From e98c9027d4f2d4bbcba6695a01c88072250ddd23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bobj Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2019 23:50:12 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Ch 1-3 edits/corrections --- 24-JER.usfm | 84 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------- 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-) diff --git a/24-JER.usfm b/24-JER.usfm index 3fb4f76d..ece58263 100644 --- a/24-JER.usfm +++ b/24-JER.usfm @@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ \s5 \c 1 \p -\v 1 This is the message of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, who wrote this. He was a priest, from the town of Anathoth in the area where the tribe of Benjamin lives. +\v 1 This is the message of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, who wrote this. He was a priest from the town of Anathoth in the area where the tribe of Benjamin lives. \v 2 Yahweh started to give him these messages when Josiah had been ruling Judah for almost thirteen years. -\v 3 Yahweh continued to give him messages when Josiah's son Jehoiakim was the king, and he continued to do that until Zedekiah had been the king of Judah for almost eleven years. It was in the fifth month of that year that the people of Jerusalem were exiled to Babylonia. +\v 3 Yahweh continued to give him messages when Josiah's son Jehoiakim was the king, and he continued to do so until Zedekiah had been the king of Judah for almost eleven years. It was in the fifth month of that year that the people of Jerusalem were exiled to Babylonia. \s5 \m -\v 4 One day Yahweh gave me this message, +\v 4 One day, Yahweh gave me this message: \q1 \v 5 "I knew you before I finished forming you in your mother's womb. \q2 I set you apart for my honor before you were born, @@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ \s5 \m -\v 11 Then Yahweh showed something to me, and said, "Jeremiah, what do you see?" +\v 11 Then Yahweh showed something to me and said, "Jeremiah, what do you see?" \p I replied, "I see a branch from an almond tree." \p -\v 12 Yahweh said, "That is correct. And because the word for 'almond' resembles the word for 'watching', it means that I am watching what will happen, and I will make certain that what I have said to you about destroying nations will happen." +\v 12 Yahweh said, "That is correct. And because the word for 'almond' resembles the word for 'watching,' it means that I am watching what will happen, and I will make certain that what I have said to you about destroying nations will happen." \s5 \m @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ \q2 I am summoning the armies of the kingdoms that are north of Judah to come to Jerusalem. \q1 Their kings will set up their thrones at the gates of this city to indicate that they are now the kings of Judah. \q2 Their armies will attack and break down the walls of this city, and they will do the same thing to all the other towns in Judah. \q1 -\v 16 I will punish my people because of all the evil things that they have done; +\v 16 I will punish my people because of all the evil things they have done; \q1 they have abandoned me and they offer offerings of worship to false gods. \q2 They worship idols that they have made with their own hands! @@ -67,14 +67,14 @@ \c 2 \p \v 1 Yahweh gave me another message -\v 2 to proclaim to everyone in Jerusalem. He said that I should tell them this, +\v 2 to proclaim to everyone in Jerusalem. He said that I should tell them this: \q1 "I, Yahweh, remember in your favor that you followed me and trusted in our covenant long ago. -\q2 You tried to please me like a bride tries to please her husband; -\q1 You loved me, +\q2 You tried to please me, as a bride tries to please her husband; +\q1 you loved me, \q2 and you followed me through the desert. \q1 \v 3 At that time you Israelites were set apart to me; -\q2 you belonged to me like the first part of the harvests belong to me. +\q2 you belonged to me, as the first part of the harvests belongs to me. \q1 I promised to punish all those who harmed you, my people, \q2 and send disasters on them. \q2 This is the way it will always be since I, Yahweh, said that it would happen." @@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 7 But when I, Yahweh, brought you into a very fertile land, -\q2 in order that you could enjoy all the fruit and other good things that you would harvest, +\v 7 But when I, Yahweh, brought you into a very fertile land +\q2 so that you could enjoy all the fruit and other good things that you would harvest, \q1 you caused the land that I promised to give to you to be unfit for me \q2 and to become disgusting to me. \q1 @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ \q1 In future years, I will also bring your children and your grandchildren to trial! \q1 That will happen because I, Yahweh, have