diff --git a/23-ISA.usfm b/23-ISA.usfm index 9aeb627d..ef58de2e 100644 --- a/23-ISA.usfm +++ b/23-ISA.usfm @@ -2086,10 +2086,10 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain. \s5 \q1 -\v 4 But now you people in Sidon should be ashamed, +\v 4 But now you people in Sidon should be ashamed \q2 because you trusted in Tyre, which has been a strong fortress on an island in the sea. \q1 Tyre is like a woman who is saying, -\q2 "Now it is as though I have not given birth to any children, +\q2 "Now it is as though I have not given birth to any children \q2 or raised any sons or daughters." \q1 \v 5 When the people of Egypt hear what has happened to Tyre, @@ -2117,7 +2117,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain. \s5 \q1 \v 10 You people of Tarshish, you must grow crops in your land instead of trading; -\q2 spread out over your land like the Nile River spreads over the land of Egypt when it floods, +\q2 spread out over your land like the Nile River spreads over the land of Egypt when it floods \q2 because there is no harbor in Tyre for your ships now. \q1 \v 11 It is as though Yahweh stretched out his hand over the sea @@ -2149,16 +2149,16 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain. \v 16 You harlot, whom people had forgotten, \q2 play your harp well, \q1 and sing many songs, -\q2 in order that people will remember you again. +\q2 so that people will remember you again. \s5 \p -\v 17 It is true that after seventy years Yahweh will restore Tyre. Their merchants will again earn a lot of money by buying things from and selling things to many other nations. +\v 17 It is true that after seventy years Yahweh will restore Tyre. Their merchants will again earn much money by buying things from and selling things to many other nations. \q1 \v 18 But their profits will be given to Yahweh. \q2 The merchants will not hoard their money; -\q1 instead, they will give it to Yahweh's people, for they will live in his presence, -\q2 in order that they can buy food and nice clothes. +\q1 instead, they will give it to Yahweh's people, for they will live in his presence +\q2 so that they can buy food and nice clothes. \s5 \c 24 @@ -2205,7 +2205,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain. \q2 and people will no longer shout noisily during their celebrations. \q1 \v 9 People will no longer sing while they drink wine, -\q2 and all their alcoholic drinks will taste bitter. +\q2 and all of their alcoholic drinks will taste bitter. \s5 \q1 @@ -2218,7 +2218,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain. \s5 \q1 \v 12 Cities will be ruined, -\q2 and all their gates will be battered into pieces. +\q2 and all of their gates will be battered into pieces. \q1 \v 13 It will be like that all over the earth: \q2 there will only be a few people still alive, @@ -2261,12 +2261,12 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain. \q1 \v 20 It will be as though the earth will stagger like a drunk; \q2 it will shake like a hammock in a windstorm. -\q1 It will collapse and not be able to rise again, +\q1 It will collapse and not be able to rise again \q2 because the guilt of the people who rebel against Yahweh is very great. \s5 \q1 -\v 21 At that time, Yahweh will punish the wicked powerful beings in the skies +\v 21 At that time, Yahweh will punish the wicked, powerful beings in the skies \q2 and the wicked kings on the earth. \q1 \v 22 They will all be gathered together and thrown into a dungeon. @@ -2274,8 +2274,8 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain. \q1 and later they will be punished. \q1 \v 23 At that time the light of the moon and the sun will be lessened; -\q2 it will be as though they are ashamed in the presence of Yahweh, -\q1 because he, Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, will rule gloriously on Mount Zion, +\q2 it will be as though they are ashamed in the presence of Yahweh +\q1 because he, Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, will rule gloriously on Mount Zion \q2 in the presence of all the leaders of his people. \s5 @@ -2285,7 +2285,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain. \q2 I will honor you and praise you. \q1 You do wonderful things; \q2 you said long ago that you would do those things, -\q2 and now you have done them as you said that you would. +\q2 and now you have done them as you said you would. \q1 \v 2 Sometimes you have caused cities to become heaps of rubble, \q2 cities that had strong walls around them. @@ -2301,8 +2301,8 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain. \q2 a place where needy people can go when they are distressed. \q1 You are like a place where people can find refuge in a storm \q2 and where they can stay in the shade, out of the hot sun. -\q1 People oppress us and show us no mercy, -\q2 they are like a storm beating against a wall, +\q1 People oppress us and show us no mercy; +\q2 they are like a storm beating against a wall \q2 \v 5 and like the very strong heat in the dry land. \q1 But you cause the noisy cries of people from foreign nations to be quiet. @@ -2311,8 +2311,8 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain. \s5 \q1 -\v 6 Here in Jerusalem Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, will prepare a wonderful feast for all the people of the world. -\q2 It will be a banquet with plenty of good meat and fine well-aged wine. +\v 6 Here in Jerusalem, Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, will prepare a wonderful feast for all the people of the world. +\q2 It will be a banquet with plenty of good meat and fine, well-aged wine. \q1 \v 7 People here are sad; \q2 they are so sad that it is like a dark cloud that hangs over them, @@ -2341,7 +2341,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain. \v 11 Yahweh will push down the people of Moab; \q2 they will be like a swimmer who pushes down the water with his hands; they will push their hands through the dung but never get out of it. \q1 He will cause them to cease being proud, -\q2 and he will show that all the things that they have done are worthless. +\q2 and he will show that all the things they have done are worthless. \q1 \v 12 He will cause armies to tear down the high walls around the cities of Moab; \q2 they will fall into pieces and lie in the dust. @@ -2360,10 +2360,10 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain. \s5 \q1 \v 3 Yahweh, those who trust in you, -\q2 those who are determined to never doubt you, +\q2 those who are determined to never doubt you— \q2 you will enable them to be perfectly peaceful in their inner beings. \q1 -\v 4 So always trust in Yahweh, +\v 4 So always trust in Yahweh \q2 because he is forever like a huge rock on top of which we will be safe. \s5 @@ -2408,7 +2408,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain. \s5 \q1 -\v 13 Yahweh, our God, other masters have ruled over us, +\v 13 Yahweh our God, other masters have ruled over us, \q2 but you are the only one whom we honor. \q1 \v 14 Those who ruled us are now gone; they are dead; @@ -2429,7 +2429,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain. \q1 \v 17 Like pregnant women who writhe and cry out \q2 when they are giving birth, -\q2 we suffered very much, too. +\q2 we also suffered very much. \s5 \q1 @@ -2440,7 +2440,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain. \s5 \q1 -\v 19 But Yahweh's people who have died will become alive again, +\v 19 But Yahweh's people who have died will become alive again; \q2 their corpses will become alive! \q1 You whose bodies lie in graves, rise and shout joyfully! \q1 His light will be like dew that falls on you, his people who have died, @@ -2471,8 +2471,8 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain. \q1 "You Israelite people, who are like a fruitful vineyard, must sing! \q2 \v 3 I will protect you -\q2 like a farmer waters his crops carefully in order that they will grow well. -\q1 I will guard you day and night, in order that no one harms you. +\q2 like a farmer waters his crops carefully so that they will grow well. +\q1 I will guard you day and night so that no one harms you. \s5 \q1 @@ -2487,7 +2487,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain. \s5 \q1 \v 6 There will be a time when the descendants of Jacob will prosper like a plant that has good roots; -\q2 they will be like trees that bud and blossom and bear a lot of fruit; +\q2 they will be like trees that bud and blossom and bear much fruit; \q2 what they do will bless all the people in the world. \s5 @@ -2527,8 +2527,8 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain. \s5 \p -\v 12 However, there will be a time when Yahweh will gather them together again; he will separate them from the people who have conquered them, like people separate wheat from chaff. He will bring them back to Israel, one by one, from the land between the Euphrates River in the northeast and the brook at the border of Egypt in the southwest. -\v 13 At that time, a trumpet will be blown very loudly. And