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 \v 1 This is the word that Yahweh declared about Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet,
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-\v 2 "Report to the nations and cause them to listen. Lift up a signal and cause them to listen. Do not conceal it.
+\v 2 "Report to the nations and cause them to listen.
-\q Say, 'Babylon is taken. Bel is made ashamed. Marduk is dismayed. Its idols are put to shame; its images are dismayed.'
+\q2 Lift up a signal and cause them to listen.
+\q2 Do not conceal it.
+\q Say, 'Babylon is taken. Bel is made ashamed.
+\q2 Marduk is dismayed. 
+\q2 Its idols are put to shame;
+\q2 its images are dismayed.'
 
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-\v 3 A nation from the north will arise against it, and make her land a desolation.
+\v 3 A nation from the north will arise against it,
-\q No one will live in it; both men and animals will flee away.
+\q2 and make her land a desolation.
+\q No one will live in it; 
+\q2 both men and animals will flee away.
+\b
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-\v 4 In those days and at that time—this is Yahweh's declaration—the people of Israel and the people of Judah
+\v 4 In those days and at that time
-\q will come together to go with weeping and seek Yahweh their God.
+\q2 —this is Yahweh's declaration
+\q2 —the people of Israel and the people of Judah
+\q2 will come together to go with weeping and seek Yahweh their God.
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-\v 5 They will ask the way to Zion and will set off toward it, saying,
+\v 5 They will ask the way to Zion
-\q We will go and join ourselves to Yahweh in an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten."
+\q2 and will set off toward it, saying,
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+\q2 We will go and join ourselves to Yahweh
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+\q2 in an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten."
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-\v 6 My people have been a lost flock. Their shepherds have led them astray in the mountains;
-\q they have turned them around from hill to hill. They went, they have forgotten their resting place.
-\q
-\v 7 Everyone who went out to them devoured them. Their adversaries said, 'We are not guilty,
-\q because they sinned against Yahweh, their true home—Yahweh, the hope of their ancestors.'
 
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-\v 8 Leave from the midst of Babylon; go out from the land of the Chaldeans;
+\v 6 My people have been a lost flock.
-\q be like male goats that leave before the rest of the flock does.
+\q Their shepherds have led them astray in the mountains;
+\q2 they have turned them around from hill to hill. 
+\q2 They went, they have forgotten their resting place.
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-\v 9 For see, I am about to set in motion and raise up a group of great nations from the north against Babylon.
+\v 7 Everyone who went out to them devoured them.
-\q They will arrange themselves against her. Babylon will be captured from there.
+\q Their adversaries said, 'We are not guilty,
-\q Their arrows are like a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed.
+\q2 because they sinned against Yahweh,
+\q2 their true home—Yahweh,
+\q2 the hope of their ancestors.'
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-\v 10 Chaldea will become plunder. All those who plunder it will be satisfied—this is Yahweh's declaration.
+\v 8 Leave from the midst of Babylon; 
+\q2 go out from the land of the Chaldeans;
+\q be like male goats
+\q2 that leave before the rest of the flock does.
+\q
+\v 9 For see, I am about to set in motion
+\q2 and raise up a group of great nations
+\q2 from the north against Babylon.
+\q They will arrange themselves against her. 
+\q2 Babylon will be captured from there.
+\q Their arrows are like a skilled warrior
+\q2 who does not return empty-handed.
+\q
+\v 10 Chaldea will become plunder.
+\q2 All those who plunder it will be satisfied
+\q2 —this is Yahweh's declaration.
 
