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ISSUE 1709

07-JDG.usfm

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 \v 29 Her wisest princesses replied,
 \q and she gave herself the same answer:
 \q
-\v 30 'Have they not found and divided up the plunder?
-\q —A womb, two wombs for every man;
+\v 30 'Have they not found and divided up the plunder—
+\q a womb, two wombs for every man;
 \q the plunder of dyed fabric for Sisera,
 \q the plunder of dyed fabric embroidered,
 \q two pieces of dyed fabric embroidered for the necks of those who plunder?'

24-JER.usfm

@@ -443,8 +443,8 @@
 \q
 \v 23 But this people has a stubborn heart. It turns away in rebellion and goes away.
 \q
-\v 24 For they do not say in their hearts, "Let us fear Yahweh our God, the one who brings the rain
-\q —the early rain and the late rains—in their right time, keeping the fixed weeks of the harvest for us."
+\v 24 For they do not say in their hearts, "Let us fear Yahweh our God, the one who brings the rain—
+\q the early rain and the late rains—in their right time, keeping the fixed weeks of the harvest for us."
 \q
 \v 25 Your iniquities kept these things from happening. Your sins have stopped good from coming to you.
 
@@ -817,8 +817,8 @@
 \q or the warrior in his might. Do not let the wealthy man take pride in his riches.
 \q
 \v 24 For if a man takes pride in anything, let it be in this, that he has insight and knows me.
-\q For I am Yahweh, who acts with covenant loyalty, justice and righteousness on earth. For it is in these that I take pleasure
-\q —this is Yahweh's declaration."
+\q For I am Yahweh, who acts with covenant loyalty, justice and righteousness on earth. For it is in these that I take pleasure—
+\q this is Yahweh's declaration."
 
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@@ -1211,8 +1211,8 @@
 \q the destroyer at noonday. I will make shock and horror suddenly fall on them.
 \q
 \v 9 The mother who has borne seven children will waste away. She will gasp. Her sun will set while it is still day.
-\q She will be ashamed and embarrassed, for I will give those who remain to the sword in the presence of their enemies
-\q —this is Yahweh's declaration."
+\q She will be ashamed and embarrassed, for I will give those who remain to the sword in the presence of their enemies—
+\q this is Yahweh's declaration."
 
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@@ -2344,8 +2344,8 @@
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 \p
 \q
-\v 31 Look, the days are coming
-\q2 —this is Yahweh's declaration—
+\v 31 Look, the days are coming—
+\q2 this is Yahweh's declaration—
 \q when I will establish a new covenant 
 \q2 with the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
 \q
@@ -2354,8 +2354,8 @@
 \q when I took them by their hand 
 \q2 to bring them out from the land of Egypt, 
 \q because they broke my covenant, 
-\q2 although I was a husband for them.
-\q —this is Yahweh's declaration.
+\q2 although I was a husband for them—
+\q this is Yahweh's declaration.
 
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 \q 
@@ -3622,8 +3622,8 @@
 \q For she had defied Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel.
 \q
 \v 30 So her young men will fall in the city squares, 
-\q and all her fighting men will be destroyed on that day
-\q —this is Yahweh's declaration."
+\q and all her fighting men will be destroyed on that day—
+\q this is Yahweh's declaration."
 
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@@ -3921,8 +3921,8 @@
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 \q
 \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 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
 \v 58 Yahweh of hosts says this: The thick walls of Babylon will be completely demolished,
 \q and her high gates will be burned.

29-JOL.usfm

@@ -261,8 +261,8 @@
 \v 24 The threshing floors will be full of wheat,
 \q and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
 \p
-\v 25 "I will restore to you the years of crops that the swarming locust has eaten
-\q —the great locust, the devouring locust, and the destroying locust—
+\v 25 "I will restore to you the years of crops that the swarming locust has eaten—
+\q the great locust, the devouring locust, and the destroying locust—
 \q my mighty army that I sent among you.
 
