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 \v 1 "At that time—this is Yahweh's declaration—I will be the God of all the clans of Israel, and they will be my people."
+\p
 \v 2 Yahweh says this,
-\q "The people who have survived the sword have found favor in the wilderness; I will go out to give rest to Israel."
-\q
-\v 3 Yahweh appeared to me in the past and said, "I have loved you, Israel, with everlasting love.
-\q So I have drawn you toward myself with covenant faithfulness.
+\q "The people who have survived the sword
+\q2 have found favor in the wilderness;
+\q2 I will go out to give rest to Israel."
+\p
+\v 3 Yahweh appeared to me in the past and said,
+\q "I have loved you, Israel, with everlasting love.
+\q So I have drawn you toward myself
+\q2 with covenant faithfulness.
 
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-\v 4 I will build you up again so you will be built, virgin Israel.
-\q You will again pick up your tambourines and go out with happy dances.
+\v 4 I will build you up again 
+\q2 so you will be built, virgin Israel.
+\q You will again pick up your tambourine
+\q2 and go out with happy dances.
 \q
-\v 5 You will plant vineyards again on the mountains of Samaria; the farmers will plant and put the fruit to good use.
+\v 5 You will plant vineyards again
+\q2 on the mountains of Samaria;
+\q2 the farmers will plant and put the fruit to good use.
 \q
-\v 6 For a day will come when the watchmen in the mountains of Ephraim will proclaim,
-\q 'Arise, let us go up to Zion to Yahweh our God.'
+\v 6 For a day will come
+\q2 when the watchmen in the mountains of Ephraim will proclaim,
+\q2 'Arise, let us go up to Zion to Yahweh our God.'
 
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-\v 7 For Yahweh says this, "Shout for joy over Jacob! Shout in gladness for the chief people of the nations! Let praise be heard. Say, 'Yahweh has rescued his people, the remnant of Israel.'
+\v 7 For Yahweh says this, 
+\q "Shout for joy over Jacob! 
+\q2 Shout in gladness for the chief people of the nations! 
+\q Let praise be heard.
+\q2 Say, 'Yahweh has rescued his people, the remnant of Israel.'
 
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-\v 8 See, I am about to bring them from the northern lands. I will gather them from the farthest parts of the earth.
+\v 8 See, I am about to bring them from the northern lands.
+\q I will gather them from the farthest parts of the earth.
 \q The blind and lame will be among them;
-\q pregnant women and those who are about to give birth will be with them.
+\q2 pregnant women and those who are about to give birth
+\q2 will be with them.
 \q A great assembly will return here.
 \q
-\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.
+\v 9 They will come weeping; 
+\q2 I will lead them as they make their pleas.
+\q I will have them journey to streams of water
+\q2 on a straight road. 
+\q They will not stumble on it,
+\q2 for I will be a Father to Israel,
+\q2 and Ephraim will be my firstborn.
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+\b
+\q
+\v 10 "Hear the word of Yahweh, nations.
+\q Report along the coasts in the distance.
+\q You nations must say,
+\q2 'The one who scattered Israel is gathering her up
+\q2 and keeping her as a shepherd keeps his sheep.'
+\q
+\v 11 For Yahweh has ransomed Jacob
+\q2 and has redeemed him from the hand
+\q2 that was too strong for him.
 
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-\v 10 "Hear the word of Yahweh, nations. Report along the coasts in the distance.
-\q You nations must say, 'The one who scattered Israel is gathering her up and keeping her as a shepherd keeps his sheep.'
-\q
-\v 11 For Yahweh has ransomed Jacob and has redeemed him from the hand that was too strong for him.
+\v 12 Then they will come and rejoice on the heights of Zion.
+\q Their faces will shine because of Yahweh's goodness,
+\q2 over the grain and the new wine,
+\q2 over the oil and the offspring of the flocks and herds.
+\q For their lives will become like a watered garden,
+\q2 and they will never again feel any more sorrow.
 
