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 \q1 since you first became a nation.
 \q2 I carried you even before you became a nation.
 \q1
-\v 4 I will be your God, and I will carry you for many years,
+\v 4 I will be your God, and I will carry you for many years
 \q2 until it is as though your nation is an old man with gray hair.
 \q1 I caused you to become a nation,
 \q2 and I will sustain you and rescue you.
@@ -4798,13 +4798,13 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
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 \q1
 \v 1 Yahweh also says, "You people of Babylon,
-\q2 you should go and sit in the dust,
+\q2 you should go and sit in the dust
 \q1 because your time to rule other countries is almost ended.
 \q1 People will never again say that Babylonia is beautiful
 \q2 like a very attractive young woman.
 \q1
 \v 2 You will be slaves, so take heavy stones
-\q2 and grind grain like slave women do.
+\q2 and grind grain as slave women do.
 \q1 Take off your beautiful veils
 \q2 and take off your robes as you prepare to cross streams to go where you will be forced to go.
 
@@ -4813,11 +4813,11 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \v 3 You will be naked and very ashamed.
 \q2 I will have vengeance on you and will not pity you."
 \q1
-\v 4 The one who frees us people of Judah, whom we call 'Yahweh, Commander of the angel armies,'
+\v 4 The one who frees us people of Judah, whom we call 'Yahweh, commander of the angel armies,'
 \q2 is the Holy One of Israel.
 \q1
 \v 5 Yahweh says, "You people of Babylon,
-\q2 sit silently in the darkness,
+\q2 sit silently in the darkness
 \q1 because no one will never again say that your city is like a queen that rules many kingdoms.
 
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@@ -4830,16 +4830,16 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \q1
 \v 7 You said, 'We will rule other nations forever;
 \q2 it is as though our city will be the queen of the world forever!'
-\q1 But you did not think about the things that you were doing,
+\q1 But you did not think about the things that you were doing
 \q2 or think about what would result.
 
 \s5
 \q1
 \v 8 You people of Babylon who enjoy pleasures and who live in luxury,
 \q2 listen to this:
-\q1 You act as through you were gods, saying, "I am special, and there is no one better than I am,"
-\q1 None of our women will never become widows,
-\q2 and none of our children will never be killed in wars.'
+\q1 You act as through you were gods, saying, 'I am special, and there is no one better than I am.
+\q1 None of our women will ever become widows,
+\q2 and none of our children will ever be killed in wars.'
 \q1
 \v 9 But both of those things will happen to you suddenly:
 \q2 many of your women will become widows
@@ -4893,7 +4893,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \q2 and you request that the God to whom you Israelite people belong will hear you,
 \q2 but you do not do it sincerely.
 \q1
-\v 2 You say that you live in the holy city of Jerusalem
+\v 2 You say that you live in the holy city of Jerusalem,
 \q2 and you insincerely say that you are relying on the God to whom you people of Israel belong,
 \q2 the one who is Yahweh, commander of the angel armies.
 
@@ -4906,8 +4906,8 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \q2 I knew that your heads were as hard as iron or brass.
 \q1
 \v 5 That is why I told you those things long ago.
-\q2 Long before they occurred, I announced that they would occur,
-\q1 in order that when they happened you could not say
+\q2 Long before they occurred, I announced that they would occur
+\q1 so that when they happened you could not say,
 \q2 'Our idols did it;
 \q2 our statue carved out of wood or our idol made of metal caused them to happen.'
 
@@ -4932,16 +4932,16 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 
 \s5
 \q1
-\v 9 But for my own sake, in order that I will be honored,
-\q2 I will not punish you immediately
+\v 9 But for my own sake, so that I will be honored,
+\q2 I will not punish you immediately,
 \q2 and I will not completely get rid of you.
 \q1
 \v 10 I have purified you, but not the way people refine silver.
-\q1 Instead, I have caused you to suffer very much to get rid of your impure behavior,
+\q1 Instead, I have caused you to suffer very much to get rid of your impure behavior.
 \q1
 \v 11 But for my own sake I will delay punishing you more;
-\q1 I will delay for my own sake,
-\q2 in order that my reputation will not be damaged.
+\q1 I will delay for my own sake
+\q2 so that my reputation will not be damaged.
 \q1 I will not allow any person or any idol to be honored as I deserve to be honored."
 
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@@ -4979,7 +4979,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \s5
 \q1
 \v 17 This is what Yahweh, the one who saves you, the Holy God of us Israelites, says:
-\q2 "I am Yahweh, your God;
+\q2 "I am Yahweh your God;
 \q1 I teach you what is important for you to prosper;
 \q2 I direct you and lead you to do the things that you should do.
 \q1
@@ -4992,7 +4992,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \s5
 \q1
 \v 19 Your descendants would have been as many as the grains of sand on the seashore
-\q2 which no one can count.
+\q2 that no one can count.
 \q1 I would not have needed to destroy them;
 \q2 the country of Israel would not have been destroyed.
 
@@ -5007,7 +5007,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 
 \s5
 \q2
-\v 21 They were not thirsty when he led them through the desert,
+\v 21 They were not thirsty when he led them through the desert
 \q1 because he split open the rock
 \q2 and caused water to gush out for them to drink.'
 \q1