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24-JER/20.usfm

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 \v 3 It happened on the next day that Pashhur brought Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then Jeremiah said to him, "Yahweh has not called your name Pashhur, but you are Magor Missabib.
-\v 4 For Yahweh says this, 'Look, I will make you an object of horror—you and all of your loved ones—for they will fall by the sword of their enemies and your eyes will see it. I will give all of Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon. He will make them captives in Babylon or attack them with the sword.
+\v 4 For Yahweh says this, 'Look, I will make you an object of horror, you and all of your loved ones, for they will fall by the sword of their enemies and your eyes will see it. I will give all of Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon. He will make them captives in Babylon or attack them with the sword.
  
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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 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 
 deceitful things will be buried there.'"
  

24-JER/21.usfm

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 \v 6 For I will attack the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast They will die in a severe plague.
-\v 7 After this—this is Yahweh's declaration—Zedekiah king of Judah, his servants, the people, and whoever remains in this city after the plague, the sword, and the famine—I will give them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, of their enemies, and of the ones seeking their life. Then he will kill them with the edge of the sword. He will not pity them, spare them, or have compassion.'
+\v 7 After this—this is Yahweh's declaration—Zedekiah king of Judah, his servants, the people, and whoever remains in this city after the plague, the sword, and the famine, I will give them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those seeking their life. Then he will kill them with the edge of the sword. He will not pity them, spare them, or have compassion.'
  
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 \v 8 Then to this people you must say, 'Yahweh says this: See, I am about to place before you the way of life and the way of death.
 \v 9 Anyone staying in this city will die by the sword, famine, and plague; but anyone going out and falling on his knees before the Chaldeans who have closed in against you will live. He will escape with his life.
-\v 10 For I have set my face against this city in order to bring disaster, and not to bring good—this is Yahweh's declaration. It has been given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it.'
+\v 10 For I have set my face against this city in order to bring disaster and not to bring good—this is Yahweh's declaration. It has been given into the hand of the king of Babylon and he will burn it.'
  
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 \v 11 Concerning the house of the king of Judah, listen to the word of Yahweh.
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 \v 12 House of David, Yahweh says, 'Bring about justice in the morning.
-\q Rescue the one who has been robbed from the oppressor's hand, or my fury will go out like fire and burn.
-\q For there is no one who can quench it because of the evil of your practices.
+\q Rescue the one who has been robbed by the hand of the oppressor, 
+\q or my fury will go out like fire and burn,
+\q and there is no one who can quench it, because of your evil deeds.
  
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24-JER/22.usfm

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 \v 24 "As I live—this is Yahweh's declaration—even if you, Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were the signet on my right hand, I would tear you off.
-\v 25 For I have given you to the hand of the ones seeking your life and to those before whom you are afraid, the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the Chaldeans.
-\v 26 I will throw you and your mother, who bore you, into another land where you were not born. There you will die.
+\v 25 For I have given you to the hand of the ones seeking your life and to the hand of those before whom you are afraid, even to the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the Chaldeans.
+\v 26 I will throw you and your mother who bore you into another land, a country where you were not born, and there you will die.
  
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 \v 27 And about this land to which they will want to return, they will not come back here.

24-JER/26.usfm

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 \v 22 Yet King Jehoiakim sent out men to Egypt—Elnathan son of Achbor and men with him to Egypt.
 \v 23 They took Uriah out from Egypt and brought him to King Jehoiakim. Then Jehoiakim killed him with a sword and sent his corpse out to the graves of the ordinary people.
-\v 24 But the hand of Ahikam son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so he was not placed into the hands of the people for them to put him to death.
+\v 24 But the hand of Ahikam son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so he was not given into the hand of the people to be put to death.
  
 
  

24-JER/29.usfm

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 \v 20 So you yourselves listen to the word of Yahweh, all you exiles whom he has sent out from Jerusalem to Babylon,
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-\v 21 'I, Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, say this about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who prophesy falsely to you in my name: See, I am about to hand them over into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He will kill them before your eyes.
+\v 21 'I, Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, say this about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who prophesy falsely to you in my name: See, I am about put them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He will kill them before your eyes.
  