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 \v 11 You rejoice, you celebrate the plundering of my inheritance;
-\q you jump around like a calf stamping in its pasture;
+\q2 you jump around like a calf stamping in its pasture;
-\q you neigh like a powerful horse.
+\q2 you neigh like a powerful horse.
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-\v 12 So your mother will be greatly ashamed; the one who bore you will be embarrassed.
+\v 12 So your mother will be greatly ashamed;
-\q See, she will be the least of nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
+\q2 the one who bore you will be embarrassed.
+\q See, she will be the least of nations,
+\q2 a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
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-\v 13 Because of Yahweh's anger, Babylon will not be inhabited, but will be a complete devastation.
+\v 13 Because of Yahweh's anger,
-\q Everyone who passes by will be appalled because of Babylon and will hiss because of all of its wounds.
+\q2 Babylon will not be inhabited,
+\q2 but will be a complete devastation.
+\q Everyone who passes by will be appalled because of Babylo
+\q2 and will hiss because of all of its wounds.
 
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-\v 14 Arrange yourselves against Babylon all around her. Everyone who bends a bow must shoot at her.
+\v 14 Arrange yourselves against Babylon all around her.
-\q Do not spare any of your arrows, for she has sinned against Yahweh.
+\q2 Everyone who bends a bow must shoot at her.
+\q Do not spare any of your arrows, 
+\q2 for she has sinned against Yahweh.
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-\v 15 Raise a shout against her all around! She has surrendered; her towers have fallen;
+\v 15 Raise a shout against her all around!
-\q her walls are torn down, for this is Yahweh's vengeance.
+\v She has surrendered;
-\q Take vengeance on her! Do to her just as she has done!
+\q2 her towers have fallen;
+\q her walls are torn down,
+\q2 for this is Yahweh's vengeance.
+\q Take vengeance on her! 
+\q2 Do to her just as she has done!
 
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-\v 16 Destroy both the farmer who sows seed and the one who uses a sickle at the time of harvest in Babylon.
+\v 16 Destroy both the farmer who sows seed
-\q Let each person turn back to his own people from the oppressor's sword; let them flee to their own land.
+\q2 and the one who uses a sickle at the time of harvest in Babylon.
+\q Let each person turn back to his own people
+\q2 from the oppressor's sword;
+\q2 let them flee to their own land.
 
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-\v 17 Israel is a scattered flock driven away by lions.
+\v 17 Israel is a scattered flock
+\q2 driven away by lions.
 \q First the king of Assyria devoured him;
-\q then after this, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon broke his bones.
+\q2 then after this,
+\q2 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon broke his bones.
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-\v 18 Therefore Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, says this: See, I am about to punish the king of Babylon and his land, just as I punished the king of Assyria.
+\v 18 Therefore Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, says this:
+\q See, I am about to punish the king of Babylon and his land,
+\q2 just as I punished the king of Assyria.
 
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-\v 19 I will restore Israel to his homeland; he will graze on Carmel and Bashan.
+\v 19 I will restore Israel to his homeland;
-\q Then he will be satisfied in the hill country of Ephraim and Gilead.
+\q2 he will graze on Carmel and Bashan.
+\q Then he will be satisfied
+\q2 in the hill country of Ephraim and Gilead.
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-\v 20 In those days and at that time, says Yahweh, iniquity will be looked for in Israel,
+\v 20 In those days and at that time, says Yahweh,
-\q but none will be found. I will inquire about the sins of Judah, but none will be found, for I will forgive the remnant that I spare.
+\q2 iniquity will be looked for in Israel,
+\q2 but none will be found. 
+\q I will inquire about the sins of Judah, 
+\q2 but none will be found,
+\q2 for I will forgive the remnant that I spare.
 
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-\v 21 "Arise against the land of Merathaim, against it and the ones inhabiting Pekod.
+\v 21 "Arise against the land of Merathaim,
-\q Put them to the sword and completely destroy them—this is Yahweh's declaration—do everything that I am commanding you.
+\q2 against it and the ones inhabiting Pekod.
+\q Put them to the sword and completely destroy them
+\q2 —this is Yahweh's declaration
+\q2 —do everything that I am commanding you.
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-\v 22 The sounds of battle and enormous destruction are in the land.
+\v 22 The sounds of battle and enormous destruction
+\q2 are in the land.
 
