Update '23-ISA.usfm'

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23-ISA.usfm

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-\v 16 You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away; the wind will scatter them.
-\q1 You will rejoice in Yahweh, you will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
+\v 16 You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away; 
+\q2 the wind will scatter them.
+\q1 You will rejoice in Yahweh, 
+\q2 you will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
 
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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 abandon them.
+\v 17 The oppressed and needy look for water, but there is none, 
+\q2 and their tongues are parched for thirst;
+\q1 I, Yahweh, will respond to their prayers; 
+\q2 I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.
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-\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 water, and the dry land into springs of water.
+\v 18 I will make streams to flow down the slopes, 
+\q2 and springs in the middle of the valleys;
+\q1 I will make the desert into a pool of water, 
+\q2 and the dry land into springs of water.
 
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-\v 19 In the wilderness I will set the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the olive tree.
-\q1 I will set the cypress in the desert plain, with the pines and the cypress box trees.
+\v 19 In the wilderness I will set the cedar, 
+\q2 the acacia, and the myrtle, and the olive tree.
+\q1 I will set the cypress in the desert plain, 
+\q2 with the pines and the cypress box trees.
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-\v 20 I will do this so that the people may see, learn, consider, and gain understanding together,
-\q1 that the hand of Yahweh has done this, that the Holy One of Israel has created it.
+\v 20 I will do this so that the people 
+\q2 may see, learn, consider, and gain understanding together,
+\q1 that the hand of Yahweh has done this, 
+\q2 that the Holy One of Israel has created it.
 
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 \v 21 'Present your case,' says Yahweh,
-\q1 'present your best arguments for your idols,' says the King of Jacob.
+\q2 'present your best arguments for your idols,' says the King of Jacob.
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-\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.
+\v 22 Let them bring us their own arguments; 
+\q2 have them come forward and declare to us what will happen,
+\q2 so we may know these things well.
+\q1 Have them tell us of earlier predictive declarations, 
+\q2 so we can reflect on them and know how they were fulfilled.
 
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 \v 23 Tell things about the future, that we may know if you are gods;
-\q1 do something good or evil, that we may be frightened and impressed.
+\q2 do something good or evil, that we may be frightened and impressed.
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-\v 24 See, you idols are nothing and your deeds are nothing; the one who chooses you is detestable.
+\v 24 See, you idols are nothing and your deeds are nothing; 
+\q2 the one who chooses you is detestable.
 
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-\v 25 I have raised up one from the north, and he comes; from the sun's rising I summon him who calls on my name,
-\q1 and he will trample the rulers like mud, like a potter who is treading on the clay.
+\v 25 I have raised up one from the north, and he comes; 
+\q2 from the sun's rising I summon him who calls on my name,
+\q1 and he will trample the rulers like mud, 
+\q2 like a potter who is treading on the clay.
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-\v 26 Who announced this from the beginning, that we might know? Before this time, that we may say, 'He is in the right'?
-\q1 Indeed none of them decreed it, yes, none heard your words.
+\v 26 Who announced this from the beginning, that we might know? 
+\q2 Before this time, that we may say, 'He is in the right'?
+\q1 Indeed none of them decreed it, 
+\q2 yes, none heard your words.
 
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-\v 27 I first said to Zion, 'Look here they are!' I sent a herald to Jerusalem.
+\v 27 I first said to Zion, 
+\q2 'Look here they are!' I sent a herald to Jerusalem.
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-\v 28 When I look, there is no one, not one among them who can give good advice,
-\q1 who, when I ask, can answer a word.
+\v 28 When I look, there is no one, 
+\q2 not one among them who can give good advice,
+\q2 who, when I ask, can answer a word.
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 \v 29 Look, all of them are nothing,
-\q1 and their deeds are nothing; their cast metal figures are wind and emptiness.
+\q2 and their deeds are nothing; 
+\q2 their cast metal figures are wind and emptiness.
 
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