Ch 40-42 minor edits/corrections

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@@ -3739,14 +3739,14 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \q2 Encourage them!
 \q1
 \v 2 Speak kindly to the people of Jerusalem;
-\q2 tell them that their suffering is ended
+\q2 tell them that their suffering is ended.
 \q1 Yahweh has forgiven them for the sins that they have committed.
 \q2 He has fully punished them for their sins."
 
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 \q1
 \v 3 Someone is shouting,
-\q1 "In the desert plain make the way straight for Yahweh to come to you;
+\q1 "In the desert plain, make the way straight for Yahweh to come to you;
 \q2 make a smooth road for our God.
 \q1
 \v 4 Fill in the valleys;
@@ -3781,16 +3781,16 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \q1 Shout it out! Do not be afraid!
 \q2 Say to the people living in the cities of Judah, "Here is your God!
 \q1
-\v 10 Yahweh your God will be coming with power,
+\v 10 Yahweh your God will be coming with power;
 \q2 he will rule powerfully.
 \q1 When he comes, he will bring with him the people whom he has freed from being slaves in Babylonia.
 
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 \q1
 \v 11 He will take care of his people
-\q2 like a shepherd takes care of his sheep,
-\q2 and carries the young lambs in his arms.
-\q1 He carries them close to his chest
+\q2 as a shepherd takes care of his sheep,
+\q2 and he carries the young lambs in his arms.
+\q1 He carries them close to his chest,
 \q2 and he gently leads the female sheep
 \q2 that are nursing their young lambs.
 
@@ -3829,11 +3829,11 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \v 18 So to whom can you compare God?
 \q2 What image resembles him?
 \q1
-\v 19 Can you compare him to an idol that is made in a mold,
+\v 19 Can you compare him to an idol that is made in a mold
 \q2 and then is covered with a thin sheet of gold
 \q2 and decorated with silver chains?
 \q1
-\v 20 A man who is poor cannot buy silver or gold for his idol;
+\v 20 A man who is poor cannot buy silver or gold for his idol,
 \q2 so he selects a piece of wood that will not rot,
 \q1 and he gives it to a craftsman
 \q2 to carve an idol that will not fall over!
@@ -3855,7 +3855,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \v 23 He causes kings to have no more power,
 \q2 and he causes the rulers to be worth nothing.
 \q1
-\v 24 They start to rule, like small plants start to grow and form roots;
+\v 24 They start to rule, as small plants start to grow and form roots;
 \q2 but then he gets rid of them
 \q2 as though they withered when he blew on them,
 \q1 like chaff that is blown away by the wind.
@@ -3866,7 +3866,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \q2 "To whom will you compare me?
 \q2 Is anyone equal to me?"
 \q1
-\v 26 Look up toward the sky:
+\v 26 Look up toward the sky;
 \q2 consider who created all the stars.
 \q1 Yahweh created them, and at night he causes them to appear;
 \q2 he calls each one by its name.
@@ -3913,7 +3913,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 
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 \q1
-\v 3 Even though they in danger, they go very swiftly as
+\v 3 Even though they are in danger, they go very swiftly as
 \q2 they pursue their enemies, and nothing stops them.
 \q1
 \v 4 Who has enabled rulers to do mighty deeds like that?
@@ -3932,7 +3932,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \v 7 The woodworkers encourage those who make things from gold,
 \q2 and the men who flatten metal encourage those who hammer it on an anvil.
 \q1 They all say, 'The idol has been well made!'
-\q2 Then they carefully nail down the idol in order that it will not topple over!"
+\q2 Then they carefully nail down the idol so that it will not topple over!"
 
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 \q1
@@ -3962,13 +3962,13 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
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 \q1
 \v 12 If you search for those who tried to conquer you,
-\q1 you will not find them,
+\q1 you will not find them
 \q2 because they will all disappear.
 \q1 Those who attacked you
-\q2 will not exist anymore,
+\q2 will not exist anymore
 \q1
 \v 13 because it will be as though I will hold you up by your right hand.
-\q2 I am Yahweh, your God,
+\q2 I am Yahweh your God,
 \q1 and I say to you, 'Do not be afraid,
 \q2 because I will help you.'
 
