Reader report from Bram applied

12-2KI/17.usfm

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
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 \v 29 Every ethnic group made gods of their own, and put them in the high places that the Samaritans had made—every ethnic group in the cities where they lived.
 \v 30 The people of Babylon made Succoth Benoth; the people of Cuthah made Nergal; the people of Hamath made Ashima;
-\v 31 the Awites made Nibhaz and Tartak. The Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of the Sepharvites.
+\v 31 the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak. The Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of the Sepharvites.
 
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 \v 32 They also honored Yahweh, and appointed from among themselves priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the temples at the high places.

29-JOL/03.usfm

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
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 \q
-\v 7 Look, I about to stir them up, out of the place where you sold them,
+\v 7 Look, I am about to stir them up, out of the place where you sold them,
 \q and will return payment on your own head. 
 \q
 \v 8 I will sell your sons and your daughters,
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 \v 11 Hurry and come,
 \q all you nearby nations,
 \q gather yourselves together there.
-\q Yahweh, bring down your mighty warriors.
+\q Yahweh, bring down your mighty warriors.'
  
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 \q

30-AMO/04.usfm

@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 \p
 \q
 \v 4 "Go to Bethel and sin,
-\q to Gilgal and multiply sin.
+\q to Gilgal and multiply sin,
-\q Bring your sacrifices every morning,
+\q bring your sacrifices every morning,
 \q your tithes every three days.
 \q
 \v 5 Offer a thanksgiving sacrifice with bread;

30-AMO/06.usfm

@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@
 \v 7 So they will now go into exile with the first exiles,
 \q and the feasts of those who lounge about will pass away.
 \q
-\v 8 I, the Lord Yahweh, have sworn by myself
+\v 8 "I, the Lord Yahweh, have sworn by myself
 \q —this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh, the God of hosts,
-\q "I detest the pride of Jacob;
+\q I detest the pride of Jacob;
 \q I hate his fortresses.
 \q Therefore I will hand over the city with all that is in it."
  

31-OBA/01.usfm

@@ -2,14 +2,13 @@
 \c 1
 \p
 \v 1 The Vision of Obadiah.
-The Lord Yahweh says this concerning Edom: We have heard a report from Yahweh, and an ambassador has been sent among the
+The Lord Yahweh says this concerning Edom: We have heard a report from Yahweh and an ambassador has been sent among the nations, saying, "Rise up! Let us rise up against her for battle!"
-nations, saying, "Rise up! Let us rise up against her for battle!"
 \v 2 Behold, I will make you small among the nations, you will be greatly despised.
 
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 \v 3 The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, in your lofty home; who
 say in your heart, "Who will bring me down to the ground?"
-\v 4 Though you tower high like the eagle, and though your nest is set among the stars, I will bring you down from there,
+\v 4 Though you soar high like the eagle and though your nest is set among the stars, I will bring you down from there,
 says Yahweh.
 
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@@ -19,41 +18,35 @@ says Yahweh.
 
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 \v 7 All the men of your alliance will send you on your way to the border. The men who were at peace with you have
-deceived you, and prevailed against you. They who eat your bread have set a trap under you. There is no understanding
+deceived you, and prevailed against you. They who eat your bread have set a trap under you. There is no understanding in him.
-in him.
+\v 8 "Will I not on that day," says Yahweh, "destroy the wise men from Edom and understanding out of the mountain of Esau?
-\v 8 Will I not on that day, says Yahweh, destroy the wise men from Edom, and understanding out of the mountain of Esau?
+\v 9 And your mighty men will be dismayed, Teman, so that every man may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter. 
-\v 9 And your mighty men will be dismayed, Teman, so that every man may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by
-slaughter.
 
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 \v 10 Because of the violence done to your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame, and you will be cut off forever.
 \v 11 On the day you stood aloof, on the day strangers carried away his wealth, and foreigners
-entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, you were like one of them.
+entered into his gates, and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them.
 
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 \v 12 But do not gloat over your brother's day, in the day of his misfortune, and do not rejoice over the people of Judah in the
 day of their destruction; do not boast in the day of their distress.
 \v 13 Do not enter my people's gate in the day of their calamity; do not gloat over their affliction in the day of
 their disaster, do not loot their wealth in the day of their ruin.
-\v 14 And do not stand at the crossroads, to cut off his fugitives; and do not hand over his survivors in the day of distress.
+\v 14 And do not stand at the crossroads, to cut off his fugitives and do not hand over his survivors in the day of distress.
 
