diff --git a/01-GEN/07.usfm b/01-GEN/07.usfm index 332f2b8e..ace3520e 100644 --- a/01-GEN/07.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/07.usfm @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \s5 \v 8 Clean animals and unclean animals, birds, and everything that creeps upon the ground, \v 9 two by two, male and female, came to Noah and went into the ark, just as God had commanded Noah. -\v 10 It came about that after the seven days, the water of the flood came upon the earth. +\v 10 It came about that after the seven days, the waters of the flood came upon the earth. \s5 \v 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day, all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the windows of heaven were opened. diff --git a/01-GEN/28.usfm b/01-GEN/28.usfm index dbabea53..5ec96dae 100644 --- a/01-GEN/28.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/28.usfm @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ \v 13 Behold, Yahweh stood above it and said, "I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land on which you are lying, I will give to you and to your descendants. \s5 -\v 14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread far out to the west, to the east, to the north, and to the south. In you and in your descendants will all the families of the earth be blessed. +\v 14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread far out to the west, to the east, to the north, and to the south. Through you and through your descendants will all the families of the earth be blessed. \v 15 Behold, I am with you, and I will keep you wherever you go. I will bring you into this land again; for I will not leave you. I will do all that I have promised to you." \s5 diff --git a/02-EXO/12.usfm b/02-EXO/12.usfm index 8143d5ea..64fd22d9 100644 --- a/02-EXO/12.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/12.usfm @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 21 Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, "Go and select lambs or kids that will be enough to feed your families and kill the Passover lamb. -\v 22 Then take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood that will be in a basin. Apply the blood in the basin to the top of the door frame and the two doorposts. None of you is to go out of the door of his house until the morning. +\v 22 Then take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood that will be in a basin. Apply the blood in the basin to the top of the doorframe and the two doorposts. None of you is to go out of the door of his house until the morning. \s5 \v 23 For Yahweh will pass through to attack the Egyptians. When he sees the blood on the top of the doorframe and on the two doorposts, he will pass over your door and not permit the destroyer to come into your houses to attack you. diff --git a/02-EXO/34.usfm b/02-EXO/34.usfm index 538b4c8d..da219df6 100644 --- a/02-EXO/34.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/34.usfm @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ \s5 \v 27 Yahweh said to Moses, "Write down these words, for I pledge myself to these words I have spoken, and have made a covenant with you and Israel." -\v 28 Moses was there with Yahweh for forty days and nights; he did not eat any food nor drink any water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments. +\v 28 Moses was there with Yahweh for forty days and nights; he did not eat any food nor drink any water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten Commandments. \s5 \p diff --git a/03-LEV/04.usfm b/03-LEV/04.usfm index 4acde474..6f7c7846 100644 --- a/03-LEV/04.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/04.usfm @@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ \s5 \p -\v 22 When a ruler sins without intending to sin, doing any one of all the things that Yahweh his God has commanded not to be done, and if he is guilty, -\v 23 then if his sin which he has committed is made known to him, he must bring for his sacrifice a goat, a male without blemish. +\v 22 When a ruler sins without intending to sin, doing any one of all the things that Yahweh his God has commanded not to be done, and he is guilty, +\v 23 then his sin which he has committed is made known to him, he must bring for his sacrifice a goat, a male without blemish. \s5 \v 24 He will lay his hand on the head of the goat and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before Yahweh. This is a sin offering. @@ -56,12 +56,12 @@ \s5 \p -\v 27 If anyone of the common people sin without intending to sin, doing any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and if he is guilty, -\v 28 then if his sin which he has committed is known to him, then he will bring a goat for his sacrifice, a female without blemish, for the sin that he has committed. +\v 27 If anyone of the common people sins without intending to sin, doing any of the things which Yahweh has commanded him not to be done, and when he realizes his guilt, +\v 28 then his sin which he has committed is made known to him, then he will bring a goat for his sacrifice, a female without blemish, for the sin that he has committed. \s5 \v 29 He will lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and kill the sin offering at the place of burnt offering. -\v 30 The priest will take some the blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar for burnt offerings. He will pour out all the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. +\v 30 The priest will take some of the blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar for burnt offerings. He will pour out all the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. \s5 \v 31 He will cut away all the fat, just as the fat is cut away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings. The priest will burn it on the altar to produce a sweet aroma for Yahweh. The priest will make atonement for the man, and he will be forgiven. diff --git a/03-LEV/06.usfm b/03-LEV/06.usfm index 09ae39f0..3f36da68 100644 --- a/03-LEV/06.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/06.usfm @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ \v 15 The priest will take up a handful of the fine flour of the grain offering and of the oil and the incense which is on the grain offering, and he will burn it on the altar to produce a sweet aroma as a representative offering. \s5 -\v 16 Aaron and his sons will eat whatever is left of the offering. It must be eaten without yeast in a holy place. They will eat it in the courtyard of the tent of meeting +\v 16 Aaron and his sons will eat whatever is left of the offering. It must be eaten without yeast in a holy place. They will eat it in the courtyard of the tent of meeting. \v 17 It must not be baked with yeast. I have given it as their part of my offerings made by fire. It is most holy, as the sin offering and the guilt offering. \v 18 For all time to come throughout your people's generations, any male descended from Aaron may eat it as his share, taken from the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. Whoever touches them will become holy.'" diff --git a/03-LEV/08.usfm b/03-LEV/08.usfm index be3945c8..047bf961 100644 --- a/03-LEV/08.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/08.usfm @@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ \s5 \p -\v 10 Moses took the anointing oil, anointed the tabernacle and everything in it, and dedicate them to Yahweh. -\v 11 He sprinkled the oil on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its utensils, and the wash basin and its base, to dedicate them to Yahweh. +\v 10 Moses took the anointing oil, anointed the tabernacle and everything in it, and dedicated them to Yahweh. +\v 11 He sprinkled the oil on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its utensils, and the washbasin and its base, to dedicate them to Yahweh. \s5 \v 12 He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head and anointed him in order to dedicate him to Yahweh. diff --git a/03-LEV/10.usfm b/03-LEV/10.usfm index c39a0bea..56a22fe7 100644 --- a/03-LEV/10.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/10.usfm @@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ Aaron did not say anything. \s5 \v 5 So they came near and carried them, still wearing their priestly tunics, out of the camp, as Moses had instructed. -\v 6 Then Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons, "Do not let your hair on your heads hang loosely, and do not tear your clothes, so that you may not die, and so that Yahweh may not be angry with all the assembly. But allow your relatives, the entire house of Israel, mourn for those whom the fire of Yahweh has set ablaze. +\v 6 Then Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons, "Do not let your hair on your heads hang loosely, and do not tear your clothes, so that you may not die, and so that Yahweh may not be angry with all the assembly. But allow your relatives, the entire house of Israel, to mourn for those whom the fire of Yahweh has set ablaze. \v 7 You must not go out from the entrance of the tent of meeting, or you will die, for the anointing oil of Yahweh is on you." So they acted according to Moses' instructions. \s5 \p \v 8 Yahweh spoke to Aaron, saying, -\v 9 "Do not drink wine or strong drink, you, nor your sons who remain with you, when you go into the tent of meeting, so you will not die. This will be a permanent statute throughout your people's generations, +\v 9 "Do not drink wine or strong drink, you, or your sons who remain with you, when you go into the tent of meeting, so you will not die. This will be a permanent statute throughout your people's generations, \v 10 to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean, \v 11 so that you may teach the people of Israel all the statutes that Yahweh has commanded through Moses." diff --git a/03-LEV/16.usfm b/03-LEV/16.usfm index 74b66818..9c79cc4b 100644 --- a/03-LEV/16.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/16.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 16 \p -\v 1 Yahweh spoke to Moses—this was after the death of Aaron's two sons, when they gone near to Yahweh and then died. +\v 1 Yahweh spoke to Moses—this was after the death of Aaron's two sons, when they had gone near to Yahweh and then died. \v 2 Yahweh said to Moses, "Speak to Aaron your brother and tell him not to come at just any time into the most holy place inside the curtain, before the atonement lid that is on the ark. If he does, he will die, because I appear in the cloud over the atonement lid. \s5 diff --git a/03-LEV/20.usfm b/03-LEV/20.usfm index 3a024b0a..190fde17 100644 --- a/03-LEV/20.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/20.usfm @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 19 You must not sleep with your mother's sister, nor with your father's sister, because you would disgrace your close relative. You must carry your own guilt. +\v 19 You must not sleep with your mother's sister, or with your father's sister, because you would disgrace your close relative. You must carry your own guilt. \p \v 20 If a man sleeps with his uncle's wife, he has disgraced his uncle. They must carry their own guilt and die childless. \p diff --git a/03-LEV/21.usfm b/03-LEV/21.usfm index caadd3a5..508f3009 100644 --- a/03-LEV/21.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/21.usfm @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ \p \v 1 Yahweh said to Moses: "Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, 'No one among you shall make himself unclean for those who die among his people, \v 2 except for a close relative—for his mother and father, for his son and daughter, or for his brother -\v 3 or a virgin sister who in his house and who has had no husband. For her he may make himself unclean. +\v 3 or a virgin sister who is in his house and who has had no husband. For her he may make himself unclean. \s5 \v 4 But he must not make himself unclean for other relatives, so as to defile himself. diff --git a/03-LEV/27.usfm b/03-LEV/27.usfm index 29f67506..8fc71517 100644 --- a/03-LEV/27.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/27.usfm @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ \s5 \v 17 If he dedicates his field during the Year of Jubilee, the estimated value will stand. -\v 18 But if he dedicate his field after the Jubilee, then the priest must calculate the value of the field by the number of years that remain until the next Year of Jubilee, and the estimated value must be reduced. +\v 18 But if he dedicates his field after the Jubilee, then the priest must calculate the value of the field by the number of years that remain until the next Year of Jubilee, and the estimated value must be reduced. \s5 \v 19 If the man who dedicates the field wishes to redeem it, then he must add a fifth to the estimated value, and it will be become his again. diff --git a/04-NUM/03.usfm b/04-NUM/03.usfm index 41bbf27a..2f95e1ff 100644 --- a/04-NUM/03.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/03.usfm @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ \v 35 Zuriel son of Abihail must lead the clans of Merari. They must camp on the north side of the tabernacle. \s5 -\v 36 The descendants of Merari must care for the boards of the tabernacle, the crossbars, posts, bases, all the hardware, and everything related to them, including +\v 36 The descendants of Merari must care for the framing of the tabernacle, the crossbars, posts, bases, all the hardware, and everything related to them, including \v 37 the pillars and posts of the courtyard that surround the tabernacle, with their sockets, pegs, and ropes. \s5 diff --git a/04-NUM/04.usfm b/04-NUM/04.usfm index 3423ee90..951aba40 100644 --- a/04-NUM/04.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/04.usfm @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ \s5 \v 15 When Aaron and his sons have completely covered the holy place and all its equipment, and when the camp moves forward, then the descendants of Kohath must come to carry the holy place. If they touch the holy instruments, they must die. This is the work of the descendants of Kohath, to carry the furnishings in the tent of meeting. -\v 16 Eleazar son of Aaron the priest must care for the oil for the light. He must supervise the care of the sweet incense, the regular grain offering, the anointing oil, the entire tabernacle and all that is in it, the holy furnishings and articles." +\v 16 Eleazar son of Aaron the priest oversees the care of the oil for the light, the sweet incense, the regular grain offering, and the anointing oil. He oversees the care of the entire tabernacle and all that is in it, the holy place and its equipment." \s5 \p diff --git a/04-NUM/05.usfm b/04-NUM/05.usfm index bc9f702b..26718b3c 100644 --- a/04-NUM/05.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/05.usfm @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ \s5 \v 20 But if you, a woman under her husband, have gone astray, if you are defiled, and if some other man has slept with you, -\v 21 then,' (the priest must cause the woman to swear an oath that can bring down a curse on her, and then he must continue speaking to the woman) 'Yahweh will make you into a curse that will be shown to your people to be such. This will happen if Yahweh causes your thigh to waste away and your abdomen to swell. +\v 21 then, (the priest must cause the woman to swear an oath that can bring down a curse on her, and then he must continue speaking to the woman) 'Yahweh will make you into a curse that will be shown to your people to be such. This will happen if Yahweh causes your thigh to waste away and your abdomen to swell. \v 22 This water that brings the curse will go into your stomach, swell your abdomen and waste away your thighs.' The woman is to reply, 'Yes, let that happen if I am guilty.' \s5 diff --git a/04-NUM/13.usfm b/04-NUM/13.usfm index f627e3c7..50f820ff 100644 --- a/04-NUM/13.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/13.usfm @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \s5 \v 9 from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu; \v 10 from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi; -\v 11 from Joseph's descendants, namely, from the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi son of Susi; +\v 11 from the tribe of Joseph (that is to say, from the tribe Manasseh), Gaddi son of Susi; \v 12 from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli; \s5 @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 30 Then Caleb tried to encourage the people gathered around Moses. He said, "Let us attack at once and take it, because we are well able to conquer it." +\v 30 Then Caleb silenced the people who were before Moses and said, "Let us go up and take possession of the land, for we are certainly able to conquer it." \v 31 But the other men who had gone with him said, "We are not able to attack the people because they are stronger than we are." \s5 diff --git a/04-NUM/14.usfm b/04-NUM/14.usfm index f435700e..a7a86534 100644 --- a/04-NUM/14.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/14.usfm @@ -65,11 +65,11 @@ he has killed them in the wilderness.' \s5 \v 31 But your little ones who you said would be victims, I will take them into the land. They will experience the land that you have rejected! \v 32 As for you, your dead bodies will fall in this wilderness. -\v 33 Your children will be wanderers in the wilderness for forty years. They must bear the consequences of your acts of rebellion until the wilderness kills your bodies. +\v 33 Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years. They must bear the consequences of your acts of rebellion until the end of your corpses in the wilderness. \s5 \v 34 Just as the number of the days during which you examined the land—forty days, you must likewise bear the consequences of your sins for forty years—one year for every day, and you must know what it is like to be my enemy. -\v 35 I, Yahweh, have spoken. I will certainly do this to all this evil community that is gathered together against me. They will be consumed in this wilderness. Here they will die.'" +\v 35 I, Yahweh, have spoken. I will certainly do this to all this evil community that is gathered together against me. They will be completely cut off, and here they will die.'" \s5 \p diff --git a/04-NUM/23.usfm b/04-NUM/23.usfm index 074a999d..18145300 100644 --- a/04-NUM/23.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/23.usfm @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ \q Yahweh their God is with them, \q2 and shouts for their king are among them. \v 22 God brought them out of Egypt -\q2 With strength like that of a wild ox. +\q2 with strength like that of a wild ox. \s5 \q diff --git a/04-NUM/31.usfm b/04-NUM/31.usfm index cfe992f9..102be4ad 100644 --- a/04-NUM/31.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/31.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \c 31 \p \v 1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and said, -\v 2 "Avenge the people of Israel against the Midianites. After doing that, you will die and be gathered to your people." +\v 2 "Take vengeance on the Midianites for what they did to the Israelites. After doing that, you will die and be gathered to your people." \s5 \v 3 So Moses spoke to the people. He said, "Arm some of your men for war so they may go against Midian and carry out Yahweh's vengeance on it. diff --git a/05-DEU/01.usfm b/05-DEU/01.usfm index 044b6882..244787a5 100644 --- a/05-DEU/01.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/01.usfm @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 9 I spoke to you at that time, saying, 'I am not able to carry you myself alone. -\v 10 Yahweh your God has multiplied you, and, look, you are today as the stars of heaven for multitude. +\v 10 Yahweh your God has multiplied you, and, look, you are today as the multitude of the stars of heaven. \v 11 May Yahweh, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as you are, and bless you, as he has promised you! \s5 @@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ \v 21 Look, Yahweh your God has set the land before you; go up, take possession, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has spoken to you; do not be afraid, neither be discouraged.' \s5 -\v 22 Every one of you came to me and said, 'Let us send men ahead of us, so that they may search out the land for us, and bring us word about the way by that we should attack, and about the cities to which we will come.' -\v 23 The thing pleased me well; I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe. +\v 22 Every one of you came to me and said, 'Let us send men ahead of us, so that they may search out the land for us, and bring us word about the way by which we should attack, and about the cities to which we will come.' +\v 23 The advice pleased me well; I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe. \v 24 They turned and went up into the hill country, came to the valley of Eshcol, and scouted it. \s5 @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ \p \v 26 Yet you refused to attack, but rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh your God. \v 27 You complained in your tents and said, "It is because Yahweh hated us that he has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to defeat us by the power of the Amorites, and to destroy us. -\v 28 Where can we go now? Our brothers have made our heart to melt, saying, 'Those people are bigger and taller than we are; their cities are large and are fortified up to the heavens; moreover, we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.' +\v 28 Where can we go now? Our brothers have made our heart to melt, saying, 'Those people are bigger and taller than we are; their cities are large and are fortified up to the heavens; moreover, we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.'" \s5 \v 29 Then I said to you, 'Do not be terrified, neither be afraid of them. @@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ \v 31 and also in the wilderness, where you have seen how Yahweh your God carried you, as a man carries his son, everywhere you went until you came to this place.' \s5 -\v 32 But in this thing you did not believe Yahweh your God, -\v 33 who went before you on the way to find a place for you to make camp; he went in fire by night to show you the way you should go, and in a cloud by day. +\v 32 Yet in spite of this word you did not believe Yahweh your God, +\v 33 who went before you on the way to find a place for you to make camp, in fire by night and in a cloud by day. \s5 \p diff --git a/05-DEU/02.usfm b/05-DEU/02.usfm index 60f84b52..e054dbc0 100644 --- a/05-DEU/02.