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this is the declaration of Yahweh,
to: this is Yahweh's declaration.

12-2KI/19.usfm

@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ The zeal of Yahweh of hosts will do this.
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 \v 33 The way by which he came
 \q2 will be the same way he will leave;
-\q2 he will not enter this city.
-\q3 This is the declaration of Yahweh."
+\q2 he will not enter this city—
+\q3 this is the Yahweh's declaration."
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 \v 34 For I will defend this city and rescue it,
 \q2 for my own sake and for my servant David's sake.'"

12-2KI/22.usfm

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ For great is the anger of Yahweh that has been kindled against us because our an
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 \v 17 Because they have forsaken me and have burned incense to other gods, so that they might provoke me to anger with all the deeds they have committed—therefore my anger has been kindled against this place, and it will not be extinguished.'"
 \v 18 But to the king of Judah, who sent you to ask Yahweh's will, this is what you will say to him: "Yahweh, the God of Israel says this: 'About the words that you heard,
-\v 19 because your heart was tender, and because you have humbled yourself before Yahweh, when you heard what I said against this place and its inhabitants, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have listened to you—this is the declaration of Yahweh.
+\v 19 because your heart was tender, and because you have humbled yourself before Yahweh, when you heard what I said against this place and its inhabitants, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have listened to you—this is Yahweh's declaration.
 
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 \v 20 See, I will gather you to your ancestors, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the disaster that I will bring upon this place.'"'" So the men took this message back to the king.

14-2CH/34.usfm

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 \v 26 But to the king of Judah, who sent you to ask Yahweh what he should do, this is what you will say to him, 'Yahweh, the God of Israel says this: About the words that you heard,
-\v 27 because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before God when you heard his words against this place and its inhabitants, and because you have humbled yourself before me and have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have listened to you—this is the declaration of Yahweh—
+\v 27 because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before God when you heard his words against this place and its inhabitants, and because you have humbled yourself before me and have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have listened to you—this is Yahweh's declaration—
 \v 28 see, I will gather you to your ancestors. You will be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes will not see any of the disaster I will bring on this place and its inhabitants.'" The men took this message back to the king.
 
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23-ISA/14.usfm

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ the nations!
 and fill the whole world with cities.
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 \v 22 "I will rise up against them"—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts.
-\q1 "I will cut off from Babylon name, descendant, and posterity"—this is the declaration of Yahweh.
+\q1 "I will cut off from Babylon name, descendant, and posterity"—this is Yahweh's declaration.
 \q1
 \v 23 "I will also make her into a possession of owls, and into pools of water,
 \q1 and I will sweep her with the broom of destruction"—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts.

23-ISA/30.usfm

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 \c 30
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-\v 1 "Woe to the rebellious children," this is the declaration of Yahweh.
+\v 1 "Woe to the rebellious children," this is Yahweh's declaration.
 \q1 "They make plans, but not from me; they make alliances with other nations, but they were not directed by my Spirit,
 \q1 so they add sin to sin.
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23-ISA/31.usfm

@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
 \v 8 Assyria will fall by the sword; a sword not wielded by man will consume him.
 \q1 He will flee from the sword, and his young men will be forced to do hard labor.
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-\v 9 They will lose all confidence because of terror, and his princes will be afraid at the sight of Yahweh's battle flag." —
-\q1 This is the declaration of Yahweh, whose fire is in Zion and whose firepot is in Jerusalem.
+\v 9 They will lose all confidence because of terror, and his princes will be afraid at the sight of Yahweh's battle flag— 
+\q1 this is Yahweh's declaration, whose fire is in Zion and whose firepot is in Jerusalem."
 
 
 

23-ISA/37.usfm

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ sackcloth, to Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet.
 \q1 "He will not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow here.
 \q1 Neither will he come before it with shield or build up a siege ramp against it.
 \q1
-\v 34 The way by which he came will be the same way he will leave; he will not enter this city. This is the declaration of Yahweh.
+\v 34 The way by which he came will be the same way he will leave; he will not enter this city—this is Yahweh's declaration.
 
