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 \q1 Their soldiers will seize the possessions of those who remain in Israel after the others have been exiled
 \q2 like farmers go to the vines again to pick any grapes that were left.
 \q1
-\v 10 If I command you, Jeremiah, to speak to the Israelite people to warn them,
-\q2 who will listen to me?
-\q1 It is as though their ears are closed,
-\q2 and as a result they cannot hear.
-\q1 They scorn my messages;
-\q2 they do not want to listen to them at all!"
+\v 10 Who can I, Jeremiah, speak to? Who would listen to me, even if I spoke to them? 
+\q2 The ears of the Israelite people are unable to hear what I have to tell them.
+\q1 See! the message Yahweh gave me to tell them is offensive to them.  
+\q2 When they hear the message of Yahweh, they hate what I tell them!"
 
 \s5
 \q1