diff --git a/24-JER.usfm b/24-JER.usfm index 090758e4..fea4b599 100644 --- a/24-JER.usfm +++ b/24-JER.usfm @@ -1132,48 +1132,72 @@ \s5 \c 9 \q -\v 1 If only my head could produce water, and my eyes be a fountain of tears! -\q For I wish to weep day and night for those among the daughter of my people who have been killed. +\v 1 If only my head could produce water, +\q2 and my eyes be a fountain of tears! +\q For I wish to weep day and night for those +\q2 among the daughter of my people who have been killed. \q -\v 2 If only someone would give me a place for travelers in the wilderness to stay, where I could go to abandon my people. -\q If only I could leave them, since all of them are adulterers, a company of traitors! +\v 2 If only someone would give me a place for travelers in the wilderness to stay, +\q2 where I could go to abandon my people. +\q If only I could leave them, +\q2 since all of them are adulterers, a company of traitors! \q +\b \v 3 "They bend their tongues like their bows for lies, -\q and it is not because of any faithfulness of theirs that they grow strong on the earth. -\q For they go from one wicked act to another. They do not know me." This is Yahweh's declaration. +\q2 and it is not because of any faithfulness of theirs +\q2 that they grow strong on the earth. +\q For they go from one wicked act to another. +\q2 They do not know me." This is Yahweh's declaration. \s5 \q -\v 4 Each of you, be on guard against your neighbor and do not trust in any brother. -\q For every brother is certainly a deceiver, and every neighbor walks in slander. +\v 4 Each of you, be on guard against your neighbor +\q2 and do not trust in any brother. +\q For every brother is certainly a deceiver, +\q2 and every neighbor walks in slander. \q -\v 5 Each man mocks his neighbor and does not speak the truth. -\q Their tongues teach deceitful things. They are exhausted from committing iniquity. +\v 5 Each man mocks his neighbo +\q2 and does not speak the truth. +\q Their tongues teach deceitful things. +\q2 They are exhausted from committing iniquity. \q -\v 6 Your dwelling is in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me—this is Yahweh's declaration." +\v 6 Your dwelling is in the midst of deception; +\q2 in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me— +\q2this is Yahweh's declaration." \s5 \q -\v 7 Yahweh of hosts says this, "See, I am about to refine them and test them, -\q for what else can I do, because of what my people have done? +\v 7 Yahweh of hosts says this, +\b +\q "See, I am about to refine them and test them, +\q2 for what else can I do, because of what my people have done? \q \v 8 Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deceit. -\q With their mouths they proclaim peace with their neighbors, but with their hearts they lie in wait for them. +\q2 With their mouths they proclaim peace with their neighbors, +\q2 but with their hearts they lie in wait for them. \q -\v 9 Should I not punish them because of these things—this is Yahweh's declaration— -\q and should I not avenge myself on a nation that is like this? +\v 9 Should I not punish them because of these things— +\q2 this is Yahweh's declaration— +\q2 and should I not avenge myself on a nation that is like this? \s5 \q -\v 10 I will sing a song of mourning and wailing for the mountains, and a dirge will be sung for the meadows in the wilderness. -\q For they have been made desolate and no one can pass through them, and the lowing of the cattle is not heard. -\q The birds of the skies and the animals have all fled away. -\q -\v 11 So I will turn Jerusalem into piles of ruins, a hideout for jackals. -\q I will make Judah's cities ruined places without inhabitants." +\v 10 I will sing a song of mourning and wailing for the mountains, +\q2 and a dirge will be sung for the meadows in the wilderness. +\q For they have been made desolate +\q2 and no one can pass through them, +\q2 and the lowing of the cattle is not heard. +\q The birds of the skies and the animals +\q2 have all fled away. \q +\b +\v 11 So I will turn Jerusalem into piles of ruins, +\q2 a hideout for jackals. +\q I will make Judah's cities ruined places +\q2 without inhabitants." +\p \v 12 What man is wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of Yahweh spoken, and he will declare it? -\q Why has the land perished and been made desolate like the wilderness that no one can pass through? +\v Why has the land perished and been made desolate like the wilderness that no one can pass through? \s5 \p @@ -1186,36 +1210,56 @@ \s5 \q -\v 17 Yahweh of hosts says this, "Think about this: Summon -\q funeral singers; let them come. Send out for women skilled at lamenting; let them come. +\b +\v 17 Yahweh of hosts says this, +\q "Think about this: Summon +\q funeral singers; let them come. +\q2 Send out for women skilled at lamenting; let them come. \q \v 18 Let them hurry and sing a mournful song over us, -\q so our eyes may run with tears and our eyelids flow with water. +\q2 so our eyes may run with tears and our eyelids flow with water. \s5 \q -\v 19 For the sound of wailing is heard in Zion, 'How we are devastated. -\q We are greatly ashamed, for we have abandoned the land since they tore down our houses.' +\v 19 For the sound of wailing is heard in Zion, +\q2 'How we are devastated. +\q We are greatly ashamed, +\q2 for we have abandoned the land +\q2 since they tore down our houses.' \q -\v 20 So you women, hear Yahweh's word; pay attention to the messages that come from his mouth. -\q Then teach your daughters a mourning song, and each neighbor woman a dirge. +\b +\v 20 So you women, hear Yahweh's word; +\q2 pay attention to the messages that come from his mouth. +\q Then teach your daughters a mourning song, +\q2 and each neighbor woman a dirge. \s5 \q -\v 21 For death has come through our windows; it goes into our palaces. -\q It destroys children from outside, and young men in the city squares. -\q -\v 22 Declare this, 'This is Yahweh's declaration—the corpses of men will fall like dung in the fields, -\q and like grain stalks after the reapers, and there will be no one to gather them.'" +\v 21 For death has come through our windows; +\q2 it goes into our palaces. +\q It destroys children from outside, +\q2 and young men in the city squares. +\p +\v 22 Declare this, 'This is Yahweh's declaration— +\b +\q the corpses of men will fall like dung in the fields, +\q2 and like grain stalks after the reapers, +\q2 and there will be no one to gather them.'" \s5 \q -\v 23 Yahweh says this, "Do not let the wise man take pride in his wisdom, -\q or the warrior in his might. Do not let the wealthy man take pride in his riches. +\v 23 Yahweh says this, +\b +\q "Do not let the wise man take pride in his wisdom, +\q2 or the warrior in his might. +\q2 Do not let the wealthy man take pride in his riches. \q -\v 24 For if a man takes pride in anything, let it be in this, that he has insight and knows me. -\q For I am Yahweh, who acts with covenant loyalty, justice and righteousness on earth. For it is in these that I take pleasure— -\q this is Yahweh's declaration." +\v 24 For if a man takes pride in anything, +\q2 let it be in this, that he has insight and knows me. +\q For I am Yahweh, who acts with covenant loyalty, +\q2 justice and righteousness on earth. +\q2 For it is in these that I take pleasure— +\q2 this is Yahweh's declaration." \s5 \p