Update '23-ISA.usfm'

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23-ISA.usfm

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-\v 17 The light of Israel will become a fire, and his Holy One a flame;
+\v 17 The light of Israel will become a fire, 
-\q1 it will burn and devour his thorns and briers in one day.
+\q2 and his Holy One a flame;
+\q1 it will burn and devour his thorns and briers 
+\q2 in one day.
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-\v 18 Yahweh will consume the glory of his forest and of his fruitful land, both soul and body;
+\v 18 Yahweh will consume the glory of his forest 
-\q1 it will be like when a sick man's life wastes away.
+\q2 and of his fruitful land, both soul and body;
+\q2 it will be like when a sick man's life wastes away.
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-\v 19 The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few, that a child could count them.
+\v 19 The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few, 
+\q2 that a child could count them.
 
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-\v 20 On that day, the remnant of Israel, the family of Jacob that has escaped, will no longer rely on the one who defeated them, but will indeed depend on Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel.
+\v 20 On that day, the remnant of Israel, 
+\q2 the family of Jacob that has escaped, 
+\q1 will no longer rely on the one 
+\q2 who defeated them, 
+\q1 but will indeed depend on Yahweh, 
+\q2 the Holy One of Israel.
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-\v 21 A remnant of Jacob will return to the mighty God.
+\v 21 A remnant of Jacob 
+\q2 will return to the mighty God.
 
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-\v 22 For though your people, Israel, are like the sand of the seashore, only a remnant of them will return. Destruction is decreed, as overflowing righteousness demands.
+\v 22 For though your people, Israel, are like the sand of the seashore, 
+\q2 only a remnant of them will return. 
+\q1 Destruction is decreed, 
+\q2 as overflowing righteousness demands.
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-\v 23 For the Lord Yahweh of hosts is about to carry out the destruction determined throughout the land.
+\v 23 For the Lord Yahweh of hosts is about to carry out 
+\q2 the destruction determined throughout the land.
 
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-\v 24 Therefore the Lord Yahweh of hosts says, "My people who live in Zion, do not fear the Assyrian. He will strike you with the rod and raise his staff against you, as the Egyptians did.
+\v 24 Therefore the Lord Yahweh of hosts says, 
-\v 25 Do not fear him, for in a very short time my anger against you will end, and my anger will lead to his destruction."
+\q1 "My people who live in Zion, 
+\q2 do not fear the Assyrian. 
+\q1 He will strike you with the rod 
+\q2 and raise his staff against you, as the Egyptians did.
+\v 25 Do not fear him, 
+\q2 for in a very short time 
+\q1 my anger against you will end, 
+\q2 and my anger will lead to his destruction."
 
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-\v 26 Then Yahweh of hosts will wield a whip against them, as when he defeated Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will raise his rod over the sea and lift it up as he did in Egypt.
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+\v 26 Then Yahweh of hosts will wield a whip against them, 
-\v 27 On that day, his burden is lifted from your shoulder and his yoke from off your neck, and the yoke will be destroyed because of fatness. \f + \ft The last line of this verse is difficult because it does not seem to fit the context. Some modern translations leave out \fqa because of fatness \fqa* . Other modern translations have \fqa and the yoke will be destroyed from off your neck. He has gone up from Rimmon \fqa* . Here \fqa He \fqa* means the Assyrian king and his army. \f*
+\q2 as when he defeated Midian at the rock of Oreb. 
+\q1 He will raise his rod over the sea and lift it up 
+\q2 as he did in Egypt.
+\q1
+\v 27 On that day, his burden is lifted from your shoulder 
+\q2 and his yoke from off your neck, 
+\q1 and the yoke will be destroyed 
+\q2 because of fatness. \f + \ft The last line of this verse is difficult because it does not seem to fit the context. Some modern translations leave out \fqa because of fatness \fqa* . Other modern translations have \fqa and the yoke will be destroyed from off your neck. He has gone up from Rimmon \fqa* . Here \fqa He \fqa* means the Assyrian king and his army. \f*
 
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 \v 28 The enemy has come to Aiath
-\q1 and has passed through Migron; at Mikmash he has stored his provisions.
+\q2 and has passed through Migron; 
+\q2 at Mikmash he has stored his provisions.
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-\v 29 They have crossed over the pass and they lodge at Geba.
+\v 29 They have crossed over the pass 
-\q1 Ramah trembles and Gibeah of Saul has fled.
+\q2 and they lodge at Geba.
+\q1 Ramah trembles 
+\q2 and Gibeah of Saul has fled.
 
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-\v 30 Cry aloud, daughter of Gallim! Pay attention, Laishah!
+\v 30 Cry aloud, daughter of Gallim! 
-\q1 Answer her, Anathoth!
+\q2 Pay attention, Laishah!
+\q2 Answer her, Anathoth!
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 \v 31 Madmenah is fleeing,
-\q1 and the inhabitants of Gebim run for safety.
+\q2 and the inhabitants of Gebim run for safety.
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-\v 32 This very day he will halt
+\v 32 This very day he will halt at Nob
-\q1 at Nob and shake his fist at the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
+\q2 and shake his fist 
+\q1 at the mountain of the daughter of Zion, 
+\q2 the hill of Jerusalem.
 
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-\v 33 Behold, the Lord Yahweh of hosts will lop off the boughs with a terrifying crash;
+\v 33 Behold, the Lord Yahweh of hosts 
-\q1 the tallest trees will be cut down, and the lofty will be brought down.
+\q2 will lop off the boughs with a terrifying crash;
+\q1 the tallest trees will be cut down, 
+\q2 and the lofty will be brought down.
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-\v 34 He will chop down the thickets of the forest with an ax, and Lebanon in his majesty will fall.
+\v 34 He will chop down the thickets of the forest with an ax, 
+\q2 and Lebanon in his majesty will fall.
 
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