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-\v 1 "Come here! All you people who are in exile,
+\v 1 "Come here, all you people who are in exile,
 \q2 and listen to me!
 \q1 If you are thirsty,
 \q2 now is the time for you to come to me and get your water!
@@ -5713,7 +5713,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
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 \v 2 Why do you spend money to buy things that do not supply what you really need?
 \q1 Why do you work hard to get money to buy things that do not truly satisfy you?
-\q1 Pay attention to what I say
+\q1 Pay attention to what I say,
 \q2 and acquire what is really good!
 \q1 If you come to me, then in your heart you will truly be happy.
 
@@ -5732,8 +5732,8 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \v 5 And similarly, you will summon people of other nations to come to you,
 \q1 nations that previously you have not heard about,
 \q2 and they had not heard about you;
-\q1 and they will come to you quickly
-\q2 because they will have heard that I, Yahweh, your God, the Holy One of Israel, have honored you.
+\q1 they will come to you quickly
+\q2 because they will have heard that I, Yahweh your God, the Holy One of Israel, have honored you.
 
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@@ -5744,7 +5744,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \q2 and evil people should stop thinking what is evil.
 \q1 They should turn to Yahweh,
 \q2 and if they do that, he will act mercifully toward them;
-\q1 they should turn to Yahweh, their God,
+\q1 they should turn to Yahweh their God
 \q2 because he will fully pardon them for all the wicked things that they have done.
 
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@@ -5784,12 +5784,12 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
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 \v 1 Yahweh says to all the people of Judah,
-\q1 "Do the things that are fair and right,
+\q1 "Do the things that are fair and right
 \q2 because I will soon come to rescue you; I will soon show everyone that you have been right to trust me.
 \q1
 \v 2 I will bless those who faithfully obey my laws about the Sabbath days.
 \q1 I will bless those who keep sacred my Sabbath days,
-\q2 and who do not do any work on those days,
+\q2 who do not do any work on those days,
 \q2 and who refrain from doing anything that is evil.
 
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@@ -5802,9 +5802,9 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 
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-\v 4 They should not say that, because I, Yahweh, say this to the eunuchs
+\v 4 They should not say that because I, Yahweh, say this to the eunuchs
 \q2 who obey my laws about the Sabbath,
-\q1 and who choose to do the things that please me,
+\q1 who choose to do the things that please me,
 \q2 and who obey all the other laws of the covenant that I made with the Israelite people:
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 \v 5 I will cause people to put inside the walls of my temple a monument to them;
@@ -5819,14 +5819,14 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \q2 who obey my laws about the Sabbath,
 \q1 and who faithfully obey all the other laws of the covenant that I made with the Israelite people.
 \q1
-\v 7 I will bring them to my sacred hill in Jerusalem,
+\v 7 I will bring them to my sacred hill in Jerusalem
 \q2 and cause them to be very joyful in my temple where people pray to me,
-\q1 and I will accept the sacrifices that they burn on my altar and other sacrifices that they offer,
+\q1 and I will accept the sacrifices that they burn on my altar and other sacrifices that they offer
 \q2 because my temple will be a building where people of all nations pray to me.
 
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-\v 8 I, Yahweh, the Lord, the one who will bring back the people of Israel who have been forced to go to other countries, say this:
+\v 8 I, Yahweh the Lord, the one who will bring back the people of Israel who have been forced to go to other countries, say this:
 \q I will bring from other countries many more people to join those Israelites whom I have brought back."
 
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 \q2 and no one is concerned about it.
 \q1 Godly people die,
 \q2 and no one understands why.
-\q1 God takes them away in order that they will not endure more calamities,
+\q1 God takes them away so that they will not endure more calamities,
 \q2
 \v 2 and now they have peace.
 \q1 They lived righteously,
@@ -5873,7 +5873,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \q2 You who worship idols,
 \q2 listen to me!
 \q1
-\v 4 Do you realize whom you are ridiculing,
+\v 4 Do you realize whom you are ridiculing
 \q2 and whom you are insulting?
 \q2 Do you realize to whom you are sticking out your tongues?
 \q1 You are insulting me, Yahweh!
@@ -5882,7 +5882,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
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 \v 5 You are eager to sleep together under every tall green tree where you worship your gods.
-\q1 You kill your children as sacrifices to your idols in the dry riverbeds,
+\q1 You kill your children as sacrifices to your idols in the dry riverbeds
 \q2 and offer them as sacrifices to your idols in the rocky caves.
 
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@@ -5901,7 +5901,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \v 8 You have put charms behind your doors and doorposts,
 \q2 and you have deserted me.
 \q1 You have taken off your clothes
-\q2 and climbed into your bed,
+\q2 and climbed into your bed
 \q1 and invited more of your lovers to come to bed with you.
 \q1 You have paid them to sleep with you,
 \q2 and you have looked at their private parts.
@@ -5921,7 +5921,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
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 \v 11 Was it because you were afraid of those idols more than you were afraid of me that you lied about what you were doing,
 \q2 and you do not even think about me?
-\q1 Was it because I did not punish you for a long time that you are not afraid of me ?
+\q1 Was it because I did not punish you for a long time that you are not afraid of me?
 \q1
 \v 12 You think that the things that you have done are right,
 \q2 but I will tell you the truth:
@@ -5941,15 +5941,15 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \q2 like people build and prepare a road for a king to come on.
 \q1 Get rid of the things that are causing you to sin.
 \q1
-\v 15 Because this is what I say—I, Yahweh, who am holy and honored more than anyone else, and who live forever:
+\v 15 Because this is what I say—I, Yahweh, who am holy and honored more than anyone else and who live forever:
 \q1 I live in the highest heaven, where everything is holy,
-\q2 but I also am with those who are humble and who are sorry for the sinful things that they have done.
+\q2 but I am also with those who are humble and who are sorry for the sinful things that they have done.
 \q1 I will greatly encourage those who have repented.
 
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 \v 16 I will not accuse people forever;
-\q2 I will not always be angry with them,
+\q2 I will not always be angry with them
 \q1 because if I did that, people would become weak;
 \q2 all the people whom I created and caused to live would die.
 \q1