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02-EXO/34.usfm

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 \v 27 Yahweh said to Moses, "Write down these words, for I pledge myself to these words I have spoken, and have made a covenant with you and Israel."
-\v 28 Moses was there with Yahweh for forty days and nights; he did not eat any food nor drink any water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.
+\v 28 Moses was there with Yahweh for forty days and nights; he did not eat any food nor drink any water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten Commandments.
 
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03-LEV/04.usfm

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 \v 29 He will lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and kill the sin offering at the place of burnt offering.
-\v 30 The priest will take some the blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar for burnt offerings. He will pour out all the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
+\v 30 The priest will take some of the blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar for burnt offerings. He will pour out all the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
 
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 \v 31 He will cut away all the fat, just as the fat is cut away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings. The priest will burn it on the altar to produce a sweet aroma for Yahweh. The priest will make atonement for the man, and he will be forgiven.

03-LEV/06.usfm

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 \v 15 The priest will take up a handful of the fine flour of the grain offering and of the oil and the incense which is on the grain offering, and he will burn it on the altar to produce a sweet aroma as a representative offering.
 
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-\v 16 Aaron and his sons will eat whatever is left of the offering. It must be eaten without yeast in a holy place. They will eat it in the courtyard of the tent of meeting 
+\v 16 Aaron and his sons will eat whatever is left of the offering. It must be eaten without yeast in a holy place. They will eat it in the courtyard of the tent of meeting. 
 \v 17 It must not be baked with yeast. I have given it as their part of my offerings made by fire. It is most holy, as the sin offering and the guilt offering.
 \v 18 For all time to come throughout your people's generations, any male descended from Aaron may eat it as his share, taken from the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. Whoever touches them will become holy.'"
 

03-LEV/08.usfm

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-\v 10 Moses took the anointing oil, anointed the tabernacle and everything in it, and dedicate them to Yahweh.
+\v 10 Moses took the anointing oil, anointed the tabernacle and everything in it, and dedicated them to Yahweh.
 \v 11 He sprinkled the oil on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its utensils, and the washbasin and its base, to dedicate them to Yahweh.
 
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03-LEV/10.usfm

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 \v 5 So they came near and carried them, still wearing their priestly tunics, out of the camp, as Moses had instructed.
-\v 6 Then Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons, "Do not let your hair on your heads hang loosely, and do not tear your clothes, so that you may not die, and so that Yahweh may not be angry with all the assembly. But allow your relatives, the entire house of Israel, mourn for those whom the fire of Yahweh has set ablaze.
+\v 6 Then Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons, "Do not let your hair on your heads hang loosely, and do not tear your clothes, so that you may not die, and so that Yahweh may not be angry with all the assembly. But allow your relatives, the entire house of Israel, to mourn for those whom the fire of Yahweh has set ablaze.
 \v 7 You must not go out from the entrance of the tent of meeting, or you will die, for the anointing oil of Yahweh is on you." So they acted according to Moses' instructions.
 
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 \v 8 Yahweh spoke to Aaron, saying,
-\v 9 "Do not drink wine or strong drink, you, nor your sons who remain with you, when you go into the tent of meeting, so you will not die. This will be a permanent statute throughout your people's generations,
+\v 9 "Do not drink wine or strong drink, you, or your sons who remain with you, when you go into the tent of meeting, so you will not die. This will be a permanent statute throughout your people's generations,
 \v 10 to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean,
 \v 11 so that you may teach the people of Israel all the statutes that Yahweh has commanded through Moses."
 

03-LEV/16.usfm

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-\v 1 Yahweh spoke to Moses—this was after the death of Aaron's two sons, when they gone near to Yahweh and then died.
+\v 1 Yahweh spoke to Moses—this was after the death of Aaron's two sons, when they had gone near to Yahweh and then died.
 \v 2 Yahweh said to Moses, "Speak to Aaron your brother and tell him not to come at just any time into the most holy place inside the curtain, before the atonement lid that is on the ark. If he does, he will die, because I appear in the cloud over the atonement lid.
 
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03-LEV/20.usfm

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-\v 19 You must not sleep with your mother's sister, nor with your father's sister, because you would disgrace your close relative. You must carry your own guilt.
+\v 19 You must not sleep with your mother's sister, or with your father's sister, because you would disgrace your close relative. You must carry your own guilt.
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 \v 20 If a man sleeps with his uncle's wife, he has disgraced his uncle. They must carry their own guilt and die childless.
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03-LEV/21.usfm

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 \v 1 Yahweh said to Moses: "Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, 'No one among you shall make himself unclean for those who die among his people,
 \v 2 except for a close relative—for his mother and father, for his son and daughter, or for his brother 
-\v 3 or a virgin sister who in his house and who has had no husband. For her he may make himself unclean.
+\v 3 or a virgin sister who is in his house and who has had no husband. For her he may make himself unclean.
 
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 \v 4 But he must not make himself unclean for other relatives, so as to defile himself.

03-LEV/27.usfm

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 \v 17 If he dedicates his field during the Year of Jubilee, the estimated value will stand.
-\v 18 But if he dedicate his field after the Jubilee, then the priest must calculate the value of the field by the number of years that remain until the next Year of Jubilee, and the estimated value must be reduced.
+\v 18 But if he dedicates his field after the Jubilee, then the priest must calculate the value of the field by the number of years that remain until the next Year of Jubilee, and the estimated value must be reduced.
  
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 \v 19 If the man who dedicates the field wishes to redeem it, then he must add a fifth to the estimated value, and it will be become his again.

04-NUM/05.usfm

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 \v 20 But if you, a woman under her husband, have gone astray, if you are defiled, and if some other man has slept with you, 
-\v 21 then,' (the priest must cause the woman to swear an oath that can bring down a curse on her, and then he must continue speaking to the woman) 'Yahweh will make you into a curse that will be shown to your people to be such. This will happen if Yahweh causes your thigh to waste away and your abdomen to swell.
+\v 21 then, (the priest must cause the woman to swear an oath that can bring down a curse on her, and then he must continue speaking to the woman) 'Yahweh will make you into a curse that will be shown to your people to be such. This will happen if Yahweh causes your thigh to waste away and your abdomen to swell.
 \v 22 This water that brings the curse will go into your stomach, swell your abdomen and waste away your thighs.' The woman is to reply, 'Yes, let that happen if I am guilty.'
  
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04-NUM/23.usfm

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 \q Yahweh their God is with them,
 \q2 and shouts for their king are among them.
 \v 22 God brought them out of Egypt
-\q2 With strength like that of a wild ox.
+\q2 with strength like that of a wild ox.
  
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05-DEU/01.usfm

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 \v 9 I spoke to you at that time, saying, 'I am not able to carry you myself alone.
-\v 10 Yahweh your God has multiplied you, and, look, you are today as the stars of heaven for multitude.
+\v 10 Yahweh your God has multiplied you, and, look, you are today as the multitude of the stars of heaven.
 \v 11 May Yahweh, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as you are, and bless you, as he has promised you!
 
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 \v 21 Look, Yahweh your God has set the land before you; go up, take possession, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has spoken to you; do not be afraid, neither be discouraged.'
 
