Merge pull request 'Paula.Jeremiah9' (#986) from Paula.Jeremiah9 into master

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Jeremiah 11-15 poetry formatting

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@@ -1417,11 +1417,17 @@
 \p
 \v 14 So you yourself, Jeremiah, must not pray for this people. You must not cry for help or pray on their behalf. For I will not be listening when they call on me in their disaster.
 \q
-\v 15 Why is my beloved one, the one who has had so many wicked intentions, in my house?
+\v 15 Why is my beloved one
-\q The meat of your sacrifices cannot help you. You rejoice because of your evil actions.
+\q2 the one who has had so many wicked intentions,
+\q2 in my house?
+\q The meat of your sacrifices cannot help you.
+\q2 You rejoice because of your evil actions.
+\b
 \q
-\v 16 In the past Yahweh called you a leafy olive tree, beautiful with lovely fruit.
+\v 16 In the past Yahweh called you a leafy olive tree,
-\q But he will light a fire on it that will sound like the roar of a storm; its branches will be broken.
+\q2 beautiful with lovely fruit.
+\q But he will light a fire on it that will sound like the roar of a storm;
+\q2 its branches will be broken.
 
 \s5
 \p
@@ -1430,14 +1436,19 @@
 \s5
 \p
 \v 18 Yahweh made me know these things, so I know them. You, Yahweh, made me see their deeds.
-\v 19 I was like a gentle lamb being led to the slaughter. I did not know that they had formed plans against me, "Let us destroy the tree with its fruit! Let us cut him off from the land of the living so his name will be no longer remembered."
+\v 19 I was like a gentle lamb being led to the slaughter. I did not know that they had formed plans against me,
+\b
+\q "Let us destroy the tree with its fruit! 
+\q2 Let us cut him off from the land of the living
+\q2 so his name will be no longer remembered."
 \q
-\v 20 Yet Yahweh of hosts is the righteous judge who examines the heart and the mind.
+\v 20 Yet Yahweh of hosts is the righteous judge
-\q I will witness your vengeance against them, for I have presented my case to you.
+\q2 who examines the heart and the mind.
+\q I will witness your vengeance against them,
+\q2 for I have presented my case to you.
 
 \s5
 \p
-\p
 \v 21 Therefore Yahweh says this concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life, "They say, 'You must not prophesy in the name of Yahweh, or you will die by our hand.'
 \v 22 Therefore Yahweh of hosts says this, 'See, I am about to punish them. Their vigorous young men will die by the sword. Their sons and their daughters will die by famine.
 \v 23 No remnant will be left for them, because I am bringing disaster against the people of Anathoth, a year of their punishment.'"
@@ -1446,53 +1457,83 @@
 \c 12
 \m
 \q
-\v 1 You are righteous, Yahweh, whenever I bring disputes to you.
+\v 1 You are righteous, Yahweh,
-\q I must certainly tell you of my reason to complain: Why do the ways of the wicked succeed? All the treacherous are at ease.
+\q2 whenever I bring disputes to you.
+\q I must certainly tell you of my reason to complain:
+\q2 Why do the ways of the wicked succeed? 
+\q2 All the treacherous are at ease.
 \q
-\v 2 You planted them and they took root. They continue to produce fruit.
+\v 2 You planted them and they took root.
-\q You are near to them in their mouths, but far away from their hearts.
+\q2 They continue to produce fruit.
+\q You are near to them in their mouths,
+\q2 but far away from their hearts.
 