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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.

24-JER/32.usfm

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 \v 3 Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him and said, "Why do you prophesy and say, 'Yahweh says this: Look, I am about to give over this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.
-\v 4 Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape from the hand of the Chaldeans, for he has indeed been given over into the hand of the king of Babylon. His mouth will speak to the king's mouth, and his eyes will see the king's eyes.
+\v 4 Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape from the hand of the Chaldeans, for he has indeed been given into the hand of the king of Babylon. His mouth will speak to the king's mouth, and his eyes will see the king's eyes.
 \v 5 For Zekediah will go to Babylon and he will be there until I do something with him—this is Yahweh's declaration—since you fought the Chaldeans. You will not be successful.'"
  
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 \v 26 This is the word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah and said,
 \v 27 "Look! I am Yahweh, God of all mankind. Is anything too difficult for me to do?
-\v 28 Therefore Yahweh says this, 'See, I am about to give this city over into the hand of the Chaldeans and Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. He will capture it.
+\v 28 Therefore Yahweh says this, 'See, I am about to give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans and Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. He will capture it.
  
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 \v 29 The Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come and set fire to this city and burn it, along with the houses on the roofs of which the people worshiped Baal and poured out drink offerings to other gods in order to provoke me.
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-\v 36 So now therefore, I, Yahweh, the God of Israel, say this concerning this city, the city about which you are saying, 'It is given over into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword, famine, and plague.'
+\v 36 So now therefore, I, Yahweh, the God of Israel, say this concerning this city, the city about which you are saying, 'It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword, famine, and plague.'
 \v 37 See, I am about to gather them from every land where I had driven them in my wrath, fury, and great anger. I am about to bring them back to this place and enable them to live in security.
  
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 \v 42 For Yahweh says this, 'Just as I have brought all this great disaster on this people, so I will bring on them all the good things that I have said I would do for them. 
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-\v 43 Then fields will be bought in this land, about which you are saying, "This is a ruined land, which has neither man nor beast. It has been given over into the hand of the Chaldeans."
+\v 43 Then fields will be bought in this land, about which you are saying, "This is a ruined land, which has neither man nor beast. It has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans."
 \v 44 They will buy fields with silver and write in sealed scrolls. They will assemble witnesses in the land of Benjamin, all around Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, 
 in the cities in the hill country and in the lowlands, and in the cities of the Negev. For I will bring back their fortunes—this is Yahweh's declaration.'"
 

24-JER/34.usfm

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 \v 1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh. This word came when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all of his army, together with all the kingdoms of the earth, the domains under his power, and all their people were waging war against Jerusalem and all of her cities. This word said,
-\v 2 'Yahweh, God of Israel, says this: Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and say to him, "Yahweh says this: Look, I am about to give this city over into the hand of the king of Babylon. He will burn it.
+\v 2 'Yahweh, God of Israel, says this: Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and say to him, "Yahweh says this: Look, I am about to give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon. He will burn it.
 \v 3 You will not escape from his hand, for you will certainly be seized and given into his hand. Your eyes will look at the eyes of the king of Babylon; he will speak directly to you as you go to Babylon.'
  
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 \v 19 and then the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the eunuchs and the priests, and all the people of the land walked between the parts of the bull.
  
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-\v 20 I will give them over into the hand of their enemies and those who are seeking their lives. Their bodies will be food for the birds of the skies and the beasts on the earth.
-\v 21 So I will give Zedekiah king of Judah and his leaders into the hand of their enemies and those seeking their life, and into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon that has risen up against you.
+\v 20 I will give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who are seeking their lives. Their bodies will be food for the birds of the skies and the beasts on the earth.
+\v 21 So I will give Zedekiah king of Judah and his leaders into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who are seeking their life, and into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon that has risen up against you.
 \v 22 Look, I am about to give a command—this is Yahweh's declaration—and will bring them back to this city to wage war against it and take it, and to burn it. For I will turn the cities of Judah into ruined places in which there will be no inhabitants.'"
  