those who were exiled to Assyria and Egypt and who almost died there will return to Jerusalem, to worship Yahweh on Zion, his holy hill. +\v 12 However, there will be a time when Yahweh will gather them together again; he will separate them from the people who have conquered them as people separate wheat from chaff. He will bring them back to Israel, one by one, from the land between the Euphrates River in the northeast and the brook at the border of Egypt in the southwest. +\v 13 At that time, a trumpet will be blown very loudly. And those who were exiled to Assyria and Egypt and who almost died there will return to Jerusalem to worship Yahweh on Zion, his holy hill. \s5 \c 28 @@ -2569,12 +2569,12 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain. \q1 \v 7 But now, our leaders stagger, \q1 and the priests and prophets also stagger -\q2 because of drinking a lot of wine and other alcoholic drinks. +\q2 because of drinking much wine and other alcoholic drinks. \q1 They are not able to think right; \q2 they see visions, but they cannot understand what they mean; \q2 they are unable to decide things correctly. \q1 -\v 8 All their tables are covered with their vomit; +\v 8 All of their tables are covered with their vomit; \q2 filth is everywhere. \s5 @@ -2584,8 +2584,8 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain. \q1 Does he think that we are like little children who no longer drink milk, \q2 and that we are like babies who, not long ago, were weaned? \q1 -\v 10 He continually tells us, 'Do this, do that;' -\q2 first he tells us one rule, then another rule, +\v 10 He continually tells us, 'Do this, do that'; +\q2 first he tells us one rule, then another rule; \q2 he tells us only one line at a time." \s5 @@ -2614,15 +2614,15 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain. \q2 you who mock and make fun of me! \q1 \v 15 You boast and say, -\q1 "We made a promise with death to ensure that the power of death, when it passes over us, it cannot get to us. +\q1 "We made a promise with death to ensure that the power of death, when it passes over us, cannot get to us. \q2 We tried to turn our lying words into a shelter in which we could hide. \s5 \p \v 16 Therefore, Yahweh our Lord says this: -\q1 "Listen to this! I am going to place in Jerusalem someone who is like a foundation stone, +\q1 "Listen to this! I am going to place in Jerusalem someone who is like a foundation stone; \q2 he is like a stone that has been tested to determine if it is solid. -\q1 He will be like a valuable stone on which which it will be safe to build a house; +\q1 He will be like a valuable stone on which it will be safe to build a house, \q2 and whoever trusts in him will never be disappointed. \s5 @@ -2636,9 +2636,9 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain. \s5 \q1 \v 18 I will cancel the covenant that you made with death, -\q2 and I will bring to an end the covenant you made with the place where the dead dwell. +\q2 and I will bring to an end the covenant you made with the place where dead people dwell. \q1 But when the vast flood comes, it will pour over you; -\q2 and day after day it will pass over you. +\q2 day after day it will pass over you. \q1 \v 19 When the flood comes, it will pass through and over you like the river when it overflows its banks and causes flooding everywhere. \q1 When you finally understand the message of Yahweh, it will cause you to be terrified, not comforted. @@ -2646,18 +2646,18 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain. \s5 \q1 For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to wrap oneself in. -\v 20 You have heard people say, "Your bed is very short; you will not be able to sleep in it; -\q2 your blankets are very narrow; they will not cover you!" +\v 20 You have heard people say, "Your bed is very short; you will not be able to sleep in it. +\q2 Your blankets are very narrow; they will not cover you!" \q1 \v 21 Yahweh will come and cause you to be defeated; -\q2 he will do to you like he did to the army of Philistia at Mount Perizim, +\q2 he will do to you like he did to the army of Philistia at Mount Perazim \q2 and like he did to the Amorites at Gibeon Valley. \q1 What he will do will be very strange and unusual. \s5 \q1 \v 22 Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, has told me that he is going to destroy the entire land. -\q1 So do not ridicule what I say anymore, +\q1 So do not ridicule what I say anymore \q2 because if you do that, \q2 he will