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 \v 1 Now listen to what Yahweh says,
+\b
 \q "Arise and state your case before the mountains;
-\q let the hills hear your voice.
+\q2 let the hills hear your voice.
 \q
 \v 2 Hear, you mountains, Yahweh's accusation,
-\q you enduring foundations of the earth.
+\q2 you enduring foundations of the earth.
 \q For Yahweh has a lawsuit with his people,
-\q and he will fight in court against Israel.
+\q2 and he will fight in court against Israel.
 
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 \q
 \v 3 My people, what have I done to you?
-\q How have I wearied you?
-\q Answer me!
+\q2 How have I wearied you?  Answer me!
 \q
 \v 4 For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt
-\q and rescued you out of the house of bondage.
-\q I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam to you.
+\q2 and rescued you out of the house of bondage.
+\q I sent Moses, Aaron,
+\q2 and Miriam to you.
 \q
-\v 5 My people, remember what Balak king of Moab devised,
-\q and how Balaam son of Beor answered him
+\v 5 My people, remember
+\q2 what Balak king of Moab devised,
+\q2 and how Balaam son of Beor answered him
 \q as you went from Shittim to Gilgal,
-\q so you may know the righteous acts of Yahweh."
+\q2 so you may know the righteous acts of Yahweh."
 
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 \v 6 What should I bring to Yahweh,
-\q as I bow down to God on high?
+\q2 as I bow down to God on high?
 \q Should I come to him with burnt offerings,
-\q with calves a year old?
+\q2 with calves a year old?
 \q
 \v 7 Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams,
-\q or with ten thousand rivers of oil?
+\q2or with ten thousand rivers of oil?
 \q Should I give my firstborn for my transgression,
-\q the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
+\q2 the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
 \q
-\v 8 He has told you, man,
-\q what is good,
-\q and what Yahweh requires from you:
-\q Act justly,
-\q love kindness,
-\q and walk humbly with your God.
+\v 8 He has told you, man, what is good,
+\q2 and what Yahweh requires from you:
+\q Act justly, love kindness,
+\q2 and walk humbly with your God.
 
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 \v 9 The voice of Yahweh is making a proclamation to the city—
-\q even now wisdom fears your name:
-\q "Listen to the rod,
-\q and to the one who has put it in place. \f + \ft The copies of the ancient Hebrew text which were translated here read, \fqa Listen to the rod and to the one who has put it in place \fqa* , but some modern translations have \fqa Listen, tribe, and those assembled together in the city \fqa* . \f*
+\q2 even now wisdom fears your name:
+\q "Listen to the rod, and to the one who has put it in place. \f + \ft The copies of the ancient Hebrew text which were translated here read, \fqa Listen to the rod and to the one who has put it in place \fqa* , but some modern translations have \fqa Listen, tribe, and those assembled together in the city \fqa* . \f*
 \q
 \v 10 There is wealth in the houses of the wicked that is dishonest,
-\q and false measures that are abominable.
+\q2 and false measures that are abominable.
 
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 \v 11 Should I consider a person to be innocent if he uses fraudulent scales,
-\q with a bag of deceptive weights?
+\q2 with a bag of deceptive weights?
 \q
 \v 12 The rich men are full of violence,
-\q the inhabitants have spoken lies,
-\q and their tongue in their mouth is deceitful.
+\q2 the inhabitants have spoken lies,
+\q2 and their tongue in their mouth is deceitful.
 
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 \v 13 Therefore I will make you sick, striking you down,
-\q making you desolate because of your sins.
+\q2 making you desolate because of your sins.
 \q
 \v 14 You will eat but not be satisfied;
-\q your emptiness will remain inside you.
+\q2 your emptiness will remain inside you.
 \q You will store goods away but not save,
-\q and what you do save I will give to the sword. \f + \ft Parts of this verse are difficult to understand, because in the copies of the ancient Hebrew text there are two Hebrew words in it whose meanings are not known. As a result, various other readings have been proposed by scholars and some modern translations follow those suggestions. \f*
+\q2 and what you do save I will give to the sword. \f + \ft Parts of this verse are difficult to understand, because in the copies of the ancient Hebrew text there are two Hebrew words in it whose meanings are not known. As a result, various other readings have been proposed by scholars and some modern translations follow those suggestions. \f*
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 \v 15 You will sow but not reap;
-\q you will tread the olives but not anoint yourselves with oil;
-\q you will press grapes but drink no wine.
+\q2 you will tread the olives but not anoint yourselves with oil;
+\q2 you will press grapes but drink no wine.
 
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 \v 16 You have observed the statutes of Omri,
-\q and all the works of the house of Ahab. 
-\q You have walked in their counsels,
+\q2 and all the works of the house of Ahab. 
+\q2 You have walked in their counsels,
 \q Therefore I will give you over to ruin
-\q and your inhabitants to derision,
-\q and you will bear the scorn of my people." \f + \ft The copies of the ancient Hebrew text have \fqa you will bear the reproach of my people \fqa* , but the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew copies reads: \fqa you will bear the scorn of the nations \fqa* and some modern translations are following that reading. \f*
+\q2 and your inhabitants to derision,
+\q2 and you will bear the scorn of my people." \f + \ft The copies of the ancient Hebrew text have \fqa you will bear the reproach of my people \fqa* , but the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew copies reads: \fqa you will bear the scorn of the nations \fqa* and some modern translations are following that reading. \f*
 
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 \v 1 Woe is me!
 \q I have become like the gathering of summer fruit,
-\q and like the grapes that have been gleaned;
+\q2 and like the grapes that have been gleaned;
 \q there is no grape cluster to eat,
-\q no ripe early fig that my soul desires.
+\q2 no ripe early fig that my soul desires.
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 \v 2 The faithful ones have vanished from the land;
-\q there is no upright person in all mankind.
+\q2 there is no upright person in all mankind.
 \q They all lie in wait to shed blood;
-\q each one hunts his own brother with a net.
+\q2 each one hunts his own brother with a net.
 
