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 \q2 where I could go to abandon my people.
 \q If only I could leave them,
 \q2 since all of them are adulterers, a company of traitors!
-\q
 \b
+\q
 \v 3 "They bend their tongues like their bows for lies,
 \q2 and it is not because of any faithfulness of theirs
 \q2 that they grow strong on the earth.
@@ -1159,9 +1159,8 @@
 \q2this is Yahweh's declaration."
 
 \s5
-\q
+\p
 \v 7 Yahweh of hosts says this, 
-\b
 \q "See, I am about to refine them and test them,
 \q2 for what else can I do, because of what my people have done?
 \q
@@ -1182,8 +1181,8 @@
 \q2 and the lowing of the cattle is not heard.
 \q The birds of the skies and the animals
 \q2 have all fled away.
-\q
 \b
+\q
 \v 11 So I will turn Jerusalem into piles of ruins,
 \q2 a hideout for jackals.
 \q I will make Judah's cities ruined places
@@ -1202,12 +1201,12 @@
 \v 16 Then I will scatter them among the nations that they have not known, neither they nor their ancestors. I will send out a sword after them until I have completely destroyed them.'"
 
 \s5
-\q
-\b
+\p
 \v 17 Yahweh of hosts says this,
 \q "Think about this: Summon
-\q funeral singers; let them come. 
-\q2 Send out for women skilled at lamenting; let them come.
+\q2 funeral singers; let them come. 
+\q Send out for women skilled at lamenting;
+\q2 let them come.
 \q
 \v 18 Let them hurry and sing a mournful song over us,
 \q2 so our eyes may run with tears and our eyelids flow with water.
@@ -1219,8 +1218,8 @@
 \q We are greatly ashamed,
 \q2 for we have abandoned the land
 \q2 since they tore down our houses.'
-\q
 \b
+\q
 \v 20 So you women, hear Yahweh's word;
 \q2 pay attention to the messages that come from his mouth.
 \q Then teach your daughters a mourning song,
@@ -1234,15 +1233,13 @@
 \q2 and young men in the city squares.
 \p
 \v 22 Declare this, 'This is Yahweh's declaration—
-\b
 \q the corpses of men will fall like dung in the fields,
 \q2 and like grain stalks after the reapers,
 \q2 and there will be no one to gather them.'"
 
 \s5
-\q
+\p
 \v 23 Yahweh says this,
-\b
 \q "Do not let the wise man take pride in his wisdom,
 \q2 or the warrior in his might.
 \q2 Do not let the wealthy man take pride in his riches.