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 \v 5 Yahweh said, "Indeed, if you, Jeremiah, have run with foot soldiers and they have tired you out, how can you compete against horses?
-\q And if you are confident only in a peaceful land, how will you do in the thickets along the Jordan?
+\q And if you are confident only in a peaceful land, how will you do in the majesty along the Jordan?
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 \v 6 For even your brothers and your father's family have betrayed you and have raised their voice against you.
 \q Do not trust in them, even if they say nice things to you.
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 \v 8 Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
-\v 9 "Yahweh says this: In the same way I will destroy the great arrogance of Judah and Jerusalem.
+\v 9 "Yahweh says this: In the same way I will destroy the pride of Judah and the great majesty of Jerusalem.
 \v 10 This wicked people who refuses to listen to my word, who walk in the hardness of their heart, who go after other gods to worship them and bow down to them—they will be like this undergarment that is good for nothing.
 \v 11 For just as an undergarment clings to someone's hips, so I have made all the house of Israel and all the house of Judah cling to me—this is Yahweh's declaration—to be my people, to bring me fame, praise, and honor. But they would not listen to me.
 
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 \v 10 Do not weep for the one who is dead or mourn for him; but weep bitterly for him who is about to go away,
-\q because he will never return and see his native land again.'
+\q because he will never return and see the land of his birth again.'
 
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 \v 10 So you, my servant Jacob, do not fear—this is Yahweh's declaration—and do not be dismayed, Israel.
 \q For see, I am about to deliver you from the faraway place, and your descendants from the land of captivity.
-\q Jacob will return and be at ease; he will be secure, and there will be no more terror.
+\q Jacob will return and be at ease; he will rest secure, and there will be no more terror.
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 \v 11 For I am with you—this is Yahweh's declaration—to save you. Then I will bring a complete end
 \q to all the nations where I have scattered you. But I will certainly not put an end to you,
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-\v 5 What am I seeing here? They are filled with terror and are running away, for their soldiers are defeated.
+\v 5 What am I seeing here? They are dismayed and are running away, for their soldiers have been completely destroyed.
-\q They are running for safety and are not looking back. Terror is all around—this is Yahweh's declaration—
+\q They are fleeing for refuge and are not looking back. Terror is all around—this is Yahweh's declaration—
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 \v 6 the swift cannot run away, and the soldiers cannot escape.
 \q They stumble in the north and fall beside the Euphrates River.
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 \v 11 Go up to Gilead and obtain medicine, virgin daughter of Egypt.
 \q It is useless that you put much medicine on yourself. There is no cure for you.
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-\v 12 The nations have heard of your disgrace. The earth is filled with your laments,
+\v 12 The nations have heard of your disgrace. The earth is filled with your cry of distress,
 \q for soldier stumbles against soldier; both of them fall together."
 
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-\v 15 Why are your mighty ones face-down on the ground? They will not stand, because I, Yahweh, have pushed them to the ground.
+\v 15 Why are your mighty ones facedown on the ground? They will not stand, because Yahweh has pushed them to the ground.
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 \v 16 He increases the numbers of those who stumble. Each soldier falls against the next one. They are saying, 'Get up. Let us go home.
-\q Let us go back to our own people, to our native land. Let us leave this sword that is beating us down.'
+\q Let us go back to our own people, to the land of our birth, and away from the sword of the oppressor.'
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 \v 17 They proclaimed there, 'Pharaoh the king of Egypt is only a noise, one who has let his opportunity slip away.'
 
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 \q someone will come like Mount Tabor and Mount Carmel by the sea.
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 \v 19 Pack for yourselves baggage to carry into exile, you who live in Egypt.
-\q For Memphis will become a waste, it will lie in ruins and no one will live there.
+\q For Memphis will become a waste; it will be burned, and no one will live there.
 