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-\v 15 For the day of Yahweh is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your deeds will
+\v 15 For the day of Yahweh is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your deeds will return on your own head.
-return on your own head.
+\v 16 For as you have drunk on my holy mountain, so will all the nations drink continually. They will drink and swallow and it will be as though they had never existed.
-\v 16 For as you have drunk on my holy mountain, so will all the nations drink continually. They will drink, and
-swallow, and it will be as though they had never existed.
 
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 \p
-\v 17 But in Mount Zion there will be those that escape, and it will be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their own
+\v 17 But in Mount Zion there will be those that escape and it will be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.
-possessions.
+\v 18 The house of Jacob will be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau will be stubble, and they will burn them, and consume them. There will be no survivors to the house of Esau, for Yahweh has spoken it."
-\v 18 The house of Jacob will be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau will be stubble, and they will burn them, and consume them. There will be no survivors to the house of Esau, for Yahweh has spoken it.
 
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-\v 19 And those from the Negev will possess the mount of Esau, and those of the Shepelah will possess the land of the Philistines; and they will possess the land of Ephraim, and the land of Samaria; and Benjamin will
+\v 19 And those from the Negev will possess the mount of Esau and those of the Shepelah will possess the land of the Philistines. They will possess the land of Ephraim and the land of Samaria; and Benjamin will possess Gilead.
-possess Gilead.
 
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 \v 20 The exiles of this host of the people of Israel will possess the land of Canaan as far as Zarephath. The exiles of Jerusalem, who are in Sepharad, will possess the cities of the Negev.

33-MIC/06.usfm

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 \c 6
 \p
 \q
-\v 1 Now listen to what Yahweh will say.
+\v 1 Now listen to what Yahweh says, 
-\q Micah says to him, "Arise and state your case before the mountains;
+\q  "Arise and state your case before the mountains;
 \q let the hills hear your voice.
 \q
 \v 2 Listen to Yahweh's lawsuit, you mountains,

33-MIC/07.usfm

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 \q For me it is like when the harvest of summer fruit is over,
 \q and also even the gleaning of the left-over grapes in the vineyards:
 \q There are no more clusters of fruit to be found,
-\q but I still crave first ripe figs.
+\q none of early figs that I crave.
 \q
 \v 2 Faithful people have disappeared from the land,
 \q there is no upright person within the human race.

34-NAM/02.usfm

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 \v 3 The shields of his mighty men are red, and the courageous men are clothed in scarlet;
 \q the chariots flash with their metal on the day that they are made ready, and the cypress spears are waved in the air.
 \q 
-\v 4 The chariots speed through the streets; they rush to and fro in the wide streets. 
+\v 4 The chariots speed through the streets; they rush back and forth in the wide streets. 
 \q They look like torches, and they run like lightning.
 
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36-ZEP/01.usfm

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah.
 \v 5 the people who on the housetops worship the heavenly bodies,
 \q and the people who worship and swear to Yahweh but who also swear by Milcom.
 \q
-\v 6 I will also those who have turned away from following Yahweh, those who neither seek Yahweh nor ask for his guidance."
+\v 6 I will also cut off those who have turned away from following Yahweh, those who neither seek Yahweh nor ask for his guidance."
 
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 \p

37-HAG/01.usfm

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 \p
 \v 1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of Yahweh came by
 the hand of Haggai the prophet to the governor of Judah, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and to the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, and said, 
-\v 2 "Yahweh of hosts says this: This people says, 'It is not time for us to come or to build Yahweh's house.'"
+\v 2 "Yahweh of hosts says this: These people say, 'It is not time for us to come or to build Yahweh's house.'"
 
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 \v 3 And so the word of Yahweh came by the hand of Haggai the prophet and said,

38-ZEC/01.usfm

@@ -32,18 +32,16 @@ valley; and behind him there were red, reddish-brown, and white horses."
 