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/02.usfm @@ -16,11 +16,10 @@ \v 7 For Yahweh your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand; he has known your walking through this great wilderness. For these forty years Yahweh your God has been with you, and you have lacked nothing."' \s5 -\v 8 So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir, away from the Arabah road, from Elath and from Ezion Geber. -\p And we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. +\v 8 So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir, away from the Arabah road, from Elath and from Ezion Geber. And we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. \s5 -\v 9 Yahweh said to me, 'Do not trouble Moab, and do not fight with them in battle. For I will not give you his land for your own possession, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot, for their possession.'" +\v 9 Yahweh said to me, 'Do not trouble Moab, and do not fight with them in battle. For I will not give you his land for your own possession, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot, for their possession.' \s5 \v 10 (The Emim lived there previously, a people as great, as many, and as tall as the Anakim; @@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ \v 22 This Yahweh also did for the people of Esau, who live in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites from before them, and the descendants of Esau succeeded them and have lived in their place even until today. \s5 -\v 23 And the Awites, who lived in villages as far as Gaza—the Caphtorim, who came out of Caphtor, destroyed them and lived in their place.) +\v 23 And the Avvites, who lived in villages as far as Gaza—the Caphtorim, who came out of Caphtor, destroyed them and lived in their place.) \s5 \v 24 "'Now rise up, go on your journey, and pass over the valley of the Arnon; look, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to possess it, and fight with him in battle. diff --git a/05-DEU/03.usfm b/05-DEU/03.usfm index 35c44f97..8d7bb4b2 100644 --- a/05-DEU/03.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/03.usfm @@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ \v 7 But all the cattle and the spoil of the cities, we took as spoils for ourselves. \s5 -\v 8 At that time we took the land out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan, from the valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon" +\v 8 At that time we took the land out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan, from the valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon \v 9 (Mount Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir) -\v 10 "and all the cities of the plain, all Gilead, and all Bashan, all the way to Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan." +\v 10 and all the cities of the plain, all Gilead, and all Bashan, all the way to Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan." \s5 \v 11 (For of the remnant of the Rephaim, only Og king of Bashan had remained. Look! His bed was a bed of iron. Was it not in Rabbah, where the descendants of Ammon live? It was nine cubits long and four cubits wide, the way people measure.) @@ -26,17 +26,17 @@ \s5 \p \v 12 "This land that we took in possession at that time—from Aroer, that is by the valley of the Arnon, and half the hill country of Gilead, and its cities—I gave to the Reubenites and to the Gadites. -\v 13 The rest of Gilead and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half tribe of Manasseh: all the region of Argob, and all Bashan." (The same territory is called the land of Rephaim. +\v 13 The rest of Gilead and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half tribe of Manasseh: all the region of Argob, and all Bashan. (The same territory is called the land of Rephaim. \s5 \v 14 Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took all the region of Argob to the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites. He called the region, even Bashan, by his own name, Havvoth Jair, to this day.) \s5 -\v 15 "I gave Gilead to Machir. +\v 15 I gave Gilead to Machir. \v 16 To the Reubenites and to the Gadites I gave territory from Gilead to the valley of the Arnon—the middle of the valley is the territory's border—and to the Jabbok River, which is the border with the descendants of Ammon. \s5 -\v 17 Another of its borders is also the plain of the Jordan River valley, from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah" (that is, the Salt Sea) "to the slopes of Mount Pisgah eastward. +\v 17 Another of its borders is also the plain of the Jordan River valley, from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (that is, the Salt Sea) to the slopes of Mount Pisgah eastward. \s5 \p diff --git a/05-DEU/04.usfm b/05-DEU/04.usfm index cf5263b9..90dc0b0f 100644 --- a/05-DEU/04.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/04.usfm @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ \v 33 Did ever a people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and live? \s5 -\v 34 Or has God ever attempted to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a display of great power, and by great terrors, as everything that Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? +\v 34 Or has God ever attempted to go and take for himself a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a display of great power, and by great terrors, as everything that Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? \s5 \v 35 To you these things were shown, so that you might know that Yahweh is God, and that there is no one else besides him. diff --git a/05-DEU/05.usfm b/05-DEU/05.usfm index 284d87c5..e5b0d384 100644 --- a/05-DEU/05.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/05.usfm @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ \s5 \v 9 You will not bow down to them or serve them, for I, Yahweh, your God, am a jealous God. I punish the ancestors' wickedness by bringing punishment on the children, to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, -\v 10 and showing covenant faithfulness to thousands of them who love me and keep my commandments. +\v 10 and showing covenant faithfulness to thousands, to those who love me and keep my commandments. \s5 \p @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ ancestors' wickedness by bringing punishment on the children, to the third and f \p \v 12 Observe the Sabbath day to keep it holy, as Yahweh your God commanded you. \v 13 For six days you will labor and do all your work; -\v 14 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. In it you will not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor any foreigner who is within your gates. This is so that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you. +\v 14 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. On it you will not do any work—not you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor any foreigner who is within your gates. This is so that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you. \s5 \v 15 You will call to mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God brought you out from there by a mighty hand and by a display of power. Therefore Yahweh your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day. diff --git a/05-DEU/06.usfm b/05-DEU/06.usfm index b46a7b02..f26d94df 100644 --- a/05-DEU/06.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/06.usfm @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ \v 23 and he brought us out from there, so that he might bring us in, to give us the land that he swore to our fathers. \s5 -\v 24 Yahweh commanded us to always keep all these statutes, to fear him our God for our good, so that he might keep us alive, as we are today. +\v 24 Yahweh commanded us to always keep all these statutes, to fear Yahweh our God for our good, so that he might keep us alive, as we are today. \v 25 If we keep all these commands before Yahweh our God, as he has commanded us, this will be our righteousness.' diff --git a/05-DEU/08.usfm b/05-DEU/08.usfm index 477fdc51..5a24eb5c 100644 --- a/05-DEU/08.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/08.usfm @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ \v 2 You will call to mind all the ways that Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, in order that he might humble you, that he might test you to know what was in your heart, as to whether you would keep his commandments or not. \s5 -\v 3 He humbled you, and made you hunger, and fed you with manna, which you had not known, nor which your ancestors had known, nor your fathers. He did those to make you know that people do not live by bread only, but rather, it is by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of Yahweh that people live. +\v 3 He humbled you, and made you hunger, and fed you with manna, which you had not known, nor which your ancestors had known, nor your fathers. He did that to make you know that people do not live by bread only, but rather, it is by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of Yahweh that people live. \s5 \v 4 Your clothing did not grow old on you, and your feet did not swell up during those forty years. diff --git a/05-DEU/15.usfm b/05-DEU/15.usfm index 886d5311..dfcd1e46 100644 --- a/05-DEU/15.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/15.usfm @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ \v 8 but you must surely open your hand to him and surely lend him sufficient for his need. \s5 -\v 9 Be careful not to have a wicked thought in your heart, saying, 'The seventh year, the year of release, is near,' so that you not be stingy in regard to your poor brother and give him nothing; he might cry out to Yahweh about you, and it would be sin for you. +\v 9 Be careful not to have a wicked thought in your heart, saying, 'The seventh year, the year of release, is near,' so that you will not be stingy in regard to your poor brother and give him nothing; he might cry out to Yahweh about you, and it would be sin for you. \v 10 You must surely give to him, and your heart must not be sorry when you give to him, because in return for this Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you put your hand to. \s5 diff --git a/05-DEU/18.usfm b/05-DEU/18.usfm index e1a47914..3e88df17 100644 --- a/05-DEU/18.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/18.usfm @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ \s5 \v 12 For whoever does these things is detestable to Yahweh; it is because of these detestable things that Yahweh your God is driving them out from before you. \v 13 You must be blameless before Yahweh your God. -\v 14 For these nations that you will dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery and divination; but as for you, Yahweh your God has not allowed you so to do. +\v 14 For these nations that you will dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery and divination; but as for you, Yahweh your God has not allowed you to do so. \s5 \p diff --git a/05-DEU/19.usfm b/05-DEU/19.usfm index b93380f6..af4b6221 100644 --- a/05-DEU/19.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/19.usfm @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 4 This is the law for the one who kills another and who flees there to live: whoever kills his neighbor unawares, and did not previously hate him— -\v 5 as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and his hand deals a stroke with the ax to cut down a tree, and the head slips from the haft and strikes his neighbor so that he dies—then that man must flee to one of these cities and live. +\v 5 as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and his hand strikes with the ax to cut down a tree, and the head slips from the shaft and strikes his neighbor so that he dies—then that man must flee to one of these cities and live. \s5 \v 6 Otherwise the blood avenger might go after the one who took a life, and in hot anger he overtakes him because it was a long journey. And he strikes him and kills him, though that man did not deserve to die; and so he does not deserve the death penalty since he did not hate his neighbor before this happened. diff --git a/05-DEU/20.usfm b/05-DEU/20.usfm index 841c2538..1671d527 100644 --- a/05-DEU/20.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/20.usfm @@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ \v 5 The officers must speak to the people and say, 'What man is there who has built a new house and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, so that he does not die in battle and another man dedicates it. \s5 -\v 6 What man is there who has planted a vineyard and has not used its fruit? Let him go and return to his house, so that he does not die in battle and another man uses its fruit. -\v 7 What man is there who is engaged to marry a woman but has not yet married her? Let him go and return to his house so that he does not die in battle and another man marries her.' +\v 6 Is there anyone who has planted a vineyard and has not enjoyed its fruit? Let him go home, so he will not die in battle and another man enjoy its fruit. +\v 7 What man is there who is engaged to marry a woman but has not yet married her? Let him go home so that he does not die in battle and another man marries her.' \s5 \v 8 The officers must speak further to the people and say, 'What man is there who is fearful or fainthearted? Let him go and return to his house, so that his brother's heart does not melt like his own heart.' diff --git a/05-DEU/22.usfm b/05-DEU/22.usfm index fcc43e89..245fa019 100644 --- a/05-DEU/22.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/22.usfm @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ \s5 \v 18 The elders of that city must take that man and punish him; -\v 19 and they must fine him one hundred shekels of silver, and give them to the father of the girl, because the man put a bad reputation on a virgin of Israel. She must be his wife; he may not send her away during all his days. +\v 19 and they must fine him one hundred shekels of silver, and give them to the father of the girl, because the man has caused a bad reputation for a virgin of Israel. She must be his wife; he may not send her away during all his days. \s5 \v 20 But if this thing is true, that the proof of virginity was not found in the girl, diff --git a/05-DEU/23.usfm b/05-DEU/23.usfm index 6ce11761..6d541623 100644 --- a/05-DEU/23.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/23.usfm @@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ \s5 \p -\v 21 When you make a vow to Yahweh your God, you must not be slow in fulfilling it, for Yahweh your God will surely require it of you; it would be sin in you not to fulfill it. -\v 22 But if you will refrain from making a vow, it will be no sin in you. +\v 21 When you make a vow to Yahweh your God, you must not be slow in fulfilling it, for Yahweh your God will surely require it of you; it would be sin for you not to fulfill it. +\v 22 But if you will refrain from making a vow, it will be no sin for you. \v 23 That which has gone out from your lips you must observe and do; according as you have vowed to Yahweh your God, anything that you have freely promised with your mouth. \s5 diff --git a/05-DEU/26.usfm b/05-DEU/26.usfm index 8c862d06..ac922c91 100644 --- a/05-DEU/26.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/26.usfm @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ \v 13 You must say before Yahweh your God, 'I have brought out of my house the things that belong to Yahweh, and have given them to the Levite, to the foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all your commandments that you have given me. I have not transgressed any of your commandments, neither have I forgotten them. \s5 -\v 14 I have not eaten any of it in my mourning, nor have I put it somewhere else when I was impure, not have I given any of it in honor of the dead. I have listened to the voice of Yahweh my God; I have obeyed everything you have commanded me to do. +\v 14 I have not eaten any of it in my mourning, nor have I put it somewhere else when I was impure, nor have I given any of it in honor of the dead. I have listened to the voice of Yahweh my God; I have obeyed everything you have commanded me to do. \v 15 Look down from the holy place where you live, from heaven, and bless your people Israel, and the land that you have given us, as you had sworn to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.' \s5 diff --git a/05-DEU/27.usfm b/05-DEU/27.usfm index a7d01959..7cedf6ea 100644 --- a/05-DEU/27.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/27.usfm @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ \s5 \v 4 When you have passed over the Jordan, set up these stones that I am commanding you about today, on Mount Ebal, and plaster them with plaster. -\v 5 There you must you build an altar to Yahweh your God, an altar of stones; but you must raise no iron tool to work the stones. +\v 5 There you must build an altar to Yahweh your God, an altar of stones; but you must raise no iron tool to work the stones. \s5 \v 6 You must build the altar of Yahweh your God of unworked stones; you must offer burnt offerings on it to Yahweh your God, diff --git a/05-DEU/28.usfm b/05-DEU/28.usfm index e0da9312..256c11d1 100644 --- a/05-DEU/28.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/28.usfm @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ \s5 \v 67 In the morning you will say, 'I wish it were evening!' and in the evening you will say, 'I wish it were morning!' because of the fear in your hearts and the things your eyes will have to see. -\v 68 Yahweh will bring you into Egypt again by ships, by the route about which I had said to you, 'You will see Egypt no more again.' There you will offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will purchase you." +\v 68 Yahweh will bring you into Egypt again by ships, by the route about which I had said to you, 'You will not see Egypt again.' There you will offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will purchase you." diff --git a/06-JOS/05.usfm b/06-JOS/05.usfm index ecc211e7..aaad0882 100644 --- a/06-JOS/05.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/05.usfm @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 13 When Joshua was near Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold a man was standing in front of him; he had drawn his sword and it was in his hand. Joshua went to him and said, "Are you for us or for our enemies?" +\v 13 When Joshua was near Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing in front of him; he had drawn his sword and it was in his hand. Joshua went to him and said, "Are you for us or for our enemies?" \s5 \v 14 He said, "Neither. For I am the commander of the army of Yahweh. Now I have come." Then Joshua lay facedown on the ground to worship and said to him, "What does my master say to his servant?" diff --git a/06-JOS/13.usfm b/06-JOS/13.usfm index e69189fe..b3cd0c0f 100644 --- a/06-JOS/13.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/13.usfm @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ \s5 \v 2 This is the land that still remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all those of the Geshurites, -\v 3 (from Shihor, which is east of Egypt, and northward to the border of Ekron, which is considered property of the Canaanites; the five rulers of the Philistines, those of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron—the territory of the Awites). +\v 3 (from Shihor, which is east of Egypt, and northward to the border of Ekron, which is considered property of the Canaanites; the five rulers of the Philistines, those of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron—the territory of the Avvites). \s5 \v 4 In the south, there are still all the lands of the Canaanites, and Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians, to Aphek, to the border of the Amorites; diff --git a/06-JOS/22.usfm b/06-JOS/22.usfm index 09b50464..50e64a73 100644 --- a/06-JOS/22.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/22.usfm @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ \v 33 Their report was good in the eyes of the people of Israel. The people of Israel blessed God and spoke no more about making war against the Reubenites and the Gadites, in order to destroy the land where they had settled. \s5 -\v 34 The Reubenites and the Gadites named the altar "Witness," for they said "It is a witness between us that Yahweh is God." +\v 34 The Reubenites and the Gadites named the altar "Witness," for they said, "It is a witness between us that Yahweh is God." diff --git a/07-JDG/06.usfm b/07-JDG/06.usfm index 7577d26a..1afcfa42 100644 --- a/07-JDG/06.usfm +++ b/07-JDG/06.usfm @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ years old, and pull apart the altar of Baal that belongs to your father, and cut \s5 \v 34 But the Spirit of Yahweh came over Gideon. Gideon blew a trumpet, calling out the clan of Abiezer, so they might follow him. -\v 35 He sent messengers all throughout Manasseh, and they, too, were called out to follow him. He also sent messengers to Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, and they went up to meet him. +\v 35 He sent messengers all throughout Manasseh, and they too, were called out to follow him. He also sent messengers to Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, and they went up to meet him. \s5 \p diff --git a/07-JDG/08.usfm b/07-JDG/08.usfm index b879437b..735351ec 100644 --- a/07-JDG/08.usfm +++ b/07-JDG/08.usfm @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ \v 25 They answered, "We are glad to give them to you." They spread out a cloak and every man threw on it the earrings from his plunder. \s5 -\v 26 The weight of the golden earrings that he requested was 1,700 shekels of gold. This plunder was in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple clothing that were worn by the kings of Midian, and in addition to the chains that had been around their camels' necks. +\v 26 The weight of the golden earrings that he requested was 1,700 shekels of gold. This plunder was in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple clothing that was worn by the kings of Midian, and in addition to the chains that had been around their camels' necks. \s5 \v 27 Gideon made an ephod out of the earrings and put it in his city, in Ophrah, and all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there. It became a trap for Gideon and for those in his house. diff --git a/08-RUT/01.usfm b/08-RUT/01.usfm index 03c207df..1191177d 100644 --- a/08-RUT/01.usfm +++ b/08-RUT/01.usfm @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ \s5 \c 1 \p -\v 1 It happened in the days when the judges ruled that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem of Judah went to the country of Moab with his wife and his two sons. +\v 1 It happened in the days when the judges ruled that there was a famine in the land, and a certain man of Bethlehem of Judah went to the country of Moab with his wife and his two sons. \v 2 The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife was Naomi. The names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion, who were Ephrathites of Bethlehem of Judah. They arrived at the country of Moab and lived there. \s5 diff --git a/11-1KI/03.usfm b/11-1KI/03.usfm index 65b87595..ef8e646a 100644 --- a/11-1KI/03.