#263 Forsake

01-GEN.usfm

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 \v 26 Then the man bowed down and worshiped Yahweh.
-\v 27 He said, "Blessed be Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his covenant faithfulness and his trustworthiness toward my master. As for me, Yahweh has led me directly to the house of my master's relatives."
+\v 27 He said, "Blessed be Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his covenant faithfulness and his trustworthiness toward my master. As for me, Yahweh has led me directly to the house of my master's relatives."
 
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05-DEU.usfm

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 \v 18 Instead, you will eat them before Yahweh your God in the place that Yahweh your God will choose—you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates; you will rejoice before Yahweh your God about everything to which you put your hand.
-\v 19 Pay attention to yourself so that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live on your land.
+\v 19 Pay attention to yourself so that you do not abandon the Levite as long as you live on your land.
 
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 \v 26 There you will spend the money for whatever you desire: cattle, sheep, wine or strong drink, or for whatever you desire. Then you will eat there before Yahweh your God and rejoice, you and your household.
-\v 27 The Levite who is within your gates—do not forsake him, for he has no portion nor inheritance with you.
+\v 27 The Levite who is within your gates—do not abandon him, for he has no portion nor inheritance with you.
 
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-\v 20 Yahweh will send on you curses, confusion, and rebukes in all that you put your hand to, until you are destroyed, and until you perish quickly because of the evil of your deeds by which you will have forsaken me.
+\v 20 Yahweh will send on you curses, confusion, and rebukes in all that you put your hand to, until you are destroyed, and until you perish quickly because of the evil of your deeds by which you will have abandoned me.
 \v 21 Yahweh will make the plague cling to you until he destroys you from off the land that you are going in to possess.
 
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 \v 4 Yahweh will do to them as he did to Sihon and to Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, which he destroyed.
 \v 5 Yahweh will deliver them over to you, and you will do to them according to all that I commanded you.
-\v 6 Be strong and of good courage, fear not, and do not be afraid of them; for Yahweh your God, he it is who goes with you; he will not fail you nor forsake you."
+\v 6 Be strong and of good courage, fear not, and do not be afraid of them; for Yahweh your God, he it is who goes with you; he will not fail you nor abandon you."
 
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 \v 7 Moses called to Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, "Be strong and of good courage, for you will go with this people into the land that Yahweh has sworn to their ancestors to give them; you will cause them to inherit it.
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 \v 15 Yahweh appeared in the tent in a pillar of cloud; the pillar of cloud stood over the door of the tent.
 
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-\v 16 Yahweh said to Moses, "Look, you will lie down with your fathers; this people will rise up and act like a prostitute going after the strange gods that are among them in the land where they are going. They will forsake me and break my covenant that I have made with them.
+\v 16 Yahweh said to Moses, "Look, you will lie down with your fathers; this people will rise up and act like a prostitute going after the strange gods that are among them in the land where they are going. They will abandon me and break my covenant that I have made with them.
 
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 \v 17 Then, on that day, my anger will be kindled against them and I will abandon them. I will hide my face from them and they will be devoured. Many disasters and troubles will find them so that they will say on that day, 'Have these disasters not come upon us because our God is not in our midst?'

06-JOS.usfm

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-\v 16 The people answered and said, "We would never forsake Yahweh to serve other gods,
+\v 16 The people answered and said, "We would never abandon Yahweh to serve other gods,
 \v 17 for it is Yahweh our God who brought us and our ancestors up from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and who did those great signs in our sight, and who preserved us in all the way that we went, and among all the nations through whom we passed.
 \v 18 Then Yahweh drove out before us all the peoples, including the Amorites who lived in the land. So we too will worship Yahweh, for he is our God."
 
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 \v 19 But Joshua said to the people, "You cannot serve Yahweh, for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions and sins.
-\v 20 If you forsake Yahweh and worship foreign gods, then he will turn and do you harm. He will consume you, after he has done good to you."
+\v 20 If you abandon Yahweh and worship foreign gods, then he will turn and do you harm. He will consume you, after he has done good to you."
 