 \s5
-\v 3 Yet you, Yahweh, know me. You see me and you test my heart toward you.
+\v 3 Yet you, Yahweh, know me.
-\q Take them away like sheep to the slaughter, and set them apart for the day of slaughter!
+\q2 You see me and you test my heart toward you.
+\q Take them away like sheep to the slaughter,
+\q2 and set them apart for the day of slaughter!
 \q
-\v 4 How long will the land mourn and the grass in the field be withered? Because those who live in it are wicked, the animals and the birds have been swept away, because the people said, "He will not see what happens to us."
+\v 4 How long will the land mourn and the grass in the field be withered?
+\q2 Because those who live in it are wicked, 
+\q2 the animals and the birds have been swept away,
+\q because the people said,
+\q2 "He will not see what happens to us."
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 5 Yahweh said, "Indeed, if you, Jeremiah, have run with foot soldiers and they have tired you out, how can you compete against horses?
+\v 5 Yahweh said, "Indeed, if you, Jeremiah,
-\q And if you are confident only in a peaceful land, how will you do in the majesty along the Jordan?
+\q2 have run with foot soldiers and they have tired you out,
+\q2 how can you compete against horses?
+\q And if you are confident only in a peaceful land,
+\q2 how will you do in the majesty along the Jordan?
 \q
-\v 6 For even your brothers and your father's family have betrayed you and have raised their voice against you.
+\v 6 For even your brothers and your father's family
-\q Do not trust in them, even if they say nice things to you.
+\q2 have betrayed you and have raised their voice against you.
+\q Do not trust in them, 
+\q2 even if they say nice things to you.
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 7 I have abandoned my house; I have abandoned my inheritance.
+\v 7 I have abandoned my house; 
-\q I have given my beloved into the hands of her enemies.
+\q2 I have abandoned my 
+\q2 into the hands of her enemies.
 \q
-\v 8 My inheritance has become to me like a lion in a thicket;
+\v 8 My inheritance has become to me
-\q she sets herself against me with her own voice, so I hate her.
+\q2 like a lion in a thicket;
+\q she sets herself against me with her own voice,
+\q2 so I hate her.
 \q
-\v 9 Has not my prized possession become a speckled bird, that other birds of prey go against her all around?
+\v 9 Has not my prized possession become a speckled bird,
-\q Go and gather all the wild beasts and bring them to devour her.
+\q2 that other birds of prey go against her all around?
+\q Go and gather all the wild beasts
+\q2 and bring them to devour her.
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 10 Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard. They have trampled on my portion of land;
+\v 10 Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard. 
-\q they turned my delightful portion into a wilderness, a desolation.
+\q2 They have trampled on my portion of land;
+\q they turned my delightful portion into a wilderness,
+\q2 a desolation.
 \q
-\v 11 They have made her a desolation. I mourn for her; she is desolate.
+\v 11 They have made her a desolation.
-\q All the land has been made desolate, for there is no one who takes it to heart.
+\q2 I mourn for her; she is desolate.
+\q All the land has been made desolate,
+\q2 for there is no one who takes it to heart.
 
 \s5
 \q1
-\v 12 Destroyers have come against all the bare places in the wilderness,
+\v 12 Destroyers have come against all
-\q1 for Yahweh's sword is devouring from one end of the land to the other.
+\q2 the bare places in the wilderness,
-\q2 There is no safety in the land for any living creature.
+\q1 for Yahweh's sword is devouring
-\q1
+\q2 from one end of the land to the other.
-\v 13 They have sown wheat but harvest thornbushes. They are exhausted from work but have gained nothing.
+\q2 There is no safety in the land
-\q2 So be ashamed of your gain because of Yahweh's anger."
+\q2 for any living creature.
+\q
+\v 13 They have sown wheat but harvest thornbushes.
+\q2 They are exhausted from work but have gained nothing.
+\q So be ashamed of your gain
+\q2 because of Yahweh's anger."
 