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-\v 12 Then they will come and rejoice on the heights of Zion. Their faces will shine because of Yahweh's goodness,
-\q over the grain and the new wine, over the oil and the offspring of the flocks and herds.
-\q For their lives will become like a watered garden, and they will never again feel any more sorrow.
+\v 13 Then virgins will rejoice with dancing, 
+\q2 and young and old men will be together.
+\q For I will change their mourning into celebration.
+\q I will comfort them and give them joy for their sorrow.
+\q
+\v 14 Then I will saturate the lives of the priests
+\q2 with abundance.
+\q My people will fill themselves with my goodness
+\q2 —this is Yahweh's declaration."
 
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-\v 13 Then virgins will rejoice with dancing, and young and old men will be together.
-\q For I will change their mourning into celebration. I will comfort them and give them joy for their sorrow.
-\q
-\v 14 Then I will saturate the lives of the priests with abundance.
-\q My people will fill themselves with my goodness—this is Yahweh's declaration."
+\p
+\v 15 Yahweh says this
+\q "A voice is heard in Ramah,
+\q2 wailing and bitter weeping.
+\q It is Rachel weeping for her children.
+\q She refuses to be comforted over them,
+\q2 for they live no longer."
 
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+\p
+\v 16 Yahweh says this,
+\q "Hold your voice back from weeping
+\q2 and your eyes from tears;
+\q there is a reward for your work
+\q2 —this is Yahweh's declaration
+\q2 —your children will return from the land of the enemy.
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-\v 15 Yahweh says this: "A voice is heard in Ramah, wailing and bitter weeping.
-\q It is Rachel weeping for her children. She refuses to be comforted over them, for they live no longer."
+\v 17 There is hope for your future
+\q2 —this is Yahweh's declaration
+\q2 —your descendants will return inside their borders.
 
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+\b
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-\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.
+\v 18 "I have certainly heard Ephraim sorrowing,
+\q2 'You punished me, 
+\q2 and I have been punished like an untrained calf.
+\q Bring me back and I will be brought back,
+\q2 for you are Yahweh my God.
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-\v 17 There is hope for your future—this is Yahweh's declaration—your descendants will return inside their borders.
+\v 19 For after I turned back to you, I repented;
+\q2 after I was trained, I slapped my thigh.
+\q I was ashamed and humiliated,
+\q2 for I have borne the disgrace of my youth.'
+\q
+\v 20 Is not Ephraim my precious child?
+\q2 Is he not my dear, delightful son?
+\q For whenever I speak against him,
+\q2 I certainly still call him to my loving mind. 
+\q In this way my heart longs for him.
+\q I will certainly have compassion on him
+\q2 —this is Yahweh's declaration."
 
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+\b
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-\v 18 "I have certainly heard Ephraim sorrowing, 'You punished me, and I have been punished like an untrained calf.
-\q Bring me back and I will be brought back, for you are Yahweh my God.
-\q
-\v 19 For after I turned back to you, I repented; after I was trained, I slapped my thigh.
-\q I was ashamed and humiliated, for I have borne the disgrace of my youth.'
-\q
-\v 20 Is not Ephraim my precious child? Is he not my dear, delightful son?
-\q For whenever I speak against him, I certainly still call him to my loving mind. In this way my heart longs for him.
-\q I will certainly have compassion on him—this is Yahweh's declaration."
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-\v 21 Place road signs for yourself. Set up guideposts for yourself. Set your mind on the right path,
-\q the way you should take. Come back, virgin Israel! Come back to these cities of yours.
+\v 21 Place road signs for yourself.
+\q Set up guideposts for yourself. 
+\q Set your mind on the right path,
+\q2 the way you should take. 
+\q Come back, virgin Israel!
+\q Come back to these cities of yours.
 \q
 \v 22 How long will you waver, faithless daughter?
-\q For Yahweh has created something new on earth—a woman surrounds a strong man.
+\q For Yahweh has created something new on earth
+\q2 —a woman surrounds a strong man.
 
