then I will tell you great and wonderful things that you have not known before.'
 
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-\v 4 This is what I, Yahweh, the God of Israel, say: 'The men in this city have torn down some of their houses, and even parts of the king's palace, to get materials to strengthen the walls around the city, in order that the soldiers of Babylonia would not be able to break through the walls after they climb up the ramps that they have built against the walls, and kill the inhabitants with their swords.
+\v 4 This is what I, Yahweh, the God of Israel, say: 'The men in this city have torn down some of their houses, and even parts of the king's palace, to get materials to strengthen the walls around the city so that the soldiers of Babylonia would not be able to break through the walls after they climb up the ramps that they have built against the walls and kill the inhabitants with their swords.
 \v 5 You are expecting to fight against the army from Babylonia, but what will happen is that the houses of this city will be filled with the corpses of the men of this city whom I will allow to be killed because I am extremely angry with them. I have abandoned them because of all the wicked things that they have done.
 
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-\v 10 And this is also what I, Yahweh, say: 'You people have said that this is a land where there are no longer any people or animals. But in the streets of Jerusalem that are now completely empty, and in the other towns in Judah,
-\v 11 and then the people will again be happy and laugh. Brides and bridegrooms will again sing joyfully. And many other people will also sing joyfully as they bring their offerings to me to thank me for what I have done for them. They will sing this song:
+\v 10 And this is also what I, Yahweh, say: 'You people have said that this is a land where there are no longer any people or animals. But in the streets of Jerusalem that are now completely empty and in the other towns in Judah,
+\v 11 the people will again be happy and laugh. Brides and bridegrooms will again sing joyfully. And many other people will also sing joyfully as they bring their offerings to me to thank me for what I have done for them. They will sing this song:
 \q1 "We thank you, Yahweh, commander of the angel armies,
 \q2 because you are good to us.
 \q2 You faithfully hold to your covenant with us forever."
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-\v 12 This land is now desolate. There are no people or animals living here. But I, Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, say this: 'In this land there will again be pastures where shepherds will lead their sheep
-\v 13 Shepherds will again count their sheep as the sheep walk by, outside the towns in the hill country, in the western foothills, in the southern Judean wilderness, in the land where the descendants of Benjamin live, around Jerusalem, and outside all the other towns in Judah.' That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.
+\v 12 This land is now desolate. There are no people or animals living here. But I, Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, say this: 'In this land there will again be pastures where shepherds will lead their sheep.
+\v 13 Shepherds will again count their sheep as the sheep walk by outside the towns in the hill country, in the western foothills, in the southern Judean wilderness, in the land where the descendants of Benjamin live, around Jerusalem, and outside all the other towns in Judah.' That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.
 
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 \v 19 Then Yahweh gave Jeremiah this message:
 \v 20 "This is what I, Yahweh, say: 'You certainly cannot annul my promise to cause nighttime to follow daytime each day.
 \v 21 Similarly, you cannot annul the promise that I made with King David, who served me well, that there will always be descendants of his who will rule Judah. The same is true for my agreement with the descendants of Levi who are priests who do work for me.
-\v 22 No one can count the stars in the sky, and no one can count the grains of sand at the seashore. Similarly, I will cause there to be a huge number of descendants of David and descendants of Levi who will work for me.'"
+\v 22 No one can count the stars in the sky, and no one can count the grains of sand at the seashore. Similarly, I will cause there to be a great number of descendants of David and descendants of Levi who will work for me.'"
 
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 \v 23 Yahweh gave another message to me. He said,
-\v 24 "Surely you know that some people are saying, 'Yahweh chose two groups, the people of Judah and the people of Israel, and later abandoned them.' Thepeople who are saying this are despising my people; they are saying that Israel no longer deserves to be considered a nation.
+\v 24 "Surely you know that some people are saying, 'Yahweh chose two groups, the people of Judah and the people of Israel, and later abandoned them.' The people who are saying this are despising my people; they are saying that Israel no longer deserves to be considered a nation.
 
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 \v 25 But this is what I say: 'I will not reject my people any quicker than I will change my laws that control the day and the night, the sky and the earth.
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 \v 1 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came with the armies of all the kingdoms that he ruled, and they fought against Jerusalem and the other towns in Judah. At that time, Yahweh gave me this message:
-\v 2 "Go to Zedekiah the King of Judah, and say to him, 'This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: "I am about to enable the army of the king of Babylon to capture this city, and they will burn it down.
+\v 2 "Go to Zedekiah king of Judah and say to him, 'This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: "I am about to enable the army of the king of Babylon to capture this city, and they will burn it down.
 \v 3 You will not escape from them; they will capture you and take you to the king of Babylon. You will meet him and speak with him face to face; then they will take you to Babylon."
 
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