Fixes of unneeded double quotes, and some work on Mark 8:16-17"

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22-SNG.usfm

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-\v 3 "I have taken off my robe; must I put it on again?
-\q I have washed my feet; must I get them dirty?"
+\v 3 I have taken off my robe; must I put it on again?
+\q I have washed my feet; must I get them dirty?
 \q
 \v 4 My beloved put in his hand through the opening of the door latch,
 \q and my heart was stirred up for him.

24-JER.usfm

@@ -549,11 +549,11 @@
 \v 18 Therefore, nations, listen! See, you witnesses, what will happen to them.
 \q
 \v 19 Hear, earth! See, I am about to bring disaster to this people—the fruit of their thoughts.
-\q They paid no attention to my word or law, but they instead rejected it."
+\q They paid no attention to my word or law, but they instead rejected it.
 
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-\v 20 "What does this frankincense going up from Sheba mean to me? Or these sweet smells from a distant land?
+\v 20 What does this frankincense going up from Sheba mean to me? Or these sweet smells from a distant land?
 \q Your burnt offerings are not acceptable to me, nor are your sacrifices.
 \q
 \v 21 So Yahweh says this, 'See, I am about to place a stumbling block against this people.
@@ -1671,7 +1671,7 @@
 \q Then you will certainly be ashamed and humiliated by all of your evil deeds.
 \q
 \v 23 You who live in 'Lebanon,' who is nestled in cedar buildings,
-\q how you will be pitied when the labor pains come upon you, pain like that of a woman in labor!"
+\q how you will be pitied when the labor pains come upon you, pain like that of a woman in labor!
 
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@@ -2111,14 +2111,14 @@
 \v 21 'Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who prophesy falsely to you in my name: See, I am about to put them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He will kill them before your eyes.
 
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-\v 22 Then a curse will be spoken about these persons by all the captives of Judah in Babylon. The curse will say: May Yahweh make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in fire.
+\v 22 Then a curse will be spoken about these persons by all the captives of Judah in Babylon. The curse will say: "May Yahweh make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in fire."
 \v 23 This will happen because of the shameful things they did in Israel when they committed adultery with their neighbor's wives and declared false words in my name, things that I never commanded them to say. For I am the one who knows; I am the witness—this is Yahweh's declaration.'"
 
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-\v 24 "About Shemaiah the Nehelamite, say this:
-\v 25 'Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this: Because you sent out letters in your own name to all the people in Jerusalem, to Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, and said,
-\v 26 "Yahweh has made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, for you to be in charge of the house of Yahweh. You are in control of all the people who rave and make themselves into prophets. You should put them in stocks and chains.
+\v 24 About Shemaiah the Nehelamite, say this:
+\v 25 "Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this: Because you sent out letters in your own name to all the people in Jerusalem, to Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, and said,
+\v 26 'Yahweh has made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, for you to be in charge of the house of Yahweh. You are in control of all the people who rave and make themselves into prophets. You should put them in stocks and chains.
 
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 \v 27 So now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself into a prophet against you?
@@ -2251,7 +2251,7 @@
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 \v 9 They will come weeping; I will lead them as they make their pleas. I will have them journey to streams of water
 \q on a straight road. They will not stumble on it, for I will be a father to Israel,
-\q and Ephraim will be my firstborn."
+\q and Ephraim will be my firstborn.
 
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@@ -2284,7 +2284,7 @@
 \v 16 Yahweh says this, "Hold your voice back from weeping and your eyes from tears;
 \q there is a reward for your work—this is Yahweh's declaration—your children will return from the land of the enemy.
 \q
-\v 17 There is hope for your future—this is Yahweh's declaration—your descendants will return inside their borders."
+\v 17 There is hope for your future—this is Yahweh's declaration—your descendants will return inside their borders.
 
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@@ -2375,7 +2375,7 @@
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 \v 37 Yahweh says this, "Only if the highest heavens can be measured,
 \q and only if the earth's foundation below can be discovered, will I reject all of Israel's descendants
-\q because of all that they have done—this is Yahweh's declaration."
+\q because of all that they have done—this is Yahweh's declaration.
 
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@@ -3391,18 +3391,18 @@
 \v 17 Edom will become a horror to everyone passing by it.
 \q Every such person will tremble and hiss because of all of its disasters.
 \q
-\v 18 Like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors," says Yahweh,
-\q "no one will live there; no person will stay there.
+\v 18 Like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors, says Yahweh,
+\q and no one will live there; no person will stay there.
 
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 \v 19 See, he will go up like a lion from the forests of the Jordan to the green pasturelands.
 \q For I will quickly make Edom run from it, and I will put someone who will be chosen in charge of it.
-\q For who is like me, and who will summon me? What shepherd is able to resist me?"
+\q For who is like me, and who will summon me? What shepherd is able to resist me?
 
