diff --git a/29-JOL/02.usfm b/29-JOL/02.usfm
index 449b9582..ca8d1fd9 100644
--- a/29-JOL/02.usfm
+++ b/29-JOL/02.usfm
@@ -106,9 +106,9 @@
 \q
 \v 17 Let the priests, the servants of Yahweh,
 \q weep between the porch and the altar.
-\q Let them say, "Have pity on your people, Yahweh,
-\q and do not bring your inheritance to shame,
-\q so that the nations may rule over them.
+\q Let them say, "Spare your people, Yahweh,
+\q and do not make your inheritance into an object of scorn,
+\q that the nations mock them.
 \q Why should they say among the nations,
 \q 'Where is their God?'"
 
diff --git a/46-ROM/16.usfm b/46-ROM/16.usfm
index a5c1c7e1..49ff5993 100644
--- a/46-ROM/16.usfm
+++ b/46-ROM/16.usfm
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@
 \q and the preaching of Jesus Christ, 
 \q according to the revelation of the mystery that has been kept secret from long ago,
 \q
-\v 26 but that now has been revealed and made known by the prophetic scriptures 
-\q according to the command of the eternal God, for the obedience of faith.
+\v 26 but now has been revealed, and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, for the obedience of faith.
 \q
 
 \s5