Implementing reader notes for Jer

Julie Bult

24-JER/15.usfm

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 \v 3 For I will assign them to four groups—this is Yahweh's declaration—the sword to slaughter some, the dogs to drag some away, the birds of the skies and the 
 beast of the earth to consume and destroy some.
-\v 4 I will make of them a horrifying thing to all the kingdoms of the earth, on account of Manasseh son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, because of what he did in Jerusalem.
+\v 4 I will make of them a horrifying thing to all the kingdoms of the earth, because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, did in Jerusalem.
  
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24-JER/17.usfm

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 \v 10 I am Yahweh, the one who searches through the mind, who tests the heart.
 \q I give to each person what he deserves, punishing him for the fruit of his deeds.
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-\v 11 A partridge hatches an egg that she did not lay. Someone may become rich unjustly. 
-\q But in his prime of life, those riches will abandon him and he will be a fool in the end."
+\v 11 A partridge hatches an egg that she did not lay. Someone may become rich unjustly, 
+\q but in his prime of life, those riches will abandon him and he will be a fool in the end."
  
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 inhabitants of Jerusalem. And this city will be inhabited forever.
  
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-\v 26 They will come from the cities of Judah and all around Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin and the lowlands, from the mountains and from the Negev, bringing burnt offerings, 
-sacrifices, and food offerings and frankincense. And they will bring thanksgiving offerings to my house.
-\v 27 But if you do not listen to me, to dedicate the Sabbath day to Yahweh—if you carry loads bring them to the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will light a fire in its gates, a fire that will consume the strongholds of Jerusalem, and that will not be extinguished."
+\v 26 They will come from the cities of Judah and from all around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin and the lowlands, from the mountains, and from the Negev, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, thanks offerings to the house of Yahweh.
+\v 27 But if you do not listen to me—that you dedicate the Sabbath day to Yahweh, and that you do not carry heavy loads and that you do not enter the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day—then I will light a fire in its gates, a fire that will consume the strongholds of Jerusalem and that will not be extinguished."
  
 
  

24-JER/22.usfm

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 \v 3 Yahweh says this, "Perform justice and righteousness, and anyone who has been robbed—rescue him from the hand of the oppressor. Do not mistreat any foreigner in your land, or any orphan or widow. Do not commit violence or pour out innocent blood in this place.
  
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-\v 4 For if you truly do these things, then kings sitting on David's throne will enter the gates of this house riding in a chariot and on horses. He, his servants, and his people!
+\v 4 For if you truly do these things, then kings sitting on David's throne will enter the gates of this house riding in a chariot and on horses, he, his servants, and his people!
 \v 5 But if you do not listen to these words from me that I have announced—this is Yahweh's declaration—then this royal palace will become a ruin."'
  
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24-JER/23.usfm

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 \v 21 I did not send out these prophets. They just appeared.
 \q I did not proclaim anything to them, but they have still prophesied.
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-\v 22 For if they had stood in my council meeting, they they would have caused my people to hear my word;
+\v 22 For if they had stood in my council meeting, they would have caused my people to hear my word;
 \q they would have caused them to turn from their wicked words and corrupt practices.
  
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24-JER/36.usfm

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-\v 4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and Baruch wrote in a scroll, at Jeremiah's dictation of, all the words of Yahweh spoken to him.
+\v 4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and Baruch wrote in a scroll, at Jeremiah's dictation, all the words of Yahweh spoken to him.
 \v 5 Next Jeremiah gave a command to Baruch. He said, "I am in prison and cannot go to Yahweh's house.
 \v 6 So you must go and read from the scroll that you wrote at my dictation. On the day of the fast, you must read Yahweh's words in the hearing of the people in his house, and also in the hearing of all of Judah who have come from their cities. Proclaim these words to them.
  

24-JER/39.usfm

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 \v 1 In the ninth year and tenth month of Zedekiah king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came with all his army against Jerusalem and besieged it.
 \v 2 In the eleventh year and fourth month of Zedekiah, on the ninth day of the month, the city was broken into.
-\v 3 Then all the officials of the king of Babylon came and sat in the middle gate: Nergal Sharezer, Samgar Nebo, and Sarsechim, an important official. Nergal Sharezer was a high official. and all the rest were the officials of the king of Babylon.
+\v 3 Then all the officials of the king of Babylon came and sat in the middle gate: Nergal Sharezer, Samgar Nebo, and Sarsechim, an important official. Nergal Sharezer was a high official and all the rest were the officials of the king of Babylon.
  
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24-JER/40.usfm

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 \v 3 So Yahweh brought it about. He did just as he had decreed, since you people sinned against him and did not obey his voice. That is why this thing has happened to you people.
-\v 4 But now look! I have released you today from the chains that were on your hands. If it is good in your eyes to come with me to Babylon, come, and I will take care of you. But if it is not good in your eyes to come with me to Bablyon, then do not do so. Look at all the land before you. Go where it is good and right in your eyes to go."
+\v 4 But now look! I have released you today from the chains that were on your hands. If it is good in your eyes to come with me to Babylon, come, and I will take care of you. But if it is not good in your eyes to come with me to Babylon, then do not do so. Look at all the land before you. Go where it is good and right in your eyes to go."
  