 \s5
 \p
@@ -1531,99 +1572,151 @@
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 15 Listen and pay attention. Do not be arrogant, for Yahweh had spoken.
+\v 15 Listen and pay attention.
+\q2 Do not be arrogant, for Yahweh had spoken.
 \q
-\v 16 Give honor to Yahweh your God before he brings darkness,
+\v 16 Give honor to Yahweh your God
-\q and before he causes your feet to stumble on the mountains at twilight.
+\q2 before he brings darkness,
+\q and before he causes your feet to stumble
+\q2 on the mountains at twilight.
 \q For you are hoping for light,
-\q but he will turn it to deep darkness
+\q2 but he will turn it to deep darkness
-\q and change it to deep gloom.
+\q2 and change it to deep gloom.
 \q
-\v 17 So if you will not listen, I will weep alone because of your pride.
+\v 17 So if you will not listen,
-\q My eyes will certainly weep and flow with tears, for Yahweh's flock has been taken captive.
+\q2 I will weep alone because of your pride.
+\q My eyes will certainly weep and flow with tears,
+\q2 for Yahweh's flock has been taken captive.
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 18 "Say to the king and to the queen mother, 'Humble yourselves! Sit!
+\v 18 "Say to the king and to the queen mother,
-\q For your splendid crowns have fallen from your heads.'
+\q2 'Humble yourselves! Sit!
+\q For your splendid crowns
+\q2 have fallen from your heads.'
 \q
-\v 19 The cities in the Negev will be shut up, with no one to open them. All Judah will be taken captive, completely taken captive.
+\v 19 The cities in the Negev will be shut up, 
+\q2 with no one to open them.
+\q All Judah will be taken captive,
+\q2 completely taken captive.
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 20 Lift up your eyes and look at the ones coming from the north.
+\v 20 Lift up your eyes
-\q Where is the flock he gave to you, the flock that was so beautiful to you?
+\q2 and look at the ones coming from the north.
+\q Where is the flock he gave to you,
+\q2 the flock that was so beautiful to you?
 \q
-\v 21 What will you say when God sets over you those whom you yourself had trained to be your special allies?
+\v 21 What will you say when God sets over yo
-\q Are these not the beginnings of the labor pains that will seize you just like a woman in childbirth?
+\q2 those whom you yourself had trained
+\q2 to be your special allies?
+\q Are these not the beginnings of the labor pains
+\q2 that will seize you just like a woman in childbirth?
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 22 Then you might say in your heart, 'Why are these things happening to me?'
+\v 22 Then you might say in your heart,
-\q It will be for the multitude of your iniquities that your skirts are raised up and you have been violated.
+\q2 'Why are these things happening to me?'
+\q It will be for the multitude of your iniquities
+\q2 that your skirts are raised up
+\q2 and you have been violated.
 \q
-\v 23 Can the people of Cush change their skin color, or a leopard change its spots?
+\v 23 Can the people of Cush change their skin color,
-\q If so, then you yourself, although accustomed to wickedness, would be able to do good.
+\q2 or a leopard change its spots?
+\q If so, then you yourself, 
+\q2 although accustomed to wickedness,
+\q2 would be able to do good.
+\b
 \q
-\v 24 So I will scatter them like chaff that perishes in the desert wind.
+\v 24 So I will scatter them like chaff 
+\q2 that perishes in the desert wind.
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 25 This is what I have given to you, the portion I have decreed for you—this is Yahweh's declaration—
+\v 25 This is what I have given to you,
-\q because you have forgotten me and trusted in deceit.
+\q2 the portion I have decreed for you—
+\q2 this is Yahweh's declaration—
+\q because you have forgotten me
+\q2 and trusted in deceit.
 \q
-\v 26 So also I myself will strip your skirts off you, and your nakedness will be seen.
+\v 26 So also I myself will strip your skirts off you,
+\q2 and your nakedness will be seen.
 \q
 \v 27 I have seen your adultery and neighing,
-\q the wickedness of your prostitution on the hills and in the fields,
+\q2 the wickedness of your prostitution
-\q and I have seen these detestable things!
+\q2 on the hills and in the fields,
-\q Woe to you, Jerusalem! How long until you are made clean again?"
+\q2 and I have seen these detestable things!
+\q Woe to you, Jerusalem!
+\q2 How long until you are made clean again?"
 
 \s5
 \c 14
 \p
-\v 1 This is the word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah regarding the drought,
+\v 1 This is the word of Yahweh
+\v that came to Jeremiah regarding the drought,
+\b
 \q
-\v 2 "Let Judah mourn; let her gates waste away. They are wailing for the land;
+\v 2 "Let Judah mourn; 
-\q their cries for Jerusalem are going up.
+\q2 let her gates waste away.
+\q They are wailing for the land;
+\q2 their cries for Jerusalem are going up.
 \q
 \v 3 Their mighty ones send out their servants for water.
-\q When they go to the trenches, they cannot find water. They all return with empty vessels;
+\q2 When they go to the trenches, 
-\q they cover their heads ashamed and dishonored.
+\q2 they cannot find water.
+\q They all return with empty vessels;
+\q2 they cover their heads ashamed and dishonored.
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 4 Because of this the ground is cracked, for there is no rain in the land.
+\v 4 Because of this the ground is cracked,
-\q The plowmen are ashamed and cover their heads.
+\q2 for there is no rain in the land.
+\q The plowmen are ashamed
+\q2 and cover their heads.
 \q
-\v 5 For even the doe leaves her young in the fields and abandons them, for there is no grass.
+\v 5 For even the doe leaves her young in the fields
+\q2 and abandons them, for there is no grass.
 \q
-\v 6 The wild donkeys stand on the bare plains and they pant in the wind like jackals.
+\v 6 The wild donkeys stand on the bare plains
-\q Their eyes fail to work, for there is no vegetation."
+\q2 and they pant in the wind like jackals.
+\q Their eyes fail to work, 
+\q2 for there is no vegetation."
 
