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@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ vines in the fields will not lose their fruit before the right time," says Yahwe
 
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-\v 13 "Your words have been hard against me," says Yahweh. "But you say, 'What have we said among ourselves against you?'
+\v 13 "Your words against me have been strong," says Yahweh. "But you say, 'What have we said among ourselves against you?'
 \v 14 You have said, 'It is useless to serve God. What profit is it that we have kept his requirements or walked mournfully before Yahweh of hosts?
 \v 15 So now we call the arrogant blessed. Evildoers not only prosper, but they even tempt God and escape.'"