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-\v 12 Then the angel of Yahweh answered and said, "Yahweh of hosts, how long will you show no compassion to Jerusalem and to 
+\v 12 Then the angel of Yahweh answered and said, "Yahweh of hosts, how long will you show no compassion to Jerusalem and to the cities of Judah that have suffered indignation these seventy years?"
-the cities of Judah that have suffered indignation these seventy years?"
+\v 13 Yahweh answered the angel who had talked with me, with good words, words of comfort.
-\v 13 Yahweh answered the angel who had talked with me with good words, words of comfort.
 
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 \v 14 So the angel who had talked with me said to me, "Call out and say, 'Yahweh of hosts says this: 
 \q I have been jealous for Jerusalem
 and for Zion with a great passion!
 \q
-\v 15 And I am very greatly angry with the nations that are at ease; 
+\v 15 And I am very angry with the nations that are at ease. 
-\q for I was but a little displeased, and they helped
+\q I was only a little angry, but they made the disaster worse.
-forward the affliction.
 
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38-ZEC/02.usfm

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 \v 2 I said, "Where are you going?" So he said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to determine its width and length."
 
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-\v 3 Then the angel who had talked with me went away, and another angel went out to meet him.
+\v 3 Then the angel who had talked with me went away and another angel went out to meet him.
 \v 4 The second angel said to him, "Run and speak to that young man; say, 
 \q 'Jerusalem will sit in the open country
 \q because of the multitudes of men and beasts within her.
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 
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 \q
-\v 6 Ho! Ho! Flee from the land of the north—this is Yahweh's declaration—
+\v 6 Up! Up! Flee from the land of the north—this is Yahweh's declaration—
 \q for I have scattered you like the four winds of the skies!—This is Yahweh's declaration.
 \q
-\v 7 Ho! Escape to Zion, you who live with the daughter of Babylon!'"
+\v 7 Up! Escape to Zion, you who live with the daughter of Babylon!'"
 \q
 
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@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 \q for I myself am about to come and encamp among you!—this is Yahweh's declaration."
 \q
 \v 11 Then great nations will join themselves to Yahweh in that day. He says, "Then you will become my people; 
-\q for I will encamp in the midst of you." And you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me to you.
+\q for I will encamp in the midst of you," and you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me to you.
 
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38-ZEC/03.usfm

@@ -3,17 +3,14 @@
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 \c 3
 \p
-\v 1 Then Yahweh showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Yahweh, and Satan was standing at his right hand to 
+\v 1 Then Yahweh showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Yahweh and Satan was standing at his right hand to accuse him of sin.
-accuse him of sin.
+\v 2 The angel of Yahweh said to Satan, "May Yahweh rebuke you, Satan; may Yahweh, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is this not a brand pulled from the fire?"
-\v 2 The angel of Yahweh said to Satan, "May Yahweh rebuke you, Satan; may Yahweh, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is this not
-a brand pulled from the fire?"
 \v 3 Joshua was dressed in filthy garments as he stood before the angel,
 
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 \v 4 so 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."
+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 set a clean turban on his head!" So they set a clean turban on Joshua's head and clothed him with
+\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.
-clean garments while the angel of Yahweh was standing by.
 
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38-ZEC/04.usfm

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 \v 1 Then the angel who was talking with me turned and roused me like a man roused from his sleep.
 \v 2 He said to me, "What do you see?" I said, "I see a lampstand made entirely of gold, with a bowl on its
 top. It has seven lamps on it and seven lamp wicks at the top of each lamp.
-\v 3 Two olive trees are by it, one on the right side of the bowl, and the other on the left side."
+\v 3 Two olive trees are by it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on the left side."
 
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 \v 4 So I spoke again to the angel who was talking with me. I said, "What do these things mean, my master?"
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ top. It has seven lamps on it and seven lamp wicks at the top of each lamp.
 \q Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,
 \q says Yahweh of hosts.
 \v 7 What are you, great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain, 
-\q and he will bring out the top stone to shouts of 'Grace! Grace!'"
+\q and he will bring out the top stone to shouts of 'Grace! Grace to it!'"
 