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-\v 22 Every one of you came to me and said, 'Let us send men ahead of us, so that they may search out the land for us, and bring us word about the way by that we should attack, and about the cities to which we will come.'
+\v 22 Every one of you came to me and said, 'Let us send men ahead of us, so that they may search out the land for us, and bring us word about the way by which we should attack, and about the cities to which we will come.'
-\v 23 The thing pleased me well; I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe.
+\v 23 The advice pleased me well; I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe.
 \v 24 They turned and went up into the hill country, came to the valley of Eshcol, and scouted it.
 
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 \v 26 Yet you refused to attack, but rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh your God.
 \v 27 You complained in your tents and said, "It is because Yahweh hated us that he has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to defeat us by the power of the Amorites, and to destroy us.
-\v 28 Where can we go now? Our brothers have made our heart to melt, saying, 'Those people are bigger and taller than we are; their cities are large and are fortified up to the heavens; moreover, we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.'
+\v 28 Where can we go now? Our brothers have made our heart to melt, saying, 'Those people are bigger and taller than we are; their cities are large and are fortified up to the heavens; moreover, we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.'"
 
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 \v 29 Then I said to you, 'Do not be terrified, neither be afraid of them.

05-DEU/02.usfm

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 \p And we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
  
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-\v 9 Yahweh said to me, 'Do not trouble Moab, and do not fight with them in battle. For I will not give you his land for your own possession, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot, for their possession.'"
+\v 9 Yahweh said to me, 'Do not trouble Moab, and do not fight with them in battle. For I will not give you his land for your own possession, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot, for their possession.'
  
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05-DEU/04.usfm

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 \v 33 Did ever a people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and live?
  
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-\v 34 Or has God ever attempted to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a display of great power, and by great terrors, as everything that Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
+\v 34 Or has God ever attempted to go and take for himself a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a display of great power, and by great terrors, as everything that Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
  
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 \v 35 To you these things were shown, so that you might know that Yahweh is God, and that there is no one else besides him.

05-DEU/06.usfm

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 \v 23 and he brought us out from there, so that he might bring us in, to give us the land that he swore to our fathers.
  
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-\v 24 Yahweh commanded us to always keep all these statutes, to fear him our God for our good, so that he might keep us alive, as we are today.
+\v 24 Yahweh commanded us to always keep all these statutes, to fear Yahweh our God for our good, so that he might keep us alive, as we are today.
 \v 25 If we keep all these commands before Yahweh our God, as he has commanded us, this will be our righteousness.'
  
 

05-DEU/08.usfm

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 \v 2 You will call to mind all the ways that Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, in order that he might humble you, that he might test you to know what was in your heart, as to whether you would keep his commandments or not.
  
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-\v 3 He humbled you, and made you hunger, and fed you with manna, which you had not known, nor which your ancestors had known, nor your fathers. He did those to make you know that people do not live by bread only, but rather, it is by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of Yahweh that people live.
+\v 3 He humbled you, and made you hunger, and fed you with manna, which you had not known, nor which your ancestors had known, nor your fathers. He did that to make you know that people do not live by bread only, but rather, it is by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of Yahweh that people live.
  
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 \v 4 Your clothing did not grow old on you, and your feet did not swell up during those forty years.

05-DEU/15.usfm

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 \v 8 but you must surely open your hand to him and surely lend him sufficient for his need.
  
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-\v 9 Be careful not to have a wicked thought in your heart, saying, 'The seventh year, the year of release, is near,' so that you not be stingy in regard to your poor brother and give him nothing; he might cry out to Yahweh about you, and it would be sin for you.
+\v 9 Be careful not to have a wicked thought in your heart, saying, 'The seventh year, the year of release, is near,' so that you will not be stingy in regard to your poor brother and give him nothing; he might cry out to Yahweh about you, and it would be sin for you.
 \v 10 You must surely give to him, and your heart must not be sorry when you give to him, because in return for this Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you put your hand to.
  
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05-DEU/18.usfm

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 \v 12 For whoever does these things is detestable to Yahweh; it is because of these detestable things that Yahweh your God is driving them out from before you.
 \v 13 You must be blameless before Yahweh your God.
-\v 14 For these nations that you will dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery and divination; but as for you, Yahweh your God has not allowed you so to do.
+\v 14 For these nations that you will dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery and divination; but as for you, Yahweh your God has not allowed you to do so.
  
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05-DEU/19.usfm

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 \v 4 This is the law for the one who kills another and who flees there to live: whoever kills his neighbor unawares, and did not previously hate him—
-\v 5 as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and his hand deals a stroke with the ax to cut down a tree, and the head slips from the haft and strikes his neighbor so that he dies—then that man must flee to one of these cities and live.
+\v 5 as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and his hand strikes with the ax to cut down a tree, and the head slips from the shaft and strikes his neighbor so that he dies—then that man must flee to one of these cities and live.
  
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 \v 6 Otherwise the blood avenger might go after the one who took a life, and in hot anger he overtakes him because it was a long journey. And he strikes him and kills him, though that man did not deserve to die; and so he does not deserve the death penalty since he did not hate his neighbor before this happened.

05-DEU/22.usfm

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 \v 18 The elders of that city must take that man and punish him;
-\v 19 and they must fine him one hundred shekels of silver, and give them to the father of the girl, because the man put a bad reputation on a virgin of Israel. She must be his wife; he may not send her away during all his days.
+\v 19 and they must fine him one hundred shekels of silver, and give them to the father of the girl, because the man has caused a bad reputation for a virgin of Israel. She must be his wife; he may not send her away during all his days.
  
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05-DEU/23.usfm

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-\v 21 When you make a vow to Yahweh your God, you must not be slow in fulfilling it, for Yahweh your God will surely require it of you; it would be sin in you not to fulfill it.
+\v 21 When you make a vow to Yahweh your God, you must not be slow in fulfilling it, for Yahweh your God will surely require it of you; it would be sin for you not to fulfill it.
-\v 22 But if you will refrain from making a vow, it will be no sin in you.
+\v 22 But if you will refrain from making a vow, it will be no sin for you.
 \v 23 That which has gone out from your lips you must observe and do; according as you have vowed to Yahweh your God, anything that you have freely promised with your mouth.
  
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05-DEU/26.usfm

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 \v 13 You must say before Yahweh your God, 'I have brought out of my house the things that belong to Yahweh, and have given them to the Levite, to the foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all your commandments that you have given me. I have not transgressed any of your commandments, neither have I forgotten them.
  
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-\v 14 I have not eaten any of it in my mourning, nor have I put it somewhere else when I was impure, not have I given any of it in honor of the dead. I have listened to the voice of Yahweh my God; I have obeyed everything you have commanded me to do.
+\v 14 I have not eaten any of it in my mourning, nor have I put it somewhere else when I was impure, nor have I given any of it in honor of the dead. I have listened to the voice of Yahweh my God; I have obeyed everything you have commanded me to do.
 \v 15 Look down from the holy place where you live, from heaven, and bless your people Israel, and the land that you have given us, as you had sworn to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.'
  