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/03.usfm @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ \p \v 23 Then the king said, "One of you says, 'This is my son who is alive, and your son is dead,' and the other says, 'No, your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.'" \v 24 The king said, "Bring me a sword." So they brought a sword before the king. -\v 25 Then the king said, "Divide the living child in two, and give half to this woman, and half to the other." +\v 25 Then the king said, "Divide the living child in two, and give half to this woman and half to the other." \s5 \v 26 Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king, for her heart was full of compassion for her son, and she said, "Oh, my master, give her the living child, and by no means kill him." But the other woman said, "He shall be neither mine nor yours. Divide him." diff --git a/11-1KI/04.usfm b/11-1KI/04.usfm index 5c86aa92..8707d76a 100644 --- a/11-1KI/04.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/04.usfm @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ \v 5 Azariah son of Nathan was over the officers. Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and the king's friend. \v 6 Ahishar was over the household. -Adoniram son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor. +Adoniram son of Abda was over the men who were subjected to forced labor. \s5 \p diff --git a/11-1KI/05.usfm b/11-1KI/05.usfm index 27188e47..d41e25d5 100644 --- a/11-1KI/05.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/05.usfm @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 13 King Solomon conscripted labor out of all Israel. The forced laborers numbered thirty thousand men. -\v 14 He sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month in shifts. One month they were in Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram was over the forced laborers. +\v 14 He sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month in shifts. One month they were in Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram was over the men who were subjected to forced labor. \s5 \v 15 Solomon had seventy thousand who carried burdens and eighty thousand who were stonecutters in the mountains, diff --git a/11-1KI/06.usfm b/11-1KI/06.usfm index 67decaec..1bcca296 100644 --- a/11-1KI/06.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/06.usfm @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ \s5 \v 16 He built twenty cubits onto the rear of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the ceiling. He built this room to be the inner room, the most holy place. \v 17 The main hall, that is, the holy place that was in front of the most holy place, was forty cubits long. -\v 18 There was cedar inside the house, carved in the shape of gourds and open flowers. All was cedar inside. No stonework was seen there. +\v 18 There was cedar inside the house, carved in the shape of gourds and open flowers. All was cedar inside. No stonework was visible on the inside. \s5 \v 19 Solomon prepared the inner room inside the house in order to place the ark of the covenant of Yahweh there. diff --git a/11-1KI/08.usfm b/11-1KI/08.usfm index 2d7cf386..6a93c182 100644 --- a/11-1KI/08.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/08.usfm @@ -83,8 +83,7 @@ tribes, and the leaders of the families of the people of Israel, before himself \s5 \p -\v 37 Suppose there is famine in the land, or suppose that there is disease, blight or mildew, locusts or caterpillars; or suppose that an enemy attacks the city gates in their land, or that there is any -plague or sickness— +\v 37 Suppose there is famine in the land, or suppose that there is disease, blight or mildew, locusts or caterpillars; or suppose that an enemy attacks the city gates in their land, or that there is any plague or sickness— \v 38 and suppose then that prayers and requests are made by a person or by all your people Israel—each knowing the plague in his own heart as he spreads out his hands toward this temple. \s5 diff --git a/11-1KI/09.usfm b/11-1KI/09.usfm index 36703e74..64b4dcce 100644 --- a/11-1KI/09.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/09.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \c 9 \p \v 1 After Solomon had finished building the house of Yahweh and the king's palace, and after he had accomplished all that he wanted to do, -\v 2 it happened that Yahweh appeared to Solomon a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon. +\v 2 and Yahweh appeared to Solomon a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon. \s5 \v 3 And Yahweh said to him, "I have heard your prayer and your request that you have made before me. I have dedicated this house, which you have built, to myself, to put my name there forever, and my eyes and my heart will be there for all time. diff --git a/11-1KI/14.usfm b/11-1KI/14.usfm index cca84c46..fd9cf941 100644 --- a/11-1KI/14.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/14.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 14 \p -\v 1 At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam fell sick. +\v 1 At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became very sick. \v 2 Jeroboam said to his wife, "Please arise and disguise yourself, so you will not be recognized as my wife, and go to Shiloh, because Ahijah the prophet is there; he is the one who spoke about me, saying that I would become king over these people. \v 3 Take with you ten loaves, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to Ahijah. He will tell you what will happen to the child." @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ \s5 \v 23 For they also built for themselves high places, stone pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. -\v 24 There were also cultic prostitutes in the land. They did the same despicable things that the nations did, which Yahweh drove out before the people of Israel. +\v 24 There were also cultic prostitutes in the land. They did the same despicable practices as the nations that Yahweh had driven out before the people of Israel. \s5 \p diff --git a/11-1KI/16.usfm b/11-1KI/16.usfm index f13cfdf0..26b0968f 100644 --- a/11-1KI/16.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/16.usfm @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ \v 2 "Although I exalted you out of the dust and made you leader over my people Israel, you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have made my people Israel to sin, so as to provoke me to anger with their sins. \s5 -\v 3 See, I will completely sweep away Baasha and his family, and I will make your family like the family of Jeroboam son of Nebat. +\v 3 See, I will completely sweep away Baasha and his family and I will make your family like the family of Jeroboam son of Nebat. \v 4 The dogs will eat anyone belonging to Baasha who dies in the city, and the birds of the sky will eat anyone who dies in the fields." \s5 @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ \p \v 8 In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah son of Baasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah; he reigned two years. \v 9 His servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now Elah was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah. -\v 10 Zimri went in, attacked him, and killed him, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and became king in his place. +\v 10 Zimri went in, attacked him and killed him, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and became king in his place. \s5 \v 11 When Zimri began to reign, as soon as he had sat on his throne, he killed all the family of Baasha. He left alive not a single male child, neither of his relatives nor of his friends. @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ \p \v 15 In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned only for seven days in Tirzah. Now the army was camped by Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines. \v 16 The army camped there heard it said, "Zimri has plotted and has killed the king." So that day in the camp, all Israel declared Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel. -\v 17 Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah. +\v 17 Omri went up from Gibbethon and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah. \s5 \v 18 So when Zimri saw that the city had been taken, he went into the fortress attached to the king's palace and set fire to the building over him; in this way he died in the flames. @@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ \s5 \v 25 Omri did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh and acted more wickedly than all who had been before him. -\v 26 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and in his sins by which he led Israel to sin, to provoke Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger with their idols. +\v 26 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat and in his sins by which he led Israel to sin, to provoke Yahweh, the God of Israel, to be angry with their worthless idols. \s5 \v 27 As for the other matters concerning Omri which he did, and the might that he showed, are they not written in The Book of the Events of the Kings of Israel? -\v 28 So Omri slept with his ancestors and was buried in Samaria; Ahab his son became king in his place. +\v 28 So Omri slept with his ancestors and was buried in Samaria and Ahab his son became king in his place. \s5 \p diff --git a/11-1KI/18.usfm b/11-1KI/18.usfm index 1748ccf1..2193ba09 100644 --- a/11-1KI/18.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/18.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 18 \p -\v 1 So after many days the word of Yahweh came to Elijah, in the third year of the drought, saying, "Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the land." +\v 1 So after many days the word of Yahweh came to Elijah, in the third year of the drought, saying, "Go, show yourself to Ahab and I will send rain on the land." \v 2 Elijah went to show himself to Ahab; now the famine was severe in Samaria. \s5 @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ \s5 \v 5 Ahab said to Obadiah, "Go through the land to all the water springs and brooks. Perhaps we will find grass and save the horses and mules alive, so that we will not lose all the animals." -\v 6 So they divided the land between them to pass through it and look for water. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way. +\v 6 So they divided the land between them to pass through it and look for water. Ahab went one way by himself and Obadiah went another way. \s5 \p @@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ \s5 \p -\v 16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab; he told him, and Ahab went to meet Elijah. -\v 17 When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, "Is it you, you troublemaker of Israel?" +\v 16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him what Elijah said. And the king went to meet Elijah. +\v 17 When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, "Is it you? You troublemaker of Israel!" \s5 \v 18 Elijah answered, "I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father's family are the troublemakers by abandoning the commandments of Yahweh and by following the Baal idols. @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ \p \v 30 Then Elijah said to all the people, "Come near to me," and all the people came near to him. Then he repaired the altar of Yahweh that was lying in ruin. \v 31 Elijah took twelve stones, each stone representing one of the tribes of the sons of Jacob—it was to Jacob that the word of Yahweh had come, saying, "Your name will be Israel." -\v 32 With the stones he built an altar in the name of Yahweh, and he dug a trench around the altar large enough to contain two seahs of seeds. +\v 32 With the stones he built an altar in the name of Yahweh and he dug a trench around the altar large enough to contain two seahs of seeds. \s5 \v 33 Then he placed the wood for a fire and cut the bull in pieces, and he laid the pieces on the wood. And he said, "Fill four jars with water and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood." @@ -84,11 +84,11 @@ \s5 \p \v 41 Elijah said to Ahab, "Get up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of much rain." -\v 42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. Then Elijah went up to the top of Carmel, bowed himself down on the earth, and put his face between his knees. +\v 42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. Then Elijah went up to the top of Carmel, bowed himself down on the earth and put his face between his knees. \s5 \v 43 He said to his servant, "Go up now, look toward the sea." His servant went up and looked and said, "There is nothing." So Elijah said, "Go again, seven times." -\v 44 At the seventh time the servant said, "Look, there is a cloud going up from the sea, as small as a man's hand." Elijah replied, "Go up and say to Ahab, 'Make ready your chariot, and go down before the rain stops you.'" +\v 44 At the seventh time the servant said, "Look, there is a cloud going up from the sea, as small as a man's hand." Elijah replied, "Go up and say to Ahab, 'Make ready your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.'" \s5 \v 45 It happened that in a little while the heavens grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. Ahab rode and went to Jezreel, diff --git a/11-1KI/19.usfm b/11-1KI/19.usfm index 7dd5a2c8..9a80f9b4 100644 --- a/11-1KI/19.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/19.usfm @@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ \s5 \c 19 \p -\v 1 Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. +\v 1 Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. \v 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "So may the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life like the life of one of those dead prophets by tomorrow about this time." \v 3 When Elijah heard that, he arose and fled for his life and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there. \s5 \v 4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. He requested for himself that he might die, and said, "It is enough, now, Yahweh; take away my life, for I am no better than my dead ancestors." -\v 5 So he lay down and slept under a broom tree; unexpectedly an angel touched him and said to him, "Get up and eat." +\v 5 So he lay down and slept under a broom tree. Suddenly an angel touched him and said to him, "Get up and eat." \v 6 Elijah looked, and near his head was bread that had been baked on coals and a jug of water. So he ate and drank and then lay down again. \s5 @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ \v 20 Then Elisha left the oxen and ran after Elijah; he said, "Please let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you." Then Elijah said to him, "Go back, but think about what I have done to you." \s5 -\v 21 So Elisha returned from Elijah and took the yoke of oxen, killed the animals, and cooked the meat with the wood from the ox yoke; then he gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose, went after Elijah, and served him. +\v 21 So Elisha returned from Elijah and took the yoke of oxen, killed the animals, and cooked the meat with the wood from the ox yoke. Then he gave it to the people and they ate. Then he arose, went after Elijah and served him. diff --git a/11-1KI/20.usfm b/11-1KI/20.usfm index e4a93e3b..99cc2de8 100644 --- a/11-1KI/20.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/20.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 20 \p -\v 1 Ben Hadad king of Aram gathered all his army together; there were thirty-two lesser kings with him, and horses and chariots. He went up, besieged Samaria, and fought against it. +\v 1 Ben Hadad king of Aram gathered all his army together. There were thirty-two lesser kings with him, and horses and chariots. He went up, besieged Samaria and fought against it. \v 2 He sent messengers into the city to Ahab king of Israel, and said to him, "Ben Hadad says this: \v 3 'Your silver and your gold are mine. Also your wives and children, the best ones, are now mine.'" @@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ \v 10 Then Ben Hadad sent his reply to Ahab, and said, "May the gods do so to me and more also, if even the ashes of Samaria will be enough for all the people who follow me to have a handful each." \s5 -\v 11 The king of Israel answered and said, "Tell Ben Hadad, 'No one who is just putting on his armor should boast as if he were taking it off.'" +\v 11 The king of Israel answered and said, "Tell Ben Hadad, 'No one who is just putting on his armor, should boast as if he were taking it off.'" \v 12 Ben Hadad heard this message as he was drinking, he and the kings under him who were in their tents. Ben Hadad commanded his men, "Line yourselves up in position for battle." So they prepared themselves in position of battle to attack the city. \s5 \p \v 13 Then behold, a prophet came to Ahab king of Israel and said, "Yahweh says, 'Have you seen this great army? Look, I will place it into your hand today, and you will know that I am Yahweh.'" \v 14 Ahab replied, "By whom?" Yahweh replied and said, "By the young officers who serve the governors of the districts." Then Ahab said, "Who will begin the battle?" Yahweh answered, "You." -\v 15 Then Ahab mustered the young officers who served the governors of the districts. They numbered 232. After them he mustered all the soldiers, all the army of Israel, seven thousand in number. +\v 15 Then Ahab mustered the young officers who served the governors of the districts. They numbered 232. After them he mustered all the soldiers, all the army of Israel; seven thousand in number. \s5 \p @@ -38,19 +38,19 @@ \s5 \v 18 Ben Hadad said, "Whether they have come out for peace or war, take them alive." -\v 19 So the young officers who served the governors of the districts went out of the city, and the army followed them. +\v 19 So the young officers who served the governors of the districts went out of the city and the army followed them. \s5 -\v 20 They each killed his enemy, and the Arameans fled; Israel pursued them. Ben Hadad the king of Aram escaped on a horse with some horsemen. +\v 20 They each killed his enemy and the Arameans fled. Israel pursued them. Ben Hadad the king of Aram escaped on a horse along with some horsemen. \v 21 Then the king of Israel went out and attacked the horses and chariots, and killed the Arameans in a great slaughter. \s5 \p \v 22 So the prophet came to the king of Israel and said to him, "Go, strengthen yourself, and understand and plan what you are doing, because at the return of the year the king of Aram will come up against you again." -\v 23 The servants of the king of Aram said to him, "Their god is a god of the hills. That is why they were stronger than we were. But now let us fight against them in the plain, and surely there we will be stronger than they. +\v 23 The servants of the king of Aram said to him, "Their god is a god of the hills. That is why they were stronger than we were. But now let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than they are. \s5 -\v 24 And do this, too: take the kings away, every one out of his command, and put army captains in their place. +\v 24 And do this: remove the kings; take every one away from his command and put army captains in their place. \v 25 Muster an army like the army you lost, horse for horse and chariot for chariot, and we will fight against them in the plain. Then surely we will be stronger than they are." So Ben Hadad listened to their advice and did as they recommended. \s5 diff --git a/11-1KI/21.usfm b/11-1KI/21.usfm index 83d4ee6c..daf86abd 100644 --- a/11-1KI/21.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/21.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 21 \p -\v 1 It later came about that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel, near the palace of Ahab, king of Samaria. +\v 1 Now some time later, Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel, near the palace of Ahab, king of Samaria. \v 2 Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, "Give me your vineyard, so I can have it as a vegetable garden, because it is near my house. In exchange, I will give you a better vineyard, or, if you prefer, I will pay you its value in money." \s5 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ \p \v 11 So the men of his city, the elders and the wealthy who live in his city, did as Jezebel had described to them, as was written in the letters that she had sent to them. \v 12 They proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth above the people. -\v 13 The two dishonest men came in and sat before Naboth; they testified against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, "Naboth cursed God and the king." Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him to death. +\v 13 The two dishonest men came in and sat before Naboth; they testified against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, "Naboth cursed both God and the king." Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him to death. \v 14 Then the elders sent word to Jezebel, saying, "Naboth has been stoned and is dead." \s5 @@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ \v 20 Ahab said to Elijah, "Have you found me, my enemy?" Elijah answered, "I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of Yahweh. \s5 -\v 21 Yahweh says this to you: 'Look, I will bring disaster on you and will completely consume and cut off from you every male child and slave and free man in Israel. +\v 21 Yahweh says this to you: 'See, I will bring disaster on you and will completely consume and cut off from you every male child and slave and free man in Israel. \v 22 I will make your family like the family of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and like the family of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have provoked me to anger and have led Israel to sin.' \s5 -\v 23 Yahweh has also spoken concerning Jezebel, saying, 'The dogs will eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.' -\v 24 Anyone who belongs to Ahab and who dies in the city—the dogs will eat that person. And anyone who dies in the field—the birds of the sky will eat that person." +\v 23 Yahweh has also spoken concerning Jezebel, saying, 'The dogs will eat Jezebel beside the wall of Jezreel.' +\v 24 Anyone who belongs to Ahab and who dies in the city—the dogs will eat. And anyone who dies in the field—the birds of the sky will eat." \s5 \v 25 There was no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, whom Jezebel his wife incited to sin. diff --git a/11-1KI/22.usfm b/11-1KI/22.usfm index 771b46a5..8dde8d7b 100644 --- a/11-1KI/22.