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@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ no one to inhabit them.
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-\v 1 The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh,
+\v 1 The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,
 \v 2 "Stand at the gate of Yahweh's house and proclaim this word! Say, 'Hear the word of Yahweh, all you of Judah, you who enter these gates to worship Yahweh.