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05-DEU/27.usfm

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 \v 4 When you have passed over the Jordan, set up these stones that I am commanding you about today, on Mount Ebal, and plaster them with plaster.
-\v 5 There you must you build an altar to Yahweh your God, an altar of stones; but you must raise no iron tool to work the stones.
+\v 5 There you must build an altar to Yahweh your God, an altar of stones; but you must raise no iron tool to work the stones.
  
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05-DEU/28.usfm

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 \v 67 In the morning you will say, 'I wish it were evening!' and in the evening you will say, 'I wish it were morning!' because of the fear in your hearts and the things your eyes will have to see.
-\v 68 Yahweh will bring you into Egypt again by ships, by the route about which I had said to you, 'You will see Egypt no more again.' There you will offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will purchase you."
+\v 68 Yahweh will bring you into Egypt again by ships, by the route about which I had said to you, 'You will not see Egypt again.' There you will offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will purchase you."
  
 
 

06-JOS/05.usfm

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-\v 13 When Joshua was near Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold a man was standing in front of him; he had drawn his sword and it was in his hand. Joshua went to him and said, "Are you for us or for our enemies?"
+\v 13 When Joshua was near Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing in front of him; he had drawn his sword and it was in his hand. Joshua went to him and said, "Are you for us or for our enemies?"
 
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 \v 14 He said, "Neither. For I am the commander of the army of Yahweh. Now I have come." Then Joshua lay facedown on the ground to worship and said to him, "What does my master say to his servant?"

06-JOS/22.usfm

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 \v 33 Their report was good in the eyes of the people of Israel. The people of Israel blessed God and spoke no more about making war against the Reubenites and the Gadites, in order to destroy the land where they had settled.
 
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-\v 34 The Reubenites and the Gadites named the altar "Witness," for they said "It is a witness between us that Yahweh is God."
+\v 34 The Reubenites and the Gadites named the altar "Witness," for they said, "It is a witness between us that Yahweh is God."
 
 
 

07-JDG/06.usfm

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 \v 34 But the Spirit of Yahweh came over Gideon. Gideon blew a trumpet, calling out the clan of Abiezer, so they might follow him.
-\v 35 He sent messengers all throughout Manasseh, and they, too, were called out to follow him. He also sent messengers to Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, and they went up to meet him.
+\v 35 He sent messengers all throughout Manasseh, and they too, were called out to follow him. He also sent messengers to Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, and they went up to meet him.
  
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07-JDG/08.usfm

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 \v 25 They answered, "We are glad to give them to you." They spread out a cloak and every man threw on it the earrings from his plunder. 
  
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-\v 26 The weight of the golden earrings that he requested was 1,700 shekels of gold. This plunder was in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple clothing that were worn by the kings of Midian, and in addition to the chains that had been around their camels' necks.
+\v 26 The weight of the golden earrings that he requested was 1,700 shekels of gold. This plunder was in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple clothing that was worn by the kings of Midian, and in addition to the chains that had been around their camels' necks.
  
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 \v 27 Gideon made an ephod out of the earrings and put it in his city, in Ophrah, and all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there. It became a trap for Gideon and for those in his house.

08-RUT/01.usfm

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-\v 1 It happened in the days when the judges ruled that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem of Judah went to the country of Moab with his wife and his two sons.
+\v 1 It happened in the days when the judges ruled that there was a famine in the land, and a certain man of Bethlehem of Judah went to the country of Moab with his wife and his two sons.
 \v 2 The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife was Naomi. The names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion, who were Ephrathites of Bethlehem of Judah. They arrived at the country of Moab and lived there.
 
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12-2KI/01.usfm

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 \v 14 Indeed, fire came down from heaven and consumed the first two captains with their men, but now let my life be precious in your sight."
 
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-\v 15 So the angel of Yahweh said to Elijah, "Go down with him. Do not be afraid of him." So Elijah arose and went down with him to the king.
+\v 15 The angel of Yahweh said to Elijah, "Go down with him. Do not be afraid of him." So Elijah arose and went down with him to the king.
 \v 16 Later Elijah said to Ahaziah, "This is what Yahweh says, 'You have sent messengers to consult with Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron. Is it because there is no God in Israel from whom you can ask for information? So now, you will not come down from the bed where you have gone up; you will certainly die.'"
 
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12-2KI/17.usfm

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 \v 29 Every ethnic group made gods of their own, and put them in the high places that the Samaritans had made—every ethnic group in the cities where they lived.
 \v 30 The people of Babylon made Succoth Benoth; the people of Cuthah made Nergal; the people of Hamath made Ashima;
-\v 31 the Awites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of the Sepharvites.
+\v 31 the Awites made Nibhaz and Tartak. The Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of the Sepharvites.
 
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-\v 34 To this day they persist in their old customs. They neither honor Yahweh, nor do they follow the statutes, decrees, the law, or the commandments that Yahweh gave to the people of Jacob—whom he named Israel- 
+\v 34 To this day they persist in their old customs. They neither honor Yahweh, nor do they follow the statutes, decrees, the law, or the commandments that Yahweh gave to the people of Jacob—whom he named Israel— 
 \v 35 and with whom Yahweh had made a covenant and commanded them, "You will not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor worship them, nor sacrifice to them.
 
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12-2KI/18.usfm

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 \v 19 So the chief commander said to them to tell Hezekiah what the great king, the king of Assyria, said: "What is the source of your confidence?
 \v 20 You speak only useless words, saying there are allies and strength for war. Now in whom are you trusting? Who has given you courage to rebel against me?
-\v 21 Look, you trust in the walking stick of this bruised reed of Egypt, but if a man leans on it will stick into his hand and pierce it. That is what Pharaoh king of Egypt is to anyone who trusts in him.
+\v 21 Look, you trust in the walking stick of this bruised reed of Egypt, but if a man leans on it, it will stick into his hand and pierce it. That is what Pharaoh king of Egypt is to anyone who trusts in him.
 
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 \v 22 But if you say to me, 'We are trusting in Yahweh our God,' is not he the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, 'You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem'?

12-2KI/19.usfm

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 \q I will cut down the tall cedars 
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-\q and I will enter into its farthest parts, 
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13-1CH/11.usfm

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 \v 1 Then all Israel came to David at Hebron and said, "Look, we are your flesh and bone.
 \v 2 In the recent past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led the Israelite army. Yahweh your God said to you, 'You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become a ruler over my people Israel.'"
-\v 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them before Yahweh. They anointed David king over Israel. In this way came true the word of Yahweh that had been declared by Samuel.
+\v 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them before Yahweh. They anointed David king over Israel. In this way, the word of Yahweh that had been declared by Samuel came true.
 
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17-EST/01.usfm

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 \s5
 \v 19 If it pleases the king, let a royal decree be sent out from him, and let it be written in the laws of the Persians and the Medes, which cannot be repealed, that Vashti may no longer come before him. Let the king give her position as queen to another who is better than she.
-\v 20 When the king's decree is proclaimed throughout all his vast kindom, all the wives will honor their husbands, from the greatest to the least significant."
+\v 20 When the king's decree is proclaimed throughout all his vast kingdom, all the wives will honor their husbands, from the greatest to the least significant."
 
 \s5
 \v 21 The king and his noblemen were pleased with this advice, and the king did as Memucan proposed. 

