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 \v 6 For Yahweh says this concerning the house of the king of Judah,
-\q 'You are like Gilead, or like the summit of Lebanon to me. Yet I will turn you into a wilderness,
-\q into cities with no inhabitants.
+\b
+\q 'You are like Gilead, 
+\q2 or like the summit of Lebanon to me. 
+\q Yet I will turn you into a wilderness,
+\q2 into cities with no inhabitants.
 \q
-\v 7 For I have appointed destroyers to come against you! Men with their weapons
-\q will cut off the best of your cedars and let them fall into the fire.
+\v 7 For I have appointed destroyers to come against you!
+\q2 Men with their weapons
+\q2 will cut off the best of your cedars 
+\q2 and let them fall into the fire.
 
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-\v 10 Do not weep for the one who is dead or mourn for him; but weep bitterly for him who is about to go away,
-\q because he will never return and see the land of his birth again.'
+\v 10 Do not weep for the one who is dead
+\q2 or mourn for him; 
+\q but weep bitterly for him who is about to go away,
+\q2 because he will never return
+\q2 and see the land of his birth again.'
 
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-\v 13 Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, his upper rooms by injustice,
-\q who makes his neighbor work for him for nothing, and he does not give him his wages;
+\v 13 Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness,
+\q2 his upper rooms by injustice,
+\q who makes his neighbor work for him for nothing,
+\q2 and he does not give him his wages;
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-\v 14 he says, 'I will build for myself a large house with spacious upper rooms.'
-\q So he cuts out large windows for it, and he panels it with cedar, and he paints it red.
+\v 14 he says, 'I will build for myself a large house
+\q2 with spacious upper rooms.'
+\q So he cuts out large windows for it,
+\q2 and he panels it with cedar, and he paints it red.
 
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-\v 15 Is this what makes you a good king, that you wanted to have boards of cedar?
-\q Did not your father also eat and drink, yet do justice and righteousness? Then things went well for him.
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-\v 16 He judged in favor of the poor and needy. It was good then. Is this not what it means to know me?—this is Yahweh's declaration.
+\v 15 Is this what makes you a good king,
+\q2 that you wanted to have boards of cedar?
+\q Did not your father also eat and drink,
+\q2 yet do justice and righteousness?
+\q2 Then things went well for him.
+\q
+\v 16 He judged in favor of the poor and needy.
+\q2 It was good then.
+\q2 Is this not what it means to know me?
+\q2 —this is Yahweh's declaration.
 
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-\v 17 But there is nothing in your eyes and heart except worry for your unjust profit and for pouring out innocent blood,
-\q for producing oppression and crushing of others.
+\v 17 But there is nothing in your eyes and heart
+\q2 except worry for your unjust profit
+\q2 and for pouring out innocent blood,
+\q2 for producing oppression and crushing of others.
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 \v 18 Therefore this is what Yahweh says about Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah:
 \q They will not lament for him, saying,
-\q 'Woe, my brother!' or 'Woe, my sister!'
+\q2 'Woe, my brother!' or 'Woe, my sister!'
 \q They will not lament for him, saying,
-\q 'Woe, master!' or 'Woe, majesty!'
+\q2 'Woe, master!' or 'Woe, majesty!'
 \q
 \v 19 He will be buried with a donkey's burial,
-\q dragged away and thrown out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
+\q2 dragged away and thrown out
+\q2 beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
 
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-\v 20 Go up Lebanon's mountains and shout. Lift your voice in Bashan.
-\q Shout from the Abarim mountains, for all of your friends will be destroyed.
+\v 20 Go up Lebanon's mountains and shout.
+\q2 Lift your voice in Bashan.
+\q Shout from the Abarim mountains, 
+\q2 for all of your friends will be destroyed.
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-\v 21 I spoke to you when you were safe, but you said, 'I will not listen.'
-\q This was your custom since your youth, for you have not listened to my voice.
+\v 21 I spoke to you when you were safe, 
+\q2 but you said, 'I will not listen.'
+\q This was your custom since your youth,
+\q2 for you have not listened to my voice.
 
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-\v 22 The wind will shepherd away all your shepherds, and your friends will go into captivity.
-\q Then you will certainly be ashamed and humiliated by all of your evil deeds.
+\v 22 The wind will shepherd away all your shepherds,
+\q2 and your friends will go into captivity.
+\q Then you will certainly be ashamed and humiliated
+\q2 by all of your evil deeds.
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-\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!
+\v 23 You who live in 'Lebanon,'
+\q2 who is nestled in cedar buildings,
+\q how you will be pitied when the labor pains come upon you,
+\q2 pain like that of a woman in labor!
 
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 \v 27 About this land to which they will want to return, they will not come back here.
+\b
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-\v 28 Is this a despised and shattered vessel? Is this man Jehoiachin a pot that pleases no one?
-\q Why have they thrown him and his descendants out, and have poured them out into a land that they did not know?
+\v 28 Is this a despised and shattered vessel?
+\q2 Is this man Jehoiachin a pot that pleases no one?
+\q Why have they thrown him and his descendants out, 
+\q2 and have poured them out into a land that they did not know?
 
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-\v 29 Land, Land, Land! Hear the word of Yahweh!
+\v 29 Land, Land, Land!
+\q2 Hear the word of Yahweh!
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-\v 30 Yahweh says this, 'Write about this man Jehoiachin: He will be childless.
-\q He will not prosper during his days, and no one among his descendants will achieve success
-\q or ever again sit on David's throne and rule over Judah.'"
+\v 30 Yahweh says this,
+\q2 'Write about this man Jehoiachin:
+\q2 He will be childless.
+\q He will not prosper during his days,
+\q2 and no one among his descendants will achieve success
+\q or ever again sit on David's throne
+\q2 and rule over Judah.'"
 
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