Merge pull request 'Paula.Jeremiah15' (#993) from Paula.Jeremiah15 into master

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Jeremiah 21-25 poetry formatting

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 \v 11 Concerning the house of the king of Judah, listen to the word of Yahweh.
-\q
+\p
-\v 12 House of David, Yahweh says, 'Bring about justice in the morning.
+\v 12 House of David, Yahweh says,
-\q Rescue the one who has been robbed by the hand of the oppressor,
+\q 'Bring about justice in the morning.
+\q2 Rescue the one who has been robbed
+\q2 by the hand of the oppressor,
 \q or my fury will go out like fire and burn,
-\q and there is no one who can quench it, because of the wickedness of your practices.
+\q2and there is no one who can quench it,
+\q2 because of the wickedness of your practices.
 
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 \q
-\v 13 See, inhabitant of the valley! I am against you, rock of the plain—this is Yahweh's declaration—
+\v 13 See, inhabitant of the valley!
-\q I am against anyone who is saying, "Who will come down to attack us?" or "Who will enter our houses?"
+\q2 I am against you, rock of the plain—
+\q2 this is Yahweh's declaration—
+\q I am against anyone who is saying,
+\q2 "Who will come down to attack us?"
+\q2 or "Who will enter our houses?"
 \q
-\v 14 I have assigned the fruit of your practices to come against you—this is Yahweh's declaration—
+\v 14 I have assigned the fruit of your practices
-\q and I will light a fire in the thickets, and it will consume everything around it.'"
+\q2 to come against you—
+\q2 this is Yahweh's declaration—
+\q and I will light a fire in the thickets,
+\q2 and it will consume everything around it.'"
 
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 \v 6 For Yahweh says this concerning the house of the king of Judah,
-\q 'You are like Gilead, or like the summit of Lebanon to me. Yet I will turn you into a wilderness,
+\b
-\q into cities with no inhabitants.
+\q 'You are like Gilead, 
+\q2 or like the summit of Lebanon to me. 
+\q Yet I will turn you into a wilderness,
+\q2 into cities with no inhabitants.
 \q
-\v 7 For I have appointed destroyers to come against you! Men with their weapons
+\v 7 For I have appointed destroyers to come against you!
-\q will cut off the best of your cedars and let them fall into the fire.
+\q2 Men with their weapons
+\q2 will cut off the best of your cedars 
+\q2 and let them fall into the fire.
 
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 \q
-\v 10 Do not weep for the one who is dead or mourn for him; but weep bitterly for him who is about to go away,
+\v 10 Do not weep for the one who is dead
-\q because he will never return and see the land of his birth again.'
+\q2 or mourn for him; 
+\q but weep bitterly for him who is about to go away,
+\q2 because he will never return
+\q2 and see the land of his birth again.'
 
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 \q
-\v 13 Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, his upper rooms by injustice,
+\v 13 Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness,
-\q who makes his neighbor work for him for nothing, and he does not give him his wages;
+\q2 his upper rooms by injustice,
+\q who makes his neighbor work for him for nothing,
+\q2 and he does not give him his wages;
 \q
-\v 14 he says, 'I will build for myself a large house with spacious upper rooms.'
+\v 14 he says, 'I will build for myself a large house
-\q So he cuts out large windows for it, and he panels it with cedar, and he paints it red.
+\q2 with spacious upper rooms.'
+\q So he cuts out large windows for it,
+\q2 and he panels it with cedar, and he paints it red.
 
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-\p
-\v 15 Is this what makes you a good king, that you wanted to have boards of cedar?
-\q Did not your father also eat and drink, yet do justice and righteousness? Then things went well for him.
 \q
-\v 16 He judged in favor of the poor and needy. It was good then. Is this not what it means to know me?—this is Yahweh's declaration.
+\v 15 Is this what makes you a good king,
+\q2 that you wanted to have boards of cedar?
+\q Did not your father also eat and drink,
+\q2 yet do justice and righteousness?
+\q2 Then things went well for him.
+\q
+\v 16 He judged in favor of the poor and needy.
+\q2 It was good then.
+\q2 Is this not what it means to know me?
+\q2 —this is Yahweh's declaration.
 
