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 \v 1 Yahweh gave me another message. He said,
-\v 2 "Son of man, are you ready to condemn the people of Jerusalem? It is a city full of murderers. Remind them of all the detestable things that they have done.
-\v 3 Then say, 'This is what Yahweh the Lord says: By murdering people and by defiling yourselves, by making idols, you people of this city have brought on yourselves the time when I will destroy you.
+\v 2 "Son of man, are you ready to condemn the people of Jerusalem? It is a city full of murderers. Remind them of all the detestable things they have done.
+\v 3 Then say, 'This is what Yahweh the Lord says: By murdering people and by defiling yourselves by making idols, you people of this city have brought on yourselves the time when I will destroy you.
 
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-\v 4 You have become guilty by murdering innocent people. You have made it impossible for me to accept you, by making idols for yourselves. You are bringing your time to an end. Therefore I will cause the other peoples to laugh at you and mock you.
-\v 5 People in countries that are near you and people who live far from you will make fun of you, because your city is full of confusion, and because you have made it impossible for me, your own God, to accept you.
+\v 4 You have become guilty by murdering innocent people. By making idols for yourselves, you have made it impossible for me to accept you. You are bringing your time to an end. Therefore I will cause the other peoples to laugh at you and mock you.
+\v 5 People in countries that are near you and people who live far from you will make fun of you because your city is full of confusion and because you have made it impossible for me, your own God, to accept you.
 
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 \v 9 Among you are men who tell lies in order to cause others to be executed. There are those who go to the hilltops and eat food offered to idols, and they openly perform evil acts.
 
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-\v 10 There are men who sleep with their father's wife, and men who sleep with women during their monthly menstrual periods.
+\v 10 There are men who sleep with their father's wife and men who sleep with women during their monthly menstrual periods.
 \v 11 There are men who sleep with someone else's wife. Some of your men sleep with their daughters-in-law or with their own sisters or half-sisters.
 \v 12 There are among you men who accept bribes in order to cause someone to be executed. You charge interest when you lend people money. You become rich by forcing people to give you money. And you have forgotten me, Yahweh.
 
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-\v 13 So I will shake my fist at your unfair profits and at the murderers who live among you.
+\v 13 So I will shake my fist at your dishonest profits and at the murderers who live among you.
 \v 14 When I finish punishing you, you will no longer be courageous. I, Yahweh, have said what I will do to you, and I will do it.
 \v 15 I will scatter you among many peoples, and I will make you stop your sinful behavior.
 \v 16 When the people of other nations see that you have been humiliated, you will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.'"
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 \v 17 Yahweh then said to me,
-\v 18 "Son of man, your Israelite people have become useless to me. They are like dross to me. They are like the useless copper, tin, iron, and lead that remains after silver is melted in a very hot furnace
+\v 18 "Son of man, your Israelite people have become useless to me. They are like dross to me. They are like the useless copper, tin, iron, and lead that remains after silver is melted in a very hot furnace.
 \v 19 Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: Because you have all become like dross, I will gather you in Jerusalem.
 
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 \v 23 Yahweh gave me another message. He said,
 \v 24 "Son of man, say to the Israelite people, 'You are disgusting to Yahweh, completely unacceptable to him. So Yahweh is angry with you. There will be no rain in your country.'
-\v 25 Their leaders are like lions that tear apart the animals that they have killed. The leaders destroy their people. They steal treasures and other valuable things from people, and they murder many men and make their wives into widows.
+\v 25 Their leaders are like lions that tear apart the animals they have killed. The leaders destroy their people. They steal treasures and other valuable things from people, and they murder many men and make their wives into widows.
 
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-\v 26 Their priests disobey my laws and dishonor my sacred things by saying that there is no difference between things that are sacred and those that are not sacred, and by ignoring my laws about resting on the Sabbath days. As a result, they no longer honor me.
-\v 27 Their officials are like wolves that tear apart the animals that they have killed. They murder people in order to get their money.
+\v 26 Their priests disobey my laws and dishonor my sacred things by saying that there is no difference between things that are sacred and those that are not sacred and by ignoring my laws about resting on the Sabbath days. As a result, they no longer honor me.
+\v 27 Their officials are like wolves that tear apart the animals they have killed. They murder people in order to get their money.
 \v 28 Their prophets try to cover up those sins by saying they have received visions from God. They say, 'This is what Yahweh the Lord says,' when I have said nothing to them.
 