said that it will happen. \q1 -\v 10 If you go west to the island of Cyprus, +\v 10 If you go west to the island of Cyprus \q2 or if you go east to Kedar land, \q1 and if you ask people in those places, \q2 they will tell you that no people from their countries have ever done the wicked things that you people have done! @@ -133,11 +133,11 @@ \v 13 You, my people, have done two evil things: \q1 you have rejected me, the one who is like a fountain where you can obtain fresh water, \q2 and you are worshiping gods that are like pits in the ground -\q2 that are cracked and which are not able to hold any water. +\q2 that are cracked and not able to hold any water. \s5 \q1 -\v 14 You Israelite people, you were certainly not slaves when you were born; +\v 14 You Israelite people, you were certainly not slaves when you were born, \q2 so why were you captured by your enemies? \q1 \v 15 Your enemies roared like lions, @@ -153,21 +153,21 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 18 So why are you trying to make an alliance with the rulers of Egypt who live near the Shihor? +\v 18 So why are you trying to make an alliance with the rulers of Egypt who live near the Shihor River? \q2 Why are you trying to make an alliance with the rulers of Assyria who live near the Euphrates River? \q1 \v 19 It is because you have been very wicked that I will punish you. \q2 It is because you have turned away from me that I will condemn you. -\q1 When I do that, you will realize that bitter and evil things will happen to you because you have forsaken me, Yahweh, your God, +\q1 When I do that, you will realize that bitter and evil things will happen to you because you have forsaken me, Yahweh your God, \q2 and you no longer have an awesome respect for me. -\q1 That will certainly happen because I, the Lord, Yahweh, commander of the angel armies in heaven, have said it. +\q1 That will certainly happen because I the Lord, Yahweh, commander of the angel armies in heaven, have said it. \s5 \q1 \v 20 Long ago, you stopped obeying me and you would not allow me to lead you. \q2 You refused to worship me, even though I saved you from being slaves. \q1 Instead, you worship idols that are under trees on the top of every hill. -\q2 You love and worship those idols instead of me just like an unfaithful man loves a prostitute instead of his wife. +\q2 You love and worship those idols instead of me just as an unfaithful man loves a prostitute instead of his wife. \q1 \v 21 It is as though you were the best grapevine that I could plant, \q2 and I planted you so you would grow from the very best seed. @@ -188,12 +188,12 @@ \v 24 You are like wild female donkeys that live in the desert. \q2 They sniff the air to find where the male donkeys are, \q2 and there is no one who can restrain their lust. -\q1 The male donkeys that want to mate with them only wear themselves out chasing after them; +\q1 The male donkeys that want to mate with them only wear themselves out chasing after them \q2 because at mating time they find them easily. \q1 \v 25 You constantly run here and there to find idols to worship, with the result that your sandals are worn out, \q2 and your throats have become dry. -\q1 I told you to stop doing that but you said that you could not stop, +\q1 I told you to stop doing that, but you said that you could not stop, \q2 and you said that you loved those foreign gods \q2 and had to worship them! @@ -202,9 +202,9 @@ \v 26 A robber is disgraced when he is caught. \q2 And all of you, including your kings and priests and prophets, are similarly disgraced. \q1 -\v 27 You call a piece of wood that is carved to become a sacred idol, your 'father,' -\q2 and you call a stone that you have set up, your 'mother.' -\q1 You have rejected me +\v 27 A piece of wood that is carved to become a sacred idol you call your 'father,' +\q2 and a stone that you have set up you call your 'mother.' +\q1 You have rejected me, \q2 but when you experience troubles, \q1 you call for me to rescue you! \q1 @@ -220,8 +220,8 @@ \q1 \v 30 I punished some of you, \q2 but you did not learn anything from my doing that. -\q1 Instead you have killed many of the prophets that I sent to you, -\q2 like fierce lions kill other animals. +\q1 Instead, you have killed many of the prophets that I sent to you, +\q2 as fierce lions kill other animals. \p \v 31 You people of Israel, pay attention to what I say. \q1 I have certainly never abandoned you in a desert; @@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ \v 33 You know how to easily find gods from other countries whom you can love. \q2 You can find them more easily than a prostitute can find men to sleep with. You could teach her about infidelity! \q1 -\v 34 You also have the blood of poor people on your clothes; the very people you have murdered; +\v 34 You also have the blood of poor people on your clothes—the very