Merge pull request 'Paula.Jeremiah5' (#982) from Paula.Jeremiah5 into master

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Jer 6-10 poetry formatting

24-JER.usfm

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 \s5
 \c 6
-\p
-\v 1 Find safety, people of Benjamin, by leaving Jerusalem. Blow a ram's horn in Tekoa.
-\q Raise up over Beth Hakkerem a signal, since wickedness is appearing from the north; a great crushing is coming.
 \q
-\v 2 The daughter of Zion, the beautiful and delicate woman, will be destroyed.
+\p
+\v 1 Find safety, people of Benjamin, by leaving Jerusalem.
+\q2 Blow a ram's horn in Tekoa.
+\q Raise up over Beth Hakkerem a signal,
+\q2 since wickedness is appearing from the north;
+\q2 a great crushing is coming.
+\q
+\v 2 The daughter of Zion, 
+\q2 the beautiful and delicate woman, will be destroyed.
 \q
 \v 3 The shepherds and their flocks will go to them;
-\q they will set up tents against her all around; each man will shepherd with his own hand.
+\q2 they will set up tents against her all around;
+\q2 each man will shepherd with his own hand.
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 4 "Dedicate yourselves to the gods for the battle. Arise, let us attack at noon.
-\q Woe to us! For the daylight is fading away and the evening shadows are falling.
+\v 4 "Dedicate yourselves to the gods for the battle.
+\q2 Arise, let us attack at noon.
+\q Woe to us! For the daylight is fading away
+\q2 and the evening shadows are falling.
 \q
-\v 5 But let us attack at night and destroy her fortresses."
+\v 5 But let us attack at night 
+\q2 and destroy her fortresses."
+
+\s5
+\p
+\v 6 For Yahweh of hosts says this:
+\b
+\q Cut her trees,
+\q2 and heap up siege works against Jerusalem.
+\q This is the right city to attack,
+\q2 because it is filled with oppression.
+\q
+\v 7 As a well pours out fresh water,
+\q2 so this city keeps producing wickedness.
+\q Violence and devastation are heard within her;
+\q2 sickness and wounds are continually before my face.
+\q
+\v 8 Accept discipline, Jerusalem,
+\q2 or I will turn away from you
+\q2 and make you into a ruin, an uninhabited land.'"
+
+\s5
+\p
+\v 9 Yahweh of hosts says this,
+\b
+\q "They will certainly glean the remnant of Israel like a vineyard.
+\q2 Reach out again with your hand to pick grapes from the vines.
+\b
+\q
+\v 10 To whom should I declare and warn
+\q2 so they will listen?
+\q Look! Their ears are uncircumcised;
+\q2 they are not able to pay attention!
+\q Look! The word of Yahweh has come to them to correct them,
+\q2 but they do not want it."
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 6 For Yahweh of hosts says this: Cut her trees, and heap up siege works against Jerusalem.
-\q This is the right city to attack, because it is filled with oppression.
+\v 11 But I am filled with Yahweh's fury.
+\q2 I am tired of holding it in. 
+\q He said, to me, 
+\q2 "Pour it out on the children in the streets
+\q2 and on the groups of young men.
+\q For every man will be taken away with his wife;
+\q2 and every old person heavy with years.
 \q
-\v 7 As a well pours out fresh water, so this city keeps producing wickedness.
-\q Violence and devastation are heard within her; sickness and wounds are continually before my face.
-\q
-\v 8 Accept discipline, Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you
-\q and make you into a ruin, an uninhabited land.'"
+\v 12 Their houses will be turned over to others,
+\q2 both their fields and their wives together.
+\q For I will attack the inhabitants of the land with my hand—
+\q2 this is Yahweh's declaration.
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 9 Yahweh of hosts says this, "They will certainly glean the remnant of Israel like a vineyard.
-\q Reach out again with your hand to pick grapes from the vines.
-\q
-\v 10 To whom should I declare and warn so they will listen?
-\q Look! Their ears are uncircumcised; they are not able to pay attention!
-\q Look! The word of Yahweh has come to them to correct them, but they do not want it."
-
-\s5
-\q
-\v 11 But I am filled with Yahweh's fury. I am tired of holding it in. He said, to me, "Pour it out on the children in the streets
-\q and on the groups of young men. For every man will be taken away with his wife;
-\q and every old person heavy with years.
-\q
-\v 12 Their houses will be turned over to others, both their fields and their wives together.
-\q For I will attack the inhabitants of the land with my hand—this is Yahweh's declaration.
-
-\s5
-\q
-\v 13 Yahweh declares that from the least to the greatest, all of them are greedy for dishonest gain.
-\q From the prophet to the priest, all of them practice deceit.
+\v 13 Yahweh declares that from the least to the greatest,
+\q2 all of them are greedy for dishonest gain.
+\q From the prophet to the priest,
+\q2 all of them practice deceit.
 \q
 \v 14 They have healed the brokenness of my people lightly,
-\q saying, 'Peace, Peace,' when there is no peace.
+\q2 saying, 'Peace, Peace,' when there is no peace.
 \q
-\v 15 Were they ashamed when they practiced abominations? They were not ashamed; they did not know how to blush!
-\q So they will fall among the fallen; they will be brought down when they are punished, says Yahweh.
+\v 15 Were they ashamed when they practiced abominations?
+\q2 They were not ashamed; 
+\q2 they did not know how to blush!
+\q So they will fall among the fallen;
+\q2 they will be brought down when they are punished, says Yahweh.
 
