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 \v 7 I said, 'After she does all these things, she will return to me,' but she did not return. Then her faithless sister Judah saw these things.
 
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-\v 8 So I saw that, in the same way that apostate Israel had committed adultery and I had sent her away and had given a bill of divorce against her, her faithless sister Judah did not fear; she also went out and acted like a prostitute.
+\v 8 So I saw that, in the same way that apostate Israel had committed adultery and I had sent her away and had given a certificate of divorce against her, her faithless sister Judah did not fear; she also went out and acted like a prostitute.
 \v 9 Her prostitution was nothing to her; she defiled the land, and she committed adultery with stones and trees.
 \v 10 Then after all of this, her faithless sister Judah returned to me, not with all her heart, but with a lie—this is Yahweh's declaration."
 
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 \v 23 Surely lies come from the hills, a confusing noise from the mountains;
 \q surely Yahweh our God is the salvation of Israel.
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-\v 24 Yet shameful idols have consumed what our ancestors have worked for—
+\v 24 Yet since our youth shameful idols have consumed the labor of our ancestors—
 \q their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters!
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 \v 25 Let us lie down in shame. May our shame cover us, for we have sinned against Yahweh our God!
-\q We ourselves and our ancestors, from the time of our youthfulness to this present day, have not listened to the voice of Yahweh our God!"
+\q We ourselves and our ancestors, from the time of our youth to this present day, have not listened to the voice of Yahweh our God!"
 
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 \v 6 Lift up the signal flag and point it toward Zion,
 \q and run for safety!
 \q Do not stay, for I am bringing disaster
-\q from the north and a great collapse.
+\q from the north and great crushing.
 
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 \q He is leaving his place to bring horror to your land,
 \q to turn your cities into ruins, where no one will live.
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-\v 8 Because of this, wrap yourself in sackcloth, lament and wail.
+\v 8 Because of this, gird yourselves with sackcloth, lament and wail.
 \q For the force of Yahweh's anger has not turned away from us.
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-\v 9 Then it will happen in that day—this is Yahweh's declaration—that the hearts of the king and his officials will die. The priests will be appalled, and the prophets will be horrified.'"
+\v 9 Then it will happen in that day—this is Yahweh's declaration—that the hearts of the king and his officials will die. The priests will be appalled, and the prophets will be astounded.'"
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 \v 10 So I said, "Ah! Lord Yahweh. Surely you have completely deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, 'There will be peace for you.' Yet the sword is striking against their life."
 
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 \v 13 See, he comes up like clouds, and his chariots are like a storm. His horses are faster than eagles. Woe to us, for we will be devastated!
-\v 14 Cleanse your heart from wickedness, Jerusalem, so that you might be saved. How long will your deepest thoughts be about how to sin?
-\v 15 For a voice is bringing news from Dan, and the coming disaster is heard from the mountains of Ephraim.
+\v 14 Cleanse your heart from wickedness, Jerusalem, so that you might be saved. How long will wicked thoughts lodge within you?
+\v 15 For a voice is bringing news from Dan and a report of trouble from the mountains of Ephraim.
 
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 \v 16 Make the nations think about this: See, announce to Jerusalem that besiegers are coming from a distant land to shout in battle against the cities of Judah.
 \v 17 They will be like the watchmen of a cultivated field against her all around, since she has been rebellious against me—this is Yahweh's declaration—
-\v 18 and your conduct and your deeds have done these things to you. This will be your punishment. How terrible it will be! It will strike your very heart.
+\v 18 and your conduct and your deeds have done these things to you. This will be your punishment. How bitter it will be! It will strike your very heart.
 
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 \v 20 Disaster follows after disaster; for all the land lies in ruins. Suddenly my tents are destroyed, my curtains in a moment.
 
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-\v 21 How long will I see the standard? Will I hear the sound of the horn?
+\v 21 How long will I see the signal flag? Will I hear the sound of the horn?
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-\v 22 For the foolishness of my people—they do not know me. They are idiotic people and they have no understanding. They are skilled at doing evil, but they do not know how to do good.
+\v 22 For the foolishness of my people—they do not know me. They are stupid children, and they have no understanding. They are skilled at doing evil, but they do not know how to do good.
 
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 \v 23 I saw the land. Behold! It was formless and empty. For there was no light for the heavens.
 \v 24 I looked at the mountains. Behold, they were trembling, and all the hills were shaking about.
 \v 25 I looked. Behold, there was no one, and all the birds of the heavens had fled.
-\v 26 I looked. Behold, the orchards were a wilderness and all the cities had been pulled down before Yahweh, before the fury of his wrath."
+\v 26 I looked. Behold, the productive land was a wilderness and all the cities had been pulled down before Yahweh, before the fury of his wrath."
 
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