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 \v 2 For Egypt: "This is about the army of Pharaoh Necho, king of Egypt that was at Carchemish by the Euphrates River. This was the army that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah:
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-\v 3 Get the small shields and the large shields ready, and go forward to fight.
+\v 3 Get the small shields and the large shields ready,
+\q2 and go forward to fight.
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-\v 4 Put the harness on the horses; mount up on the horses and take your stand with your helmets on;
+\v 4 Put the harness on the horses;
-\q polish the spears and put on your armor.
+\q2 mount up on the horses 
+\q2 and take your stand with your helmets on;
+\q2 polish the spears and put on your armor.
 
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-\v 5 What am I seeing here? They are dismayed and are running away, for their soldiers have been completely destroyed.
+\v 5 What am I seeing here?
-\q They are fleeing for refuge and are not looking back. Terror is all around—this is Yahweh's declaration—
+\q They are dismayed and are running away,
-\q
+\q2 for their soldiers have been completely destroyed.
-\v 6 the swift cannot run away, and the soldiers cannot escape.
+\q They are fleeing for refuge and are not looking back.
-\q They stumble in the north and fall beside the Euphrates River.
+\q Terror is all around
+\q2 —this is Yahweh's declaration—
+\q2
+\v 6 the swift cannot run away,
+\q2 and the soldiers cannot escape.
+\q They stumble in the north
+\q2 and fall beside the Euphrates River.
 
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-\v 7 Who is this who rises like the Nile, whose waters toss up and down like the rivers?
+\v 7 Who is this who rises like the Nile,
+\q2 whose waters toss up and down like the rivers?
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-\v 8 Egypt rises like the Nile, like rivers of water that rise and fall.
+\v 8 Egypt rises like the Nile, 
-\q Egypt says, 'I will go up and I will cover the earth. I will destroy cities and their inhabitants.
+\q2 like rivers of water that rise and fall.
+\q Egypt says, 'I will go up and I will cover the earth.
+\q2 I will destroy cities and their inhabitants.
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-\v 9 Go up, horses. Be angry, you chariots. Let the soldiers go out,
+\v 9 Go up, horses.
-\q Cush and Put, men skillful with a shield, and Lydia, \f + \ft Some modern English translations read, \fqa Lud \fqa* . \f* men skillful at bending their bows.'
+\q2 Be angry, you chariots.
+\q2 Let the soldiers go out,
+\q Cush and Put, men skillful with a shield, and Lydia, 
+\q2 \f + \ft Some modern English translations read, \fqa Lud \fqa* . \f* men skillful at bending their bows.'
 
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-\v 10 That day will be the day of vengeance for the Lord Yahweh of hosts, and he will avenge himself on his foes.
+\v 10 That day will be the day of vengeanc
-\q The sword will devour and be satisfied. It will drink its fill of their blood. For there will be a sacrifice
+\q2 for the Lord Yahweh of hosts,
-\q to the Lord Yahweh of hosts in the northern land by the Euphrates River.
+\q2 and he will avenge himself on his foes.
+\q The sword will devour and be satisfied.
+\q2 It will drink its fill of their blood.
+\q For there will be a sacrifice
+\q2 to the Lord Yahweh of hosts
+\q2 in the northern land by the Euphrates River.
 
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-\v 11 Go up to Gilead and obtain medicine, virgin daughter of Egypt.
+\v 11 Go up to Gilead and obtain medicine,
-\q It is useless that you put much medicine on yourself. There is no cure for you.
+\q2 virgin daughter of Egypt.
+\q It is useless that you put much medicine on yourself. 
+\q2 There is no cure for you.
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-\v 12 The nations have heard of your disgrace. The earth is filled with your cry of distress,
+\v 12 The nations have heard of your disgrace. 
-\q for soldier stumbles against soldier; both of them fall together."
+\q The earth is filled with your cry of distress,
+\q2 for soldier stumbles against soldier;
+\q2 both of them fall together."
 
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 \v 13 This is the word that Yahweh told Jeremiah the prophet when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came and attacked the land of Egypt:
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-\v 14 "Announce in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol, Memphis, and Tahpanhes.
+\v 14 "Announce in Egypt,
-\q 'Take your station and prepare yourself, for the sword will devour those around you.'
+\q2 and proclaim it in Migdol, Memphis, and Tahpanhes.
+\q 'Take your station and prepare yourself,
+\q2 for the sword will devour those around you.'
 
