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01-GEN.usfm

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 \q and you will eat the plants of the field.
 \q
 \v 19 By the sweat of your face you will eat bread,
-\q
+\q until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken.
-until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken.
 \q For dust you are, and to dust you will return."
 \m
 
@@ -795,8 +794,7 @@ until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken.
 \q "Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth.
 \q
 \v 20 Blessed be God Most High, who has given your enemies into your hand."
-\m
+\m Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
-Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
 
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 \v 21 The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people, and take the goods for yourself."
@@ -1485,8 +1483,7 @@ Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
 
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 \v 2 Now Yahweh appeared to him and said, "Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land that I tell you to live in.
-\v 3 Stay in this very land, and I will be with you and will bless you; for to you and to your descendants, I will give all
+\v 3 Stay in this very land, and I will be with you and will bless you; for to you and to your descendants, I will give all these lands, and I will fulfill the oath that I swore to Abraham your father.
-these lands, and I will fulfill the oath that I swore to Abraham your father.
 
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 \v 4 I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and will give to your descendants all these lands. Through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
@@ -1740,8 +1737,7 @@ these lands, and I will fulfill the oath that I swore to Abraham your father.
 
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-\v 13 When Laban heard the news about Jacob his sister's son, he ran to meet him, embraced him,
+\v 13 When Laban heard the news about Jacob his sister's son, he ran to meet him, embraced him, kissed him, and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban all these things.
-kissed him, and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban all these things.
 \v 14 Laban said to him, "You are indeed my bone and my flesh." Then Jacob stayed with him for about one month.
 
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@@ -1762,13 +1758,11 @@ kissed him, and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban all these things.
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 \v 23 In the evening, Laban took Leah his daughter and brought her to Jacob, who slept with her.
 \v 24 Laban gave his female servant Zilpah to his daughter Leah, to be her servant.
-\v 25 In the morning, behold, it was Leah! Jacob said to Laban, "What is this you have done to me?
+\v 25 In the morning, behold, it was Leah! Jacob said to Laban, "What is this you have done to me? Did I not serve you for Rachel? Why then have you tricked me?"
-Did I not serve you for Rachel? Why then have you tricked me?"
 
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 \v 26 Laban said, "It is not our custom to give the younger daughter before the firstborn.
-\v 27 Complete the bridal week of this daughter, and we will give you the other also in return for serving me another
+\v 27 Complete the bridal week of this daughter, and we will give you the other also in return for serving me another seven years."
-seven years."
 
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 \v 28 Jacob did so, and completed Leah's week. Then Laban gave him Rachel his daughter as his wife also.
@@ -2235,13 +2229,11 @@ seven years."
 
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-\v 15 These were the clans among Esau's descendants:
+\v 15 These were the clans among Esau's descendants: the descendants of Eliphaz, the firstborn of Esau: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,
-the descendants of Eliphaz, the firstborn of Esau: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,
 \v 16 Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. These were the clans descended from Eliphaz in the land of Edom. They were the grandsons of Adah.
 
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-\v 17 These were the clans from Reuel, Esau's son:
+\v 17 These were the clans from Reuel, Esau's son: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, Mizzah. These were the clans descended from Reuel in the land of Edom. They were the grandsons of Basemath, Esau's wife.
-Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, Mizzah. These were the clans descended from Reuel in the land of Edom. They were the grandsons of Basemath, Esau's wife.
 \v 18 These were the clans of Oholibamah, Esau's wife: Jeush, Jalam, Korah. These are the clans that descended from Esau's wife Oholibamah, daughter of Anah.
 \v 19 These were the sons of Esau (who was known as Edom), and these were their chiefs.
 
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-\v 40 These were the names of the heads of clans from Esau's descendants, according to their clans and their regions, by their names:
+\v 40 These were the names of the heads of clans from Esau's descendants, according to their clans and their regions, by their names: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,
-Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,
 \v 41 Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon,
 \v 42 Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,
 \v 43 Magdiel, and Iram. These were the clan heads of Edom, according to their settlements in the land they possessed. This was Esau, the father of the Edomites.
@@ -3055,8 +3046,7 @@ Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,
 \v 20 Israel blessed them that day with these words,
 \q "The people of Israel will pronounce blessings by your names saying,
 \q 'May God make you like Ephraim and like Manasseh'."
-\m
+\m In this way, Israel put Ephraim before Manasseh.
-In this way, Israel put Ephraim before Manasseh.
 
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 \v 21 Israel said to Joseph, "See, I am about to die, but God will be with you, and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.
@@ -3067,8 +3057,7 @@ In this way, Israel put Ephraim before Manasseh.
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 \v 1 Then Jacob called for his sons, and said:
-\q "Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what will happen to you in
+\q "Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what will happen to you in the future.
-the future.
 \q
 \v 2 Assemble yourselves and listen, you sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.
 

02-EXO.usfm

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-\v 19 For Pharaoh's horses went with his chariots and horsemen into the sea. Yahweh brought back the
+\v 19 For Pharaoh's horses went with his chariots and horsemen into the sea. Yahweh brought back the waters of the sea on them. But the Israelites walked on dry land in the middle of the sea.
-waters of the sea on them. But the Israelites walked on dry land in the middle of the sea.
 \v 20 Miriam the prophetess, sister of Aaron, picked up a tambourine, and all the women went out with tambourines, dancing along with her.
 \v 21 Miriam sang to them:
 \q "Sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously.
@@ -863,8 +862,7 @@ waters of the sea on them. But the Israelites walked on dry land in the middle o
 
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-\v 22 Then Moses led Israel onward from the Sea of Reeds. They went out into the wilderness of Shur. They traveled for three days into
+\v 22 Then Moses led Israel onward from the Sea of Reeds. They went out into the wilderness of Shur. They traveled for three days into the wilderness and found no water.
-the wilderness and found no water.
 \v 23 Then they came to Marah, but they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. So they called that place Marah.
 
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@@ -1219,8 +1217,7 @@ the wilderness and found no water.
 \v 1 If a man steals an ox or a sheep and kills it or sells it, then he must pay five oxen for one ox, and four sheep for one sheep.
 \v 2 If a thief is found breaking in, and if he is struck so that he dies, in that case no guilt for murder will attach to anyone on his account.
 \v 3 But if the sun has risen before he breaks in, guilt for murder will attach to the person who kills him.
-\p
+\p A thief must make restitution. If he has nothing, then he must be sold for his theft.
-A thief must make restitution. If he has nothing, then he must be sold for his theft.
 \v 4 If the stolen animal is found alive in his possession, whether it is an ox, a donkey, or a sheep, he must pay back double.
 
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@@ -1443,8 +1440,7 @@ A thief must make restitution. If he has nothing, then he must be sold for his t
 
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 \v 28 You must make the poles out of acacia wood and cover them with gold so that the table may be carried with them.
-\v 29 You must make the dishes, spoons, pitchers, and bowls to be used to pour out drink offerings.
+\v 29 You must make the dishes, spoons, pitchers, and bowls to be used to pour out drink offerings. You must make them of pure gold.
-You must make them of pure gold.
 \v 30 You must regularly set the bread of the presence on the table before me.
 
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@@ -1930,8 +1926,7 @@ You must make them of pure gold.
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 \v 25 Moses saw that the people were running wild (for Aaron had let them get out of control, causing their enemies to mock them).
 \v 26 Then Moses stood at the entrance to the camp and said, "Whoever is on Yahweh's side, come to me." All the Levites gathered around him.
-\v 27 He said to them, "Yahweh, the God of Israel, says this: 'Let each man fasten his sword on his side and go back and forth from entrance to entrance throughout the camp, and kill his brother, his companion, and his
+\v 27 He said to them, "Yahweh, the God of Israel, says this: 'Let each man fasten his sword on his side and go back and forth from entrance to entrance throughout the camp, and kill his brother, his companion, and his neighbor.'"
-neighbor.'"
 
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 \v 28 The Levites did what Moses ordered. That day about three thousand of the people died.

03-LEV.usfm

@@ -511,8 +511,7 @@
 \v 3 Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what Yahweh was talking about when he said,
 \q 'I will reveal my holiness to those who come near me.
 \q I will be glorified before all the people.'"
-\m
+\m Aaron did not say anything.
-Aaron did not say anything.
 \v 4 Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said to them, "Come here and carry your brothers out of the camp from before the tabernacle."
 
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@@ -1162,10 +1161,8 @@ Aaron did not say anything.
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 \v 11 Do not steal.
-\p
+\p Do not lie.
-Do not lie.
+\p Do not deceive each other.
-\p
-Do not deceive each other.
 \p
 \v 12 Do not swear by my name falsely and profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh.
 
@@ -1190,12 +1187,9 @@ Do not deceive each other.
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 \v 19 You must keep my commands.
-\p
+\p Do not try to breed your animals with different kinds of other animals.
-Do not try to breed your animals with different kinds of other animals.
+\p Do not mix two different kinds of seeds when planting your field.
-\p
+\p Do not wear clothing made of two kinds of material mixed together.
-Do not mix two different kinds of seeds when planting your field.
-\p
-Do not wear clothing made of two kinds of material mixed together.
 
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@@ -1213,8 +1207,7 @@ Do not wear clothing made of two kinds of material mixed together.
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 \v 26 Do not eat any meat with blood still in it.
-\p
+\p Do not consult spirits about the future, and do not seek to control others by supernatural powers.
-Do not consult spirits about the future, and do not seek to control others by supernatural powers.
 \p
 \v 27 Do not follow pagan habits such as shaving the sides of your head or cutting off edges from your beard.
 \p

04-NUM.usfm

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 \v 4 A man from each tribe, a clan head, must serve with you as his tribe's leader. Each leader must lead the men who will fight for his tribe.
 \v 5 These are the names of the leaders who must fight with you:
-\q1
+\q1 From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;
-From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;
 \q1
 \v 6 from the tribe of Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;
 
@@ -1113,8 +1112,7 @@ From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;
 
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 \v 15 Now if you kill this people as one man, then the nations that have heard of your fame will speak and say,
-\v 16 'Because Yahweh could not take this people into the land that he swore to give them,
+\v 16 'Because Yahweh could not take this people into the land that he swore to give them, he has killed them in the wilderness.'
-he has killed them in the wilderness.'
 
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 \v 17 Now, I beg you, use your great power. For you have said,
@@ -2026,8 +2024,7 @@ he has killed them in the wilderness.'
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 \v 12 The clans of Simeon's descendants were these:
-\q1
+\q1 Through Nemuel, the clan of the Nemuelites,
-Through Nemuel, the clan of the Nemuelites,
 \q1 through Jamin, the clan of the Jaminites,
 \q1 through Jakin, the clan of the Jakinites,
 \q1
@@ -2039,8 +2036,7 @@ Through Nemuel, the clan of the Nemuelites,
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 \v 15 The clans of Gad's descendants were these:
-\q1
+\q1 Through Zephon, the clan of the Zephonites,
-Through Zephon, the clan of the Zephonites,
 \q1 through Haggi, the clan of the Haggites,
 \q1 through Shuni, the clan of the Shunites,
 \q1
@@ -2059,16 +2055,14 @@ Through Zephon, the clan of the Zephonites,
 \q1 through Perez, the clan of the Perezites, and
 \q1 through Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites.
 \v 21 The descendants of Perez were these:
-\q1
+\q1 Through Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites,
-Through Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites,
 \q1 through Hamul, the clan of the Hamulites.
 \v 22 These were the clans of Judah's descendants, who numbered 76,500 men.
 
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 \v 23 The clans of Issachar's descendants were these:
-\q1
+\q1 Through Tola, the clan of the Tolaites,
-Through Tola, the clan of the Tolaites,
 \q1 through Puah, the clan of the Puites,
 \v 24 through Jashub, the clan of the Jashubites,
 \q1 through Shimron, the clan of the Shimronites.
@@ -2077,8 +2071,7 @@ Through Tola, the clan of the Tolaites,
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 \v 26 The clans of Zebulun's descendants were these:
-\q1
+\q1 Through Sered, the clan of the Seredites,
-Through Sered, the clan of the Seredites,
 \q1 through Elon, the clan of the Elonites,
 \q1 through Jahleel, the clan of the Jahleelites.
 \v 27 These were the clans of the Zebulunites, who numbered 60,500 men.
@@ -2087,14 +2080,12 @@ Through Sered, the clan of the Seredites,
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 \v 28 The clans of Joseph's descendants were Manasseh and Ephraim.
 \v 29 The descendants of Manasseh were these:
-\q1
+\q1 through Makir, the clan of the Makirites (Makir was Gilead's father),
-through Makir, the clan of the Makirites (Makir was Gilead's father),
 \q1 through Gilead, the clan of the Gileadites.
 