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-\v 27 But you, my servant Jacob, do not fear. Do not be dismayed, Israel, for see, I am about to bring you back from far away, and your descendants from the land of their captivity. Then Jacob will return, find peace, and be secure, and there will be no one to terrify him.
+\v 27 But you, my servant Jacob, do not fear. Do not be dismayed, Israel, for see, I am about to deliver you from the faraway place, and your descendants from the land of their captivity. Jacob will return and be at ease; he will rest secure, and there will be no more terror.
 \v 28 You, my servant Jacob, do not fear—this is Yahweh's declaration—for I am with you, so I will bring complete destruction against all the nations where I scattered you. But I will not destroy you completely. Yet I will discipline you justly and will certainly not leave you unpunished."
 
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 \v 2 "Yahweh says this: See, floods of water are rising in the north. They will be like an overflowing river!
 \q Then they will overflow the land and everything in it, its cities and its inhabitants! So everyone will shout for help,
-\q and all the inhabitants of the land will lament.
+\q and all the inhabitants of the land will howl.
 
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 \v 3 At the sound of the stamping of their strong horses' hooves,
 \q at the roar of their chariots and the noise of their wheels,
-\q fathers will not help their children because of their own weakness.
+\q fathers will not help their children because of the weakness of their own hands.
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 \v 4 For the day is coming that will devastate all of the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon
 \q every survivor who wants to help them. For Yahweh is devastating the Philistines,
 \q those who remain from the island of Caphtor.
 
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-\v 5 Baldness will come upon Gaza. As for Ashkelon, the people who are left in their valley will be made silent.
+\v 5 Baldness will come upon Gaza. Ashkelon has been silenced.
-\q How long will you cut yourself in mourning?
+\q You remnant in their valley, how long will you cut yourself?
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 \v 6 Woe, sword of Yahweh! How long will it be until you become silent?
 \q Go back to your scabbard! Stop and be silent.
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 \v 7 How can it rest when Yahweh has commanded it,
-\q when he has ordered it to attack Ashkelon and the coastlands along the sea?"
+\q when he has appointed it to attack Ashkelon and the coastlands along the sea?"
 
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-\v 3 Listen! A sound of screaming is coming from Horonaim, where there is ruin and great destruction.
+\v 3 Listen! A sound of an outcry is coming from Horonaim, where there is ruin and great destruction.
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 \v 4 Moab has been destroyed. Her children have made their cries heard.
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-\v 11 Moab has felt secure since he was young. He is like his wine
+\v 11 Moab has rested secure since he was young. He is like his wine
 \q that has never been poured from pot to pot. He has never gone into captivity.
 \q Therefore he tastes as good as ever; his flavor remains unchanged.
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 \q his haughtiness, his pride, his self-glory and the conceit in his heart.
 
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-\v 30 This is Yahweh's declaration—I myself know his defiant speech, which amounts to nothing, like his deeds.
+\v 30 This is Yahweh's declaration—I myself know his arrogant speech, which amounts to nothing, like his deeds.
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 \v 31 So I will howl a lament for Moab, and I will shout in sorrow for all of Moab.
 \q I will lament for the people of Kir Hareseth.
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 \v 32 I will weep for you more than I did for Jazer, vine of Sibmah! Your branches passed across the Salt Sea and reached
-\q as far as Jazer. The destroyers have attacked your summer fruit and your wine.
+\q as far as Jazer. The destroyer has attacked your summer fruit and your grapes.
 
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-\v 34 From the shouts at Heshbon as far as Elealeh, their sound is heard at Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah, since even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.
+\v 34 From the shouts at Heshbon as far as Elealeh, their sound is heard at Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah, since even the waters of Nimrim have become desolate.
 \v 35 For I will put an end to anyone in Moab who makes sacrifices on the high places and burns incense to his gods—this is Yahweh's declaration.
 
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 \v 42 So Moab will be destroyed and be no longer a people, because he made himself to be great against Yahweh.
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-\v 43 Terror and the pit, and a trap are coming on you, inhabitant of Moab—this is Yahweh's declaration.
+\v 43 Terror, the pit, and a trap are coming on you, inhabitant of Moab—this is Yahweh's declaration.
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 \v 44 Anyone who flees because of terror will fall into the pit,
-\q and anyone who climbs out of the pit will be caught in the trap, for I will bring this on them
+\q and anyone who climbs out of the pit will be caught in the trap, for I will bring this on them, the people of Moab,
 \q in the year of my vengeance against them—this is Yahweh's declaration.
 