 \s5
-\q
-\v 16 Yahweh says this, "Stand at the road crossing and look; ask for the ancient pathways.
-\q 'Where is this good way?' Then go on it and find a resting place for yourselves.
-\q But the people say, 'We will not go.'
+\p
+\v 16 Yahweh says this,
+\b
+\q "Stand at the road crossing and look;
+\q2 ask for the ancient pathways.
+\q 'Where is this good way?' 
+\q2 Then go on it and find a resting place for yourselves.
+\q But the people say,
+\q2 'We will not go.'
 \q
 \v 17 I appointed for you watchmen to listen for the ram's horn.
-\q But they said, 'We will not listen.'
+\q2 But they said, 'We will not listen.'
 \q
-\v 18 Therefore, nations, listen! See, you witnesses, what will happen to them.
+\v 18 Therefore, nations, listen!
+\q2 See, you witnesses, what will happen to them.
 \q
-\v 19 Hear, earth! See, I am about to bring disaster to this people, the fruit of their thoughts,
-\q because they paid no attention to my word and they have rejected my law.
+\v 19 Hear, earth! 
+\q2 See, I am about to bring disaster to this people,
+\q2 the fruit of their thoughts,
+\q because they paid no attention to my word
+\q2 and they have rejected my law.
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 20 What does this frankincense going up from Sheba mean to me? Or these sweet smells from a distant land?
-\q Your burnt offerings are not acceptable to me, nor are your sacrifices.
-\q
-\v 21 So Yahweh says this, 'See, I am about to place a stumbling block against this people.
-\q They will stumble over it—fathers and sons together. Inhabitants and their neighbors will also perish.'
-\q
-\v 22 Yahweh says this, 'See, a people is coming from the land of the north,
-\q a great nation is being stirred up from the farthest parts of the earth.
+\v 20 What does this frankincense going up from Sheba mean to me
+\q2 Or these sweet smells from a distant land?
+\q Your burnt offerings are not acceptable to me,
+\q2 nor are your sacrifices.
+\p
+\v 21 So Yahweh says this,
+\b
+\q 'See, I am about to place a stumbling block against this people.
+\q2 They will stumble over it-fathers and sons together.
+\q2 Inhabitants and their neighbors will also perish.'
+\p
+\v 22 Yahweh says this,
+\b
+\q 'See, a people is coming from the land of the north,
+\q2 a great nation is being stirred up from the farthest parts of the earth.
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 23 They will pick up bows and spears. They are cruel and have no compassion.
+\v 23 They will pick up bows and spears.
+\q2 They are cruel and have no compassion.
 \q Their sound is like the sea roar,
-\q and they are riding on horses,
+\q2 and they are riding on horses,
 \q set out in order as men for battle, against you,
-\q daughter of Zion.'"
+\q2 daughter of Zion.'"
+\b
 \q
-\v 24 We have heard the reports about them and our hands fall limp in distress.
-\q Anguish seizes us as a woman giving birth.
+\v 24 We have heard the reports about them
+\q2 and our hands fall limp in distress.
+\q2 Anguish seizes us as a woman giving birth.
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 25 Do not go out to the fields, and do not walk on the roads,
-\q for the swords of the enemy and terror are all around.
+\v 25 Do not go out to the fields,
+\q2 and do not walk on the roads,
+\q2 for the swords of the enemy and terror are all around.
 \q
-\v 26 Daughter of my people, gird yourself with sackcloth and roll in ashes;
+\v 26 Daughter of my people,
+\q2 gird yourself with sackcloth and roll in ashes;
 \q mourn with painful sobs as for an only son,
-\q for the destroyer will suddenly come upon us.
+\q2 for the destroyer will suddenly come upon us.
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 27 "I have made you, Jeremiah, one who tests my people like one would test metal, so you will inspect and test their ways.
+\v 27 "I have made you, Jeremiah,
+\q2 one who tests my people like one would test metal,
+\q2 so you will inspect and test their ways.
 \q
-\v 28 They are all the most stubborn of people, who go about slandering others.
-\q All of them are bronze and iron, acting corruptly.
+\v 28 They are all the most stubborn of people,
+\q2 who go about slandering others.
+\q2 All of them are bronze and iron, acting corruptly.
 \q
-\v 29 The bellows are scorched by the fire that is burning them; the lead is consumed in the flames.
-\q The refining continues among them, but it is useless, because the evil is not removed.
+\v 29 The bellows are scorched by the fire that is burning them;
+\q2 the lead is consumed in the flames.
+\q The refining continues among them,
+\q2 but it is useless, because the evil is not removed.
 \q
-\v 30 They will be called rejected silver, for Yahweh has rejected them."
+\v 30 They will be called rejected silver,
+\q2 for Yahweh has rejected them."
 