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/22.usfm @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 5 Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "Please seek direction from the word of Yahweh for what you should do first." -\v 6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said to them, "Should I go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or should I not?" They said, "Attack, for the Lord will place it into the hand of the king." +\v 6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said to them, "Should I go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or should I not?" They said, "Attack, for the Lord will hand it over to the king." \s5 \v 7 But Jehoshaphat said, "Is there not here yet another prophet of Yahweh from whom we might seek advice?" @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ \p \v 13 The messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, "Now look, the words of the prophets declare good things to the king with one mouth. Please let your word be like one of them and say good things." \v 14 Micaiah replied, "As Yahweh lives, it is what Yahweh says to me that I will say." -\v 15 When he came to the king, the king said to him, "Micaiah, should we go to Ramoth Gilead for battle, or not?" Micaiah answered him, "Attack and win. Yahweh will place it into the hand of the king." +\v 15 When he came to the king, the king said to him, "Micaiah, should we go to Ramoth Gilead for battle, or not?" Micaiah answered him, "Attack and win. Yahweh will hand it over to the king." \s5 \v 16 Then the king said to him, "How many times must I require you to swear to tell me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh?" @@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ \v 34 But a certain man drew his bow at random and shot the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. Then Ahab said to the driver of his chariot, "Turn around and carry me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded." \s5 -\v 35 The battle grew worse that day, and the king was held up in his chariot facing the Arameans. He died in the evening. The blood ran out of his wound into the bottom of the chariot. -\v 36 Then about the time the sun was going down, a cry went up throughout the army, saying, "Every man should go back to his city, and every man should go back to his region!" +\v 35 The battle grew worse that day and the king was held up in his chariot facing the Arameans. He died in the evening. The blood ran out from his wound into the bottom of the chariot. +\v 36 Then about the time the sun was going down, a cry went up throughout the army, saying, "Every man should go back to his city; and every man should go back to his region!" \s5 \p diff --git a/12-2KI/01.usfm b/12-2KI/01.usfm index c8a7c7ef..0cdf8a8f 100644 --- a/12-2KI/01.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/01.usfm @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ \v 14 Indeed, fire came down from heaven and consumed the first two captains with their men, but now let my life be precious in your sight." \s5 -\v 15 So the angel of Yahweh said to Elijah, "Go down with him. Do not be afraid of him." So Elijah arose and went down with him to the king. +\v 15 The angel of Yahweh said to Elijah, "Go down with him. Do not be afraid of him." So Elijah arose and went down with him to the king. \v 16 Later Elijah said to Ahaziah, "This is what Yahweh says, 'You have sent messengers to consult with Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron. Is it because there is no God in Israel from whom you can ask for information? So now, you will not come down from the bed where you have gone up; you will certainly die.'" \s5 diff --git a/12-2KI/17.usfm b/12-2KI/17.usfm index 8112bd4a..f6953fdd 100644 --- a/12-2KI/17.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/17.usfm @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ \s5 \v 29 Every ethnic group made gods of their own, and put them in the high places that the Samaritans had made—every ethnic group in the cities where they lived. \v 30 The people of Babylon made Succoth Benoth; the people of Cuthah made Nergal; the people of Hamath made Ashima; -\v 31 the Awites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of the Sepharvites. +\v 31 the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak. The Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of the Sepharvites. \s5 \v 32 They also honored Yahweh, and appointed from among themselves priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the temples at the high places. @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 34 To this day they persist in their old customs. They neither honor Yahweh, nor do they follow the statutes, decrees, the law, or the commandments that Yahweh gave to the people of Jacob—whom he named Israel- +\v 34 To this day they persist in their old customs. They neither honor Yahweh, nor do they follow the statutes, decrees, the law, or the commandments that Yahweh gave to the people of Jacob—whom he named Israel— \v 35 and with whom Yahweh had made a covenant and commanded them, "You will not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor worship them, nor sacrifice to them. \s5 diff --git a/12-2KI/18.usfm b/12-2KI/18.usfm index bc63c273..3277a097 100644 --- a/12-2KI/18.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/18.usfm @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ palace. \p \v 19 So the chief commander said to them to tell Hezekiah what the great king, the king of Assyria, said: "What is the source of your confidence? \v 20 You speak only useless words, saying there are allies and strength for war. Now in whom are you trusting? Who has given you courage to rebel against me? -\v 21 Look, you trust in the walking stick of this bruised reed of Egypt, but if a man leans on it will stick into his hand and pierce it. That is what Pharaoh king of Egypt is to anyone who trusts in him. +\v 21 Look, you trust in the walking stick of this bruised reed of Egypt, but if a man leans on it, it will stick into his hand and pierce it. That is what Pharaoh king of Egypt is to anyone who trusts in him. \s5 \v 22 But if you say to me, 'We are trusting in Yahweh our God,' is not he the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, 'You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem'? diff --git a/12-2KI/19.usfm b/12-2KI/19.usfm index 4bdd56ee..cfe06eb9 100644 --- a/12-2KI/19.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/19.usfm @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ \q2 to the highest elevations of Lebanon. \q I will cut down the tall cedars \q2 and choice fir trees there. -\q and I will enter into its farthest parts, +\q I will enter into its farthest parts, \q2 its most fruitful forest. \q \v 24 I have dug wells diff --git a/12-2KI/23.usfm b/12-2KI/23.usfm index c77906a2..edd15504 100644 --- a/12-2KI/23.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/23.usfm @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 15 Josiah also completely destroyed the altar that was at Bethel and the high place that Jeroboam son of Nebat (the one who made Israel to sin) had constructed. Jeroboam was . He also burned that altar and the high place, and beat it to dust. He also burned the Asherah pole. +\v 15 Josiah also completely destroyed the altar that was at Bethel and the high place that Jeroboam son of Nebat (the one who made Israel to sin) had constructed. He also burned that altar and the high place and beat it to dust. He also burned the Asherah pole. \v 16 As Josiah looked over the area, he noticed the graves that were on the hillside. He sent men to take the bones from the graves; then he burned them on the altar, which defiled it. This was according to the word of Yahweh which the man of God had spoken, the man who spoke of these things beforehand. \s5 diff --git a/13-1CH/11.usfm b/13-1CH/11.usfm index bf57105c..9d7bb8eb 100644 --- a/13-1CH/11.usfm +++ b/13-1CH/11.usfm @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ \p \v 1 Then all Israel came to David at Hebron and said, "Look, we are your flesh and bone. \v 2 In the recent past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led the Israelite army. Yahweh your God said to you, 'You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become a ruler over my people Israel.'" -\v 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them before Yahweh. They anointed David king over Israel. In this way came true the word of Yahweh that had been declared by Samuel. +\v 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them before Yahweh. They anointed David king over Israel. In this way, the word of Yahweh that had been declared by Samuel came true. \s5 \p diff --git a/14-2CH/28.usfm b/14-2CH/28.usfm index bda91f73..cda7a123 100644 --- a/14-2CH/28.usfm +++ b/14-2CH/28.usfm @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ \s5 \v 7 Zicri, a powerful man from Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the king's son, Azrikam, the official over the palace, and Elkanah, who was next to the king. -\v 8 The army of Israel took captive from their kinsmen 200,000 wives, sons, and daughters. They also took much plunder, which they carried back to Samaria. +\v 8 The army of Israel took captive from their relatives 200,000 wives, sons, and daughters. They also took much plunder, which they carried back to Samaria. \s5 \v 9 But a prophet of Yahweh was there, his name was Oded. He went out to meet the army coming into Samaria. He said to them, "Because Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, was angry with Judah, he gave them into your hand. But you have slaughtered them in a rage that reached up to heaven. diff --git a/14-2CH/32.usfm b/14-2CH/32.usfm index 610ded7b..de31c224 100644 --- a/14-2CH/32.usfm +++ b/14-2CH/32.usfm @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 20 Hezekiah, the king, and Isaiah son of Amaz, the prophet, prayed because of this matter and cried out to heaven. +\v 20 Hezekiah, the king, and Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet, prayed because of this matter and he cried out to heaven. \v 21 Yahweh sent an angel, who killed the fighting men, the commanders, and the officers of the king in the camp. So Sennacherib returned shame-faced to his own land. When he had gone into the house of his god, some of his own children killed him there with the sword. \s5 diff --git a/15-EZR/03.usfm b/15-EZR/03.usfm index 620d9527..8714e31c 100644 --- a/15-EZR/03.usfm +++ b/15-EZR/03.usfm @@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ \s5 \v 3 Then they established the altar on its stand, for dread was on them because of the people of the land. They offered burnt offerings to Yahweh at dawn and evening. -\v 4 They also observed the Festival of Shelters as it is written, and offered burnt offerings day by day according to the decree, each's day's duty on its day. -\v 5 Accordingly, there were daily burnt offerings and monthly ones, and offerings for all the fixed feasts of Yahweh, along with all the freewill offerings. +\v 4 They also observed the Festival of Shelters as it is written and offered burnt offerings day by day according to the decree, each's day's duty on its day. +\v 5 Accordingly, there were daily burnt offerings and monthly ones and offerings for all the fixed feasts of Yahweh, along with all the freewill offerings. \s5 \v 6 They began to offer up burnt offerings to Yahweh on the first day of the seventh month, although the temple had not been founded. diff --git a/15-EZR/04.usfm b/15-EZR/04.usfm index af677fd8..182db7c0 100644 --- a/15-EZR/04.usfm +++ b/15-EZR/04.usfm @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ \s5 \v 20 Mighty kings have ruled over Jerusalem and had power over everything beyond the River. Tribute and taxes were paid to them. \v 21 Now, make a decree for these men to stop and not build this city until I make a decree. -\v 22 Be careful not to neglect this. Why should damage increase to injure kings?" +\v 22 Be careful not to neglect this. Why allow this threat to grow and cause more loss for the royal interests? \s5 \p diff --git a/15-EZR/05.usfm b/15-EZR/05.usfm index 89f0d460..d1e23aa2 100644 --- a/15-EZR/05.usfm +++ b/15-EZR/05.usfm @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ \s5 \v 3 Then Tattenai the governor of the province Beyond the River, Shethar Bozenai, and their companions came and said to them, "Who gave you a decree to build this house and complete these walls?" \v 4 They also said, "What are the names of the men building this building?" -\v 5 But God's eye was on the Jewish elders, and their enemies did not stop them. They were waiting for a letter to be sent to the king and for a decree to be returned to them concerning this. +\v 5 But God's eye was on the Jewish elders and their enemies did not stop them. They were waiting for a letter to be sent to the king and for a decree to be returned to them concerning this. \s5 \p diff --git a/15-EZR/06.usfm b/15-EZR/06.usfm index 7504e181..0cc90fa3 100644 --- a/15-EZR/06.usfm +++ b/15-EZR/06.usfm @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ \s5 \v 11 I am ordering that if anyone violates this decree, a beam must be pulled from his house and he must be impaled on it. His house must then be turned into a rubbish heap because of this. -\v 12 May the God who lives there overthrow any king and people who violates this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, am ordering this. Do it completely!" +\v 12 May the God who lives there overthrow any king and people who violates this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, am ordering this. Let it be done diligently!" \s5 \v 13 Then Tattenai, Shethar Bozenai, and their companions did everything that King Darius had ordered. diff --git a/15-EZR/07.usfm b/15-EZR/07.usfm index 8d45c4c9..11e58ce7 100644 --- a/15-EZR/07.usfm +++ b/15-EZR/07.usfm @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ \p \v 11 This was the decree that King Artaxerxes gave Ezra the priest and scribe of Yahweh's commandments and statutes for Israel: \v 12 "The King of kings Artaxerxes, to the priest Ezra, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven: -\v 13 I am ordering that anyone from Israel in my kingdom, along with their priests and Levites, who desires to go to Jerusalem, may go with you. +\v 13 I am ordering that anyone from Israel in my kingdom along with their priests and Levites who desires to go to Jerusalem, may go with you. \s5 \v 14 I, the king, and my seven counselors, send you all out to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem according to God's law that you understand, diff --git a/15-EZR/08.usfm b/15-EZR/08.usfm index 090c913f..222f6270 100644 --- a/15-EZR/08.usfm +++ b/15-EZR/08.usfm @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Of the descendants of David: Hattush. \s5 \p \v 21 Then I proclaimed a fast at the Ahava Canal to humble ourselves before God, to seek a straight path from him for us, our little ones, and all our possessions. -\v 22 I was embarrassed to ask the king for an army or horsemen to protect us against enemies along the way, since we had said to the king, 'The hand of our God is on all who seek him for good, but his might and wrath are on all who forget him.' +\v 22 I was ashamed to ask the king for an army or horsemen to protect us against enemies along the way, since we had said to the king, 'The hand of our God is on all who seek him for good, but his might and wrath are on all who forget him.' \v 23 So we fasted and sought God about this, and we pled to him. \s5 @@ -69,6 +69,5 @@ Of the descendants of David: Hattush. \s5 \p -\v 35 The ones who came back from the captivity, the people of exile, offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel: twelve bulls for all of Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve male -goats as a sin offering. All were a burnt offering for Yahweh. +\v 35 The ones who came back from the captivity, the people of exile, offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel: twelve bulls for all of Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve male goats as a sin offering. All were a burnt offering for Yahweh. \v 36 Then they gave the king's decrees to the king's high officials and the governors beyond the River, and they helped the people and God's house." diff --git a/15-EZR/09.usfm b/15-EZR/09.usfm index f28ad89c..af14ce41 100644 --- a/15-EZR/09.usfm +++ b/15-EZR/09.usfm @@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ \v 2 For they have taken some of their daughters and sons, and have mixed the holy people with the people of other lands. And the officials and leaders have been first in this faithlessness.' \s5 -\v 3 When I heard this, I ripped my clothing and robe and tore the hair from my head and beard. Then I sat ashamed. +\v 3 When I heard this, I tore apart my clothing and robe and pulled out hair from my head and beard, and I sat down, devastated. \v 4 All those who trembled at the words of the God of Israel about this faithlessness gathered to me while I was sitting ashamed until the evening offering. \s5 \p \v 5 But at the evening offering I arose from my position of humiliation in my torn clothes and robe, and knelt down and spread my hands to Yahweh my God. -\v 6 I said, 'My God, I am ashamed and too humiliated to raise my face to you, for our iniquities increase over our head, and our guilt grows to the heavens. +\v 6 I said, 'My God, I am ashamed and disgraced to raise my face to you, for our iniquities increase over our head, and our guilt grows to the heavens. \s5 \v 7 From the days of our ancestors until now we have been in great guilt. In our iniquities we, our kings, and our priests were given into the hand of this world's kings, to the sword, to captivity, and to plunder and ashamed faces, as we are today. diff --git a/15-EZR/10.usfm b/15-EZR/10.usfm index 6ecbce54..4ac80b47 100644 --- a/15-EZR/10.usfm +++ b/15-EZR/10.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \c 10 \p \v 1 As Ezra prayed and confessed, he wept and threw himself down before God's house. A very great assembly of Israelite men, women, and children gathered to him, for the people were weeping very greatly. -\v 2 Shekaniah son of Jehiel of the descendants of Elam said to Ezra, "We ourselves have committed treason against our God and have lived with foreign women from the people of the other lands. But now there is hope for Israel concerning this. +\v 2 Shekaniah son of Jehiel of the descendants of Elam said to Ezra, "We have been unfaithful to our God and have married foreign women from the people of the other lands. But in spite of this, there is still hope for Israel. \s5 \v 3 So now let us make a covenant with our God to send out all the women and their children according to the Lord's instructions and the instructions of those who tremble at the commands of our God, and let it be done according to the law. @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 5 So Ezra rose and made the priestly officials, the Levites, and all of Israel promise to act in this way. They promised. +\v 5 So Ezra rose and made the priestly officials, the Levites, and all of Israel promise to act in this way. So they all took a solemn oath. \v 6 Then Ezra rose from before God's house and went to the rooms of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. He did not eat any bread or drink any water, since he was mourning concerning the faithlessness of those who had been in captivity. \s5 diff --git a/16-NEH/02.usfm b/16-NEH/02.usfm index a9172ef0..55466251 100644 --- a/16-NEH/02.usfm +++ b/16-NEH/02.usfm @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ \s5 \v 13 I went out by night by the Valley Gate, toward the Jackal's Well and to the Dung Gate, and inspected the walls of Jerusalem, which had been broken open, and the wooden gates were destroyed by fire. -\v 14 Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and to the king's pool. The place was too narrow for the animal I was riding to pass through. +\v 14 Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and to the King's Pool. The place was too narrow for the animal I was riding to pass through. \s5 \v 15 So I went up that night by the valley and inspected the wall, and I turned back and entered by the Valley Gate, and so returned. diff --git a/16-NEH/03.usfm b/16-NEH/03.usfm index 11c18e5a..54a64fec 100644 --- a/16-NEH/03.usfm +++ b/16-NEH/03.usfm @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 6 Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah repaired the Old Gate. They set the beams, and set its doors and its bolts and its bars. -\v 7 Next to them Melatiah the Gibeonite made repairs, with Jadon the Meronothite. They were leading men of Gibeon and Mizpah. Mizpah was where the governor of the province beyond the River lived. +\v 7 Next to them Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, who were men from Gibeon and Mizpah, made repairs on the portion where the governor of the province beyond the River lived. \s5 \v 8 Next to him Uzziel son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths, repaired, and next to him was Hananiah, a maker of perfumes. They rebuilt Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall. @@ -39,19 +39,19 @@ \s5 \v 18 After him their countrymen repaired, including Bavvai son of Henadad, the ruler of half the district of Keilah. -\v 19 Next to him Ezer repaired. He was son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, who repaired another section opposite the ascent to the armory, at the buttress. +\v 19 Next to him repaired Ezer son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, who repaired another section opposite the ascent to the armory, at the corner of the wall. \s5 -\v 20 After him Baruch son of Zabbai devotedly repaired another section, from the buttress to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest. +\v 20 After him Baruch son of Zabbai devotedly repaired another section, from the corner of the wall to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest. \v 21 After him Meremoth son of Uriah son of Hakkoz repaired another section, from the door of the house of Eliashib to the end of the house of Eliashib. \s5 \v 22 Next to him the priests, the men from the area around Jerusalem, repaired. \v 23 After them Benjamin and Hasshub repaired opposite their own house. After them Azariah son of Maaseiah son of Ananiah repaired next to his own house. -\v 24 After him Binnui son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah to the buttress. +\v 24 After him Binnui son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah to the corner of the wall. \s5 -\v 25 Palal son of Uzai repaired over against the buttress and the tower that extends upward from the upper house of the king at the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah son of Parosh repaired. +\v 25 Palal son of Uzai repaired over against the corner of the wall and the tower that extends upward from the upper house of the king at the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah son of Parosh repaired. \v 26 Now the temple servants living in Ophel repaired to the point opposite the Water Gate on the east of the projecting tower. \v 27 After him the Tekoites repaired another section, opposite the great tower that stands out, as far as the wall of Ophel. diff --git a/16-NEH/06.usfm b/16-NEH/06.usfm index 6f724180..f778e9c2 100644 --- a/16-NEH/06.usfm +++ b/16-NEH/06.usfm @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ \s5 \c 6 \p -\v 1 Now when Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian and the rest of our enemies heard that I rebuilt the wall and that there were no longer any sections left broken open, although I had not yet set up the doors in the gates, +\v 1 Now when Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and that there were no longer any sections left broken open, although I had not yet set up the doors