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 \v 30 Gilead's descendants were these:
-\q1
+\q1 Through Iezer, the clan of the Iezerites,
-Through Iezer, the clan of the Iezerites,
 \q1 through Helek, the clan of the Helekites,
 \q1
 \v 31 through Asriel, the clan of the Asrielites,
@@ -2110,8 +2101,7 @@ Through Iezer, the clan of the Iezerites,
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 \v 35 The clans of Ephraim's descendants were these:
-\q1
+\q1 Through Shuthelah, the clan of the Shuthelahites,
-Through Shuthelah, the clan of the Shuthelahites,
 \q1 through Beker, the clan of the Bekerites,
 \q1 through Tahan, the clan of the Tahanites.
 
@@ -2121,8 +2111,7 @@ Through Shuthelah, the clan of the Shuthelahites,
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 \v 38 The clans of Benjamin's descendants were these:
-\q1
+\q1 Through Bela, the clan of the Belaites,
-Through Bela, the clan of the Belaites,
 \q1 through Ashbel, the clan of the Ashbelites,
 \q1 through Ahiram, the clan of the Ahiramites,
 \q1
@@ -2140,14 +2129,12 @@ Through Bela, the clan of the Belaites,
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 \v 44 The clans of Asher's descendants were these:
-\q1
+\q1 Through Imnah, the clan of the Imnites,
-Through Imnah, the clan of the Imnites,
 \q1 through Ishvi, the clan of the Ishvites,
 \q1 through Beriah, the clan of the Beriites.
 \m
 \v 45 The descendants of Beriah were these:
-\q1
+\q1 Through Heber, the clan of the Heberites,
-Through Heber, the clan of the Heberites,
 \q1 through Malkiel, the clan of the Malkielites.
 \m
 \v 46 The name of Asher's daughter was Serah.
@@ -2185,8 +2172,7 @@ Through Heber, the clan of the Heberites,
 \q1 through Merari, the clan of the Merarites.
 \m
 \v 58 The clans of Levi were these:
-\q1
+\q1 the clan of the Libnites,
-the clan of the Libnites,
 \q1 the clan of the Hebronites,
 \q1 the clan of the Mahlites,
 \q1 the clan of the Mushites,

05-DEU.usfm

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 \v 8 You will not make for yourself a carved figure nor any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water below.
 
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-\v 9 You will not bow down to them or serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God. I punish the
+\v 9 You will not bow down to them or serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God. I punish the ancestors' wickedness by bringing punishment on the children, to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
-ancestors' wickedness by bringing punishment on the children, to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
 \v 10 and showing covenant faithfulness to thousands, to those who love me and keep my commandments.
 
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07-JDG.usfm

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 \v 18 Jael went out to meet Sisera and said to him, "Turn aside, my master; turn aside to me and do not be afraid." So he turned aside to her and came into her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.
 
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-\v 19 He said to her, "Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty." She opened a leather bag of milk
+\v 19 He said to her, "Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty." She opened a leather bag of milk and gave him drink, and then she covered him up again.
-and gave him drink, and then she covered him up again.
 \v 20 He said to her, "Stand at the opening of the tent. If someone comes and asks you, 'Is anyone here?', say 'No'."
 
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-\v 19 Gideon went and prepared a young goat and from an ephah of flour he made unleavened bread. He put the meat in a basket, and he
+\v 19 Gideon went and prepared a young goat and from an ephah of flour he made unleavened bread. He put the meat in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot and brought them to him under the oak tree, and presented them.
-put the broth in a pot and brought them to him under the oak tree, and presented them.
 \v 20 The angel of God said to him, "Take the meat and the unleavened bread and put them on this rock, and pour out the broth over them." That is what Gideon did.
 
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-\v 25 That night Yahweh said to him, "Take your father's bull, and a second bull that is seven
+\v 25 That night Yahweh said to him, "Take your father's bull, and a second bull that is seven years old, and pull apart the altar of Baal that belongs to your father, and cut down the Asherah that is beside it.
-years old, and pull apart the altar of Baal that belongs to your father, and cut down the Asherah that is beside it.
 \v 26 Build an altar to Yahweh your God on the top of this place of refuge, and construct it the correct way. Offer the second bull as a burnt offering, using the wood from the Asherah that you cut down."
 
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@@ -937,8 +934,7 @@ years old, and pull apart the altar of Baal that belongs to your father, and cut
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 \v 13 After him, Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite served as a judge over Israel.
 \v 14 He had forty sons and thirty grandsons. They rode on seventy donkeys, and he judged Israel for eight years.
-\v 15 Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim in the hill country
+\v 15 Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim in the hill country of the Amalekites.
-of the Amalekites.
 
 
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 \v 16 But then an old man was coming from his work in the field that evening. He was from the hill country of Ephraim, and he was staying for a while in Gibeah. But the men living in that place were Benjamites.
-\v 17 He raised his eyes and saw the traveler in the city square. The old man said, "Where are you going?
+\v 17 He raised his eyes and saw the traveler in the city square. The old man said, "Where are you going? Where are you coming from?"
-Where are you coming from?"
 
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 \v 18 The Levite said to him, "We are on our way from Bethlehem in Judah to the most remote part of the hill country of Ephraim, which is where I come from. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to the house of Yahweh, but there is no one who will take me into his house.

09-1SA.usfm

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 \v 24 No, my sons; for it is not a good report that I hear. You make Yahweh's people disobey.
 
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-\v 25 "If one man sins against another, God will judge him; but if a man sins against Yahweh, who will speak for him?"
+\v 25 "If one man sins against another, God will judge him; but if a man sins against Yahweh, who will speak for him?" But they would not listen to the voice of their father, because Yahweh intended to kill them.
-But they would not listen to the voice of their father, because Yahweh intended to kill them.
 \v 26 The child Samuel grew up, and increased in favor with Yahweh and also with men.
 
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-\v 16 When David had finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul said, "Is this your voice, my
+\v 16 When David had finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" Saul lifted up his voice and wept.
-son David?" Saul lifted up his voice and wept.
 
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 \v 17 He said to David, "You are more righteous than I am. For you have repaid me good, where I have repaid you evil.

10-2SA.usfm

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 \v 8 They brought the head of Ishbosheth to David at Hebron, and they said to the king, "Look, this is the head of Ishbosheth son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life. Today Yahweh has avenged our master the king against Saul and his descendants."
 \v 9 David answered Recab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite; he said to them, "As Yahweh lives, who delivered my life from every trouble,
-\v 10 when someone told me, 'Look, Saul is dead,' thinking he was bringing good news, I seized him and killed him
+\v 10 when someone told me, 'Look, Saul is dead,' thinking he was bringing good news, I seized him and killed him at Ziklag. That was the reward I gave him for his news.
-at Ziklag. That was the reward I gave him for his news.
 
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 \v 11 How much more, when wicked men have killed an innocent person in his own house on his bed, should I not now require his blood from your hand, and remove you from the earth?"
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 \v 8 Now then, tell my servant David, "This is what Yahweh of hosts says: 'I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, so that you would be ruler over my people Israel.
-\v 9 I have been with you wherever you went. I have cut off all your enemies 
+\v 9 I have been with you wherever you went. I have cut off all your enemies  from before you. Now I will make your name great, like the names of the  great ones of the earth.
-from before you. Now I will make your name great, like the names of the 
-great ones of the earth.
 
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 \v 10 I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them there, so that they may live in their own place and be troubled no more. No longer will wicked people oppress them, as they did before,

11-1KI.usfm

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 \f + \ft Some versions treat \fqa Zadok and Abiathar were priests \fqa* as a later addition to the text. \f*
 
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-\v 5 Azariah son of Nathan was over the officers.
+\v 5 Azariah son of Nathan was over the officers. Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and the king's friend.
-Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and the king's friend.
+\v 6 Ahishar was over the household. Adoniram son of Abda was over the men who were subjected to forced labor.
-\v 6 Ahishar was over the household.
-Adoniram son of Abda was over the men who were subjected to forced labor.
 
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 \v 7 Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household. Each man had to make provision for one month in the year.
-\v 8 These were their names:
+\v 8 These were their names: Ben-Hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
-Ben-Hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
 \v 9 Ben-Deker in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan;
 \v 10 Ben-Hesed, in Arubboth (to him belonged Sokoh and all the land of Hepher);
 
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-\v 1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, all the heads of the
+\v 1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes, and the leaders of the families of the people of Israel, before himself in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh from the city of David, that is, Zion.
-tribes, and the leaders of the families of the people of Israel, before himself in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh from the city of David, that is, Zion.
 \v 2 All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon at the feast, in the month of Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
 
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 \q2 We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse!
 \q Go to your tents, Israel.
 \q2 Now see to your own house, David."
-\p
+\p So Israel went back to their tents.
-So Israel went back to their tents.
 \v 17 But as for the people of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam became king over them.
 
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12-2KI.usfm

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-\v 32 But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a man from before him, but when the messenger came to Elisha, he said to the elders, "See how this son of
+\v 32 But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a man from before him, but when the messenger came to Elisha, he said to the elders, "See how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold the door shut against him. Is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?"
-a murderer has sent to take away my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold the door shut against him. Is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?"
 \v 33 While he was still talking with them, behold, the messenger came down to him. The king had said, "Behold, this trouble comes from Yahweh. Why should I wait for Yahweh any longer?"
 
 
@@ -756,8 +755,7 @@ a murderer has sent to take away my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut t
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 \p
 \v 10 In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah, the reign of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz began over Israel in Samaria; he reigned sixteen years.
-\v 11 He did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh. He did not leave behind any of the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat,
+\v 11 He did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh. He did not leave behind any of the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, by which he had made Israel to sin, but he walked in them.
-by which he had made Israel to sin, but he walked in them.
 
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 \v 12 As for the other matters concerning Jehoash, and all that he did, and his might by which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the events of the kings of Israel?
@@ -1091,8 +1089,7 @@ by which he had made Israel to sin, but he walked in them.
 \p
 \v 13 Then in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.
 \v 14 So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria, who was at Lachish, saying, "I have offended you. Withdraw from me. Whatever you put on me I will bear." The king of Assyria required Hezekiah king of Judah to pay three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
-\v 15 So Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of Yahweh and in the treasuries of the king's
+\v 15 So Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of Yahweh and in the treasuries of the king's palace.
-palace.
 
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 \v 16 Then Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of Yahweh and from the pillars that he had overlaid; he gave the gold to the king of Assyria.
@@ -1251,8 +1248,7 @@ palace.
 \q2 will again take root and bear fruit.
 \q
 \v 31 For from Jerusalem a remnant will come out,
-\q2 from Mount Zion survivors will come.
+\q2 from Mount Zion survivors will come. The zeal of Yahweh of hosts will do this.
-The zeal of Yahweh of hosts will do this.
 
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 \v 32 Therefore Yahweh says this about the king of Assyria:
@@ -1396,8 +1392,7 @@ The zeal of Yahweh of hosts will do this.
 \s5
 \v 11 It came about that when the king had heard the words of the law, he tore his clothes.
 \v 12 The king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Akbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah, his own servant, saying,
-\v 13 "Go and consult with Yahweh for me, and for the people and for all Judah, because of the words of this book that has been found.
+\v 13 "Go and consult with Yahweh for me, and for the people and for all Judah, because of the words of this book that has been found. For great is the anger of Yahweh that has been kindled against us because our ancestors have not listened to the words of this book so as to obey all that was written concerning us."
-For great is the anger of Yahweh that has been kindled against us because our ancestors have not listened to the words of this book so as to obey all that was written concerning us."
 
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13-1CH.usfm

@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@
 
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 \p
-\v 32 The sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine, were Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
+\v 32 The sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine, were Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan were Sheba and Dedan.
-The sons of Jokshan were Sheba and Dedan.
 \v 33 Midian's sons were Ephah, Epher, Hanok, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were Keturah's descendants.
 
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@@ -770,8 +769,7 @@ The sons of Jokshan were Sheba and Dedan.
 \v 40 The son of Jonathan was Merib-Baal. Merib-Baal was the father of Micah.
 
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-\v 41 The sons of Micah were Pithon, Melek, Tahrea, and
+\v 41 The sons of Micah were Pithon, Melek, Tahrea, and Ahaz.
-Ahaz.
 \v 42 Ahaz was the father of Jadah. Jadah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. Zimri was the father of Moza.
 \v 43 Moza was the father of Binea. Binea was the father of Rephaiah. Rephaiah was the father of Eleasah. Eleasah was the father of Azel.
 \v 44 Azel's six sons were Azrikam, Bokeru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. These were Azel's sons.

14-2CH.usfm

@@ -1459,8 +1459,7 @@
 
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 \v 9 Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites about the heaps.
-\v 10 Azariah, the chief priest, of the house of Zadok, answered him and said, "Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of Yahweh, we have eaten and had enough, and have
+\v 10 Azariah, the chief priest, of the house of Zadok, answered him and said, "Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of Yahweh, we have eaten and had enough, and have plenty left over, for Yahweh has blessed his people. What was left over is this large amount here."
-plenty left over, for Yahweh has blessed his people. What was left over is this large amount here."
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 \p
 \v 11 Then Hezekiah commanded storerooms to be prepared in the house of Yahweh, and they prepared them.
@@ -1585,8 +1584,7 @@ plenty left over, for Yahweh has blessed his people. What was left over is this
 
 \s5
 \p
-\v 14 After this, Manasseh built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, to the entrance at the Fish Gate. He surrounded the hill of Ophel with
+\v 14 After this, Manasseh built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, to the entrance at the Fish Gate. He surrounded the hill of Ophel with it and raised the wall up to a very great height. He put courageous commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.
-it and raised the wall up to a very great height. He put courageous commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.
 \v 15 He took away the foreign gods, the idol out of the house of Yahweh, and all the altars that he had built on the mount of the house of Yahweh and in Jerusalem, and threw them out of the city.
 
