diff --git a/24-JER.usfm b/24-JER.usfm index 0c87aff2..82df9c93 100644 --- a/24-JER.usfm +++ b/24-JER.usfm @@ -5173,59 +5173,86 @@ \s5 \b \q -\v 20 You are my war hammer, my weapon for battle. -\q With you I will smash nations and destroy kingdoms. +\v 20 You are my war hammer, +\q2 my weapon for battle. +\q With you I will smash nations +\q2 and destroy kingdoms. \q -\v 21 With you I will smash horses and their riders; with you I will smash chariots and their drivers. +\v 21 With you I will smash horses and their riders; +\q2 with you I will smash chariots and their drivers. \s5 \q -\v 22 With you I will smash each man and woman; with you I will smash the old and the young. -\q With you I will smash the young men and the virgin girls. +\v 22 With you I will smash each man and woman; +\q2 with you I will smash the old and the young. +\q2 With you I will smash the young men and the virgin girls. \q -\v 23 With you I will smash the shepherds and their flocks; with you I will smash the plowmen and their teams. -\q With you I will smash the governors and officials. +\v 23 With you I will smash the shepherds and their flocks; +\q2 with you I will smash the plowmen and their teams. +\q2 With you I will smash the governors and officials. \s5 -\q +\b +\p \v 24 For in your sight I will pay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea -\q for all of the evil that they did in Zion—this is Yahweh's declaration. +\v for all of the evil that they did in Zion—this is Yahweh's declaration. + +\s5 +\b +\q +\v 25 See, I am against you, mountain of destruction +\q2 —this is Yahweh's declaration +\q2 —which destroys the whole earth. +\q I will stretch out my hand against you, +\q2 and roll you down from the cliffs, +\q2 and make you a burned-out mountain. +\q +\v 26 So they will not take from you any stone +\q2 to construct a building's corner or foundation; +\q2 for you will become an everlasting devastation +\q2 —this is Yahweh's declaration. + +\s5 +\b +\q +\v 27 Lift up a signal flag over the earth. +\q Blow the ram's horn over the nations. +\q Call the nations to attack her: +\q2 the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. +\q Appoint a commander to attack her; +\q2 bring up horses like swarming locusts. +\q +\v 28 Prepare the nations to attack her: +\q2 The kings of the Medes and his governors, +\q2 all of his officials and all the lands under his rule. \s5 \q -\v 25 See, I am against you, mountain of destruction—this is Yahweh's declaration—which destroys the whole earth. -\q I will stretch out my hand against you, and roll you down from the cliffs, -\q and make you a burned-out mountain. -\q -\v 26 So they will not take from you any stone to construct a building's corner or foundation; -\q for you will become an everlasting devastation—this is Yahweh's declaration. +\v 29 For the land will shake and be in anguish, +\q2 since Yahweh's plans continue against Babylon, +\q2 to make the land of Babylon a wasteland +\q2 where there is no inhabitant. \s5 \q -\v 27 Lift up a signal flag over the earth. Blow the ram's horn over the nations. Call the nations to attack her: -\q the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. -\q Appoint a commander to attack her; bring up horses like swarming locusts. +\v 30 The soldiers in Babylon have stopped fighting; +\q2 they stay in their strongholds. +\q Their strength has failed; +\q2 they have become women +\q2 —her homes are on fire, +\q2 the bars of her gates are broken. \q -\v 28 Prepare the nations to attack her: The kings of the Medes and his governors, -\q all of his officials and all the lands under his rule. - -\s5 -\q -\v 29 For the land will shake and be in anguish, since Yahweh's plans continue against Babylon, -\q to make the land of Babylon a wasteland where there is no inhabitant. - -\s5 -\q -\v 30 The soldiers in Babylon have stopped fighting; they stay in their strongholds. -\q Their strength has failed; they have become women—her homes are on fire, the bars of her gates are broken. -\q -\v 31 A messenger runs to proclaim to another messenger, and a runner tells another runner -\q to report to the king of Babylon that his city has been taken from end to end. -\q -\v 32 So the fords over the river are seized; the enemy is burning the reed marshes, -\q and Babylon's fighting men are confused. +\v 31 A messenger runs to proclaim to another messenger, +\q2 and a runner tells another runner +\q2 to report to the king of Babylon +\q2 that his city has been taken from end to end. +\q +\v 32 So the fords over the river are seized; +\q2 the enemy is burning the reed marshes, +\q2 and Babylon's fighting men are confused. \s5 +\b \q \v 33 For Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor. \q It is time to trample her down. In a little while the time of harvest will come to her.