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30-AMO.usfm

@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@
 \v 11 I raised up prophets from among your sons
 \q and Nazirites from your young men.
 \q Is it not so,
-\q people of Israel?
-\q —this is Yahweh's declaration.
+\q people of Israel?—
+\q this is Yahweh's declaration.
 \q
 \v 12 But you persuaded the Nazirites to drink wine
 \q and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
@@ -195,8 +195,8 @@
 \q the horseman will not save himself.
 \q
 \v 16 Even the bravest warriors
-\q will flee naked in that day
-\q —this is Yahweh's declaration."
+\q will flee naked in that day—
+\q this is Yahweh's declaration."
 
 
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@@ -249,8 +249,8 @@
 \q and see what great confusion is in her,
 \q and what oppression is in her.
 \q
-\v 10 For they do not know how to do right
-\q —this is Yahweh's declaration—
+\v 10 For they do not know how to do right—
+\q this is Yahweh's declaration—
 \q They store up violence
 \q and destruction in their fortresses."
 
@@ -272,8 +272,8 @@
 \s5
 \q
 \v 13 Hear and testify
-\q against the house of Jacob
-\q —this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh, the God of hosts:
+\q against the house of Jacob—
+\q this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh, the God of hosts:
 \q
 \v 14 "For in the day that I punish the sins of Israel,
 \q I will also punish the altars of Bethel.
@@ -285,8 +285,8 @@
 \v 15 I will destroy the winter house
 \q with the summer house.
 \q The houses of ivory will perish,
-\q and the large houses will vanish,
-\q —this is Yahweh's declaration."
+\q and the large houses will vanish—
+\q this is Yahweh's declaration."
 
 
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@@ -310,8 +310,8 @@
 \q
 \v 3 You will go out through the breaks in the city wall,
 \q each one of you going straight through it,
-\q and you will be thrown out toward Harmon
-\q —this is Yahweh's declaration."
+\q and you will be thrown out toward Harmon—
+\q this is Yahweh's declaration."
 
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 \q
@@ -323,15 +323,15 @@
 \v 5 Offer a thanksgiving sacrifice with bread;
 \q proclaim freewill offerings; announce them,
 \q for this pleases you,
-\q you people of Israel
-\q —this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh.
+\q you people of Israel—
+\q this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh.
 
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 \q
 \v 6 I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities
 \q and lack of bread in all your places.
-\q Yet you have not returned to me
-\q —this is Yahweh's declaration.
+\q Yet you have not returned to me—
+\q this is Yahweh's declaration.
 \q
 \v 7 I also withheld rain from you
 \q when there were still three months to the harvest.
@@ -344,8 +344,8 @@
 \q
 \v 8 Two or three cities staggered to another city to drink water,
 \q but were not satisfied.
-\q Yet you have not returned to me
-\q —this is Yahweh's declaration.
+\q Yet you have not returned to me—
+\q this is Yahweh's declaration.
 \q
 \v 9 I afflicted you with blight and mildew.
 \q The multitude of your gardens,
@@ -353,8 +353,8 @@
 \q your fig trees,
 \q and your olive trees—
 \q the locusts devoured them all.
-\q Yet you have not returned to me
-\q —this is Yahweh's declaration.
+\q Yet you have not returned to me—
+\q this is Yahweh's declaration.
 
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 \q
@@ -363,14 +363,14 @@
 \q carried away your horses,
 \q and made the stench of your camp come up
 \q to your nostrils.
-\q Yet you have not returned to me
-\q —this is Yahweh's declaration.
+\q Yet you have not returned to me—
+\q this is Yahweh's declaration.
 \q
 \v 11 I overthrew cities among you,
 \q as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
 \q You were like a burning stick snatched out of the fire.
-\q Yet you have not returned to me
-\q —this is Yahweh's declaration.
+\q Yet you have not returned to me—
+\q this is Yahweh's declaration.
 
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 \q
@@ -572,8 +572,8 @@
 \v 7 So they will now go into exile with the first exiles,
 \q and the feasts of those who lounge about will pass away.
 \q
-\v 8 "I, the Lord Yahweh, have sworn by myself
-\q —this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh, the God of hosts,
+\v 8 "I, the Lord Yahweh, have sworn by myself—
+\q this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh, the God of hosts,
 \q I detest the pride of Jacob;
 \q I hate his fortresses.
 \q Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it."
@@ -665,8 +665,8 @@
 \q "The end has come for my people Israel;
 \q I will spare them no longer.
 \q
-\v 3 The songs of the temple will become wailings in that day
-\q —this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh—
+\v 3 The songs of the temple will become wailings in that day—
+\q this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh—
 \q many dead bodies, they are thrown everywhere!
 \q Silence!"
 
