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 \v 1 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
-\v 2 "Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem. Say,
-\p 'Yahweh says this:
+\v 2 "Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem. Say, 'Yahweh says this:
 \q I have called to mind on your behalf 
 \q2 the covenant faithfulness of your youth,
 \q2 your love at the time when we were engaged,
@@ -119,6 +118,7 @@
 \q The shepherds transgressed against me.
 \q2 The prophets prophesied for Baal
 \q2 and walked after unprofitable things.
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@
 \q2 this is Yahweh's declaration—
 \q2 and I will accuse your sons' sons.
 \q
-\v 10 For cross over to the coasts of Cyprus \f + \ft Some modern English translations read, \fqa Kittim \fqa* . \f* 
-\q2 and look. Send messengers out to Kedar and find out
+\v 10 For cross over to the coasts of Cyprus \f + \ft Some modern English translations read, \fqa Kittim \fqa* . \f* and look.
+\q2 Send messengers out to Kedar and find out
 \q2 and see if there has ever before been anything like this.
 \q
 \v 11 Has a nation exchanged gods,
@@ -176,16 +176,18 @@
 \q2 and your acts of apostasy punish you.
 \q So think about it and understand
 \q2 that it is wicked and bitter
-\q2 when you abandon Yahweh your God, 
-\q and have no fear of me—
-\q2 this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh of hosts.
+\q when you abandon Yahweh your God, 
+\q2 and have no fear of me—
+\q this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh of hosts.
+\b
 
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 \q
 \v 20 For in ancient days I broke your yoke;
-\q2 I tore your fetters off you. Still you said,
-\q 'I will not serve!'
-\q2 On every high hill and beneath every leafy tree
+\q2 I tore your fetters off you. 
+\q Still you said, 
+\q2 'I will not serve!'
+\q On every high hill and beneath every leafy tree
 \q2 you lay down as a prostitute.
 \q
 \v 21 I planted you as a choice vine,
@@ -195,7 +197,7 @@
 \q
 \v 22 For even if you clean yourself in the river
 \q2 or wash with strong soap,
-\q2 your iniquity is a stain before me—
+\q your iniquity is a stain before me—
 \q2 this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh.
 
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@@ -205,7 +207,8 @@
 \q2 I have not walked after the Baals'?
 \q Look at what you did in the valleys!
 \q2 Consider what you have done—
-\q2 you are a swift female camel running here and there,
+\q you are a swift female camel
+\q2 running here and there,
 \q
 \v 24 a wild donkey accustomed to the wilderness,
 \q2 in her heat sniffing the wind!
@@ -234,6 +237,7 @@
 \v 28 Yet where are the gods that you made for yourselves?
 \q2 Let them arise if they wish to save you in your time of troubles,
 \q2 for your idols equal your cities in number, Judah!
+\b
 
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@@ -282,7 +286,7 @@
 \q
 \v 37 You will also go out from there dejected,
 \q2 with your hands on your head,
-\q2 for Yahweh has rejected the ones whom you trusted,
+\q for Yahweh has rejected the ones whom you trusted,
 \q2 so you will not be helped by them."
 
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@@ -428,9 +432,9 @@
 \q
 \v 4 Circumcise yourselves to Yahweh,
 \q2 and remove the foreskins of your heart,
-\q men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
-\q2 or else my fury will break out like fire,
-\q and burn with no one to quench it,
+\q2 men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
+\q or else my fury will break out like fire,
+\q2 and burn with no one to quench it,
 \q2 because of the wickedness of your practices.
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 \q
@@ -443,23 +447,23 @@
 \q2 and run for safety!
 \q Do not stay, for I am bringing disaster
 \q2 from the north and great crushing.
+\b
 
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 \q
-\p
 \v 7 A lion is coming out from his thicket
 \q2 and someone who will destroy nations is setting out.
 \q He is leaving his place to bring horror to your land,
 \q2 to turn your cities into ruins, where no one will live.
 \q
-\v 8 Because of this,
-\q2 gird yourselves with sackcloth, lament and wail.
+\v 8 Because of this, gird yourselves with sackcloth,
+\q2  lament and wail.
 \q For the force of Yahweh's anger
 \q2 has not turned away from us.
+\b
 
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 \q
-\p
 \v 9 Then it will happen in that day—
 \q2 this is Yahweh's declaration—
 \q2 that the hearts of the king and his officials will die.
@@ -475,7 +479,6 @@
 
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 \q
-\p
 \v 13 See, he comes up like clouds,
 \q2 and his chariots are like a storm.
 \q His horses are faster than eagles.
@@ -489,7 +492,7 @@
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 \v 16 Make the nations think about this:
 \q2 See, announce to Jerusalem
-\q2 that besiegers are coming from a distant land
+\q that besiegers are coming from a distant land
 \q2 to shout in battle against the cities of Judah.
 \v 17 They will be like the watchmen
 \q2 of a cultivated field against her all around, 
@@ -501,10 +504,10 @@
 \q This will be your punishment.
 \q2 How bitter it will be!
 \q2 It will strike your very heart.
+\b
 
