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09-1SA/09.usfm

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 \v 23 Samuel said to the cook, "Bring the portion which I gave to you, of which I said to you, 'Put it aside.'" 
-\v 24 So the cook took the thigh that had been raised in sacrifice and what was with it, and set it before Saul. Then Samuel said, "See what has been kept for you! Eat it, because it has been kept until the appointed time for you. For now you can say, 'I have invited the people.'" So Saul ate with Samuel that day.
+\v 24 So the cook took the thigh that had been raised in sacrifice and what was with it, and set it before Saul. Then Samuel said, "See what has been kept for you. Eat it, because it has been kept until the appointed time for you. For now you can say, 'I have invited the people.'" So Saul ate with Samuel that day.
 
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24-JER/10.usfm

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 \v 21 For the shepherds have become stupid. They do not seek Yahweh.
 \q so they have no success; all their flocks are scattered.
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-\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! 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."
  
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26-EZK/02.usfm

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 \v 1 He said to me, "Son of man, stand up on your feet; then I will speak to you."
-\v 2 Then, as he spoke to me, the Spirit took me and stood me up on my feet, and I heard him speaking to me.
+\v 2 Then, as he spoke to me, the Spirit entered into me and set me on my feet, and I heard him speaking to me.
 \v 3 He said to me, "Son of man, I am sending you to the people of Israel, to rebellious nations that have rebelled against me—both they and their ancestors have sinned against me up to this very day!
 
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26-EZK/04.usfm

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 \v 1 "But you, son of man, take a brick for yourself and place it before you. Then carve the city of Jerusalem on it.
 \v 2 Then lay siege against it, and build forts against it. Raise up an assault ramp against it and set camps around it. Place battering rams all around it.
-\v 3 And you, take for yourself an iron pan, and use it as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Set your face against it, for it will be under siege. So lay siege against it! This will be a sign to the house of Israel.
+\v 3 And you, take for yourself an iron pan, and use it as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Set your face against it, for it will be under siege. So lay siege against it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.
 
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-\v 9 Take for yourself wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt; put them in a single container and make bread for yourself according to the number of the days that you will lie upon your side. For 390 days you will eat it!
+\v 9 Take for yourself wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt; put them in a single container and make bread for yourself according to the number of the days that you will lie upon your side. For 390 days you will eat it.
 \v 10 This will be your food that you will eat: twenty shekels in weight per day. You will eat it from time to time.
 \v 11 And you will drink water, measured out to a sixth of a hin. You will drink it from time to time.
 
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 \v 15 So he said to me, "Look! I have given you cow manure instead of human dung so you can prepare your bread over that."
 
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-\v 16 He also said to me, "Son of man, behold! I am breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they will eat bread while rationing it in anxiety and drink water while rationing it in trembling.
+\v 16 He also said to me, "Son of man! Behold! I am breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they will eat bread while rationing it in anxiety and drink water while rationing it in trembling.
 \v 17 Because they will lack bread and water, every man will be dismayed at his brother and melt away because of their iniquity."
 
 

26-EZK/05.usfm

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 \v 5 The Lord Yahweh says this, "This is Jerusalem in the midst of the nations, where I have placed her, and where I have surrounded her with other lands.
-\v 6 But she has rejected my decrees with wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that surround her. And they have rejected my judgments and have not walked in my statutes!"
+\v 6 But she has rejected my decrees with wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that surround her. And they have rejected my judgments and have not walked in my statutes."
 
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 \v 7 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this, "Because you are more troublesome than the nations that surround you and have not walked in my statutes or acted according to my decrees, or even acted according to the decrees of the nations that surround you."
-\v 8 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this, "Behold! I myself will act against you! I will execute judgments within your midst for the nations to see.
+\v 8 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this, "Behold! I myself will act against you. I will execute judgments within your midst for the nations to see.
 
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 \v 9 I will do to you what I have not done and the like of which I will not do again, because of all your disgusting actions.
-\v 10 Therefore fathers will eat the children in your midst, and sons will eat their fathers, since I will execute judgment on you and scatter to every direction all of you who are left!
+\v 10 Therefore fathers will eat the children in your midst, and sons will eat their fathers, since I will execute judgment on you and scatter to every direction all of you who are left.
 