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38-ZEC/05.usfm

@@ -9,15 +9,15 @@
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 \v 3 Then he said to me, "This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land, for every thief will be cut off from now on based on what it says on the one side, while everyone who swears a false oath will be cut off based on what it says on the other side, according to their words.
 \q
-\v 4 'I will send it out—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts—
+\v 4 "I will send it out—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts—
 \q so it will enter into the house of the thief and into the house of the one that swears falsely by my name.
-\q It will remain in his house and consume its timber and stones.'"
+\q It will remain in his house and consume its timber and stones."
 
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 \p
 \v 5 Then the angel who was speaking with me went out and said to me, "Raise your eyes and see what is coming!"
 \v 6 I said, "What is it?" He said, "This is a basket containing an ephah that is coming. This is their iniquity in the whole land."
-\v 7 Then a lead covering was lifted off the basket, and there was a woman under it sitting in it!
+\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.

38-ZEC/06.usfm

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
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 \c 6
 \p
-\v 1 Then I turned and lifted my eyes, and I saw four chariots coming out from between two mountains; and the
+\v 1 Then I turned and lifted my eyes and I saw four chariots coming out from between two mountains; and the two mountains were made of bronze.
-two mountains were made of bronze.
 \v 2 The first chariot had red horses, the second chariot had black horses,
 \v 3 the third chariot had white horses, and the fourth chariot had spotted gray horses.
 \v 4 So I answered and said to the angel who talked with me, "What are these, my master?"
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ two mountains were made of bronze.
 \p
 \v 9 So the word of Yahweh came to me and said,
 \v 10 "Take an offering from the exiles—from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah—and go this same day and take it into the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah, who has come from Babylon.
-\v 11 Then take the silver and gold, make a crown, and set it upon the head of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest.
+\v 11 Then take the silver and gold, make a crown and set it upon the head of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest.
 
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 \v 12 Speak to him and say, 'Yahweh of hosts says this: 
@@ -27,9 +26,8 @@ two mountains were made of bronze.
 \q and will then build the temple of Yahweh!
 \q
 \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. 
-\q He will be a priest upon his throne, and the understanding of peace will exist between the two.
+\q He will be a priest upon his throne and the understanding of peace will exist between the two.
 
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 \v 14 A crown will be placed in the temple of Yahweh to honor Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah and as a memorial to the generosity of the son of Zephaniah.
-\v 15 Then those who are far off will come and build the temple of Yahweh, so you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me to you; for this will happen if you truly
+\v 15 Then those who are far off will come and build the temple of Yahweh, so you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me to you; for this will happen if you truly listen to the voice of Yahweh your God!'"
-listen to the voice of Yahweh your God!'"

38-ZEC/07.usfm

@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
 \p
 \v 1 When King Darius had been ruler for four years, on the fourth day of Kislev (which was the ninth month), the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah.
 \v 2 The people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem Melech and their men to beg for Yahweh's favor.
-\v 3 They spoke to the priests who were at the house of Yahweh of hosts and to the prophets; they said, "Should I mourn in
+\v 3 They spoke to the priests who were at the house of Yahweh of hosts and to the prophets; they said, "Should I mourn in the fifth month by means of a fast, as I have done these many years?"
-the fifth month by means of a fast, as I have done these many years?"
 
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 \q
@@ -32,13 +31,12 @@ the fifth month by means of a fast, as I have done these many years?"
 \q And as doing any evil to one another—you must not plot any harm in your heart.'
 
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-\v 11 But they refused to pay attention and set their shoulders stubbornly; they stopped up their ears so they would not hear.
+\v 11 But they refused to pay attention and set their shoulders stubbornly. They stopped up their ears so they would not hear.
 \v 12 They made their hearts as hard as rock so they would not hear the law or the words of Yahweh of hosts. He had sent these messages to the people by his Spirit in earlier times, by the mouth of the prophets. But the people refused to listen, so Yahweh of hosts was very angry with them.
 
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-\v 13 It happened that when he called, they did not listen. 'In the same way,' said Yahweh of hosts, 'they will call out to me, but I will not listen.
+\v 13 It happened that when he called, they did not listen. In the same way," said Yahweh of hosts, "they will call out to me, but I will not listen.
-\v 14 For I will scatter them with a whirlwind to all the nations that they have not seen, and the land will be desolate 
+\v 14 For I will scatter them with a whirlwind to all the nations that they have not seen, and the land will be desolate after them. For no one will pass through the land or return to it since the people have made their delightful land into a wasteland."
-after them. For no one will pass through the land or return to it since the people have made their delightful land into a wasteland.'"
 
