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@@ -2247,68 +2247,94 @@ q1 who go down to the stones of the pit
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 \v 1 A declaration about Tyre:
 \q1 Wail, you ships of Tarshish;
-\q1 Tyre has been devastated, with neither home nor harbor;
+\q2 Tyre has been devastated, 
-\q1 from the land of Cyprus it has been revealed to them. \f + \ft Instead of \fqa Cyprus \fqa* , some modern translations keep \fqa Kittim \fqa* , the Hebrew name for this island. \f*
+\q2 with neither home nor harbor;
+\q1 from the land of Cyprus 
+\q2 it has been revealed to them. \f + \ft Instead of \fqa Cyprus \fqa* , some modern translations keep \fqa Kittim \fqa* , the Hebrew name for this island. \f*
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-\v 2 Be silent, you inhabitants of the coast; the merchant of Sidon,
+\v 2 Be silent, you inhabitants of the coast; 
-\q1 who travels over the sea, has filled you. \f + \ft Some ancient and modern translations have \fqa Be silent, you inhabitants of the coast; the merchants of Sidon, who travel over the sea, have filled you \fqa* or \fqa Be silent, you inhabitants of the coast and you merchants of Sidon, whom those who travel over the sea have filled \fqa* . \f*
+\q2 the merchant of Sidon,
+\q2 who travels over the sea, has filled you. \f + \ft Some ancient and modern translations have \fqa Be silent, you inhabitants of the coast; the merchants of Sidon, who travel over the sea, have filled you \fqa* or \fqa Be silent, you inhabitants of the coast and you merchants of Sidon, whom those who travel over the sea have filled \fqa* . \f*
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-\v 3 Upon the great waters was the grain of Shihor,
+\v 3 Upon the great waters 
+\q2 was the grain of Shihor,
 \q1 the harvest of the Nile was her produce;
-\q1 and it became the commerce of the nations.
+\q2 and it became the commerce of the nations.
 
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-\v 4 Be ashamed, Sidon; for the sea has spoken, the fortress of the sea. He says,
+\v 4 Be ashamed, Sidon; for the sea has spoken, 
+\q2 the fortress of the sea. He says,
 \q1 "I have not labored nor given birth,
-\q1 nor have I raised young men nor brought up young women."
+\q2 nor have I raised young men nor brought up young women."
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-\v 5 When the report comes to Egypt, they will be grieved concerning Tyre.
+\v 5 When the report comes to Egypt, 
+\q2 they will be grieved concerning Tyre.
 
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-\v 6 Cross over to Tarshish; wail, you inhabitants of the coast.
+\v 6 Cross over to Tarshish; 
+\q2 wail, you inhabitants of the coast.
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-\v 7 Has this happened to you, the joyful city, whose origin is from ancient times,
+\v 7 Has this happened to you, the joyful city, 
-\q1 whose feet carried her far away to foreign places to settle?
+\q2 whose origin is from ancient times,
+\q1 whose feet carried her far away 
+\q2 to foreign places to settle?
 
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-\v 8 Who has planned this against Tyre, the giver of crowns,
+\v 8 Who has planned this against Tyre, 
-\q1 whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the honored ones of the earth?
+\q2 the giver of crowns,
+\q1 whose merchants are princes, 
+\q2 whose traders are the honored ones of the earth?
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-\v 9 Yahweh of hosts has planned it to dishonor her pride
+\v 9 Yahweh of hosts has planned it 
-\q1 and all her glory, to shame all her honored ones of the earth.
+\q2 to dishonor her pride and all her glory,
+\q2 to shame all her honored ones of the earth.
 
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-\v 10 Plow your land, as one plows the Nile, daughter of Tarshish. There is no longer a marketplace in Tyre. \f + \ft The Hebrew is difficult here. Instead of ULB, \fqa Plow your land \fqa* , some scholars have translated the Hebrew to mean \fqa Cross over your land \fqa* or \fqa Flood your land \fqa* . \f*
+\v 10 Plow your land, as one plows the Nile, 
+\q2 daughter of Tarshish. 
+\q2 There is no longer a marketplace in Tyre. \f + \ft The Hebrew is difficult here. Instead of ULB, \fqa Plow your land \fqa* , some scholars have translated the Hebrew to mean \fqa Cross over your land \fqa* or \fqa Flood your land \fqa* . \f*
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-\v 11 Yahweh has reached out with his hand over the sea, and he has shaken the kingdoms;
+\v 11 Yahweh has reached out with his hand over the sea, 
-\q1 he has given a command concerning Phoenicia, to destroy the strongholds.
+\q2 and he has shaken the kingdoms;
+\q1 he has given a command concerning Phoenicia, 
+\q2 to destroy the strongholds.
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-\v 12 He said, "You will not rejoice again, oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon;
+\v 12 He said, "You will not rejoice again,
-\q1 arise, pass over to Cyprus; but neither there you will have rest."
+\q2 oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon;
+\q1 arise, pass over to Cyprus; 
+\q2 but neither there you will have rest."
 
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-\v 13 See the land of the Chaldeans. This people has ceased to be; the Assyrians have made it a wilderness for wild animals.
+\v 13 See the land of the Chaldeans. 
-\q1 They set up their siege towers; they demolished its palaces; they made it a heap of ruins.
+\q2 This people has ceased to be; 
+\q1 the Assyrians have made it 
+\q2 a wilderness for wild animals.
+\q1 They set up their siege towers; 
+\q2 they demolished its palaces; 
+\q2 they made it a heap of ruins.
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-\v 14 Wail, you ships of Tarshish; for your refuge has been destroyed.
+\v 14 Wail, you ships of Tarshish; 
+\q2 for your refuge has been destroyed.
 
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 \v 15 In that day, Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, like the days of a king. After the end of seventy years there will happen in Tyre something like in the song of the prostitute.
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-\v 16 Take a harp, go about the city, you forgotten prostitute;
+\v 16 Take a harp, go about the city, 
-\q1 play it well, sing many songs, so that you may be remembered.
+\q2 you forgotten prostitute;
+\q1 play it well, sing many songs, 
+\q2 so that you may be remembered.
 
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