 

24-JER/37.usfm

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 \v 16 So Jeremiah was put into an underground cell, where he stayed for many days.
-\v 17 Then King Zedekiah sent someone who brought him to the palace. In his house, the king asked him privately, "Is there any word from Yahweh?" Jeremiah answered, "There is a word: You will be given over into the hand of the king of Babylon."
+\v 17 Then King Zedekiah sent someone who brought him to the palace. In his house, the king asked him privately, "Is there any word from Yahweh?" Jeremiah answered, "There is a word: You will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon."
  
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 \v 18 Then Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, "How have I sinned against you, your servants, or this people so that you have placed me in prison?

24-JER/38.usfm

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 \v 1 Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jehucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malkijah heard the words that Jeremiah was declaring to all the people. He was saying,
 \v 2 "Yahweh says this: Anyone staying in this city will be killed by sword, famine, and plague. But anyone who goes out to the Chaldeans will survive. He will escape with his own life, and live.
-\v 3 Yahweh says this: This city will be given over into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it."
+\v 3 Yahweh says this: This city will be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it."
  
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 \v 4 So the officials said to the king, "Let this man die, for in this way he is weakening the hands of the fighting men who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people. He is proclaiming these words, for this man is not working for safety for this people, but disaster."
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 \v 17 So Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "Yahweh, God of hosts, God of Israel, says this: If you indeed go out to the officials of the king of Babylon then you will live, and this city will not be burned. You and your family will live.
-\v 18 But if you do not go out to the officials of the king of Babylon, then this city will be given over into the hand of the Chaldeans. They will burn it, and you will not escape from their hand."
+\v 18 But if you do not go out to the officials of the king of Babylon, then this city will be given into the hand of the Chaldeans. They will burn it, and you will not escape from their hand."
  
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 \v 19 King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "But I am afraid of the people of Judah who have deserted to the Chaldeans, because I might be given over into their hand, for them to treat me badly."

24-JER/39.usfm

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 \v 16 "Speak to Ebed Melech the Cushite and say, 'Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this: See, I am about to carry out my words against this city for disaster and not for good. For they will all come true before you on that day.
  
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-\v 17 But I will rescue you on that day—this is Yahweh's declaration—and you will not be put into the hand of the men whom you fear.
+\v 17 But I will rescue you on that day—this is Yahweh's declaration—and you will not be given into the hand of the men whom you fear.
 \v 18 For I will certainly rescue you. You will not fall by the sword. You will escape with your life, since you trust in me—this was Yahweh's declaration.'"

24-JER/43.usfm

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 \v 1 It happened that Jeremiah finished proclaiming to all the people all the words of Yahweh their God that Yahweh their God had told him to say.
 \v 2 Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, "You are telling lies. Yahweh our God has not sent you to say, 'Do not go to Egypt to live there.'
-\v 3 For Baruch son of Neriah is inciting you against us so that you can give us over into the hand of the Chaldeans, for you to cause our death and to make us captives in Babylon."
+\v 3 For Baruch son of Neriah is inciting you against us to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, for you to cause our death and to make us captives in Babylon."
  
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 \v 4 So Johanan son of Kareah, all the princes of the army, and all the people refused to listen to Yahweh's voice to live in the land of Judah.

24-JER/44.usfm

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 \v 29 This will be the sign for you—this is Yahweh's declaration—that I am setting against you in this place, so that you will know that my words will certainly attack you with disaster.'
-\v 30 Yahweh says this, 'Look, I am about to give over Pharaoh Hophra, king of Egypt, into the hand of his enemies and the ones seeking his life. It will be just as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, his enemy who sought his life.'"
+\v 30 Yahweh says this, 'Look, I am about to give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies and into the hand of those who seek to kill him. It will the same as when I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, his enemy who sought his life.'"
  
 
 

24-JER/46.usfm

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 \v 25 Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, says, "See, I am about to punish Amon of Thebes, Pharaoh, Egypt and her gods, her kings the Pharaohs, and those who trust in them.
-\v 26 I am giving them into the hand of the ones seeking their lives, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his servants. Then after this Egypt will be inhabited as in previous days—this is Yahweh's declaration."
+\v 26 I am giving them into the hand of the ones seeking their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his servants. Then after this Egypt will be inhabited as in previous days—this is Yahweh's declaration."
  