 
 

38-ZEC/08.usfm

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 \p
 \v 1 The word of Yahweh of hosts came to me and said,
 \v 2 "Yahweh of hosts says this:
-\q I am passionate for Zion with great zeal, and I am passionate for her with great anger!
+\q I am passionate for Zion with great zeal and I am passionate for her with great anger!
 \q
 \v 3 Yahweh of hosts says this: 
 \q I will return to Zion and will live in the midst of Jerusalem, 
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ City of Truth and the mountain of Yahweh of hosts will be called The Holy Mounta
 \q
 \v 4 Yahweh of hosts says this: 
 \q Old men and old women will once again be in the streets of Jerusalem, 
-\q and every person will need a
+\q and every person will need a staff in his hand because he has grown so old.
-staff in his hand because he has grown so old.
 \q
 \v 5 And the streets of the city will be full of boys and girls
 \q playing in them.
@@ -26,16 +25,15 @@ staff in his hand because he has grown so old.
 \q
 \v 6 Yahweh of hosts says this: 
 \q If something seems impossible in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, 
-\q should it also
+\q should it also seem impossible in my eyes?—this is Yahweh's declaration.
-seem impossible in my eyes?—this is Yahweh's declaration.
 \q
 \v 7 Yahweh of hosts says this: 
 \q Behold, I am about to rescue my people from the land of the sunrise and from the land of the setting sun!
 \q
-\v 8 For I will bring them back, and they will live in the midst of Jerusalem, 
+\v 8 For I will bring them back, 
+\q and they will live in the midst of Jerusalem, 
 \q so they will again be my people, 
-\q and I will be their
+\q and I will be their God in truth and in righteousness!
-God in truth and in righteousness!
 
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 \q
@@ -47,24 +45,27 @@ God in truth and in righteousness!
 
 \q
 \v 10 For before those days 
-\q no crops were gathered in by anyone; there was no profit for either man or beast.
+\q no crops were gathered in by anyone, 
-\q And there was no peace from enemies for anyone going or coming.
+\q there was no profit for either man or beast,
+\q and there was no peace from enemies for anyone going or coming.
 \q I had set every person each against his neighbor.
 
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 \q
-\v 11 But now it will not be as in former days; I will be with the remnant of this people!
+\v 11 But now it will not be as in former days, 
+\q I will be with the remnant of this people
 \q —this is Yahweh of hosts' declaration.
 \q
-\v 12 For seeds of peace will be sown. The climbing vine will give its fruit, 
+\v 12 For seeds of peace will be sown; 
-\q and the earth will give its produce. The skies will give their dew, 
+\q the climbing vine will give its fruit and the earth will give its produce; 
+\q the skies will give their dew, 
 \q for I will make the remnant of this people inherit all these things.
 
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 \q
 \v 13 You were an example to the other nations of a curse, 
 \q house of Judah and house of Israel.
-\q But now I will rescue you, and you will be blessed. 
+\q So I will rescue you and you will be a blessing. 
 \q Do not be afraid; let your hands be strong!
 \p
 \v 14 For Yahweh of hosts says this:
@@ -73,15 +74,13 @@ Just as I planned to do harm to you when your ancestors provoked my anger—says
 
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 \v 16 These are the things that you must do: Speak truth, every person with his neighbor. Judge with truth, justice, and peace in your gates.
-\v 17 And let none of you plot evil in your heart against your neighbor, nor be attracted to false oaths; for all these are things
+\v 17 And let none of you plot evil in your heart against your neighbor, nor be attracted to false oaths; for all these are things that I hate!—this is Yahweh's declaration."
-that I hate!—this is Yahweh's declaration."
 
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 \v 18 Then the word of Yahweh of hosts came to me and said,
 \v 19 "Yahweh of hosts says this: The fasts of the fourth month, the fifth month, the seventh month,
-and the tenth month will become times of joy, gladness, and happy festivals for the house of Judah! Therefore love truth
+and the tenth month will become times of joy, gladness, and happy festivals for the house of Judah! Therefore love truth and peace!
-and peace!
 
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 \v 20 Yahweh of hosts says this: People will come again, even those who are living in many different cities.