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15-EZR.usfm

@@ -144,10 +144,8 @@
 \v 65 not including their servants and their maidservants (these were 7,337) and their male and female temple singers (two hundred).
 
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-\v 66 Their horses: 736.
+\v 66 Their horses: 736. Their mules: 245.
-Their mules: 245.
+\v 67 Their camels: 435. Their donkeys: 6,720.
-\v 67 Their camels: 435.
-Their donkeys: 6,720.
 
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 \p
@@ -385,9 +383,7 @@ Their donkeys: 6,720.
 \c 8
 \p
 \v 1 These are the leaders of their ancestors' families who left Babylon with me during the reign of King Artaxerxes.
-\v 2 Of the descendants of Phinehas, Gershom.
+\v 2 Of the descendants of Phinehas, Gershom. Of the descendants of Ithamar, Daniel. Of the descendants of David, Hattush,
-Of the descendants of Ithamar, Daniel.
-Of the descendants of David, Hattush,
 \v 3 who was of the descendants of Shecaniah, who was from the descendants of Parosh; and Zechariah, and with him there were 150 males listed in the record of his genealogy.
 
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@@ -543,8 +539,7 @@ Of the descendants of David, Hattush,
 
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 \v 23 Among the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah—that is, Kelita, Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
-\v 24 Among the singers: Eliashib.
+\v 24 Among the singers: Eliashib. Among the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri.
-Among the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri.
 \v 25 Among the rest of the Israelites—among the descendants of Parosh: Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah, and Benaiah.
 \f + \ft Instead of the second occurrence of \fqa Malchijah \fqa* , some modern versions substitute \fqa Hashabiah \fqa* . \f*
 

16-NEH.usfm

@@ -536,9 +536,7 @@
 \s5
 \c 10
 \p
-\v 1 On the sealed documents were
+\v 1 On the sealed documents were Nehemiah, the governor, son of Hakaliah and Zedekiah,
-Nehemiah, the governor, son of Hakaliah
-and Zedekiah,
 \v 2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
 \v 3 Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,
 
@@ -547,8 +545,7 @@ and Zedekiah,
 \v 5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
 \v 6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
 \v 7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
-\v 8 Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah.
+\v 8 Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the priests.
-These were the priests.
 
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 \v 9 The Levites were:
@@ -557,8 +554,7 @@ These were the priests.
 \v 11 Mika, Rehob, Hashabiah,
 \v 12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
 \v 13 Hodiah, Bani, and Beninu.
-\v 14 The leaders of the people were:
+\v 14 The leaders of the people were: Parosh, Pahath-Moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
-Parosh, Pahath-Moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
 
 \s5
 \v 15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
@@ -613,8 +609,7 @@ Parosh, Pahath-Moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
 \p
 \v 3 These are the provincial officials who lived in Jerusalem. However, in the towns of Judah everyone lived on his own land, including some Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon's servants.
 \v 4 In Jerusalem lived some of the descendants of Judah and some of the descendants of Benjamin.
-\p
+\p The people from Judah included: Athaiah son of Uzziah son of Zechariah son of Amariah son of Shephatiah son of Mahalalel, a descendant of Perez.
-The people from Judah included: Athaiah son of Uzziah son of Zechariah son of Amariah son of Shephatiah son of Mahalalel, a descendant of Perez.
 
 \s5
 \v 5 There was Maaseiah son of Baruch son of Kol-Hozeh son of Hazaiah son of Adaiah son of Joiarib son of Zechariah, the son of the Shilonite.
@@ -839,6 +834,5 @@ The people from Judah included: Athaiah son of Uzziah son of Zechariah son of Am
 \p
 \v 30 Thus I cleansed them from everything foreign, and established the duties of the priests and the Levites, each to his own task.
 \v 31 I provided for the wood offering at the appointed times and for the firstfruits.
-\p
+\p Call me to mind, my God, for good.
-Call me to mind, my God, for good.
 

18-JOB.usfm

@@ -588,8 +588,7 @@
 \v 1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,
 \q
 \v 2 "How long will you say these things?
-\q How long will the words of your mouth be
+\q How long will the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
-a mighty wind?
 \q
 \v 3 Does God pervert justice?
 \q Does the Almighty pervert righteousness?
@@ -2000,8 +1999,7 @@ a mighty wind?
 \q Do you not know the evidence they can tell,
 \q
 \v 30 that the wicked man is kept from the day of calamity,
-\q
+\q and that he is led away from the day of wrath?
-and that he is led away from the day of wrath?
 
 \s5
 \q
@@ -4187,8 +4185,7 @@ and that he is led away from the day of wrath?
 \s5
 \p
 \v 7 It came about that after he had said these words to Job, Yahweh said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends, for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has done.
-\v 8 Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer, so that I may not deal with you after your folly. You
+\v 8 Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer, so that I may not deal with you after your folly. You have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has done."
-have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has done."
 \v 9 So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as Yahweh had commanded them, and Yahweh accepted Job.
 
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@@ -4197,8 +4194,7 @@ have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has done."
 \v 11 Then all Job's brothers, and all his sisters, and all who knew him before, came to him and ate food with him in his house. They showed him sympathy and comforted him for all the disasters that Yahweh had brought upon him, and each of them gave Job a piece of silver and a ring of gold.
 
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-\v 12 Yahweh blessed the final end of Job's life more than the first; he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand
+\v 12 Yahweh blessed the final end of Job's life more than the first; he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys.
-camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys.
 \v 13 He also had seven sons and three daughters.
 \v 14 He named the first daughter Jemimah, the second Keziah, and the third Keren-Happuch.
 

19-PSA.usfm

@@ -818,8 +818,7 @@
 \s5
 \c 18
 \m
-\d For the chief musician. A psalm of David, the servant of Yahweh, when he sang to Yahweh the words of this song on
+\d For the chief musician. A psalm of David, the servant of Yahweh, when he sang to Yahweh the words of this song on the day that Yahweh rescued him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He sang:
-the day that Yahweh rescued him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He sang:
 \q
 \v 1 I love you, Yahweh, my strength.
 
@@ -2919,8 +2918,7 @@ the day that Yahweh rescued him from the hand of all his enemies and from the ha
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 8 All your garments smell of myrrh, aloes, and
+\v 8 All your garments smell of myrrh, aloes, and cassia;
-cassia;
 \q out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad.
 \q
 \v 9 Kings' daughters are among your honorable women;
@@ -3160,8 +3158,7 @@ cassia;
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 11 Their inner thought is that their families will
+\v 11 Their inner thought is that their families will continue forever,
-continue forever,
 \q and the places where they live, to all generations;
 \q they call their lands after their own names.
 
@@ -3390,8 +3387,7 @@ continue forever,
 \s5
 \c 52
 \m
-\d For the chief musician. A maschil of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said to him, "David has come to the
+\d For the chief musician. A maschil of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said to him, "David has come to the house of Ahimelech."
-house of Ahimelech."
 \q
 \v 1 Why are you proud of making trouble, you mighty man?
 \q The covenant faithfulness of God comes every day.
@@ -3610,8 +3606,7 @@ house of Ahimelech."
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 \c 56
 \m
-\d For the chief musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. A psalm
+\d For the chief musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. A psalm of David. A michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath.
-of David. A michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath.
 \q
 \v 1 Be merciful to me, God, for men are attacking me!
 \q All the day long those who fight me press their assault.
@@ -3671,8 +3666,7 @@ of David. A michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath.
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 \c 57
 \m
-\d For the chief musician; set to Al Tashheth. A psalm
+\d For the chief musician; set to Al Tashheth. A psalm of David. A michtam; when he fled from Saul, in the cave.
-of David. A michtam; when he fled from Saul, in the cave.
 \q
 \v 1 Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me,
 \q for I take refuge in you until these troubles are over.
@@ -3729,8 +3723,7 @@ of David. A michtam; when he fled from Saul, in the cave.
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 \c 58
 \m
-\d For the chief musician; set to Al Tashheth. A psalm
+\d For the chief musician; set to Al Tashheth. A psalm of David. A michtam.
-of David. A michtam.
 \q
 \v 1 Do you rulers speak righteousness?
 \q Do you judge uprightly, you people?
@@ -3775,8 +3768,7 @@ of David. A michtam.
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 \c 59
 \m
-\d For the chief musician; set to Al Tashheth. A psalm
+\d For the chief musician; set to Al Tashheth. A psalm of David. A michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.
-of David. A michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.
 \q
 \v 1 Rescue me from my enemies, my God;
 \q set me on high away from those who rise up against me.
@@ -4391,8 +4383,7 @@ of David. A michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.
 \q I will bring them back from the depths of the sea
 \q
 \v 23 so that you may crush your enemies, dipping your foot in blood,
-\q and so that the tongues of your dogs may have their share from your
+\q and so that the tongues of your dogs may have their share from your enemies."
-enemies."
 
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 \q
@@ -4921,8 +4912,7 @@ enemies."
 \s5
 \q
 \v 27 Those who are far from you will perish;
-\q you will destroy all those who are unfaithful
+\q you will destroy all those who are unfaithful to you.
-to you.
 \q
 \v 28 But as for me, all I need to do is to approach God.
 \q I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge.
@@ -4958,8 +4948,7 @@ to you.
 \s5
 \q
 \v 7 They set your sanctuary on fire;
-\q they desecrated where you live, knocking it
+\q they desecrated where you live, knocking it to the ground.
-to the ground.
 \q
 \v 8 They said in their hearts, "We will destroy them all."
 \q They burned up all of your meeting places in the land.
@@ -5374,8 +5363,7 @@ to the ground.
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 38 Yet he, being merciful, forgave their iniquity and did not destroy
+\v 38 Yet he, being merciful, forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them.
-them.
 \q Yes, many times he held back his anger
 \q and did not stir up all his wrath.
 
@@ -9489,8 +9477,7 @@ them.
 \v 5 Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.
 \q
 \v 6 He who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing,
-\q will return again with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with
+\q will return again with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.
-him.
 
 
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21-ECC.usfm

@@ -555,8 +555,7 @@
 \q1 No one is discharged from the army during a battle,
 \q2 and wickedness will not rescue those who are its slaves.
 \q1
-\v 9 I have realized all this; I have applied my heart to every kind of work that is done under the sun.
+\v 9 I have realized all this; I have applied my heart to every kind of work that is done under the sun. There is a time when a person oppresses another person to that person's hurt.
-There is a time when a person oppresses another person to that person's hurt.
 \f + \ft Some modern versions have \fqa to his own hurt \fqa* . The Hebrew passage can be interpreted either way. \f*
 
 \s5
@@ -588,10 +587,8 @@ There is a time when a person oppresses another person to that person's hurt.
 \q1 the good,
 \f + \ft Some modern versions copy ancient versions which have \fqa the good and the bad \fqa* . In this way, they make the phrase complete. Translators may decide to imitate them. \f*
 \q1 the clean and the unclean,
-\q1 and the one who sacrifices and the one who does not sacrifice.
+\q1 and the one who sacrifices and the one who does not sacrifice. As good people will die,
-As good people will die,
+\q1 so also will the sinner. As the one who swears will die,
-\q1 so also will the sinner.
-As the one who swears will die,
 \q1 so also will the man who fears to make an oath.
 
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@@ -684,8 +681,7 @@ As the one who swears will die,
 \s5
 \q1
 \v 8 Anyone who digs a pit
-\q2 can fall into it,
+\q2 can fall into it, and whenever someone breaks down a wall,
-and whenever someone breaks down a wall,
 \q2 a snake can bite him.
 \q1
 \v 9 Whoever cuts out stones
@@ -695,10 +691,7 @@ and whenever someone breaks down a wall,
 
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 \q1
-\v 10 If an iron blade is dull,
+\v 10 If an iron blade is dull, and a man does not sharpen it, then he must use more strength, but wisdom provides an advantage for success.
-and a man does not sharpen it,
-then he must use more strength,
-but wisdom provides an advantage for success.
 \q1
 \v 11 If a snake bites before it is charmed,
 \q2 then there is no advantage for the charmer.

