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-\v 1 Woe to the proud garland crown that is worn by each of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
-\q1 the garland that is set on the head of the lush Valley of those who are overcome with wine!
+\v 1 Woe to the proud garland crown 
+\q2 that is worn by each of the drunkards of Ephraim, 
+\q1 and to the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
+\q2 the garland that is set on the head of the lush Valley 
+\q2 of those who are overcome with wine!
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-\v 2 Behold, the Lord sends one who is mighty and strong; like a storm of hail and a destructive windstorm,
+\v 2 Behold, the Lord sends one who is mighty and strong; 
+\q2 like a storm of hail and a destructive windstorm,
 \q1 like a driving rain and overflowing waters;
-\q1 and he will throw each garland crown down to the ground.
+\q2 and he will throw each garland crown down to the ground.
 
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-\v 3 The proud garland of the drunkards of Ephraim will be trodden underfoot.
+\v 3 The proud garland of the drunkards of Ephraim 
+\q2 will be trodden underfoot.
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-\v 4 The fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the rich valley,
-\q1 will be as the first ripe fig before the summer, that, when someone sees it,
-\q1 while it is yet in his hand, he swallows it down.
+\v 4 The fading flower of his glorious beauty, 
+\q2 which is on the head of the rich valley,
+\q1 will be as the first ripe fig before the summer, 
+\q2 that, when someone sees it,
+\q2 while it is yet in his hand, he swallows it down.
 
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-\v 5 In that day Yahweh of hosts will become a beautiful crown and a diadem of beauty for the remainder of his people,
+\v 5 In that day Yahweh of hosts will become a beautiful crown 
+\q2 and a diadem of beauty for the remainder of his people,
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-\v 6 a spirit of justice for him who sits in judgment, and strength for those who turn back their enemies at their gates.
+\v 6 a spirit of justice for him who sits in judgment, 
+\q2 and strength for those who turn back their enemies at their gates.
 
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-\v 7 But even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink.
-\q1 The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, and they are swallowed up by wine.
-\q1 They stagger with strong drink, staggering in vision and reeling in decision.
+\v 7 But even these reel with wine, 
+\q2 and stagger with strong drink.
+\q1 The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, 
+\q2 and they are swallowed up by wine.
+\q1 They stagger with strong drink, 
+\q2 staggering in vision and reeling in decision.
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-\v 8 Truly, all tables are covered with filthy vomit, so that there is no clean place.
+\v 8 Truly, all tables are covered with filthy vomit, 
+\q2 so that there is no clean place.
 
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-\v 9 To whom will he teach knowledge, and to whom will he explain the message?
-\q1 To those who are weaned from milk or to those just taken from the breasts?
+\v 9 To whom will he teach knowledge, 
+\q2 and to whom will he explain the message?
+\q1 To those who are weaned from milk 
+\q2 or to those just taken from the breasts?
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-\v 10 For it is command upon command, command upon command; rule upon rule, rule upon rule;
-\q1 here a little, there a little.
+\v 10 For it is 
+\q2 command upon command, command upon command; 
+\q2 rule upon rule, rule upon rule;
+\q2 here a little, there a little.
 
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-\v 11 Indeed, with mocking lips and a foreign tongue he will speak to this people.
+\v 11 Indeed, with mocking lips and a foreign tongue 
+\q2 he will speak to this people.
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-\v 12 In the past he said to them "This is the rest, give rest to him who is weary;
-\q1 and this is the refreshing," but they would not listen.
+\v 12 In the past he said to them 
+\q2 "This is the rest, give rest to him who is weary;
+\q1 and this is the refreshing," 
+\q2 but they would not listen.
 
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 \v 13 So the word of Yahweh will be to them
-\q1 command upon command, command upon command; rule upon rule, rule upon rule;
-\q1 here a little, there a little;
-\q1 so that they may go and fall backward, and be broken, ensnared, and captured.
+\q2 command upon command, command upon command; 
+\q2 rule upon rule, rule upon rule;
+\q2 here a little, there a little;
+\q1 so that they may go and fall backward, 
+\q2 and be broken, ensnared, and captured.
 
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 \v 14 So listen to the word of Yahweh, you who mock,
-\q1 you who rule over this people who are in Jerusalem.
+\q2 you who rule over this people who are in Jerusalem.
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-\v 15 This will happen because you said, "We have made a covenant with death,
-\q1 and with Sheol we have reached an agreement. So when the overwhelming whip passes through, it will not reach us.
-\q1 For we have made a lie our refuge, and taken shelter in falsehood."
+\v 15 This will happen because you said, 
+\q2 "We have made a covenant with death,
+\q2 and with Sheol we have reached an agreement. 
+\q1 So when the overwhelming whip passes through, 
+\q2 it will not reach us.
+\q1 For we have made a lie our refuge, 
+\q2 and taken shelter in falsehood."
 
