Finish And ... for the Old Testament

38-ZEC/01.usfm

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 \q I have been jealous for Jerusalem
 and for Zion with a great passion!
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-\v 15 And I am very angry with the nations that are at ease.
-\q I was only a little angry, but they made the disaster worse.
+\v 15 I am very angry with the nations that are at ease.
+\q When I was only a little angry with them, they made the disaster worse.
 
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38-ZEC/03.usfm

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 \v 3 Joshua was dressed in filthy garments as he stood before the angel.
 
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-\v 4 And so the angel spoke and said to those who stood before him, "Remove the filthy garments from upon him." Then he
+\v 4 The angel spoke and said to those who stood before him, "Remove the filthy garments from upon him." Then he
 said to Joshua, "Look! I have caused your iniquity to pass from you and I will dress you in fine clothing."
 \v 5 He said, "Let them put a clean turban on his head!" So they set a clean turban on Joshua's head and clothed him with clean garments while the angel of Yahweh was standing by.
 

38-ZEC/04.usfm

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 \v 11 Then I asked the angel, "What are these two olive trees that stand on the left and the right of the lampstand?"
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 \v 12 Once more I asked him, "What are these two olive branches beside the two gold pipes that have golden oil pouring out of them?"
-\v 13 Then he said to me, "Do you not know what these are?" And I said, "No, my master."
+\v 13 Then he said to me, "Do you not know what these are?" I said, "No, my master."
 
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38-ZEC/05.usfm

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 \v 7 Then a lead covering was lifted off the basket and there was a woman under it sitting in it!
 
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-\v 8 The angel said, "This is Wickedness!" And he threw her back inside the basket, and he threw the lead cover over its opening.
+\v 8 The angel said, "This is Wickedness!" He threw her back inside the basket, and he threw the lead cover over its opening.
 \v 9 I lifted my eyes and saw two women coming toward me, and wind was in their wings—for they had wings like a stork's wings. They lifted up the basket between earth and heaven.
 
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38-ZEC/06.usfm

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 \v 12 Speak to him and say, 'Yahweh of hosts says this:
-\q This man, his name is Branch! And he will grow up where he is
+\q This man, his name is Branch! He will grow up where he is
 \q and will then build the temple of Yahweh!
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 \v 13 It is he who will build the temple of Yahweh and will raise up its splendor; then he will sit and rule on his throne.

38-ZEC/07.usfm

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 \q 'When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month
 \q for these seventy years, were you truly fasting for me?
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-\v 6 And when you ate and drank, did you not eat and drink for yourselves?
+\v 6 When you ate and drank, did you not eat and drink for yourselves?
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 \v 7 Were these not the same words that Yahweh proclaimed by the mouth of the former prophets,
 \q when you still inhabited Jerusalem and the surrounding cities in prosperity and were settled in the Negev, and the foothills to the west?'"

38-ZEC/14.usfm

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 \v 9 Yahweh will be king over all the earth. On that day there will be Yahweh, the one God, and his name alone.
-\v 10 All the land will be like the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. And Jerusalem will continue to be elevated. She will live in her own place, from the Benjamin Gate to the place where the first gate was, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king's winepresses.
+\v 10 All the land will be like the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. Jerusalem will continue to be raised up and remain in its own place, from the Benjamin Gate to the place where the first gate was, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king's winepresses.
 \v 11 The people will live in Jerusalem and there will be no more complete destruction from God against them. Jerusalem will live in safety.
 
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 \v 16 Then it will happen that all who remain in those nations that came against Jerusalem will instead go up from year to year to worship the king, Yahweh of hosts, and to keep the Festival of Shelters.
-\v 17 And it will happen that if anyone from all the nations of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to worship the king, Yahweh of hosts, then Yahweh will not bring rain on them.
-\v 18 And if the nation of Egypt does not go up, then they will not receive rain. A plague from Yahweh will attack the nations that do not go up to keep the Festival of Shelters.
+\v 17 It will happen that if anyone from all the nations of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to worship the king, Yahweh of hosts, then Yahweh will not bring rain on them.
+\v 18 If the nation of Egypt does not go up, then they will not receive rain. A plague from Yahweh will attack the nations that do not go up to keep the Festival of Shelters.
 