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 \c 7
@@ -957,116 +1017,187 @@
 
 \s5
 \p
-\v 4 So say to them, 'Yahweh says this: Does anyone fall and not get up? Does anyone get lost and not try to return?
+\v 4 So say to them, 'Yahweh says this:
+\b
+\q Does anyone fall and not get up?
+\q2 Does anyone get lost and not try to return?
 \q
-\v 5 Why has this people, Jerusalem, turned away in permanent apostasy?
-\q They hold on to deceit and refuse to repent.
+\v 5 Why has this people, Jerusalem,
+\q2 turned away in permanent apostasy?
+\q2 They hold on to deceit and refuse to repent.
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 6 I paid attention and listened, but they did not speak right; no one repented of his wickedness,
-\q no one who says, "What have I done?" All of them go where they wish,
-\q like a horse rushing toward battle.
+\v 6 I paid attention and listened,
+\q2 but they did not speak right;
+\q2 no one repented of his wickedness,
+\q no one who says, "What have I done?"
+\q2 All of them go where they wish,
+\q2 like a horse rushing toward battle.
 \q
-\v 7 Even the stork in heaven knows the right times; and the doves, swifts, and cranes.
-\q They go on their migrations at the right time, but my people do not know Yahweh's decrees.
+\v 7 Even the stork in heaven knows the right times;
+\q2 and the doves, swifts, and cranes.
+\q They go on their migrations at the right time,
+\q2 but my people do not know Yahweh's decrees.
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 8 How can you say, "We are wise, for the law of Yahweh is with us"?
-\q Indeed, see! The deceitful pen of the scribes has created deceit.
+\v 8 How can you say, 
+\q2"We are wise, for the law of Yahweh is with us"?
+\q Indeed, see!
+\q2 The deceitful pen of the scribes has created deceit.
 \q
-\v 9 The wise men will be ashamed. They are dismayed and trapped.
-\q Behold! They reject Yahweh's word, so what use is their wisdom?
+\v 9 The wise men will be ashamed.
+\q2 They are dismayed and trapped.
+\q Behold! They reject Yahweh's word,
+\q2 so what use is their wisdom?
 \q
-\v 10 So I will give their wives to others, and their fields to those who will possess them,
-\q because from the least to the greatest, all of them are greedy for dishonest gain! From the prophet to the priest, all of them practice deceit.
+\v 10 So I will give their wives to others,
+\q2 and their fields to those who will possess them,
+\q because from the least to the greatest, 
+\q2 all of them are greedy for dishonest gain!
+\q2 From the prophet to the priest, all of them practice deceit.
 