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 \v 21 But the people said to Joshua, "No, we will worship Yahweh."

09-1SA.usfm

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 \v 7 Yahweh said to Samuel, "Obey the voice of the people in everything they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.
 
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-\v 8 The same deeds they have done since the day I brought them out of Egypt—forsaking me and serving other gods—they are now doing also to you.
+\v 8 The same deeds they have done since the day I brought them out of Egypt—abandoning me and serving other gods—they are now doing also to you.
 \v 9 Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know by what ordinances the king will reign over them."
 
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 \v 9 But they forgot Yahweh their God; he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the armies of Hazor, into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab; these all fought against your ancestors.
 
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-\v 10 They cried out to Yahweh and said, 'We have sinned, because we have forsaken Yahweh and have served the Baals and the Ashtoreths. But now rescue us from the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you.'
+\v 10 They cried out to Yahweh and said, 'We have sinned, because we have abandoned Yahweh and have served the Baals and the Ashtoreths. But now rescue us from the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you.'
 \v 11 So Yahweh sent Jerub-Baal, Bedan, Jephthah, and Samuel, and gave you victory over your enemies all around you, so that you lived in security.
 
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11-1KI.usfm

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 \v 11 The word of Yahweh came to Solomon, saying,
 \v 12 "Concerning this temple which you are building, if you walk in my statutes and do justice, keep all my commandments and walk in them, then I will confirm my promise with you that I had made to David your father.
-\v 13 I will live among the people of Israel and will not forsake them."
+\v 13 I will live among the people of Israel and will not abandon them."
 
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 \v 56 "May Yahweh be praised, who has given rest to his people Israel, keeping all his promises. Not one word has failed out of all Yahweh's good promises that he made with Moses his servant.
 
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-\v 57 May Yahweh our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors. May he never leave us or forsake us,
+\v 57 May Yahweh our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors. May he never leave us or abandon us,
 \v 58 that he may incline our hearts to him, to live in all his ways and keep his commandments and his regulations and his statutes, which he commanded our fathers.
 
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 \v 31 He said to Jeroboam, "Take ten pieces, for Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, 'Look, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and I will give ten tribes to you
 \v 32 (but Solomon will have one tribe, for my servant David's sake and for Jerusalem's sake—the city that I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel),
-\v 33 because they have forsaken me and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Molech the god of the people of Ammon. They have not walked in my ways, to do what is right in my eyes, and to keep my statutes and my decrees, as did David his father.
+\v 33 because they have abandoned me and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Molech the god of the people of Ammon. They have not walked in my ways, to do what is right in my eyes, and to keep my statutes and my decrees, as did David his father.
 
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 \v 34 However, I will not take the whole kingdom out of Solomon's hand. Instead, I have made him ruler all the days of his life, for David my servant's sake whom I chose, the one who kept my commandments and my statutes.
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 \v 9 He went to a cave there and prepared to stay overnight in it. Then the word of Yahweh came to him and said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"
-\v 10 Elijah replied, "I have been very zealous for Yahweh, God of hosts, because the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, destroyed your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. Now I, only I, am left and they are also trying to take my life."
+\v 10 Elijah replied, "I have been very zealous for Yahweh, God of hosts, because the people of Israel have abandoned your covenant, destroyed your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. Now I, only I, am left and they are also trying to take my life."
 
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 \v 11 Yahweh replied, "Go out and stand on the mountain before me." Then Yahweh passed by, and a very strong wind struck the mountains and broke rocks into pieces before Yahweh, but Yahweh was not in the wind. Then after the wind, an earthquake came, but Yahweh was not in the earthquake.
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 \v 13 When Elijah heard the voice, he wrapped his face in his cloak, went out, and stood at the entrance of the cave. Then a voice came to him that said, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"
-\v 14 Elijah replied, "I have been very zealous for Yahweh, God of hosts, because the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, destroyed your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. Now I, only I, am left and they are also trying to take my life."
+\v 14 Elijah replied, "I have been very zealous for Yahweh, God of hosts, because the people of Israel have abandoned your covenant, destroyed your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. Now I, only I, am left and they are also trying to take my life."
 