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26-EZK/01.usfm

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 \v 1 In the thirtieth year, the fourth month, and the fifth day of the month, it came about that I was living among the captives by the Chebar Canal. The heavens opened, and I saw visions of God.
-\v 2 On the fifth day of that month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin,
-\v 3 the word of Yahweh came with power to Ezekiel son of Buzi, the priest, in the land of the Chaldeans by the Chebar Canal; the hand of Yahweh came upon him there.
+\v 2 On the fifth day of that month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin—
+\v 3 the word of Yahweh came with power to Ezekiel son of Buzi the priest, in the land of the Chaldeans by the Chebar Canal, the hand of Yahweh was upon him there.
 
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26-EZK/08.usfm

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-\v 1 So it came about in the sixth year and the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord Yahweh again fell on me there.
+\v 1 So it came about in the sixth year and the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord Yahweh again fell upon me there.
 \v 2 So I looked, and behold, there was a figure like a man, with what looked like fire from his hips downward. And from his hips upward there was a shining appearance like glowing metal.
 
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26-EZK/21.usfm

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 \q Should we rejoice in my son's scepter? The coming sword hates every such rod!
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 \v 11 So the sword will be given to be polished, and then to be grasped by the hand!
-\q The sword is sharpened! And it is polished to be given to the hand of a killer!'
+\q The sword is sharpened! And it is polished to be given to the hand of the one who kills!'
  
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26-EZK/30.usfm

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 \v 11 He and his army with him, the terror of nations, will be brought to destroy the land; they will draw out their swords against Egypt and fill the land with dead people.
  
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-\v 12 I will make the rivers into dry ground, and I will sell the land into the hand of wicked men. I will make the land and its fullness desolate by the hand of strangers. I, Yahweh, have declared it.
+\v 12 I will make the rivers into dry ground, and I will sell the land into the hand of wicked men. I will make the land and its fullness desolate by the hand of strangers—I, Yahweh, have spoken.
  
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26-EZK/31.usfm

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 \v 10 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this: Because you were so tall, and because it grew tall and set its top among the clouds, 
-\v 11 I handed it over to a mighty one of the nations, to deal with it according to what its wickedness deserves. I have thrown it out. 
+\v 11 I have given it into the hand of a mighty one of the nations, to deal with it according to what its wickedness deserves. I have thrown it out. 
  
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 \v 12 Foreigners who were the terror of all the nations cut it off and left it to die. Its branches fell on the mountains and all the valleys, and its boughs lie broken in all the ravines of the land. Then all the nations on earth came out from under its shade and they went away from it.

26-EZK/37.usfm

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-\v 1 The hand of Yahweh came on me, sent me out by the Spirit of Yahweh, and set me down in the midst of a valley. It was full of bones.
+\v 1 The hand of Yahweh was upon me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of Yahweh and set me down in the midst of a valley; it was full of bones.
 \v 2 Then he made me pass through them round and round. Behold! A great many of them were in the valley. And behold! They were very dry.
 \v 3 He said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live again?" So I said, "Lord Yahweh, you alone know."
  
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 \v 18 When your people speak to you and say, 'Will you not tell us what these things of yours mean?'
-\v 19 then say to them, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Behold! I am taking the branch of Joseph that is in the hand of Ephraim and the tribes of Israel his companions and joining it to the branch of Judah, so that they will make one branch, and they will be one in my hand.'
+\v 19 then say to them, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Behold! I am taking the branch of Joseph that is in the hand of Ephraim and the tribes of Israel his companions and joining it to the branch of Judah, so that they will make one branch, and they will become one in my hand.'
 \v 20 Then hold in your hand the branches that you wrote on before their eyes.
  
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26-EZK/39.usfm

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 \v 22 The house of Israel will know that I am Yahweh their God from that day onward.
  
