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 \v 1 "Hear the word that Yahweh is announcing to you, house of Israel.
-\q
+\v 2 Yahweh says this,
-\v 2 Yahweh says this, 'Do not learn the ways of the nations,
+\b
-\q and do not be dismayed by the signs in the heavens, for the nations are dismayed by these.
+\q 'Do not learn the ways of the nations,
+\q2 and do not be dismayed by the signs in the heavens,
+\q2 for the nations are dismayed by these.
 
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 \v 3 For the customs of these people are worthless.
-\q Someone cuts down a tree from the forest.
+\q2 Someone cuts down a tree from the forest.
-\q It is the work of the hands of a craftsman using an axe.
+\q2 It is the work of the hands of a craftsman using an axe.
 \q
-\v 4 Then they decorate it with silver and gold. They strengthen it with hammer and nails so it will not fall over.
+\v 4 Then they decorate it with silver and gold.
+\q2 They strengthen it with hammer and nails so it will not fall over.
 \q
-\v 5 What they make with their hands is like scarecrows in a cucumber field, because they, too, can say nothing, and they have to be carried because they cannot walk.
+\v 5 What they make with their hands is like scarecrows in a cucumber field,
-\q Do not fear them, for they cannot bring about evil, nor are they able to do anything good.'"
+\q2 because they, too, can say nothing,
+\q2 and they have to be carried because they cannot walk.
+\q Do not fear them, for they cannot bring about evil,
+\q2 nor are they able to do anything good.'"
 
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-\v 6 There is no one like you, Yahweh. You are great, and your name is great in power.
+\v 6 There is no one like you, Yahweh. 
+\q2 You are great, and your name is great in power.
 \q
-\v 7 Who does not fear you, king of the nations? For this is what you deserve,
+\v 7 Who does not fear you, king of the nations? 
-\q for there is no one like you among all the wise men of the nations or all their royal kingdoms.
+\q2 For this is what you deserve,
+\q for there is no one like you among all the wise men of the nations 
+\q2 or all their royal kingdoms.
 
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 \v 8 They are both brutish and stupid.
-\q Their vain discipline—it is nothing but wood.
+\q2 Their vain discipline—it is nothing but wood.
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-\v 9 They bring hammered silver from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz made by artificers,
+\v 9 They bring hammered silver from Tarshish,
-\q the hands of refiners. Their clothes are blue and purple cloth. Their skillful men made all of these things.
+\q2 and gold from Uphaz made by artificers,
+\q2 the hands of refiners.
+\q Their clothes are blue and purple cloth.
+\q2 Their skillful men made all of these things.
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-\v 10 But Yahweh is the true God. He is the living God and eternal king.
+\v 10 But Yahweh is the true God.
-\q The earth quakes at his anger, and the nations cannot endure his anger.
+\q2 He is the living God and eternal king.
+\q The earth quakes at his anger,
+\q2 and the nations cannot endure his anger.
 
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 \v 11 You will speak to them like this, "The gods that did not make the heavens and earth
-\q will perish from the earth and from under these heavens."
+\v will perish from the earth and from under these heavens."
 \q
-\v 12 But it was he who made the earth by his power, and he established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding he stretched out the heavens.
+\b
+\v 12 But it was he who made the earth by his power,
+\q2 and he established the world by his wisdom,
+\q2 and by his understanding he stretched out the heavens.
 \q
-\v 13 His voice makes the roar of waters in the heavens, and he brings up the mists from the ends of the earth.
+\v 13 His voice makes the roar of waters in the heavens,
-\q He makes lightning for the rain and sends out wind from his storehouse.
+\q2 and he brings up the mists from the ends of the earth.
+\q He makes lightning for the rain
+\q2 and sends out wind from his storehouse.
 
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-\v 14 Every man has become stupid, without knowledge. Every metalworker is put to shame by his idols.
+\v 14 Every man has become stupid, without knowledge.
-\q For his cast metal images are frauds; there is no life in them.
+\q2 Every metalworker is put to shame by his idols.
+\q For his cast metal images are frauds;
+\q2 there is no life in them.
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-\v 15 They are useless, the work of mockers; they will perish at the time of their punishment.
+\v 15 They are useless, the work of mockers;
+\q2 they will perish at the time of their punishment.
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-\v 16 But God, the portion of Jacob, is not like these, for he is the molder of all things.
+\v 16 But God, the portion of Jacob, is not like these,
-\q Israel is the tribe of his inheritance; Yahweh of hosts is his name.
+\q2 for he is the molder of all things.
+\q Israel is the tribe of his inheritance;
+\q2 Yahweh of hosts is his name.
 
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-\v 17 Gather your bundle and leave the land, you people who have been living under the siege.
+\b
+\v 17 Gather your bundle and leave the land, 
+\q2 you people who have been living under the siege.
 \q
-\v 18 For Yahweh says this, "See, I am about to throw the inhabitants of the land out this time.
+\v 18 For Yahweh says this,
-\q I will cause them distress, and they will find it to be so."
+\q2  "See, I am about to throw the inhabitants of the land out this time.
+\q I will cause them distress,
+\q2 and they will find it to be so."
 
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-\v 19 Woe to me! Because of my broken bones, my wound is infected.
+\v 19 Woe to me!
-\q So I said, "Surely this is agony, but I must bear it."
+\q2 Because of my broken bones, my wound is infected.
+\q So I said, 
+\q2 "Surely this is agony, but I must bear it."
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-\v 20 My tent is devastated, and all of my tent cords are cut in two.
+\v 20 My tent is devastated,
-\q They have taken my children away from me, so they no longer exist. There is no longer anyone to spread out my tent or to raise up my tent curtains.
+\q2 and all of my tent cords are cut in two.
+\q They have taken my children away from me, 
+\q2 so they no longer exist.
+\q There is no longer anyone to spread out my tent
+\q2 or to raise up my tent curtains.
 
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-\v 21 For the shepherds are stupid and they do not seek Yahweh;
+\v 21 For the shepherds are stupid
-\q so they have not prospered, and all their flock has been scattered.
+\q2 and they do not seek Yahweh;
+\q so they have not prospered,
+\q2 and all their flock has been scattered.
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-\v 22 The report of news has arrived, "See! It is coming, a great earthquake is coming from the land of the north
+\v 22 The report of news has arrived, "See!
-\q To make the cities of Judah into ruins, hideouts for jackals."
+\q2 It is coming, a great earthquake is coming from the land of the north
+\q To make the cities of Judah into ruins,
+\q2 hideouts for jackals."
 
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-\v 23 I know, Yahweh, that the way of a man does not come from himself. No person walking directs his own steps.
+\v 23 I know, Yahweh,
+\q2 that the way of a man does not come from himself.
+\q2 No person walking directs his own steps.
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-\v 24 Discipline me, Yahweh, with justice, not in your anger or you would destroy me.
+\v 24 Discipline me, Yahweh, with justice,
+\q2 not in your anger or you would destroy me.
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-\v 25 Pour your fury on the nations that do not know you and on the families that do not call on your name.
+\v 25 Pour your fury on the nations that do not know you
-\q For they have devoured Jacob and consumed him so as to completely destroy him and demolish his habitation.
+\q2 and on the families that do not call on your name.
+\q For they have devoured Jacob and consumed him
+\q2 so as to completely destroy him and demolish his habitation.
 
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