diff --git a/29-JOL/01.usfm b/29-JOL/01.usfm
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--- a/29-JOL/01.usfm
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@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 \q2 so the priests who serve Yahweh are mourning.
 \q1
 \v 10 The crops in the fields have been ruined;
-\q2 it is as though the ground itself is mourning.
+\q2 it is as though the ground itself had died.
 \q1 The grain has been destroyed,
 \q2 there are no grapes to make wine,
 \q2 and there is no more olive oil.