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 \v 11 Therefore, as I live—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—it is certainly because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your hateful things and with all your disgusting deeds, that I myself will reduce you in number; my eye will not have pity on you, and I will not spare you.
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 \v 15 So Jerusalem will become something for other people to condemn and to mock, a warning and a horror to the nations that surround you. I will execute judgments against you in wrath and fury, and with a furious rebuke—I, Yahweh have declared this!
 \v 16 I will send out harsh arrows of famine against you that will become the means with which I will destroy you. For I will increase the famine on you and break your staff of bread.
-\v 17 I will send a famine and disasters against you so you will be childless. Plague and blood will pass through you, and I will bring a sword against you—I, Yahweh, have declared this!"
+\v 17 I will send a famine and disasters against you so you will be childless. Plague and blood will pass through you, and I will bring a sword against you—I, Yahweh, have declared this."
 
 
 

26-EZK/06.usfm

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 \v 6 Everywhere you live, cities will be laid waste and the high places ruined, so that your altars will be laid waste and made desolate. Then they will be broken and disappear, your pillars will be cut down and your works will be wiped away.
-\v 7 The dead will fall down in your midst and you will know that I am Yahweh!
+\v 7 The dead will fall down in your midst and you will know that I am Yahweh.
 
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 \v 11 The Lord Yahweh says this: Clap your hands and stomp your foot! Say, "Alas!" because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! For they will fall by sword, famine, and plague.
-\v 12 The one far away will die by plague, and the one who is near will fall by the sword. Those who remain and survive will die by famine; in this way I will accomplish my fury against them.
+\v 12 The one far away will die by plague, and the one who is near will fall by the sword. Those who remain and survive will die by famine. In his way I will accomplish my fury against them.
 
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 \v 13 Then you will know that I am Yahweh, when their dead lie among their idols, around their altars, on every high hill—on all the mountain peaks, and under every flourishing tree and thick oak—the places where they burned incenses to all their idols.

26-EZK/07.usfm

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 \v 1 The word of Yahweh came to me and said,
 \v 2 "You, son of man—The Lord Yahweh says this to the land of Israel, 
-\q 'An end! An end has come to the four borders of the land!
+\q 'An end! An end has come to the four borders of the land.
 
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@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@
 \q then I will bring all your abominations upon you.
 \q
 \v 4 For my eyes will not look compassionately at you, and I will not spare you; but I will bring your ways upon you, 
-\q and your abominations will be in your midst, so you will know that I am Yahweh!
+\q and your abominations will be in your midst, so you will know that I am Yahweh.
 
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 \v 5 The Lord Yahweh says this:
-\q Disaster! Disaster after disaster! Behold, it is coming!
+\q Disaster! Disaster after disaster. Behold, it is coming.
 \q
-\v 6 An end is surely coming; the end has woken up against you! Behold, it is coming!
+\v 6 An end is surely coming. The end has woken up against you. Behold, it is coming!
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 \v 7 Your doom is coming to you who inhabit the land. 
 \q The time has come; the day of destruction is near, and the mountains will no longer be joyful.
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 \v 14 They have blown the trumpet and made everything ready, but there is no one marching to battle; 
-\q since my anger is on the entire multitude!
+\q since my anger is on the entire multitude.
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 \v 15 The sword is on the outside, and plague and famine are inside the building. 
 \q Those who are in the field will die by the sword, while famine and plague will consume those in the city.
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 \q and they will defile them.
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 \v 22 Then I will turn my face away from them when they defile my cherished place; 
-\q bandits will enter it and defile it!
+\q bandits will enter it and defile it.
 
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 \v 24 So I will bring the most wicked of the nations, and they will possess their houses, 
 \q and I will bring an end to the pride of the mighty, for their holy places will be defiled!
 \q
-\v 25 Fear will come! They will seek peace, but there will be none!
+\v 25 Fear will come! They will seek peace, but there will be none.
 
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-\v 26 Disaster upon disaster will come, and there will be rumor after rumor! 
+\v 26 Disaster upon disaster will come, and there will be rumor after rumor. 
 \q Then they will seek a vision from the prophet, but the law will perish from the priest and advice from the elders.
 \q
 \v 27 The king will mourn and the prince will dress in despair, 
 \q while the hands of the people of the land will tremble in fear. According to their own ways I will do this to them! 
-\q And I will judge them with their own standards until they know that I am Yahweh!'"
+\q And I will judge them with their own standards until they know that I am Yahweh.'"
 
