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 \v 3 And now he has caused it to happen. He has done just what he said that he would do, because you people sinned against Yahweh and refused to obey him.
-\v 4 But today I am going to take the chains off your wrists and release you. If you want to come with me to Babylon, that will be fine. I will take care of you. But if you do not want to come with me, do not come. Stay here. Look, the entire country is available; you can choose whatever part you want to go to. You can go wherever you think it is best." Then he took the chains off Jeremiah's wrists.
+\v 4 But today I am going to take the chains off of your wrists and release you. If you want to come with me to Babylon, that will be fine. I will take care of you. But if you do not want to come with me, do not come. Stay here. Look, the entire country is available; you can choose whatever part you want to go to. You can go wherever you think is best." Then he took the chains off of Jeremiah's wrists.
 
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 \v 5 He said, "If you decide to stay here, go to Gedaliah. The king of Babylon appointed him to be the governor of Judah. You will be allowed to stay here with the people that he is governing. But you can do whatever you want to."
-\p Then Nebuzaradan gave Jeremiah some food and some money, and he allowed him to go.
+\p Then Nebuzaradan gave Jeremiah some food and money, and he allowed him to go.
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-\v 6 He returned to Gedaliah at Mizpah, and he stayed in Judah with the people who still remained in the land.
+\v 6 Jeremiah returned to Gedaliah at Mizpah, and he stayed in Judah with the people who still remained in the land.
 
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 \v 7 The Israelite soldiers who had not surrendered to the army of Babylonia were roaming around in the countryside. Then their leaders heard someone say that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah to be the governor of the very poor people who were still in Judah, who had not been taken to Babylon.
-\v 8 So they went to talk to Gedaliah at Mizpah. Those who went included Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai from Netophath, and Jezaniah from Maacah, and the soldiers who were with them.
+\v 8 So they went to talk to Gedaliah at Mizpah. Those who went included Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai from Netophath, and Jezaniah from Maakah, and the soldiers who were with them.
 
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 \v 9 Gedaliah solemnly promised that the soldiers from Babylonia would not harm them. He said, "Do not be afraid to do things for them. Stay here in this land and do things for the king of Babylon. If you do that, things will go well for you.
-\v 10 As for me, I will stay here at Mizpah to be your representative to the officials from Babylonia who come to talk with us. But you should return to your towns, and eat the things that are produced on your land. Harvest the grapes and the fruit that ripens in the summer and the olives, make wine and olive oil, and store it."
+\v 10 As for me, I will stay here at Mizpah to be your representative to the officials from Babylonia who come to talk with us. But you should return to your towns and eat the things that are produced on your land. Harvest the grapes and the fruit that ripens in the summer and the olives, make wine and olive oil, and store it."
 
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-\v 11 Then the Jews who had fled to Moab, Ammon, Edom, and other nearby countries heard people say that the king of Babylon had allowed a few people to remain in Judah, and that he had appointed Gedaliah to be their governor.
+\v 11 Then the Jews who had fled to Moab, Ammon, Edom, and other nearby countries heard people say that the king of Babylon had allowed a few people to remain in Judah and that he had appointed Gedaliah to be their governor.
 \v 12 So they began to return to Judah. They stopped at Mizpah to talk with Gedaliah. Then they went to various places in Judea, and they harvested a great amount of grapes and summer fruit.
 
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-\v 15 Later Johanan talked with Gedaliah privately. He said, "Allow me to go and murder Ishmael secretly. It would not be good to allow him to come and murder you! If you are killed, what will happen to all the Jews who have returned to this area? They will be scattered, and the other people who remain in Judah will all be killed!"
+\v 15 Later, Johanan talked with Gedaliah privately. He said, "Allow me to go and murder Ishmael secretly. It would not be good to allow him to come and murder you! If you are killed, what will happen to all the Jews who have returned to this area? They will be scattered, and the other people who remain in Judah will all be killed!"
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 \v 16 But Gedaliah said to Johanan, "No, I will not allow you to do that. I think that you are lying about Ishmael."
 
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 \v 7 But as soon as they had all entered the town, Ishmael and his men killed most of them and threw their corpses into a well.
 