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-\v 23 How the hammer of all the lands has been cut apart and destroyed.
+\v 23 How the hammer of all the lands
-\q How Babylon has become an object of horror among the nations.
+\q2 has been cut apart and destroyed.
+\q How Babylon has become an object of horror
+\q2 among the nations.
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-\v 24 I have set a trap for you and you were taken, Babylon, and you did not know it!
+\v 24 I have set a trap for you and you were taken, Babylon,
-\q You were found and captured, because you opposed Yahweh.
+\q2 and you did not know it!
+\q You were found and captured,
+\q2 because you opposed Yahweh.
 
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-\v 25 Yahweh has opened his armory and is bringing out the weapons for carrying out his anger.
+\v 25 Yahweh has opened his armory
-\q There is work for the Lord Yahweh of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.
+\q2 and is bringing out the weapons
+\q2 for carrying out his anger.
+\q There is work for the Lord Yahweh of host
+\q2 in the land of the Chaldeans.
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-\v 26 Attack her from far away. Open her granaries and pile her up like heaps of grain.
+\v 26 Attack her from far away.
-\q Set her apart for destruction. Leave no remnant of her.
+\q Open her granaries
+\q2 and pile her up like heaps of grain.
+\q Set her apart for destruction.
+\q2 Leave no remnant of her.
 
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-\v 27 Kill all her bulls. Send them down to the place of slaughter.
+\v 27 Kill all her bulls.
-\q Woe to them, for their day has come—the time for their punishment.
+\q2 Send them down to the place of slaughter.
+\q Woe to them, for their day has come
+\q2 —the time for their punishment.
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-\v 28 There is the sound of those fleeing, of those who are survivors, from the land of Babylon.
+\v 28 There is the sound of those fleeing,
-\q These will report the vengeance of Yahweh our God for Zion, and vengeance for his temple.
+\q2 of those who are survivors, 
+\q2 from the land of Babylon.
+\q These will report the vengeance of Yahweh our God for Zion,
+\q2 and vengeance for his temple.
 
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-\v 29 "Summon the archers against Babylon—all those who bend their bows.
+\v 29 "Summon the archers against Babylon
-\q Camp against her, and let no one escape.
+\q2 —all those who bend their bows.
+\q Camp against her,
+\q2 and let no one escape.
 \q Repay her for what she has done.
-\q Do to her by the measure she has used.
+\q2 Do to her by the measure she has used.
-\q For she had acted arrogantly against Yahweh—against the Holy One of Israel.
+\q For she had acted arrogantly against Yahweh
+\q2 —against the Holy One of Israel.
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 \v 30 So her young men will fall in the city squares,
-\q and all her fighting men will be destroyed on that day—
+\q2 and all her fighting men will be destroyed on that day—
-\q this is Yahweh's declaration."
+\q2 this is Yahweh's declaration."
 
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 \q I will set fire to their cities; it will devour everything around him.
 
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+\v 33 Yahweh of hosts says this:
+\q The people of Israel are oppressed,
+\q2 together with the people of Judah.
+\q All the ones who captured them still hold them;
+\q2 they refuse to let them go.
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-\v 33 Yahweh of hosts says this: The people of Israel are oppressed, together with the people of Judah.
+\v 34 The one who rescues them is strong.
-\q All the ones who captured them still hold them; they refuse to let them go.
+\q2 Yahweh of hosts is his name. 
-\q
+\q He will truly plead their case,
-\v 34 The one who rescues them is strong. Yahweh of hosts is his name. He will truly plead their case,
+\q2 in order to bring rest to the land,
-\q in order to bring rest to the land, and to bring strife to the ones inhabiting Babylon.
+\q2 and to bring strife to the ones inhabiting Babylon.
 