in the gates, \v 2 Sanballat and Geshem sent to me saying, "Come, let us meet together somewhere in the plain of Ono." But they intended to do harm to me. \s5 diff --git a/16-NEH/07.usfm b/16-NEH/07.usfm index a0965439..4c1e56de 100644 --- a/16-NEH/07.usfm +++ b/16-NEH/07.usfm @@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ \s5 \p \v 61 These were the people who went up from Tel Melah, Tel Charsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer. But they could not prove that they or their ancestors' families were descendants from Israel: -\v 62 The descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 642. -\v 63 And from the priests: The descendants of Habaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai (who took his wife from the daughters of Barzillai of Gilead and was called by their name). +\v 62 the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 642. +\v 63 And were from the priests: The descendants of Habaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai (who took his wife from the daughters of Barzillai of Gilead and was called by their name). \s5 \v 64 These sought their records among those enrolled by their genealogy, but they could not be found, so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean. diff --git a/16-NEH/08.usfm b/16-NEH/08.usfm index 0c10d6d4..98d64244 100644 --- a/16-NEH/08.usfm +++ b/16-NEH/08.usfm @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ \v 6 Ezra gave thanks to Yahweh, the great God, and all the people lifted up their hands and answered, "Amen! Amen!" Then they bowed their heads and worshiped Yahweh with their faces to the ground. \v 7 Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah—the Levites—helped the people understand the law, while the people remained in their place. \f + \ft Most modern versions, including the ULB and UDB, translate so as to identify as Levites all the persons named in this verse. However, some modern versions translate so as to put \fqa the Levites \fqb in the same list as the individuals first named. \f* -\v 8 They read in the book, the law of God, making it clear with interpretation and giving the meaning so the people understood the reading. +\v 8 They read in the book, The Law of God, making it clear with interpretation and giving the meaning so the people understood the reading. \s5 \p @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ \p \v 13 On the second day the leaders of the ancestors' families from all the people, the priests and the Levites, came together to Ezra the scribe to gain insight from the words of the law. \v 14 And they found written in the law how Yahweh had commanded through Moses that the people of Israel should live in tents during the festival of the seventh month. -\v 15 They should make a proclamation in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, "Go out into the hill country, and bring back branches from olive and wild olive trees, and from myrtle, palms and shade trees, to make temporary shelters," as it is written. +\v 15 They should make a proclamation in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, "Go out into the hill country, and bring back branches from olive and wild olive trees, and from myrtle, palms and shade trees, to make temporary shelters, as it is written." \s5 \v 16 So the people went out and brought the branches back and made themselves tents, each on their own roofs, in their courtyards, in the courts of the house of God, in the open place by the Water Gate, and in the square at the Gate of Ephraim. diff --git a/16-NEH/09.usfm b/16-NEH/09.usfm index 3efaaa71..b2e95e32 100644 --- a/16-NEH/09.usfm +++ b/16-NEH/09.usfm @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ \s5 \v 36 Now we are slaves in the land you gave our ancestors to enjoy, its fruit and its good gifts, and behold, we are slaves! -\v 37 The rich yield from our land goes to the kings you have set over us because of our sins. They rule over our bodies and over our livestock as they please. We are in great distress." +\v 37 The rich yield from our land goes to the kings you have set over us because of our sins. They rule over our bodies and over our livestock as they please. We are in great distress. \s5 \v 38 Because of all this, we make a firm covenant in writing. On the sealed document are the names of our princes, Levites, and priests." diff --git a/16-NEH/13.usfm b/16-NEH/13.usfm index 842ebef8..b0a019d3 100644 --- a/16-NEH/13.usfm +++ b/16-NEH/13.usfm @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 15 In those days saw I in Judah people treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in heaps of grain and loading them on donkeys, and also wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of heavy loads, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. I protested that they were selling food on that day. +\v 15 In those days I saw in Judah people treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in heaps of grain and loading them on donkeys, and also wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of heavy loads, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. I protested that they were selling food on that day. \s5 \v 16 Men from Tyre living in Jerusalem brought in fish and all kinds of goods, and they sold them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah and in the city! diff --git a/17-EST/01.usfm b/17-EST/01.usfm index 0aed9b9f..ae401f2e 100644 --- a/17-EST/01.usfm +++ b/17-EST/01.usfm @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ \v 6 The courtyard of the garden was decorated with curtains of white cotton and violet, with cords of fine linen and purple, hung on silver rings from pillars of marble. There were couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and colored paving stones. \s5 -\v 7 Drinks were served in golden cups. Each cup was unique, and there was much royal wine that came because of the king's generosity. +\v 7 Drinks were served in golden cups. Each cup was unique and there was much royal wine that came because of the king's generosity. \v 8 The drinking was carried out in keeping with the decree, "There must be no compulsion." The king had given orders to all the staff of his palace to do for them whatever each guest desired. \s5 @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ \s5 \v 19 If it pleases the king, let a royal decree be sent out from him, and let it be written in the laws of the Persians and the Medes, which cannot be repealed, that Vashti may no longer come before him. Let the king give her position as queen to another who is better than she. -\v 20 When the king's decree is proclaimed throughout all his vast kindom, all the wives will honor their husbands, from the greatest to the least significant." +\v 20 When the king's decree is proclaimed throughout all his vast kingdom, all the wives will honor their husbands, from the greatest to the least significant." \s5 \v 21 The king and his noblemen were pleased with this advice, and the king did as Memucan proposed. diff --git a/17-EST/05.usfm b/17-EST/05.usfm index f7de7537..d571917d 100644 --- a/17-EST/05.usfm +++ b/17-EST/05.usfm @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ \s5 \v 7 Esther answered, "My petition and my request is this, -\v 8 if I have found favor in the eyes of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and to honor my request. Let the king and Haman come to the feast that I will prepare for you tomorrow, and I will answer the king's question." +\v 8 if I have found favor in the eyes of the king and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and to honor my request. Let the king and Haman come to the feast that I will prepare for you tomorrow and I will answer the king's question." \s5 \p @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ \v 13 But all this that I am experiencing is worth nothing to me, as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate." \s5 -\v 14 Then Zeresh his wife said to Haman and all his friends, "Let them make a gallows fifty cubits high. In the morning speak to the king for them to hang Mordecai on it. Then go joyfully with the king to the feast." This pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed. +\v 14 Then Zeresh his wife said to Haman and all his friends, "Let them make a gallows fifty cubits high. In the morning speak to the king for them to hang Mordecai on it. Then go joyfully with the king to the feast." This pleased Haman and he had the gallows constructed. diff --git a/17-EST/08.usfm b/17-EST/08.usfm index 4aa3b654..a5c4d4e0 100644 --- a/17-EST/08.usfm +++ b/17-EST/08.usfm @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 3 Then Esther spoke again to the king. She lay facedown on the ground and wept as she pleaded with him to put an end to the evil plan of Haman the Agagite, to the scheme that he had devised against the Jews. -\v 4 Then the king held out the golden scepter to Esther; she arose and stood before the king. +\v 4 Then the king held out the golden scepter to Esther, she arose and stood before the king. \s5 \v 5 She said, "If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in your sight, if the thing seems right before the king, and I am pleasing in your eyes, let a decree be written to revoke the letters written by Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the letters that he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king's provinces. @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ \s5 \v 7 King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, "Look, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and they have hanged him on the gallows, because he was going to attack the Jews. -\v 8 Write another decree for the Jews in the name of the king, and seal it with the king's ring. For the decree that has already been written in the king's name and sealed with the king's ring cannot be revoked." +\v 8 Write another decree for the Jews in the name of the king and seal it with the king's ring. For the decree that has already been written in the king's name and sealed with the king's ring cannot be revoked." \s5 \p @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ \s5 \v 10 Mordecai wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed it with the king's signet ring. He sent the documents by couriers riding on the fast horses that were used in the king's service, bred from the royal stud. -\v 11 The king gave to the Jews who were in every city permission to gather together and to make a stand to protect their lives; to annihiliate, to kill, and to destroy any armed force from any people or province that might attack them, children and women included, or to plunder their possessions. +\v 11 The king gave to the Jews who were in every city permission to gather together and to make a stand to protect their lives: to annihiliate, to kill, and to destroy any armed force from any people or province that might attack them, children and women included, or to plunder their possessions. \v 12 This was to be in effect in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar. \s5 diff --git a/17-EST/10.usfm b/17-EST/10.usfm index 776449ae..54ba16f6 100644 --- a/17-EST/10.usfm +++ b/17-EST/10.usfm @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ \v 2 All the achievements of his power and might, together with the full account of the greatness of Mordecai to which the king had raised him, they are written in The Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia. \s5 -\v 3 Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to King Ahasuerus. He was great among the Jews and popular with his many Jewish brothers, for he sought the welfare of his people, and he spoke for the peace of all his people. +\v 3 Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to King Ahasuerus. He was great among the Jews and popular with his many Jewish brothers, for he sought the welfare of his people and he spoke for the peace of all his people. diff --git a/19-PSA/011.usfm b/19-PSA/011.usfm index 57d072ad..16b71eb7 100644 --- a/19-PSA/011.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/011.usfm @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \q what can the righteous do? \q \v 4 Yahweh is in his holy temple; -\q his eyes watch, his eyes examine the children of men. +\q his eyes watch, his eyes examine the children of mankind. \s5 \q diff --git a/19-PSA/012.usfm b/19-PSA/012.usfm index 7c13af4d..974c1372 100644 --- a/19-PSA/012.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/012.usfm @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ \q You preserve the godly people from this wicked generation and forever. \q \v 8 The wicked walk on every side -\q when evil is exalted among the sons of men. +\q when evil is exalted among the children of mankind. diff --git a/19-PSA/014.usfm b/19-PSA/014.usfm index 22209769..ee23dee1 100644 --- a/19-PSA/014.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/014.usfm @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 2 Yahweh looks down from heaven on the sons of mankind +\v 2 Yahweh looks down from heaven on the children of mankind \q to see if there are any who understand, \q who seek after him. \q diff --git a/19-PSA/025.usfm b/19-PSA/025.usfm index 8e9a9fbb..fb9cf219 100644 --- a/19-PSA/025.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/025.usfm @@ -88,6 +88,6 @@ \s5 \q \v 22 Rescue Israel, God, -\q from all of its troubles! +\q from all of his troubles! diff --git a/19-PSA/029.usfm b/19-PSA/029.usfm index 17852532..52b4a743 100644 --- a/19-PSA/029.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/029.usfm @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ \q Give praise to Yahweh for his glory and strength. \q \v 2 Give to Yahweh the glory that his name deserves. -\q Bow down to Yahweh and wear clothing that honors his holiness. +\q Bow down to Yahweh in the splendor of holiness. \b \s5 diff --git a/19-PSA/031.usfm b/19-PSA/031.usfm index c771b206..7b64e80a 100644 --- a/19-PSA/031.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/031.usfm @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ \v 19 How great is your goodness \q that you have stored up for those who revere you, \q that you perform for those who take refuge in you -\q before all humanity! +\q before all the children of mankind! \q \v 20 In the shelter of your presence, you hide them from the plots of men. \q You hide them in a shelter from the violence of tongues. diff --git a/19-PSA/035.usfm b/19-PSA/035.usfm index 3fa74de7..ca702f30 100644 --- a/19-PSA/035.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/035.usfm @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ \s5 \q \v 21 They open their mouths wide against me; -\q they said, "Ha, ha, our eyes have seen it." +\q they said, "Aha, Aha, our eyes have seen it." \q \v 22 You have seen it, Yahweh, do not be silent; \q Lord, do not be far from me. diff --git a/19-PSA/036.usfm b/19-PSA/036.usfm index 53c87611..4e5153e9 100644 --- a/19-PSA/036.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/036.usfm @@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ \v 5 Your covenant faithfulness, Yahweh, reaches to the heavens; \q your loyalty reaches to the clouds. \q -\v 6 Your justice is like the highest mountains; -\q your justice is like the deepest sea. +\v 6 Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; +\q your judgments is like the deepest sea. \q Yahweh, you preserve both mankind and the animals. \s5 diff --git a/19-PSA/040.usfm b/19-PSA/040.usfm index d5aa0e4a..5b419110 100644 --- a/19-PSA/040.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/040.usfm @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ \q he listened to me and heard my cry. \q \v 2 He brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, -\q and he set my feet on a rock and established my going. +\q and he set my feet on a rock and made my steps secure. \s5 \q diff --git a/19-PSA/045.usfm b/19-PSA/045.usfm index a82d2e81..38ee3b1b 100644 --- a/19-PSA/045.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/045.usfm @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ \q I will read aloud the words I have composed about the king; \q my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. \q -\v 2 You are fairer than the children of men; +\v 2 You are fairer than the children of mankind; \q grace is poured onto your lips; \q therefore we know that God has blessed you forever. diff --git a/19-PSA/049.usfm b/19-PSA/049.usfm index 0a2598e0..6b2d45bc 100644 --- a/19-PSA/049.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/049.usfm @@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ \s5 \q -\v 6 Those who trust in their wealth -\q and boast about the amount of their riches— +\v 6 Why should I fear those who trust in their wealth +\q and boast about the amount of their riches? \q \v 7 It is certain that no one can redeem his brother \q or give God a ransom for him, diff --git a/19-PSA/053.usfm b/19-PSA/053.usfm index 61ab96b8..c622e3ad 100644 --- a/19-PSA/053.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/053.usfm @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ \q They are corrupt and have done abominable iniquity; \q there is no one who does good. \q -\v 2 God looks down from heaven on the sons of mankind +\v 2 God looks down from heaven on the children of mankind \q to see if there are any who understand, \q who seek after him. \q diff --git a/19-PSA/063.usfm b/19-PSA/063.usfm index f06ca380..dacaa695 100644 --- a/19-PSA/063.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/063.usfm @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ \s5 \q \v 5 It will be as if I ate a meal of marrow and fatness; -\q with joyful lips my mouth will praise you. +\q with joyful lips my mouth will praise you, \q \v 6 when I think about you on my bed \q and meditate on you in the night hours. diff --git a/19-PSA/066.usfm b/19-PSA/066.usfm index e6853780..0ce01619 100644 --- a/19-PSA/066.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/066.usfm @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ \s5 \q \v 5 Come and see the works of God; -\q he is fearsome in his deeds toward the children of men. +\q he is fearsome in his deeds toward the sons of mankind. \q \v 6 He turned the sea into dry land; \q they went through the river on foot; diff --git a/19-PSA/072.usfm b/19-PSA/072.usfm index 4e4fe17c..68d970fc 100644 --- a/19-PSA/072.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/072.usfm @@ -86,4 +86,4 @@ \q Amen and Amen. \b \q -\v 20 The prayers of David son of Jesse, are finished. +\v 20 The prayers of David son of Jesse are finished. diff --git a/19-PSA/089.usfm b/19-PSA/089.usfm index e07d8ae8..ad1f8410 100644 --- a/19-PSA/089.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/089.usfm @@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ \q How long will your anger burn like fire? \q \v 47 Oh, think about how short my time is, -\q and for what uselessness you have created all the sons of men! +\q and for what uselessness you have created all the children of mankind! \q \v 48 Who can live and not die, \q or rescue his own life from the power of sheol? diff --git a/19-PSA/146.usfm b/19-PSA/146.usfm index cd492160..6b63a157 100644 --- a/19-PSA/146.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/146.usfm @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ \v 1 Praise Yahweh. \q Praise Yahweh, my soul. \q -\v 2 I will praise Yahweh as long as I live; +\v 2 I give praise to Yahweh with all my life; \q I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist. \s5 diff --git a/20-PRO/01.usfm b/20-PRO/01.usfm index edd089a1..e2522901 100644 --- a/20-PRO/01.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/01.usfm @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ \v 7 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge— \q fools despise wisdom and discipline. \q -\v 8 My son, hear the instruction of your father, +\v 8 My son, hear the instruction of your father \q and do not lay aside the rules of your mother; \q \v 9 they will be a graceful wreath for your head diff --git a/20-PRO/03.usfm b/20-PRO/03.usfm index 2a62a695..8de33e65 100644 --- a/20-PRO/03.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/03.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 3 \q -\v 1 My son, do not forget my commands, +\v 1 My son, do not forget my commands \q and keep my teachings in your heart, \q \v 2 for length of days and years of life diff --git a/20-PRO/05.usfm b/20-PRO/05.usfm index 8c7337ca..8912eeea 100644 --- a/20-PRO/05.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/05.usfm @@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ \v 1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom; \q listen carefully to my understanding, \q -\v 2 so you may learn about discretion, +\v 2 so you may learn about discretion \q and your lips may protect knowledge. \s5 \q -\v 3 For the lips of an adulteress drip with honey, +\v 3 For the lips of an adulteress drip with honey \q and her mouth is smoother than oil, \q \v 4 but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ \v 7 And now, my sons, listen to me; \q do not turn away from listening to the words of my mouth. \q -\v 8 Keep your path far away from her, +\v 8 Keep your path far away from her \q and do not come near the door of her house. \s5 @@ -60,18 +60,18 @@ \s5 \q -\v 15 Drink water from your own cistern, +\v 15 Drink water from your own cistern \q and drink running water from your own well. \q -\v 16 Should your springs overflow everywhere, +\v 16 Should your springs overflow everywhere \q and your streams of water flow in the public squares? \q -\v 17 Let them be for yourself alone, +\v 17 Let them be for yourself alone \q and not for strangers with you. \s5 \q -\v 18 May your fountain be blessed, +\v 18 May your fountain be blessed \q and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth. \q \v 19 For she is a loving deer and a graceful doe. diff --git a/20-PRO/06.usfm b/20-PRO/06.usfm index a933de03..6689b4c1 100644 --- a/20-PRO/06.