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 \v 19 This will be the punishment for Egypt and the punishment for every nation that does not go up to keep the Festival of Shelters.

39-MAL/02.usfm

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-\v 1 And now, you priests, this command is for you.
+\v 1 Now you priests, this command is for you.
 \v 2 "If you will not listen, and if you will not lay it on your heart to give honor to my name," says Yahweh of hosts, "then I will send a curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them, because you are not laying my command on your heart.
 
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 \v 3 See, I am about to rebuke your descendants, and I will spread dung on your faces, the dung from your festivals, and he will take you away with it.
 \f + \ft Instead of \fqa rebuke your descendants \fqa* , which the Hebrew text has, some ancient and modern versions have \fqa cut off your shoulder \fqa* (or \fqa arm \fqa* ) \fqa* . Some other modern versions have \fqa corrupt your descendants \fqa* . \f*
 \f + \ft Instead of \fqa he will take you away with it \fqa* , which is in the Hebrew text, some ancient and modern versions have \fqa I will take you away from beside me \fqa* , that is, \fqa from my presence \fqa* . \f*
-\v 4 And you will know that I have sent this command to you, that my covenant may continue to be with Levi," says Yahweh of hosts.
+\v 4 You will know that I have sent this command to you, and that my covenant may continue to be with Levi," says Yahweh of hosts.
 
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 \v 5 "My covenant with him was life and peace, and I gave them to him; I gave him fear, and he feared me, and he stood in awe of my name.
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 \f + \ft Instead of \fqa  the one who is awake and the one who answers \fqa* , some versions have other expressions such as \fqa the master and the one who studies \fqa* . \f*
 
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-\v 13 And you also do this: You cover the altar of Yahweh with tears, with weeping and sighing, because he still does not turn toward the offering or accept it with favor from your hand.
+\v 13 You also do this: You cover the altar of Yahweh with tears, with weeping and sighing, because he still does not turn toward the offering or accept it with favor from your hand.
 
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 \v 14 But you say, "Why does he not?" Because Yahweh was a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have been faithless, even though she was your companion and your wife by covenant.
-\v 15 Did he not make them one, with a portion of his spirit? And why did he make you one? Because he was seeking an offspring from God. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.
+\v 15 Did he not make them one, with a portion of his spirit? Then why did he make you one? Because he was seeking an offspring from God. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.
 \v 16 "For I hate divorce," says Yahweh, the God of Israel, "and the one who covers his garment with violence," says Yahweh of hosts. "So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not be faithless."
 
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39-MAL/03.usfm

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-\v 1 "See, I am about to send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple. And the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, see, he will come," says Yahweh of hosts.
+\v 1 "See, I am about to send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Then the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, see, he will come," says Yahweh of hosts.
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-\v 2 But who will be able to endure the day of his coming? And who will be able to stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner's fire and like
+\v 2 But who will be able to endure the day of his coming? Who will be able to stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner's fire and like
 laundry soap.
 \v 3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi. He will refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings of righteousness to Yahweh.
 
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 \v 9 You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation.
 
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-\v 10 Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in my house. And test me now in this," says
-Yahweh of hosts, "if I do not open to you the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing on you, until there is no more room for it.
+\v 10 Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this," says Yahweh of hosts, "if I do not open to you the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing on you, until there is no more room for it all.
 \v 11 I will speak against those who destroy your crops, so that they do not destroy the harvest of your land. Your vines in the fields will not lose their fruit," says Yahweh of hosts.
 \v 12 "All the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight," says Yahweh of hosts.
 

39-MAL/04.usfm

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 \v 1 For see, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and all the evildoers will become stubble.
 The day that is coming will burn them up," says Yahweh of hosts, "so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.
 \v 2 But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and you will leap like calves from the stall.
-\v 3 And you will trample down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day that I act," says Yahweh of hosts.
+\v 3 On that day you will trample down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day that I act," says Yahweh of hosts.
 
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