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 \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.
+\v 4 "Dedicate yourselves to the gods for the battle.
-\q Woe to us! For the daylight is fading away and the evening shadows are falling.
+\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.
+\v 11 But I am filled with Yahweh's fury.
-\q This is the right city to attack, because it is filled with oppression.
+\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.
+\v 12 Their houses will be turned over to others,
-\q Violence and devastation are heard within her; sickness and wounds are continually before my face.
+\q2 both their fields and their wives together.
-\q
+\q For I will attack the inhabitants of the land with my hand—
-\v 8 Accept discipline, Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you
+\q2 this is Yahweh's declaration.
 \q and make you into a ruin, an uninhabited land.'"
 \s5
 \q
-\v 9 Yahweh of hosts says this, "They will certainly glean the remnant of Israel like a vineyard.
+\v 13 Yahweh declares that from the least to the greatest,
-\q Reach out again with your hand to pick grapes from the vines.
+\q2 all of them are greedy for dishonest gain.
-\q
+\q From the prophet to the priest,
-\v 10 To whom should I declare and warn so they will listen?
+\q2 all of them practice deceit.
 \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.
 \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!
+\v 15 Were they ashamed when they practiced abominations?
-\q So they will fall among the fallen; they will be brought down when they are punished, says Yahweh.
+\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
+\p
-\v 16 Yahweh says this, "Stand at the road crossing and look; ask for the ancient pathways.
+\v 16 Yahweh says this,
-\q 'Where is this good way?' Then go on it and find a resting place for yourselves.
+\b
-\q But the people say, 'We will not go.'
+\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,
+\v 19 Hear, earth! 
-\q because they paid no attention to my word and they have rejected my law.
+\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?
+\v 20 What does this frankincense going up from Sheba mean to me
-\q Your burnt offerings are not acceptable to me, nor are your sacrifices.
+\q2 Or these sweet smells from a distant land?
-\q
+\q Your burnt offerings are not acceptable to me,
-\v 21 So Yahweh says this, 'See, I am about to place a stumbling block against this people.
+\q2 nor are your sacrifices.
-\q They will stumble over it—fathers and sons together. Inhabitants and their neighbors will also perish.'
+\p
-\q
+\v 21 So Yahweh says this,
-\v 22 Yahweh says this, 'See, a people is coming from the land of the north,
+\b
-\q a great nation is being stirred up from the farthest parts of the earth.
+\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.
+\v 24 We have heard the reports about them
-\q Anguish seizes us as a woman giving birth.
+\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,
+\v 25 Do not go out to the fields,
-\q for the swords of the enemy and terror are all around.
+\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.
+\v 28 They are all the most stubborn of people,
-\q All of them are bronze and iron, acting corruptly.
+\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.
+\v 29 The bellows are scorched by the fire that is burning them;
-\q The refining continues among them, but it is useless, because the evil is not removed.
+\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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 \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?
+\v 5 Why has this people, Jerusalem,
-\q They hold on to deceit and refuse to repent.
+\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,
+\v 6 I paid attention and listened,
-\q no one who says, "What have I done?" All of them go where they wish,
+\q2 but they did not speak right;
-\q like a horse rushing toward battle.
+\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.
+\v 7 Even the stork in heaven knows the right times;
-\q They go on their migrations at the right time, but my people do not know Yahweh's decrees.
+\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"?
+\v 8 How can you say, 
-\q Indeed, see! The deceitful pen of the scribes has created deceit.
+\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.
+\v 9 The wise men will be ashamed.
-\q Behold! They reject Yahweh's word, so what use is their wisdom?
+\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,
+\v 10 So I will give their wives to others,
-\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.
+\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.
+\v 14 Why are we sitting here
-\q For Yahweh our God will silence us. He will make us drink poison, since we have sinned against him.
+\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.
+\v 15 We are hoping for peace,
-\q We are hoping for a time of healing, but see, there will be terror.
+\q2 but there will be nothing good.
 \q We are hoping for a time of healing,
 \q2 but see, there will be terror.
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-\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.
+\v 16 The snorting of his stallions is heard from Dan.
-\q For they will come and consume the land and its wealth, the city and the ones living in it.
+\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.
+\b
-\q They will bite you—this is Yahweh's declaration.'"
+\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.'"
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 \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?
+\v 19 Behold! The cry for help of the daughter of my people from a land far away!
-\q Is her king no longer there? Why then do they provoke me to anger with their carved figures and their worthless foreign idols?
+\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?
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 \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?
+\v 22 Is there no medicine in Gilead?
-\q Why will the healing of the daughter of my people not happen?
+\q2 Is there no healer there?
 \q2 Why will the healing of the daughter of my people not happen?
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 \c 9
 \q
-\v 1 If only my head could produce water, and my eyes be a fountain of tears!
+\v 1 If only my head could produce water,
-\q For I wish to weep day and night for those among the daughter of my people who have been killed.
+\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.
