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 \v 1 After Jehoiakim had been ruling Judah for almost four years, Yahweh gave me this message for all the people of Judah. It was during the year that King Nebuchadnezzar started to rule in Babylon.
-\v 2 I spoke this message to all the people in Jerusalem and other places in Judah:
+\v 2 Jeremiah spoke this message to all the people in Jerusalem and other places in Judah:
 
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 \v 3 "Yahweh has been giving me messages for twenty-three years. He started giving me messages when Josiah son of Amon, had been ruling Judah for almost thirteen years. And I have faithfully told you those messages, but you have not paid any attention to them.
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 \v 18 I went to Jerusalem and the other towns in Judah, and the king and the other officials drank some of the wine from that cup. And, starting from that day, they all eventually were removed from having authority, and became people whom others ridiculed, who were despised, and cursed.
 
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-\v 19 In the vision I went to Egypt and gave some of the wine to the king and his officials and many of his people,
-\v 20 and to foreigners who were living there. In the vision I also went to the land of Uz and to the cities of Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and Ashdod and gave some wine to their kings.
-\v 21 Then in the vision I went to Edom, Moab, and Ammon,
+\v 19 In the vision Egypt had to drink some of the wine, including the king and his officials and many of his people,
+\v 20 and foreigners who were living there. In the vision the land of Uz and the cities and kings of Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and Ashdod had to drink some of the wine.
+\v 21 Then in the vision the kings of Edom, Moab, and Ammon,
 
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-\v 22 and to the cities of Tyre and Sidon  that were across the Mediterranean Sea, and gave some wine to the kings.
-\v 23 In the vision I then went to the cities of Dedan, Tema, and Buz, they were cities in Arabia and I went also to other distant places, and gave some wine to their  religious leaders.
+\v 22 and the kings of the cities of Tyre and Sidon across the Mediterranean Sea, had to drink some of the wine.
+\v 23 In the vision the religious leaders of the cities of Dedan, Tema, and Buz, which were cities in Arabia, and other distant places, had to dring some of the wine.
 
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-\v 24 In the vision I also went to other places in Arabia and to the kings of tribes in the desert
-\v 25 and to the kings of the Zimri, Elam, and Media people groups,
-\v 26 and to kings in countries to the north that are near to Israel and to countries that are far from Israel, one after the other—I went to all the kingdoms in the world and finished by giving some wine to the king of Sheshach.
+\v 24 In the vision other places in Arabia and the kings of tribes in the desert
+\v 25 and the kings of the Zimri, Elam, and Media people groups,
+\v 26 and kings in countries to the north that are near to Israel and to countries that are far from Israel, one after the other—all the kingdoms in the world had to drink, and finally the king of Babylon had to drink some of the wine.
 
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 \q2 there will be no place to which you can escape.
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 \v 36 Your leaders and those who thought they were so strong—people will listen to them crying
-\q2 when I, Yahweh, ruin  your nation.
+\q2 when I, Yahweh, ruin your nation.
 
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 \v 37 Your peaceful meadows will become a wasteland
-\q2 because I will severely punish  it.
+\q2 because Yahweh will severely punish it.
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-\v 38 I will leave my dwelling like  a lion leaves its den to attack other animals,
-\q2 and I will cause your land to become desolate
-\q1 when I, because I am very angry with you, cause your enemies to slaughter you with their swords.'~"
+\v 38 Yahweh will leave his dwelling like a lion leaves its den to attack other animals,
+\q2 and he will cause your land to become desolate.
+\q1 He is very angry with you and will cause your enemies to slaughter you with their swords.' "