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/06.usfm @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ \v 1 My son, if you set aside your money as a guarantee for your neighbor's loan, \q if you gave your promise for a loan of someone you do not know, \q -\v 2 then you have laid a trap for yourself by your promise, +\v 2 then you have laid a trap for yourself by your promise \q and you have been caught by the words of your mouth. \s5 @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ \v 7 It has no commander, \q officer, or ruler, \q -\v 8 yet it prepares its food in the summer, +\v 8 yet it prepares its food in the summer \q and during the harvest it stores up what it will eat. \s5 @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ \v 12 A worthless person—a wicked man— \q lives by the crookedness of his speech, \q -\v 13 winking his eyes, making signals with his feet, +\v 13 winking his eyes, making signals with his feet \q and pointing with his fingers. \s5 @@ -75,12 +75,12 @@ \v 18 a heart that invents wicked schemes, \q feet that quickly run to do evil, \q -\v 19 a witness who breathes out lies, +\v 19 a witness who breathes out lies \q and one who sows discord among brothers. \s5 \q -\v 20 My son, obey the command of your father, +\v 20 My son, obey the command of your father \q and do not forsake the teaching of your mother. \q \v 21 Always bind them on your heart; @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ \v 24 It keeps you from the immoral woman, \q from the smooth words of the adulteress. \q -\v 25 Do not lust in your heart after her beauty, +\v 25 Do not lust in your heart after her beauty \q and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes. \s5 @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ \v 32 The one who commits adultery has no sense; \q the one who does it destroys himself. \q -\v 33 Wounds and shame are what he deserves, +\v 33 Wounds and shame are what he deserves \q and his disgrace will not be wiped away. \s5 @@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ \v 34 For jealousy makes a man furious; \q he will show no mercy when he takes his revenge. \q -\v 35 He will accept no compensation, +\v 35 He will accept no compensation \q and he cannot be bought off, though you offer him many gifts. diff --git a/20-PRO/07.usfm b/20-PRO/07.usfm index de5e7853..83e92829 100644 --- a/20-PRO/07.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/07.usfm @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ \q I paid my vows, \q \v 15 so came I out to meet you, -\q to eagerly seek your face, and I have found you. +\q to eagerly seek your face and I have found you. \s5 \q diff --git a/20-PRO/08.usfm b/20-PRO/08.usfm index 3713e2e6..1b812a86 100644 --- a/20-PRO/08.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/08.usfm @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ \v 6 Listen and I will speak of noble things \q and when my lips open I will say what is right— \q -\v 7 for my mouth speaks what is trustworthy, +\v 7 for my mouth speaks what is trustworthy \q and my lips hate wickedness. \s5 @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ \v 24 Before there were oceans, I was given birth— \q before there were springs abounding with water, \q -\v 25 before the mountains were settled, +\v 25 before the mountains were settled \q and before the hills, I was born. \s5 @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ \q and I was his delight day after day, \q always rejoicing before him. \q -\v 31 I was rejoicing in his whole world, +\v 31 I was rejoicing in his whole world \q and my delight was in the sons of mankind. \s5 diff --git a/20-PRO/09.usfm b/20-PRO/09.usfm index 19cceb38..6cc4b131 100644 --- a/20-PRO/09.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/09.usfm @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 7 Whoever corrects a mocker invites abuse, +\v 7 Whoever corrects a mocker invites abuse \q and whoever reproves a wicked person will be hurt. \q \v 8 Do not reprove a mocker, or he will hate you; @@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ \s5 \q -\v 10 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom, +\v 10 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom \q and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. \q -\v 11 For through me your days will be multiplied, +\v 11 For through me your days will be multiplied \q and years added to your life. \q \v 12 If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ \v 16 "Let those who are untaught come in here!" \q she says to those who have no sense. \q -\v 17 "Stolen waters are sweet, +\v 17 "Stolen waters are sweet \q and bread eaten in secret is pleasant." \q \v 18 But he does not know that the dead are there, diff --git a/20-PRO/10.usfm b/20-PRO/10.usfm index f2a2455c..40b0c794 100644 --- a/20-PRO/10.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/10.usfm @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 6 Gifts from God are upon the head of the those who do what is right, +\v 6 Gifts from God are upon the head of those who do what is right, \q but the mouth of the wicked covers up violence. \q \v 7 A person who does right makes us happy when we think about him, diff --git a/20-PRO/11.usfm b/20-PRO/11.usfm index 3fd292a2..5fd1ce9c 100644 --- a/20-PRO/11.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/11.usfm @@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ \s5 \q -\v 7 When a wicked man dies, his hope perishes, +\v 7 When a wicked man dies, his hope perishes \q and the hope that was in his strength comes to nothing. \q -\v 8 The one who does what is right is kept away from trouble, +\v 8 The one who does what is right is kept away from trouble \q and it comes upon the wicked instead. \s5 @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 25 The generous person will prosper, +\v 25 The generous person will prosper \q and the one who gives water to others will have water for himself. \q \v 26 People curse the man who refuses to sell grain, @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 29 The one who brings trouble on his own household will inherit the wind, +\v 29 The one who brings trouble on his own household will inherit the wind \q and the fool will become a servant to the wise of heart. \s5 diff --git a/20-PRO/12.usfm b/20-PRO/12.usfm index b44f1ca3..1bd2e9ee 100644 --- a/20-PRO/12.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/12.usfm @@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ \v 27 Lazy people would not roast their own game, \q but the diligent man will obtain precious wealth. \q -\v 28 Those who walk in the right way find life, +\v 28 Those who walk in the right way find life \q and in its path there is no death. diff --git a/20-PRO/13.usfm b/20-PRO/13.usfm index beedc7a5..c7fe3a30 100644 --- a/20-PRO/13.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/13.usfm @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 7 There is someone who enriches himself, but has nothing at all, +\v 7 There is someone who enriches himself, but has nothing at all \q and there is someone who gives everything away, yet is truly wealthy. \q \v 8 A rich person may have to ransom his life with his possessions, diff --git a/20-PRO/14.usfm b/20-PRO/14.usfm index e939828d..31d5d939 100644 --- a/20-PRO/14.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/14.usfm @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ \v 9 Fools mock when the guilt offering is sacrificed, \q but among the upright favor is shared. \q -\v 10 The heart knows its own bitterness, +\v 10 The heart knows its own bitterness \q and no stranger shares its joy. \s5 @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 13 A heart can laugh but still be in pain, +\v 13 A heart can laugh but still be in pain \q and joy may end up being grief. \q \v 14 The one who is not faithful will get what his ways deserve, @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 19 Those who are evil will bow down before those who are good, +\v 19 Those who are evil will bow down before those who are good \q and those who are wicked will bow down at the gates of the righteous. \q \v 20 The poor person is hated even by his own companions, diff --git a/20-PRO/15.usfm b/20-PRO/15.usfm index 29160a1c..fbc897d6 100644 --- a/20-PRO/15.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/15.usfm @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ \v 9 Yahweh hates the way of wicked people, \q but he loves the one who pursues what is right. \q -\v 10 Harsh discipline awaits anyone who forsakes the way, +\v 10 Harsh discipline awaits anyone who forsakes the way \q and he who hates correction will die. \s5 @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ \q how good is a timely word! \q \v 24 The path of life leads upward for prudent people, -\q that he may turn away from sheol beneath. +\q that they may turn away from sheol beneath. \s5 \q @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ \v 29 Yahweh is far away from wicked people, \q but he hears the prayer of those who do right. \q -\v 30 The light of the eyes brings joy to the heart, +\v 30 The light of the eyes brings joy to the heart \q and good news is health to the body. \s5 @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 33 The fear of Yahweh teaches wisdom, +\v 33 The fear of Yahweh teaches wisdom \q and humility comes before honor. diff --git a/20-PRO/16.usfm b/20-PRO/16.usfm index 05153961..30c9de61 100644 --- a/20-PRO/16.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/16.usfm @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 3 Commit your works to Yahweh, +\v 3 Commit your works to Yahweh \q and your plans will succeed. \q \v 4 Yahweh has made everything for its purpose, @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ \v 5 Yahweh hates everyone who has an arrogant heart, \q though they stand hand in hand, they will not go unpunished. \q -\v 6 By covenant faithfulness and trustworthiness iniquity is atoned for, +\v 6 By covenant faithfulness and trustworthiness iniquity is atoned for \q and by the fear of Yahweh people turn away from evil. \s5 @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 15 In the light of a king's face is life, +\v 15 In the light of a king's face is life \q and his favor is like a cloud that brings a spring rain. \q \v 16 How much better it is to get wisdom than gold. @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ \v 17 The highway of upright people turns away from evil; \q the one who protects his life guards his way. \q -\v 18 Pride comes before destruction, +\v 18 Pride comes before destruction \q and a haughty spirit before a downfall. \s5 @@ -78,12 +78,12 @@ \v 19 It is better to be humble among poor people \q than to divide the spoil with proud people. \q -\v 20 Whoever contemplates what they are taught finds what is good, +\v 20 Whoever contemplates what they are taught finds what is good \q and those who trust in Yahweh will be happy. \s5 \q -\v 21 The one who is wise in heart is called discerning, +\v 21 The one who is wise in heart is called discerning \q and sweetness of speech improves the ability to teach. \q \v 22 Understanding is a fountain of life to the one who has it, @@ -107,10 +107,10 @@ \s5 \q -\v 27 A worthless person digs up mischief, +\v 27 A worthless person digs up mischief \q and his speech is like a scorching fire. \q -\v 28 A perverse person stirs up conflict, +\v 28 A perverse person stirs up conflict \q and a gossip separates close friends. \s5 @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ \v 31 Gray hair is a crown of glory; \q it is gained by living the right way. \q -\v 32 It is better to be slow to anger than to be a warrior, +\v 32 It is better to be slow to anger than to be a warrior \q and one who rules his spirit is stronger than one who conquers a city. \s5 diff --git a/20-PRO/17.usfm b/20-PRO/17.usfm index 6a28f193..9f84dae5 100644 --- a/20-PRO/17.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/17.usfm @@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ \s5 \q -\v 5 Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker, +\v 5 Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker \q and the one who rejoices at misfortune will not go unpunished. \q -\v 6 Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, +\v 6 Grandchildren are the crown of the aged \q and parents bring honor to their children. \s5 @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 17 A friend is loving at all times, +\v 17 A friend is loving at all times \q and a brother is born for times of trouble. \q \v 18 A man having no sense makes binding promises @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 27 One who has knowledge uses few words, +\v 27 One who has knowledge uses few words \q and one with understanding is even-tempered. \q \v 28 Even a fool is thought to be wise if he keeps silent; diff --git a/20-PRO/18.usfm b/20-PRO/18.usfm index 4af8b866..29ac8dae 100644 --- a/20-PRO/18.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/18.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 18 \q -\v 1 One who isolates himself seeks his own desire, +\v 1 One who isolates himself seeks his own desire \q and he quarrels with all sound judgment. \q \v 2 A fool finds no pleasure in understanding, @@ -22,15 +22,15 @@ \v 5 It is not good to be partial to the wicked, \q nor to deny justice to those who do right. \q -\v 6 A fool's lips bring him conflict, +\v 6 A fool's lips bring him conflict \q and his mouth invites a beating. \s5 \q -\v 7 A fool's mouth is his ruin, +\v 7 A fool's mouth is his ruin \q and he ensnares himself with his lips. \q -\v 8 The words of a gossip are like delicious morsels, +\v 8 The words of a gossip are like delicious morsels \q and they go down into the inner parts of the body. \s5 @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 11 The wealth of the rich is his fortified city, +\v 11 The wealth of the rich is his fortified city \q and in his imagination it is like a high wall. \q \v 12 Before his downfall a person's heart is proud, @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 15 The heart of the intelligent acquires knowledge, +\v 15 The heart of the intelligent acquires knowledge \q and the hearing of the wise seeks it out. \q \v 16 A man's gift may open the way @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, +\v 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue \q and those who love it will eat its fruit. \q \v 22 He who finds a wife finds a good thing diff --git a/20-PRO/19.usfm b/20-PRO/19.usfm index d3a7112f..1468e249 100644 --- a/20-PRO/19.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/19.usfm @@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ \v 1 Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity \q than one who is perverse in speech and is a fool. \q -\v 2 Also, it is not good to have desire without knowledge, +\v 2 Also, it is not good to have desire without knowledge \q and the one who runs too fast misses the path. \s5 \q -\v 3 A person's folly ruins his life, +\v 3 A person's folly ruins his life \q and his heart rages against Yahweh. \q \v 4 Wealth adds many friends, @@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ \s5 \q -\v 5 A false witness will not go unpunished, +\v 5 A false witness will not go unpunished \q and he who breathes out lies will not escape. \q -\v 6 Many will ask for a favor from a generous person, +\v 6 Many will ask for a favor from a generous person \q and everyone is a friend of the one who gives gifts. \s5 @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 11 Discretion makes a person slow to anger, +\v 11 Discretion makes a person slow to anger \q and it is his glory to overlook an offense. \q \v 12 The wrath of the king is like the roaring of a young lion, @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 13 A foolish son is ruin to his father, +\v 13 A foolish son is ruin to his father \q and a quarreling wife is a constant dripping of water. \q \v 14 A house and wealth are inherited from parents, @@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ \s5 \q -\v 17 Whoever is kind to the poor lends to Yahweh, +\v 17 Whoever is kind to the poor lends to Yahweh \q and he will repay him for what he has done. \q -\v 18 Discipline your son while there is hope, +\v 18 Discipline your son while there is hope \q and do not set your desire on putting him to death. \s5 @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ \v 21 Many are the plans in a person's heart, \q but it is the purpose of Yahweh that will stand. \q -\v 22 Loyalty is what a person desires, +\v 22 Loyalty is what a person desires \q and a poor person is better than a liar. \s5 @@ -114,10 +114,10 @@ \s5 \q -\v 28 A corrupt witness mocks justice, +\v 28 A corrupt witness mocks justice \q and the mouth of the wicked swallows iniquity. \q -\v 29 Condemnation is ready for mockers, +\v 29 Condemnation is ready for mockers \q and flogging for the backs of fools. diff --git a/20-PRO/20.usfm b/20-PRO/20.usfm index 09586d0c..8e27149e 100644 --- a/20-PRO/20.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/20.usfm @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 7 The man who does right walks in his integrity, +\v 7 The man who does right walks in his integrity \q and his sons who follow after him are happy. \q \v 8 A king who sits on the throne performing the duties of a judge @@ -70,12 +70,12 @@ \v 17 Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet, \q but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel. \q -\v 18 Plans are established by advice, +\v 18 Plans are established by advice \q and only with wise guidance should you wage war. \s5 \q -\v 19 A gossip reveals secrets, +\v 19 A gossip reveals secrets \q and so you should not associate with people who talk too much. \q \v 20 If a person curses his father or his mother, @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 23 Yahweh hates unequal weights, +\v 23 Yahweh hates unequal weights \q and dishonest scales are not good. \q \v 24 A person's steps are directed by Yahweh; @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ \v 25 It is a snare for a person to say rashly, "This thing is holy," \q and begin to think about what it means only after making his vow. \q -\v 26 A wise king winnows the wicked, +\v 26 A wise king winnows the wicked \q and he turns a threshing wheel over them. \s5 @@ -115,10 +115,10 @@ \s5 \q -\v 29 The glory of young men is their strength, +\v 29 The glory of young men is their strength \q and the splendor of old people is their gray hair. \q -\v 30 Blows that make a wound, cleanse away evil, +\v 30 Blows that make a wound cleanse away evil \q and beatings make the innermost parts clean. diff --git a/20-PRO/21.usfm b/20-PRO/21.usfm index 8fe90f80..fab43072 100644 --- a/20-PRO/21.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/21.usfm @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ \v 13 The one who will not hear the cry of poor people, \q when he also cries out, he will not be heard. \q -\v 14 A gift in secret appeases anger, +\v 14 A gift in secret appeases anger \q and a concealed gift takes away strong wrath. \s5 @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ \v 17 Whoever loves pleasure will become poor; \q the one who loves wine and oil will not be rich. \q -\v 18 A wicked person becomes ransom for the one who does right, +\v 18 A wicked person becomes ransom for the one who does righ \q and the treacherous is ransom for the upright. \s5 @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ \v 21 The one who does right and is kind— \q this person finds life, righteousness, and honor. \q -\v 22 A wise man goes up against the city of the mighty, +\v 22 A wise man goes up against the city of the mighty \q and he brings down the stronghold that defended it. \s5 diff --git a/20-PRO/22.usfm b/20-PRO/22.usfm index 50e1e528..0276a9ce 100644 --- a/20-PRO/22.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/22.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 22 \q -\v 1 A good name is to be chosen over great riches, +\v 1 A good name is to be chosen over great riches \q and favor is better than silver and gold. \q \v 2 Rich and poor people have this in common— @@ -22,15 +22,15 @@ \v 5 Thorns and snares lie in the path of the perverse; \q whoever guards his life will keep far from them. \q -\v 6 Teach a child the way he should go, +\v 6 Teach a child the way he should go \q and when he is old he will not turn away from that instruction. \s5 \q -\v 7 Rich people rule over poor people, +\v 7 Rich people rule over poor people \q and one who borrows is a slave to the one who lends. \q -\v 8 He who sows wickedness will reap trouble, +\v 8 He who sows wickedness will reap trouble \q and the rod of his fury will be of no use. \s5 @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 17 Pay attention and hear the words of the wise, +\v 17 Pay attention and hear the words of the wise \q and apply your heart to my knowledge, \q \v 18 for it will be pleasant for you if you keep them within you, @@ -90,20 +90,20 @@ \v 22 Do not rob the poor person, because he is poor, \q or crush the needy person at the gate, \q -\v 23 for Yahweh will plead their case, +\v 23 for Yahweh will plead their case \q and he will rob those of life who robbed them. \s5 \q -\v 24 Do not make a friend of someone who is ruled by anger, +\v 24 Do not make a friend of someone who is ruled by anger \q and you must not go with one who rages, \q -\v 25 or you will learn his ways, +\v 25 or you will learn his ways \q and you will entangle yourself in a snare. \s5 \q -\v 26 Do not be one who gives binding pledges regarding money, +\v 26 Do not be one who gives binding pledges regarding money \q and do not give a guarantee for the debts of others. \q \v 27 If you lack the means to pay, diff --git a/20-PRO/23.usfm b/20-PRO/23.usfm index d9abcdfc..d59fac19 100644 --- a/20-PRO/23.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/23.usfm @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ \q "Eat and drink!" he says to you, \q but his heart is not with you. \q -\v 8 You will vomit up the little you have eaten, +\v 8 You will vomit up the little you have eaten \q and you will have wasted your compliments. \s5 @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ \v 10 Do not move an ancient boundary stone \q or encroach on the fields of orphans, \q -\v 11 for their Redeemer is strong, +\v 11 for their Redeemer is strong \q and he will plead their cause against you. \s5 @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ \v 20 Do not associate with drunkards, \q or with gluttonous eaters of meat, \q -\v 21 for the drunkard and the glutton become poor, +\v 21 for the drunkard and the glutton become poor \q and slumber will clothe them with rags. \s5 @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 24 The father of the one who does right will greatly rejoice, +\v 24 The father of the one who does right will greatly rejoice \q and he that begets a wise child will be glad in him. \q \v 25 Let your father and your mother be glad @@ -102,13 +102,13 @@ \s5 \q -\v 26 My son, give me your heart, +\v 26 My son, give me your heart \q and let your eyes observe my ways. \q \v 27 For a prostitute is a deep pit, \q and another man's wife is a narrow pit. \q -\v 28 She lies in wait like a robber, +\v 28 She lies in wait like a robber \q and she increases the number of traitors among humanity. \s5 @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ \v 32 In the last it bites like a serpent \q and it stings like an adder. \q -\v 33 Your eyes will see strange things, +\v 33 Your eyes will see strange things \q and your heart will utter perverse things. \s5 diff --git a/20-PRO/24.usfm b/20-PRO/24.usfm index 3f8b8af7..019d7c67 100644 --- a/20-PRO/24.