 \s5
 \q
 \v 11 They have healed the brokenness of my people lightly,
-\q saying, "Peace, Peace," when there is no peace.
+\q2 saying, "Peace, Peace," when there is no peace.
 \q
-\v 12 Were they ashamed when they practiced abominations? They were not ashamed; they did not know how to blush! So they will fall among the fallen; they will be brought down when they are punished, says Yahweh.
+\v 12 Were they ashamed when they practiced abominations?
+\q2 They were not ashamed;
+\q2 they did not know how to blush!
+\q So they will fall among the fallen;
+\q2 they will be brought down when they are punished, says Yahweh.
 \q
-\v 13 I will remove them completely—this is Yahweh's declaration—there will be no grapes on the vine, nor will there be figs on the fig trees. For the leaf will wither, and what I have given to them will pass away.
+\p
+\v 13 I will remove them completely—
+\q2 this is Yahweh's declaration—
+\q2 there will be no grapes on the vine,
+\q2 nor will there be figs on the fig trees.
+\q For the leaf will wither,
+\q2 and what I have given to them will pass away.
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 14 Why are we sitting here? Come together; let us go to the fortified cities, and we will become silent there in death.
-\q For Yahweh our God will silence us. He will make us drink poison, since we have sinned against him.
+\v 14 Why are we sitting here
+\q2 Come together; let us go to the fortified cities,
+\q2 and we will become silent there in death.
+\q For Yahweh our God will silence us.
+\q2 He will make us drink poison, since we have sinned against him.
 \q
-\v 15 We are hoping for peace, but there will be nothing good.
-\q We are hoping for a time of healing, but see, there will be terror.
+\v 15 We are hoping for peace,
+\q2 but there will be nothing good.
+\q We are hoping for a time of healing,
+\q2 but see, there will be terror.
 
 \s5
-\v 16 The snorting of his stallions is heard from Dan. The whole earth shakes at the sound of the neighing of his strong horses.
-\q For they will come and consume the land and its wealth, the city and the ones living in it.
+\v 16 The snorting of his stallions is heard from Dan.
+\q2 The whole earth shakes
+\q2 at the sound of the neighing of his strong horses.
+\q For they will come and consume the land and its wealth,
+\q2 the city and the ones living in it.
 \q
-\v 17 For see, I am sending out snakes among you, adders that you cannot charm.
-\q They will bite you—this is Yahweh's declaration.'"
+\b
+\v 17 For see, I am sending out snakes among you,
+\q2 adders that you cannot charm.
+\q They will bite you—
+\q2 this is Yahweh's declaration.'"
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 18 My sorrow has no end, and my heart is sick.
+\v 18 My sorrow has no end
+\q2 and my heart is sick.
 \q
-\v 19 Behold! The cry for help of the daughter of my people from a land far away! Is Yahweh not in Zion?
-\q Is her king no longer there? Why then do they provoke me to anger with their carved figures and their worthless foreign idols?
+\v 19 Behold! The cry for help of the daughter of my people from a land far away!
+\q2 Is Yahweh not in Zion?
+\q Is her king no longer there?
+\b
+\q Why then do they provoke me to anger with their carved figure
+\q2 and their worthless foreign idols?
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 20 The harvest has passed on, summer is over. But we have not been saved.
+\v 20 The harvest has passed on, summer is over.
+\q2 But we have not been saved.
 \q
-\v 21 I am hurt because of the hurt of the daughter of my people. I mourn at the horrible things that have happened to her; I am dismayed.
+\b
+\v 21 I am hurt because of the hurt of the daughter of my people.
+\q2 I mourn at the horrible things that have happened to her;
+\q2 I am dismayed.
 \q
-\v 22 Is there no medicine in Gilead? Is there no healer there?
-\q Why will the healing of the daughter of my people not happen?
+\v 22 Is there no medicine in Gilead?
+\q2 Is there no healer there?
+\q2 Why will the healing of the daughter of my people not happen?
 