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12-2KI.usfm

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 \v 16 "This is what Yahweh says: 'See, I will bring disaster to this place and to its inhabitants, according to everything written in the book that the king of Judah has read.
 
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-\v 17 Because they have forsaken me and have burned incense to other gods, so that they might provoke me to anger with all the deeds they have committed—therefore my anger has been kindled against this place, and it will not be extinguished.'"
+\v 17 Because they have abandoned me and have burned incense to other gods, so that they might provoke me to anger with all the deeds they have committed—therefore my anger has been kindled against this place, and it will not be extinguished.'"
 \v 18 But to the king of Judah, who sent you to ask Yahweh's will, this is what you will say to him: "Yahweh, the God of Israel says this: 'About the words that you heard,
 \v 19 because your heart was tender, and because you have humbled yourself before Yahweh, when you heard what I said against this place and its inhabitants, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have listened to you—this is Yahweh's declaration.
 

14-2CH.usfm

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-\v 19 But if you turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments that I have placed before you, and if you go worship other gods and bow down to them,
+\v 19 But if you turn away, and abandon my statutes and my commandments that I have placed before you, and if you go worship other gods and bow down to them,
 \v 20 then I will uproot them from out of my ground that I have given them. This house that I have set apart for my name, I will cast away from before me, and I will make it a proverb and a joke among all the peoples.
 
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 \v 4 He captured the fortified cities that belonged to Judah and came to Jerusalem.
 
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-\v 5 Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and to the leaders of Judah who had gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak. Shemaiah said to them, "This is what Yahweh says: You have forsaken me, so I have also given you over into Shishak's hand."
+\v 5 Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and to the leaders of Judah who had gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak. Shemaiah said to them, "This is what Yahweh says: You have abandoned me, so I have also given you over into Shishak's hand."
 \v 6 Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "Yahweh is righteous."
 
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 \v 9 But did you not drive out the priests of Yahweh, the descendants of Aaron, and the Levites, and make priests of your own in the same way as the people of other lands do? Whoever comes to serve as a priest, sacrificing a young bull and seven rams, he becomes a priest of what are not gods.
 
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-\v 10 But as for us, Yahweh is our God, and we have not forsaken him. We have priests, descendants of Aaron, serving Yahweh, and the Levites, who are at their work.
+\v 10 But as for us, Yahweh is our God, and we have not abandoned him. We have priests, descendants of Aaron, serving Yahweh, and the Levites, who are at their work.
-\v 11 Every morning and evening they burn for Yahweh burnt offerings and sweet incense. They also arrange the bread of the presence on the pure table; they also tend the lampstand of gold with its lamps, for them to burn every evening. We keep the commandments of Yahweh, our God, but you have forsaken him.
+\v 11 Every morning and evening they burn for Yahweh burnt offerings and sweet incense. They also arrange the bread of the presence on the pure table; they also tend the lampstand of gold with its lamps, for them to burn every evening. We keep the commandments of Yahweh, our God, but you have abandoned him.
 
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 \v 12 See, God is with us at our head, and his priests are here with the trumpets to sound an alarm against you. Sons of Israel, do not fight against Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, for you will not succeed."
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 \v 1 The Spirit of God came on Azariah son of Oded.
-\v 2 He went out to meet Asa and said to him, "Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Yahweh is with you, while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
+\v 2 He went out to meet Asa and said to him, "Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Yahweh is with you, while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you abandon him, he will abandon you.
 