 \s5
-\q2
 \p
-\v 7 Even though our iniquities testify against us, Yahweh, act for the sake of your name.
+\q
-\q2 For our acts of apostasy increase; we have sinned against you.
+\v 7 Even though our iniquities testify against us
-\q2
+\q2 Yahweh, act for the sake of your name.
-\v 8 You are the Hope of Israel, the one who saves him in the time of distress,
+\q For our acts of apostasy increase; 
-\q2 why will you be like a stranger in the land, like a foreign wanderer who stretches out and spends just one night?
+\q2 we have sinned against you.
-\q2
+\q
-\v 9 Why are you like someone who is astounded, or like a warrior who has no power to rescue?
+\v 8 You are the Hope of Israel,
-\q2 You are in our midst, Yahweh, and your name is called over us. Do not leave us!
+\q2 the one who saves him in the time of distress,
+\q why will you be like a stranger in the land,
+\q2 like a foreign wanderer who stretches out and spends just one night?
+\q
+\v 9 Why are you like someone who is astounded,
+\q2 or like a warrior who has no power to rescue?
+\q You are in our midst, Yahweh,
+\q2 and your name is called over us.
+\q2 Do not leave us!
 
 \s5
-\q
+\p
-\v 10 Yahweh says this to this people: "Since they love to wander, they have not held back their feet from doing so."
+\v 10 Yahweh says this to this people:
-\q Yahweh is not pleased with them. Now he calls to mind their iniquity and has punished their sins.
+\q "Since they love to wander,
+\q2 they have not held back their feet from doing so."
+\q Yahweh is not pleased with them
+\q2 Now he calls to mind their iniquity
+\q2 and has punished their sins.
 \p
 \v 11 Yahweh said to me, "Do not pray for good on behalf of this people.
 \v 12 For if they fast, I will not listen to their outcry, and if they offer up burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not take pleasure in them. For I will put an end to them by sword, famine, and plague."
 
 \s5
 \p
-\v 13 Then I said, "Oh, Lord Yahweh! Behold! The prophets are saying to the people, 'You will not see the sword; there will be no famine for you, for I will give you true peace in this place.'"
+\v 13 Then I said, "Oh, Lord Ya
+\p
 \v 14 Yahweh said to me, "The prophets prophesy deceit in my name. I did not send them out, nor did I give them any command or speak to them. But deceitful visions and worthless divination and the deceitfulness of their hearts. That is what they are prophesying to you."
 
 \s5
@@ -1631,37 +1724,59 @@
 \v 16 Then the people to whom they prophesied will be thrown out in the streets of Jerusalem because of famine and sword, for there will be no one to bury them—them, their wives, their sons, or their daughters—for I will pour out their wickedness on them.
 