19-PSA/063.usfm

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 \s5
 \q
 \v 5 It will be as if I ate a meal of marrow and fatness;
-\q with joyful lips my mouth will praise you.
+\q with joyful lips my mouth will praise you,
 \q
 \v 6 when I think about you on my bed
 \q and meditate on you in the night hours.

19-PSA/072.usfm

@@ -86,4 +86,4 @@
 \q Amen and Amen.
 \b
 \q
-\v 20 The prayers of David son of Jesse, are finished.
+\v 20 The prayers of David son of Jesse are finished.

20-PRO/10.usfm

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 6 Gifts from God are upon the head of the those who do what is right,
+\v 6 Gifts from God are upon the head of those who do what is right,
 \q but the mouth of the wicked covers up violence.
 \q
 \v 7 A person who does right makes us happy when we think about him,

20-PRO/15.usfm

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 \q how good is a timely word!
 \q
 \v 24 The path of life leads upward for prudent people, 
-\q that he may turn away from sheol beneath.
+\q that they may turn away from sheol beneath.
 
 \s5
 \q

20-PRO/31.usfm

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 \q And what, son of my vows?—
 \q
 \v 3 Do not give your strength to women,
-\q or your ways to those who destroys kings.
+\q or your ways to those who destroy kings.
 
 \s5
 \q

21-ECC/04.usfm

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ f
 \s5
 \q1 
 \v 12 One man alone can be overpowered, 
-\q2 but two can withstand an attack.
+\q2 but two can withstand an attack,
 \q2 and a three-strand rope is not quickly broken.
 
 \s5

21-ECC/07.usfm

@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 
 \s5
 \v 27 "Consider what I have discovered," says the Teacher. "I have been adding one discovery to another in order to find an explanation of reality.
-\v 28 This is what I am still looking, but I have not found it. I did find one righteous man among a thousand, but a woman among all those I did not find. 
+\v 28 This is what I am still looking for, but I have not found it. I did find one righteous man among a thousand, but a woman among all those I did not find. 
 \s5
 \v 29 I have discovered only this: that God created humanity upright, but they have gone away looking for many difficulties."
 

21-ECC/09.usfm

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ As the one who swears will die,
 
 \s5
 \v 13 I have also seen wisdom under the sun in a way that seemed great to me.
-\v 14 There was a small city with only a few men in it, and a great king came against it and besieged it and built great seige ramps against it.
+\v 14 There was a small city with only a few men in it, and a great king came against it and besieged it and built great siege ramps against it.
 \v 15 Now in the city was found a poor, wise man, who by his wisdom saved the city. Yet later, no one remembered that same poor man.
 
 \s5

23-ISA/01.usfm

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ the fat of fatted beasts;
 
 \s5
 \q1
-\v 19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good of the land.
+\v 19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good of the land,
 \q1
 \v 20 but if you refuse and rebel, the sword will devour you," 
 \q1 for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.

23-ISA/09.usfm

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ not stop, but his hand will still be raised to strike.
 
 \s5
 \q1
-\v 16 Those who lead this people lead them astray, and those who are led by them are swallowed up
+\v 16 Those who lead this people lead them astray, and those who are led by them are swallowed up.
 \q1
 \v 17 Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men nor will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows,
 \q1

23-ISA/10.usfm

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ help, and where will you leave your wealth?
 \s5
 \p
 \v 15 Will the ax boast about itself against the one who wields it? Will the saw praise itself more than the one who cuts with it?
-\q1 It as if a rod could lift up those who raise it, or as if a wooden club could lift up a person.
+\q1 It is as if a rod could lift up those who raise it, or as if a wooden club could lift up a person.
 \q1
 \v 16 Therefore the Lord Yahweh of hosts will send emaciation among his elite warriors;
 \q1 and under his glory there will be kindled a burning like fire.

23-ISA/11.usfm

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ will no longer be hostile to Ephraim.
 
 \s5
 \q1
-\v 14 Instead they will swoop down on the Philistine hills on the west, and together they will will plunder the people of the
+\v 14 Instead they will swoop down on the Philistine hills on the west, and together they will plunder the people of the
 east. 
 \q1 They will attack Edom and Moab, and the people of Ammon will obey them.
 \q1

23-ISA/13.usfm

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ destroy the whole land.
 \q1
 \v 6 Howl, for the day of Yahweh is near; it comes with destruction from the Almighty.
 \q1
-\v 7 Therefore all hands hang limp, and every heart melts;
+\v 7 Therefore all hands hang limp, and every heart melts.
 \q1
 \v 8 They will be terrified; pangs and sorrows will seize
  them, like a woman in labor. 

23-ISA/14.usfm

@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ the nations!
 \v 18 All the kings of the nations, 
 \q1 all of them, sleep in glory, every one in his own tomb.
 \q1
-\v 19 But you are cast out of your grave like a branch thrown away 
+\v 19 But you are cast out of your grave like a branch thrown away. 
-\q1 the dead cover you like a garment, those pierced by the sword—those who go down to the stones of the pit.
+\q1 The dead cover you like a garment, those pierced by the sword—those who go down to the stones of the pit.
  \q1
 \v 20 Like a dead body trampled under, you will never join with them in burial, 
 \q1 because you have destroyed your land. You who have killed your people 

23-ISA/16.usfm

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 \v 4 Let them live among you, the refugees from Moab;
 \q1 be a hiding place for them from the destroyer." 
 \m
-\q1 For the the oppression will stop, and destruction will cease, 
+\q1 For the oppression will stop, and destruction will cease, 
 \q1 those who trample will disappear from the land.
 
 \s5

23-ISA/19.usfm

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 \s5
 \q1
 \v 3 The spirit of Egypt will be weakened from within. I will destroy his advice, 
-\q1 though they sought the advice of idols, dead mens' spirits, mediums, and spiritualists.
+\q1 though they sought the advice of idols, dead men's spirits, mediums, and spiritualists.
 \q1
 \v 4 I will give the Egyptians into the hand of a harsh master, and a strong king will rule over them—
 \q1 this is the declaration of the Lord, Yahweh of hosts."
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
 \v 7 The reeds by the Nile, 
 \q1 by the mouth of the Nile, and all the sown fields of the Nile will dry up, turn to dust, and blow away.
 \q1
-\v 8 The fishermen will wail and mourn, and all who cast a hook into the Nile will mourn 
+\v 8 The fishermen will wail and mourn, and all who cast a hook into the Nile will mourn, 
-\q1 like those who spread nets on the waters will grieve.
+\q1 and those who spread nets on the waters will grieve.
 
 \s5
 \q1

23-ISA/20.usfm

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 \c 20
 \p
 \v 1 In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, he fought against Ashdod and took it.
-\v 2 At that time Yahweh spoke by Isaiah son of Amoz and said, "Go and remove the sackcloth from your waist, and take your sandals off your foot." He did so, walking naked and barefoot.
+\v 2 At that time Yahweh spoke by Isaiah son of Amoz and said, "Go and remove the sackcloth from your waist, and take your sandals off your feet." He did so, walking naked and barefoot.
 