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 \v 3 Now for a long period, Israel was without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without the law.
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 \v 8 In Jehoram's days, Edom rebelled against the control of Judah, and they set a king over themselves.
 \v 9 Then Jehoram crossed over with his commanders and all his chariots. It was night when he rose up and fought against the Edomites who had surrounded him and his chariot commanders.
-\v 10 So Edom has been in rebellion from the control of Judah to this present day. Libnah also revolted at the same time from his control, because Jehoram had forsaken Yahweh, the God of his ancestors.
+\v 10 So Edom has been in rebellion from the control of Judah to this present day. Libnah also revolted at the same time from his control, because Jehoram had abandoned Yahweh, the God of his ancestors.
 
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-\v 20 The Spirit of God clothed Zechariah son of Jehoiada, the priest; Zechariah stood above the people and said to them, "God says this: Why do you transgress the commandments of Yahweh, so that you cannot prosper? Since you have forsaken Yahweh, he has also forsaken you."
+\v 20 The Spirit of God clothed Zechariah son of Jehoiada, the priest; Zechariah stood above the people and said to them, "God says this: Why do you transgress the commandments of Yahweh, so that you cannot prosper? Since you have abandoned Yahweh, he has also abandoned you."
 \v 21 But they plotted against him; at the king's command, they stoned him with stones in the courtyard of the house of Yahweh.
 \v 22 In this manner, Joash, the king, ignored the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah's father, had done to him. Instead, he killed Jehoiada's son. When Zechariah was dying, he said, "May Yahweh see this and call you to account."
 
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 \v 23 It came about at the end of the year, that the army of Aram came up against Joash. They came to Judah and Jerusalem; they destroyed all the leaders of the people and sent all the plunder from them to the king of Damascus.
-\v 24 Although the army of the Arameans had come with only a few soldiers, Yahweh gave them victory over a very great army, because Judah had forsaken Yahweh, the God of their ancestors. In this way the Arameans brought judgment on Joash.
+\v 24 Although the army of the Arameans had come with only a few soldiers, Yahweh gave them victory over a very great army, because Judah had abandoned Yahweh, the God of their ancestors. In this way the Arameans brought judgment on Joash.
 
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 \v 5 Therefore Yahweh the God of Ahaz gave him into the hand of the king of Aram. The Arameans defeated him and carried away from him a great crowd of captives, bringing them to Damascus. Ahaz was also given into the hand of the king of Israel who defeated him in a great slaughter.
-\v 6 For Pekah son of Remaliah in one day killed 120,000 soldiers in Judah and all of them were powerful men, because they had forsaken Yahweh the God of their ancestors.
+\v 6 For Pekah son of Remaliah in one day killed 120,000 soldiers in Judah and all of them were powerful men, because they had abandoned Yahweh the God of their ancestors.
 
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 \v 7 Zikri, a powerful man from Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the king's son, Azrikam, the official over the palace, and Elkanah, who was next to the king.
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 \v 23 She said to them, "This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: Tell the man who sent you to me,
 \v 24 'This is what Yahweh says: See, I am about to bring disaster on this place and on its inhabitants, all the curses that have been written in the book that they have read before the king of Judah.
-\v 25 This will happen because they have forsaken me and have burned incense to other gods, and they have provoked me to anger by all the works of their hands. Therefore, my anger will be poured out on this place, and it will not be extinguished.'
+\v 25 This will happen because they have abandoned me and have burned incense to other gods, and they have provoked me to anger by all the works of their hands. Therefore, my anger will be poured out on this place, and it will not be extinguished.'
 
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 \v 26 But to the king of Judah, who sent you to ask Yahweh what he should do, this is what you will say to him, 'Yahweh, the God of Israel says this: About the words that you heard,

16-NEH.usfm

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 \v 30 For many years you put up with them and warned them by your Spirit through your prophets. Yet they did not listen. So you gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
-\v 31 But in your great mercies you did not destroy them completely or forsake them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.
+\v 31 But in your great mercies you did not destroy them completely or abandon them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.
 
