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 \v 5 After those men gave Isaiah that message,
 \v 6 he told them to say to the king that Yahweh says: "Those lackeys from the king of Assyria have said evil things about me. But do not let them worry you.
-\v 7 Listen to this: I will make Sennacherib hear some news from his own country that will worry him very much. So he will go back there, and I will make other men to assassinate him with their swords."
+\v 7 Listen to this: I will make Sennacherib hear some news from his own country that will worry him very much. So he will go back there, and I will make other men assassinate him with their swords."
 
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 \v 9 Soon after that, King Sennacherib received a report that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was leading his army to attack them. So he sent other messengers to Hezekiah with a letter. In the letter he wrote this to Hezekiah:
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-\v 10 "Do not allow your god, on whom you are relying, to deceive you by promising that he will keep my army from capturing Jerusalem."
+\v 10 "Do not allow your god on whom you are relying to deceive you by promising that he will keep my army from capturing Jerusalem."
 
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 \v 11 You have certainly heard what the armies of the kings of Assyria before me did to all the other countries; our armies destroyed them completely. So you really do not think that you will escape from me, do you?
-\v 12 Did the gods of those nations rescue them? Did they rescue the region of Gozan, or the cities of Haran and Rezeph in northern Aram, or the people of the region of Eden in the city of Tel Assar?
+\v 12 Did the gods of those nations rescue them? Did they rescue the region of Gozan, or the cities of Harran and Rezeph in northern Aram, or the people of the region of Eden in the city of Tel Assar?
 \v 13 What happened to the king of Hamath and the king of Arpad? What happened to the kings of the cities of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Did their gods rescue them?"
 
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 \v 14 Hezekiah received the letter that the messengers gave him, and he read it. Then he went up to the temple and spread out the letter in front of Yahweh.
 \v 15 Then Hezekiah prayed this:
-\v 16 "Yahweh, Commander of the angel armies, the God to whom we Israelites belong, you are seated on your throne above the statues of the cherubim, above the sacred chest. Only you are truly God. You rule all the kingdoms on this earth. You are the one who created everything on the earth and in the sky.
+\v 16 "Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, the God to whom we Israelites belong, you are seated on your throne above the statues of the cherubim, above the sacred chest. Only you are truly God. You rule all the kingdoms on this earth. You are the one who created everything on the earth and in the sky.
 
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 \v 17 So, Yahweh, please listen to what I am saying, and look at what is happening! And listen to what Sennacherib has said to insult you, the all-powerful God!
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 \v 19 And they have thrown all the idols of those nations into fires and burned them. But they were not really gods. They were only idols made of wood and stone, and that is why they were able to be destroyed.
-\v 20 So now, Yahweh our God, please rescue us from the power of the king of Assyria, in order that the people in all the kingdoms of the world may know that you, Yahweh, are the only one who is truly God."
+\v 20 So now, Yahweh our God, please rescue us from the power of the king of Assyria so that the people in all the kingdoms of the world may know that you, Yahweh, are the only one who is truly God."
 
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 \v 29 So because you have raged against me
 \q2 and because I have heard you speak very proudly,
 \q1 it will be as though I will put a hook in your nose
-\q2 and an iron bit in your mouth in order that I can take you where I wish,
+\q2 and an iron bit in your mouth so that I can take you where I wish,
 \q1 and I will force you to return to your own country,
 \q2 on the same road on which you came here, without conquering Jerusalem.'"
 
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-\v 30 "This will prove to you, Hezekiah that it is I, Yahweh, who will make all this happen:
+\v 30 "This will prove to you, Hezekiah, that it is I, Yahweh, who will make all this happen:
 \q1 This year, you will eat only the crops that grow by themselves,
 \q2 and next year the same thing will happen.
 \q1 But in the third year you will plant crops and harvest them;
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-\v 31 You people who are still here in Judah,
+\v 31 You people who are still here in Judah
 \q2 will be strong and prosper again.
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 \v 32 A small number of my people will survive,
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-\v 1 About that time, Hezekiah became very ill and was close to dying. So Isaiah went to see him and gave him this message: "This is what Yahweh says: 'You should tell the people in your palace what you want them to do after you die because you will not recover from this illness. You are going to die'"
+\v 1 About that time, Hezekiah became very ill and was close to dying. So Isaiah went to see him and gave him this message: "This is what Yahweh says: 'You should tell the people in your palace what you want them to do after you die because you will not recover from this illness. You are going to die.'"
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-\v 2 Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed this:
+\v 2 Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall and prayed this:
 \v 3 "Yahweh, do not forget that I have always served you faithfully with all my inner being, and I have done things that pleased you!" Then Hezekiah started to cry loudly.
 
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 \v 4 Then Yahweh gave Isaiah this message:
-\v 5 "Go back to Hezekiah and tell him that this is what I, the God to whom your ancestor King David belonged, say: 'I have heard what you prayed, and I have seen you crying. So listen: I will enable you to live fifteen years more.
-\v 6 And I will rescue and this city from the power of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.
+\v 5 "Go back to Hezekiah and tell him that this is what I, the God to whom your ancestor King David belonged, say: 'I have heard what you prayed, and I have seen you crying. So listen: I will enable you to live fifteen more years.
+\v 6 And I will rescue you and this city from the power of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.
 
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 \v 11 I said, "I will not see Yahweh again
 \q2 in this world where people are alive.
-\q1 I will not see my friends again,
+\q1 I will not see my friends again
 \q2 or be with others who now are alive in this world.
 
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 \v 12 It is as if my life had been taken away
 \q2 like a tent whose pegs have been pulled up by a shepherd and taken away.
-\q1 I have to roll up my life like a weaver,
+\q1 I have to roll up my life like a weaver;
 \q2 like a piece of cloth that a weaver cuts and rolls up, Yahweh has cut off my life."
 \q2 Between morning and evening he will kill me off.
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 \q1 My eyes became tired looking up toward heaven for help.
 \q2 I cried out, 'Yahweh, help me, because I am distressed!'
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-\v 15 But there was really nothing that I could say and ask him to reply to me,
+\v 15 But there was really nothing that I could say and ask him to reply to me
 \q2 because it was Yahweh who sent this illness.
 \q1 So now I will live humbly during my remaining years
 \q2 because I am very anguished within myself.
 
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-\v 16 Yahweh, the sufferings that you give are good,
+\v 16 Yahweh, the sufferings that you give are good
 \q2 because what you do and what you say bring new life and health to me.
 \q1 And you have restored me
 \q2 and allowed me to continue to live!
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 \q1 Those who have descended to their graves
 \q2 cannot expect you to faithfully do things for them.
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-\v 19 Only people who are still alive, like I am, can praise you.
+\v 19 Only people who are still alive, as I am, can praise you.
 \q1 Fathers tell their children how you are faithful,
 \q2 and if I remain alive, I will do the same thing.