+\v 2 If only someone would give me a place for travelers in the wilderness to stay, 
-\q If only I could leave them, since all of them are adulterers, a company of traitors!
+\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.
+\q2 and it is not because of any faithfulness of theirs
-\q For they go from one wicked act to another. They do not know me." This is Yahweh's declaration.
+\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.
+\v 4 Each of you, be on guard against your neighbor
-\q For every brother is certainly a deceiver, and every neighbor walks in slander.
+\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.
+\v 5 Each man mocks his neighbo
-\q Their tongues teach deceitful things. They are exhausted from committing iniquity.
+\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,
+\v 7 Yahweh of hosts says this, 
-\q for what else can I do, because of what my people have done?
+\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—
+\v 9 Should I not punish them because of these things—
-\q and should I not avenge myself on a nation that is like this?
+\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.
+\v 10 I will sing a song of mourning and wailing for the mountains,
-\q For they have been made desolate and no one can pass through them, and the lowing of the cattle is not heard.
+\q2 and a dirge will be sung for the meadows in the wilderness.
-\q The birds of the skies and the animals have all fled away.
+\q For they have been made desolate
-\q
+\q2 and no one can pass through them,
-\v 11 So I will turn Jerusalem into piles of ruins, a hideout for jackals.
+\q2 and the lowing of the cattle is not heard.
-\q I will make Judah's cities ruined places without inhabitants."
+\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
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 \s5
 \q
-\v 17 Yahweh of hosts says this, "Think about this: Summon
+\b
-\q funeral singers; let them come. Send out for women skilled at lamenting; let them come.
+\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.
+\v 19 For the sound of wailing is heard in Zion,
-\q We are greatly ashamed, for we have abandoned the land since they tore down our houses.'
+\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.
+\b
-\q Then teach your daughters a mourning song, and each neighbor woman a dirge.
+\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.
+\v 21 For death has come through our windows;
-\q It destroys children from outside, and young men in the city squares.
+\q2 it goes into our palaces.
-\q
+\q It destroys children from outside,
-\v 22 Declare this, 'This is Yahweh's declaration—the corpses of men will fall like dung in the fields,
+\q2 and young men in the city squares.
-\q and like grain stalks after the reapers, and there will be no one to gather them.'"
+\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,
+\v 23 Yahweh says this,
-\q or the warrior in his might. Do not let the wealthy man take pride in his riches.
+\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.
+\v 24 For if a man takes pride in anything,
-\q For I am Yahweh, who acts with covenant loyalty, justice and righteousness on earth. For it is in these that I take pleasure—
+\q2 let it be in this, that he has insight and knows me.
-\q this is Yahweh's declaration."
+\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
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-\q
+\p
 \v 1 "Hear the word that Yahweh is announcing to you, house of Israel.
-\q
+\v 2 Yahweh says this,
-\v 2 Yahweh says this, 'Do not learn the ways of the nations,
+\b
-\q and do not be dismayed by the signs in the heavens, for the nations are dismayed by these.
+\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.
+\q2 Someone cuts down a tree from the forest.
-\q It is the work of the hands of a craftsman using an axe.
+\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.
+\v 5 What they make with their hands is like scarecrows in a cucumber field,
-\q Do not fear them, for they cannot bring about evil, nor are they able to do anything good.'"
+\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,
+\v 7 Who does not fear you, king of the nations? 
-\q for there is no one like you among all the wise men of the nations or all their royal kingdoms.
+\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,
+\v 9 They bring hammered silver from Tarshish,
-\q the hands of refiners. Their clothes are blue and purple cloth. Their skillful men made all of these things.
+\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.
+\v 10 But Yahweh is the true God.
-\q The earth quakes at his anger, and the nations cannot endure his anger.
+\q2 He is the living God and eternal king.
 \q The earth quakes at his anger,
 \q2 and the nations cannot endure his anger.
 \s5
-\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.
+\v 13 His voice makes the roar of waters in the heavens,
-\q He makes lightning for the rain and sends out wind from his storehouse.
+\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.
+\v 14 Every man has become stupid, without knowledge.
-\q For his cast metal images are frauds; there is no life in them.
+\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.
+\v 16 But God, the portion of Jacob, is not like these,
-\q Israel is the tribe of his inheritance; Yahweh of hosts is his name.
+\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.
+\v 18 For Yahweh says this,
-\q I will cause them distress, and they will find it to be so."
+\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.
+\v 19 Woe to me!
-\q So I said, "Surely this is agony, but I must bear it."
+\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.
+\v 20 My tent is devastated,
-\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.
+\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;
+\v 21 For the shepherds are stupid
-\q so they have not prospered, and all their flock has been scattered.
+\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
+\v 22 The report of news has arrived, "See!
-\q To make the cities of Judah into ruins, hideouts for jackals."
+\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.
+\v 25 Pour your fury on the nations that do not know you
-\q For they have devoured Jacob and consumed him so as to completely destroy him and demolish his habitation.
+\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.
 \s5
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