23-ISA.usfm

@@ -865,8 +865,7 @@
 \p
 \v 26 Then Yahweh of hosts will wield a whip against them, as when he defeated Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will raise his rod over the sea and lift it up as he did in Egypt.
 \p
-\v 27 On that day, his burden is lifted from your shoulder and his yoke from off your neck,
+\v 27 On that day, his burden is lifted from your shoulder and his yoke from off your neck, and the yoke will be destroyed because of fatness.
-and the yoke will be destroyed because of fatness.
 \f + \ft The last line of this verse is difficult because it does not seem to fit the context. Some modern versions leave out \fqa because of fatness \fqa* . Other modern versions have \fqa and the yoke will be destroyed from off your neck. He has gone up from Rimmon. \fqa* Here \fqa He \fqa* means the Assyrian king and his army. \f*
 
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@@ -903,26 +902,22 @@ and the yoke will be destroyed because of fatness.
 \v 1 A shoot will sprout from the stump of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will bear fruit.
 \q1
 \v 2 The Spirit of Yahweh will rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
-\q1 the Spirit of instruction and might,
+\q1 the Spirit of instruction and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Yahweh.
-the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Yahweh.
 
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 \q1
 \v 3 His delight will be the fear of the Lord;
-\q1 he will not judge by what his eyes see, nor decide by
+\q1 he will not judge by what his eyes see, nor decide by what his ears hear.
-what his ears hear.
 \q1
 \v 4 Instead, he will judge the poor with righteousness and decide fairly for the humble of the earth.
-\q1 He will strike the
+\q1 He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.
-earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.
 \q1
 \v 5 Righteousness will be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt around his hips.
 
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 \q1
 \v 6 The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat,
-\q1 the calf, the young lion and
+\q1 the calf, the young lion and the fattened calf, together. A little child will lead them.
-the fattened calf, together. A little child will lead them.
 \q1
 \v 7 The cow and the bear will graze together, and their young will lie down together.
 \q1 The lion will eat straw like the ox.
@@ -933,29 +928,24 @@ the fattened calf, together. A little child will lead them.
 \q1 and the weaned child will put his hand on the serpent's den.
 \q1
 \v 9 They will not hurt nor destroy on all my holy mountain;
-\q1 for the earth will be full of knowledge of Yahweh, as the
+\q1 for the earth will be full of knowledge of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.
-waters cover the sea.
 
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 \p
 \v 10 On that day, the root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples.
-\q1 
+\q1  The nations will seek him out, and his resting place will be glorious.
-The nations will seek him out, and his resting place will be glorious.
 \q1
 \v 11 On that day, the Lord will again extend his hand
-\q1 to recover the remnant of
+\q1 to recover the remnant of his people who remain in Assyria, Egypt,
-his people who remain in Assyria, Egypt,
 \q1 Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the islands of the sea.
 
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 \q1
 \v 12 He will set up a banner for the nations and will gather the outcasts of Israel
-\q1 and the dispersed
+\q1 and the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
-of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
 \q1
 \v 13 He will turn aside the envy of Ephraim, and hostilities of Judah will be cut off.
-\q1 Ephraim will not envy Judah, and Judah
+\q1 Ephraim will not envy Judah, and Judah will no longer be hostile to Ephraim.
-will no longer be hostile to Ephraim.
 
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 \q1
@@ -977,8 +967,7 @@ will no longer be hostile to Ephraim.
 \c 12
 \p
 \v 1 On that day you will say,
-\q1 "I will give thanks to you, Yahweh. For though you were angry with me, your wrath 
+\q1 "I will give thanks to you, Yahweh. For though you were angry with me, your wrath  has turned away, and you have comforted me.
-has turned away, and you have comforted me.
 \q1
 \v 2 See, God is my salvation; I will trust and will not fear,
 \q1 for Yahweh, yes, Yahweh is my strength and song. He has become my salvation."
@@ -1003,8 +992,7 @@ has turned away, and you have comforted me.
 \v 1 A declaration about Babylon, that Isaiah son of Amoz received:
 \q1
 \v 2 On the bare mountain set up a signal flag, cry aloud to them,
-\q1 wave your hand for them to go into the gates of
+\q1 wave your hand for them to go into the gates of the nobles.
-the nobles.
 \q1
 \v 3 I have commanded my holy ones,
 \q1 yes, I have called my mighty men to execute my anger, even my proudly exulting ones.
@@ -1016,8 +1004,7 @@ the nobles.
 \q1 Yahweh of hosts is mustering the army for the battle.
 \q1
 \v 5 They come from a far country, from way over the horizon.
-\q1 It is Yahweh with his instruments of judgment, to
+\q1 It is Yahweh with his instruments of judgment, to destroy the whole land.
-destroy the whole land.
 
 \s5
 \q1
@@ -1031,8 +1018,7 @@ destroy the whole land.
 \s5
 \q1
 \v 9 See, the day of Yahweh comes with cruel wrath and overflowing anger,
-\q1 to make the land a desolation and to destroy the
+\q1 to make the land a desolation and to destroy the sinners from it.
-sinners from it.
 \q1
 \v 10 The stars of heaven and the constellations will not give their light.
 \q1 The sun will be darkened even from dawn, and the moon will not shine.
@@ -1040,8 +1026,7 @@ sinners from it.
 \s5
 \q1
 \v 11 I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity.
-\q1 I will put an end to the arrogance
+\q1 I will put an end to the arrogance of the proud and will bring down the arrogance of the ruthless.
-of the proud and will bring down the arrogance of the ruthless.
 \q1
 \v 12 I will make men more rare than fine gold and mankind harder to find than the pure gold of Ophir.
 
@@ -1071,12 +1056,10 @@ of the proud and will bring down the arrogance of the ruthless.
 \s5
 \q1
 \v 19 Then Babylon, the most admired of kingdoms, the splendor of Chaldean pride,
-\q1 will be overthrown by God like Sodom and
+\q1 will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
-Gomorrah.
 \q1
 \v 20 It will not be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation.
-\q1 The Arab will not pitch his
+\q1 The Arab will not pitch his tent there, nor will shepherds have their flocks rest there.
-tent there, nor will shepherds have their flocks rest there.
 
 \s5
 \q1
@@ -1104,8 +1087,7 @@ tent there, nor will shepherds have their flocks rest there.
 \v 5 Yahweh has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of those rulers,
 \q1
 \v 6 that struck the peoples in wrath with unceasing blows,
-\q1 that ruled the nations in anger, with an attack that was
+\q1 that ruled the nations in anger, with an attack that was unrestrained.
-unrestrained.
 
 \s5
 \q1
@@ -1115,8 +1097,7 @@ unrestrained.
 \q1 they say, 'Since you are laid low, no woodcutter comes up to cut us down.'
 \q1
 \v 9 Sheol below is eager to meet you when you go there.
-\q1 It arouses the dead for you, all the kings
+\q1 It arouses the dead for you, all the kings of the earth,
-of the earth,
 \q1 making them rise up from their thrones, all the kings of the nations.
 
 \s5
@@ -1335,8 +1316,7 @@ of the earth,
 \s5
 \q1
 \v 6 Gleanings will be left, however, as when the olive tree is shaken:
-\q1 two or three olives in the top of the
+\q1 two or three olives in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the highest branches of a fruitful tree—this is the declaration of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
-uppermost bough, four or five in the highest branches of a fruitful tree—this is the declaration of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
 \q1
 \v 7 On that day men will look toward their Maker, and their eyes will look to the Holy One of Israel.
 
@@ -1359,8 +1339,7 @@ uppermost bough, four or five in the highest branches of a fruitful tree—this
 \s5
 \q1
 \v 12 Woe! The uproar of many peoples, that roar like the roaring of the seas,
-\q1 and the rushing of nations, that rush like the
+\q1 and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!
-rushing of mighty waters!
 \q1
 \v 13 The nations will roar like the rushing of many waters,
 \q1 but God will rebuke them. They will flee far away
@@ -1977,8 +1956,7 @@ rushing of mighty waters!
 \q1 hide for a little while, until the indignation has passed by.
 \q1
 \v 21 For, look, Yahweh is about to come out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity;
-\q1 the earth
+\q1 the earth will uncover her bloodshed, and will no longer conceal her slain.
-will uncover her bloodshed, and will no longer conceal her slain.
 
 
 \s5
@@ -2667,8 +2645,7 @@ will uncover her bloodshed, and will no longer conceal her slain.
 \q1 and her land will become burning pitch.
 \q1
 \v 10 It will burn night and day; its smoke will rise forever;
-\q1 from generation to generation it will
+\q1 from generation to generation it will be a wasteland; no one will pass through it forever and ever.
-be a wasteland; no one will pass through it forever and ever.
 
 \s5
 \q1
@@ -2706,8 +2683,7 @@ be a wasteland; no one will pass through it forever and ever.
 \q1 Like the rose,
 \q1
 \v 2 it will blossom abundantly and rejoice with joy and singing;
-\q1 the glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the
+\q1 the glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon;
-splendor of Carmel and Sharon;
 \q1 they will see the glory of Yahweh, the splendor of our God.
 
 \s5
@@ -2715,8 +2691,7 @@ splendor of Carmel and Sharon;
 \v 3 Strengthen the weak hands, and steady the knees that shake.
 \q1
 \v 4 Say to those with a fearful heart, "Be strong, do not fear!
-\q1 Look, your God will come
+\q1 Look, your God will come with vengeance,
-with vengeance,
 \q1 with the recompense of God. He will come and save you."
 
 \s5
@@ -2991,10 +2966,8 @@ with vengeance,
 \v 6 'Look, the days are about to come when everything in your palace, the things that your ancestors stored away until this present day, will be carried to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says Yahweh.
 
 \s5
-\v 7 The sons born from you, whom you yourself have fathered—they will take them away, and they will become eunuchs in the
+\v 7 The sons born from you, whom you yourself have fathered—they will take them away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.'"
-palace of the king of Babylon.'"
+\v 8 Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "The word of Yahweh that you have spoken is good." For he thought, "There will be peace and stability in my days."
-\v 8 Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "The word of Yahweh that you have spoken is good." For he thought, "There will be
-peace and stability in my days."
 
 \s5
 \c 40
@@ -3014,16 +2987,14 @@ peace and stability in my days."
 \f + \ft Some older modern versions have \fqa A voice cries out in the wilderness ... \fqa* \f*
 \q1
 \v 4 Every valley will be lifted up, and every mountain and hill will be leveled;
-\q1 and the rugged land will be made level, and the
+\q1 and the rugged land will be made level, and the rough places a plain;
-rough places a plain;
 \q1
 \v 5 and the glory of Yahweh will be revealed, and all people will see it together; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.
 
 \s5
 \q1
 \v 6 A voice says, "Cry." Another answers, "What should I cry?"
-\q1 "All flesh is grass, and all their covenant faithfulness is like the
+\q1 "All flesh is grass, and all their covenant faithfulness is like the flower of the field.
-flower of the field.
 \q1
 \v 7 The grass withers and the flower wilts when the breath of Yahweh blows on it; surely humanity is grass.
 \q1
@@ -3082,8 +3053,7 @@ flower of the field.
 \s5
 \q1
 \v 21 Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning?
-\q1 Have you not understood from the
+\q1 Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
-foundations of the earth?
 \q1
 \v 22 He is the one who sits above the horizon of the earth; and the inhabitants are like grasshoppers before him.
 \q1 He stretches out the heavens like a curtain and spreads them out as a tent to live in.
@@ -3101,8 +3071,7 @@ foundations of the earth?
  says the Holy One.
  \q1
 \v 26 Look up at the sky! Who has created all these stars?
-\q1 He leads out their formations and calls them all by
+\q1 He leads out their formations and calls them all by name.
-name.
 \q1 By the greatness of his might and by the strength of his power, not one is missing.
 
 \s5
@@ -3197,8 +3166,7 @@ name.
 \q1 I, Yahweh, will respond to their prayers; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
 \q1
 \v 18 I will make streams to flow down the slopes, and springs in the middle of the valleys;
-\q1 I will make the desert into a pool of
+\q1 I will make the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into springs of water.
-water, and the dry land into springs of water.
 
 \s5
 \q1
@@ -3383,31 +3351,27 @@ water, and the dry land into springs of water.
 \v 6 I will say to the north, 'Hand them over;' and to the south, 'Do not hold any back;'
 \q1 Bring my sons from afar, and my daughters from the remote regions of the earth,
 \q1
-\v 7 everyone who is called by my name, whom I have created for my glory,
+\v 7 everyone who is called by my name, whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yes, whom I have made.
-whom I have formed, yes, whom I have made.
 
 \s5
 \q1
 \v 8 Bring out the people who are blind, even though they have eyes, and the deaf, even though they have ears.
 \q1
 \v 9 All the nations gather together, and the peoples assemble.
-\q1 Who among them could have declared this and announced to us
+\q1 Who among them could have declared this and announced to us earlier events?
-earlier events?
 \q1 Let them bring their witnesses to prove themselves right, let them listen and affirm, 'It is true.'
 
 \s5
 \q1
 \v 10 You are my witnesses," declares Yahweh, "and my servant whom I have chosen,
-\q1 so that you may know and believe in me, and understand
+\q1 so that you may know and believe in me, and understand that I am he.
-that I am he.
 \q1 Before me there was no god formed, and there will be none after me.
 \q1
 \v 11 I, I am Yahweh, and there is no savior but me.
 