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 \v 30 I looked among them to find a man who would pray for the people and cause them to repent so that I would not need to destroy them. But I did not find anyone.
-\v 31 So because I am very angry with them, I will severely punish them for all the wicked things that they have done. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh the Lord, have said it."
+\v 31 So because I am very angry with them, I will severely punish them for all the wicked things they have done. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh the Lord, have said it."
 
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 \v 8 When she was a young woman in Egypt, she started being a prostitute, and she allowed young men to caress her breasts and have sex with her. When she became older, she did not quit acting like a prostitute.
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 \v 9 So I allowed the Assyrian soldiers, whom she wanted to sleep with, to capture her.
-\v 10 They stripped all her clothes off her. They took away her sons and daughters. And then they killed her with a sword. Other women started talking about how she was disgraced, and about how she deserved to suffer.
+\v 10 They stripped all of her clothes off her. They took away her sons and daughters. And then they killed her with a sword. Other women started talking about how she was disgraced and about how she deserved to suffer.
 
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 \v 20 There she wanted to sleep with those who loved her, whose private parts were very long, like those of donkeys, and whose reproductive emissions were huge, like those of horses.
-\v 21 So she desired to be immoral like she was when she was young, when men in Egypt caressed her bosom and fondled her young breasts.
+\v 21 So she desired to be immoral as she was when she was young, when men in Egypt caressed her bosom and fondled her young breasts.
 
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 \v 22 Oholibah represents you people of Jerusalem. Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord say: Those soldiers who loved you but from whom you turned away because you became disgusted with them—I will make them angry with you. I will make them come and attack you from every side—
-\v 23 soldiers from Babylon and all the other places in Babylonia, and their allies from the regions of Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the army of Assyria. Yes, all of them are handsome young men, army officers and commanders, officers who have great fame, all riding on horses.
+\v 23 soldiers from Babylon and all the other places in Babylonia, their allies from the regions of Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the army of Assyria. Yes, all of them are handsome young men, army officers and commanders, officers who have great fame, all riding on horses.
 
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-\v 24 Their huge army will attack you with weapons, riding in chariots and pulling wagons that will carry the army supplies. They will surround you, carrying large and small shields, and wearing helmets. I will allow them to capture you and punish you in the way that they always punish their enemies.
+\v 24 Their huge army will attack you with weapons, riding in chariots and pulling wagons that will carry the army supplies. They will surround you, carrying large and small shields and wearing helmets. I will allow them to capture you and punish you in the way that they always punish their enemies.
 \v 25 Because I am very angry with you, I will cause them to act furiously toward you. They will cut off your noses and your ears. Then, those who are still alive, they will kill with their swords. They will take away your sons and daughters, and it will be like a fire that burns up your descendants.
 
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-\v 28 This is what I, Yahweh the Lord say: Those whom you hate, those with whom you became disgusted and from whom you turned away—I am about to allow them to capture you.
-\v 29 They will be cruel; they will take away everything that you own. They will leave you completely naked, and everyone will see that you truly are a prostitute.
+\v 28 This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: Those whom you hate, those with whom you became disgusted and from whom you turned away—I am about to allow them to capture you.
+\v 29 They will be cruel; they will take away everything you own. They will leave you completely naked, and everyone will see that you truly are a prostitute.
 
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-\v 30 It is because of what you have done that you will be punished in that way; you have been an immoral prostitute; you have slept with men of other nations, and you have made it impossible for me to accept you, because you have worshiped their idols.
+\v 30 It is because of what you have done that you will be punished in that way; you have been an immoral prostitute; you have slept with men of other nations, and you have made it impossible for me to accept you because you have worshiped their idols.
 \v 31 You have behaved like the people of Samaria, who are like your older sister. So I will cause you to be punished as they were punished.
 
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-\v 33 When you become very drunk, you will become very sad,
+\v 33 When you become very drunk, you will become very sad
 \q2 because drinking what is in that cup will cause you to be ruined; everyone will leave you.
 \q2 This is what happened to the people of Samaria, who are like your sister.
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 \v 37 It is as though they have committed adultery and have murdered people. They have been unfaithful to me by worshiping idols. They have even sacrificed their own children, who belonged to me, in fire.
 
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-\v 38 They have done other disgraceful things: they have caused my temple to be an unacceptable place for worship, and they treat the Sabbath days like any other day.
+\v 38 They have done other disgraceful things: They have caused my temple to be an unacceptable place for worship, and they treat the Sabbath days like any other day.
 \v 39 On the same day that they sacrificed their children to their idols, they entered my temple, which caused it to be an unacceptable place for worshiping me. They did these things in my own house!
 
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 \v 42 Soon there was a noisy crowd around them. Among the crowd there were drunkards who had come from the desert of Arabia. They put bracelets on the arms of the two sisters, and they put beautiful crowns on their heads.
 
