diff --git a/23-ISA/36.usfm b/23-ISA/36.usfm
index 4c3cf701..2f6671e6 100644
--- a/23-ISA/36.usfm
+++ b/23-ISA/36.usfm
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 \s5
 \p
-\v 13 Then the the chief commander stood and shouted in a loud voice in the Jews' language, saying, "Listen to the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.
+\v 13 Then the chief commander stood and shouted in a loud voice in the Jews' language, saying, "Listen to the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.
 \v 14 The king says, 'Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to rescue you.
 \v 15 Do not let Hezekiah make you trust in Yahweh, saying, "Yahweh will surely rescue us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria."'
 
diff --git a/23-ISA/40.usfm b/23-ISA/40.usfm
index f8f88d8d..0fab62a5 100644
--- a/23-ISA/40.usfm
+++ b/23-ISA/40.usfm
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ flower of the field.
 \s5
 \p
 \q1
-\v 12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, measured the the sky with the span of his hand,
+\v 12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, measured the sky with the span of his hand,
 \q1 held the dust of the earth in a basket, weighed the mountains in scales,
 \q1 or the hills in a balance?
 
diff --git a/23-ISA/42.usfm b/23-ISA/42.usfm
index a0ff624b..60850a2a 100644
--- a/23-ISA/42.usfm
+++ b/23-ISA/42.usfm
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
 \s5
 \p
 \q1
-\v 5 This is what God Yahweh says,
-\q1 he who created the heavens and stretched them out, who made the earth and all that it produces,
-\q1 who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who live on it:
+\v 5 This is what God Yahweh says—
+\q1 the one who created the heavens and stretched them out, the one who made the earth and all that it produces,
+\q1 the one 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 a covenant for the people, as a light for the Gentiles,
diff --git a/25-LAM/04.usfm b/25-LAM/04.usfm
index ce52f533..f9af5aff 100644
--- a/25-LAM/04.usfm
+++ b/25-LAM/04.usfm
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 \q nor did any of the inhabitants of the world believe,
 \q that enemies or opponents could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
 \q
-\v 13 The the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests
+\v 13 The sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests
 \q who have shed the blood of the righteous in her midst.
 
 \s5