 
 

26-EZK/08.usfm

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 \v 16 And he brought me into the inner courtyard of Yahweh's house, and behold! at the entrance of the temple of Yahweh between the portico and the altar, there were about twenty-five men with their backs toward the temple of Yahweh and their faces toward the east, and they were worshiping the sun.
 
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-\v 17 He said to me, "Do you see this, son of man? Is it a little thing for the house of Judah to do these abominations that they are doing here? For they have filled the land with violence, and have turned again to provoke me to anger, holding up branches to their noses.
-\v 18 So I will also act among them; my eye will not have compassion, and I will not spare them. Though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them!"
+\v 17 He said to me, "Do you see this, son of man? Is it a little thing for the house of Judah to do these abominations that they are doing here? For they have filled the land with violence and they have turned again to provoke me to anger, putting the branch to their noses.
+\v 18 So I will also act among them; my eye will not have compassion, and I will not spare them. Though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them."

26-EZK/09.usfm

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 \v 3 Then the glory of the God of Israel went up from the cherubim where it had been to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man dressed in linen who had the scribe's equipment at his side.
-\v 4 Yahweh said to him, "Pass through the midst of the city—the midst of Jerusalem—and make a mark on the foreheads of the men who groan and sigh about all the abominations being performed in the midst of the city."
+\v 4 Yahweh said to him, "Pass through the midst of the city—the midst of Jerusalem—and make a mark on the foreheads of those who groan and sigh about all the abominations being performed in the midst of the city."
 
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-\v 5 Then he spoke to the others within my hearing, "Pass through the city after him and kill! Do not let your eyes have compassion, and do not spare 
-\v 6 either old man, young man, virgin, little children or women. Kill all of them! But do not approach any man who has the mark on his head. Begin at my sanctuary!" So they began with the elders who were in front of the house.
+\v 5 Then he spoke to the others within my hearing, "Pass through the city after him and kill. Do not let your eyes have compassion, and do not spare 
+\v 6 either old man, young man, virgin, little children or women. Kill all of them! But do not approach anyone who has the mark on his head. Begin at my sanctuary!" So they began with the elders who were in front of the house.
 
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 \v 7 He said to them, "Defile the house, and fill its courtyards with the dead. Proceed!" So they went out and attacked the city.
-\v 8 And as they were attacking it, I found myself alone and I fell on my face and cried out and said, "Alas, Lord Yahweh! Will you destroy all the remnant of Israel in the outpouring of your wrath on Jerusalem?"
+\v 8 And as they were attacking it, I found myself alone and I fell on my face and cried out and said, "Ah, Lord Yahweh, will you destroy all the remnant of Israel in the outpouring of your wrath on Jerusalem?"
 
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26-EZK/11.usfm

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 \v 2 God said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity, and who decide wicked plans in this city.
 \v 3 They are saying, 'The time to build houses is not here; this city is the pot, and we are the meat.'
-\v 4 Therefore prophesy against them. Prophesy, son of man!"
+\v 4 Therefore prophesy against them. Prophesy, son of man."
 
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-\v 5 Then the Spirit of Yahweh fell on me and he said to me, "Say: Yahweh says this: as you are saying, House of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind.
+\v 5 Then the Spirit of Yahweh fell on me and he said to me, "Say: This is what Yahweh says: as you are saying, house of Israel; for I know what goes through your mind.
 \v 6 You have multiplied the people you have killed in this city and filled its streets with them.
 \v 7 Therefore, the Lord Yahweh says this: The people you have killed, whose bodies you have laid in the midst of Jerusalem, are the meat, and this city is the pot. But you are going to be brought out from the midst of this city.
 
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 \v 8 You have feared the sword, so I am bringing the sword upon you—This is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh.
 \v 9 I will bring you out of the midst of the city, and put you into the hands of foreigners, for I will bring judgment against you.
-\v 10 You will fall by the sword. I will judge you within the borders of Israel so you will know that I am Yahweh!
+\v 10 You will fall by the sword. I will judge you within the borders of Israel so you will know that I am Yahweh.
 