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-\v 17 But there is nothing in your eyes and heart except worry for your unjust profit and for pouring out innocent blood,
+\v 17 But there is nothing in your eyes and heart
-\q for producing oppression and crushing of others.
+\q2 except worry for your unjust profit
+\q2 and for pouring out innocent blood,
+\q2 for producing oppression and crushing of others.
 \p
 \v 18 Therefore this is what Yahweh says about Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah:
 \q They will not lament for him, saying,
-\q 'Woe, my brother!' or 'Woe, my sister!'
+\q2 'Woe, my brother!' or 'Woe, my sister!'
 \q They will not lament for him, saying,
-\q 'Woe, master!' or 'Woe, majesty!'
+\q2 'Woe, master!' or 'Woe, majesty!'
 \q
 \v 19 He will be buried with a donkey's burial,
-\q dragged away and thrown out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
+\q2 dragged away and thrown out
+\q2 beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
 
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 \q
-\v 20 Go up Lebanon's mountains and shout. Lift your voice in Bashan.
+\v 20 Go up Lebanon's mountains and shout.
-\q Shout from the Abarim mountains, for all of your friends will be destroyed.
+\q2 Lift your voice in Bashan.
+\q Shout from the Abarim mountains, 
+\q2 for all of your friends will be destroyed.
 \q
-\v 21 I spoke to you when you were safe, but you said, 'I will not listen.'
+\v 21 I spoke to you when you were safe, 
-\q This was your custom since your youth, for you have not listened to my voice.
+\q2 but you said, 'I will not listen.'
+\q This was your custom since your youth,
+\q2 for you have not listened to my voice.
 
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 \q
-\v 22 The wind will shepherd away all your shepherds, and your friends will go into captivity.
+\v 22 The wind will shepherd away all your shepherds,
-\q Then you will certainly be ashamed and humiliated by all of your evil deeds.
+\q2 and your friends will go into captivity.
+\q Then you will certainly be ashamed and humiliated
+\q2 by all of your evil deeds.
 \q
-\v 23 You who live in 'Lebanon,' who is nestled in cedar buildings,
+\v 23 You who live in 'Lebanon,'
-\q how you will be pitied when the labor pains come upon you, pain like that of a woman in labor!
+\q2 who is nestled in cedar buildings,
+\q how you will be pitied when the labor pains come upon you,
+\q2 pain like that of a woman in labor!
 
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 \v 27 About this land to which they will want to return, they will not come back here.
+\b
 \q
-\v 28 Is this a despised and shattered vessel? Is this man Jehoiachin a pot that pleases no one?
+\v 28 Is this a despised and shattered vessel?
-\q Why have they thrown him and his descendants out, and have poured them out into a land that they did not know?
+\q2 Is this man Jehoiachin a pot that pleases no one?
+\q Why have they thrown him and his descendants out, 
+\q2 and have poured them out into a land that they did not know?
 
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 \q
-\v 29 Land, Land, Land! Hear the word of Yahweh!
+\v 29 Land, Land, Land!
+\q2 Hear the word of Yahweh!
 \q
-\v 30 Yahweh says this, 'Write about this man Jehoiachin: He will be childless.
+\v 30 Yahweh says this,
-\q He will not prosper during his days, and no one among his descendants will achieve success
+\q2 'Write about this man Jehoiachin:
-\q or ever again sit on David's throne and rule over Judah.'"
+\q2 He will be childless.
+\q He will not prosper during his days,
+\q2 and no one among his descendants will achieve success
+\q or ever again sit on David's throne
+\q2 and rule over Judah.'"
 
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-\v 5 See, the days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when I will raise up for David a righteous branch.
+\v 5 See, the days are coming
-\q He will reign as king; he will act wisely and cause justice and righteousness in the land.
+\q2 —this is Yahweh's declaration
+\q2 —when I will raise up for David a righteous branch.
+\q He will reign as king; 
+\q2 he will act wisely and cause justice and righteousness in the land.
 \q
-\v 6 In his days Judah will be rescued, and Israel will live in security.
+\v 6 In his days Judah will be rescued, 
-\q Then this is the name by which he will be called: Yahweh is our righteousness.
+\q2 and Israel will live in security.
+\q Then this is the name by which he will be called: 
+\q2 Yahweh is our righteousness.
 
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 \v 8 Instead they will say, 'As Yahweh lives, who brought up and who led back the descendants of the house of Israel from the northern land and all the lands where I had driven them.' Then they will live in their own land."
 