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 \v 45 The ones who flee will stand in the shadow of Heshbon without any strength, for fire will go out from Heshbon,
-\q flame from the middle of Sihon. It will devour the forehead of Moab and the top of the heads of the boastful people.
+\q flame from the middle of Sihon. It will devour the forehead of Moab and the scalps of the boastful people.
 
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 \q "Does Israel have no children? Is there no one to inherit anything in Israel?
 \q Why does Molech occupy Gad, and his people live in its cities? \f + \ft Instead of \fqa Molech \fqa* , some modern translations have \fqa their king \fqa* . \f*
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-\v 2 So look, the days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when I will sound the signal for battle
+\v 2 So look, the days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when I will cause a trumpet call for battle against Rabbah
-\q against Rabbah among the people of Ammon, so it will become a deserted heap and its villages will be set on fire.
+\q to be heard among the people of Ammon, so it will become a deserted heap and its villages will be set on fire.
 \q For Israel will possess those who possessed him," says Yahweh.
 
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-\v 3 "Howl in lament, Heshbon, for Ai will be devastated! Shout out, daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth.
+\v 3 "Howl in lament, Heshbon, for Ai will be devastated! Shout out, daughters of Rabbah! Gird yourselves with sackcloth.
 \q Lament and run about in futility, for Molech is going into captivity,
 \q together with his priests and leaders.
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 \v 9 If grape harvesters came to you, would they not leave a little bit behind?
-\q If thieves came in the night, would they not steal only as much as they wanted?
+\q If thieves came in the night, would they not spoil only as much as they wanted?
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 \v 10 But I have stripped Esau bare. I have revealed his hiding places.
 \q So he will not be able to hide himself. His children, his brothers, and his neighbors are destroyed, and he is gone.
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-\v 12 For Yahweh says this, "See, those who did not deserve it must certainly drink some of the cup. Do you yourself think you will go without punishment? You will not, for you will certainly drink.
+\v 12 For Yahweh says this, "See, those who did not deserve it must certainly drink some of the cup. Do you yourself think you will go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for you will certainly drink.
-\v 13 For I have sworn by myself—this is Yahweh's declaration—that Bozrah will become a horror, a disgrace, a devastation, and an object for cursing. All of its cities will become devastations forever.
+\v 13 For I have sworn by myself—this is Yahweh's declaration—that Bozrah will become a horror, a disgrace, a devastation, and an object for cursing. All of its cities will become ruins forever.
 
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 \v 17 Edom will become a horror to everyone passing by it.
-\q Every such person will tremble and hiss because of all of its disasters.
+\q Every such person will be appalled and hiss because of all of its disasters.
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 \v 18 Like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors, says Yahweh,
 \q and no one will live there; no person will stay there.
 
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-\v 19 See, he will go up like a lion from the forests of the Jordan to the green pasturelands.
+\v 19 See, he will go up like a lion from the majesty of the Jordan to the green pasturelands.
 \q For I will quickly make Edom run from it, and I will put someone who will be chosen in charge of it.
 \q For who is like me, and who will summon me? What shepherd is able to resist me?
 