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-\v 43 Then I said about the woman who had become exhausted by sleeping with many men, 'Now those men will act toward her as though she were a prostitute, because that is all that she is.'
+\v 43 Then I said about the woman who had become exhausted by sleeping with many men, 'Now those men will act toward her as though she were a prostitute because that is all she is.'
 \v 44 So they slept with those two women, Oholah and Oholibah, as men sleep with prostitutes.
-\v 45 But righteous men will condemn them to be punished, as women who commit adultery and who murder others are punished, because those women commit adultery and they murder others.
+\v 45 But righteous men will condemn them to be punished, as women who commit adultery and who murder others are punished, because those women commit adultery, and they murder others.
 
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 \q2 put in the leg and shoulder, which are the best pieces.
 \q1 Then fill the rest of the pot with the best bones.
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-\v 5 Pile wood on the fire,
+\v 5 Pile wood on the fire
 \q2 and cook the bones and the meat in the boiling water.'
 
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 \v 6 Do that because this is what Yahweh the Lord says:
-\q1 'Terrible things will happen to Jerusalem; it is city that is full of murderers,
+\q1 'Terrible things will happen to Jerusalem; it is a city that is full of murderers—
 \q2 a city that is like a corroded copper pot,
 \q2 and the corrosion cannot be removed.
 \q1 Take the pieces of meat out of the pot,
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 \v 7 The blood of the people who were murdered in Jerusalem is still there;
 \q1 they were murdered on the bare rocks,
-\q2 not on the soil, where their blood could be covered.
+\q2 not on the soil where their blood could be covered.
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-\v 8 But I am the one who caused the blood of those who were murdered to be smeared on the bare rock,
+\v 8 But I am the one who caused the blood of those who were murdered to be smeared on the bare rock
 \q2 where their blood could not be covered;
-\q2 I did that in order that I could see it and then be angry and get revenge.'
+\q2 I did that so that I could see it and then be angry and get revenge.'
 
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 \v 11 Then set the empty pot on the coals of the fire
-\q2 until the pot becomes very hot and the copper glows,
+\q2 until the pot becomes very hot and the copper glows
 \q1 so that the corrosion will disappear.
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 \v 12 It is as though I tried to get rid of that corrosion,
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-\v 15 One day Yahweh gave me this message:
-\v 16 "Son of man, I am going to suddenly take from you your wife by means of a disease, your wife, whom you love very much. But when she dies, do not show that you are sad or lament or cry.
-\v 17 Groan quietly; do not cry openly for her. Keep your turban wrapped around your head, and instead of being barefoot, keep your sandals on your feet. Do not cover the lower part of your face to show that you are sad. And do not eat the kind of food that people who are mourning usually eat."
+\v 15 One day, Yahweh gave me this message:
+\v 16 "Son of man, I am going to suddenly take from you your wife by means of a disease—your wife whom you love very much. But when she dies, do not show that you are sad or lament or cry.
+\v 17 Groan quietly; do not cry openly for her. Keep your turban wrapped around your head, and instead of being barefoot, keep your sandals on your feet. Do not cover the lower part of your face to show you are sad. And do not eat the kind of food that people who are mourning usually eat."
 
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 \v 19 Then the people asked me, "What do the things that you are doing signify to us?"
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 \v 20 I answered them, "This is what Yahweh told me:
-\v 21 'Tell the Israelite people that I am about to destroy the temple, the building that you are very proud of, the building that you delight to look at. Your children whom you left in Jerusalem when you were forced to come to Babylon—your enemies will kill them.
+\v 21 'Tell the Israelite people that I am about to destroy the temple—the building you are very proud of, the building you delight to look at. Your children whom you left in Jerusalem when you were forced to come to Babylon—your enemies will kill them.
 
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-\v 22 When that happens, you will do as I have done: You will not cover the lower part of your faces, or eat the kinds of food that people who are mourning usually eat.
+\v 22 When that happens, you will do as I have done: You will not cover the lower part of your faces or eat the kinds of food that people who are mourning usually eat.
 \v 23 You will keep your turbans wrapped around your heads and keep your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or cry, but your bodies will become very thin and slowly die; I will not forgive your sins at all. And you will groan for each other.
-\v 24 Ezekiel will be a warning to you, and you must do what he has done. When that happens, you will know that I, Yahweh the Lord have the power to do what I say that I will do.'"
+\v 24 Ezekiel will be a warning to you, and you must do what he has done. When that happens, you will know that I, Yahweh the Lord, have the power to do what I say that I will do.'"
 
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