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 \q
-\p
 \v 19 My heart! My heart!
 \q2 I am in anguish in my heart.
 \q My heart is turbulent within me.
@@ -518,18 +521,18 @@
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 \v 21 How long will I see the signal flag?
 \q2 Will I hear the sound of the horn?
+\b
 \q
-\p
 \v 22 For the foolishness of my people—
 \q2 they do not know me. 
 \q They are stupid children,
 \q2 and they have no understanding.
 \q They are skilled at doing evil,
 \q2 but they do not know how to do good.
+\b
 
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 \q
-\p
 \v 23 I saw the land. Behold!
 \q2 It was formless and empty.
 \q2 For there was no light for the heavens.
@@ -557,8 +560,8 @@
 \q For I have declared my intentions;
 \q2 I will not hold back;
 \q2 I will not turn from carrying them out.
+\b
 \q
-\p
 \v 29 Every city will flee from the noise of the horseman
 \q2 and the archer with a bow;
 \q2 they will run into the forests.
@@ -571,7 +574,6 @@
 \p
 \v 30 Now that you have been devastated, what will you do? For though you are clothed in scarlet, and though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, and though you make your eyes look bigger with paint, you are making yourself beautiful in vain. The men who lusted for you now reject you. They are trying to take away your life.
 \q
-\p
 \v 31 So I hear the sound of anguish,
 \q2 distress as in the birth of a firstborn child,
 \q2 the sound of the daughter of Zion.
@@ -584,13 +586,14 @@
 \q
 \v 1 "Rush about through the streets of Jerusalem;
 \q2 search in her city squares, too.
-\q Then look and think about this:
-\q2 If you can find a man or anyone who is acting justly
+\q2 Then look and think about this:
+\q If you can find a man or anyone who is acting justly
 \q2 and trying to act faithfully,
 \q2 then I will forgive Jerusalem.
 \q
 \v 2 Although they say, 'As Yahweh lives,'
 \q2 yet they are swearing falsely."
+\p
 \q
 \v 3 Yahweh, do your eyes not look for faithfulness?
 \q2 You struck the people, but they do not feel pain.
@@ -602,13 +605,13 @@
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 \q
 \v 4 So I said, 
-\q2 "Surely these are only poor people,
+\q2 "Surely these are only poor people.
 \q2 They are foolish, for they do not know Yahweh's ways
 \q2 nor their God's decrees.
 \q
 \v 5 I will go to the important people
 \q2 and declare God's messages to them,
-\q2 for they at least know Yahweh's ways,
+\q for they at least know Yahweh's ways,
 \q2 the decrees of their God."
 \q But they all broke their yoke together;
 \q2 they all tore apart the chains that bound them to God.
@@ -619,6 +622,7 @@
 \q2 Anyone who goes outside his city will be torn apart.
 \q For their transgressions increase.
 \q2 Their acts of apostasy are numerous.
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -635,14 +639,15 @@
 \q
 \v 9 So should I not punish them—
 \q2 this is Yahweh's declaration—
-\q2 and should I not avenge myself 
+\q and should I not avenge myself 
 \q2 on a nation that is like this?
+\b
 
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 \q
 \v 10 Go up onto her vineyards' terraces and destroy. 
 \q2 But do not bring complete destruction to them.  
-\q1 Trim their vines, 
+\q Trim their vines, 
 \q2 since those vines do not come from Yahweh.
 \q
 \v 11 For the houses of Israel and Judah
@@ -681,14 +686,10 @@
 \v 16 Its quiver is like an open tomb.
 \q2 They are all soldiers.
 \q
-\v 17 They will eat up your
-\q2 harvest and your food.
-\q They will devour
-\q2 your sons and daughters.
-\q They will devour
-\q2 your flocks and herds.
-\q They will devour
-\q2 your vines and fig trees.
+\v 17 They will eat up your harvest and your food.
+\q2 They will devour your sons and daughters.
+\q They will devour your flocks and herds.
+\q2 They will devour your vines and fig trees.
 \q They will beat down with a sword
 \q2 your fortified cities in which you put your trust.
 