 \s5
 \v 3 Yahweh said, "Just as my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years, it is a sign and an omen concerning Egypt and concerning Ethiopia—

23-ISA/26.usfm

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 \s5
 \q1
-\v 3 the mind that is stayed on you, you will keep him in perfect peace, for he trusts in you.
+\v 3 The mind that is stayed on you, you will keep him in perfect peace, for he trusts in you.
 \q1
 \v 4 Trust in Yahweh forever; for in Yah, Yahweh, is an everlasting rock.
 

23-ISA/27.usfm

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 \p
 \q1
 \v 12 It will come about on that day
-\q1 that Yahweh will thresh from flowing stream of the Euphrates River, to the brook of Egypt, 
+\q1 that Yahweh will thresh from the flowing stream of the Euphrates River, to the brook of Egypt, 
 \q1 and you will be gathered one by one, people of Israel.
 \q1
 \v 13 On that day a great trumpet will be blown; 

23-ISA/29.usfm

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 \p
 \q1
 \v 15 Woe to those who deeply hide their plans from Yahweh, 
-\q1 and whose deeds are in darkness. They say, "Who sees us, and who knows us?
+\q1 and whose deeds are in darkness. They say, "Who sees us, and who knows us?"
 
 \s5
 \q1

23-ISA/33.usfm

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 \q1
 \v 20 Look at Zion, the city of our feasts; 
 \q1 your eyes will see Jerusalem as a quiet habitation, a tent that will not be removed, 
-\q1 whose stakes will never be pulled up or will any of its cords be broken.
+\q1 whose stakes will never be pulled up nor will any of its cords be broken.
 \q1
 \v 21 Instead, Yahweh in majesty will be with us, in a place of broad rivers and streams. 
 \q1 No warship with oars will travel it, and no large ships will sail by.

23-ISA/36.usfm

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 \s5 
 \p
-\v 4 The the chief commander said to them, "Tell Hezekiah that the great king, the king of Assyria, says, 'What is the source of your confidence? 
+\v 4 The chief commander said to them, "Tell Hezekiah that the great king, the king of Assyria, says, 'What is the source of your confidence? 
 \v 5 You speak only useless words, saying there is counsel and strength for war. Now in whom are you trusting? Who has given you courage to rebel against me?
 
 \s5

23-ISA/37.usfm

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ sackcloth, to Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet.
 \s5
 \v 11 See, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them completely. So will you be rescued?
 \v 12 Have the gods of the nations rescued them, the nations that my fathers destroyed: Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden in Telassar?
-\v 13 Where are the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the cities of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?'"
+\v 13 Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the cities of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?'"
 
 \s5
 \p

23-ISA/38.usfm

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 \q1 between day and night you are ending my life.
 \q1
 \v 13 I cried out until the morning;
-\q1 like a lion he breaks all my bones; Between day and night you are ending my life.
+\q1 like a lion he breaks all my bones. Between day and night you are ending my life.
 
 \s5
 \q1

23-ISA/40.usfm

@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 \q1
 \v 1 "Comfort, comfort my people," says your God.
 \q1
-\v 2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem; and proclaim to her
+\v 2 "Speak tenderly to Jerusalem; and proclaim to her
 \q1 that her warfare has ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, 
-\q1 that she has received double from Yahweh's hand for all her sins.
+\q1 that she has received double from Yahweh's hand for all her sins."
 
 \s5
 \p
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ foundations of the earth?
 
 \s5
 \q1
-\v 25 "To whom then will you compare me, who do I resemble?"
+\v 25 "To whom then will you compare me, whom do I resemble?"
  says the Holy One.
  \q1
 \v 26 Look up at the sky! Who has created all these stars? 
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ name.
 \s5
 \p
 \q1
-\v 27 Why do you say, Jacob and declare, Israel,
+\v 27 Why do you say, Jacob, and declare, Israel,
 \q1 "My way is hidden from Yahweh, and my God is not concerned about my vindication?"
 \q1
 \v 28 Have you not known? Have you not heard? 

23-ISA/42.usfm

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 \q1 he who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who live on it:
 \q1
 \v 6 "I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness and will hold your hand.
-\q1 I will keep you and set you as covenant for the people, as a light for the Gentiles,
+\q1 I will keep you and set you as a covenant for the people, as a light for the Gentiles,
 
 \s5
 \q1

23-ISA/44.usfm

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
 \s5
 \q1
 \v 15 Then a man uses it for a fire and warms himself. Yes, he kindles a fire and bakes bread.
-\q1 Then he makes from it a god and bows down to it; he make an idol and bows down to it.
+\q1 Then he makes from it a god and bows down to it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.
 \q1
 \v 16 He burns part of the wood for the fire, roasting his meat over it. He eats and is satisfied.
 \q1 He warms himself and says, "Ah, I am warm, I have seen the fire."

23-ISA/47.usfm

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 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.
+\q1 for you will no longer be called queen of kingdoms.
 
 
 \s5

23-ISA/55.usfm

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 \s5
 \q1
-\v 8 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways—this is Yahweh's declaration of Yahweh—
+\v 8 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways—this is Yahweh's declaration—
 \q1
 \v 9 for as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 \q1 and do not return there unless they saturate the earth
 \q1 and make it produce and sprout and give seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
 \q1
-\v 11 so also my word will be that goes from my mouth: it will not return to me uselessly,
+\v 11 so also my word will be that goes from my mouth: it will not return to me useless,
 \q1 but it will accomplish that which I wish, and it will succeed in that for which I sent it.
 
 

23-ISA/56.usfm

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ I will give them an everlasting monument that will not be cut off."
 \q1 they are shepherds without discernment; 
 \q1 they have all turned to their own way, each one covetous for unjust gain.
 \q1
-\v 12 "Come," they say, "Let us drink wine and liquor; 
+\v 12 "Come," they say, "let us drink wine and liquor; 
 \q1 tomorrow will be like today, a day great beyond measure."
 
 

26-EZK/05.usfm

@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 \v 6 But she has rejected my decrees with wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that surround her. And they have rejected my judgments and have not walked in my statutes."
 
 \s5
-\v 7 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this, "Because you are more troublesome than the nations that surround you and have not walked in my statutes or acted according to my decrees, or even acted according to the decrees of the nations that surround you."
+\v 7 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this, "Because you are more troublesome than the nations that surround you and have not walked in my statutes or acted according to my decrees, or even acted according to the decrees of the nations that surround you,"
-\v 8 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this, "Behold! I myself will act against you. I will execute judgments within your midst for the nations to see.
+\v 8 therefore the Lord Yahweh says this, "Behold! I myself will act against you. I will execute judgments within your midst for the nations to see.
 
 \s5
 \v 9 I will do to you what I have not done and the like of which I will not do again, because of all your disgusting actions.

26-EZK/07.usfm

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 \q Those who are in the field will die by the sword, while famine and plague will consume those in the city.
 \q
 \v 16 But some survivors will escape from among them, and they will go to the mountains. 
-\q Like doves of the valleys, all of them will moan—each man for in his iniquity.
+\q Like doves of the valleys, all of them will moan—each man for his iniquity.
 