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 \v 3 Their hands are very good at doing harm:
-\q the ruler asks for money,
+\q2 the ruler asks for money,
 \q the judge is ready for bribes,
-\q and the powerful man is telling others of the desire of his soul.
-\q Thus they plot together.
+\q2 and the powerful man is telling others of the desire of his soul.
+\q2 Thus they plot together.
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 \v 4 The best of them is like a brier,
-\q the most upright is worse than a thorn hedge.
+\q2 the most upright is worse than a thorn hedge.
 \q It is the day foretold by your watchmen,
-\q the day of your punishment.
-\q Now is the time of their confusion.
+\q2 the day of your punishment.
+\q2 Now is the time of their confusion.
 
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 \v 5 Do not trust any neighbor;
-\q do not put confidence in any friend.
+\q2 do not put confidence in any friend.
 \q From even the woman who lies in your embrace
-\q guard the entrance to your mouth.
+\q2 guard the entrance to your mouth.
 \q
 \v 6 For a son dishonors his father,
-\q a daughter rises up against her mother,
+\q2 a daughter rises up against her mother,
 \q and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
-\q A man's enemies are the people of his own house.
+\q2 A man's enemies are the people of his own house.
 
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 \v 7 But as for me, I will look to Yahweh.
-\q I will wait for the God of my salvation;
-\q my God will hear me.
+\q2 I will wait for the God of my salvation;
+\q2 my God will hear me.
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 \v 8 Do not rejoice over me, my enemy.
-\q After I fall,
-\q I will rise.
+\q2 After I fall, I will rise.
 \q When I sit in darkness,
-\q Yahweh will be a light for me.
+\q2 Yahweh will be a light for me.
 
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 \v 9 Because I sinned against Yahweh,
-\q I will bear his rage
+\q2 I will bear his rage
 \q until he pleads my case
-\q and executes judgment for me.
+\q2 and executes judgment for me.
 \q He will bring me to the light,
-\q and I will see his righteousness.
+\q2 and I will see his righteousness.
 
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 \v 10 Then my enemy will see it,
-\q and shame will cover the one who said to me,
-\q "Where is Yahweh your God?"
+\q2 and shame will cover the one who said to me,
+\q2 "Where is Yahweh your God?"
 \q My eyes will look at her;
-\q she will be trampled down like the mud in the streets.
+\q2 she will be trampled down like the mud in the streets.
 
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 \v 11 A day to build your walls will come;
-\q on that day the boundaries will be extended very far.
+\q2 on that day the boundaries will be extended very far.
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 \v 12 On that day your people will come to you,
-\q from Assyria and the cities in Egypt,
+\q2 from Assyria and the cities in Egypt,
 \q from Egypt to the River,
-\q from sea to sea,
-\q and from mountain to mountain.
+\q2 from sea to sea,
+\q2 and from mountain to mountain.
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 \v 13 But the land will be desolate
-\q because of the people who are living there,
-\q because of the fruit of their actions.
+\q2 because of the people who are living there,
+\q2 because of the fruit of their actions.
 
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 \v 14 Shepherd your people with your rod,
-\q the flock of your inheritance.
+\q2 the flock of your inheritance.
 \q They dwell alone in a thicket,
-\q in the midst of a pastureland.
+\q2 in the midst of a pastureland.
 \q Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead
-\q as in the old days.
+\q2 as in the old days.
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 \v 15 As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt,
-\q I will show them wonders.
+\q2 I will show them wonders.
 
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 \v 16 The nations will see and be ashamed
-\q of all their power.
+\q2 of all their power.
 \q They will put their hands on their mouths;
-\q their ears will be deaf.
+\q2 their ears will be deaf.
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 \v 17 They will lick the dust like a snake,
-\q like creatures that crawl on the earth.
+\q2 like creatures that crawl on the earth.
 \q They will come out of their fortresses with fear;
-\q they will come with fear to you, Yahweh our God,
-\q and they will be afraid because of you.
+\q2 they will come with fear to you, Yahweh our God,
+\q2 and they will be afraid because of you.
 
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 \v 18 Who is a God like you—
-\q who takes away iniquity,
-\q who passes over the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance?
+\q2 who takes away iniquity, who passes over the transgression
+\q2 of the remnant of his inheritance?
 \q He does not keep his anger forever
-\q because he delights in his covenant faithfulness.
+\q2 because he delights in his covenant faithfulness.
 
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 \v 19 You will again have compassion on us;
-\q you will trample our iniquities under your feet.
-\q You will throw all our sins into the depths of the sea.
+\q2 you will trample our iniquities under your feet.
+\q2 You will throw all our sins into the depths of the sea.
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 \v 20 You will give truth to Jacob
-\q and covenant faithfulness to Abraham,
-\q as you swore to our ancestors in ancient days.
+\q2 and covenant faithfulness to Abraham,
+\q2 as you swore to our ancestors in ancient days.