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 \v 5 When Jeremiah did not reply, Nebuzaradan said, "Go to Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has put in charge of the cities of Judah. Stay with him among the people or go wherever it is good in your eyes to go." The commander of the king's bodyguards gave him food and a gift, and then sent him away.

24-JER/41.usfm

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 \v 8 But there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael, "Do not kill us, for there are provisions of ours in a field: wheat and barley, oil and honey." So he did not kill them with their other companions.
-\v 9 The pit where Ishmael threw all the corpses of the men whom he had killed with Gedaliah—this large pit had been dug by King Asa when he was attacked by King Baasha of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with those whom he had killed.
+\v 9 The cistern where Ishmael threw all the dead bodies that he and Gedaliah had struck down, was the same cistern that King Asa dug when he was being attacked by King Baasha of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it those who were killed.
  
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 \v 10 Next Ishmael captured all the other people who were in Mizpah, the king's daughters and all the people who were left in Mizpah whom Nebuzaradan the chief guard had assigned to Gedaliah son of Ahikam. So Ishmael son of Nethaniah captured them and went to cross over to the people of Ammon.

24-JER/43.usfm

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 \v 8 So the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes and said,
-\v 9 "Take some large stones in your hand, and, in the sight of the people of Judah, hide them in the cement pavement at the entrance to Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes."
+\v 9 "Take some large stones in your hand, and, in the sight of the people of Judah, hide them in the mortar in the pavement at the entrance to Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes."
 \v 10 Then say to them, "Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this, 'See, I am about to send messengers to take Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon as my servant. I will place his throne over these stones that you, Jeremiah, have buried. Nebuchadnezzar will place his pavilion over them.
  
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24-JER/44.usfm

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 \v 11 Therefore Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this, "See, I am about to set my face against you to bring disaster to you and to destroy all of Judah.
-\v 12 For I will take the remnant of Judah that have set out to go to the land of Egypt to live there. I will do this so that they will all perish in the land of Egypt. They will fall by sword and famine. From the least to the greatest they will perish by sword and famine. They will die and will become an object of swearing, cursing, reproaching, and a horrible thing.
+\v 12 For I will take the remnant of Judah that has set out to go to the land of Egypt to live there. I will do this so that they will all perish in the land of Egypt. They will fall by sword and famine. From the least to the greatest they will perish by sword and famine. They will die and will become an object of swearing, cursing, reproaching, and a horrible thing.
  
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 \v 13 For I will punish the people inhabiting the land of Egypt just as I punished Jerusalem with sword, famine, and plague.

24-JER/46.usfm

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 \v 1 This is the word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.
-\v 2 For Egypt: "This is about the army of Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt that was at Carchemish by the Euphrates river. This was the army that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josaiah, king of Judah:
+\v 2 For Egypt: "This is about the army of Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt that was at Carchemish by the Euphrates river. This was the army that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah:
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 \v 3 Get the small shields and the large shields ready, and go forward to fight.
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 \v 18 "As I live—this is the king's declaration—Yahweh of hosts by name,
 \q someone will come who is like Mount Tabor and Mount Carmel by the sea.
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-\v 19 Get ready for yourselves your baggage for captivity, you daughters who live in Egypt.
-\q For Memphis will become a horror and a ruin so that no one will live there.
+\v 19 Pack for yourselves bags to carry into exile, you daughters who live in Egypt.
+\q For Memphis will become a waste, a ruin. No one will live there.
  
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24-JER/51.usfm

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 \v 9 'We wished to heal Babylon, but she is not healed. Let us all leave her and go away,
-\q to our own land. For her guilt reaches up to the heavens; it is piled up to the clouds.'
+\q to our own land. For her guilt reaches up to the heavens; it is piled up to the clouds.
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-\v 10 'Yahweh has declared our innocence. Come, let us tell in Zion
+\v 10 Yahweh has declared our innocence. Come, let us tell in Zion
 \q the deeds of Yahweh our God.'
  
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 \v 24 For in your sight I will pay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea for all of the evil
-\q that they did in Zion—this is Yahweh's declaration."
+\q that they did in Zion—this is Yahweh's declaration.
 
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-\v 25 "See, I am against you, you mountain, you who destroy other people—this is Yahweh's declaration—destroying all the earth.
+\v 25 See, I am against you, you mountain, you who destroy other people—this is Yahweh's declaration—destroying all the earth.
 \q I will strike you with my hand and roll you down from the cliffs.
 \q Then I will make you a mountain burned completely through.
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 \v 26 So they will not take from you any stone to construct a building's corner or foundation;
-\q for you will become an everlasting devastation—this is Yahweh's declaration."
+\q for you will become an everlasting devastation—this is Yahweh's declaration.
  