 \s5
 \q1
-\v 12 I have declared, saved, and proclaimed, and there is no other
+\v 12 I have declared, saved, and proclaimed, and there is no other god among you.
-god among you.
 \q1 You are my witnesses," declares Yahweh, "I am God.
 \q1
 \v 13 From this day on I am he,
@@ -3476,8 +3440,7 @@ god among you.
 \v 1 Now listen, Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen:
 \q1
 \v 2 This is what Yahweh says, he who made you and formed you in the womb
-\q1 and who will help you: "Do not fear, Jacob my servant; and
+\q1 and who will help you: "Do not fear, Jacob my servant; and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
-you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
 
 \s5
 \q1
@@ -3554,8 +3517,7 @@ you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
 \s5
 \q1
 \v 19 No one thinks, nor do they comprehend and say,
-\q1 "I have burned part of the wood in the fire; yes,
+\q1 "I have burned part of the wood in the fire; yes, I have also baked bread upon its coals. I have roasted meat over its coals and eaten.
-I have also baked bread upon its coals. I have roasted meat over its coals and eaten.
 \q1 Now should I make the other part of the wood into something disgusting to worship? Should I bow down to a block of wood?"
 
 \s5
@@ -3696,8 +3658,7 @@ I have also baked bread upon its coals. I have roasted meat over its coals and e
 \q1
 \v 21 Come close and declare it to me, bring the evidence! Let them conspire together.
 \q1 Who has shown this from long ago? Who announced it?
-\q1 Was it not I, Yahweh? There is no God except me, a just God and a Savior; there is no one
+\q1 Was it not I, Yahweh? There is no God except me, a just God and a Savior; there is no one besides me.
-besides me.
 
 \s5
 \q1
@@ -3759,8 +3720,7 @@ besides me.
 \q1 I say, "My plan will happen, and I will do as I desire."
 \q1
 \v 11 I call a bird of prey from the east, the man of my choice from a distant land;
-\q1 yes, I have spoken; I will also accomplish
+\q1 yes, I have spoken; I will also accomplish it; I have purposed, I will also do it.
-it; I have purposed, I will also do it.
 
 \s5
 \q1
@@ -3787,8 +3747,7 @@ it; I have purposed, I will also do it.
 \v 3 Your nakedness will be uncovered, yes, your shame will be seen:
 \q1 I will take vengeance and will not spare a man.
 \q1
-\v 4 Our Redeemer, Yahweh of hosts is his name,
+\v 4 Our Redeemer, Yahweh of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
-the Holy One of Israel.
 \q1
 \v 5 Sit in silence and go into darkness, daughter of the Chaldeans;
 \q1 for you will no longer be called queen of kingdoms.
@@ -3874,8 +3833,7 @@ the Holy One of Israel.
 
 \s5
 \q1
-\v 6 You heard about these things; look at all this evidence; and you, will you not admit what I said is true? From now on, I am showing you new things,
+\v 6 You heard about these things; look at all this evidence; and you, will you not admit what I said is true? From now on, I am showing you new things, hidden things that you have not known.
-hidden things that you have not known.
 \q1
 \v 7 Now, and not from previously, they come into being, and before today you have not heard about them,
 \q1 so you will not be able to say, 'Yes, I knew about them.'
@@ -3883,8 +3841,7 @@ hidden things that you have not known.
 \s5
 \q1
 \v 8 You never heard; you did not know; these things were not unfolded to your ears beforehand.
-\q1 For I knew that you have been
+\q1 For I knew that you have been very deceitful, and that you have been a rebel from birth.
-very deceitful, and that you have been a rebel from birth.
 
 \s5
 \q1
@@ -4031,8 +3988,7 @@ very deceitful, and that you have been a rebel from birth.
 \s5
 \q1
 \v 21 Then you will ask yourself, 'Who has borne these children for me?
-\q1 I was bereaved and barren, exiled and divorced.
+\q1 I was bereaved and barren, exiled and divorced. Who has raised these children?
-Who has raised these children?
 \q1 Look, I was left all alone; where did these come from?'"
 
 \s5
@@ -4044,8 +4000,7 @@ Who has raised these children?
 \s5
 \q1
 \v 23 Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursemaids;
-\q1 they will bow down to you with their
+\q1 they will bow down to you with their faces to the earth and lick the dust of your feet;
-faces to the earth and lick the dust of your feet;
 \q1 and you will know that I am Yahweh; those who wait for me will not be put to shame."
 
 \s5
@@ -4150,8 +4105,7 @@ faces to the earth and lick the dust of your feet;
 \s5
 \q1
 \v 6 Lift up your eyes to the sky, and look at the earth beneath,
-\q1 for the heavens will vanish away like smoke, the
+\q1 for the heavens will vanish away like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its inhabitants will die like flies.
-earth will wear out like a garment, and its inhabitants will die like flies.
 \q1 But my salvation will continue forever, and my righteousness will never stop working.
 
 \s5
@@ -4313,8 +4267,7 @@ earth will wear out like a garment, and its inhabitants will die like flies.
 \s5
 \q1
 \v 4 But surely he has borne our sicknesses and carried our sorrows;
-\q1 yet we thought he was being punished by God,
+\q1 yet we thought he was being punished by God, struck by God, and afflicted.
-struck by God, and afflicted.
 
 \s5
 \q1
@@ -4329,8 +4282,7 @@ struck by God, and afflicted.
 \s5
 \q1
 \v 7 He was oppressed; yet when he humbled himself, he did not open his mouth;
-\q1 as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a
+\q1 as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
-sheep that before its shearers is silent,
 \q1 so he did not open his mouth.
 
 \s5
@@ -4619,8 +4571,7 @@ sheep that before its shearers is silent,
 \q1 'Build, build! Clear a way! Remove all the stumbling blocks from the path of my people!'"
 \q1
 \v 15 For this is what the high and elevated One says, who lives eternally, whose name is holy,
-\q1 "I live in the exalted and holy place,
+\q1 "I live in the exalted and holy place, with him also that is of a crushed and humble spirit,
-with him also that is of a crushed and humble spirit,
 \q1 to revive the spirit of the humble ones, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
 
 \s5
@@ -4683,8 +4634,7 @@ with him also that is of a crushed and humble spirit,
 \s5
 \q1
 \v 8 Then your light would be broken open like the sunrise, and your healing would quickly sprout up;
-\q1 your righteousness would
+\q1 your righteousness would go before you, and the glory of Yahweh would be your rearguard.
-go before you, and the glory of Yahweh would be your rearguard.
 
 \s5
 \q1
@@ -4729,8 +4679,7 @@ go before you, and the glory of Yahweh would be your rearguard.
 \s5
 \q1
 \v 3 For your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with sin.
-\q1 Your lips speak lies and your tongue speaks
+\q1 Your lips speak lies and your tongue speaks maliciously.
-maliciously.
 \q1
 \v 4 No one calls in righteousness, and none pleads his case in truth.
 \q1 They trust in empty words, and tell lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to sin.
@@ -4746,12 +4695,10 @@ maliciously.
 \s5
 \q1
 \v 7 Their feet run to evil, and they run to pour out innocent blood.
-\q1 Their thoughts are thoughts of sin; violence
+\q1 Their thoughts are thoughts of sin; violence and destruction are their roads.
-and destruction are their roads.
 \q1
 \v 8 The way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their paths.
-\q1 They have made crooked paths; whoever
+\q1 They have made crooked paths; whoever travels these paths does not know peace.
-travels these paths does not know peace.
 
 \s5
 \q1
@@ -4759,8 +4706,7 @@ travels these paths does not know peace.
 \q1 We wait for light, but see darkness; we look for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
 \q1
 \v 10 We grope for the wall like the blind, like those who cannot see.
-\q1 We stumble at noonday as in the twilight;
+\q1 We stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among the strong we are like dead men.
-among the strong we are like dead men.
 
 \s5
 \q1
@@ -4786,8 +4732,7 @@ among the strong we are like dead men.
 \s5
 \q1
 \v 16 He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no one to intervene.
-\q1 Therefore his own arm brought salvation
+\q1 Therefore his own arm brought salvation for him, and his righteousness sustained him.
-for him, and his righteousness sustained him.
 
 \s5
 \q1
@@ -4799,8 +4744,7 @@ for him, and his righteousness sustained him.
 
 \s5
 \q1
-\v 19 So they will fear the name of Yahweh from the west, and his glory from the sun's rising; for he will come as a
+\v 19 So they will fear the name of Yahweh from the west, and his glory from the sun's rising; for he will come as a rushing stream, driven by the breath of Yahweh.
-rushing stream, driven by the breath of Yahweh.
 \q1
 \v 20 "A redeemer will come to Zion and to those who turn from their rebellious deeds in Jacob—this is Yahweh's declaration.
 
@@ -4842,8 +4786,7 @@ rushing stream, driven by the breath of Yahweh.
 \v 8 Who are these who fly along like a cloud, and like the doves to their shelters?
 \q1
 \v 9 The coastlands look for me, and the ships of Tarshish lead,
-\q1 to bring your sons from far, their silver and their
+\q1 to bring your sons from far, their silver and their gold with them,
-gold with them,
 \q1 for the name of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because he has honored you.
 
 \s5
@@ -4852,8 +4795,7 @@ gold with them,
 \q1 though in my wrath I punished you, yet in my favor I will have compassion on you.
 \q1
 \v 11 Your gates also will remain open continually; they will not be shut day or night,
-\q1 so that the wealth
+\q1 so that the wealth of the nations may be brought, with their kings being led.
-of the nations may be brought, with their kings being led.
 
 \s5
 \q1
@@ -4870,12 +4812,10 @@ of the nations may be brought, with their kings being led.
 \s5
 \q1
 \v 15 Instead of you remaining abandoned and hated, with no one passing through you,
-\q1 I will make you a thing of pride forever, a
+\q1 I will make you a thing of pride forever, a joy from generation to generation.
-joy from generation to generation.
 \q1
 \v 16 You will also drink the milk of the nations, and will nurse at the breast of kings;
-\q1 you will know that I, Yahweh, am
+\q1 you will know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
-your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
 
 \s5
 \v 17 Instead of bronze I will bring gold, instead of iron I will bring silver;
@@ -4891,14 +4831,12 @@ your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
 \q1 but Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and your God your glory.
 \q1
 \v 20 Your sun will no longer set, nor will your moon withdraw and disappear;
-\q1 for Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and
+\q1 for Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning will be ended.
-the days of your mourning will be ended.
 
 \s5
 \q1
 \v 21 All your people will be righteous; they will take possession of the land for all time,
-\q1 the branch of my planting, the work of my
+\q1 the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
-hands, that I may be glorified.
 \q1
 \v 22 The little one shall become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation;
 \q1 I, Yahweh, will swiftly accomplish these things when the time comes.
@@ -4909,8 +4847,7 @@ hands, that I may be glorified.
 \m
 \q1
 \v 1 The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me, because Yahweh has anointed me
-\q1 to proclaim good news to the afflicted. He has
+\q1 to proclaim good news to the afflicted. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted,
-sent me to heal the brokenhearted,
 \q1 to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison for those who are bound.
 
 \s5
@@ -4963,8 +4900,7 @@ sent me to heal the brokenhearted,
 \m
 \q1
 \v 1 For Zion's sake I will not be silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be quiet,
-\q1 until her righteousness proceeds
+\q1 until her righteousness proceeds brightly, and her salvation as a burning torch.
-brightly, and her salvation as a burning torch.
 \q1
 \v 2 The nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory.
 \q1 You will be called by a new name that Yahweh will choose.
@@ -5109,8 +5045,7 @@ brightly, and her salvation as a burning torch.
 \v 1 "Oh, if you had split open the heavens and come down! The mountains would have shaken at your presence,
 \q1
 \v 2 as when fire kindles the brushwood, or the fire makes water boil.
-\q1 Oh, that your name would be known by your
+\q1 Oh, that your name would be known by your adversaries, that the nations would tremble at your presence!
-adversaries, that the nations would tremble at your presence!
 
 \s5
 \q1
@@ -5128,8 +5063,7 @@ adversaries, that the nations would tremble at your presence!
 \s5
 \q1
 \v 6 For we have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a menstrual rag.
-\q1 We have all withered like
+\q1 We have all withered like leaves; our iniquities, like the wind, carry us away.
-leaves; our iniquities, like the wind, carry us away.
 \q1
 \v 7 There are none who calls on your name, who makes an effort to take hold of you.
 \q1 For you have hidden your face from us and made us waste away in the hand of our iniquities.
@@ -5169,14 +5103,12 @@ leaves; our iniquities, like the wind, carry us away.
 \q1 offering sacrifices in gardens, and burning incense on brick tiles.
 \q1
 \v 4 They sit among the graves and keep watch all night,
-\q1 and eat pork with the broth of foul meat in
+\q1 and eat pork with the broth of foul meat in their dishes.
-their dishes.
 