@@ -704,7 +705,7 @@
 \q
 \v 21 'Hear this, you foolish people
 \q2 who have no understanding;
-\q2 who have eyes but you cannot see,
+\q who have eyes but you cannot see,
 \q2 and you have ears but you cannot hear.
 \q
 \v 22 Do you not fear me—
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 \q
 \v 25 Your iniquities kept these things from happening.
 \q2 Your sins have stopped good from coming to you.
+\b
 
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 \q
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 \v 1 Find safety, people of Benjamin, by leaving Jerusalem.
-\q Blow a ram's horn in Tekoa.
-\q2 Raise up over Beth Hakkerem a signal,
+\q2 Blow a ram's horn in Tekoa.
+\q Raise up over Beth Hakkerem a signal,
 \q2 since wickedness is appearing from the north;
 \q2 a great crushing is coming.
 \q
@@ -781,6 +782,7 @@
 \v 3 The shepherds and their flocks will go to them;
 \q2 they will set up tents against her all around;
 \q2 each man will shepherd with his own hand.
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -852,7 +854,8 @@
 \q2 They were not ashamed; 
 \q2 they did not know how to blush!
 \q So they will fall among the fallen;
-\q2 they will be brought down when they are punished, says Yahweh.
+\q2 they will be brought down 
+\q2 when they are punished, says Yahweh.
 
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 \q
 \v 20 What does this frankincense going up from Sheba mean to me
-\q2 Or these sweet smells from a distant land?
+\q2 or these sweet smells from a distant land?
 \q Your burnt offerings are not acceptable to me,
 \q2 nor are your sacrifices.
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 \q2 They are cruel and have no compassion.
 \q Their sound is like the sea roar,
 \q2 and they are riding on horses,
-\q set out in order as men for battle, against you,
-\q2 daughter of Zion.'"
+\q set out in order as men for battle, 
+\q2 against you, daughter of Zion.'"
 \b
 \q
 \v 24 We have heard the reports about them
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 \q2 gird yourself with sackcloth and roll in ashes;
 \q mourn with painful sobs as for an only son,
 \q2 for the destroyer will suddenly come upon us.
+\b
 
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 \q
 \v 5 Why has this people, Jerusalem,
 \q2 turned away in permanent apostasy?
-\q2 They hold on to deceit and refuse to repent.
+\q2They hold on to deceit
+\q2 and refuse to repent.
 
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 \q
 \v 6 I paid attention and listened,
 \q2 but they did not speak right;
-\q2 no one repented of his wickedness,
-\q no one who says, "What have I done?"
+\q no one repented of his wickedness,
+\q2 no one who says, "What have I done?"
 \q2 All of them go where they wish,
 \q2 like a horse rushing toward battle.
 \q
@@ -1033,6 +1038,7 @@
 \q2 and the doves, swifts, and cranes.
 \q They go on their migrations at the right time,
 \q2 but my people do not know Yahweh's decrees.
+\b
 
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 \q
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 \q2 and their fields to those who will possess them,
 \q because from the least to the greatest, 
 \q2 all of them are greedy for dishonest gain!
-\q2 From the prophet to the priest, all of them practice deceit.
+\q From the prophet to the priest,
+\q2 all of them practice deceit.
 
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 \q2 They were not ashamed;
 \q2 they did not know how to blush!
 \q So they will fall among the fallen;
-\q2 they will be brought down when they are punished, says Yahweh.
+\q2 they will be brought down when they are punished, 
+\q2 says Yahweh.
+\b
 \q
 \v 13 I will remove them completely—
 \q2 this is Yahweh's declaration—
-\q2 there will be no grapes on the vine,
+\q there will be no grapes on the vine,
 \q2 nor will there be figs on the fig trees.
 \q For the leaf will wither,
 \q2 and what I have given to them will pass away.
+\b
 
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 \q
-\v 14 Why are we sitting here
-\q2 Come together; let us go to the fortified cities,
+\v 14 Why are we sitting here?
+\q2 Come together; 
+\q let us go to the fortified cities,
 \q2 and we will become silent there in death.
 \q For Yahweh our God will silence us.
-\q2 He will make us drink poison, since we have sinned against him.
+\q2 He will make us drink poison, 
+\q2 since we have sinned against him.
 \q
 \v 15 We are hoping for peace,
 \q2 but there will be nothing good.
@@ -1087,7 +1099,8 @@
 \v 16 The snorting of his stallions is heard from Dan.
 \q2 The whole earth shakes
 \q2 at the sound of the neighing of his strong horses.
-\q For they will come and consume the land and its wealth,
+\q For they will come
+\q2 and consume the land and its wealth,
 \q2 the city and the ones living in it.
 \b
 \q
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 \q2 adders that you cannot charm.
 \q They will bite you—
 \q2 this is Yahweh's declaration.'"
+\b
 
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 \q
 \v 18 My sorrow has no end
 \q2 and my heart is sick.
 \q
-\v 19 Behold! The cry for help of the daughter of my people from a land far away!
-\q2 Is Yahweh not in Zion?
+\v 19 Behold! The cry for help of the daughter of my people
+\q2 from a land far away!
+\q Is Yahweh not in Zion?
 \q2 Is her king no longer there?
 \b
-\q Why then do they provoke me to anger with their carved figure
+\q Why then do they provoke me to anger with their carved figures
 \q2 and their worthless foreign idols?
+\b
 
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