 \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
@@ -1079,36 +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
@@ -1117,92 +1268,135 @@
 
 \s5
 \c 10
-\q
+\p
 \v 1 "Hear the word that Yahweh is announcing to you, house of Israel.
-\q
-\v 2 Yahweh says this, 'Do not learn the ways of the nations,
-\q and do not be dismayed by the signs in the heavens, for the nations are dismayed by these.
+\v 2 Yahweh says this,
+\b
+\q 'Do not learn the ways of the nations,
+\q2 and do not be dismayed by the signs in the heavens,
+\q2 for the nations are dismayed by these.
 
 \s5
 \q
 \v 3 For the customs of these people are worthless.
-\q Someone cuts down a tree from the forest.
-\q It is the work of the hands of a craftsman using an axe.
+\q2 Someone cuts down a tree from the forest.
+\q2 It is the work of the hands of a craftsman using an axe.
 \q
-\v 4 Then they decorate it with silver and gold. They strengthen it with hammer and nails so it will not fall over.
+\v 4 Then they decorate it with silver and gold.
+\q2 They strengthen it with hammer and nails so it will not fall over.
 \q
-\v 5 What they make with their hands is like scarecrows in a cucumber field, because they, too, can say nothing, and they have to be carried because they cannot walk.
-\q Do not fear them, for they cannot bring about evil, nor are they able to do anything good.'"
+\v 5 What they make with their hands is like scarecrows in a cucumber field,
+\q2 because they, too, can say nothing,
+\q2 and they have to be carried because they cannot walk.
+\q Do not fear them, for they cannot bring about evil,
+\q2 nor are they able to do anything good.'"
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 6 There is no one like you, Yahweh. You are great, and your name is great in power.
+\v 6 There is no one like you, Yahweh. 
+\q2 You are great, and your name is great in power.
 \q
-\v 7 Who does not fear you, king of the nations? For this is what you deserve,
-\q for there is no one like you among all the wise men of the nations or all their royal kingdoms.
+\v 7 Who does not fear you, king of the nations? 
+\q2 For this is what you deserve,
+\q for there is no one like you among all the wise men of the nations 
+\q2 or all their royal kingdoms.
 
 \s5
 \q
 \v 8 They are both brutish and stupid.
-\q Their vain discipline—it is nothing but wood.
+\q2 Their vain discipline—it is nothing but wood.
 \q
-\v 9 They bring hammered silver from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz made by artificers,
-\q the hands of refiners. Their clothes are blue and purple cloth. Their skillful men made all of these things.
+\v 9 They bring hammered silver from Tarshish,
+\q2 and gold from Uphaz made by artificers,
+\q2 the hands of refiners.
+\q Their clothes are blue and purple cloth.
+\q2 Their skillful men made all of these things.
 \q
-\v 10 But Yahweh is the true God. He is the living God and eternal king.
-\q The earth quakes at his anger, and the nations cannot endure his anger.
+\v 10 But Yahweh is the true God.
+\q2 He is the living God and eternal king.
+\q The earth quakes at his anger,
+\q2 and the nations cannot endure his anger.
 