people you have murdered; \q2 people who were innocent! You did not catch them robbing you! \s5 @@ -248,13 +248,13 @@ \q1 But I will punish you severely \q2 for claiming that you have not sinned. \q1 -\v 36 Previously you requested the army of Assyria to help you, +\v 36 Previously, you requested the army of Assyria to help you, \q2 but they were not able to help you. \q1 Now you have requested the army of Egypt to help you, -\q2 but they will not be able to help you, either. +\q2 but they will not be able to help you either. \q1 \v 37 They will capture you, and you will be their prisoners, -\q2 very ashamed with your hands on your heads. +\q2 very ashamed, with your hands on your heads. \q1 That will happen because Yahweh has rejected those nations that you are relying on, \q2 and they will not be able to help you at all." @@ -266,17 +266,17 @@ \q1 She would be ceremonially unclean and she has broken the law of Yahweh. \q1 This nation is like this woman. \q1 But you have more idols than prostitutes have men whom they have slept with! -\q2 So, why should I accept you if you return to me? it is Yahweh who says this. +\q2 So, why should I accept you if you return to me?"—It is Yahweh who says this. \q1 \v 2 "Look up at the barren hilltops. \q2 On every hilltop you have given yourselves to the idols \q2 in the way a prostitute gives herself to her lovers. -\q1 You sat along the roadsides like an Arab nomad who is always waiting in the desert for someone to come; +\q1 You sat along the roadsides like an Arab nomad who is always waiting in the desert for someone to come, \q2 but you are waiting to have sex with those who pass by. \q1 Your unfaithfulness is the worship of idols, \q2 and your prostitution is just like your idol worship. -\q1 The whole land is made unacceptable to Yahweh, -\q2 and your worship of idols is your prostitution and your wickedness is what made you unclean. +\q1 The whole land is made unacceptable to Yahweh; +\q2 your worship of idols is your prostitution, and your wickedness is what made you unclean. \s5 \q1 @@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 6 One day when Josiah was the king of Judah, Yahweh said to me, "Have you seen what the people of Israel have done? They have turned away from me, like a woman who has abandoned her husband and sleeps with other men. They have gone up on every hilltop and under every shady tree and worshiped idols there. +\v 6 One day, when Josiah was the king of Judah, Yahweh said to me: "Have you seen what the people of Israel have done? They have turned away from me, like a woman who has abandoned her husband and sleeps with other men. They have gone up on every hilltop and under every shady tree and worshiped idols there. \v 7 I thought that they would return to me, but they did not. And their brothers, the people of Judah, were watching all of this. \s5 @@ -304,8 +304,8 @@ \s5 \p -\v 11 Then Yahweh said to me, "Jeremiah, the people of Israel have turned away from me, but what the people of Judah have done is worse. -\v 12 So go and tell this to the people of Israel, +\v 11 Then Yahweh said to me: "Jeremiah, the people of Israel have turned away from me, but what the people of Judah have done is worse. +\v 12 So go and tell this to the people of Israel: \q1 'Yahweh says this to you Israelite people who have turned away from him: \q1 I am merciful. \q2 I will not continue to be angry with you forever. @@ -313,9 +313,9 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 13 But you must admit that you are guilty, -\q2 and that you have rebelled against me, Yahweh, your God, -\q1 that you have worshiped idols under big trees everywhere, +\v 13 But you must admit that you are guilty +\q2 and that you have rebelled against me, Yahweh your God; +\q1 you have worshiped idols under big trees everywhere, \q2 and you have not obeyed me. \p You have turned away from me. \q1 @@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ \q1 \v 21 Then God said, "People will hear a noise on the barren hilltops. \q2 It will be the noise made by people weeping and pleading for God to be merciful to them. -\q1 They will be admitting that they have forgotten Yahweh their God, +\q1 They will be admitting that they have forgotten Yahweh their God \q2 and that they turned away from behaving as God wanted them to. \q1 \v 22 You Israelite people, come back to me! @@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ \v 24 From the time when we were young, the shameful god Baal has taken away from us everything that our ancestors worked hard to acquire. \q2 He has taken away their flocks of sheep and herds of cattle, their sons and their daughters. \q1 -\v 25 So, now we should lie down feeling very ashamed, +\v 25 So, now we should lie down feeling very ashamed \q2 because we and our ancestors have sinned against Yahweh our God, \q1 and we have never obeyed him."