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+\p
+\v 9 Regarding the prophets,
+\q my heart is broken in me,
+\q2 and all of my bones tremble.
+\q I have become like a drunk man,
+\q2 like a man whom wine has overpowered,
+\q2 because of Yahweh and his holy words.
 \q
-\v 9 Regarding the prophets, my heart is broken in me, and all of my bones tremble. I have become like a drunk man,
+\v 10 For the land is full of adulterers.
-\q like a man whom wine has overpowered, because of Yahweh and his holy words.
+\q2 Because of the curse the land mourns.
-\q
+\q The meadows in the wilderness dry up.
-\v 10 For the land is full of adulterers. Because of the curse the land mourns.
+\q2 These prophets' paths are wicked; 
-\q The meadows in the wilderness dry up. These prophets' paths are wicked; their power is not used in a right manner.
+\q2 their power is not used in a right manner.
 
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 \q
-\v 11 "For both the prophets and the priests are polluted. I even found their wickedness in my house!—this is Yahweh's declaration—
+\v 11 "For both the prophets and the priests are polluted.
+\q2 I even found their wickedness in my house!
+\q2 —this is Yahweh's declaration—
 \q
-\v 12 therefore their way will be like a slippery place in the darkness. They will be pushed down. They will fall in it.
+\v 12 therefore their way will be like a slippery place in the darkness.
-\q For I will send disaster against them in the year of their punishment—this is Yahweh's declaration.
+\q2 They will be pushed down. 
+\q2 They will fall in it.
+\q For I will send disaster against them in the year of their punishment
+\q2 —this is Yahweh's declaration.
 
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-\v 13 For I have seen the prophets in Samaria doing what is repulsive:
+\v 13 For I have seen the prophets in Samaria
-\q They prophesied by Baal and led my people Israel astray.
+\q2 doing what is repulsive:
-\q
+\q They prophesied by Baal
-\v 14 Among the prophets in Jerusalem I have seen horrible things:
+\q2 and led my people Israel astray.
-\q They commit adultery and walk in deceit.
-\q They strengthen the hands of evildoers; no one turns back from his wickedness.
-\q All of them have become like Sodom to me and its inhabitants like Gomorrah!"
 \q
+\v 14 Among the prophets in Jerusalem
+\q2 I have seen horrible things:
+\q2 They commit adultery and walk in deceit.
+\q They strengthen the hands of evildoers;
+\q2 no one turns back from his wickedness.
+\q All of them have become like Sodom to me
+\q2 and its inhabitants like Gomorrah!"
+\p
 \v 15 Therefore Yahweh of hosts says this concerning the prophets,
-\q "Look, I am about to make them eat wormwood and drink poisonous water,
+\q "Look, I am about to make them eat wormwood
-\q for pollution has gone out from the prophets of Jerusalem to all the land."
+\q2 and drink poisonous water,
+\q for pollution has gone out from the prophets of Jerusalem
+\q2 to all the land."
+
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+\p
+\v 16 Yahweh of hosts says this,
+\q "Do not listen to the words of the prophets
+\q2 who prophesy to you.
+\q They are leading you into vanity!
+\q2 They are announcing visions from their own minds, 
+\q2 not from Yahweh's mouth.
+\q
+\v 17 They are constantly saying to those who dishonor me,
+\q2 'Yahweh declares there will be peace for you.'
+\q For everyone walking in the stubbornness of his own heart says,
+\q2 'Disaster will not come upon you.'
+\q
+\v 18 Yet who has stood in Yahweh's council meeting?
+\q2 Who sees and hears his word?
+\q2 Who pays attention to his word and listens?
 
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-\v 16 Yahweh of hosts says this, "Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you.
+\v 19 See, there is a storm coming from Yahweh!
-\q They are leading you into vanity! They are announcing visions from their own minds, not from Yahweh's mouth.
+\q2 His fury is going out, and a tempest is whirling about.
+\q2 It is whirling around the heads of the wicked.
 \q
-\v 17 They are constantly saying to those who dishonor me, 'Yahweh declares there will be peace for you.'
+\v 20 Yahweh's wrath will not return
-\q For everyone walking in the stubbornness of his own heart says, 'Disaster will not come upon you.'
+\q2 until it has carried out
-\q
+\q2 and brought into being his heart's purposes.
-\v 18 Yet who has stood in Yahweh's council meeting? Who sees and hears his word?
+\q In the final days,
-\q Who pays attention to his word and listens?
+\q2 you will understand it.
 