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 \v 11 This city will not be your cooking pot, nor will you be the meat within her midst. I will judge you within the borders of Israel.
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-\v 13 And it came about that as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah, died. So I fell on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, "Alas, Lord Yahweh! Will you completely destroy the remnant of Israel?"
+\v 13 And it came about that as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah, died. So I fell on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, "Alas, Lord Yahweh, will you completely destroy the remnant of Israel?"
 
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 \v 14 The word of Yahweh came to me and said, 
-\v 15 "Son of man, your brothers! Your brothers! The men of your clan and all the house of Israel! All of them are those of whom it is said by those living in Jerusalem, 'They are far away from Yahweh! This land was given to us as our possession!'
+\v 15 "Son of man, your brothers! Your brothers! The men of your clan and all the house of Israel! All of them are those of whom it is said by those living in Jerusalem, 'They are far away from Yahweh! This land was given to us as our possession.'
 
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 \v 16 Therefore say, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: though I have removed them far off among the nations, and though I have scattered them among the lands, yet I have been a sanctuary for them for a little while in the lands where they have gone.'
-\v 17 Therefore say, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: I will gather you from the peoples, and assemble you from the lands where you were scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel!'
+\v 17 Therefore say, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: I will gather you from the peoples, and assemble you from the lands where you were scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.'
 \v 18 Then they will go there and remove every detestable thing and every abomination from that place.
 
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26-EZK/12.usfm

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 \v 1 The word of Yahweh came to me and said,
-\v 2 "Son of man, you live in the midst of a rebellious house, where they have eyes to see but they do not see; and where they have ears to hear but do not listen, because they are a rebellious house!
+\v 2 "Son of man, you live in the midst of a rebellious house, where they have eyes to see but they do not see; and where they have ears to hear but do not listen, because they are a rebellious house.
 
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 \v 3 Therefore as for you, son of man, prepare your things for exile, and begin going out by day in their sight, for I will exile you in their sight from your place to another place. Perhaps they will begin to see, though they are a rebellious house.
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 \v 11 Say, 'I am sign to you. As I have done, so it will be done to them; they will go into exile and into captivity.
-\v 12 The prince who is among them will lift up his things upon his shoulder in the dark, and will go out through the wall. They will dig through the wall and bring out their things. He will cover his face, so he will not see the land with his eyes.'
+\v 12 The prince who is among them will lift up his things upon his shoulder in the dark, and will go out through the wall. They will dig through the wall and bring out their things. He will cover his face, so he will not see the land with his eyes.
 \v 13 I will spread out my net over him and he will be caught in my snare; then I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, but he will not see it. He will die there.
 
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 \v 14 I will also scatter in every direction all of those around him who were to assist him and his entire army, and I will send out a sword after them.
 \v 15 Then they will know that I am Yahweh, when I scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands.
-\v 16 But I will spare a few men from among them from the sword, famine, and plague, so they may record all of their abominations in the lands where I take them, so they will know that I am Yahweh!"
+\v 16 But I will spare a few men from among them from the sword, famine, and plague, so they may record all of their abominations in the lands where I take them, so they will know that I am Yahweh.'"
 
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 \v 19 Then say to the people of the land, 'The Lord Yahweh says this concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the land of Israel: They will eat their bread with trembling and drink their water while shaking, since the land will be despoiled of its fullness because of the violence of all those who live there.
-\v 20 So the cities that were inhabited will be desolate, and the land will become a wasteland; so you will know that I am Yahweh!'"
+\v 20 So the cities that were inhabited will be desolate, and the land will become a wasteland; so you will know that I am Yahweh.'"
 
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 \v 21 Again the word of Yahweh came to me and said,
 \v 22 "Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel that says, 'The days are prolonged, and every vision fails?'
-\v 23 Therefore, say to them, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: I will put an end to this proverb so the people of Israel will no longer use it.' Then declare to them, 'The days are approaching, and every vision will speak!'
+\v 23 Therefore, say to them, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: I will put an end to this proverb so the people of Israel will no longer use it.' Then declare to them, 'The days are approaching, and every vision will speak.'
 