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-\v 15 Why are your mighty ones facedown on the ground? They will not stand, because Yahweh has pushed them to the ground.
+\v 15 Why are your mighty ones facedown on the ground?
+\q They will not stand,
+\q2 because Yahweh has pushed them to the ground.
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-\v 16 He increases the numbers of those who stumble. Each soldier falls against the next one. They are saying, 'Get up. Let us go home.
+\v 16 He increases the numbers of those who stumble.
-\q Let us go back to our own people, to the land of our birth, and away from the sword of the oppressor.'
+\q Each soldier falls against the next one. 
+\q They are saying, 'Get up. Let us go home.
+\q Let us go back to our own people,
+\q2 to the land of our birth,
+\q2 and away from the sword of the oppressor.'
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-\v 17 They proclaimed there, 'Pharaoh the king of Egypt is only a noise, one who has let his opportunity slip away.'
+\v 17 They proclaimed there,
+\q2 'Pharaoh the king of Egypt is only a noise,
+\q2 one who has let his opportunity slip away.'
 
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-\v 18 As I live—declares the King, whose name is Yahweh of hosts—
+\v 18 As I live—declares the King,
-\q someone will come like Mount Tabor and Mount Carmel by the sea.
+\q2 whose name is Yahweh of hosts—
+\q2 someone will come like Mount Tabor
+\q2 and Mount Carmel by the sea.
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-\v 19 Pack for yourselves baggage to carry into exile, you who live in Egypt.
+\v 19 Pack for yourselves baggage to carry into exile,
-\q For Memphis will become a waste; it will be burned, and no one will live there.
+\q2 you who live in Egypt.
+\q For Memphis will become a waste;
+\q2 it will be burned, and no one will live there.
 
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-\v 20 Egypt is a very beautiful young cow, but a stinging insect is coming from the north. It is coming.
+\v 20 Egypt is a very beautiful young cow, 
+\q2 but a stinging insect is coming from the nort
+\q2 It is coming.
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-\v 21 The hired soldiers in her midst are like a fattened bull, but they will also turn away and run away.
+\v 21 The hired soldiers in her midst are like a fattened bull,
-\q They will not stand together, for the day of their disaster is coming against them, the time of their punishment.
+\q2 but they will also turn away and run away.
+\q They will not stand together, 
+\q2 for the day of their disaster is coming against them,
+\q2 the time of their punishment.
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-\v 22 Egypt hisses like a snake and crawls away, for her enemies are marching against her.
+\v 22 Egypt hisses like a snake and crawls away,
+\q2 for her enemies are marching against her.
 \q They are going toward her like woodcutters with axes.
 
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-\v 23 They will cut down the forests—this is Yahweh's declaration—although it is very dense.
+\v 23 They will cut down the forests
-\q For the enemies will be more numerous than locusts, unable to be counted.
+\q2 —this is Yahweh's declaration
+\q2 —although it is very dense.
+\q For the enemies will be more numerous than locusts,
+\q2 unable to be counted.
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-\v 24 The daughter of Egypt will be made ashamed. She will be given into the hand of people from the north."
+\v 24 The daughter of Egypt will be made ashamed.
+\q She will be given into the hand of people from the north."
 
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 \v 26 I am giving them into the hand of the ones seeking their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his servants. Then after this Egypt will be inhabited as in previous days—this is Yahweh's declaration.
 
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-\v 27 But you, my servant Jacob, do not fear. Do not be dismayed, Israel, for see, I am about to deliver you from the faraway place, and your descendants from the land of their captivity. Jacob will return and be at ease; he will rest secure, and there will be no more terror.
+\v 27 But you, my servant Jacob, do not fear. 
-\v 28 You, my servant Jacob, do not fear—this is Yahweh's declaration—for I am with you, so I will bring complete destruction against all the nations where I scattered you. But I will not destroy you completely. Yet I will discipline you justly and will certainly not leave you unpunished."
+\q Do not be dismayed, Israel, for see,
+\q2 I am about to deliver you from the faraway place,
+\q2 and your descendants from the land of their captivity.
+\q Jacob will return and be at ease; 
+\q2 he will rest secure, and there will be no more terror.
+\q
+\v 28 You, my servant Jacob, do not fear
+\q2 —this is Yahweh's declaration
+\q2 —for I am with you,
+\q so I will bring complete destruction against all the nations
+\q2 where I scattered you.
+\q But I will not destroy you completely.
+\q Yet I will discipline you justly
+\q2 and will certainly not leave you unpunished."
 
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