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@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 \v 7 Some day all the people in Moab will weep.
 \q2 They will all mourn,
 \q1 because there will be no more raisin cakes in the city of Kir Hareseth.
+\q2 But more than the cakes, they cry out for the people who lived there, who were all killed.
 
 \s5
 \q1
diff --git a/23-ISA/28.usfm b/23-ISA/28.usfm
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@@ -85,17 +85,17 @@
 
 \s5
 \q1
-\v 14 Because of what will happen in Samaria,
-\q2 you rulers in Jerusalem who make fun of me;
-\q2 listen to this message from Yahweh:
+\v 14 Listen to the word that Yahweh says, 
+\q2 you who rule over the people of Jerusalem,
+\q2 you who mock and make fun of me!
 \q1
 \v 15 You boast and say,
-\q1 "We have made an alliance with the leaders of Egypt,
-\q2 so we will not be killed in battles;
-\q2 we will never go to the place where the dead people are.
-\q1 When the army of Assyria attacks us, they will never defeat us,
-\q2 because we have made an agreement with Egypt to protect us!"
-\q1 But that agreement consists of a lot of lies.
+\q1 "We made a bargain with death to ensure that the power of death may not touch us,
+\q2 and to be sure of our bargain, we also made an agreement with the powers that control the place where the spirits of the dead dwell. 
+\q1 When the powerful armies comes to punish us for our sins, 
+\q2 they will not touch us, and they will not punish us, 
+\q2 because we trust in the lies we have told, and those lies make us safe; 
+\q2 and our deceitful words will protect us because we put our trust in them. 
 
 \s5
 \p
@@ -115,10 +115,11 @@
 
 \s5
 \q1
-\v 18 I will cancel the covenant that you made with the place where the spirits of the dead go.
-\q2 You thought that because of that covenant you would not be killed and you would not go there.
-\q1 But when the vast army of Assyria overwhelms you like a flood,
-\q2 they will trample you into the ground.
+\v 18 I will cancel the covenant that you made with death,
+\q2 and I will bring to an end the covenant you made with the place where the dead dwell. 
+\q1 But when the vast army of Assyria comes like a flood, it will pour over you; 
+\q2 they will defeat you and crush your army,
+\q2 with their great numbers and mighty power they will trample over you and beat you into the dirt. 
 \q1
 \v 19 Their soldiers will come during the morning, at noontime, and at night,
 \q2 and they will carry you all away."