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-\v 21 For the shepherds have become stupid. They do not seek Yahweh.
-\q so they have no success; all their flocks are scattered.
+\v 21 For the shepherds are stupid and they do not seek Yahweh;
+\q so they have no prospered, and all their flock has been scattered.
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 \v 22 The report of news has arrived, "See! It is coming, a great earthquake is coming from the land of the north
 \q To make the cities of Judah into ruins, hideouts for jackals."
diff --git a/45-ACT/22.usfm b/45-ACT/22.usfm
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 \v 3 "I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but educated in this city at the feet of Gamaliel. I was instructed according to the strict ways of the law of our fathers. I am zealous for God, just as all of you are today.
-\v 4 I persecuted this Way to the death, binding up and deliver to prison both men and women,
+\v 4 I persecuted this Way to the death, binding up and delivering them to prison both men and women,
 \v 5 as the high priest and all the elders can bear witness. I received letters from them for the brothers in Damascus, and went there to bring them back in bonds to Jerusalem in order for them to be punished.
 
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diff --git a/45-ACT/27.usfm b/45-ACT/27.usfm
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 \v 3 The next day we landed at the city of Sidon, where Julius treated Paul kindly and allowed him to go to his friends to receive their care.
-\v 4 From there, we went to sea and sailed under the lee of Cyprus, close to the island, because the winds were against us. 
-\v 5 When we had sailed across the water that is near Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.
+\v 4 From there we went to sea and sailed under the lee of Cyprus, close to the island, because the winds were against us. 
+\v 5 Then we had sailed across the sea and were near the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we landed at Myra, a city of Lycia.
 \v 6 There, the centurion found a ship from Alexandria that was going to sail to Italy. He put us in it.
 
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 \v 13 When the south wind began to blow gently, the sailors thought that they had what they needed. So they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to the shore.
 
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-\v 14 But after a short time a tempestuous wind, called The Northeaster, began to beat down on us from across the island.
-\v 15 When the ship was caught head on and could not face the wind, we gave in to it and were driven along by it.
-\v 16 We ran along the sheltered side of a small island called Cauda; and with difficulty we were able to secure the lifeboat.
+\v 14 But after a short time a wind of hurricane force, called the northeaster, began to beat down from the island.
+\v 15 When the ship was caught by the storm and could no longer head into the wind, we had to give way to storm and were driven along by the wind.
+\v 16 We sailed along the lee of a small island called Cauda, and with difficulty we were able to secure the lifeboat.
  
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-\v 17 When they had hoisted it up, they used its ropes to bind the hull of the ship. They were afraid that we should run upon the sandbars of Syrtis, so they let down the sea anchor and were driven along.
-\v 18 We were very battered by the storm, so the next day the sailors began to throw the cargo overboard.
+\v 17 When they had hoisted the lifeboat up, they used its ropes to bind the hull of the ship. They were afraid that they should run upon the sandbars of Syrtis, so they lowered the sea anchor and were driven along.
+\v 18 We took such a violent battering by the storm that the next day they began throwing the cargo overboard. 
  
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-\v 19 On the third day the sailors threw overboard the ship's tackle with their own hands.
+\v 19 On the third day the sailors threw overboard the ship's equipment with their own hands.
 \v 20 When the sun and stars did not shine on us for many days, and the great storm still beat upon us, any more hope that we should be saved was abandoned.
 
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 \v 23 For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong, whom also I worship—his angel stood beside me
 \v 24 and said, 'Do not be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar, and see, God in his kindness has given to you all those who are sailing with you.'
-\v 25 Therefore, men, take courage, for I trust God, that it will happen just as it was told me.
-\v 26 But we must wreck upon some island."
+\v 25 Therefore be cheerful, men! For I trust God that it will happen just as it was told to me.
+\v 26 But we must run aground upon some island."
 
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 \v 33 When daylight was coming on, Paul urged them all to take some food. He said, "This day is the fourteenth day that you wait and do not eat; you have eaten nothing.
-\v 34 So I beg you to take some food, for this is for your survival; and not one hair of your head will be lost."
+\v 34 So I urge you to share some food, for this is necessary for you to survive. For not one of you will lose a single hair from his head."
 \v 35 When he had said this, he took bread and he thanked God in the sight of everyone. Then he broke the bread and began to eat.
 
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 \v 39 When it was day, they did not recognize the land, but they saw a bay with a beach, and they discussed whether they could drive the ship onto it.
 \v 40 So they cut loose the anchors and left them in the sea. At the same time they loosed the ropes of the rudders and raised the foresail to the wind; and so they headed to the beach.
-\v 41 But they came to a place where two currents met, and the ship ran into the ground. The bow of the ship stuck there and remained unmoveable, but the stern began to break up because of the waves' violence.
+\v 41 But they came to a place where two currents met, and the ship ran into the ground. The bow of the ship stuck there and remained unmovable, but the stern began to break up because of the waves' violence.
 
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 \v 42 The soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners so that none of them could swim away and escape.
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-\v 11 After three months, we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered at the island, whose figurehead was The Twin Brothers.
+\v 11 After three months we set sail in an ship that had spent the winter at the island,  a ship of Alexandria, with "the twin gods" as it figurehead. 
 \v 12 After we landed at the city of Syracuse, we stayed there three days.
 
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