@@ -3980,8 +3980,8 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \q1 This is what Yahweh solemnly says—the one who rescues you,
 \q2 the Holy One of Israel.
 \q1
-\v 15 He continues to say, "I will cause you to be like a new threshing sledge, very sharp and two-edged.
-\q1 You will tear your enemies to bits
+\v 15 He continues to say, "I will cause you to be like a new threshing sledge—very sharp and two-edged.
+\q1 You will tear your enemies to bits,
 \q2 causing them to be like bits of chaff on the mountains.
 
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@@ -4006,11 +4006,11 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 
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 \q1
-\v 19 I will plant cedars, acacia, and myrtle, in the wilderness—
+\v 19 I will plant cedars, acacia, and myrtle in the wilderness—
 \q2 and olive trees I will plant in the desert plain—cypresses, pines, and box trees all together.
 \q1
-\v 20 I will do that in order that people who see it will think about it, and they will know and understand
-\q2 that it is I, Yahweh, who has done it;
+\v 20 I will do that so that people who see it will think about it, and they will know and understand
+\q2 that it is I, Yahweh, who have done it;
 \q1 it is what I, the Holy One of Israel, have done.
 
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@@ -4019,8 +4019,8 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \q2 Come and tell me what your idols can do for you! Argue your best in defense of them.
 \q1
 \v 22 Bring them here to tell us what is going to happen!
-\q2 Ask them to tell us what things happened long ago,
-\q1 in order that we may think about those things,
+\q2 Ask them to tell us what things happened long ago
+\q1 so that we may think about those things
 \q2 and learn if those things that they predicted really happened.
 \q1 Or ask them to tell us about the future,
 \q2 in order for us to know what will happen.
@@ -4042,7 +4042,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \q2 I have summoned him to come from his country, which is east of Israel,
 \q1 and he will call on me for help.
 \q2 I will enable his army to conquer other rulers;
-\q2 they will trample those leaders like a man who makes clay pots first tramples the clay.
+\q2 they will trample those leaders as a man who makes clay pots first tramples the clay.
 \q1
 \v 26 Who told you people long ago that this would happen?
 \q2 Who predicted it, with the result that we can say, "What he predicted was correct!"?
@@ -4096,7 +4096,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 
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 \q1
-\v 7 For you will enable blind people to see,
+\v 7 For you will enable blind people to see;
 \q2 you will free those who are in prison
 \q2 and release those who are in dark dungeons.
 
@@ -4114,7 +4114,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \q1
 \v 10 Sing a new song to Yahweh!
 \q2 Sing to praise him throughout the world!
-\q1 All you people who sail across the oceans, and all you creatures that live in the oceans,
+\q1 All you people who sail across the oceans, all you creatures that live in the oceans,
 \q2 and all you people who live on islands far away, sing!
 \q1
 \v 11 You people who live in towns in the desert, sing loudly!
@@ -4129,7 +4129,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \q1
 \v 13 It will be as though Yahweh will march out like a mighty soldier;
 \q2 he will show that he is very angry.
-\q1 He will shout a battle cry,
+\q1 He will shout a battle cry
 \q2 and then he will defeat all his enemies.
 
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@@ -4156,8 +4156,8 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 
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 \q1
-\v 17 But those who trust in carved idols,
-\q2 and say to images, 'You are our gods,'
+\v 17 But those who trust in carved idols
+\q2 and say to images, 'You are our gods'
 \q2 will be completely humiliated."
 
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@@ -4171,7 +4171,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 
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 \q1
-\v 20 You see and know what are the right things to do, but you do not do them.
+\v 20 You see and know what the right things to do are, but you do not do them.
 \q2 You hear what I say to you, but you do not pay attention."
 \q1
 \v 21 Because Yahweh is righteous,
@@ -4182,7 +4182,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
 \v 22 But armies have destroyed Jerusalem and have completely plundered all the valuable things,
 \q2 and they have captured Yahweh's people
 \q2 and taken them away and put them in prison.
-\q1 They have been captured easily,
+\q1 They have been captured easily
 \q2 because there was no one to protect them;
 \q1 there was no one to say that they should be allowed to return home.