From Aaron Fenlason

24-JER/07.usfm

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 \v 33 The corpses of this people will be food for the birds of the skies and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to frighten them away.
-\v 34 I will put an end to the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem, the sounds of exaltation and jubilation, the sounds of the groom and the bride; since the land will become a desolation."
+\v 34 I will put an end to the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem, the sound of joy and the sound of gladness, the sound of the groom and the sound of the bride, for the land will become a desolation."
 
 

24-JER/16.usfm

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-\v 5 For the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 'Do not enter any house where there is mourning. Do not go about lamenting, and do not sympathize for these people. For I have gathered up my peace, covenant faithfulness, and acts of tender mercy, from this people!—this is Yahweh's declaration—
+\v 5 For the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 'Do not enter a house where there is mourning. Do not go to mourn or to show sympathy for them, for I have taken away my peace from this people, my steadfast love and mercy—this is Yahweh's declaration.
-\v 6 so the great and the small will die in this land. They will not be buried, nor will anyone mourn for them. No one will cut themselves or shave their heads for them.
+\v 6 Both the great and the small will die in this land. They will not be buried, and no one will mourn for them or cut themselves or shave their heads for them.
 
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 \v 7 No one must share any food in mourning to comfort them because of the deaths, and none must give a comforting cup to his father or his mother in order to comfort them.
 \v 8 You must not go to a banquet house to sit with them in order to eat or drink.'
-\v 9 For Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this, 'See, before your eyes, in your days and in this place, I am about to put an end to the sound of joy and celebration, the voices of the groom and bride.'
+\v 9 For Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this, 'See, before your eyes, in your days and in this place, I am about to put an end to the sound of joy and the sound of gladness, the sound of the groom and the sound of the bride.'
 
 
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-\v 14 Therefore see! The days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when it will no longer be said, 'As Yahweh lives, the one who brought up the people of Israel from the land of Egypt.'
+\v 14 Therefore, behold, the days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when it will no longer be said, 'As Yahweh lives, the one who brought up the people of Israel from the land of Egypt.'
-\v 15 For as Yahweh lives, the one who brought up the people of Israel from the land of the north and from the lands where he had scattered them, I will bring them back to the land that I gave to their ancestors.
+\v 15 but, 'As Yahweh lives, the one who brought up the people of Israel from the land of the north and from the lands where he had scattered them.' For I will bring them back to the land that I gave to their ancestors.
 
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 \v 19 Yahweh, you are my stronghold and my refuge, my place of safety in the day of distress.
-\q The nations will go to you from the ends of the earth and say, "Surely our ancestors inherited deceit.
+\q The nations will go to you from the ends of the earth and say, 'Surely our ancestors inherited deceit.
 \q They are empty; there is no profit in them.
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-\v 20 Do people make gods for themselves? But they are not gods.
+\v 20 Do people make gods for themselves? But they are not gods.'
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 \v 21 Therefore see! I will cause them to know in this time, I will cause them to know my hand and my power,
-\q so they will know that Yahweh is my name."
+\q so they will know that Yahweh is my name.
 
 

24-JER/17.usfm

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 \v 1 "The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus having a diamond point.
 \q It is engraved on the tablet of their hearts and on the horns of your altars.
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-\v 2 Their children remember their altars and their Asherah poles by the leafy trees
+\v 2 Even their children remember their altars and their Asherah poles 
-\q on the high hills.
+\q that were beside the spreading trees and on the high hills.
 
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-\v 3 My mountain in the open country and all your wealth along with all of your treasures,
+\v 3 The Asherah poles were on my mountain in the open country. 
-\q I will give as plunder to others.
+\q Your wealth and all your treasures I will give away as plunder,
-\q That is the price of your high places
+\q together with your high places, 
-\q and the sin that is throughout all your territories.
+\q because of the sin you committed in all your territories.
 
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 \v 4 You will lose the inheritance that I gave to you.
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 \v 7 But the person who trusts in Yahweh is blessed, for Yahweh is his reason for confidence.
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-\v 8 For he will be like a plant beside waters along the stream; his roots will spread out.
+\v 8 For he will be like a tree planted by water, its roots will spread out by the stream.
-\q He will not see that heat is coming, for his leaves will be luxurious.
+\q It will not fear the heat when it comes, for its leaves are always green.
-\q Then in the year of drought he will not be anxious, nor will he stop producing fruit.
+\q It is not anxious in a year of drought, and it will not stop producing fruit.
 
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 \v 9 The heart is more deceitful than anything else. It is sick; who can understand it?
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-\v 10 I am Yahweh, the one who searches through the mind, who tests the kidneys.
+\v 10 I am Yahweh, the one who searches through the mind, who tests the hearts.
 \q I give to each person according to his ways, according to 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,
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 \v 12 "The place of our temple is a glorious throne, elevated from the beginning.
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-\v 13 Yahweh is the hope of Israel. All who abandon you will be ashamed. Those in the land who turn away from you will be cut off.
+\v 13 Yahweh is the hope of Israel. All who abandon you will be ashamed. Those in the land who turn away from you will be written in the dust.
 \q For they are abandoning Yahweh, the fountain of living waters.
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 \v 14 Heal me, Yahweh, and I will be healed! Rescue me, and I will be rescued. For you are my song of praise.
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 \v 25 then kings, princes, and those who sit on David's throne will come to the gates of this city in chariots and with horses, they and their leaders, men of Judah and 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 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 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, thank offerings to the house of Yahweh.
-\v 27 But if you do not listen to me—to set apart the Sabbath day and do not carry heavy loads and do not enter the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day—then I will light a fire in its gates, and it will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem, and it cannot be put out."
+\v 27 But if you do not listen to me—to set apart the Sabbath day and to not carry heavy loads and to not enter the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day—or I will light a fire in its gates, and it will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem, and it cannot be put out."
 
 

24-JER/25.usfm

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 \v 9 see, I am about to send out a command to gather all the peoples of the north—this is Yahweh's declaration—with Nebuchadnezzar my servant, king of Babylon, and bring them against this land and its inhabitants, and against all the nations around you. For I will set them apart for destruction. I will turn them into a horror, an object for hissing, and an unending desolation.
 
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-\v 10 The sounds of joy and celebration—the voices of the bridegroom and bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamps—I will make all these things disappear from these nations.
+\v 10 I will put an end to the sound of joy and sound of gladness, the sound of the groom and the sound of the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp.
 \v 11 Then all of this land will become a desolation and a horror, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.
 
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24-JER/33.usfm

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-\v 10 Yahweh says this, 'In this place about which you are now saying, "It is desolate. There is neither man nor beast in the cities of Judah, and the streets of Jerusalem are uninhabited, with neither man nor beast."
+\v 10 Yahweh says this, 'In this place about which you are now saying, "It is desolate, a place with neither man nor beast," in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate having neither man nor beast, there will be heard again
-\v 11 Again there will be heard here sounds of rejoicing and celebration, sounds of bridegrooms and brides, sounds of people who say, "Give thanks to Yahweh of hosts, for he is good, and his covenant faithfulness is unending." Bring an offering of thanksgiving to my house, for I will restore the fortunes of the land as in the beginning,' says Yahweh.
+\v 11 the sound of joy and the sound of gladness, the sound of the groom and the sound of the bride, the sound of those who say, while they bring thank offerings to the house of Yahweh, "Give thanks to Yahweh of hosts, for Yahweh is good, and his unfailing love lasts forever!" For I will restore the fortunes of the land to what they were before,' says Yahweh.
 
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