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/24.usfm @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ \v 1 Do not be envious of those who are evil, \q nor desire to associate with them, \q -\v 2 because their hearts plot violence, +\v 2 because their hearts plot violence \q and their lips talk about trouble. \s5 @@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ \s5 \q -\v 5 A wise man proves to be strong, -\q and a person who has knowledge is better than one who is strong, +\v 5 A wise man proves to be strong +\q and a person who has knowledge is better than one who is strong; \q -\v 6 for by wise directions you can wage your war, +\v 6 for by wise directions you can wage your war \q and with many advisors there is victory. \s5 @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ \v 8 There is one who plans to do evil— \q people call him a master of schemes. \q -\v 9 A foolish plan is sin, +\v 9 A foolish plan is sin \q and men despise a mocker. \s5 @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 11 Rescue those who are being taken away to death, +\v 11 Rescue those who are being taken away to death \q and hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter. \q \v 12 If you say, "There! We knew nothing about this." @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 17 Do not celebrate when your enemy falls, +\v 17 Do not celebrate when your enemy falls \q and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles, \q \v 18 or Yahweh will see and disapprove @@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ \s5 \q -\v 19 Do not worry because of those who do evil things, +\v 19 Do not worry because of those who do evil things \q and do not envy wicked people, \q -\v 20 for the evil person has no future, +\v 20 for the evil person has no future \q and the lamp of the wicked will go out. \s5 @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ \v 24 Whoever says to the guilty, "You are in the right," \q will be cursed by peoples and hated by nations. \q -\v 25 But those who rebuke the wicked will have delight, +\v 25 But those who rebuke the wicked will have delight \q and gifts of goodness will come to them. \s5 @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 28 Do not bear witness against your neighbor without cause, +\v 28 Do not bear witness against your neighbor without cause \q and do not deceive with your lips. \q \v 29 Do not say, "I will do to him what he has done to me; @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ \v 33 A little sleep, a little slumber, \q a little folding of the hands to rest— \q -\v 34 and poverty comes upon you like a robber, +\v 34 and poverty comes upon you like a robber \q and your needs will come to you like an armed soldier. diff --git a/20-PRO/25.usfm b/20-PRO/25.usfm index 312153f7..508c6339 100644 --- a/20-PRO/25.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/25.usfm @@ -13,15 +13,15 @@ \s5 \q -\v 4 Remove the dross from the silver, +\v 4 Remove the dross from the silver \q and a metal worker can use the silver in his craft. \q -\v 5 Even so, remove wicked people from the presence of the king, +\v 5 Even so, remove wicked people from the presence of the king \q and his throne will be established by doing what is right. \s5 \q -\v 6 Do not honor yourself in the king's presence, +\v 6 Do not honor yourself in the king's presence \q and do not stand in the place designated for great people. \s5 @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 9 Argue your case between you and your neighbor himself, +\v 9 Argue your case between you and your neighbor himself \q and do not disclose another's secret, \q \v 10 or else the one who hears you will bring shame upon you @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 15 With patience a ruler can be persuaded, +\v 15 With patience a ruler can be persuaded \q and a soft tongue can break a bone. \s5 @@ -88,10 +88,10 @@ \s5 \q -\v 21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, +\v 21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat \q and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink, \q -\v 22 for you will shovel coals of fire on his head, +\v 22 for you will shovel coals of fire on his head \q and Yahweh will reward you. \s5 diff --git a/20-PRO/26.usfm b/20-PRO/26.usfm index 6cfb3c30..40eae701 100644 --- a/20-PRO/26.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/26.usfm @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 3 A whip is for the horse, a bridle is for the donkey, +\v 3 A whip is for the horse, a bridle is for the donkey \q and a rod is for the back of fools. \q \v 4 Do not answer a fool and join in his folly, @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 15 The lazy person puts his hand into the dish, +\v 15 The lazy person puts his hand into the dish \q and yet he has no strength to lift it up to his mouth. \q \v 16 The lazy person is wiser in his own eyes @@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ \s5 \q -\v 20 For lack of wood, the fire goes out. -\q and where there is no gossiper, quarreling ceases. +\v 20 For lack of wood, the fire goes out; +\q and where there is no gossiper quarreling ceases. \q \v 21 As charcoal is to burning coals and wood is to fire, \q so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife. @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 24 One who hates others disguises his feelings with his lips, +\v 24 One who hates others disguises his feelings with his lips \q and he lays up deceit within himself. \q \v 25 He will speak graciously, but do not believe him, @@ -106,10 +106,10 @@ \s5 \q -\v 27 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, +\v 27 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it \q and the stone will roll back on the one who pushed it. \q -\v 28 A lying tongue hates the people it crushes, +\v 28 A lying tongue hates the people it crushes \q and a flattering mouth brings about ruin. diff --git a/20-PRO/27.usfm b/20-PRO/27.usfm index 7b805b32..4fef2dec 100644 --- a/20-PRO/27.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/27.usfm @@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ \s5 \q -\v 3 Consider the heaviness of a stone and the weight of sand, -\q and the provocation of a fool is heavier than both. +\v 3 Consider the heaviness of a stone and the weight of sand— +\q the provocation of a fool is heavier than both. \q \v 4 There is the cruelty of rage and the flood of anger, \q but who is able to stand before jealousy? @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 21 A crucible is for silver and a furnace is for gold, +\v 21 A crucible is for silver and a furnace is for gold; \q and a person is tested when he is praised. \q \v 22 Even if you crush a fool with the pestle—along with the grain— @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 23 Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, +\v 23 Be sure you know the condition of your flocks \q and be concerned about your herds, \q \v 24 for wealth is not for ever. @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 26 The lambs will provide your clothing, +\v 26 The lambs will provide your clothing \q and the goats will provide the price of the field. \q \v 27 There will be goats' milk for your food—the food for your household— diff --git a/20-PRO/28.usfm b/20-PRO/28.usfm index 3c37dcaa..b9482b2f 100644 --- a/20-PRO/28.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/28.usfm @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ \s5 \q \v 17 If a man is guilty because he has shed someone's blood, -\q he will be a fugitive until death, +\q he will be a fugitive until death \q and no one will help him. \q \v 18 Whoever walks with integrity will be kept safe, diff --git a/20-PRO/30.usfm b/20-PRO/30.usfm index 6edd02ec..540e4c51 100644 --- a/20-PRO/30.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/30.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \v 1 The sayings of Agur son of Jakeh—an oracle: \q This man declared to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal: \q -\v 2 Surely I am more like an animal than any human, +\v 2 Surely I am more like an animal than any human \q and I do not have the understanding of a human being. \q \v 3 I have not learned wisdom, @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 21 Under three things the earth trembles, +\v 21 Under three things the earth trembles \q and the fourth it cannot endure: \q \v 22 a slave when he becomes king; @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 24 Four things on earth are small, +\v 24 Four things on earth are small \q and yet they are very wise: \q \v 25 the ants are creatures that are not strong, @@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ \s5 \q -\v 29 There are three things that are stately in their stride, -\q four that are stately in how they walk: +\v 29 There are three things that are stately in their stride +\q and four that are stately in how they walk: \q \v 30 a lion, strongest among wild animals— \q it does not turn away from anything; @@ -138,6 +138,6 @@ \q or if you have been devising evil— \q put your hand over your mouth. \q -\v 33 As churning milk makes butter, +\v 33 As churning milk makes butter \q and as one's nose will produce blood if it is twisted, \q so deeds done in anger produce conflict. diff --git a/20-PRO/31.usfm b/20-PRO/31.usfm index 22fc086d..2e7bcbd9 100644 --- a/20-PRO/31.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/31.usfm @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ \q And what, son of my vows?— \q \v 3 Do not give your strength to women, -\q or your ways to those who destroys kings. +\q or your ways to those who destroy kings. \s5 \q @@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ \s5 \q -\v 6 Give strong drink to people who are perishing, +\v 6 Give strong drink to people who are perishing \q and wine to those in bitter distress. \q -\v 7 He will drink and he will forget his poverty, +\v 7 He will drink and he will forget his poverty \q and he will not remember his trouble. \s5 @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 26 She opens her mouth with wisdom, +\v 26 She opens her mouth with wisdom \q and the law of kindness is on her tongue. \q \v 27 She watches over the ways of her household @@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ \s5 \q -\v 28 Her children rise up and call her blessed; -\q her husband praises her, saying, +\v 28 Her children rise up and call her blessed +\q and her husband praises her, saying, \q \v 29 "Many women have done well, \q but you surpassed them all." @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ \v 30 Elegance is deceptive, beauty is vain, \q but a woman who fears Yahweh, she will be praised. \q -\v 31 Give her the fruit of her hands, +\v 31 Give her the fruit of her hands \q and let her works praise her in the gates. diff --git a/21-ECC/01.usfm b/21-ECC/01.usfm index 8cb87c1d..5229523c 100644 --- a/21-ECC/01.usfm +++ b/21-ECC/01.usfm @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ \s5 \v 12 I am the Teacher, and I have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. -\v 13 I applied my mind to study and to search out by wisdom everything that is done under heaven. That search is a burdensome task that God has given to the sons of men to be busy with. +\v 13 I applied my mind to study and to search out by wisdom everything that is done under heaven. That search is a burdensome task that God has given to the children of mankind to be busy with. \v 14 I have seen all the deeds that are done under the sun, and look, they all amount to vapor and an attempt to shepherd the wind. \q1 \v 15 The twisted cannot be straightened! diff --git a/21-ECC/02.usfm b/21-ECC/02.usfm index deee1b27..cc2dc1d6 100644 --- a/21-ECC/02.usfm +++ b/21-ECC/02.usfm @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ \s5 \v 7 I purchased male slaves and female slaves; I had slaves born in my palace. I also had large herds and flocks of livestock, much more than any king who ruled before me in Jerusalem. -\v 8 I also accumulated for myself silver and gold, the treasures of kings and provinces. I got male and female singers for myself, and delights of the sons of men, concubines and wives. +\v 8 I also accumulated for myself silver and gold, the treasures of kings and provinces. I got male and female singers for myself, and delights from the children of mankind, concubines and wives. \f + \ft Modern versions interpret the last part of this verse in different ways: \fqa everything that pleases people \fqb , \fqa concubines and everything that pleases men \fqb , etc. \f* \s5 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ \v 10 Whatever my eyes desired, \q2 I did not withhold from them. \q1 I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, -\q2 because my heart rejoiced in all my labor, +\q2 because my heart rejoiced in all my labor \q2 and pleasure was my reward for all my work. \s5 diff --git a/21-ECC/03.usfm b/21-ECC/03.usfm index 5e13d1ee..fbc5a2c2 100644 --- a/21-ECC/03.usfm +++ b/21-ECC/03.usfm @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ \v 18 I said in my heart, "God tests human beings to show them that they are like animals." \s5 -\v 19 For the fate of the sons of men and the fate of animals is the same fate for them. The death of one is like the death of the other. The breath is the same for all of them. There is no advantage for mankind over the animals. For is not everything just a breath? +\v 19 For the fate of the children of mankind and the fate of animals is the same fate for them. The death of one is like the death of the other. The breath is the same for all of them. There is no advantage for mankind over the animals. For is not everything just a breath? \v 20 Everything is going to the same place. Everything comes from the dust, and everything returns to the dust. \s5 diff --git a/21-ECC/04.usfm b/21-ECC/04.usfm index fab8e3b9..758a340f 100644 --- a/21-ECC/04.usfm +++ b/21-ECC/04.usfm @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ f \s5 \q1 \v 12 One man alone can be overpowered, -\q2 but two can withstand an attack. +\q2 but two can withstand an attack, \q2 and a three-strand rope is not quickly broken. \s5 diff --git a/21-ECC/05.usfm b/21-ECC/05.usfm index 753ca123..f8a163ae 100644 --- a/21-ECC/05.usfm +++ b/21-ECC/05.usfm @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ \v 7 For in many dreams, as in many words, there is meaningless vapor. So fear God. \s5 -\v 8 When you see the poor being oppressed and robbed of just and right treatment in your province, do not be astonished as if no one knows, because there are men in power who watch those under them, and there are even higher ones over them. +\v 8 When you see the poor being oppressed and robbed of just and right treatment in your province, do not be astonished as if no one knows, because there are people in power who watch those under them, and there are even higher ones over them. \v 9 In addition, the produce of the land is for everyone, and the king himself takes produce from the fields. \s5 diff --git a/21-ECC/07.usfm b/21-ECC/07.usfm index 76954c48..e2a51862 100644 --- a/21-ECC/07.usfm +++ b/21-ECC/07.usfm @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ \s5 \v 27 "Consider what I have discovered," says the Teacher. "I have been adding one discovery to another in order to find an explanation of reality. -\v 28 This is what I am still looking, but I have not found it. I did find one righteous man among a thousand, but a woman among all those I did not find. +\v 28 This is what I am still looking for, but I have not found it. I did find one righteous man among a thousand, but a woman among all those I did not find. \s5 \v 29 I have discovered only this: that God created humanity upright, but they have gone away looking for many difficulties." diff --git a/21-ECC/09.usfm b/21-ECC/09.usfm index 32eb226d..e437fb9f 100644 --- a/21-ECC/09.usfm +++ b/21-ECC/09.usfm @@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ As the one who swears will die, \q2 The race does not belong to swift people. \q2 The battle does not belong to strong people. \q2 Bread does not belong to wise people. -\q2 Riches do not belong to men of understanding. -\q2 Favor does not belong to men of knowledge. +\q2 Riches do not belong to people of understanding. +\q2 Favor does not belong to people of knowledge. \q1 Instead, time and chance affect them all. \q1 \v 12 For no one knows his time to die, @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ As the one who swears will die, \s5 \v 13 I have also seen wisdom under the sun in a way that seemed great to me. -\v 14 There was a small city with only a few men in it, and a great king came against it and besieged it and built great seige ramps against it. +\v 14 There was a small city with only a few men in it, and a great king came against it and besieged it and built great siege ramps against it. \v 15 Now in the city was found a poor, wise man, who by his wisdom saved the city. Yet later, no one remembered that same poor man. \s5 diff --git a/21-ECC/12.usfm b/21-ECC/12.usfm index 5a5da39f..78089063 100644 --- a/21-ECC/12.usfm +++ b/21-ECC/12.usfm @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ \q2 and before the years arrive when you say, \q3 "I have no pleasure in them," \q1 -\v 2 before the light of the sun and the moon and the stars grows dark, +\v 2 do this before the light of the sun and the moon and the stars grows dark, \q2 and dark clouds return after the rain. \s5 @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ \q1 and when the almond tree blossoms, \q2 and when grasshoppers drag themselves along, \q2 and when natural desires fail. -\q1 Then man goes to his eternal home, +\q1 Then man goes to his eternal home \q2 and the mourners go down the streets. \s5 @@ -50,18 +50,18 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 8 "A mist of vapor," says the Teacher, "everything is vanishing vapor." -\v 9 The Teacher was wise, and he taught the people knowledge. He studied and contemplated and set in order many proverbs. +\v 9 The Teacher was wise and he taught the people knowledge. He studied and contemplated and set in order many proverbs. \s5 \v 10 The Teacher sought to write using vivid, upright words of truth. \v 11 The words of wise people are like goads. Like nails driven deeply are the words of the masters in collections of their proverbs, which are taught by one shepherd. \s5 -\v 12 My son, be aware of something more: the making of many books, which has no end. Much study brings weariness to the body. +\v 12 My son, be aware of something more: the making of many books, which has no end and much study brings weariness to the body. \s5 \q1 -\v 13 The end of the matter, +\v 13 The end of the matter \q2 after everything has been heard, \q1 is that you must fear God and keep his commandments, \q2 for this is the whole duty of mankind. diff --git a/22-SNG/02.usfm b/22-SNG/02.usfm index 80c3d744..a7220212 100644 --- a/22-SNG/02.usfm +++ b/22-SNG/02.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \c 2 \sp The woman speaking to her lover \q -\v 1 I am just a flower of in a plain, +\v 1 I am just a flower in a plain, \q just a lily in a valley. \sp The man speaking to her \q @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ \p \sp The woman speaking to herself \q -\v 3 As the apricot tree is among the trees of the forest, +\v 3 As an apricot tree is among the trees of the forest, \q so is my beloved among the young men. \q I sit down under his shadow with great delight, \q and his fruit is sweet to my taste. diff --git a/22-SNG/03.usfm b/22-SNG/03.usfm index 585474fd..c7805a2c 100644 --- a/22-SNG/03.usfm +++ b/22-SNG/03.usfm @@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ \v 6 What is that coming up from the wilderness \q like a column of smoke, \q perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, -\q with all powders sold by merchants? +\q with all the powders sold by merchants? \q -\v 7 Look, it is the bed frame of Solomon; +\v 7 Look, it is the bed of Solomon; \q sixty warriors surround it, \q sixty soldiers of Israel. diff --git a/22-SNG/08.usfm b/22-SNG/08.usfm index 127e2750..d29567dd 100644 --- a/22-SNG/08.usfm +++ b/22-SNG/08.usfm @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ \s5 \p -\sp The woman's lover speaking to her +\sp The woman's lover speaking to her \q \v 13 You who live in the gardens, \q my companions are listening for your voice; diff --git a/23-ISA/01.usfm b/23-ISA/01.usfm index 5b1792f9..deca0091 100644 --- a/23-ISA/01.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/01.usfm @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ the fat of fatted beasts; \s5 \q1 -\v 19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good of the land. +\v 19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good of the land, \q1 \v 20 but if you refuse and rebel, the sword will devour you," \q1 for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it. diff --git a/23-ISA/09.usfm b/23-ISA/09.usfm index ce09b9c7..1bddee7a 100644 --- a/23-ISA/09.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/09.usfm @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ not stop, but his hand will still be raised to strike. \s5 \q1 -\v 16 Those who lead this people lead them astray, and those who are led by them are swallowed up +\v 16 Those who lead this people lead them astray, and those who are led by them are swallowed up. \q1 \v 17 Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men nor will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows, \q1 diff --git a/23-ISA/10.usfm b/23-ISA/10.usfm index 6f2e88be..515548be 100644 --- a/23-ISA/10.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/10.usfm @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ help, and where will you leave your wealth? \s5 \p \v 15 Will the ax boast about itself against the one who wields it? Will the saw praise itself more than the one who cuts with it? -\q1 It as if a rod could lift up those who raise it, or as if a wooden club could lift up a person. +\q1 It is as if a rod could lift up those who raise it, or as if a wooden club could lift up a person. \q1 \v 16 Therefore the Lord Yahweh of hosts will send emaciation among his elite warriors; \q1 and under his glory there will be kindled a burning like fire. diff --git a/23-ISA/11.usfm b/23-ISA/11.usfm index 86b74a8e..9a8b05a5 100644 --- a/23-ISA/11.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/11.usfm @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ will no longer be hostile to Ephraim. \s5 \q1 -\v 14 Instead they will swoop down on the Philistine hills on the west, and together they will will plunder the people of the +\v 14 Instead they will swoop down on the Philistine hills on the west, and together they will plunder the people of the east. \q1 They will attack Edom and Moab, and the people of Ammon will obey them. \q1 diff --git a/23-ISA/13.usfm b/23-ISA/13.usfm index fc9aa981..2c6eac9a 100644 --- a/23-ISA/13.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/13.usfm @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ destroy the whole land. \q1 \v 6 Howl, for the day of Yahweh is near; it comes with destruction from the Almighty. \q1 -\v 7 Therefore all hands hang limp, and every heart melts; +\v 7 Therefore all hands hang limp, and every heart melts. \q1 \v 8 They will be terrified; pangs and sorrows will seize them, like a woman in labor. diff --git a/23-ISA/14.usfm b/23-ISA/14.usfm index 1906a35c..26a84715 100644 --- a/23-ISA/14.