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 \v 16 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says,
-\q1 "See, I will lay in Zion a foundation stone, a tried stone,
-\q1 a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation. He who believes will not be ashamed.
+\q2 "See, I will lay in Zion a foundation stone, a tried stone,
+\q1 a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation. 
+\q2 He who believes will not be ashamed.
 
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-\v 17 I will make justice the measuring stick, and righteousness the plumbline.
-\q1 Hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and the floodwaters will overwhelm the hiding place.
+\v 17 I will make justice the measuring stick, 
+\q2 and righteousness the plumbline.
+\q1 Hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, 
+\q2 and the floodwaters will overwhelm the hiding place.
 
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-\v 18 Your covenant with death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand.
-\q1 When the raging flood passes through, you will become its trampling place.
+\v 18 Your covenant with death will be dissolved, 
+\q2 and your agreement with Sheol will not stand.
+\q1 When the raging flood passes through, 
+\q2 you will become its trampling place.
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 \v 19 Whenever it passes through, it will overwhelm you,
-\q1 and morning by morning it will pass through and by day and night it will come.
-\q1 When the message is understood, it will cause terror.
+\q2 and morning by morning it will pass through 
+\q2 and by day and night it will come.
+\q1 When the message is understood, 
+\q2 it will cause terror.
 
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-\v 20 For the bed is too short for a man to stretch out on, and the blanket too narrow for him to wrap himself in."
+\v 20 For the bed is too short for a man to stretch out on, 
+\q2 and the blanket too narrow for him to wrap himself in."
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-\v 21 Yahweh will rise up as on Mount Perazim; he will rouse himself as in the Valley of Gibeon
-\q1 to do his work, his strange work, and perform his strange deed.
+\v 21 Yahweh will rise up as on Mount Perazim; 
+\q2 he will rouse himself as in the Valley of Gibeon
+\q1 to do his work, his strange work, 
+\q2 and perform his strange deed.
 
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-\v 22 Now therefore do not mock, or your bonds will be tightened.
-\q1 I have heard from the Lord Yahweh of hosts, a decree of destruction on the earth.
+\v 22 Now therefore do not mock, 
+\q2 or your bonds will be tightened.
+\q1 I have heard from the Lord Yahweh of hosts, 
+\q2 a decree of destruction on the earth.
 
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-\v 23 Pay attention and listen to my voice; be attentive and listen to my words.
+\v 23 Pay attention and listen to my voice; 
+\q2 be attentive and listen to my words.
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-\v 24 Does a farmer who plows all day to sow, only plow the ground? Does he continually break up and harrow the field?
+\v 24 Does a farmer who plows all day to sow, only plow the ground? 
+\q2 Does he continually break up and harrow the field?
 
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-\v 25 When he has prepared the ground, does he not scatter caraway seed, sow the cumin,
-\q1 put in the wheat in rows and the barley in the right place, and the spelt at its edges? \f + \ft The identification of some of these spices is in doubt, so different translations may have a different list of spices than here. In addition, other modern translations give different meaning to the expressions translated in the ULB as \fqa in rows \fqa* and \fqa in the right place \fqa* , because these expressions are uncertain in Hebrew. \f*
+\v 25 When he has prepared the ground, 
+\q2 does he not scatter caraway seed, sow the cumin,
+\q1 put in the wheat in rows and the barley in the right place, 
+\q2 and the spelt at its edges? \f + \ft The identification of some of these spices is in doubt, so different translations may have a different list of spices than here. In addition, other modern translations give different meaning to the expressions translated in the ULB as \fqa in rows \fqa* and \fqa in the right place \fqa* , because these expressions are uncertain in Hebrew. \f*
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-\v 26 His God instructs him; he teaches him wisely.
+\v 26 His God instructs him; 
+\q2 he teaches him wisely.
 
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 \v 27 Moreover, the caraway seed is not threshed with a sledge,
-\q1 nor is a cartwheel rolled over the cumin;
-\q1 but caraway is beaten out with a stick, and cumin with a rod.
+\q2 nor is a cartwheel rolled over the cumin;
+\q1 but caraway is beaten out with a stick, 
+\q2 and cumin with a rod.
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-\v 28 Bread grain is crushed, but the one who grinds it does not thresh it forever.
-\q1 The wheel of his cart and his horses would destroy it, so he does not continue to grind it.
+\v 28 Bread grain is crushed, 
+\q2 but the one who grinds it does not thresh it forever.
+\q1 The wheel of his cart and his horses would destroy it, 
+\q2 so he does not continue to grind it.
 
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 \v 29 This too comes from Yahweh of hosts,
-\q1 who gives wonderful counsel and whose sound wisdom is great.
+\q2 who gives wonderful counsel 
+\q2 and whose sound wisdom is great.
 
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