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24-JER/32.usfm

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-\v 1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.
+\v 1 The word came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.
 \v 2 At that time, the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard at the house of the king of Judah.
 
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24-JER/34.usfm

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-\v 1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh. This word came when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all of his army, together with all the kingdoms of the earth, the domains under his power, and all their people were waging war against Jerusalem and all of her cities. This word said,
+\v 1 The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all of his army, together with all the kingdoms of the earth, the domains under his power, and all their people were waging war against Jerusalem and all of her cities, saying: 
 \v 2 'Yahweh, God of Israel, says this: Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and say to him, "Yahweh says this: Look, I am about to give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon. He will burn it.
 \v 3 You will not escape from his hand, for you will certainly be seized and given into his hand. Your eyes will look at the eyes of the king of Babylon; he will speak directly to you as you go to Babylon.'
 
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-\v 8 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem, to proclaim freedom to them—
+\v 8 The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem, to proclaim freedom to them
-\v 9 that each man must free his Hebrew slaves, both male and female. No one was to make a slave of a Jew, who was his brother.
+\v 9 that each man must free his Hebrew slaves, both male and female, so one was to make a slave of a Jew, who was his brother.
 
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 \v 10 So all the leaders and people entered into the covenant that each person would free his male and female slaves so that they would not be enslaved any longer. They obeyed and set them free.

24-JER/35.usfm

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-\v 1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, and he said,
+\v 1 The word came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,
 \v 2 "Go to the family of the Rechabites and speak with them. Then bring them to my house, into one of the rooms there, and give them wine to drink."
 
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24-JER/40.usfm

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-\v 1 The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh after Nebuzaradan, the commander of the king's bodyguard, had sent him away from Ramah. That was where Jeremiah had been taken to, and where he had been bound with chains. He had been among all the exiles of Jerusalem and Judah who were to be exiled to Babylon.
+\v 1 The word came to Jeremiah from Yahweh after Nebuzaradan the commander of the king's bodyguard had released him at Ramah. He had found Jeremiah bound with chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being carried into exile to Babylon.
-\v 2 The chief guard took Jeremiah and said to him, "Yahweh your God decreed this disaster against this place.
+\v 2 The chief guard took Jeremiah and said to him, "Yahweh your God decreed this disaster for this place.
 
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 \v 3 So Yahweh brought it about. He did just as he had decreed, since you people sinned against him and did not obey his voice. That is why this thing has happened to you people.

24-JER/48.usfm

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 \v 38 There is mourning everywhere, on every flat roof of Moab and in Moab's plazas. For I have destroyed Moab like pots that no one wants—this is Yahweh's declaration.
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-\v 39 How it has been shattered! How they howl in their lamenting! Moab turns it back in shame! So Moab will become an object of derision and a terror to all those who are around him."
+\v 39 How it has been shattered! How they howl in their lamenting! Moab turns its back in shame! So Moab will become an object of derision and a terror to all those who are around him."
 
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 \v 40 For Yahweh says this, "See, the enemy will come flying like an eagle, spreading out his wings over Moab.

26-EZK/01.usfm

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 \v 1 In the thirtieth year, the fourth month, and the fifth day of the month, it came about that I was living among the captives by the Chebar Canal. The heavens opened, and I saw visions of God.
 \v 2 On the fifth day of that month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin—
-\v 3 the word of Yahweh came to Ezekiel son of Buzi the priest, in the land of the Chaldeans by the Chebar Canal, the hand of Yahweh was upon him there.
+\v 3 the word of Yahweh came to Ezekiel son of Buzi the priest, in the land of the Chaldeans by the Chebar Canal, and the hand of Yahweh was upon him there.
 
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26-EZK/17.usfm

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-\v 5 He also took some seed of the land and planted it in ground that is ready for sowing.
+\v 5 He also took some seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil.
-\q He set it beside a large body of water like a willow.
+\q He placed it beside a large body of water like a willow.
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 \v 6 Then it sprouted and became a spreading vine low to the ground.
 \q Its branches turned toward him, and its roots grew under it.