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+\b
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 \v 23 Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, says this, "When I reverse their captivity, they will say this in the land of Judah and its cities, 'May Yahweh bless you, you righteous place where he lives, you holy mountain.'
 \v 24 For Judah and all its cities will live together there, as will farmers and those who set out with flocks.
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 \v 29 In those days no one will say any longer,
-\q 'Fathers have eaten sour grapes, but the children's teeth are dulled.'
+\q 'Fathers have eaten sour grapes,
+\q2 but the children's teeth are dulled.'
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 \v 30 For each man will die in his own iniquity; everyone who eats sour grapes, his teeth will be dulled.
 
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 \v 31 Look, the days are coming—
 \q2 this is Yahweh's declaration—
-\q when I will establish a new covenant
+\q2 when I will establish a new covenant
 \q2 with the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
 \q
 \v 32 It will not be like the covenant
 \q2 that I established with their fathers in the days
 \q when I took them by their hand
 \q2 to bring them out from the land of Egypt,
-\q because they broke my covenant,
-\q2 although I was a husband for them—
-\q this is Yahweh's declaration.
+\q2 because they broke my covenant,
+\q although I was a husband for them—
+\q2 this is Yahweh's declaration.
 
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 \v 33 This is the covenant
 \q2 that I will establish with the house of Israel
-\q after these days
+\q2 after these days
 \q2 —this is Yahweh's declaration.
 \q I will place my law within them
 \q2 and will write it on their heart,
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 \q2 and will no longer call their sins to mind."
 
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+\b
+\p
 \v 35 Yahweh says this,
-\q2 it is he who gives the sun for light by day
+\q it is he who gives the sun for light by day
 \q2 and the ordinance of the moon and stars for light by night.
 \q He is the one who sets the sea in motion
 \q2 so that its waves roar—
-\q Yahweh of hosts is his name.
+\q2 Yahweh of hosts is his name.
 \q
-\v 36 "Only if these permanent things vanish from my sight—this is Yahweh's declaration—
-\q will Israel's descendants ever stop from forever being a nation before me."
+\v 36 "Only if these permanent things vanish from my sight
+\q2 —this is Yahweh's declaration—
+\q will Israel's descendants ever stop
+\q2 from forever being a nation before me."
 
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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.
+\p
+\v 37 Yahweh says this,
+\q "Only if the highest heavens can be measured,
+\q2 and only if the earth's foundation below can be discovered,
+\q2 will I reject all of Israel's descendants
+\q because of all that they have done
+\q2 —this is Yahweh's declaration.
 
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 \v 10 Yahweh says this, 'In this place about which you are now saying, "It is desolate, a place with neither man nor animal," in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, having neither man nor animal, there will be heard again
-\v 11 the sound of joy and the sound of gladness, the sound of the groom and the sound of the bride, the sound of those who say, while they bring thank offerings to the house of Yahweh, "Give thanks to Yahweh of hosts, for Yahweh is good, and his unfailing love lasts forever!" For I will reverse the captivity of the land to what they were before,' says Yahweh.
+\v 11 the sound of joy and the sound of gladness, the sound of the groom and the sound of the bride, the sound of those who say, while they bring thank offerings to the house of Yahweh, 
+\q "Give thanks to Yahweh of hosts, for Yahweh is good, 
+\q2 and his unfailing love lasts forever!"
+\p
+\v For I will reverse the captivity of the land to what they were before,' says Yahweh.
 
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 \v 14 'Look! Days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when I will do what I have promised for the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
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-\v 15 In those days and in that time I will make a righteous branch to grow for David, and he will carry out justice and righteousness in the land.
-\v 16 In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will live in security, for this is what she will be called, "Yahweh is our righteousness."'
+\q
+\v 15 In those days and in that time
+\q2 I will make a righteous branch to grow for David,
+\q2 and he will carry out justice and righteousness in the land.
+\q
+\v 16 In those days Judah will be saved,
+\q2 and Jerusalem will live in security, 
+\q for this is what she will be called, 
+\q2"Yahweh is our righteousness."'
 
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