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18-JOB.usfm

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 \v 14 To the person who is about to faint, faithfulness should be shown by his friend;
-\q even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
+\q even to him who abandons the fear of the Almighty.
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 \v 15 But my brothers have acted as deceitfully to me as a desert streambed,
 \q as channels of water that pass away to nothing,
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 \v 3 Why are we regarded as cattle, stupid in your sight?
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 \v 4 You who tear at yourself in your anger,
-\q should the earth be forsaken for you
+\q should the earth be abandoned for you
 \q or should the rocks be removed out of their places?
 
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19-PSA.usfm

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 \v 9 Do not hide your face from me;
 \q do not turn your servant away in anger!
 \q You have been my helper;
-\q do not forsake me or abandon me, God of my salvation!
+\q do not abandon me or abandon me, God of my salvation!
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-\v 10 Even if my father and my mother forsake me,
+\v 10 Even if my father and my mother abandon me,
 \q Yahweh will take me in.
 
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 \v 10 For my enemies are talking about me;
 \q those who watch for my life are plotting together.
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-\v 11 They say, "God has forsaken him;
+\v 11 They say, "God has abandoned him;
 \q pursue and take him, for there is no one to save him."
 
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 \v 17 God, you have taught me from my youth;
 \q even now I declare your wonderful deeds.
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-\v 18 Indeed, even when I am old and gray-headed, God, do not forsake me,
+\v 18 Indeed, even when I am old and gray-headed, God, do not abandon me,
 \q as I have been declaring your strength to the next generation,
 \q your power to everyone who is to come.
 
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-\v 30 If his children forsake my law
+\v 30 If his children abandon my law
 \q and do not walk in my regulations,
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 \v 31 if they break my rules
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-\v 14 For Yahweh will not forsake his people
+\v 14 For Yahweh will not abandon his people
 \q or abandon his inheritance.
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 \v 15 For judgment will again be righteous;
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 \v 8 Yahweh is with me to the end;
 \q your covenant faithfulness, Yahweh, endures forever.
-\q Do not forsake the works of your hands.
+\q Do not abandon the works of your hands.
 
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20-PRO.usfm

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 \q fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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 \v 8 My son, hear the instruction of your father
-\q and do not forsake the rules of your mother;
+\q and do not abandon the rules of your mother;
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 \v 9 they will be a graceful wreath for your head
 \q and pendants hanging from your neck.
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 \v 16 Wisdom and discretion will save you from an adulteress,
 \q from an immoral woman and her flattering words.
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-\v 17 She forsakes the companion of her youth
+\v 17 She abandons the companion of her youth
 \q and forgets the covenant of her God.
 
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 \q and pay attention so you will know what understanding is.
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 \v 2 I am giving you good instructions;
-\q do not forsake my teaching.
+\q do not abandon my teaching.
 
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 \v 20 My son, obey the command of your father
-\q and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
+\q and do not abandon the teaching of your mother.
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 \v 21 Always bind them on your heart;
 \q tie them about your neck.
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 \v 9 The way of wicked people is an abomination to Yahweh,
 \q but he loves the one who pursues what is right.
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-\v 10 Harsh discipline awaits anyone who forsakes the way
+\v 10 Harsh discipline awaits anyone who abandons the way
 \q and he who hates correction will die.
 
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 \v 9 Perfume and incense make the heart rejoice,
 \q but the sweetness of a friend comes from his sincere counsel. \f + \ft Many modern translations have different interpretations of this difficult verse. \f*
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-\v 10 Do not forsake your friend and your friend's father,
+\v 10 Do not abandon your friend and your friend's father,
 \q and do not go to your brother's house on the day of your calamity.
 \q Better is a neighbor who is nearby than a brother who is far away.
 
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 \v 3 A poor person who oppresses other poor people
 \q is like a beating rain that leaves no food.
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-\v 4 Those who forsake the law praise wicked people,
+\v 4 Those who abandon the law praise wicked people,
 \q but those who keep the law fight against them.
 
