Update '23-ISA.usfm'

Poetry formatting Isa 1:16-31

23-ISA.usfm

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 \v 17 learn to do good;
 \q2 seek justice, make straight the oppression, \f + \ft Instead of \fqa make straight the oppression \fqa* , as some of the ancient Hebrew copies and other modern scholars who follow Isaiah 3:12 and 9:16, where this phrase may mean: \fqa help the oppressed \fqa* . \f*
-\q2 give justice to the fatherless, defend the widow."
+\q1 give justice to the fatherless, 
+\q2 defend the widow."
 
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-\v 18 "Come now, and let us reason together," says Yahweh;
-\q2 "though your sins are like scarlet, they will be white like snow;
-\q2 though they are red like crimson, they will be like wool.
+\v 18 "Come now, and let us reason together," 
+\q2 says Yahweh;
+\q1 "though your sins are like scarlet, 
+\q2 they will be white like snow;
+\q1 though they are red like crimson, 
+\q2 they will be like wool.
 
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 \v 19 If you are willing and obedient,
 \q2 you will eat the good of the land,
-\v 20 but if you refuse and rebel, the sword will devour you,"
+\v 20 but if you refuse and rebel, 
+\q2 the sword will devour you,"
 \q2 for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.
 
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-\v 21 How the faithful city has become a prostitute!
-\q2 She who was full of justice—she was full of righteousness,
+\v 21 How the faithful city 
+\q2 has become a prostitute!
+\q1 She who was full of justice—
+\q2 she was full of righteousness,
 \q2 but now she is full of murderers.
 \q1
-\v 22 Your silver has become impure, your wine mixed with water.
+\v 22 Your silver has become impure, 
+\q2 your wine mixed with water.
 
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-\v 23 Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves;
-\q2 everyone loves bribes and runs after payoffs.
-\q2 They do not defend the fatherless, nor does the widow's legal plea come before them.
+\v 23 Your princes are rebels 
+\q2 and companions of thieves;
+\q1 everyone loves bribes 
+\q2 and runs after payoffs.
+\q1 They do not defend the fatherless, 
+\q2 nor does the widow's legal plea come before them.
 
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-\v 24 Therefore this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel:
-\q2 "Woe to them! I will comfort myself concerning my adversaries and avenge myself against my enemies;
+\v 24 Therefore this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh of hosts, 
+\q2 the Mighty One of Israel:
+\q1 "Woe to them! I will comfort myself concerning my adversaries 
+\q2 and avenge myself against my enemies;
 \q1
 \v 25 I will turn my hand against you,
-\q2 refine away your dross as with lye, and take away all your dross.
+\q2 refine away your dross as with lye, 
+\q2 and take away all your dross.
 
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-\v 26 I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning;
-\q2 after that you will be called the city of righteousness, a faithful town."
+\v 26 I will restore your judges as at the first, 
+\q2 and your counselors as at the beginning;
+\q1 after that you will be called 
+\q2 the city of righteousness, 
+\q2 a faithful town."
 
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-\v 29 "For you will be ashamed of the sacred oak trees that you desired,
-\q2 and you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen.
+\v 29 "For you will be ashamed of the sacred oak trees 
+\q2 that you desired,
+\q1 and you will be embarrassed by the gardens 
+\q2 that you have chosen.
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 \v 30 For you will be like an oak whose leaf withers,
 \q2 and like a garden that has no water.
 
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-\v 31 The strong man will be like tinder, and his work like a spark;
-\q2 they will both burn together, and no one will quench them."
+\v 31 The strong man will be like tinder, 
+\q2 and his work like a spark;
+\q1 they will both burn together, 
+\q2 and no one will quench them."
 
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