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23-ISA/41.usfm

@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@
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 \v 14 Do not fear, Jacob you worm, and you men of Israel;
-\q1 I will help you"—this is the declaration of Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
+\q1 I will help you—this Yahweh's declaration, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
 \q1
-\v 15 "Look, I am making you like a sharp threshing sledge, new and two-edged;
+\v 15 Look, I am making you like a sharp threshing sledge, new and two-edged;
 \q1 you will thresh the mountains and crush them; you will make the hills like chaff.
 
 
@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@
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 \v 17 The oppressed and needy look for water, but there is none, and their tongues are parched for thirst;
-\q1 I, Yahweh, will respond to their prayers; I,
-the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
+\q1 I, Yahweh, will respond to their prayers; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
 \q1
 \v 18 I will make streams to flow down the slopes, and springs in the middle of the valleys;
 \q1 I will make the desert into a pool of
@@ -86,10 +85,10 @@ water, and the dry land into springs of water.
 
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-\v 21 Present your case," says Yahweh;
+\v 21 "Present your case," says Yahweh,
 \q1 "present your best arguments for your idols," says the King of Jacob.
 \q1
-\v 22 "Let them bring us their own arguments; have them come forward and declare to us what will happen,
+\v 22 Let them bring us their own arguments; have them come forward and declare to us what will happen,
 \q1 so we may know these things well.
 \q1 Have them tell us of earlier predictive declarations, so we can reflect on them and know how they were fulfilled.
 

23-ISA/49.usfm

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 \v 17 Your children are hurrying back, while those who destroyed you are going away.
 \q1
 \v 18 Look around and see, they are all gathering and coming to you.
-\q1 As surely as I live—this is the declaration of Yahweh—you will surely wear them like jewelry; you will put them on, like a bride.
+\q1 As surely as I live—this is Yahweh's declaration—you will surely wear them like jewelry, and you will put them on like a bride.
 
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24-JER/02.usfm

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 \q Why take the road to Assyria and drink the waters of the Euphrates River?
 \q
 \v 19 Your wickedness rebukes you, and your faithlessness punishes you. So think about it; understand that it is wicked and bitter
-\q for you to abandon me, Yahweh your God, and to dread me no more—this is the declaration of Yahweh the Lord of hosts.
+\q for you to abandon me, Yahweh your God, and to dread me no more—this is the declaration Yahweh the Lord of hosts.
 
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24-JER/23.usfm

@@ -104,16 +104,17 @@
 
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-\v 33 When this people or a prophet or a priest asks you, 'What is Yahweh's declaration?' then you must say to them, 'What declaration? For I have abandoned you'—this is Yahweh's declaration.
-\v 34 As for the prophets, priests, and people who are saying, 'This is Yahweh's declaration,' I will punish that man and his house.
+\v 33 When these people, or a prophet, or a priest asks you, 'What is the burden of Yahweh?' you will say to them, 'What is the burden of Yahweh?' you will say to them, 'You are the burden, and I will cast you off'—this is  Yahweh's declaration.
+\v 34 As for the prophets, priests, and people who are saying, 'This is the burden of Yahweh' I will punish that man and his house.
 
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 \v 35 You continue to say, each person to his neighbor and each man to his brother, 'What did Yahweh answer?' and 'What did Yahweh declare?'
-\v 36 But you must no longer talk about Yahweh's declaration, since each declaration from each man has become his own message, and you have perverted the words of the living God, Yahweh of hosts, our God.
+\v 36 But you must no longer talk about the 'burden of Yahweh,' for the burden is every man's own word, and you have perverted the words of the living God, Yahweh of hosts, our God.
 
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-\v 37 This is what you are asking the prophet, 'What did Yahweh answer you? What did Yahweh declare?'
-\v 38 Then you report a declaration from Yahweh, but Yahweh says this, 'You say, "Here is a declaration of Yahweh," even though I sent a command to you and said, "Do not say: This is a declaration from Yahweh."
+\v 37 This is what you will say to the prophet, 'What answer did Yahweh give you? or 'What did Yahweh say?' 
+\v 38 But if you say, 'The burden of Yahweh', this is what Yahweh says: 
+\q 'Because you have said these words, 'The burden of Yahweh,' when I sent you, saying, 'You will not say, "The burden of Yahweh."'
 \v 39 Therefore, see, I am about to pick you up and throw you away from me, along with the city that I gave you and your ancestors.
 \v 40 Then I will put everlasting shame and insult on you that will not be forgotten.'"
 