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 \v 13 The one who hides his sins will not prosper,
-\q but the one who confesses them and forsakes them will be shown mercy.
+\q but the one who confesses them and abandons them will be shown mercy.
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 \v 14 The one who always lives with reverence is blessed,
 \q but whoever hardens his heart will fall into trouble.

23-ISA.usfm

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 \v 9 On that day their strong cities will be like the abandoned wooded slopes on the hill summits,
-\q1 which were forsaken because of the people of Israel, and they will become a desolation.
+\q1 which were abandoned because of the people of Israel, and they will become a desolation.
 
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-\v 10 For the fortified city is desolate, the habitation is deserted and forsaken like the wilderness.
+\v 10 For the fortified city is desolate, the habitation is deserted and abandoned like the wilderness.
 \q1 There a calf feeds, and there he lies down and consumes its branches.
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 \v 11 When the boughs are withered, they will be broken off. Women will come and make fires with them,
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-\v 14 For the palace will be forsaken, the crowded city will be deserted;
+\v 14 For the palace will be abandoned, the crowded city will be deserted;
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 \v 17 The oppressed and needy look for water, but there is none, and their tongues are parched for thirst;
-\q1 I, Yahweh, will respond to their prayers; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
+\q1 I, Yahweh, will respond to their prayers; I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.
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 \v 18 I will make streams to flow down the slopes, and springs in the middle of the valleys;
 \q1 I will make the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into springs of water.
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-\v 14 But Zion said, "Yahweh has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me."
+\v 14 But Zion said, "Yahweh has abandoned me, and the Lord has forgotten me."
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 \v 15 "Can a woman forget her baby, nursing at her breast, so she does not have compassion on the son she has borne?

24-JER.usfm

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 \v 15 For I am calling all the tribes of the northern kingdoms—this is Yahweh's declaration. They will come, and everyone will set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, against all the walls that surround it, and against all the cities of Judah.
-\v 16 I will pronounce sentence against them for all their evil in forsaking me, in burning incense to other gods, and in worshiping the works of their own hands.
+\v 16 I will pronounce sentence against them for all their evil in abandoning me, in burning incense to other gods, and in worshiping the works of their own hands.
 
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 \q Why take the road to Assyria and drink the waters of the Euphrates River?
 \q
 \v 19 Your wickedness rebukes you, and your acts of apostasy punish you. So think about it and understand that it is wicked and bitter
-\q when you forsake Yahweh your God, and have no fear of me—this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh of hosts.
+\q when you abandon Yahweh your God, and have no fear of me—this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh of hosts.
 
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-\v 7 I have abandoned my house; I have forsaken my inheritance.
+\v 7 I have abandoned my house; I have abandoned my inheritance.
 \q I have given my beloved into the hands of her enemies.
 \q
 \v 8 My inheritance has become to me like a lion in a thicket;
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 \v 5 For who will have compassion for you, Jerusalem? Who will grieve for you?
 \q
-\v 6 You have forsaken me—this is Yahweh's declaration—you have gone back from me.
+\v 6 You have abandoned me—this is Yahweh's declaration—you have gone back from me.
 \q So I will strike you with my hand and destroy you. I am tired of relenting.
 \q
 \v 7 So I will winnow them with a pitchfork at the gates of the land.
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 \v 12 "The place of our sanctuary is a glorious throne, elevated from the beginning.
 \q
 \v 13 Yahweh is the hope of Israel. All who abandon you will be put to shame; those in the land who turn away from you will be written in the earth,
-\q for they have forsaken Yahweh, the fountain of living waters.
+\q for they have abandoned Yahweh, the fountain of living waters.
 \q
 \v 14 Heal me, Yahweh, and I will be healed! Rescue me, and I will be rescued. For you are my song of praise.
 
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 \v 24 Damascus has become very weak. It turns away to flee; terror seizes it.
 \q Distress and pain seize it, like the pain of a woman giving birth.
 \q
-\v 25 How has the city of praise not been forsaken, the town of my joy?
+\v 25 How has the city of praise not been abandoned, the town of my joy?
 