 \s5
 \q
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 \q and shame will be on every face, and baldness on all of their heads.
 \q
 \v 19 They will throw their silver into the streets and their gold will be like refuse. Their silver and their gold
-\q will not be able to rescue them in the day of Yahweh's rage. Their life will not be saved, 
+\q will not be able to rescue them in the day of Yahweh's rage. Their lives will not be saved, 
 \q and their hunger will not be satisfied, because their iniquity has become a stumbling block.
 
 \s5

26-EZK/08.usfm

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 \s5
 \v 10 So I went in and looked, and behold! There was every form of creeping thing and detestable beast! Every idol of the house of Israel was carved into the wall all around.
-\v 11 Seventy elders of the house of Israel were there, and Jaazaniah son of Shaphan, was standing in their midst. They were standing in front of the images, and each man had his censer in his hand so that the smell of the cloud of incense went up.
+\v 11 Seventy elders of the house of Israel were there, and Jaazaniah son of Shaphan was standing in their midst. They were standing in front of the images, and each man had his censer in his hand so that the smell of the cloud of incense went up.
 
 \s5
 \v 12 Then he said to me, "Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark? Each one does this in the hidden chamber of his idol, for they say, 'Yahweh does not see us! Yahweh has forsaken the land!'"

26-EZK/11.usfm

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 \s5
 \c 11
 \p
-\v 1 Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the eastern gate of Yahweh's house, facing east, and behold! in the doorway of the gate there were twenty-five men. I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur, and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people, among them.
+\v 1 Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the eastern gate of Yahweh's house, facing east, and behold! in the doorway of the gate there were twenty-five men. I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people, among them.
 
 \s5
 \v 2 God said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity, and who decide wicked plans in this city.

26-EZK/12.usfm

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 \v 10 Say to them, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: this prophetic action concerns the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel in whose midst they are.'
 
 \s5
-\v 11 Say, 'I am sign to you. As I have done, so it will be done to them; they will go into exile and into captivity.
+\v 11 Say, 'I am a sign to you. As I have done, so it will be done to them; they will go into exile and into captivity.
 \v 12 The prince who is among them will lift up his things upon his shoulder in the dark, and will go out through the wall. They will dig through the wall and bring out their things. He will cover his face, so he will not see the land with his eyes.
 \v 13 I will spread out my net over him and he will be caught in my snare; then I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, but he will not see it. He will die there.
 

26-EZK/16.usfm

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 \s5
 \v 9 So I washed you with water and rinsed your blood off you, and I anointed you with oil.
-\v 10 I dressed you in embroidered clothes and placed leather sandles on your feet. I wrapped you with fine linen and covered you with silk.
+\v 10 I dressed you in embroidered clothes and placed leather sandals on your feet. I wrapped you with fine linen and covered you with silk.
 \v 11 Next I adorned you with jewelry, and I put bracelets on your hands, and a chain around your neck.
 \v 12 I put a nose ring in your nostrils and earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head.
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 \s5
 \p
 \v 15 But you trusted in your own beauty, and you acted like a whore because of your fame; you poured out your acts of prostitution on everyone who passed by. You became the property of those men.
-\v 16 Then you took your clothes and with them you made high places for yourself decorated in various colors, and there you acted like a prostitutes. This should not have happened. Nor should such things exist.
+\v 16 Then you took your clothes and with them you made high places for yourself decorated in various colors, and there you acted like a prostitute. This should not have happened. Nor should such a thing exist.
 
 \s5
 \v 17 You took the fine jewels of the gold and silver that I gave you, and you made for yourself male figures, and you did with them as a prostitute would do. 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 
 \s5
 \v 38 For I will punish you for adultery and the shedding of blood, and I will bring on you the bloodshed of my anger and passion.
-\v 39 I will give you into their hand so they will throw down your mound and break down your high places and they will strip you of your clothes and take all of your jewelry. They will leave you naked and bare.
+\v 39 I will give you into their hands so they will throw down your mound and break down your high places and they will strip you of your clothes and take all of your jewelry. They will leave you naked and bare.
 
 \s5
 \v 40 Then they will bring up a crowd against you and stone you with stones, and they will cut you apart with their swords.
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 
 \s5
 \v 47 Now do not walk in their ways or after their disgusting actions, as if those were very small things. Indeed, in all your ways you have been worse than they have been.
-\v 48 As I live—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—Sodom, your sister and her daughters, have not done as much evil as you and your daughters have done.
+\v 48 As I live—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—Sodom, your sister, and her daughters, have not done as much evil as you and your daughters have done.
 
 \s5
 \v 49 Behold! This was the sin of your sister Sodom: she was arrogant in her leisure, careless and unconcerned about anything. She did not strengthen the hands of the poor and needy people.
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 \p
 \v 53 For I will restore their fortunes—the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters, and the fortunes of Samaria and her daughters; but your fortunes will be among them.
 \v 54 On account of these things you will show your shame; you will be humiliated because of everything that you have done, and in this way you will be a comfort to them.
-\v 55 So your sisters Sodom and her daughters will be restored to their former condition, and Samaria and her daughters will be restored to their former estate. Then you and your daughters will be restored to your former condition.
+\v 55 So your sister Sodom and her daughters will be restored to their former condition, and Samaria and her daughters will be restored to their former estate. Then you and your daughters will be restored to your former condition.
 
 \s5
 \v 56 Sodom your sister was not even mentioned by your mouth in the days when you were proud,
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
 \v 58 You will show your shame and your disgusting actions!—this is Yahweh's declaration!
 
 \s5
-\v 59 The Lord Yahweh says this: I will treat you as I treat anyone who who despises an oath he took so he can break a covenant.
+\v 59 The Lord Yahweh says this: I will treat you as I treat anyone who despises an oath he took so he can break a covenant.
 
 \s5
 \p

26-EZK/21.usfm

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 \q Should we rejoice in my son's scepter? The coming sword hates every such rod!
 \q
 \v 11 So the sword will be handed over to be polished, and then to be seized by the hand!
-\q The sword is sharpened! And it is polished to give to the hand of a killer!'
+\q The sword is sharpened! And it is polished to be given to the hand of a killer!'
  
 \s5
 \q
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 \q
 \v 16 You, sword! Strike to the right! Strike to the left! Go wherever your sharp edge wishes. 
 \q
-\v 17 For I will also hit my two hands together, and then I bring my fury to rest! I, Yahweh, declare it!"
+\v 17 For I will also hit my two hands together, and then I will bring my fury to rest! I, Yahweh, declare it!"
  
 \s5
 \p
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 \v 31 I will pour out my indignation on you! I will fan the fire of my rage against you and put you into the hand of cruel men, craftsmen of destruction!
  
 \s5
-\v 32 You will become fuel for the fire! Your blood will be in the midst of the land. You will not be remembered, for I Yahweh have declared this!'"
+\v 32 You will become fuel for the fire! Your blood will be in the midst of the land. You will not be remembered, for I, Yahweh have declared this!'"
  