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-\v 27 "Lift up a banner over the earth. Blow the trumpet over the nations. Dedicate the nations to attack her.
+\v 27 Lift up a banner over the earth. Blow the trumpet over the nations. Dedicate the nations to attack her.
 \q Report about her to the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz;
 \q appoint a commander to attack her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.
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 \q to report to the king of Babylon that his city has been taken from end to end.
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 \v 32 So the fords over the river are seized; the enemy is burning the reed marshes,
-\q and Babylon's fighting men are confused."
+\q and Babylon's fighting men are confused.
  
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-\v 33 "For Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor.
+\v 33 For Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor.
 \q It is time to trample her down. In a little while the time of harvest will come to her.
  
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 \q He filled his stomach with my good food. He has rinsed me out.'
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 \v 35 The inhabitants of Zion will say, 'May the violence done to me and my family turn against Babylon.'
-\q Jerusalem will say, 'May the guilt for my blood being shed turn against the inhabitants of Chaldea.'"
+\q Jerusalem will say, 'May the guilt for my blood being shed turn against the inhabitants of Chaldea.'
  
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-\v 36 "Therefore Yahweh says this: See, I am about to plead your case and bring about vengeance for you.
+\v 36 Therefore Yahweh says this: See, I am about to plead your case and bring about vengeance for you.
 \q For I will dry up Babylon's waters and make her springs run dry.
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 \v 37 Babylon will become heaps of rubble, a den of jackals, a horror,
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 \v 39 When they become hot with greed, I will make a feast for them; I will make them drunk so they become happy,
 \q and then sleep an unending sleep and not wake up—this is Yahweh's declaration—
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-\v 40 I will send them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats."
+\v 40 I will send them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats.
  
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-\v 41 "How Babylon has been captured! So the praise of all the earth is seized.
+\v 41 How Babylon has been captured! So the praise of all the earth is seized.
 \q How Babylon has become a ruined place among the nations.
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 \v 42 The sea has come up over Babylon! She is covered with its roaring waves.
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 \q a land that no one inhabits, and no human being passes through.
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 \v 44 So I will punish Bel in Babylon; I will bring out from his mouth what he swallowed,
-\q and the nations will no longer flow to him with their offerings. The walls of Babylon will fall."
+\q and the nations will no longer flow to him with their offerings. The walls of Babylon will fall.
  
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-\v 45 "Go out from her midst, my people. Let each of you save his own life from the fury of my wrath.
+\v 45 Go out from her midst, my people. Let each of you save his own life from the fury of my wrath.
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 \v 46 Do not let your hearts be timid or fear the news that is heard in the land,
 \q for the news will come one year. After it in the next year there will be news,
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 \q For destroyers will come for her from the north—this is Yahweh's declaration.
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 \v 49 "As Babylon has made the killed of Israel fall,
-\q so the killed of all her land will fall in Babylon."
+\q so the killed of all her land will fall in Babylon.
  
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-\v 50 "Survivors of the sword, go away! Do not stay still.
+\v 50 Survivors of the sword, go away! Do not stay still.
 \q Call Yahweh to mind from far away; let Jerusalem come to mind.
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 \v 51 We are ashamed, for we have heard insults; reproach has covered our faces,
-\q for foreigners have entered the holy places of Yahweh's house."
+\q for foreigners have entered the holy places of Yahweh's house.
  
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-\v 52 "Therefore, see, days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when I will punish her carved idols,
+\v 52 Therefore, see, days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when I will punish her carved idols,
 \q and the wounded people will groan in all of her land.
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 \v 53 For even if Babylon went up to the heavens or fortified her highest fortresses,
-\q destroyers would come from me to her—this is Yahweh's declaration."
+\q destroyers would come from me to her—this is Yahweh's declaration.
  
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-\v 57 "For I will make her princes, her sages, her officials, and her soldiers drunk,
+\v 57 For I will make her princes, her sages, her officials, and her soldiers drunk,
 \q and they will sleep in an unending sleep and never wake up
-\q —this is the King's declaration: Yahweh of hosts is his name."
+\q —this is the King's declaration: Yahweh of hosts is his name.
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-\v 58 "Yahweh of hosts says this: The thick walls of Babylon will be completely demolished,
+\v 58 Yahweh of hosts says this: The thick walls of Babylon will be completely demolished,
 \q and her high gates will be burned.
 \q Then the peoples coming to her aid will labor uselessly; everything that the nations try to do for her will be burned up."
  
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 \v 59 This is the word that Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah son of Neriah
-\q son of Machseiah when he went with Zedekiah king of Judah to Babylon
+\q son of Mahseiah when he went with Zedekiah king of Judah to Babylon
 \q in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was a chief officer.
 \v 60 For Jeremiah had written in a scroll about all the disaster that was going to come on Babylon—all these words that were written about Babylon.