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-\v 5 For Israel and Judah are not forsaken by their God, by Yahweh of hosts,
+\v 5 For Israel and Judah are not abandoned by their God, by Yahweh of hosts,
 \q although their land is filled with offenses committed against the Holy One of Israel.
 \q
 \v 6 Flee from the midst of Babylon; let each man save himself. Do not perish in her iniquity.

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 \q and you will sit upon your throne from generation to generation.
 \q
 \v 20 Why do you forget us forever?
-\q Why do you forsake us for the length of your days?
+\q Why do you abandon us for the length of your days?
 \q
 \v 21 Restore us to yourself, Yahweh, and we will be restored.
 \q Renew our days as they were long ago—

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 \v 11 Seventy elders of the house of Israel were there, and Jaazaniah son of Shaphan was standing in their midst. They were standing in front of the images, and each man had his censer in his hand so that the smell of the cloud of incense went up.
 
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-\v 12 He said to me, "Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark? Each one does this in the hidden chamber of his idol, for they say, 'Yahweh does not see us! Yahweh has forsaken the land.'"
+\v 12 He said to me, "Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark? Each one does this in the hidden chamber of his idol, for they say, 'Yahweh does not see us! Yahweh has abandoned the land.'"
 \v 13 Then he said to me, "Turn again and see the other great abominations that they are doing."
 
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 \v 7 I said to them, "Let each man throw away the detestable things from before his eyes and the idols of Egypt. Do not make yourselves unclean; I am Yahweh your God."
 
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-\v 8 But they rebelled against me and were unwilling to listen to me. Each man did not throw away the detestable things from before his eyes nor forsake the idols of Egypt, so I determined to pour out my fury upon them to satisfy my wrath among them in the middle of the land of Egypt.
+\v 8 But they rebelled against me and were unwilling to listen to me. Each man did not throw away the detestable things from before his eyes nor abandon the idols of Egypt, so I determined to pour out my fury upon them to satisfy my wrath among them in the middle of the land of Egypt.
 \v 9 I acted for my name's sake so it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were staying. I made myself known to them, in their eyes, by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
 
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 \v 3 Therefore prophesy and say, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Because of your desolation and because of the attacks that came on you from all sides, you have become a possession of the other nations; you have been the subject of slanderous lips and tongues, and of people's stories.
 
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-\v 4 Therefore, mountains of Israel, listen to the word of the Lord Yahweh: The Lord Yahweh says this to the mountains and the high hills, to the streambeds and valleys, to the uninhabited desolations and the forsaken cities that have become plunder and a subject of mocking for the other nations that surround them—
+\v 4 Therefore, mountains of Israel, listen to the word of the Lord Yahweh: The Lord Yahweh says this to the mountains and the high hills, to the streambeds and valleys, to the uninhabited desolations and the abandoned cities that have become plunder and a subject of mocking for the other nations that surround them—
 \v 5 therefore the Lord Yahweh says this: I have certainly spoken in the fire of my zeal against the other nations, against Edom and all who took my land for themselves as a possession, against all those who had both joy in their heart and contempt in their spirit, as they seized my land that they might claim its pasturelands for themselves.'
 \v 6 Therefore, prophesy to the land of Israel and say to the mountains and to the high hills, to the streambeds and to the valleys, 'the Lord Yahweh says this: Behold! In my zeal and in my anger I am declaring this because you have borne the insults of nations.
 

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 \v 29 At the appointed time he will return and come against the South again. But this time it will not be as before.
-\v 30 For ships of Kittim will come against him, and he will become afraid. He will return and be furious against the holy covenant, and he will take action. He will return and show favor to those who forsake the holy covenant.
+\v 30 For ships of Kittim will come against him, and he will become afraid. He will return and be furious against the holy covenant, and he will take action. He will return and show favor to those who abandon the holy covenant.
 
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 \v 31 His forces will rise up and profane the fortress sanctuary. They will put an end to the regular burnt offering, and they will set up the abomination that causes desolation.