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-\v 20 "So listen to the plans that Yahweh has decided against Edom,
+\v 20 So listen to the plans that Yahweh has decided against Edom,
 \q the plans that he has formed against the inhabitants of Teman.
 \q They will certainly be dragged away, even the smallest flock.
 \q Their pasturelands will be turned into ruined places.
@@ -3556,7 +3556,7 @@
 \q Then he will be satisfied in the hill country of Ephraim and Gilead.
 \q
 \v 20 In those days and at that time, says Yahweh, iniquity will be looked for in Israel,
-\q but none will be found. I will inquire about the sins of Judah, but none will be found, for I will forgive the remnant that I spare."
+\q but none will be found. I will inquire about the sins of Judah, but none will be found, for I will forgive the remnant that I spare.
 
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@@ -3587,7 +3587,7 @@
 \q Woe to them, for their day has come—the time for their punishment.
 \q
 \v 28 There is the sound of those fleeing, of those who are survivors, from the land of Babylon.
-\q These will report the vengeance of Yahweh our God for Zion, and vengeance for his temple."
+\q These will report the vengeance of Yahweh our God for Zion, and vengeance for his temple.
 
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@@ -3637,7 +3637,7 @@
 \q For all time, she will no longer be inhabited. From generation to generation, she will not be lived in.
 \q
 \v 40 Just as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors—this is Yahweh's declaration—
-\q no one will live there; no person will stay in her."
+\q no one will live there; no person will stay in her.
 
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26-EZK.usfm

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 \v 22 Then you will do exactly as I have done: you will not veil your facial hair, nor eat the bread of mourning men!
 \v 23 Instead, your turbans will be on your heads, and your sandals on your feet; you will not mourn nor weep, for you will melt away in your iniquities, and each man will groan for his brother.
-\v 24 So Ezekiel will be a sign for you, as everything that he has done you will do when this comes. Then you will know that I am the Lord Yahweh!'"
+\v 24 So Ezekiel will be a sign for you, as everything that he has done you will do when this comes. Then you will know that I am the Lord Yahweh!'
 
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28-HOS.usfm

@@ -162,11 +162,11 @@
 \q and you will no longer call me, 'My Baal.'
 \q
 \v 17 For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth;
-\q their names will not be remembered anymore."
+\q their names will not be remembered anymore.
 
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-\v 18 "On that day I will make a covenant for them
+\v 18 On that day I will make a covenant for them
 \q with the beasts in the fields,
 \q with the birds in the sky,
 \q and with the crawling things on the ground.

30-AMO.usfm

@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
 \v 3 You will go out through the breaks in the city wall,
 \q each one of you going straight through it,
 \q and you will be thrown out toward Harmon—
-\q this is Yahweh's declaration."
+\q this is Yahweh's declaration.
 
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38-ZEC.usfm

@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@
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 \v 4 On that day each prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he is about to prophesy. These prophets will no longer wear a hairy cloak, in order to deceive the people.
 \v 5 For each will say, 'I am not a prophet! I am a man who works the soil, for the land became my work while I was still a young man!'
-\v 6 But someone will say to him, 'What are these wounds between your arms?' and he will answer, 'I was wounded with those in my friends' house.'"
+\v 6 But someone will say to him, 'What are these wounds between your arms?' and he will answer, 'I was wounded with those in my friends' house.'
 
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39-MAL.usfm

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
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 \v 4 If Edom says, "We are beaten down, but we will return and rebuild the ruins," Yahweh of hosts will say, "They may rebuild, but I will throw down again. Others will call them 'The country of wickedness' and 'The people with whom Yahweh is angry forever.'
-\v 5 Your own eyes will see this, and you will say, 'Yahweh is great beyond the borders of Israel.'"
+\v 5 Your own eyes will see this, and you will say, 'Yahweh is great beyond the borders of Israel.'
 
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42-MRK.usfm

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-\v 16 The disciples reasoned with each other, "It is because we have no bread."
+\v 16 The disciples were arguing with one another about having no bread.
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-\v 17 Jesus was aware of this, and he said to them, "Why are you reasoning about not having bread? Do you not yet perceive? Do you not understand? Have your hearts become so dull?
+\v 17 When he understood this, he asked them, "Why are you arguing about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand?  Do you have hearts unwilling to hear?
 
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 \v 18 You have eyes, do you not see? You have ears, do you not hear? Do you not remember?

44-JHN.usfm

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 \v 22 So you have sadness now, but I will see you again, and your heart will be glad, and no one will be able to take away your joy from you.
 \v 23 On that day you will not ask me anything. Truly, truly, I say to you, if you ask anything of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.
-\v 24 Until now you have not asked anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy will be fulfilled."
+\v 24 Until now you have not asked anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy will be fulfilled.
 
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46-ROM.usfm

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 \v 9 What then? Are we excusing ourselves? Not at all. For we have already accused both Jews and Greeks, all of them, of being under sin.
 \v 10 This is as it is written:
-\q "There is no one righteous, not one.
+\q "No one is righteous, not one;
 
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 \q
-\v 11 There is no one who understands.
-\q There is no one who seeks after God.
+\v 11 there is no one who understands,
+\q there is no one who seeks God.
 \q
-\v 12 They have all turned away. They together have become useless.
+\v 12 They have all turned away; together they have become useless.
 \q There is no one who does good, no, not even one."
 
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