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-\v 5 Yahweh formed me when I was in my mother's womb in order that I would serve him;
+\v 5 Yahweh formed me when I was in my mother's womb so that I would serve him;
 \q2 he appointed me to bring the people of Israel back to himself.
 \q1 Yahweh has honored me,
 \q2 and he is the one who has caused me to be strong.
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 \v 13 Because of what Yahweh has promised to do,
 \q1 everything should shout joyfully—
-\q2 the sky and the earth and the mountains should sing,
+\q2 the sky and the earth and the mountains should sing
 \q2 because Yahweh comforts his people,
 \q1 and he will pity those who are suffering.
 
@@ -5135,7 +5135,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
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 \v 20 The children who were born while you were exiled will return to Jerusalem and say,
 \q2 'This city is too small for us;
-\q2 We need more space to live in!'
+\q2 we need more space to live in!'
 
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@@ -5159,8 +5159,8 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \v 23 Kings will serve you and will tutor your children,
 \q2 and their queens will take care of your young children.
 \q1 They will prostrate themselves in front of you
-\q2 and lick the dust off your feet.
-\q1 When that happens, you will know that I am Yahweh;
+\q2 and lick the dust off of your feet.
+\q1 When that happens, you will know that I am Yahweh,
 \q2 and those who trust in me will never be disappointed."
 
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@@ -5187,7 +5187,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
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 \v 1 This is also what Yahweh says:
 \q1 "You Israelite people, do not think that I forced your parents to be exiled to Babylonia
-\q2 like some men send away their wives
+\q2 as some men send away their wives
 \q1 after giving them a paper
 \q2 on which they state that they were divorcing them!
 \q1 I certainly did not get rid of you like a man who sells his children to get money to pay what he owes.
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 \q1 I can cause rivers to become deserts
 \q2 with the result that the fish in the rivers die from thirst and rot.
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-\v 3 I cause the sky to become dark,
+\v 3 I cause the sky to become dark
 \q2 as though it was wearing black clothes because it was mourning because someone had died."
 
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-\v 4 Yahweh our God has taught me to speak for him,
-\q2 in order that I may encourage those who are weary.
-\q1 Each morning he awakens me,
-\q2 in order that I may listen to what he teaches me.
+\v 4 Yahweh our God has taught me to speak for him
+\q2 so that I may encourage those who are weary.
+\q1 Each morning he awakens me
+\q2 so that I may listen to what he teaches me.
 
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-\v 11 But you people who oppose me by lighting your own fires,
+\v 11 But you people who oppose me by lighting your own fires
 \q2 and by carrying your own flaming torches:
-\q1 go ahead and live according to your own knowledge,
+\q1 Go ahead and live according to your own knowledge,
 \q2 according to what you think is best.
 \q1 Yahweh tells you what will happen to you:
-\q2 he will make you die in great torment!
+\q2 He will make you die in great torment!
 
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@@ -5289,7 +5289,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 
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-\v 4 My people of Judah, listen carefully to me,
+\v 4 My people of Judah, listen carefully to me
 \q2 because I command you to proclaim my laws;
 \q1 the right things that I will do will be like a light for the people of all the nations.
 \v 5 I will soon rescue you and them;
@@ -5300,7 +5300,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
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 \v 6 Look up at the sky,
 \q2 and look at the earth;
-\q2 see what they are like now,
+\q2 see what they are like now
 \q1 because on that day the sky will disappear like smoke,
 \q2 and the earth will wear out like old clothes wear out,
 \q2 and people on the earth will die like flies.
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-\v 7 You people who know what things are right to do,
+\v 7 You people who know what things are right to do
 \q2 and who know in your inner beings what is written in my laws,
 \q1 listen to me!
 \q2 Do not be afraid of people who taunt you;
@@ -5318,20 +5318,20 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \v 8 because on that day they will be destroyed
 \q2 like clothing that moths have eaten,
 \q1 like wool garments that have been eaten by worms.
-\q2 Everyone will know what I do and I will always do what is right;
-\q2 and I will save you, and you will be saved forever."
+\q2 Everyone will know what I do, and I will always do what is right;
+\q2 I will save you, and you will be saved forever."
 
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 \v 9 Yahweh, wake up and do something for us!
 \q2 Show us how strong you are!
 \q1 Do mighty things
-\q2 like you did long ago,
+\q2 like you did long ago
 \q2 when you stabbed Rahab, the sea monster, and cut it into pieces.
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-\v 10 Surely you are the one who dried up the sea,
+\v 10 Surely you are the one who dried up the sea
 \q1 and made a path through that deep water
-\q2 in order that your people could cross it!
+\q2 so that your people could cross it!
 
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@@ -5355,7 +5355,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \q2 and laid the foundations of the earth.
 \q1 You should not be afraid of those who are angry with you
 \q2 and want to destroy you.
-\q1 You should not be afraid of them now,
+\q1 You should not be afraid of them now
 \q2 because those angry people have now disappeared!
 
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 \v 14 Soon you people, whom your enemies have caused to be slaves in Babylonia, will be freed!
 \q1 You will not remain in prison, and you will not die of hunger,
 \q1
-\v 15 because I am Yahweh, your God,
+\v 15 because I am Yahweh your God,
 \q2 the one who stirs up the sea and causes the waves to roar;
 \q2 I am Yahweh, commander of the angel armies!
 
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 \v 21 So now, you people who have suffered much,
-\q1 you who were acting as if you were drunk because you were drinking from his cup.
-\q2 But in truth, it is not because you have drunk out of a cup filled with wine, but because of something else that Yahweh will do.
+\q1 you were acting as if you were drunk because you were drinking from his cup.
+\q2 But in truth, it is not because you have drunk out of a cup filled with wine but because of something else that Yahweh will do.
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 \v 22 Yahweh, your Lord and your God,
-\q2 the one who argues your case to defend you, he says this:
-\q1 "I have away taken that cup that holds my anger toward you,
+\q2 the one who argues your case to defend you, says this:
+\q1 "I have taken away that cup that holds my anger toward you,
 \q1 and I made you experience my anger when I made you drink from that cup.
 \q1 But now I have taken it from you so that you will never drink of it again.
 
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 \v 23 Instead, I will cause those who have tormented you to suffer;
 \q2 I will severely punish those who said to you,
-\q2 'Lie down in order that we may walk on you;
+\q2 'Lie down so that we may walk on you;
 \q1 lie down on your stomachs
-\q2 in order that your backs will be like streets that we can walk on.'"
+\q2 so that your backs will be like streets that we can walk on.'"
 
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