 \s5
+\p
+\v 17 Say this word to them:
+\b
+\q 'Let my eyes flow with tears
+\q2 night and day.
+\q Do not let them stop,
+\q2 for there will be a great collapse of the virgin daughter of my people—
+\q2 a great and incurable wound.
 \q
-\v 17 Say this word to them: 'Let my eyes flow with tears, night and day.
+\v 18 If I go out to the field,
-\q Do not let them stop, for there will be a great collapse of the virgin daughter of my people—
+\q2 there are the ones who were killed by the sword!
-\q a great and incurable wound.
+\q If I come to the city,
-\q
+\q2 there are the diseases that are caused by famine.
-\v 18 If I go out to the field, there are the ones who were killed by the sword! \q If I come to the city, there are the diseases that are caused by famine.
+\q Both the prophet and the priest wander about the land,
-\q Both the prophet and the priest wander about the land, and they do not know.'"
+\q2 and they do not know.'"
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 19 Have you completely rejected Judah? Do you hate Zion?
+\v 19 Have you completely rejected Judah?
-\q Why will you afflict us when there is no healing for us? We hoped for peace, but there was nothing good—
+\q2 Do you hate Zion?
-\q and for a time of healing, but see, there is only terror.
+\q Why will you afflict us when there is no healing for us?
+\q2 We hoped for peace, but there was nothing good—
+\q and for a time of healing,
+\q2 but see, there is only terror.
 \q
-\v 20 We admit, Yahweh, our offenses, the iniquity of our ancestors, for we have sinned against you.
+\v 20 We admit, Yahweh, our offenses,
+\q2 the iniquity of our ancestors,
+\q2 for we have sinned against you.
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 21 Do not reject us! For the sake of your name, do not make your glorious throne a disgrace.
+\v 21 Do not reject us!
-\q Remember and do not break your covenant with us.
+\q2 For the sake of your name,
+\q2 do not make your glorious throne a disgrace.
+\q Remember and do not break 
+\q2 your covenant with us.
 \q
-\v 22 Do any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Or can the skies themselves send down showers?
+\v 22 Do any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain?
-\q Are you not the one, Yahweh our God? We wait for you, for you are the one who does all these things.
+\q2 Or can the skies themselves send down showers?
+\q Are you not the one, Yahweh our God?
+\q2 We wait for you,
+\q2 for you are the one who does all these things.
 
 \s5
 \c 15
 \p
 \v 1 Then Yahweh said to me, "Even if Moses or Samuel were standing in front of me, I would still not be in favor of this people. Send them out from before me, for them to go away.
 \v 2 It will happen that they will say to you, 'Where should we go?' Then you must say to them, 'Yahweh says this:
-\q Those who are for death should go to death; those who are for the sword should go to the sword.
+\b
-\q Those who are for famine should go to famine; and those who are for captivity should go to captivity.'
+\q Those who are for death should go to death;
+\q2 those who are for the sword should go to the sword.
+\q Those who are for famine should go to famine;
+\q2 and those who are for captivity should go to captivity.'
 