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-\v 35 A sword is against the Chaldeans—this is Yahweh's declaration—
+\v 35 A sword is against the Chaldeans
-\q and against the inhabitants of Babylon, her leaders, and her wise men.
+\q2 —this is Yahweh's declaration—
+\q2 and against the inhabitants of Babylon,
+\q2 her leaders, and her wise men.
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-\v 36 A sword against those who say empty words! They will become fools!
+\v 36 A sword against those who say empty words!
-\q A sword against her soldiers! They will be filled with terror.
+\q2 They will become fools!
+\q A sword against her soldiers!
+\q2 They will be filled with terror.
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-\v 37 A sword is coming against their horses, their chariots and all of the people who are in the midst of Babylon,
+\v 37 A sword is coming against their horse their chariots 
-\q so they will become like women. A sword is coming against her storerooms, and they will be plundered.
+\q2 and all of the people who are in the midst of Babylon,
+\q2 so they will become like women.
+\q A sword is coming against her storerooms,
+\q2 and they will be plundered.
 
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-\v 38 A drought is coming on her waters, so they will become dry.
+\v 38 A drought is coming on her waters,
-\q For she is a land of worthless idols, and they act like people made insane by their dreadful idols.
+\q2 so they will become dry.
+\q For she is a land of worthless idols,
+\q2 and they act like people made insane by their dreadful idols.
+\b
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-\v 39 So desert beasts with the jackals will inhabit there, and the young of ostriches will live in her.
+\v 39 So desert beasts with the jackals will inhabit there,
-\q For all time, she will no longer be inhabited. From generation to generation, she will not be lived in.
+\q2 and the young of ostriches will live in her.
+\q For all time, she will no longer be inhabited.
+\q2 From generation to generation, she will not be lived in.
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-\v 40 Just as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors—this is Yahweh's declaration—
+\v 40 Just as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors
-\q no one will live there; no person will stay in her.
+\q2 —this is Yahweh's declaration—
+\q2 no one will live there;
+\q2 no person will stay in her.
 
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 \v 41 "See, a people is coming from the north;
-\q a great nation and many kings
+\q2 a great nation and many kings
-\q are being stirred up from the farthest parts of the earth.
+\q2 are being stirred up from the farthest parts of the earth.
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-\v 42 They will pick up bows and spears. They are cruel and have no compassion.
+\v 42 They will pick up bows and spears. 
+\q They are cruel and have no compassion.
 \q Their sound is like the sea roar,
-\q and they are riding on horses,
+\q2 and they are riding on horses,
-\q set out in order as men for battle, against you,
+\q2 set out in order as men for battle, against you,
-\q daughter of Babylon.
+\q2 daughter of Babylon.
 
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-\v 43 The king of Babylon heard the reports about them and his hands fell limp in distress.
+\v 43 The king of Babylon heard the reports about them.
-\q Anguish seized him like a woman giving birth.
 
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-\v 44 Behold! He goes up like a lion from the majesty of the Jordan to the enduring grazing place
+\v 44 Behold! He goes up like a lion
-\q For I will quickly cause them to run from it, and I will put someone who will be chosen in charge of it.
+\q2 from the majesty of the Jordan
-\q For who is like me, and who will summon me? What shepherd is able to resist me?
+\q2 to the enduring grazing place
+\q For I will quickly cause them to run from it, 
+\q2 and I will put someone who will be chosen in charge of it.
+\q For who is like me,
+\q2 and who will summon me?
+\q What shepherd is able to resist me?
 
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 \v 45 So listen to the plans that Yahweh has decided against Babylon,
-\q the plans that he has planned against the land of the Chaldeans. They will certainly be dragged away,
+\q2 the plans that he has planned against the land of the Chaldeans.
-\q even the smallest flock. Their pasturelands will be turned into ruined places.
+\q2 They will certainly be dragged away,
+\q2 even the smallest flock.
+\q Their pasturelands will be turned into ruined places.
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-\v 46 At the sound of conquered Babylon the earth shakes, and their shout of distress is heard among the nations."
+\v 46 At the sound of conquered Babylon the earth shakes,
+\q2 and their shout of distress is heard among the nations."
 
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