 \s5
 \q1
 \v 5 They say, 'Stand away, do not come near to me, for I am holier than you.'
-\q1 These things are smoke in my nose, a fire that
+\q1 These things are smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all day long.
-burns all day long.
 
 \s5
 \q1
@@ -5230,8 +5162,7 @@ burns all day long.
 \q1 I will call my servants by another name.
 \q1
 \v 16 Whoever pronounces a blessing on the earth will be blessed by me, the God of truth.
-\q1 Whoever takes an oath on the earth
+\q1 Whoever takes an oath on the earth will swear by me, the God of truth,
-will swear by me, the God of truth,
 \q1 because the former troubles will be forgotten, for they will be hidden from my eyes.
 \s5
 \p
@@ -5321,8 +5252,7 @@ will swear by me, the God of truth,
 \s5
 \q1
 \v 10 Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her, all you who love her;
-\q1 rejoice with her, all you who mourned over
+\q1 rejoice with her, all you who mourned over her!
-her!
 \q1
 \v 11 For you will nurse and be satisfied; with her breasts you will be comforted;
 \q1 for you will drink them to the full and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
@@ -5331,8 +5261,7 @@ her!
 \q1
 \v 12 This is what Yahweh says,
 \q1 "I am about to spread prosperity over her like a river,
-\q1 and the riches of the nations like an overflowing
+\q1 and the riches of the nations like an overflowing stream.
-stream.
 \q1 You will nurse at her side, be carried in her arms, and be dandled on her knees.
 \q1
 \v 13 As a mother comforts her child, so I will comfort you, and you will be comforted in Jerusalem."

24-JER.usfm

@@ -353,8 +353,7 @@
 \s5
 \v 27 This is what Yahweh says, "All the land will become a devastation, but I will not completely destroy it.
 \v 28 For this reason, the land will mourn, and the heavens above will darken. For I have declared my intentions; I will not hold back; I will not turn from carrying them out.
-\v 29 Every city will flee from the noise of the cavalry and the archers with a bow; they will run into the forests. Every city will climb up into the rocky places. The cities will be abandoned, for there will be
+\v 29 Every city will flee from the noise of the cavalry and the archers with a bow; they will run into the forests. Every city will climb up into the rocky places. The cities will be abandoned, for there will be no one to inhabit them.
-no one to inhabit them.
 
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 \v 30 Now that you have been devastated, what will you do? For though you dress in scarlet, adorn yourself with gold jewelry, and make your eyes look bigger with paint, the men who lusted for you now reject you. Instead, they are trying to take away your life.
@@ -662,8 +661,7 @@ no one to inhabit them.
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 \c 8
 \p
-\v 1 "At that time—this is Yahweh's declaration—they will bring out from the graves the bones of the kings of Judah and its officials, the bones of the priests and the prophets, and the bones
+\v 1 "At that time—this is Yahweh's declaration—they will bring out from the graves the bones of the kings of Judah and its officials, the bones of the priests and the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
-of the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
 \v 2 Then they will spread them out in the light of the sun and moon and all the stars of the skies; these things in the sky that they have followed and served, that they have walked after and sought, and that they have worshiped. The bones will not be gathered or buried again. They will be like dung on the surface of the earth.
 \v 3 In every remaining place where I have driven them, they will choose death instead of life for themselves, all who are still left over from this evil nation—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts.
 
@@ -701,8 +699,7 @@ of the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
 \q
 \v 12 Were they ashamed when they practiced abominations? They were not ashamed; they did not know how to blush! So they will fall among the fallen; they will be brought down when they are punished, says Yahweh.
 \q
-\v 13 I will remove them completely—this is Yahweh's declaration—there will be no grapes on the vine, nor will there be figs on the fig trees. For the leaf will wither, and
+\v 13 I will remove them completely—this is Yahweh's declaration—there will be no grapes on the vine, nor will there be figs on the fig trees. For the leaf will wither, and what I have given to them will pass away.
-what I have given to them will pass away.
 
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@@ -926,8 +923,7 @@ what I have given to them will pass away.
 
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 \v 3 Say to them, 'Yahweh, God of Israel says this: Cursed is anyone who does not listen to the words of this covenant.
-\v 4 This is the covenant that I commanded your ancestors to keep the day I brought them out from the land of Egypt, from the furnace for smelting iron. I said, "Listen to my voice and do all of these things
+\v 4 This is the covenant that I commanded your ancestors to keep the day I brought them out from the land of Egypt, from the furnace for smelting iron. I said, "Listen to my voice and do all of these things just as I have commanded you, for you will be my people and I will be your God."
-just as I have commanded you, for you will be my people and I will be your God."
 \v 5 Obey me so that I may confirm the oath that I swore to your ancestors, the oath that I would give them the land flowing with milk and honey, where you live today.'" Then I, Jeremiah, answered and said, "Yes, Yahweh!"
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@@ -961,8 +957,7 @@ just as I have commanded you, for you will be my people and I will be your God."
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 \p
 \v 18 Yahweh made me know these things, so I know them. You, Yahweh, made me see their deeds.
-\v 19 I was like a gentle lamb being led to a butcher. I did not know that they had formed plans against me, "Let us destroy the tree with its fruit! Let us cut him off from the land of the living
+\v 19 I was like a gentle lamb being led to a butcher. I did not know that they had formed plans against me, "Let us destroy the tree with its fruit! Let us cut him off from the land of the living so his name will be no longer remembered."
-so his name will be no longer remembered."
 \q
 \v 20 Yet Yahweh of hosts is the righteous judge who examines the heart and the mind.
 \q I will witness your vengeance against them, for I have presented my case to you.
@@ -1053,8 +1048,7 @@ so his name will be no longer remembered."
 \p
 \v 8 Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
 \v 9 "Yahweh says this: In the same way I will destroy the great arrogance of Judah and Jerusalem.
-\v 10 This wicked people who refuses to listen to my word, who walk in the hardness of their heart, who go after other gods to worship them and bow down to them—they will be like this undergarment
+\v 10 This wicked people who refuses to listen to my word, who walk in the hardness of their heart, who go after other gods to worship them and bow down to them—they will be like this undergarment that is good for nothing.
-that is good for nothing.
 \v 11 For just as an undergarment clings to someone's hips, so I have made all the house of Israel and all the house of Judah cling to me—this is Yahweh's declaration—to be my people, to bring me fame, praise, and honor. But they would not listen to me.
 
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@@ -1159,10 +1153,8 @@ that is good for nothing.
 \v 14 Yahweh said to me, "The prophets prophesy deceit in my name. I did not send them out, nor did I give them any command or speak to them. But deceitful visions and useless, deceitful divination coming from their own minds are what they are prophesying to you."
 
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-\v 15 Therefore Yahweh says this, "About the prophets prophesying in my name but whom I did not send out—those who say there will be no sword or famine in this land: These prophets
+\v 15 Therefore Yahweh says this, "About the prophets prophesying in my name but whom I did not send out—those who say there will be no sword or famine in this land: These prophets will perish by sword and famine.
-will perish by sword and famine.
+\v 16 Then the people to whom they prophesied will be thrown out in the streets of Jerusalem because of famine and sword, for there will be no one to bury them—them, their wives, their sons, or their daughters—for I will pour out their wickedness on them.
-\v 16 Then the people to whom they prophesied will be thrown out in the streets of Jerusalem because of famine and sword, for there will be no one to bury them—them, their wives,
-their sons, or their daughters—for I will pour out their wickedness on them.
 
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 \q
@@ -1199,8 +1191,7 @@ their sons, or their daughters—for I will pour out their wickedness on them.
 \q Those destined for famine should go to famine; and those destined for captivity should go to captivity.'
 
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-\v 3 For I will assign them to four groups—this is Yahweh's declaration—the sword to slaughter some, the dogs to drag some away, the birds of the skies and the
+\v 3 For I will assign them to four groups—this is Yahweh's declaration—the sword to slaughter some, the dogs to drag some away, the birds of the skies and the beast of the earth to consume and destroy some.
-beast of the earth to consume and destroy some.
 \v 4 I will make of them a horrifying thing to all the kingdoms of the earth, because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, did in Jerusalem.
 
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@@ -1492,8 +1483,7 @@ beast of the earth to consume and destroy some.
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 \p
 \v 6 Therefore, see, the days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when this place will no longer be called Topheth, the Valley of Ben Hinnom, for it will be the Valley of Slaughter.
-\v 7 In this place I will make the plans of Judah and Jerusalem useless. I will make them to fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hand of the ones seeking their lives.
+\v 7 In this place I will make the plans of Judah and Jerusalem useless. I will make them to fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hand of the ones seeking their lives. Then I will give their corpses as food to the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the earth.
-Then I will give their corpses as food to the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the earth.
 \v 8 Then I will make this city a ruin and the object of hissing, for everyone passing by it will shudder and hiss regarding all of its plagues.
 \v 9 I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters; each man will consume the flesh of his neighbor in the siege and in the anguish brought on them by their enemies and the ones seeking their lives."'
 
@@ -1509,8 +1499,7 @@ Then I will give their corpses as food to the birds of the heavens and the beast
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 \p
 \v 14 Then Jeremiah went from Topheth, where Yahweh had sent him to prophesy. He stood in the courtyard of Yahweh's house and he said to all the people,
-\v 15 "Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this, 'See, I am about to bring to this city and to all of its towns all the disaster that I have proclaimed against it, since they stiffened their neck and
+\v 15 "Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this, 'See, I am about to bring to this city and to all of its towns all the disaster that I have proclaimed against it, since they stiffened their neck and refused to listen to my words.'"
-refused to listen to my words.'"
 
 
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@@ -1525,8 +1514,7 @@ refused to listen to my words.'"
 
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 \v 5 I will give him all the wealth of this city and all of its riches, all of its precious items and all the treasures of the kings of Judah. I will place these things in the hand of your enemies, and they will seize them. They will take them and bring them to Babylon.
-\v 6 But you, Pashhur, and all the inhabitants of your house will go into captivity. You will go to Babylon and die there. You and all of your loved ones to whom you prophesied
+\v 6 But you, Pashhur, and all the inhabitants of your house will go into captivity. You will go to Babylon and die there. You and all of your loved ones to whom you prophesied deceitful things will be buried there.'"
-deceitful things will be buried there.'"
 
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@@ -2105,8 +2093,7 @@ deceitful things will be buried there.'"
 \v 5 'Build houses and live in them. Plant gardens and eat their fruit.
 
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-\v 6 Take wives and give birth to sons and daughters. Then take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands. Let them give birth to sons and daughters and increase there
+\v 6 Take wives and give birth to sons and daughters. Then take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands. Let them give birth to sons and daughters and increase there so you do not become too few.
-so you do not become too few.
 \v 7 Seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be exiled, and intercede with me on its behalf since there will be peace for you if it is at peace.'
 
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@@ -2140,14 +2127,12 @@ so you do not become too few.
 
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 \v 22 Then a curse will be spoken about these persons by all the captives of Judah in Babylon. The curse will say: May Yahweh make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in fire.
-\v 23 This will happen because of the shameful things they did in Israel when they committed adultery with their neighbor's wives and declared false words in my name, things that I never commanded them to say.
+\v 23 This will happen because of the shameful things they did in Israel when they committed adultery with their neighbor's wives and declared false words in my name, things that I never commanded them to say. For I am the one who knows; I am the witness—this is Yahweh's declaration.'"
-For I am the one who knows; I am the witness—this is Yahweh's declaration.'"
 
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 \p
 \v 24 "About Shemaiah the Nehelamite, say this:
-\v 25 'Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this: Because you sent out letters in your own name to all the people in Jerusalem, to Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest,
+\v 25 'Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this: Because you sent out letters in your own name to all the people in Jerusalem, to Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, and said,
-and to all the priests, and said,
 \v 26 "Yahweh has made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, for you to be in charge of Yahweh's house. You are in control of all the people who rave and make themselves into prophets. You should put them in stocks and chains.
 
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@@ -2362,8 +2347,7 @@ and to all the priests, and said,
 \v 32 It will not be like the covenant that I established with their fathers in the days when I took them by their hand to bring them out from the land of Egypt. Those were the days when they broke my covenant, although I was a husband for them—this is Yahweh's declaration.
 
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-\v 33 But this is the covenant that I will establish with the house of Israel after these days—this is Yahweh's declaration: I will place my law within them and will write it on their heart,
+\v 33 But this is the covenant that I will establish with the house of Israel after these days—this is Yahweh's declaration: I will place my law within them and will write it on their heart, for I will be their God, and they will be my people.
-for I will be their God, and they will be my people.
 \v 34 Then each man will no longer teach his neighbor, or a man teach his brother and say, 'Know Yahweh!' For all of them, from the smallest of them to the greatest, will know me—this is Yahweh's declaration—for I will forgive their iniquity and will no longer call their sins to mind."
 