38-ZEC/09.usfm

@@ -13,13 +13,12 @@
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 \v 5 Ashkelon will see and be afraid! Gaza also will tremble greatly! Ekron, her hopes will be disappointed!
 The king will perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall no longer be inhabited!
-\v 6 Yahweh says, "Strangers will make their homes in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
+\v 6 Strangers will make their homes in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
-\v 7 For I will remove their blood from their mouths and their abominations from between their teeth." Then they will become a
+\v 7 For I will remove their blood from their mouths and their abominations from between their teeth. Then they will become a remnant for our God like a clan in Judah, and Ekron will become like the Jebusites.
-remnant for our God like a clan in Judah, and Ekron will become like the Jebusites.
 
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 \p
-\v 8 Yahweh says, "I will camp around my land against enemy armies so no one can pass through or return, for no oppressor will pass any more through it. For now I will watch over my land with my own eyes!
+\v 8 I will camp around my land against enemy armies so no one can pass through or return, for no oppressor will pass any more through it. For now I will watch over my land with my own eyes!
 
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 \q
@@ -34,8 +33,7 @@ he will speak peace to the nations, and his dominion will be from sea to sea, an
 \p
 \v 11 And you—because of the blood of my covenant with you—I have set free your prisoners from the pit where there is no water.
 \v 12 Return to the stronghold, prisoners of hope! Even today I am declaring that I will return double to you,
-\v 13 for I have bent Judah as my bow. I have filled my quiver with Ephraim. I have roused your sons, Zion, against your sons,
+\v 13 for I have bent Judah as my bow. I have filled my quiver with Ephraim. I have roused your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece, and have made you, Zion, like a warrior's sword!
-Greece, and have made you, Zion, like a warrior's sword!"
 
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 \v 14 Yahweh will appear to them, and his arrows will shoot out like lightning! For my Lord Yahweh will blow the

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-\v 3 My wrath burns against the shepherds; it is the male goats—the leaders—that I will punish; 
+\v 3 My wrath burns against the shepherds; it is the male goats—the leaders—that I will punish. 
-Yahweh of hosts will also attend to his flock,
+Yahweh of hosts will also attend to his flock, the house of Judah, and make them like his war horse in battle!
-the house of Judah, 
- and make them like his war horse in battle!
 
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 \v 4 From them will come the cornerstone; from them will come the tent peg; from them will come the war bow; from them will come every leader.
 
-\v 5 They will be like warriors who trample their enemies into the mud of the streets in battle; they will make war, for Yahweh is with them, and they will shame
+\v 5 They will be like warriors who trample their enemies into the mud of the streets in battle; they will make war, for Yahweh is with them, and they will shame those who ride warhorses.
-those who ride warhorses.
 
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 \v 6 I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph; for I will restore them and have mercy on them. They will be as though I had not cast them off, for I am Yahweh their God, and I will respond to them.
-\v 7 Then Ephraim will be like a warrior, and their hearts will rejoice as with wine; their children will see
+\v 7 Then Ephraim will be like a warrior, and their hearts will rejoice as with wine; their children will see and rejoice. Their hearts will rejoice in me!
-and rejoice. Their hearts will rejoice in me!
 
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 \v 8 I will whistle for them and gather them, for I will rescue them, and they will become as great as they previously were!
 \v 9 I sowed them among the peoples, but they will remember me in distant countries, so they and their children will live and return.
-\v 10 For I will restore them from the land of Egypt and gather them from Assyria. I will bring them to the
+\v 10 For I will restore them from the land of Egypt and gather them from Assyria. I will bring them to the land of Gilead and Lebanon until there is no more room for them.
-land of Gilead and Lebanon until there is no more room for them.
 
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 \v 11 I will pass through the sea of their affliction; I will strike the waves of that sea and will dry up all the depths of the Nile. The majesty of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will go away from the Egyptians.

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 \q Lament, you oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest has gone down.
 \q
 \v 3 The shepherds howl, for their glory has been destroyed! 
-\q The voice of the young lions' roar, for the
+\q The voice of the young lions' roar, for the pride of the Jordan River has been devastated!
-pride of the Jordan River has been devastated!
 
