Vipers and adders

19-PSA.usfm

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 \q they go astray from birth, speaking lies.
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 \v 4 Their poison is like a snake's poison;
-\q they are like a deaf adder that stops up its ears,
+\q they are like a deaf viper that stops up its ears,
 \q
 \v 5 that pays no attention to the voice of charmers,
 \q no matter how skillful they are.
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 \v 12 They will lift you up with their hand
 \q so that you will not hit your foot on a stone.
 \q
-\v 13 You will crush lions and adders under your feet;
+\v 13 You will crush lions and vipers under your feet;
 \q you will trample on young lions and serpents.
 
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20-PRO.usfm

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 \q and goes down smoothly.
 \q
 \v 32 In the last it bites like a serpent
-\q and it stings like an adder.
+\q and it stings like an viper.
 \q
 \v 33 Your eyes will see strange things
 \q and your heart will utter perverse things.

23-ISA.usfm

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 \q1 their land also is full of horses, nor is there limit to their chariots.
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 \v 8 Their land also is full of idols;
-\q1 they worship the craftsmanship of their own hands, things that their own fingers have made.
+\q1 they worship the craftsmanship of their own hands,
+\q1 things that their own fingers have made.
 
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-\v 9 The people will be bowed down, and individuals will be brought down; therefore do not raise them up.
+\v 9 People bow down,
+\q1 and men abase themselves.
+\q1 So do not raise them up.
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 \v 10 Go into the rocky places and hide in the ground
 \q1 from the terror of Yahweh and from the glory of his majesty.
 \q1
-\v 11 The lofty gaze of man will be brought low, and the haughtiness of men will be brought down,
+\v 11 The lofty gaze of man will be abased,
+\q1 and the haughtiness of men will be brought down,
 \q1 and Yahweh alone will be exalted on that day.
 
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 \v 12 For there will be a day of Yahweh of hosts
-\q1 against everyone who is proud and raised up, and against everyone who is arrogant—and he will be brought down—
+\q1 against everyone who is proud and raised up, and against everyone who is arrogant—and he will be abased—
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 \v 13 and against all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up,
 \q1 and against all the oaks of Bashan.
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-\v 17 The pride of man will be brought low, and the haughtiness of men will fall;
+\v 17 The pride of man will be brought down,
+\q1 and the haughtiness of men will be abased;
 \q1 Yahweh alone will be exalted on that day.
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 \v 18 The idols will completely pass away.
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-\v 15 Man will be forced to bend down, and mankind will be humbled; the eyes of the lofty will be cast down.
+\v 15 People bow low,
+\q1 and men abase themselves.
+\q1 the eyes of the lofty will be abased.
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 \v 16 Yahweh of hosts will be exalted in his justice, and God the Holy One will show himself holy by his righteousness.
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 \v 8 A baby will play over the hole of the snake,
-\q1 and the weaned child will put his hand on the serpent's den.
+\q1 and the weaned child will put his hand on the den of the adder.
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 \v 9 They will not hurt nor destroy on all my holy mountain;
 \q1 for the earth will be full of knowledge of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.
 
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-\v 10 On that day, the root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples.
+\v 10 On that day, the root of Jesse will stand as a signal flag for the peoples.
 \q1 The nations will seek him out, and his resting place will be glorious.
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 \v 11 On that day, the Lord will again extend his hand
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-\v 12 He will set up a banner for the nations and will gather the outcasts of Israel
+\v 12 He will set up a signal flag for the nations and will gather the outcasts of Israel
 \q1 and the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
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 \v 13 He will turn aside the envy of Ephraim, and hostilities of Judah will be cut off.
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-\v 5 Sing to Yahweh, for he has done glorious things; let this be known throughout the earth.
+\v 5 Praise Yahweh in song, for he has done majestic things; let this be known throughout the earth.
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 \v 6 Cry aloud and shout for joy, you inhabitants of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel."
 
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 \v 2 On the bare mountain set up a signal flag, cry aloud to them,
 \q1 wave your hand for them to go into the gates of the nobles.
 \q1
-\v 3 "I have commanded my chosen ones;
+\v 3 "I have commanded my consecrated ones;
 \q I have summoned my mighty ones to vent my anger—
 \q those who rejoice in my triumph.
 