 
  

26-EZK/22.usfm

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ wrath and fury. I will put you there and blow the fire on it to melt it; so will
 \s5
 \v 26 Her priests do violence to my law, and they profane my holy things. They do not distinguish between holy things and profane things, and do not teach the difference between the unclean and the clean. They hide their eyes from my Sabbaths so that I am profaned in their midst.
 \v 27 Her princes within her are like wolves tearing apart their victims. They pour out blood and destroy life, to make a profit dishonestly.
-\v 28 And her prophets have painted them over with whitewash; they see false visions and predict falsehoods to them. they say "The Lord Yahweh says this" when Yahweh has not spoken.
+\v 28 And her prophets have painted them over with whitewash; they see false visions and predict falsehoods to them. They say "The Lord Yahweh says this" when Yahweh has not spoken.
  
 \s5
 \v 29 The people of the land have oppressed through extortion and plundered through robbery, and they mistreat the poor and needy, and oppress the foreigner without justice.

26-EZK/23.usfm

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 \s5
 \q
 \v 22 Therefore, Oholibah, the Lord Yahweh says this, 'Behold! I will turn your lovers against you.
-\q Those from whom you turned away, I will bring them against you from on every side:
+\q Those from whom you turned away, I will bring them against you from every side:
 \q
 \v 23 the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them,
 \q strong, handsome men, governors and commanders, all of them are officers and men of reputation, all of them riding on horses.
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
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 \p
 \v 36 Yahweh said to me, "Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? So present to them their disgusting actions,
-\v 37 since they have committed adultery, and since there is blood on their hands. They have committed adultery, with their idols and they have even passed their 
+\v 37 since they have committed adultery, and since there is blood on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols, and they have even passed their 
 sons whom they bore for me through the fire to be consumed.
  
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26-EZK/26.usfm

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
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 \c 26
 \p
-\v 1 So it was in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me and said,
+\v 1 So it was in the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me and said,
-\v 2 "Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, 'Aha! The gates of the people are broken! She has turned to me; I will be filled up as she is ruined.'
+\v 2 "Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, 'Aha! The gates of the people are broken! She has turned to me; I will be filled up because she is ruined.'
  
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 \v 3 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this, 'Behold! I am against you, Tyre, and I will raise up many nations against you like the sea raises its waves.
@@ -15,23 +15,23 @@
  
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-\v 7 For the Lord Yahweh says this: Behold! I am bringing Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, against Tyre from the east, a king of kings with horses and chariots, and cavalry with a great army.
+\v 7 Now you yourself, son of man! I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. You will hear the words from my mouth and warn them on my behalf.
-\v 8 He will slaughter your daughters in the fields with a sword and will build siege walls against you. He will build siege ramps against you and lift up the shields against you.
+\v 8 If I say to a wicked person, 'Wicked one, you will surely die!' but if you do not announce this so that you warn the wicked about his way, then the wicked person will die in his sin, but I will require his blood from your hand!
  
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 \v 9 He will place his battering rams to hit against your walls, and his tools will tear down your towers.
-\v 10 He will cover you with the dust of a multitude of horses. Your walls will quake with the sound of horses and the wheels of chariots when he enters through your gates as the gates of the city are assaulted.
+\v 10 So you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, 'You are saying this, "Our transgressions and our sins are on us, and we are decaying in them. How can we live?"'
-\v 11 He will trample all of your streets with the hooves of horses; he will slaughter your people with the sword, and your strong stone pillars will fall to the ground.
+\v 11 Say to them, 'As I live—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—I do not delight in the death of the wicked, for if the wicked repents from his way, then he will live. Repent! Repent from your wicked ways. For why should you die, house of Israel?'
  
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-\v 12 In this way they will plunder your strength and your merchandise! They will tear down your walls and your expensive houses and your stone and timber and dirt they will cast into the midst of the waters.
+\v 12 And you, son of man, say to your people, 'The righteousness of a righteous person will not save him if he sins. And the wickedness of a wicked person will not cause him to perish if he repents from his sin. For the righteous person will not be able to live because of his righteousness if he sins.
-\v 13 For I will stop the music of your songs, and the sound of your lyres will no longer be heard.
+\v 13 If I say to the righteous, "He will surely live." and if he trusts in his righteousness and then commits injustice, I will not call to mind any of his righteousness; he will die in the wickedness that he has committed.
-\v 14 For I will make you a bare rock; you will become a place for nets to dry out. You will no longer be built up, for I, Yahweh, have declared it—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.'
+\v 14 And if I say to the wicked, "You will surely die." but if he then repents from his sins and does what is just and right—
  
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 \p
 \v 15 The Lord Yahweh says this to Tyre, 'Will not the islands quake with the sound of your downfall, and with the groans of the wounded when the terrible slaughter is in your midst?
-\v 16 For all the chiefs of the sea will come down from their thrones and lay aside their robes and strip off their colorful clothing. They will clothe themselves with fear. They will sit on the ground and tremble constantly and be horrified about you.
+\v 16 None of the sins that he has committed will be called to mind for him. He has acted justly and rightly; he will surely live.
  
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 \v 17 They will lift up a lament for you and say to you,

26-EZK/33.usfm

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 \c 33
 \p
 \v 1 Then the word of Yahweh came to me and said,
-\v 2 "Son of man, declare this to your people, say to them, 'When I bring a sword against any land, then the people of that land take one man from among themselves and make him a watchman for them.
+\v 2 "Son of man, declare this to your people; say to them, 'When I bring a sword against any land, then the people of that land take one man from among themselves and make him a watchman for them.
-\v 3 He looks for the sword as it comes on the land, and he blows his horn to warn the people.
+\v 3 He looks for the sword as it comes on the land, and he blows his horn to warn the people!
 \v 4 If the people hear the sound of the horn but do not pay attention, and if the sword comes and kills them, then each one's blood is on his own head.
  
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@@ -14,23 +14,23 @@
  
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-\v 7 Now you yourself, son of man! I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. You will hear the words from my mouth and warn them on my behalf.
+\v 7 Now you yourself, son of man! I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; you will hear the words from my mouth and warn them on my behalf.
-\v 8 If I say to a wicked person, 'Wicked one, you will surely die!' but if you do not announce this so that you warn the wicked about his way, then the wicked person will die in his sin, but I will require his blood from your hand!
+\v 8 If I say to a wicked person, 'Wicked one, you will surely die!' but if you do not announce this so as to warn the wicked about his way, then he who is wicked will die in his sin, but I will require his blood from your hand!
 \v 9 But you, if you warn the wicked about his way, so that he might turn back from it, and if he does not turn back from his way, then he will die in his sin, but you yourself will have saved your own life.
  
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 \p
-\v 10 So you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, 'You are saying this, "Our transgressions and our sins are on us, and we are decaying in them. How can we live?"'
+\v 10 So you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, 'You are saying this, "Our transgressions and our sins are on us, and we are decaying in them! How can we live?"'
-\v 11 Say to them, 'As I live—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—I do not delight in the death of the wicked, for if the wicked repents from his way, then he will live. Repent! Repent from your wicked ways. For why should you die, house of Israel?'
+\v 11 Say to them, 'As I live—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—I do not delight in the death of the wicked, for if the wicked repents from his way, then he will live! Repent! Repent from your wicked ways! For why should you die, house of Israel?'
  