punish you even more severely. @@ -2795,8 +2795,8 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w \q2 and that will happen very soon. \q1 \v 18 At that time, deaf people will be able to hear; -\q2 they will be able to hear when someone reads from a book; -\q1 and blind people will be able to see; +\q2 they will be able to hear when someone reads from a book. +\q1 And blind people will be able to see; \q2 they will be able to see things when it is gloomy and even when it is dark. \q1 \v 19 Yahweh will enable humble people to be very joyful again. @@ -2809,7 +2809,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w \q2 And those who plan to do evil things will be executed. \q1 \v 21 Those who testify falsely in order to persuade judges to punish innocent people will vanish. -\q2 Similar things will happen to those who by lying in court persuade the judges to make unjust decisions. +\q2 Similar things will happen to those who, by lying in court, persuade the judges to make unjust decisions. \s5 \p @@ -2833,7 +2833,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w \q2 but you did not ask my Spirit if that was what you should do. \q2 By doing that, you have increased the number of your sins. \q1 -\v 2 You went to Egypt to ask their rulers for help, +\v 2 You went to Egypt to ask their rulers for help \q2 without asking for my advice. \q1 You have trusted in the army of the king of Egypt to protect you; \q1 you have trusted in them @@ -2846,7 +2846,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w \q1 \v 4 Officials from Judah have gone to the cities of Zoan and Hanes in Egypt to make treaties, \q1 -\v 5 but all those who trust in the king of Egypt will be humiliated, +\v 5 but all those who trust in the king of Egypt will be humiliated \q2 because that nation will not be able to help you; \q1 the treaty that you have made requesting help from them will be useless; \q2 instead, the result will be that you will be humiliated and disgraced." @@ -2868,10 +2868,10 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w \s5 \q1 \v 8 Yahweh told me to write on a scroll a message, -\q2 in order that it would be a witness to the people of Judah +\q2 so that it would be a witness to the people of Judah \q1 that would endure forever. \q1 -\v 9 It would remind them that that they are deceitful and always rebelling against Yahweh, +\v 9 It would remind them that that they are deceitful and always rebelling against Yahweh \q2 and that they refuse to pay attention to what he tells them. \s5 @@ -2929,14 +2929,14 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w \q1 Do not forget he is a God who acts justly; \q2 Yahweh is pleased with those who patiently trust in him. \p -\v 19 You people who live in Jerusalem, none of you will not cry anymore. Yahweh will be kind to you when you call out to him for help. He will answer you as soon as he hears you call. +\v 19 You people who live in Jerusalem, none of you will cry anymore. Yahweh will be kind to you when you call out to him for help. He will answer you as soon as he hears you call. \s5 -\v 20 Although now Yahweh has brought poverty on you, he, your teacher, will not hide himself from you. He will teach you many things clearly. +\v 20 Although now Yahweh has brought poverty on you, he—your teacher—will not hide himself from you. He will teach you many things clearly. \v 21 And you will hear him speak to you to guide you. Right behind you he will say, "This is the road on which you should walk; walk on this road!" \s5 -\v 22 When that happens, you will destroy all your idols that are covered with silver or gold. You will throw them away like you throw away a filthy rag, and you will say to them, "We do not need you anymore!" +\v 22 When that happens, you will destroy all of your idols that are covered with silver or gold. You will throw them away like you throw away a filthy rag, and you will say to them, "We do not need you anymore!" \s5 \p @@ -2964,7 +2964,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w \v 29 But his people will sing joyfully \q2 like they sing during the nights when they celebrate a holy festival. \q1 They will be very joyful, -\q2 like a large group of his people are joyful when they go up to Mount Zion in Jerusalem, +\q2 like a large group of his people is joyful when they go up to Mount Zion in Jerusalem, \q1 along with men playing flutes \q when they are all going there to worship Yahweh. \q2 He is like a huge rock on top of which we Israelite people are safe.