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 \q "Go, take for yourself a wife who is a prostitute.
 \q She will have children who are the result of her prostitution.
 \q For the land is committing great prostitution
-\q by forsaking Yahweh."
+\q by abandoning Yahweh."
 
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 \v 1 Do not rejoice, Israel,
 \q with joy like the other peoples.
 \q For you have been unfaithful,
-\q forsaking your God.
+\q abandoning your God.
 \q You love to pay the wages a prostitute requires
 \q on all the floors for threshing grain.
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 \v 2 The virgin Israel has fallen;
 \q she will rise no more;
-\q she is forsaken on her land;
+\q she is abandoned on her land;
 \q there is no one to raise her up.
 
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 \q then my prayer came to you, to your holy temple.
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 \v 8 They give attention to meaningless gods
-\q while they forsake covenant faithfulness.
+\q while they abandon covenant faithfulness.
 
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-\v 17 Woe to the worthless shepherd who forsakes the flock!
+\v 17 Woe to the worthless shepherd who abandons the flock!
 \q May the sword come against his arm and his right eye!
 \q May his arm wither away and may his right eye become blind!"
 

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 \v 45 Now from the sixth hour darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.
-\v 46 About the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice and said, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
+\v 46 About the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice and said, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?"
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 \v 47 When some of those who were standing there heard it, they said, "He is calling for Elijah."
 

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 \v 33 At the sixth hour, darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.
-\v 34 At the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which is interpreted, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
+\v 34 At the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which is interpreted, "My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?"
 \v 35 Some of those standing by heard his words and said, "Look, he is calling for Elijah."
 
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 \v 7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay, so that it is clear that the exceedingly great power belongs to God and not to us.
 \v 8 We are afflicted in every way, but not overwhelmed. We are perplexed but not filled with despair.
-\v 9 We are persecuted but not forsaken; struck down but not destroyed;
+\v 9 We are persecuted but not abandoned; struck down but not destroyed;
 \v 10 always carrying around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
 
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 \v 23 Let us also hold firmly to the hope we confess, for he who promised is faithful.
 \v 24 Let us think carefully about how to motivate one another to love and good deeds.
-\v 25 Let us not forsake meeting together, as some have done. Instead, encourage one another more and more, and all the more as you see the day coming closer.
+\v 25 Let us not abandon meeting together, as some have done. Instead, encourage one another more and more, and all the more as you see the day coming closer.
 
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 \v 4 Let marriage be held in honor by all, and let the marriage bed be kept pure, for God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.
 
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-\v 5 Let your conduct be free from the love of money. Be content with the things you have, for God himself has said, "I will never leave you, nor will I forsake you."
+\v 5 Let your conduct be free from the love of money. Be content with the things you have, for God himself has said, "I will never leave you, nor will I abandon you."
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 \v 6 Let us be content so that we may have courage to say,
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 \v 14 They have eyes full of adultery; they are never satisfied with sin. They entice unstable souls into wrongdoing, and they have their hearts trained in greed. They are cursed children!
 
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-\v 15 They have forsaken the straight way and have gone astray, following the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved to receive payment for unrighteousness. \f + \ft Many modern translations read \fqa Balaam son of Beor \fqa* in order to be consistent with the Old Testament spelling of the name. Some modern translations choose to follow the spelling of the Greek text, which reads, \fqa Balaam, son of Bosor \fqa* . \f*
+\v 15 They have abandoned the straight way and have gone astray, following the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved to receive payment for unrighteousness. \f + \ft Many modern translations read \fqa Balaam son of Beor \fqa* in order to be consistent with the Old Testament spelling of the name. Some modern translations choose to follow the spelling of the Greek text, which reads, \fqa Balaam, son of Bosor \fqa* . \f*
 \v 16 But he obtained a rebuke for his own transgression—a mute donkey speaking in a human voice stopped the prophet's insanity.
 
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