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-\v 21 At the sound of their falling the earth shakes. The sound of distressed shouts is heard at the Sea of Reeds.
+\v 21 At the sound of their falling the earth shakes. The sound of cries of distress is heard at the Sea of Reeds.
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 \v 22 See, someone will attack like an eagle, and swoop down and spread his wings over Bozrah.
 \q Then on that day, the hearts of Edom's soldiers will become like the heart of a woman in birth labor."
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 \v 23 About Damascus: "Hamath and Arpad will be ashamed, for they have heard news of disaster.
-\q They melt away! They become as troubled as the sea, which cannot stay calm.
+\q They melt away! Anxiety is in the sea. It cannot stay calm.
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 \v 24 Damascus has become very weak. It turns away to flee; terror seizes it.
 \q Distress and pain seize it, like the pain of a woman giving birth.
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 \v 37 So I will shatter Elam before their enemies and before those who seek their lives.
 \q for I will bring disaster against them, the fury of my wrath—this is Yahweh's declaration—
-\q and I will send the sword after them until I have annihilated them.
+\q and I will send the sword after them until I have consumed them.
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 \v 38 Then I will put my throne in Elam and will destroy its king and leaders from there—this is Yahweh's declaration—
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 \v 6 My people have been a lost flock. Their shepherds have led them astray in the mountains;
-\q they have turned them around from hill to hill. They went, they forgot the place where they had lived.
+\q they have turned them around from hill to hill. They went, they have forgotten their resting place.
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 \v 7 Everyone who went out to them devoured them. Their adversaries said, 'We are not guilty,
 \q because they sinned against Yahweh, their true home—Yahweh, the hope of their ancestors.'
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 \q See, she will be the least of nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
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 \v 13 Because of Yahweh's anger, Babylon will not be inhabited, but will be a complete devastation.
-\q Everyone who passes by will shudder because of Babylon and will hiss because of all of its wounds.
+\q Everyone who passes by will be appalled because of Babylon and will hiss because of all of its wounds.
 
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 \v 14 Arrange yourselves against Babylon all around her. Everyone who bends a bow must shoot at her.
-\q Do not keep back any of your arrows, for she has sinned against Yahweh.
+\q Do not spare any of your arrows, for she has sinned against Yahweh.
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 \v 15 Raise a shout against her all around! She has surrendered; her towers have fallen;
 \q her walls are torn down, for this is Yahweh's vengeance.
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-\v 17 Israel is a wandering sheep driven away by lions.
+\v 17 Israel is a scattered flock driven away by lions.
 \q First the king of Assyria devoured him;
 \q then after this, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon broke his bones.
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 \v 21 "Arise against the land of Merathaim, against it and the ones inhabiting Pekod.
-\q Put them to the sword and set them apart for destruction—this is Yahweh's declaration—do everything that I am commanding you.
+\q Put them to the sword and completely destroy them—this is Yahweh's declaration—do everything that I am commanding you.
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 \v 22 The sounds of battle and enormous destruction are in the land.
 
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 \v 23 How the hammer of all the lands has been cut apart and destroyed.
-\q How Babylon has become a destroyed place among the nations.
+\q How Babylon has become an object of horror among the nations.
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 \v 24 I have set a trap for you and you were taken, Babylon, and you did not know it!
 \q You were found and captured, because you opposed Yahweh.
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 \q Camp against her, and let no one escape.
 \q Repay her for what she has done.
 \q Do to her by the measure she has used.
-\q For she had defied Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel.
+\q For she had acted arrogantly against Yahweh—against the Holy One of Israel.
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 \v 30 So her young men will fall in the city squares,
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 \q for your day has come, proud one, the time when I will punish you.
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 \v 32 So the proud ones will stumble and fall. No one will raise them up.
-\q I will light a fire in their cities; it will devour everything around him.
+\q I will set fire to their cities; it will devour everything around him.
 
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-\v 44 Behold! He goes up like a lion from the heights of the Jordan to the enduring grazing place
+\v 44 Behold! He goes up like a lion from the majesty of the Jordan to the enduring grazing place
 \q For I will quickly cause them to run from it, and I will put someone who will be chosen in charge of it.
 \q For who is like me, and who will summon me? What shepherd is able to resist me?
 
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 \v 3 Do not let the archers bend their bows; do not let them put on armor.
 \q Do not spare her young men; set her whole army apart for destruction.
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-\v 4 For the wounded people will fall in the land of the Chaldeans; those who are killed will fall in her streets.
+\v 4 For the wounded people will fall in the land of the Chaldeans; those who are thrust through will fall in her streets.
 