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@@ -2432,8 +2416,7 @@ for I will be their God, and they will be my people.
 \v 23 So they entered and took possession of it. But they did not obey your voice or live in obedience to your law. They did nothing of what you had commanded them to do, so you brought all this disaster on them.
 
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-\v 24 Look! The siege mounds have reached up to the city to capture it. For because of
+\v 24 Look! The siege mounds have reached up to the city to capture it. For because of sword, famine, and plague, the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. For what you have said would happen is happening, and see, you are watching.
-sword, famine, and plague, the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. For what you have said would happen is happening, and see, you are watching.
 \v 25 Then you yourself said to me, "Purchase a field for yourself with silver and have witnesses witness it, even though this city is being given into the hand of the Chaldeans."
 
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@@ -2689,8 +2672,7 @@ sword, famine, and plague, the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldean
 
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 \p
-\v 3 So King Zedekiah, Jehukal son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest sent a message to Jeremiah the prophet. They said, "Pray on our behalf
+\v 3 So King Zedekiah, Jehukal son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest sent a message to Jeremiah the prophet. They said, "Pray on our behalf to Yahweh our God."
-to Yahweh our God."
 \v 4 Now Jeremiah was coming and going among the people, for he had not yet been put in prison.
 \v 5 Pharaoh's army came out from Egypt, and the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the news about them and left Jerusalem.
 
@@ -2853,8 +2835,7 @@ to Yahweh our God."
 
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 \v 11 Then all the Judeans in Moab, among the people of Ammon, and in Edom, and in every land heard that the king of Babylon had allowed a remnant of Judah to stay, that he had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan over them.
-\v 12 So all the Judeans returned from every place where they had been scattered. They came back to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah. They harvested wine and summer
+\v 12 So all the Judeans returned from every place where they had been scattered. They came back to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah. They harvested wine and summer fruit in great abundance.
-fruit in great abundance.
 
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 \p
@@ -3940,8 +3921,7 @@ fruit in great abundance.
 \v 3 Through Yahweh's anger, all these events happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until he drove them from before himself. Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
 
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-\v 4 It happened that in the ninth year of the reign of King Zedekiah, in the tenth month, and on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar,
+\v 4 It happened that in the ninth year of the reign of King Zedekiah, in the tenth month, and on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came with all his army against Jerusalem. They camped opposite it, and they built a siege wall around it.
-king of Babylon, came with all his army against Jerusalem. They camped opposite it, and they built a siege wall around it.
 \v 5 So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah's reign.
 
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@@ -3961,15 +3941,13 @@ king of Babylon, came with all his army against Jerusalem. They camped opposite
 \v 14 As for the walls around Jerusalem, all the army of the Babylonians who were with the commander of the bodyguards destroyed them.
 
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-\v 15 As for the poorest people, the rest of the people who were left in the city, those who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the craftsmen—
+\v 15 As for the poorest people, the rest of the people who were left in the city, those who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the craftsmen— Nebuzaradan, the commander of the bodyguards, took some of them away into exile.
-Nebuzaradan, the commander of the bodyguards, took some of them away into exile.
 
 \v 16 But Nebuzaradan, the commander of the bodyguards, left some of the poorest of the land to work the vineyards and fields.
 
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-\v 17 As for the bronze pillars that belonged to the house of Yahweh, and the stands, and the large bronze basin called "The Sea" that were in the house of
+\v 17 As for the bronze pillars that belonged to the house of Yahweh, and the stands, and the large bronze basin called "The Sea" that were in the house of Yahweh, the Chaldeans broke them into pieces and carried all the bronze back to Babylon.
-Yahweh, the Chaldeans broke them into pieces and carried all the bronze back to Babylon.
 \v 18 The pots, shovels, lamp trimmers, bowls, and all the utensils of bronze with which the priests had served in the temple—the Chaldeans took them all away.
 \v 19 The basins and the incense burners, the bowls, pots, lampstands, pans, and basins that were made of gold, and those made of silver—the commander of the king's guard took them away as well.
 

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@@ -1257,8 +1257,7 @@
 \v 19 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this, 'Because all of you have become like dross, therefore, behold! I am about to gather you into the center of Jerusalem.
 
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-\v 20 As a collection of silver and bronze, iron, lead and tin in the midst of the furnace must have fire blown against it, I will melt you. So I will gather you in my
+\v 20 As a collection of silver and bronze, iron, lead and tin in the midst of the furnace must have fire blown against it, I will melt you. So I will gather you in my wrath and fury. I will put you there and blow the fire on it to melt it; so will I gather you in my anger and in my wrath, and I will put you there and pour you out.
-wrath and fury. I will put you there and blow the fire on it to melt it; so will I gather you in my anger and in my wrath, and I will put you there and pour you out.
 \v 21 So I will gather you and blow against you with the fire of my wrath so that you will be poured out in her midst.
 \v 22 As melting silver in the middle of a furnace, you will be melted down in its midst, and you will know that I, Yahweh, have poured out my fury against you!'"
 
@@ -2984,8 +2983,7 @@ wrath and fury. I will put you there and blow the fire on it to melt it; so will
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 \v 30 These will be the exits from the city: On the north side, which will measure 4,500 cubits in length,
-\v 31 will be three gates, named for tribes of Israel:
+\v 31 will be three gates, named for tribes of Israel: one gate for Reuben, one gate for Judah, and one gate for Levi.
-one gate for Reuben, one gate for Judah, and one gate for Levi.
 \v 32 On the east side, which will measure 4,500 cubits in length, will be three gates: one gate for Joseph, one gate for Benjamin, and one gate for Dan.
 
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@@ -107,11 +107,9 @@
 
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-\v 23 God of my ancestors,
+\v 23 God of my ancestors, I thank you and praise you
-I thank you and praise you
 \q for the wisdom and power you gave to me.
-\q Now you have made known to me
+\q Now you have made known to me what we requested from you;
-what we requested from you;
 \q you made known to us the matter that concerns the king."
 
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30-AMO.usfm

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 \c 1
 \p
-\v 1 These are the things concerning Israel that Amos, one of the shepherds in Tekoa, received in revelation. He received these things in the days of Uzziah king of
+\v 1 These are the things concerning Israel that Amos, one of the shepherds in Tekoa, received in revelation. He received these things in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and also in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
-Judah, and also in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
 \v 2 He said,
 \q "Yahweh will roar from Zion;
 \q he will raise his voice from Jerusalem.
@@ -581,8 +580,7 @@ Judah, and also in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash king of Israel, two years b
 
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-\v 9 It will come about that
+\v 9 It will come about that if there are ten men left in one house, they will all die.
-if there are ten men left in one house, they will all die.
 \v 10 When a man's relative comes to take their bodies up—the one who is to cremate them after bringing the corpses out of the house—if he says to the person in the house, "Is there anyone with you?" What if that person says, "No." Then he will say, "Be quiet, for we must not mention Yahweh's name."
 
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@@ -612,8 +610,7 @@ if there are ten men left in one house, they will all die.
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 \c 7
 \p
-\v 1 This is what the Lord Yahweh showed me. Look, he formed a locust swarm when the spring crop began to come up,
+\v 1 This is what the Lord Yahweh showed me. Look, he formed a locust swarm when the spring crop began to come up, and, look, it was the late crop after the king's harvest.
-and, look, it was the late crop after the king's harvest.
 \v 2 When they finished eating the vegetation of the land, then I said, "Lord Yahweh, please forgive; how will Jacob survive? For he is so small."
 \v 3 Yahweh relented concerning this. "It will not happen," he said.
 
@@ -626,8 +623,7 @@ and, look, it was the late crop after the king's harvest.
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 \v 7 This is what he showed me: Look, the Lord stood beside a wall, with a plumb line in his hand.
-\v 8 Yahweh said to me, "Amos, what do you see?" I said, "A plumb line." Then the Lord said, "Look, I will put a
+\v 8 Yahweh said to me, "Amos, what do you see?" I said, "A plumb line." Then the Lord said, "Look, I will put a plumb line among my people Israel. I will spare them no longer.
-plumb line among my people Israel. I will spare them no longer.
 
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@@ -637,8 +633,7 @@ plumb line among my people Israel. I will spare them no longer.
 
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-\v 10 Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent a message to Jeroboam, king of Israel: "Amos has conspired against you in the middle
+\v 10 Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent a message to Jeroboam, king of Israel: "Amos has conspired against you in the middle of the house of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words.
-of the house of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words.
 \v 11 For this is what Amos said,
 \q 'Jeroboam will die by the sword,
 \q and Israel will surely go into exile away from his land.'"
@@ -653,8 +648,7 @@ of the house of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words.
 \v 15 But Yahweh took me from tending the flock and said to me, 'Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'
 
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-\v 16 Now hear the word of Yahweh. You say, 'Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not
+\v 16 Now hear the word of Yahweh. You say, 'Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not speak against the house of Isaac.'
-speak against the house of Isaac.'
 \v 17 Therefore this is what Yahweh says,
 \q 'Your wife will be a prostitute in the city;
 \q your sons and your daughters will fall by the sword;
@@ -835,6 +829,5 @@ speak against the house of Isaac.'
 \v 15 I will plant them upon their land,
 \q and they will never again be uprooted from the land
 \q that I have given them,"
-\q
+\q says Yahweh your God.
-says Yahweh your God.
 

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 \p
-\v 1 The vision of Obadiah.
+\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 nations, saying, "Rise up! Let us rise up against her for battle!"
-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!"
 \v 2 Behold, I will make you small among the nations, you will be greatly despised.
 
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@@ -31,8 +30,7 @@ The Lord Yahweh says this concerning Edom: We have heard a report from Yahweh an
 \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 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
+\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.
-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 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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 \p
-\v 1 This is the word of Yahweh that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi son of Gedaliah son of Amariah son of
+\v 1 This is the word of Yahweh that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi son of Gedaliah son of Amariah son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah.
-Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah.
 \q
 \v 2 "I will utterly destroy everything from off the surface of the earth—this is Yahweh's declaration.
 \q
@@ -123,8 +122,7 @@ Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah.
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 \v 10 This will happen to Moab and Ammon because of their pride, since they taunted and mocked the people of Yahweh of hosts.
-\v 11 Then they will fear Yahweh, for he will taunt all the gods of the earth. Everyone will worship him, everyone
+\v 11 Then they will fear Yahweh, for he will taunt all the gods of the earth. Everyone will worship him, everyone from his own place, from every seashore. 
-from his own place, from every seashore. 
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 \v 12 You Cushites also will be pierced by my sword,

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 \v 12 'If a man carries meat that is set apart to Yahweh in the fold of his garment, and the fold touches bread or stew, wine or oil, or any kind of food, does it become holy?'" The priests answered and said, "No."
 
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-\v 13 Then Haggai said, "If someone who is unclean because of death touches any of these things, do they become unclean?" The
+\v 13 Then Haggai said, "If someone who is unclean because of death touches any of these things, do they become unclean?" The priests answered and said, "Yes, they become unclean."
-priests answered and said, "Yes, they become unclean."
 \v 14 So Haggai answered and said, "So it is with this people and this nation before me!—this is Yahweh's declaration—and so it is with everything done by their hands. What they offer to me is unclean!
 
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 \q and I will return to you, says Yahweh of hosts.
 
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-\v 4 Do not be like your fathers to whom the prophets cried out previously, saying, "Yahweh of hosts says this:
+\v 4 Do not be like your fathers to whom the prophets cried out previously, saying, "Yahweh of hosts says this: Turn from your evil ways and wicked practices!" But they would not hear and did not pay attention to me—this is Yahweh's declaration.'
-Turn from your evil ways and wicked practices!" But they would not hear and did not pay attention to me—this is Yahweh's declaration.'
 \q
 \v 5 Your fathers, where are they? Where are the prophets, are they here forever?
 \q
 \v 6 But my words and my decrees that I commanded my servants the prophets,
 \q have they not overtaken your fathers?
-\m
+\m So they repented and said, 'Just as Yahweh of hosts planned to do to us what our ways and actions deserved, so he has dealt with us.'"
-So they repented and said, 'Just as Yahweh of hosts planned to do to us what our ways and actions deserved, so he has dealt with us.'"
 
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 \p
 \v 7 On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius' reign, the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah son of Berechiah son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,
-\v 8 "I saw in the night, and, look! a man was riding on a red horse, and he was among the myrtle trees that are in the
+\v 8 "I saw in the night, and, look! a man was riding on a red horse, and he was among the myrtle trees that are in the valley; and behind him there were red, reddish-brown, and white horses."
-valley; and behind him there were red, reddish-brown, and white horses."
 \v 9 I said, "What are these things, Lord?" Then the angel who talked with me said to me, "I will show you what these things are."
 
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@@ -61,8 +58,7 @@ valley; and behind him there were red, reddish-brown, and white horses."
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 \p
 \v 18 Then I lifted up my eyes and saw four horns!
-\v 19 I spoke to the angel who talked with me, "What are these?" He answered me, "These are the horns that have
+\v 19 I spoke to the angel who talked with me, "What are these?" He answered me, "These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem."
-scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem."
 