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-\v 8 There were only ten of them whom they spared. They were not killed because they promised to Ishmael that if he allowed them to remain alive, they would bring him lots of wheat and barley and olive oil and honey that they had hidden.
-\v 9 The well where Ishmael's men had thrown the corpses of the men whom they had murdered was the deep well that King Asa's men had dug in order that they would have water in the city if the army of King Baasha of Israel would surround the city. Ishmael's men filled that well with corpses.
+\v 8 There were only ten of them whom they spared. They were not killed because they promised to Ishmael that if he allowed them to remain alive, they would bring him wheat and barley and olive oil and honey that they had hidden.
+\v 9 The well where Ishmael's men had thrown the corpses of the men whom they had murdered was the deep well that King Asa's men had dug so that they would have water in the city if the army of King Baasha of Israel would surround the city. Ishmael's men filled that well with corpses.
 
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-\v 1 Then Johanan son of Kareah and Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the other leaders of the Israelite soldiers who had not surrendered to the army of Babylonia, and many other people, including those who were important and those who were not important, came to me.
-\v 2 They said, "Please listen to our request and pray to Yahweh our God for all of us. Although we were previously a huge number of people, you can see that now we are only a small number of people who have survived.
+\v 1 Then Johanan son of Kareah and Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, all the other leaders of the Israelite soldiers who had not surrendered to the army of Babylonia, and many other people, including those who were important and those who were not important, came to me.
+\v 2 They said, "Please listen to our request and pray to Yahweh our God for all of us. Although we were previously a great number of people, you can see that now we are only a small number of people who have survived.
 \v 3 Pray that Yahweh our God will show us what we should do and where we should go."
 
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-\v 4 I replied, "Okay, I will pray to Yahweh our God, like you have requested, and I will tell you what he says. I will tell you everything."
+\v 4 I replied, "Okay, I will pray to Yahweh our God as you have requested, and I will tell you what he says. I will tell you everything."
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 \v 5 They replied to me, "We know that Yahweh our God will be a faithful witness against us if we refuse to do everything that he tells us to do.
 \v 6 We are requesting you to ask Yahweh our God what we should do. When he replies, we will obey him, whether we like what he says or not. We will do that because we know that things will go well for us if we obey him."
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 \v 7 So I prayed to Yahweh, and ten days later he gave me his reply.
-\v 8 So I summoned Johanan son of Kereah and all the other leaders of the and all the other people, including those who were important and those who were not important.
-\v 9 I said to them, "You told me to tell Yahweh, the God of Israel what you were requesting. This is what he replied:
+\v 8 So I summoned Johanan son of Kareah, all the other leaders of the Israelite soldiers, and all the other people, including those who were important and those who were not important.
+\v 9 I said to them, "You told me to tell Yahweh, the God of Israel, what you were requesting. This is what he replied:
 \v 10 'You should stay here in this land. If you do that, I will cause your nation to be strong and not be weak. I will cause you to prosper and not be exiled again. I will stop the disasters that I made you experience.
 
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-\v 13 But if you refuse to obey Yahweh our God, and if you say 'We will not stay here;
-\v 14 instead, we will go to Egypt. There we will not experience any wars, we will not hear trumpets signaling our soldiers to prepare for battles, and we will not be hungry.'
+\v 13 But if you refuse to obey Yahweh our God, and if you say, 'We will not stay here;
+\v 14 instead, we will go to Egypt; there we will not experience any wars, we will not hear trumpets signaling our soldiers to prepare for battles, and we will not be hungry'—
 
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-\v 15 Listen now! you people who are left in Judah! Listen to what Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, the God whom Israel worships, says to you: 'If you are determined to go to Egypt, and if you go and live there,
+\v 15 Listen now, you people who are left in Judah! Listen to what Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, the God whom Israel worships, says to you: 'If you are determined to go to Egypt, and if you go and live there,
 \v 16 you will experience those wars and famines that you are afraid of, and you will all die there.
-\v 17 That is what will happen to all you who are determined to go to Egypt and live there. Some of you will be killed by the swords of your enemies, and others of you will die from famines and from diseases. None of you will escape the disasters that I will bring on you.'
+\v 17 That is what will happen to all of you who are determined to go to Egypt and live there. Some of you will be killed by the swords of your enemies, and others of you will die from famines and diseases. None of you will escape the disasters that I will bring on you.'
 
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-\v 8 While we were at Tachpanches, Yahweh gave me another message. He said,
+\v 8 While we were at Tahpanhes, Yahweh gave me another message. He said,
 \v 9 "While the people of Judah are watching you, take some large rocks and bury them under the brick pavement at the entrance to the king's palace there at Tachpanches.
 \v 10 Then say to the people of Judah, 'This is what Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, the God whom Israel worships, says: "I will summon Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, who does my work, to come with his army to Egypt. I will set up his throne over these stones that I told Jeremiah to bury. And Nebuchadnezzar will set up his tent there to show that he has become the king of Egypt.