 \s5
 \p
@@ -1670,68 +1785,112 @@
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 5 For who will have compassion for you, Jerusalem? Who will grieve for you?
+\v 5 For who will have compassion for you, Jerusalem? 
+\q2 Who will grieve for you?
 \q
-\v 6 You have abandoned me—this is Yahweh's declaration—you have gone back from me.
+\v 6 You have abandoned me—
-\q So I will strike you with my hand and destroy you. I am tired of relenting.
+\q2 this is Yahweh's declaration—
+\q2 you have gone back from me.
+\q So I will strike you with my hand and destroy you.
+\q2 I am tired of relenting.
 \q
-\v 7 So I will winnow them with a pitchfork at the gates of the land.
+\v 7 So I will winnow them with a pitchfork
-\q I will bereave them. I will destroy my people since they will not turn from their ways.
+\q2 at the gates of the land.
+\q I will bereave them.
+\q2 I will destroy my people
+\q2 since they will not turn from their ways.
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 8 I will make their widows more numerous than the sands of the seashore. Against the mothers of young men I will send
+\v 8 I will make their widows more numero
-\q the destroyer at noonday. I will make horror and dismay suddenly fall on them.
+\q2 than the sands of the seashore.
+\q Against the mothers of young men I will send
+\q2 the destroyer at noonday.
+\q2 I will make horror and dismay suddenly fall on them.
 \q
-\v 9 The mother who has borne seven children will waste away. She will gasp. Her sun will set while it is still day.
+\v 9 The mother who has borne seven children will waste away.
-\q She will be ashamed and embarrassed, for I will give those who remain to the sword in the presence of their enemies—
+\q2 She will gasp. 
-\q this is Yahweh's declaration."
+\q2 Her sun will set while it is still day.
+\q She will be ashamed and embarrassed,
+\q2 for I will give those who remain to the swor
+\q2 in the presence of their enemies—
+\q2 this is Yahweh's declaration."
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 10 Woe to me, my mother! For you have borne me, I who am a man of strife and argument through all the land.
+\v 10 Woe to me, my mother! 
-\q I have not lent, nor has anyone lent to me, but they all curse me.
+\q2 For you have borne me,
+\q2 I who am a man of strife and argument through all the land.
+\q I have not lent, nor has anyone lent to me,
+\q2 but they all curse me.
+\p
+\v 11 Yahweh said:
+\b
+\q "Will I not rescue you for good?
+\q2 I will certainly make your enemies beg for help
+\q2 in the time of calamity and distress.
+\b
 \q
-\v 11 Yahweh said: "Will I not rescue you for good?
+\v 12 Can one smash iron?
-\q I will certainly make your enemies beg for help in the time of calamity and distress.
+\q2 Especially iron from the north that is mixed with bronze?
-\q
-\v 12 Can one smash iron? Especially iron from the north that is mixed with bronze?
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 13 I will give to your enemies your wealth and treasures as free plunder.
+\v 13 I will give to your enemie
-\q I will do this because of all your sins committed within all your borders.
+\q2 your wealth and treasures as free plunder.
+\q I will do this because of all your sins
+\q2 committed within all your borders.
 \q
-\v 14 Then I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you do not know,
+\v 14 Then I will make you serve your enemies
-\q for a fire will ignite, kindled in my wrath against you." \f + \ft Instead of \fqa Then I will make you serve your enemies \fqa* , some ancient copies have \fqa Then I will make your enemies take you \fqa* . \f*
+\q2 in a land that you do not know,
+\q for a fire will ignite,
+\q2 kindled in my wrath against you." \f + \ft Instead of \fqa Then I will make you serve your enemies \fqa* , some ancient copies have \fqa Then I will make your enemies take you \fqa* . \f*
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 15 Yahweh, you know! Remember me and help me. Bring vengeance for me against those who persecute me.
+\v 15 Yahweh, you know
-\q You are patient, but do not allow them to take me away; know that I have suffered insult for your sake.
+\q2 Remember me and help me
+\q2 Bring vengeance for me against those who persecute me.
+\q You are patient, but do not allow them to take me away;
+\q2 know that I have suffered insult for your sake.
 \q
-\v 16 Your words have been found, and I consumed them. Your words became to me a joy
+\v 16 Your words have been found, and I consumed them
-\q and the delight of my heart,
+\q2 Your words became to me a joy
-\q for I bear your name, Yahweh, God of hosts.
+\q2 and the delight of my heart,
+\q for I bear your name, Yahweh
+\q2 God of hosts.
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 17 I did not sit in the circle of those who celebrated or rejoiced.
+\v 17 I did not sit in the circle
-\q I sat alone because of your powerful hand, for you filled me with indignation.
+\q2 of those who celebrated or rejoiced.
+\q I sat alone because of your powerful hand,
+\q2 for you filled me with indignation.
 \q
-\v 18 Why is my pain constant and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed?
+\v 18 Why is my pain constant and my wound incurable,
-\q Will you be like deceitful waters to me, waters that dry up?
+\q2 refusing to be healed?
+\q Will you be like deceitful waters to me,
+\q2 waters that dry up?
 
 \s5
+\p
+\v 19 Therefore Yahweh said this,
+\q "If you repent, Jeremiah,
+\q2 then I will restore you,
+\q2 and you will stand before me and serve me.
+\q For if you separate the foolish things from the precious things,
+\q2 you will be like my mouth.
+\q The people will come back to you,
+\q2 but you yourself must not go back to them.
 \q
-\v 19 Therefore Yahweh said this, "If you repent, Jeremiah, then I will restore you, and you will stand before me and serve me.
+\v 20 I will make you like an impenetrable bronze wall to this people,
-\q For if you separate the foolish things from the precious things, you will be like my mouth. The people will come back to you,
+\q2 and they will wage war against you.
-\q but you yourself must not go back to them.
+\q But they will not defeat you, 
+\q2 for I am with you to save and rescue you—
+\q2 this is Yahweh's declaration—
 \q
-\v 20 I will make you like an impenetrable bronze wall to this people, and they will wage war against you.
+\v 21 for I will rescue you from the hand of the wicked
-\q But they will not defeat you, for I am with you to save and rescue you—this is Yahweh's declaration—
+\q2 and redeem you from the hand of the ruthless."
-\q
-\v 21 for I will rescue you from the hand of the wicked and redeem you from the hand of the ruthless."
 
 \s5
 \c 16