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-\v 23 And the nations will know that the house of Israel went into captivity because of their iniquity by which they betrayed me, so I hid my face from them and placed them in the hand of their adversaries so that all of them fell by the sword.
+\v 23 And the nations will know that the house of Israel went into captivity because of their iniquity by which they betrayed me, so I hid my face from them and gave them into the hand of their adversaries so that all of them fell by the sword.
 \v 24 I did to them according to their uncleanness and their sins, when I hid my face from them.
  
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26-EZK/40.usfm

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-\v 1 In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity at the beginning of the year on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was captured—on that same day, the hand of Yahweh was on me and took me there.
+\v 1 In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity at the beginning of the year on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was captured—on that same day, the hand of Yahweh was upon me and he took me there.
 \v 2 In visions from God he brought me to the land of Israel. He brought me to rest on a very high mountain; to the south were what appeared to be buildings of a city.
  
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27-DAN/06.usfm

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 He makes us safe and rescues us, 
 \q and he does signs and wonders
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-\q he has kept Daniel safe from the power of the lions."
+\q he has kept Daniel safe from the strength of the lions."
 
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27-DAN/12.usfm

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 \v 6 One of them said to the man clothed in linen, the one who was upstream along the river, "How long will it be to the end of these amazing events?" 
 
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-\v 7 I heard the man clothed in linen, who was upstream along the river—he raised his right hand and his left hand to heaven and swore by the one who lives forever that it would be for a time, times, and half a time. When the shattering of the power of the holy people comes to an end, all these things will be completed. 
+\v 7 I heard the man clothed in linen, who was upstream along the river—he raised his right hand and his left hand to heaven and swore by the one who lives forever that it would be for a time, times, and half a time. When the power of the holy people has been finally broken, all these things will be completed. 
 
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 \v 8 I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, "My master, what will be the outcome of all these things?"

28-HOS/13.usfm

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-\v 14 Will I really rescue them from the power of Sheol?
-\q Will I really rescue them from death?
-\q Death, where are your plagues? Bring them here.
-\q Sheol, where is your destruction? Bring it here.
+\v 14 Will I rescue them from the hand of Sheol?
+\q Will I rescue them from death?
+\q Where, death, are your plagues? 
+\q Where, Sheol, is your destruction?
 \q Compassion is hidden from my eyes."
 
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37-HAG/01.usfm

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-\v 1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of Yahweh came by
-the hand of Haggai the prophet to the governor of Judah, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and to the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, and said, 
+\v 1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of Yahweh came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to the governor of Judah, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and to the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, and said, 
 \v 2 "Yahweh of hosts says this: These people say, 'It is not time for us to come or to build Yahweh's house.'"
 
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38-ZEC/11.usfm

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 \v 4 This is what Yahweh my God says, "Like a shepherd, watch over the flock destined for slaughter!
 \v 5 (The ones who buy them slaughter them and are not punished, and the ones who sell them say, 
 'Blessed be Yahweh! I have become rich!' for the shepherds working for the flocks' owners have no pity on them.)
-\v 6 For I will no longer pity the inhabitants of the land!—this is Yahweh's declaration. See! I myself am about to turn over every person into his neighbor's hands and into his king's hands. They will crush the land. I will not rescue Judah from their hand."
+\v 6 For I will no longer pity the inhabitants of the land!—this is Yahweh's declaration. See! I myself am about to turn over every person into the hand of his neighbor and into the hand of his king, and they will destroy the land and none of them will I deliver them from their hand."
 
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 \v 7 So I became the shepherd of the flock destined for slaughter, for those who dealt in sheep. I took two staffs; one staff I called "Favor" and the other I called "Unity." In this way I shepherded the flock.

38-ZEC/14.usfm

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 \v 12 This will be the plague with which Yahweh will attack all the peoples that waged war against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot away even as they are standing on their feet. Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
-\v 13 On that day that great fear from Yahweh will come among them. Each man will seize his neighbor's hand. Each hand will be raised against its neighbor's hand.
+\v 13 On that day that great fear from Yahweh will come among them. Each one will seize the hand of another, and the hand of one will be raised up against the hand of another. 
 
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 \v 14 Judah will also fight against Jerusalem. They will gather the wealth of all the surrounding nations—gold, silver, and fine clothes in great abundance.