26-EZK/20.usfm

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
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 \v 45 Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
 \v 46 "Son of man, set your face toward the southern lands, and speak against the south; prophesy against the forest of the Negev.
-\v 47 Say to the forest of the Negev, 'Hear the declaration of Yahweh! The Lord Yahweh says this: See, I will set a fire among you. It will devour every fresh tree and every dried tree among you. The fiery flame will not be quenched; every face from the south to the north will be burned.
+\v 47 Say to the forest of the Negev, 'This is Yahweh's declaration—the Lord Yahweh says this: See, I will set a fire among you. It will devour every fresh tree and every dried tree among you. The fiery flame will not be quenched; every face from the south to the north will be burned.
 
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 \v 48 Then all flesh will see that I am Yahweh when I light the fire, and it will not be quenched.'"

26-EZK/34.usfm

@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@
 
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-\v 7 Therefore, shepherds, hear the declaration of Yahweh:
+\v 7 Therefore, shepherds, hear the word of Yahweh:
 \v 8 As I live—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—because my flock has become plunder and food for all the beasts in the fields, because there was no shepherd and none of my shepherds sought my flock, but the shepherds guarded themselves and did not shepherd my flock.
 
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-\v 9 Therefore, shepherds, hear the declaration of Yahweh:
+\v 9 Therefore, shepherds, hear the word of Yahweh:
 \v 10 The Lord Yahweh says this: Behold! I am against the shepherds, and I will require my flock from their hand. Then I will dismiss them from shepherding the flock; neither will the shepherds any longer shepherd themselves since I will take away my flock from their mouths, so that my flock will no longer be food for them.
 
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28-HOS/02.usfm

@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@
 \v 13 I will punish her for the feast days of the Baals,
 \q when she burned incense to them,
 \q when she adorned herself with her rings and jewelry,
-\q and she went after her lovers and forgot me."
-\q This is the declaration of Yahweh.
+\q and she went after her lovers and forgot me—
+\q this is Yahweh's declaration."
 
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@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@
 
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-\v 16 "It will be in that day"—this is the declaration of Yahweh—
-\q "that you will call me, 'My husband,'
+\v 16 "It will be in that day—this is Yahweh's declaration—
+\q that you will call me, 'My husband,'
 \q and you will no longer call me, 'My Baal.'
 \q
 \v 17 For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth;
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@
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 \q
 \v 21 On that day,
-\q I will answer"—this is the declaration of Yahweh.
-\q "I will answer the heavens,
+\q I will answer—this is Yahweh's declaration—
+\q I will answer the heavens,
 \q and they will answer the earth.
 \q
 \v 22 The earth will answer the grain, the new wine and the oil,

28-HOS/11.usfm

@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@
 \q
 \v 11 They will come trembling like a bird from Egypt,
 \q like a dove from the land of Assyria.
-\q I will make them live in their homes." This is the declaration of Yahweh.
+\q I will make them live in their homes—this is the declaration of Yahweh.
 
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-\v 12 "Ephraim surrounds me with falsehood,
+\v 12 Ephraim surrounds me with falsehood,
 \q and the house of Israel with deceit.
 \q But Judah is still going about with me, God,
 \q and is faithful to me, the Holy One."

30-AMO/02.usfm

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 \q and Nazirites from your young men.
 \q Is it not so,
 \q people of Israel?
-\q —this is the declaration of Yahweh.
+\q —this is Yahweh's declaration.
 \q
 \v 12 But you persuaded the Nazirites to drink wine
 \q and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 \q
 \v 16 Even the bravest warriors
 \q will flee naked in that day
-\q —this is the declaration of Yahweh."
+\q —this is Yahweh's declaration."
 
