diff --git a/33-MIC/04.usfm b/33-MIC/04.usfm
index f90348bc..7c3a3f90 100644
--- a/33-MIC/04.usfm
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@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@
 \s5
 \p
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-\v 9 Now, why do you cry out aloud?
-\q Is there no king in you,
-\q is your counselor perished,
-\q that pangs have taken hold of you like a woman in labor?
+\v 9 Now, why do you shout so loudly?
+\q Is there no king among you?
+\q Has your counselor died?
+\q Is this why pain grips you like that of a woman in labor?
 \q
 \v 10 Be in pain
 \q and labor to give birth,
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@
 \q they say, 'Let her be defiled;
 \q let our eyes gloat over Zion.'"
 \q
-\v 12 The prophet says, They do not know Yahweh's thoughts,
+\v 12 The prophet says, "They do not know Yahweh's thoughts,
 \q neither do they understand his plans,
-\q for he has gathered them like sheaves for the threshing floor.
+\q for he has gathered them like sheaves for the threshing floor."
  
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diff --git a/33-MIC/07.usfm b/33-MIC/07.usfm
index 19dedf81..646767cd 100644
--- a/33-MIC/07.usfm
+++ b/33-MIC/07.usfm
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 \q There are no more clusters of fruit to be found,
 \q but I still crave first ripe figs.
 \q
-\v 2 The godly man has perished from the earth;
-\q there is no one left who is upright among the people.
-\q They all lie in wait to shed others' blood;
-\q everyone and his brother hunt someone with a net.
+\v 2 Faithful people have disappeared from the land,
+\q there is no upright person within the human race.
+\q They all lie in wait to shed blood;
+\q each one hunts his own brother with a net.
  
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