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 \v 24 For there will no longer be any false visions or favorable divinations within the house of Israel.
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 \v 26 Again the word of Yahweh came to me and said,
-\v 27 "Son of man, behold! The house of Israel has said, 'The vision that he sees is for many days from now, and he prophesies of far off times.'
-\v 28 Therefore say to them, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: My words will not be delayed any longer, but the word that I have spoken will be done—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration!'"
+\v 27 "Son of man! Behold, the house of Israel has said, 'The vision that he sees is for many days from now, and he prophesies of far off times.'
+\v 28 Therefore say to them, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: My words will not be delayed any longer, but the word that I have spoken will be done—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.'"
 
 
 

26-EZK/13.usfm

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 \v 1 Again, the word of Yahweh came to me and said,
-\v 2 "Son of man, prophesy against the prophets who are prophesying in Israel, and say to those who are prophesying out of their own minds, 'Listen to the word of Yahweh!
+\v 2 "Son of man, prophesy against the prophets who are prophesying in Israel, and say to those who are prophesying out of their own imaginations, 'Listen to the word of Yahweh.
 \v 3 The Lord Yahweh says this: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit, but who have seen nothing!
 \v 4 Israel, your prophets have been like jackals in the wastelands.
 
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-\v 13 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this: I will bring a windstorm in my rage, and there will be floods of rain in my wrath! Hailstones in my rage will completely destroy it!
-\v 14 For I will tear down the wall that you have covered with whitewash, and I will demolish it to the ground and lay bare its foundations. So it will fall, and you will be annihilated in the middle of it all. Then you will know that I am Yahweh!
+\v 13 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this: I will bring a windstorm in my rage, and there will be floods of rain in my wrath! Hailstones in my rage will completely destroy it.
+\v 14 For I will tear down the wall that you have covered with whitewash, and I will demolish it to the ground and lay bare its foundations. So it will fall, and you will be annihilated in the middle of it all. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.
 
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 \v 15 For I will annihilate in my fury the wall and those who whitewashed it. I will say to you, "The wall exists no more, nor do the people who whitewashed it—
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 \v 20 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this: I am against the magic charms that you have used to ensnare the people's lives as if they were birds. Indeed, I will tear them from your arms; and the people whom you have trapped like birds—I will let them go free.
-\v 21 I will tear away your veils and rescue my people from your hand, so they will no longer be trapped in your hands. And you will know that I am Yahweh!
+\v 21 I will tear away your veils and rescue my people from your hand, so they will no longer be trapped in your hands. And you will know that I am Yahweh.
 
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 \v 22 Because you discourage the heart of the righteous person with lies, even though I did not desire his discouragement, and because you encourage instead the actions of the wicked person so that he will not turn from his way to save his life—
-\v 23 therefore you will no longer have false visions or continue to make predictions, for I will rescue my people out of your hand. And you will know that I am Yahweh!'" 
+\v 23 therefore you will no longer have false visions or continue to make predictions, for I will rescue my people out of your hand. And you will know that I am Yahweh.'" 
 
 
 

26-EZK/14.usfm

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 \v 4 Therefore announce this to them and say to them, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Every man of the house of Israel who takes his idols into his heart, or who puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and who then comes to a prophet—I, Yahweh, will answer him according to the number of his idols.
-\v 5 I will do this so that I may take back the house of Israel in their hearts that have been driven far from me through their idols!'
+\v 5 I will do this so that I may take back the house of Israel in their hearts that have been driven far from me through their idols.'
 
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-\v 6 Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Repent and turn away from your idols! Turn back your faces from all your abominations!
+\v 6 Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Repent and turn away from your idols! Turn back your faces from all your abominations.
 
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-\v 7 For every one from the house of Israel and every one of the foreigners staying in Israel who deserts me, who takes his idols into his heart and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his own face, and who then comes to a prophet to seek me—I, Yahweh, will answer him myself!
-\v 8 So I will set my face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb, for I will cut him off from the midst of my people, and you will know that I am Yahweh!
+\v 7 For every one from the house of Israel and every one of the foreigners staying in Israel who deserts me, who takes his idols into his heart and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his own face, and who then comes to a prophet to seek me—I, Yahweh, will answer him myself.
+\v 8 So I will set my face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb, for I will cut him off from the midst of my people, and you will know that I am Yahweh.
 