 
 

30-AMO/03.usfm

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 \q and what oppression is in her.
 \q
 \v 10 For they do not know how to do right
-\q —this is the declaration of Yahweh—
+\q —this is Yahweh's declaration—
 \q They store up violence
 \q and destruction in their fortresses."
 
@@ -87,6 +87,6 @@
 \q with the summer house.
 \q The houses of ivory will perish,
 \q and the large houses will vanish,
-\q —this is the declaration of Yahweh."
+\q —this is Yahweh's declaration."
 
 

30-AMO/04.usfm

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 \v 3 You will go out through the breaks in the city wall,
 \q each one of you going straight through it,
 \q and you will be thrown out toward Harmon
-\q —this is the declaration of Yahweh."
+\q —this is Yahweh's declaration."
 
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@@ -35,16 +35,16 @@
 \q proclaim freewill offerings; announce them,
 \q for this pleases you,
 \q you people of Israel
-\q —this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh."
+\q —this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh.
 
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-\v 6 "I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities
+\v 6 I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities
 \q and lack of bread in all your places.
 \q Yet you have not returned to me
-\q —this is the declaration of Yahweh."
+\q —this is Yahweh's declaration.
 \q
-\v 7 "I also withheld rain from you
+\v 7 I also withheld rain from you
 \q when there were still three months to the harvest.
 \q I caused it to rain on one city,
 \q and caused it not to rain on another city.
@@ -56,36 +56,36 @@
 \v 8 Two or three cities staggered to another city to drink water,
 \q but were not satisfied.
 \q Yet you have not returned to me
-\q —this is the declaration of Yahweh."
+\q —this is Yahweh's declaration.
 \q
-\v 9 "I afflicted you with blight and mildew.
+\v 9 I afflicted you with blight and mildew.
 \q The multitude of your gardens,
 \q your vineyards,
 \q your fig trees,
 \q and your olive trees—
 \q the locusts devoured them all.
 \q Yet you have not returned to me
-\q —this is the declaration of Yahweh."
+\q —this is Yahweh's declaration.
 
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-\v 10 "I sent a plague on you as on Egypt.
+\v 10 I sent a plague on you as on Egypt.
 \q I killed your young men with the sword,
 \q carried away your horses,
 \q and made the stench of your camp come up
 \q to your nostrils.
 \q Yet you have not returned to me
-\q —this is the declaration of Yahweh."
+\q —this is Yahweh's declaration.
 \q
-\v 11 "I overthrew cities among you,
+\v 11 I overthrew cities among you,
 \q as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
 \q You were like a burning stick snatched out of the fire.
 \q Yet you have not returned to me
-\q —this is the declaration of Yahweh."
+\q —this is Yahweh's declaration.
 
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-\v 12 "Therefore I will do something terrible to you, Israel;
+\v 12 Therefore I will do something terrible to you, Israel;
 \q and because I will do something terrible to you,
 \q prepare to meet your God, Israel!
 \q

30-AMO/09.usfm

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 \v 7 "Are you not like the people of Ethiopia to me,
 \q people of Israel?
-\q —this is the declaration of Yahweh.
+\q —this is Yahweh's declaration.
 \q Did I not bring up Israel out of the land of Egypt,
 \q the Philistines from Crete,
 \q and the Arameans from Kir?
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 \v 8 Look, the eyes of the Lord Yahweh are on the sinful kingdom,
 \q and I will destroy it from the face of the earth,
 \q except that I will not totally destroy the house of Jacob
-\q —this is the declaration of Yahweh.
+\q —this is Yahweh's declaration.
 
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@@ -72,11 +72,11 @@
 \q
 \v 12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom,
 \q and all the nations that are called by my name
-\q —this is the declaration of Yahweh, who does this.
+\q —this is Yahweh's declaration—he does this.
 
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-\v 13 Look, the days will come—this is the declaration of Yahweh—
+\v 13 Look, the days will come—this is Yahweh's declaration—
 \q When the plowman will overtake the reaper,
 \q and the treader of grapes will overtake him who plants seed.
 \q The mountains will drip sweet wine,