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-\v 12 And you, son of man, say to your people, 'The righteousness of a righteous person will not save him if he sins. And the wickedness of a wicked person will not cause him to perish if he repents from his sin. For the righteous person will not be able to live because of his righteousness if he sins.
+\v 12 And you, son of man, say to your people, 'The righteousness of a righteous person will not save him if he sins! And the wickedness of a wicked person will not cause him to perish if he repents from his sin. For the righteous person will not be able to live because of his righteousness if he sins.
-\v 13 If I say to the righteous, "He will surely live." and if he trusts in his righteousness and then commits injustice, I will not call to mind any of his righteousness; he will die in the wickedness that he has committed.
+\v 13 If I say to the righteous, "He will surely live!" and if he trusts in his righteousness and then commits injustice, I will not call to mind any of his righteousness; he will die in the wickedness that he has committed.
  
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-\v 14 And if I say to the wicked, "You will surely die." but if he then repents from his sins and does what is just and right—
+\v 14 And if I say to the wicked, "You will surely die," but if he then repents from his sins and does what is just and right—
 \v 15 if he restores the loan guarantee that he wickedly demanded, or if he makes restitution for what he has stolen, and if he walks in the statutes that give life and no longer commits sin—then he will surely live; he will not die.
-\v 16 None of the sins that he has committed will be called to mind for him. He has acted justly and rightly; he will surely live.
+\v 16 None of the sins that he has committed will be called to mind for him. He has acted justly and rightly; he will surely live!
  
  
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27-DAN/02.usfm

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 I thank you and praise you 
 \q for the wisdom and power you gave to me. 
 \q Now you have made known to me
-what we prayed for from you;
+what we requested from you;
 \q you made known to us the matter that concerns the king."
 
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27-DAN/06.usfm

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ He makes us safe and rescues us,
 \q he has kept Daniel safe from the power of the lions."
 
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-\v 28 So this Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and during the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
+\v 28 So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and during the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
 
 
 

27-DAN/07.usfm

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 \v 18 But the holy people of the Most High will receive the kingdom, and they will possess it forever and ever.'
 
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-\v 19 Then I wanted to know more about the fourth animal—it was so different from the others and very horrific with its iron teeth and bronze claws; it devoured, broke into pieces, and trampled on what was left with its feet.
+\v 19 Then I wanted to know more about the fourth animal—it was so different from the others and very horrifying with its iron teeth and bronze claws; it devoured, broke into pieces, and trampled on what was left with its feet.
 \v 20 I wanted to know about the ten horns on its head, and about the other horn that grew up before which the three horns fell down. I wanted to know about the horn that had eyes and about the mouth that boasted about great things and that seemed greater than its companions.
 
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27-DAN/10.usfm

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-\v 1 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel, (who was also called Belteshazzar) and this message was true. It was about a great war. Daniel understood the message when he had insight from a vision.
+\v 1 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel (who was also called Belteshazzar), and this message was true. It was about a great war. Daniel understood the message when he had insight from a vision.
 
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 \v 2 In those days I, Daniel, was in mourning for three weeks.
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 \v 6 His body was like topaz, his face was like lightning, his eyes were like flaming torches, his arms and his feet were like polished bronze, and the sound of his words was like the sound of a great crowd.
 
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-\v 7 I, Daniel alone saw the vision, for the men who were with me did not see the vision. However, a great terror came on them, and they ran away to hide themselves.
+\v 7 I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, for the men who were with me did not see the vision. However, a great terror came on them, and they ran away to hide themselves.
 \v 8 So I was left alone and saw this great vision. No strength remained in me; my radiant appearance was fearfully changed, and no strength remained in me.
 \v 9 Then I heard his words—and as I heard them, I fell on my face in deep sleep with my face to the ground.
 

27-DAN/11.usfm

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 
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 \v 23 From the time an alliance is made with him, he will act deceitfully; with only a small number of people he will become strong.
-\v 24 Without warning he will come into the richest part of the province, and he will do what neither his father or his father's father did—spreading among his followers the booty, the plunder, and the wealth. He will plot the overthrow of fortresses, but only for a time.
+\v 24 Without warning he will come into the richest part of the province, and he will do what neither his father nor his father's father did—spreading among his followers the booty, the plunder, and the wealth. He will plot the overthrow of fortresses, but only for a time.
 
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 \v 25 He will stir up his power and his courage against the king of the South with a great army. The king of the South will wage war with a powerful army, but he will not be able to stand because of all the plots devised against him. 

28-HOS/02.usfm

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 \c 2
 \q
 \v 1 Say to your brothers, 'My people!'
-\q and to your sisters, "You have been shown compassion.'"
+\q and to your sisters, 'You have been shown compassion.'"
 
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 \p
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 \q
 \v 12 "I will destroy her vines and her fig trees,
 \q of which she has said,
-\q "These are the wages that my lovers gave me."
+\q 'These are the wages that my lovers gave me.'
 \q I will make them a forest,
 \q and the animals of the field will eat them.
 \q

28-HOS/08.usfm

@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 \q they have made idols for themselves,
 \q but it was only so they might be cut off."
 \q
-\v 5 "He has thrown away your calf, Samaria."
+\v 5 "Your calf has been rejected, Samaria.
-\q "My anger is burning against these people.
+\q My anger is burning against these people.
 \q For how long will they stay guilty?
 
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29-JOL/02.usfm

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 \v 13 Tear your heart and not only your garments,
 \q and return to Yahweh your God.
 \q For he is gracious and merciful,
-\q slow to anger and abundant in love,
+\q slow to anger and abundant in covenant faithfulness,
 \q and he would like to turn from inflicting punishment.
 
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@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 \q Assemble the elders,
 \q gather the children
 \q and the nursing infants.
-\q Let the bridegrooms come out their rooms,
+\q Let the bridegrooms come out of their rooms,
 \q and the brides out of their bridal chambers.
 
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@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 \q and do not bring your inheritance to shame,
 \q so that the nations may rule over them.
 \q Why should they say among the nations, 
-\q 'where is their God?'"
+\q 'Where is their God?'"
 
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 \q

30-AMO/05.usfm

@@ -109,9 +109,9 @@
 \q
 \v 18 Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh!
 \q Why do you long for the day of Yahweh?
-\q It will be darkness and not light.
+\q It will be darkness and not light,
 \q
-\v 19 As when a man flees from a lion
+\v 19 as when a man flees from a lion
 \q and a bear meets him,
 \q or he goes in a house and puts his hand on the wall
 \q and a snake bites him.

30-AMO/06.usfm

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 \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?" And if that person says, "No," then he will say, "Be quiet, for we must not mention Yahweh's name."
  
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30-AMO/09.usfm

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 \q touches the land and it melts;
 \q all who live in it mourn;
 \q all of it will rise up like the River,
-\q and sink again like the River of Egypt.
+\q and sink again like the river of Egypt.
 \q
 \v 6 It is he who builds his chambers in the heavens,
 \q and has established his vault on the earth.
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 \v 14 I will bring back from captivity my people Israel.
 \q They will build the ruined cities and inhabit them,
 \q they will plant vineyards and drink their wine,
-\q and they will make gardens and eat their fruit
+\q and they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
 \q
 \v 15 I will plant them upon their land,
 \q and they will never again be uprooted from the land