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-\v 19 See, there is a storm coming from Yahweh! His fury is going out, and a tempest is whirling about.
+\v 21 I did not send out these prophets,
-\q It is whirling around the heads of the wicked.
+\q2 but they ran.
+\q I did not proclaim anything to them,
+\q2 but they have still prophesied.
 \q
-\v 20 Yahweh's wrath will not return until it has carried out and brought into being his heart's purposes.
+\v 22 For if they had stood in my council meeting,
-\q In the final days, you will understand it.
+\q2 they would have caused my people to hear my word;
+\q they would have caused them to turn from their wicked words 
+\q2 and from the wickedness of their practices.
 
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-\v 21 I did not send out these prophets, but they ran.
+\v 23 Am I only a God nearby
-\q I did not proclaim anything to them, but they have still prophesied.
+\q2 —this is Yahweh's declaration
+\q2 —and not also a God far away?
 \q
-\v 22 For if they had stood in my council meeting, they would have caused my people to hear my word;
+\v 24 Can anyone hide in a secret place so I cannot see him?
-\q they would have caused them to turn from their wicked words and from the wickedness of their practices.
+\q2 —this is Yahweh's declaration—
-
+\q2 and do I not fill the heavens and the earth?
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+\q2 —this is Yahweh's declaration.
-\q
-\v 23 Am I only a God nearby—this is Yahweh's declaration—and not also a God far away?
-\q
-\v 24 Can anyone hide in a secret place so I cannot see him?—this is Yahweh's declaration—
-\q and do I not fill the heavens and the earth?—this is Yahweh's declaration.
 
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 \v 30 You must prophesy all these words against them, and say to them,
 \q 'Yahweh will roar from the heights
-\q and he will shout with his voice from his holy dwelling,
+\q2 and he will shout with his voice from his holy dwelling,
 \q and he will roar mightily against his fold;
-\q and he will shout, like those who tread the grapes
+\q2 and he will shout, like those who tread the grapes
-\q against all those who live on the earth.
+\q2 against all those who live on the earth.
 \q
 \v 31 The sound of battle will resound to the ends of the earth,
-\q for Yahweh brings charges against the nations,
+\q2 for Yahweh brings charges against the nations,
 \q and he brings judgment on all flesh,
-\q and the wicked ones he will put to the sword—this is Yahweh's declaration.'
+\q2 and the wicked ones he will put to the sword
+\q2 —this is Yahweh's declaration.'
 
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-\q
+\p
 \v 32 Yahweh of hosts says this,
 \q 'See, disaster is going out from nation to nation,
-\q and a great storm is beginning from the farthest parts of the earth.
+\q2 and a great storm is beginning
-\q
+\q2 from the farthest parts of the earth.
+\p
 \v 33 Then those killed by Yahweh will on that day extend from one end of the earth to the other;
 \q they will not be mourned, gathered, or buried.
 \q They will be like dung on the ground.
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 \v 34 Wail, shepherds, and shout for help!
-\q Roll about in the dust,
+\q2 Roll about in the dust,
-\q you noblemen of the flock,
+\q2 you noblemen of the flock,
 \q for the days of your slaughter have come;
-\q you will be scattered when you fall like fine pottery.
+\q2 you will be scattered when you fall like fine pottery.
 \q
-\v 35 There is no refuge for the shepherds, there will be no escape for the noblemen of the flock.
+\v 35 There is no refuge for the shepherds,
+\q2 there will be no escape for the noblemen of the flock.
 \q
-\v 36 Hear the outcry of the shepherds and the wails of the noblemen of the flock,
+\v 36 Hear the outcry of the shepherds
-\q for Yahweh is destroying their pastures.
+\q2 and the wails of the noblemen of the flock,
+\q2 for Yahweh is destroying their pastures.
 
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-\v 37 So the peaceful pastures will be devastated because of Yahweh's fierce anger.
+\v 37 So the peaceful pastures will be devastated
+\q2 because of Yahweh's fierce anger.
 \q
-\v 38 Like a young lion, he has left his den, for their land will become a horror because of the oppressor's anger,
+\v 38 Like a young lion, he has left his den,
-\q because of his angry wrath.'" \f + \ft Instead of \fqa the oppressor's anger \fqa* , some ancient Hebrew copies and some modern translations have \fqa the oppressor's sword \fqa* . \f*
+\q2 for their land will become a horror because of the oppressor's anger,
+\q2 because of his angry wrath.'" \f + \ft Instead of \fqa the oppressor's anger \fqa* , some ancient Hebrew copies and some modern translations have \fqa the oppressor's sword \fqa* . \f*
 
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