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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.
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-\v 10 Yahweh has declared our innocence. Come, let us tell in Zion
+\v 10 Yahweh has brought about our vindication. Come, let us give a full account in Zion
 \q the deeds of Yahweh our God.'
 
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 \q the spirit of the king of the Medes in a plan to destroy Babylon.
 \q This is for Yahweh's vengeance, vengeance for the destruction of his temple.
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-\v 12 Lift up a banner over Babylon's walls; make the watch strong; set up watchmen; prepare the ambushes;
+\v 12 Lift up a signal flag over Babylon's walls; make the watch strong; set up watchmen; prepare the ambushes;
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-\v 17 Every man has become ignorant, without knowledge. Every metalworker is put to shame by his idols.
+\v 17 Every man has become stupid, without knowledge. Every metalworker is put to shame by his idols.
-\q For his cast images are frauds, and there is no life in them.
+\q For his cast metal images are frauds, and there is no life in them.
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 \v 18 They are useless, the work of mockers; they will perish at the time of their punishment.
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-\v 27 Lift up a banner over the earth. Blow the ram's horn over the nations. Call the nations to attack her:
+\v 27 Lift up a signal flag over the earth. Blow the ram's horn over the nations. Call the nations to attack her:
-\q Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.
+\q the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.
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 \v 28 Prepare the nations to attack her: The kings of the Medes and his governors,
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 \v 34 'Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me,
 \q he has driven me into confusion and has made me an empty pot.
-\q Like a monster he has swallowed me,
+\q Like a sea monster he has swallowed me,
 \q he has filled his stomach with my delicious foods,
 \q and then he has spit me out.'
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 \v 38 The Babylonians will roar together like young lions. They will growl like lion cubs.
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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,
+\v 39 When they become hot with greed, I will make a feast for them; I will make them drunk so they become joyful
 \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.
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-\v 54 A shout of distress came from Babylon, a great collapse from the land of the Chaldeans.
+\v 54 A cry of distress came from Babylon, great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans.
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 \v 55 For Yahweh is destroying Babylon. He is causing her loud voice to perish.
 \q Their enemies roar like the waves of many waters; their noise becomes very strong.
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 \v 56 For the destroyers have come against her—against Babylon!—and her warriors have been captured.
-\q Their bows are broken, for Yahweh is the God of vengeance; he will surely carry out this repayment.
+\q Their bows are shattered, for Yahweh is the God of vengeance; he will surely carry out this repayment.
 
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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 and her wise men drunk,
+\q as well as her governors, her officials, and her soldiers.
 \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.
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 \v 19 The basins and the incense burners, the bowls, pots, lampstands, pans, and basins that were made of gold, and those made of silver—the commander of the king's guard took them away as well.
 
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-\v 20 The two pillars, the large bronze basin known as "The Sea," and the twelve bronze bulls that were under the stands, things that Solomon had made for the house of Yahweh, contained more bronze than could be weighed.
+\v 20 The two pillars, the large bronze basin known as "The Sea," and the twelve bronze bulls that were under the stands, things that King Solomon had made for the house of Yahweh, contained more bronze than could be weighed.
 \v 21 The pillars were eighteen cubits high each, and a line around each one measured twelve cubits. Each was four fingers thick and hollow.
 
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 \v 29 In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar he took 832 people from Jerusalem.
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-\v 30 In the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan, the commander of the king's bodyguards, exiled 745 Jews. All the exiled people totaled 4,600.
+\v 30 In the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan, the commander of the king's bodyguards, exiled 745 Jewish people. All the exiled people totaled 4,600.
 
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 \v 32 He spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat more honorable than that of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
 \v 33 Awel-Marduk removed Jehoiachin's prison clothes, and Jehoiachin ate regularly at the king's table for the rest of his life,
-\v 34 and a regular food allowance was given to him every day for the rest of his life until his death.
+\v 34 and a regular food allowance was given to him by the king of Babylon every day for the rest of his life until his death.