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-\q
+\p
 \v 11 You will speak to them like this, "The gods that did not make the heavens and earth
-\q will perish from the earth and from under these heavens."
+\v will perish from the earth and from under these heavens."
 \q
-\v 12 But it was he who made the earth by his power, and he established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding he stretched out the heavens.
+\b
+\v 12 But it was he who made the earth by his power,
+\q2 and he established the world by his wisdom,
+\q2 and by his understanding he stretched out the heavens.
 \q
-\v 13 His voice makes the roar of waters in the heavens, and he brings up the mists from the ends of the earth.
-\q He makes lightning for the rain and sends out wind from his storehouse.
+\v 13 His voice makes the roar of waters in the heavens,
+\q2 and he brings up the mists from the ends of the earth.
+\q He makes lightning for the rain
+\q2 and sends out wind from his storehouse.
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 14 Every man has become stupid, without knowledge. Every metalworker is put to shame by his idols.
-\q For his cast metal images are frauds; there is no life in them.
+\v 14 Every man has become stupid, without knowledge.
+\q2 Every metalworker is put to shame by his idols.
+\q For his cast metal images are frauds;
+\q2 there is no life in them.
 \q
-\v 15 They are useless, the work of mockers; they will perish at the time of their punishment.
+\v 15 They are useless, the work of mockers;
+\q2 they will perish at the time of their punishment.
 \q
-\v 16 But God, the portion of Jacob, is not like these, for he is the molder of all things.
-\q Israel is the tribe of his inheritance; Yahweh of hosts is his name.
+\v 16 But God, the portion of Jacob, is not like these,
+\q2 for he is the molder of all things.
+\q Israel is the tribe of his inheritance;
+\q2 Yahweh of hosts is his name.
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 17 Gather your bundle and leave the land, you people who have been living under the siege.
+\b
+\v 17 Gather your bundle and leave the land, 
+\q2 you people who have been living under the siege.
 \q
-\v 18 For Yahweh says this, "See, I am about to throw the inhabitants of the land out this time.
-\q I will cause them distress, and they will find it to be so."
+\v 18 For Yahweh says this,
+\q2  "See, I am about to throw the inhabitants of the land out this time.
+\q I will cause them distress,
+\q2 and they will find it to be so."
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 19 Woe to me! Because of my broken bones, my wound is infected.
-\q So I said, "Surely this is agony, but I must bear it."
+\v 19 Woe to me!
+\q2 Because of my broken bones, my wound is infected.
+\q So I said, 
+\q2 "Surely this is agony, but I must bear it."
 \q
-\v 20 My tent is devastated, and all of my tent cords are cut in two.
-\q They have taken my children away from me, so they no longer exist. There is no longer anyone to spread out my tent or to raise up my tent curtains.
+\v 20 My tent is devastated,
+\q2 and all of my tent cords are cut in two.
+\q They have taken my children away from me, 
+\q2 so they no longer exist.
+\q There is no longer anyone to spread out my tent
+\q2 or to raise up my tent curtains.
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 21 For the shepherds are stupid and they do not seek Yahweh;
-\q so they have not prospered, and all their flock has been scattered.
+\v 21 For the shepherds are stupid
+\q2 and they do not seek Yahweh;
+\q so they have not prospered,
+\q2 and all their flock has been scattered.
 \q
-\v 22 The report of news has arrived, "See! It is coming, a great earthquake is coming from the land of the north
-\q To make the cities of Judah into ruins, hideouts for jackals."
+\v 22 The report of news has arrived, "See!
+\q2 It is coming, a great earthquake is coming from the land of the north
+\q To make the cities of Judah into ruins,
+\q2 hideouts for jackals."
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 23 I know, Yahweh, that the way of a man does not come from himself. No person walking directs his own steps.
+\v 23 I know, Yahweh,
+\q2 that the way of a man does not come from himself.
+\q2 No person walking directs his own steps.
 \q
-\v 24 Discipline me, Yahweh, with justice, not in your anger or you would destroy me.
+\v 24 Discipline me, Yahweh, with justice,
+\q2 not in your anger or you would destroy me.
 \q
-\v 25 Pour your fury on the nations that do not know you and on the families that do not call on your name.
-\q For they have devoured Jacob and consumed him so as to completely destroy him and demolish his habitation.
+\v 25 Pour your fury on the nations that do not know you
+\q2 and on the families that do not call on your name.
+\q For they have devoured Jacob and consumed him
+\q2 so as to completely destroy him and demolish his habitation.
 
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