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 \v 9 If a prophet is deceived and speaks a message, then I, Yahweh, will deceive that prophet; I will reach out with my hand against him and destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
 \v 10 And they will carry their own iniquity; the iniquity of the prophet will be the same as the iniquity of the one who inquires from him.
-\v 11 Because of this, the house of Israel will no longer wander away from following me nor defile themselves any longer through all their transgressions. They will be my people, and I will be their God—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration!'"
+\v 11 Because of this, the house of Israel will no longer wander away from following me nor defile themselves any longer through all their transgressions. They will be my people, and I will be their God—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.'"
 
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 \v 15 If I send evil beasts through the land and make it barren so that it becomes a wasteland where no man may pass through because of the beasts,
-\v 16 then even if these same three men were in it—as I live, declares the Lord Yahweh—they would not be able to rescue even their own sons or daughters; only their own lives would be rescued, but the land would become a wasteland!
+\v 16 then even if these same three men were in it—as I live, declares the Lord Yahweh—they would not be able to rescue even their own sons or daughters; only their own lives would be rescued, but the land would become a wasteland.
 
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 \v 17 Or if I bring a sword against that land and say, 'Sword, go through the land and cut off both man and beast from it',

26-EZK/15.usfm

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 \v 4 See! If it is thrown into a fire as fuel, and if the fire has burned both of its ends and also the middle, is it good for anything?
 
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-\v 5 See! When it was complete, it could not make anything; surely then, when the fire has burned, then it still will not make anything useful!
+\v 5 See! When it was complete, it could not make anything; surely then, when the fire has burned, then it still will not make anything useful.
 \v 6 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this: Unlike the trees in the forests, I have given the vine as fuel for fires; I will act in the same way toward the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
 
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 \v 7 For I will set my face against them. Though they come out from the fire, yet the fire will consume them; so you will know that I am Yahweh, when I set my face against them.
-\v 8 Then I will make the land into an abandoned wasteland because they have committed sin—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration!"
+\v 8 Then I will make the land into an abandoned wasteland because they have committed sin—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration."
 
 
 

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 \v 4 On the day of your birth, your mother did not cut your navel, nor did she purify you in water or rub you down with salt, or wrap cloth around you. 
-\v 5 No eye had compassion for you to do any of these things for you, to be compassionate toward you! On the day that you were born, with loathing for your life, you were thrown out into the open field.
+\v 5 No eye had compassion for you to do any of these things for you, to be compassionate toward you. On the day that you were born, with loathing for your life, you were thrown out into the open field.
 
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 \v 15 But you trusted in your own beauty, and you acted like a whore because of your fame; you poured out your acts of prostitution on everyone who passed by. You became the property of those men!
-\v 16 Then you took your clothes and with them you made high places for yourself decorated in various colors, and there you acted like a prostitutes. This should not have happened! Nor should such things exist!
+\v 16 Then you took your clothes and with them you made high places for yourself decorated in various colors, and there you acted like a prostitutes. This should not have happened. Nor should such things exist.
 
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 \v 17 You took the fine jewels of the gold and silver that I gave you, and you made for yourself male figures, and you did with them as a prostitute would do. 
 \v 18 You took your embroidered garments and covered them, and you set my oils and perfumes before them.
-\v 19 And my bread of fine flour, oil, and honey that I gave you—I fed you!—you set before them to produce a sweet savor. This actually happened!—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.
+\v 19 And my bread oI gave you—made with fine flour, oil, and honey—you set before them for a fragrant aroma, for this is what happened—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.
 
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 \v 20 Then you took your sons and daughters whom you bore for me, and you sacrificed them to the images to be devoured as food. Are your acts of prostitution a small matter?
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 \v 23 Woe! Woe to you!—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—therefore, in addition to all this wickedness, 
-\v 24 you built yourself a ritual place, and have made a vaulted chamber in every public place.
+\v 24 you built yourself a vaulted chamber in every public place.
 
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 \v 25 You built your high place at the head of every road and desecrated your beauty, for you offered your body to every one who passed by and you performed many more acts of prostitution.
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 \v 30 Why is your heart so weak?—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—that you would do all these things, deeds of a promiscuous and shameless woman?
-\v 31 You have built your high places at the head of every street and made your lofty place in every public square. Yet you were not like a prostitute because you refused to take payment!
+\v 31 You have built your high places at the head of every street and made your vaulted chamber in every public place. Yet you were not like a prostitute because you refused to take payment!
 
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 \v 32 You adulterous woman, you accept strangers instead of your husband!