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 \q1 Yahweh of hosts is mustering the army for the battle.
 \q1
 \v 5 They come from a far country, from way over the horizon.
-\q1 It is Yahweh with his instruments of judgment, to destroy the whole land.
+\q1 It is Yahweh with his instruments of indignation, to destroy the whole land.
 
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-\v 6 Howl, for the day of Yahweh is near; it comes with destruction from the Almighty.
+\v 6 Wail, for the day of Yahweh is near; it comes with destruction from the Almighty.
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 \v 7 Therefore all hands hang limp, and every heart melts.
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 \v 8 They will be terrified; pain and agony will seize them, like a woman in labor.
-\q1 They will look in astonishment at one another; their faces will be aflame.
+\q1 They will look in amazement at one another; their faces will be aflame.
 
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 \v 9 See, the day of Yahweh comes with cruel wrath and overflowing anger,
-\q1 to make the land a desolation and to destroy the sinners from it.
+\q1 to make the land a desolation and to exterminate the sinners from it.
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 \v 10 The stars of heaven and the constellations will not give their light.
 \q1 The sun will be darkened even from dawn, and the moon will not shine.
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 \v 11 I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity.
-\q1 I will put an end to the arrogance of the proud and will bring down the arrogance of the ruthless.
+\q1 I will put an end to the arrogance of the proud and will abase the arrogance of the ruthless.
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 \v 12 I will make men more rare than fine gold and mankind harder to find than the pure gold of Ophir.
 
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 \q1 by the fury of Yahweh of hosts, and on the day of his fierce anger.
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-\v 14 Like a hunted gazelle or like a sheep with no shepherd,
+\v 14 Like a hunted gazelle or like a sheep with no one to gather them,
 \q1 every man will turn toward his own people and will flee to his own land.
 
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-\v 15 Every one who is found will be killed, and every one who is captured will die by the sword.
+\v 15 Every one who is found will be thrust through, and every one who is swept up will die by the sword.
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 \v 16 Their infants also will be dashed in pieces before their eyes.
 \q1 Their houses will be plundered and their wives raped.
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 \q1 who will not be concerned about silver, nor do they delight in gold.
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 \v 18 Their bows will strike down the young men;
-\q1 they will have no mercy on infants and they will not look with pity on children.
+\q1 they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb and they will not look with pity on children.
 
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-\v 19 Then Babylon, the most admired of kingdoms, the splendor of Chaldean pride,
+\v 19 Then Babylon, the most admired of kingdoms, the splendor of Chaldean arrogance,
 \q1 will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
 \q1
-\v 20 It will not be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation.
+\v 20 It will never be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation.
 \q1 The Arab will not pitch his tent there, nor will shepherds have their flocks rest there.
 
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 \v 1 Yahweh will have compassion on Jacob; he will again choose Israel and restore them into their own land. Foreigners will join with them and attach themselves to the house of Jacob.
-\v 2 The nations will bring them to their own place. Then the house of Israel will take them in the land of Yahweh as male and female servants. They will take captive those who had captured them, and they will rule over their oppressors.
+\v 2 The nations will bring them to their own place. Then the house of Israel will take possession them in the land of Yahweh as male and female servants. They will take captive those who had captured them, and they will rule over their oppressors.
 
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 \v 9 Sheol below is eager to meet you when you go there.
-\q1 It arouses the dead for you, all the kings of the earth,
+\q1 It arouses the dead for you, all the leaders of the earth,
 \q1 making them rise up from their thrones, all the kings of the nations.
 