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@@ -40,14 +39,13 @@ So I took the thirty pieces of silver and deposited them in the treasury in the
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 \v 15 Yahweh said to me, "Again, take the equipment of a foolish shepherd for yourself,
-\v 16 for see, I am about to set in place a shepherd in the land. He will not care for the perishing sheep. He will not seek out the sheep gone missing, 
+\v 16 for see, I am about to set in place a shepherd in the land. He will not care for the perishing sheep. He will not seek out the sheep gone missing, nor heal the crippled sheep. He will not feed the sheep that are healthy, but will eat the flesh of the fattened sheep and will tear off their hooves.
-nor heal the crippled sheep. He will not feed the sheep that are healthy, but will eat the flesh of the fattened sheep and will tear off their hooves.
 
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 \v 17 Woe to the worthless shepherd who forsakes the flock! 
 \q May the sword come against his arm and his right eye! 
-\q May his arm wither away, and may his right eye become blind!"
+\q May his arm wither away and may his right eye become blind!"
 
 
 

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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
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 \v 1 This is a declaration of Yahweh's word concerning Israel—a declaration of Yahweh,
 \p who stretched out the skies and laid the foundation of the earth, who fashions the spirit of mankind within man,
-\v 2 "See, I am about to make Jerusalem into a cup causing all the peoples surrounding her to stagger about; it will also be like that for Judah during the siege against Jerusalem.
+\v 2 "See, I am about to make Jerusalem into a cup causing all the peoples surrounding her to stagger about. It will also be like that for Judah during the siege against Jerusalem.
 \v 3 It will come about on that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. Anyone trying to lift that stone will hurt himself very much, and all the nations of the earth will gather against that city.
 
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@@ -14,28 +14,23 @@ and will strike every horse of the armies blind.
 \v 5 Then the leaders of Judah will say in their hearts, 'The inhabitants of Jerusalem are our strength because of Yahweh of hosts, their God.'
 
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-\v 6 On that day I will make the leaders of Judah like firepots among wood and like a flaming torch among standing grain, for they will consume 
+\v 6 On that day I will make the leaders of Judah like firepots among wood and like a flaming torch among standing grain, for they will consume all the surrounding peoples on their right and on their left. Jerusalem will again live in her own place."
-all the surrounding peoples on their right and on their left. Jerusalem will again live in her own place."
 
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 \v 7 Yahweh will save the tents of Judah first, so that the honor of the house of David and the honor of those who live in Jerusalem may not be greater than the rest of Judah.
-\v 8 On that day Yahweh will be the defender of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and on that day those who are weak among them will be like David,
+\v 8 On that day Yahweh will be the defender of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and on that day those who are weak among them will be like David, while the house of David will be like God, like the angel of Yahweh in front of them.
-while the house of David will be like God, like the angel of Yahweh in front of them.
+\v 9 "It will come about on that day that I will begin to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
-\v 9 "It will come about on that day that I will begin to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem."
 
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-\v 10 "But I will pour out a spirit of compassion and pleading on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, 
+\v 10 But I will pour out a spirit of compassion and pleading on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, 
 so they will look on me, the one they have pierced. They will mourn for me, as one mourns for an only son; they will bitterly lament for him like those who lament the death of a firstborn son.
 \v 11 On that day the laments in Jerusalem will be like the laments at Hadad Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.
 
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-\v 12 The land will mourn, each clan separate from other clans. The clan of the house of David will be separate, 
+\v 12 The land will mourn, each clan separate from other clans. The clan of the house of David will be separate and their wives will be separate from the men. The clan of the house of Nathan will be separate and their wives will be separate from the men.
-and their wives will be separate from the men. The clan of the house of Nathan will be separate, and their wives will be 
+\v 13 The clan of the house of Levi will be separate and their wives will be separate from the men. The clan of the Shimeites will be separate and their wives will be separate from the men.
-separate from the men.
+\v 14 Every clan of the remaining clans—each clan will be separate and the wives will be separate from the men."
-\v 13 The clan of the house of Levi will be separate, and their wives will be separate from the men. The clan of the 
-Shimeites will be separate, and their wives will be separate from the men.
-\v 14 Every clan of the remaining clans—each clan will be separate, and the wives will be separate from the men."
 