@@ -698,8 +698,8 @@
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 9 "It will come in that day
-\q —this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh—
+\v 9 "It will come in that day—
+\q this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh—
 \q that I will make the sun set at noon,
 \q and I will darken the earth at daylight.
 \q
@@ -712,8 +712,8 @@
 
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 \q
-\v 11 Look, the days are coming
-\q —this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh—
+\v 11 Look, the days are coming—
+\q this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh—
 \q when I will send a famine in the land,
 \q not a famine for bread,
 \q nor of thirst for water,
@@ -778,16 +778,16 @@
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 \q
 \v 7 "Are you not like the people of Cush to me,
-\q people of Israel?
-\q —this is Yahweh's declaration.
-\q Did I not bring up Israel out of the land of Egypt,
+\q people of Israel—
+\q this is Yahweh's declaration—
+\q did I not bring up Israel out of the land of Egypt,
 \q the Philistines from Crete,
 \q and the Arameans from Kir?
 \q
 \v 8 Look, the eyes of the Lord Yahweh are on the sinful kingdom,
 \q and I will destroy it from the face of the earth,
-\q except that I will not totally destroy the house of Jacob
-\q —this is Yahweh's declaration.
+\q except that I will not totally destroy the house of Jacob—
+\q this is Yahweh's declaration.
 
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 \q
@@ -807,8 +807,8 @@
 \q and rebuild it as in the days of old,
 \q
 \v 12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom,
-\q and all the nations that are called by my name
-\q —this is Yahweh's declaration—he does this.
+\q and all the nations that are called by my name—
+\q this is Yahweh's declaration—he does this.
 
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38-ZEC.usfm

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 \s5
 \q
 \v 16 Therefore Yahweh of hosts says this:
-\q I have returned to Jerusalem with mercies. My house will be built within her
-\q —this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts—and the measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem!'
+\q I have returned to Jerusalem with mercies. My house will be built within her—
+\q this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts—and the measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem!'
 \q
 \v 17 Again call out, saying,
 \q 'Yahweh of hosts says this: My cities will once again overflow with goodness,
@@ -315,8 +315,8 @@
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 \q
 \v 11 But now it will not be as in former days,
-\q I will be with the remnant of this people
-\q —this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts.
+\q I will be with the remnant of this people—
+\q this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts.
 \q
 \v 12 For seeds of peace will be sown;
 \q the climbing vine will give its fruit and the earth will give its produce;
@@ -331,8 +331,8 @@
 \q Do not be afraid; let your hands be strong!
 \q
 \v 14 For Yahweh of hosts says this: 
-\q Just as I planned to do harm to you when your ancestors provoked my anger
-\q —says Yahweh of hosts—and did not relent,
+\q Just as I planned to do harm to you when your ancestors provoked my anger—
+\q says Yahweh of hosts—and did not relent,
 \q 
 \v 15 so also I will plan in these days 
 \q to do good again to Jerusalem and the house of Judah! 

43-LUK.usfm

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 \p
 \v 15 It came about that when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to each other, "Let us now go to Bethlehem, and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us."
-\v 16 They hurried there and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby who was lying in a manger.
+\v 16 They hurried there and found Mary and Joseph, and saw the baby lying in the manger.
 
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 \v 17 After they had seen him, they made known what had been said to them about this child.
@@ -1084,7 +1084,6 @@
 \c 11
 \p
 \v 1 It happened when Jesus was praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples."
-
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 \v 2 Jesus said to them, "When you pray say,
 \q 'Father, may your name be sanctified.

59-HEB.usfm

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 \q on the day that I took them by their hand 
 \q2 to lead them out of the land of Egypt.
 \q For they did not carefully obey my covenant,
-\q2 and I disregarded them
-\q —says the Lord.
+\q2 and I disregarded them—
+\q says the Lord.
 
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 \q