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-\v 12 How you are fallen from heaven, daystar, son of the morning!
-\q1 How you are cut down to the ground, you who conquered the nations!
+\v 12 How you are fallen from heaven, daystar, son of the dawn!
+\q1 How you are cut down to the ground, you who made the nations weak!
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 \v 13 You had said in your heart, 'I will ascend into heaven,
 \q1 I will exalt my throne above the stars of God,
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 \v 18 All the kings of the nations,
 \q1 all of them lie down in honor, each one in his own tomb.
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-\v 19 But you are cast out of your grave like a branch thrown away.
-\q1 The dead cover you like a garment, those pierced by the sword, who go down to the stones of the pit.
+\v 19 But you are cast out of your grave like an abhorrent branch.
+\q1 The slain cover you like a garment, those pierced by the sword, who go down to the stones of the pit like a trampled corpse.
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 \v 20 You will not join them in burial, because you have destroyed your land
 \q1 and killed your people.
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-\v 26 This is the plan that is intended for the whole earth, and this is the hand that is raised over all the nations.
+\v 26 This is the plan that has been devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand that is raised over all the nations.
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 \v 27 For Yahweh of hosts has planned this; who will stop him? His hand is raised, and who will turn it back?
 
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 \v 29 Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken.
-\q1 For out of the serpent's root will grow out an adder,
+\q1 For out of the serpent's root will grow an adder,
 \q1 and his offspring will be a fiery flying serpent.
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 \v 30 The firstborn of the poor will graze their sheep in my pastures,
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 \v 3 All you inhabitants of the world and you who live on the earth,
-\q1 when a signal is lifted up on the mountains, look; and when the trumpet is blown, listen.
+\q1 when a signal flag is lifted up on the mountains, look; and when the trumpet is blown, listen.
 
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 \v 11 They will spread their hands in the midst of it, as a swimmer spreads his hands to swim.
 \q1 But Yahweh will bring down their pride in spite of the skill of their hands.
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-\v 12 Your high fortress walls he will bring down to the ground, to the dust.
+\v 12 Your high fortress walls he will bring down,
+\q1 he will abase,
+\q1 he will cause to fall to the ground, to the dust.
 
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-\v 5 For he will bring down those who live proudly; the fortified city
-\q1 he will lay low, he will lay low to the ground; he will level it to the dust.
+\v 5 For he will bring down those who live in the high place,
+\q1 the lofty city.
+\q1 He will abase it.
+\q1 He will abase it to the ground;
+\q1 He will cause it to fall to the dust.
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 \v 6 It will be trampled down by the feet of the poor and the treading of the needy.
 
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 \v 3 I will encamp against you in a circle
 \q1 and will lay siege against you with a palisade, and I will raise siege works against you.
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-\v 4 You will be brought down and will speak from the ground; your speech will be low from the dust.
+\v 4 You will be abased and will speak from the ground; your speech will be bowed down from the dust.
 \q1 Your voice will sound like a spirit that speaks from the ground, and out of the dust your speech will whisper.
 
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 \v 17 One thousand will flee at the threat of one;
 \q1 at the threat of five you will flee
-\q1 until your remnant will be like a flagstaff on the top of a mountain, or like a flag on a hill."
+\q1 until your remnant will be like a flagstaff on the top of a mountain, or like a signal flag on a hill."
 
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 \v 8 Assyria will fall by the sword; a sword not wielded by man will consume him.
 \q1 He will flee from the sword, and his young men will be forced to do hard labor.
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-\v 9 They will lose all confidence because of terror, and his princes will be afraid at the sight of Yahweh's battle flag—
+\v 9 They will lose all confidence because of terror, and his princes will be afraid at the sight of Yahweh's signal flag—
 \q1 this is the declaration of Yahweh—
 \q1 whose fire is in Zion and whose firepot is in Jerusalem."
 
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-\v 5 They hatch eggs of a poisonous snake and weave a spider's web.
-\q1 Whoever eats of their eggs dies, and if an egg is crushed, it hatches into a poisonous snake.
+\v 5 They hatch eggs of an adder and weave a spider's web.
+\q1 Whoever eats of their eggs dies, and if an egg is crushed, it hatches into a viper.
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 \v 6 Their webs cannot be used for garments, nor can they cover themselves with their works.
 \q1 Their works are works of sin, and deeds of violence are in their hands.

24-JER.usfm

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 \v 16 The snorting of his stallions is heard from Dan. The whole earth shakes at the sound of the neighing of his strong horses.
 \q For they will come and consume the land and its wealth, the city and the ones living in it.
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-\v 17 For see, I am sending out snakes among you, vipers that you cannot charm.
+\v 17 For see, I am sending out snakes among you, adders that you cannot charm.
 \q They will bite you—this is Yahweh's declaration.'"
 
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