 
 

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 \v 1 Behold! A day for Yahweh is coming when your plunder will be divided in your midst.
-\v 2 For I will gather every nation against Jerusalem for battle, and the city will be captured. The houses will be plundered and the
+\v 2 For I will gather every nation against Jerusalem for battle and the city will be captured. The houses will be plundered and the women violated. Half of the city will go out into captivity, but the remainder of the people will not be cut off from the city.
-women violated. Half of the city will go out into captivity, but the remainder of the people will not be cut off from the city.
 
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 \v 3 But Yahweh will go out and wage war against those nations as when he wages war on the day of battle.
-\v 4 On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is beside Jerusalem to the east. The Mount of Olives will be split in half between the east and the west by a very great valley, and half of the mountain will go back toward the north and half toward the south.
+\v 4 On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is beside Jerusalem to the east. The Mount of Olives will be split in half between the east and the west by a very great valley and half of the mountain will go back toward the north and half toward the south.
 
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-\v 5 Then you will flee down the valley between Yahweh's mountains, for the valley between those mountains will reach to Azal. You will flee just as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah. Then Yahweh my God will come, and all the holy ones will be with him.
+\v 5 Then you will flee down the valley between Yahweh's mountains, for the valley between those mountains will reach to Azal. You will flee just as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah. Then Yahweh my God will come and all the holy ones will be with him.
 
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 \v 6 It will happen that on that day that there will be no light, but no cold or frost either. 
@@ -22,22 +21,21 @@ women violated. Half of the city will go out into captivity, but the remainder o
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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. 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 11 The people will live in Jerusalem, and there will be no more complete destruction from God against them; Jerusalem will live in safety.
+\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 12 This will be the plague with which Yahweh will attack all the peoples that waged war against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot away even as they are standing on their feet. Their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
+\v 12 This will be the plague with which Yahweh will attack all the peoples that waged war against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot away even as they are standing on their feet. Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
-\v 13 It will happen on that day that great fear from Yahweh will come among them. Each man will seize his neigbor's hand; each hand will be raised against its neighbor's hand.
+\v 13 It will happen on that day that great fear from Yahweh will come among them. Each man will seize his neigbor's hand. Each hand will be raised against its neighbor's hand.
 
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 \v 14 Judah will also fight against Jerusalem. They will gather the wealth of all the surrounding nations—gold, silver, and fine clothes in great abundance.
-\v 15 A plague will also be on the horses and the mules, the camels and donkeys, and on every animal in those camps; they will also suffer that same plague.
+\v 15 A plague will also be on the horses and the mules, the camels and donkeys, and on every animal in those camps they will also suffer that same plague.
 
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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,
+\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.
-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.
 
@@ -46,8 +44,7 @@ Yahweh of hosts, and to keep the Festival of Shelters.
 
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 \v 20 But on that day, the bells of the horses will say, "Dedicated to Yahweh," and the basins in Yahweh's house will be like the bowls before the altar.
-\v 21 For every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be dedicated to Yahweh of hosts, and everyone who brings a sacrifice will eat from them and boil in them. 
+\v 21 For every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be dedicated to Yahweh of hosts, and everyone who brings a sacrifice will eat from them and boil in them. Traders will no longer be in the house of Yahweh of hosts on that day.
-Traders will no longer be in the house of Yahweh of hosts on that day.
 
 
 

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 \v 6 But when the sun rose, they were scorched, and because they had no root, they dried up.
 \v 7 Other seeds fell among the thorn plants. The thorn plants grew up and choked them, and they did not produce any grain.
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-\v 8 Other seed feel into good soil and it produced grain while growing up and increasing, and some brought forth thirty times as much, and some sixty, and some a hundred."
+\v 8 Other seed fell into good soil and it produced grain while growing up and increasing, and some brought forth thirty times as much, and some sixty, and some a hundred."
 \v 9 And he said, "Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear!"
 
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-\v 13 So gird up the loins of your mind. Be sober. Put complete confidence in the grace that will be brought to you at the revealing of Jesus Christ.
+\v 13 So gird up the loins of your mind. Be sober. Put confidence in the grace that will be brought to you at the revealing of Jesus Christ.
 \v 14 As obedient children, do not conform yourselves to the desires that you followed when you were ignorant.
 
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