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 \v 20 Then Yahweh showed me four craftsmen.
@@ -123,8 +119,7 @@ scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem."
 \v 3 Joshua was dressed in filthy garments as he stood before the angel.
 
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-\v 4 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."
-said to Joshua, "Look! I have caused your iniquity to pass from you and I will dress you in fine clothing."
 \v 5 Then I 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.
 
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 \p
 \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
+\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.
-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."
 
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@@ -401,8 +395,7 @@ top. It has seven lamps on it and seven lamp wicks at the top of each lamp.
 \v 4 Look! The Lord will dispossess her and destroy her strength on the sea, so she will be devoured by fire.
 
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-\v 5 Ashkelon will see and be afraid! Gaza also will tremble greatly! Ekron, her hopes will be disappointed!
+\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!
-The king will perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall no longer be inhabited!
 \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 remnant for our God like a clan in Judah, and Ekron will become like the Jebusites.
 
@@ -506,8 +499,7 @@ The king will perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall no longer be inhabited!
 \v 12 I said to them, "If it seems good to you, pay me my wages. But if not, do not do it." So they weighed out my wages—thirty pieces of silver.
 
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-\v 13 Then Yahweh said to me, "Deposit the silver in the treasury, the excellent price at which they valued you!"
+\v 13 Then Yahweh said to me, "Deposit the silver in the treasury, the excellent price at which they valued you!" So I took the thirty pieces of silver and deposited them in the treasury in the house of Yahweh.
-So I took the thirty pieces of silver and deposited them in the treasury in the house of Yahweh.
 \v 14 Then I broke my second staff, "Unity," to break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
 
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@@ -530,8 +522,7 @@ So I took the thirty pieces of silver and deposited them in the treasury in the
 \v 3 On that day, 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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-\v 4 On that day—this is Yahweh's declaration—I will strike every horse with terror and every rider with madness. I will look with favor on the house of Judah
+\v 4 On that day—this is Yahweh's declaration—I will strike every horse with terror and every rider with madness. I will look with favor on the house of Judah and will strike every horse of the armies blind.
-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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@@ -544,8 +535,7 @@ and will strike every horse of the armies blind.
 
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 \p
-\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.
-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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@@ -561,8 +551,7 @@ so they will look on me, the one they have pierced. They will mourn for me, as o
 \v 2 On that day—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts—I will cut off the names of the idols from the land and they will no longer be remembered. I will remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.
 
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-\v 3 If any man continues to prophesy, his father and mother who bore him will tell him, 'You will not live, for you speak lies in the name of Yahweh!'
+\v 3 If any man continues to prophesy, his father and mother who bore him will tell him, 'You will not live, for you speak lies in the name of Yahweh!' Then the father and mother who bore him will pierce him when he prophesies.
-Then the father and mother who bore him will pierce him when he prophesies.
 
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 \v 4 On that day each prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he is about to prophesy. These prophets will no longer wear a hairy cloak, in order to deceive the people.

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@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
 \v 3 but Esau I have hated. I have made his mountains an abandoned devastation, and I have made his inheritance a place for the jackals of the wilderness."
 
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-\v 4 If Edom says, "We are beaten down, but we will rebuild the ruins," Yahweh of hosts will say, "They
+\v 4 If Edom says, "We are beaten down, but we will rebuild the ruins," Yahweh of hosts will say, "They may rebuild, but I will throw down again. Others will call them 'The country of wickedness' and 'The people whom Yahweh has cursed forever.'
-may rebuild, but I will throw down again. Others will call them 'The country of wickedness' and 'The people whom Yahweh has cursed forever.'
 \v 5 Your own eyes will see this, and you will say, 'Yahweh is great beyond the borders of Israel.'"
 
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@@ -29,8 +28,7 @@ may rebuild, but I will throw down again. Others will call them 'The country of
 
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 \v 10 "Oh, if only there were one of you who would shut the temple gates, so that you might not light fires on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you," says Yahweh of hosts, "and I will not accept any offering from your hand.
-\v 11 For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name
+\v 11 For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name will be great among the nations and in every place incense and pure offerings will be offered in my name. For my name will be great among the nations," says Yahweh of hosts.
-will be great among the nations and in every place incense and pure offerings will be offered in my name. For my name will be great among the nations," says Yahweh of hosts.
 \v 12 "But you are profaning it when you say the Lord's table is polluted, and that its fruit, its food, is to be despised.
 
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@@ -84,8 +82,7 @@ will be great among the nations and in every place incense and pure offerings wi
 \p
 \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.
 \p
-\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
+\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.
-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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@@ -95,8 +92,7 @@ laundry soap.
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 \v 6 "For I, Yahweh, have not changed; therefore you, sons of Jacob, have not come to an end.
 \p
-\v 7 From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my ordinances and have not kept them. Return to me, and I
+\v 7 From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my ordinances and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you," says Yahweh of hosts. "But you say, 'How will we return?'
-will return to you," says Yahweh of hosts. "But you say, 'How will we return?'
 
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 \v 8 Would a person rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, 'How have we robbed you?' In tithes and offerings.
@@ -115,21 +111,17 @@ will return to you," says Yahweh of hosts. "But you say, 'How will we return?'
 
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 \p
-\v 16 Then those who feared Yahweh spoke with one another. Yahweh paid attention and listened, and a book of remembrance was
+\v 16 Then those who feared Yahweh spoke with one another. Yahweh paid attention and listened, and a book of remembrance was written before him about those who feared Yahweh and honored his name.
-written before him about those who feared Yahweh and honored his name.
 
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-\v 17 "They will be mine," says Yahweh of hosts, "my own treasured possession, on the day that I act. I will
+\v 17 "They will be mine," says Yahweh of hosts, "my own treasured possession, on the day that I act. I will pity them, as a man pities his own son who serves him.
-pity them, as a man pities his own son who serves him.
+\v 18 Then once again you will distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between one who worships God and one who does not worship him.
-\v 18 Then once again you will distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between one who worships God and one who does not worship
-him.
 
 
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 \c 4
 \p
-\v 1 For see, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and all the evildoers will become stubble.
+\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.
-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 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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@@ -2236,8 +2236,7 @@
 
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 \v 18 Jesus came to them and spoke to them and said, "All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
-\v 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations. Baptize them into the name of the Father, of the Son, and of
+\v 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations. Baptize them into the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
-the Holy Spirit.
 
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 \v 20 Teach them to obey all the things that I have commanded you. See, I am with you always, even to the end of the world."

44-JHN.usfm

@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@
 \v 23 He said,
 \q "I am a voice, crying in the wilderness:
 \q 'Make the way of the Lord straight,'
-\m
+\m just as Isaiah the prophet said."
-just as Isaiah the prophet said."
 
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 \v 24 Now some from the Pharisees were sent, 
@@ -310,8 +309,7 @@ just as Isaiah the prophet said."
 \p
 \v 43 After those two days, he departed from there for Galilee.
 \v 44 For Jesus himself declared that a prophet has no honor in his own country.
-\v 45 When he came into Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him. They had seen all the things that he had done in Jerusalem at the
+\v 45 When he came into Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him. They had seen all the things that he had done in Jerusalem at the festival, for they had also gone to the festival.
-festival, for they had also gone to the festival.
 
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 \p
@@ -1575,8 +1573,7 @@ festival, for they had also gone to the festival.
 \v 24 Then they said to each other, "Let us not tear it, but instead let us cast lots for it to decide whose it will be." This happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled which said,
 \q "They divided my garments among themselves
 \q and cast lots for my clothing."
-\m
+\m This is what the soldiers did.
-This is what the soldiers did.
 
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 \v 25 Now standing beside Jesus' cross were his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 

46-ROM.usfm

@@ -603,8 +603,7 @@
 \v 8 But what does it say?
 \q "The word is near you,
 \q in your mouth and in your heart."
-\p
+\p That is the word of faith, which we proclaim.
-That is the word of faith, which we proclaim.
 \v 9 For if with your mouth you acknowledge Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead ones, you will be saved.
 \v 10 For with the heart man believes for righteousness, and with the mouth he acknowledges for salvation.
 

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@@ -701,8 +701,7 @@
 \v 33 For God is not a God of confusion, but of peace.
 
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-\p
+\p This is the rule in all the churches of the believers.
-This is the rule in all the churches of the believers.
 \v 34 The women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak. Instead, they should be in submission, as also the law says.
 \v 35 If there is anything they desire to learn, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.
 \v 36 Did the word of God come from you? Are you the only ones it has reached?

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@@ -287,8 +287,7 @@
 
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 \v 13 It is by this that we are encouraged.
-\p
+\p In addition to our own comfort, we also rejoiced even more because of Titus' joy, because his spirit was refreshed by all of you.
-In addition to our own comfort, we also rejoiced even more because of Titus' joy, because his spirit was refreshed by all of you.
 \v 14 For if I boasted to him about you, I was not embarrassed. On the contrary, just as everything we said to you was true, our boasting about you to Titus proved to be true.
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 \v 15 His affection for you is even greater, as he remembers the obedience of all of you, how you welcomed him with fear and trembling.

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@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@
 \q If we deny him, he also will deny us.
 \q
 \v 13 if we are unfaithful, he remains faithful,
-\q
+\q for he cannot deny himself."
-for he cannot deny himself."
 \m
 
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@@ -578,8 +578,7 @@
 \v 26 He reasoned that the disgrace of following Christ was greater riches than Egypt's treasures. For he was fixing his eyes on his reward.
 
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-\v 27 It was by faith that Moses left Egypt. He did not fear the king's anger, for he endured as if he were seeing
+\v 27 It was by faith that Moses left Egypt. He did not fear the king's anger, for he endured as if he were seeing the one who is invisible.
-the one who is invisible.
 \v 28 It was by faith that he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch the Israelites' firstborn sons.
 
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@@ -612,8 +611,7 @@ the one who is invisible.
 
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 \p
-\v 4 You have not yet resisted or struggled against sin to the
+\v 4 You have not yet resisted or struggled against sin to the point of blood;
-point of blood;
 \v 5 and you have forgotten the encouragement that instructs you as sons:
 \q "My son, do not think lightly of the Lord's discipline,
 \q nor grow weary when you are corrected by him."

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@@ -58,8 +58,7 @@
 \q The grass dries up, and the flower falls off,
 \q
 \v 25 but the word of the Lord remains forever."
-\m
+\m This is the good news that was announced to you.
-This is the good news that was announced to you.
 
 
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@@ -88,8 +87,7 @@ This is the good news that was announced to you.
 \v 8 and,
 \q "A stone of stumbling
 \q and a rock that makes them fall."
-\m
+\m They stumble because they disobey the word—which is what they were destined to do.
-They stumble because they disobey the word—which is what they were destined to do.
 
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 \v 9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's possession, so that you would announce the wonderful actions of the one who called you out from darkness into his marvelous light.

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@@ -85,8 +85,7 @@
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 \v 20 If they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
 \v 21 It would have been better for them not to know the way of righteousness than to know it and turn away from the holy commandment delivered to them.
-\v 22 This proverb is true for them: "A dog returns to its own vomit, and 
+\v 22 This proverb is true for them: "A dog returns to its own vomit, and  a washed pig returns to the mud."
-a washed pig returns to the mud."
 
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@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@
 \q2 every eye will see him,
 \q including those who pierced him.
 \q2 All the tribes of the earth will mourn because of him.
-\m
+\m Yes, Amen.
-Yes, Amen.
 \p
 \v 8 "I am the alpha and the omega," says the Lord God, "the one who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty."
 \f + \ft Some versions read, \fqa I am the alpha and the omega, the beginning and the end, says the Lord God. \fqa* \f*
@@ -591,8 +590,7 @@ Yes, Amen.
 \q2 into captivity he will go.
 \q If anyone is to be killed with the sword,
 \q2 with the sword he will be killed.
-\m
+\m Here is a call for patient endurance and faith for those who are holy.
-Here is a call for patient endurance and faith for those who are holy.
 
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 \p
@@ -850,8 +848,7 @@ Here is a call for patient endurance and faith for those who are holy.
 \v 13 cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and slaves and human souls.
 
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-\v 14 The fruit that you longed for with all your might is gone from you.
+\v 14 The fruit that you longed for with all your might is gone from you. All your luxury and splendor have vanished, never to be found again.
-All your luxury and splendor have vanished, never to be found again.
 
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 \v 15 The merchants of these goods who became rich by her will stand away from her at a distance because of the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning loudly.
@@ -864,8 +861,7 @@ All your luxury and splendor have vanished, never to be found again.
 \q3 precious jewels, and pearls!
 \q2
 \v 17 In a single hour all that wealth has been wasted."
-\m
+\m Every ship's captain, every seafaring man, sailors, and all whose living is made from the sea, stood off at a distance.
-Every ship's captain, every seafaring man, sailors, and all whose living is made from the sea, stood off at a distance.
 \m
 
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