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/14.usfm @@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ the nations! \v 18 All the kings of the nations, \q1 all of them, sleep in glory, every one in his own tomb. \q1 -\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—those who go down to the stones of the pit. +\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—those who go down to the stones of the pit. \q1 \v 20 Like a dead body trampled under, you will never join with them in burial, \q1 because you have destroyed your land. You who have killed your people diff --git a/23-ISA/16.usfm b/23-ISA/16.usfm index feb5699c..a13260a4 100644 --- a/23-ISA/16.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/16.usfm @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ \v 4 Let them live among you, the refugees from Moab; \q1 be a hiding place for them from the destroyer." \m -\q1 For the the oppression will stop, and destruction will cease, +\q1 For the oppression will stop, and destruction will cease, \q1 those who trample will disappear from the land. \s5 diff --git a/23-ISA/19.usfm b/23-ISA/19.usfm index 1d87d404..aec99178 100644 --- a/23-ISA/19.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/19.usfm @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 3 The spirit of Egypt will be weakened from within. I will destroy his advice, -\q1 though they sought the advice of idols, dead mens' spirits, mediums, and spiritualists. +\q1 though they sought the advice of idols, dead men's spirits, mediums, and spiritualists. \q1 \v 4 I will give the Egyptians into the hand of a harsh master, and a strong king will rule over them— \q1 this is the declaration of the Lord, Yahweh of hosts." @@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ \v 7 The reeds by the Nile, \q1 by the mouth of the Nile, and all the sown fields of the Nile will dry up, turn to dust, and blow away. \q1 -\v 8 The fishermen will wail and mourn, and all who cast a hook into the Nile will mourn -\q1 like those who spread nets on the waters will grieve. +\v 8 The fishermen will wail and mourn, and all who cast a hook into the Nile will mourn, +\q1 and those who spread nets on the waters will grieve. \s5 \q1 diff --git a/23-ISA/20.usfm b/23-ISA/20.usfm index 59a56f3a..890f8eaa 100644 --- a/23-ISA/20.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/20.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \c 20 \p \v 1 In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, he fought against Ashdod and took it. -\v 2 At that time Yahweh spoke by Isaiah son of Amoz and said, "Go and remove the sackcloth from your waist, and take your sandals off your foot." He did so, walking naked and barefoot. +\v 2 At that time Yahweh spoke by Isaiah son of Amoz and said, "Go and remove the sackcloth from your waist, and take your sandals off your feet." He did so, walking naked and barefoot. \s5 \v 3 Yahweh said, "Just as my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years, it is a sign and an omen concerning Egypt and concerning Ethiopia— diff --git a/23-ISA/22.usfm b/23-ISA/22.usfm index 6cd517fd..ff8fc64b 100644 --- a/23-ISA/22.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/22.usfm @@ -92,4 +92,4 @@ \q1 from the cups to all the jugs. \s5 -\v 25 On that day—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts—the peg driven in a firm place will give way, break off, and fall, and the weight that was on it will be cut off—for Yahweh has spoken. +\v 25 On that day—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts—the peg driven in a firm place will give way, break off, and fall, and the weight that was on it will be cut off—for Yahweh has spoken." \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/23-ISA/26.usfm b/23-ISA/26.usfm index c60322d2..a7189fdb 100644 --- a/23-ISA/26.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/26.usfm @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 3 the mind that is stayed on you, you will keep him in perfect peace, for he trusts in you. +\v 3 The mind that is stayed on you, you will keep him in perfect peace, for he trusts in you. \q1 \v 4 Trust in Yahweh forever; for in Yah, Yahweh, is an everlasting rock. diff --git a/23-ISA/27.usfm b/23-ISA/27.usfm index d75e3773..c64a62b6 100644 --- a/23-ISA/27.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/27.usfm @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ \p \q1 \v 12 It will come about on that day -\q1 that Yahweh will thresh from flowing stream of the Euphrates River, to the brook of Egypt, +\q1 that Yahweh will thresh from the flowing stream of the Euphrates River, to the brook of Egypt, \q1 and you will be gathered one by one, people of Israel. \q1 \v 13 On that day a great trumpet will be blown; diff --git a/23-ISA/28.usfm b/23-ISA/28.usfm index a8925781..0182c55d 100644 --- a/23-ISA/28.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/28.usfm @@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ \q1 that is on the head of the lush valley of those who are overcome with wine! \q1 \v 2 Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one; as a hailstorm, -\q1 a destroying storm, as a cloudburst of might and overwhelming. He will strike the earth with his hand. +\q1 a destroying storm, as a cloudburst of might and overwhelming, +\q1 he will strike the earth with his hand. \s5 \q1 diff --git a/23-ISA/29.usfm b/23-ISA/29.usfm index 44811202..f9483575 100644 --- a/23-ISA/29.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/29.usfm @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ \p \q1 \v 15 Woe to those who deeply hide their plans from Yahweh, -\q1 and whose deeds are in darkness. They say, "Who sees us, and who knows us? +\q1 and whose deeds are in darkness. They say, "Who sees us, and who knows us?" \s5 \q1 diff --git a/23-ISA/33.usfm b/23-ISA/33.usfm index 12bcd2cc..bc106fa2 100644 --- a/23-ISA/33.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/33.usfm @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ \q1 \v 20 Look at Zion, the city of our feasts; \q1 your eyes will see Jerusalem as a quiet habitation, a tent that will not be removed, -\q1 whose stakes will never be pulled up or will any of its cords be broken. +\q1 whose stakes will never be pulled up nor will any of its cords be broken. \q1 \v 21 Instead, Yahweh in majesty will be with us, in a place of broad rivers and streams. \q1 No warship with oars will travel it, and no large ships will sail by. diff --git a/23-ISA/36.usfm b/23-ISA/36.usfm index 9f78559d..aa60f250 100644 --- a/23-ISA/36.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/36.usfm @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 4 The the chief commander said to them, "Tell Hezekiah that the great king, the king of Assyria, says, 'What is the source of your confidence? +\v 4 The chief commander said to them, "Tell Hezekiah that the great king, the king of Assyria, says, 'What is the source of your confidence? \v 5 You speak only useless words, saying there is counsel and strength for war. Now in whom are you trusting? Who has given you courage to rebel against me? \s5 diff --git a/23-ISA/37.usfm b/23-ISA/37.usfm index c57b8895..17f21d93 100644 --- a/23-ISA/37.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/37.usfm @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ sackcloth, to Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet. \s5 \v 11 See, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them completely. So will you be rescued? \v 12 Have the gods of the nations rescued them, the nations that my fathers destroyed: Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden in Telassar? -\v 13 Where are the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the cities of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?'" +\v 13 Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the cities of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?'" \s5 \p diff --git a/23-ISA/38.usfm b/23-ISA/38.usfm index 6d16c1eb..1287cfbd 100644 --- a/23-ISA/38.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/38.usfm @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ \q1 between day and night you are ending my life. \q1 \v 13 I cried out until the morning; -\q1 like a lion he breaks all my bones; Between day and night you are ending my life. +\q1 like a lion he breaks all my bones. Between day and night you are ending my life. \s5 \q1 diff --git a/23-ISA/40.usfm b/23-ISA/40.usfm index 5949d14f..f42d1a8d 100644 --- a/23-ISA/40.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/40.usfm @@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ \q1 \v 1 "Comfort, comfort my people," says your God. \q1 -\v 2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem; and proclaim to her +\v 2 "Speak tenderly to Jerusalem; and proclaim to her \q1 that her warfare has ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, -\q1 that she has received double from Yahweh's hand for all her sins. +\q1 that she has received double from Yahweh's hand for all her sins." \s5 \p @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ foundations of the earth? \s5 \q1 -\v 25 "To whom then will you compare me, who do I resemble?" +\v 25 "To whom then will you compare me, whom do I resemble?" says the Holy One. \q1 \v 26 Look up at the sky! Who has created all these stars? @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ name. \s5 \p \q1 -\v 27 Why do you say, Jacob and declare, Israel, +\v 27 Why do you say, Jacob, and declare, Israel, \q1 "My way is hidden from Yahweh, and my God is not concerned about my vindication?" \q1 \v 28 Have you not known? Have you not heard? diff --git a/23-ISA/42.usfm b/23-ISA/42.usfm index c5bbc8eb..581f930c 100644 --- a/23-ISA/42.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/42.usfm @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ \q1 he who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who live on it: \q1 \v 6 "I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness and will hold your hand. -\q1 I will keep you and set you as covenant for the people, as a light for the Gentiles, +\q1 I will keep you and set you as a covenant for the people, as a light for the Gentiles, \s5 \q1 diff --git a/23-ISA/44.usfm b/23-ISA/44.usfm index 0da30173..15e7de33 100644 --- a/23-ISA/44.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/44.usfm @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen. \s5 \q1 \v 15 Then a man uses it for a fire and warms himself. Yes, he kindles a fire and bakes bread. -\q1 Then he makes from it a god and bows down to it; he make an idol and bows down to it. +\q1 Then he makes from it a god and bows down to it; he makes an idol and bows down to it. \q1 \v 16 He burns part of the wood for the fire, roasting his meat over it. He eats and is satisfied. \q1 He warms himself and says, "Ah, I am warm, I have seen the fire." diff --git a/23-ISA/47.usfm b/23-ISA/47.usfm index 4ef83211..26b0b362 100644 --- a/23-ISA/47.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/47.usfm @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ the Holy One of Israel. \q1 \v 5 Sit in silence and go into darkness, daughter of the Chaldeans; -\q1 for you will no longer be called Queen of kingdoms. +\q1 for you will no longer be called queen of kingdoms. \s5 diff --git a/23-ISA/49.usfm b/23-ISA/49.usfm index 2b000d0a..1f6324fa 100644 --- a/23-ISA/49.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/49.usfm @@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ \q1 \v 3 He said to me, "You are my servant, Israel, through whom I show my glory." \q1 -\v 4 Though I thought I have labored in vain, I have spent my energy for nothing, -\q1 yet my justice is with Yahweh, and my reward is with my God. +\v 4 But I replied, "Though I thought I have labored in vain, I have spent my energy for nothing, +\q1 yet my justice is with Yahweh, and my reward is with my God." \s5 \p diff --git a/23-ISA/51.usfm b/23-ISA/51.usfm index 16c0411a..3dc6cb3a 100644 --- a/23-ISA/51.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/51.usfm @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ earth will wear out like a garment, and its inhabitants will die like flies. \p \q1 \v 12 "I, I, am he who comforts you. -\q1 Why are you afraid of men, who will die, the sons of men, who are made like grass? +\q1 Why are you afraid of men, who will die, the sons of mankind, who are made like grass? \s5 \q1 diff --git a/23-ISA/55.usfm b/23-ISA/55.usfm index 486be094..ae6dc1a4 100644 --- a/23-ISA/55.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/55.usfm @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 8 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways—this is Yahweh's declaration of Yahweh— +\v 8 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways—this is Yahweh's declaration— \q1 \v 9 for as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ \q1 and do not return there unless they saturate the earth \q1 and make it produce and sprout and give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, \q1 -\v 11 so also my word will be that goes from my mouth: it will not return to me uselessly, +\v 11 so also my word will be that goes from my mouth: it will not return to me useless, \q1 but it will accomplish that which I wish, and it will succeed in that for which I sent it. diff --git a/23-ISA/56.usfm b/23-ISA/56.usfm index 3b33d91a..208ddff6 100644 --- a/23-ISA/56.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/56.usfm @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ \q1 \v 5 To them I will set up in my house and within my walls a monument that is better than having sons and of daughters; \q1 -I will give them an everlasting monument that will not be cut off." +I will give them an everlasting monument that will not be cut off. \s5 \p @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ I will give them an everlasting monument that will not be cut off." \q1 to serve him, and who love the name of Yahweh, to worship him, \q1 every one who observes the Sabbath and who keeps from defiling it, and who holds fast my covenant, \q1 -\v 7 "These I will bring to my holy mountain and make them joyful in my house of prayer; +\v 7 These I will bring to my holy mountain and make them joyful in my house of prayer; \q1 their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar. \q1 For my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations, @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ I will give them an everlasting monument that will not be cut off." \q1 they are shepherds without discernment; \q1 they have all turned to their own way, each one covetous for unjust gain. \q1 -\v 12 "Come," they say, "Let us drink wine and liquor; +\v 12 "Come," they say, "let us drink wine and liquor; \q1 tomorrow will be like today, a day great beyond measure." diff --git a/24-JER/17.usfm b/24-JER/17.usfm index 3d8aedce..fa46a6d5 100644 --- a/24-JER/17.usfm +++ b/24-JER/17.usfm @@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ \q \v 9 The heart is more deceitful than anything else. It is sick; who can understand it? \q -\v 10 I am Yahweh, the one who searches through the mind, who tests the heart. -\q I give to each person what he deserves, punishing him for the fruit of his deeds. +\v 10 I am Yahweh, the one who searches through the mind, who tests the kidneys. +\q I give to each person according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds. \q \v 11 A partridge hatches an egg that she did not lay. Someone may become rich unjustly, -\q but in his prime of life, those riches will abandon him and he will be a fool in the end." +\q but when half his days are over, those riches will abandon him, and in the end he will be a fool." \s5 \q diff --git a/24-JER/18.usfm b/24-JER/18.usfm index fcfce452..c364eee6 100644 --- a/24-JER/18.usfm +++ b/24-JER/18.usfm @@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ Repent, each person from his wicked path, so your ways and your practices will b \v 13 Therefore Yahweh says this, 'Ask the nations, who has ever heard of such a thing as this? \q The virgin Israel has committed a horrible act. \q -\v 14 Does the snow in Lebanon ever leave the rocky hills in the fields? -\q Do the mountain streams coming from far away ever lose their water? +\v 14 Does the snow in Lebanon ever leave the rocky hills on its sides? +\q Are the mountain streams coming from far away ever destroyed, those cold streams? \s5 \q diff --git a/24-JER/20.usfm b/24-JER/20.usfm index ab42db08..e2c88964 100644 --- a/24-JER/20.usfm +++ b/24-JER/20.usfm @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ deceitful things will be buried there.'" \s5 \p \q -\v 7 "You persuaded me, Yahweh. I was indeed persuaded. You seized me and defeated me. +\v 7 "You deceived me, Yahweh. I was indeed deceived. You seized me and defeated me. \q I have become a laughingstock. The people mock me every day, all the day. \q diff --git a/24-JER/23.usfm b/24-JER/23.usfm index 0d041cf3..12538e7d 100644 --- a/24-JER/23.usfm +++ b/24-JER/23.usfm @@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ Know this! I will pay you back for the evil of your practices—this is Yahweh's \s5 \q -\v 5 See, days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when I will raise up for David a righteous branch. -\q He will reign as king; he will bring prosperity and carry out justice and righteousness in the land. +\v 5 See, the days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when I will raise up for David a righteous branch. +\q He will reign as king; he will act wisely and cause justice and righteousness in the land. \q \v 6 In his days Judah will be rescued, and Israel will live in security. \q And this is the name by which he will be called: Yahweh is our Righteousness. @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Know this! I will pay you back for the evil of your practices—this is Yahweh's \v 9 Regarding the prophets, my heart is broken in me, and all of my bones tremble. I have become like a drunk man, \q like a man whom wine has overpowered, because of Yahweh and his holy words. \q -\v 10 For the land is full of adulterers. Because of these the land mourns. +\v 10 For the land is full of adulterers. Because of these the land is dried up. \q The meadows in the wilderness dry up. These prophets' paths are wicked; their power is not used in a right manner. \s5 diff --git a/24-JER/25.usfm b/24-JER/25.usfm index 14545e5c..e4f2794a 100644 --- a/24-JER/25.usfm +++ b/24-JER/25.usfm @@ -100,8 +100,9 @@ He will administer justice to all flesh. \q \v 37 So the peaceful pastures will be devastated because of Yahweh's angry wrath. \q -\v 38 Like a young lion, he has left his den, for their land will become a horror because of his oppressive anger, +\v 38 Like a young lion, he has left his den, for their land will become a horror because of the oppressor's anger, \q because of his angry wrath.'" +\f + \ft Instead of \fqa the oppressor's anger \fqb , some ancient copies and modern versions have \fqa the oppressor's sword \fqb . \f* diff --git a/24-JER/27.usfm b/24-JER/27.usfm index 771f0e97..b720e09f 100644 --- a/24-JER/27.usfm +++ b/24-JER/27.usfm @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ \s5 \c 27 \p -\v 1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from Yahweh. +\v 1 In the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from Yahweh. +\f + \ft Although most Hebrew copies have \fqa Jehoiakim \fqb , most modern versions have \fqa Zedekiah \fqb , because the events in this chapter occur during his reign. \f* \v 2 This is what Yahweh said to me, "Make fetters and a yoke for yourself. Place them on your neck. \v 3 Then send them out to the king of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the people of Ammon, the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon. Send them by the hand of those kings' ambassadors who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah. \v 4 Give commands to them for their masters and say, 'Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this: This is what you must say to your masters, diff --git a/25-LAM/01.usfm b/25-LAM/01.usfm index e82ea02e..4debe73c 100644 --- a/25-LAM/01.usfm +++ b/25-LAM/01.usfm @@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ \c 1 \p \q -\v 1 The city that once was full of people is now sitting all alone! -\q She has become like a widow, though she was a mighty nation! -\q She was a princess among the nations, but is now forced into slavery! +\v 1 The city that once was full of people is now sitting all alone. +\q She has become like a widow, though she was a mighty nation. +\q She was a princess among the nations, but is now forced into slavery. \q \v 2 She weeps and wails in the night, and her tears cover her cheeks. \q None of her lovers comfort her. @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ \q \v 4 The roads of Zion mourn because none come to the appointed feasts. \q All her gates are desolate. Her priests groan. -\q Her virgins are sorrowful, and she herself is in complete distress. +\q Her virgins are sorrowful and she herself is in complete distress. \q \v 5 Her adversaries have become her master; her enemies prosper. \q Yahweh has afflicted her for her many sins. @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 8 Jerusalem sinned greatly; therefore, she has become scorned as something filthy. +\v 8 Jerusalem sinned greatly, therefore, she has become scorned as something that is filthy. \q All who honored her now despise her since they have seen her nakedness. \q She groans and tries to turn away. \q @@ -105,16 +105,16 @@ \s5 \q -\v 20 Look, Yahweh, for I am in distress; my innermost parts churn about. -\q My heart is turned within me for I have grievously rebelled. -\q From outside the sword cuts off life. It has become like death in the house. +\v 20 Look, Yahweh, for I am in distress; my stomach churns, +\q my heart is disturbed within me, for I have very rebellious. +\q Outside, the sword bereaves a mother, inside the house there is only death. \s5 \q -\v 21 Hear me groan. There is no one to comfort me. -\q All my enemies have heard of my adversity. They rejoice that you have done it. -\q Bring on the day you have promised, that they may become like me. +\v 21 They have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. +\q All my enemies have heard of my trouble and they are glad that you have done it. +\q You have brought the day you promised; now let them become like me. \q \v 22 Let all their wickedness come before you. -\q Torment them as you have tormented me for all my transgressions; -\q for my groans are many, and my heart is weak. +\q deal with them as you have dealt with me because of all my transgressions. +\q My groans are many and my heart is faint. diff --git a/25-LAM/02.usfm b/25-LAM/02.usfm index 9181506c..6a86a14b 100644 --- a/25-LAM/02.usfm +++ b/25-LAM/02.usfm @@ -3,29 +3,29 @@ \c 2 \p \q -\v 1 The Lord has completely covered the daughter of Zion with a dark cloud in his anger! -\q He has cast down the beauty of Israel from heaven to the earth; -\q he has ignored his footstool on the day of his anger. +\v 1 The Lord has covered the daughter of Zion under the cloud of his anger. +\q He has from heaven to earth the splendor of Israel. +\q He has not remembered his footstool on the day of his anger. \q \v 2 The Lord has swallowed up and has had no compassion on all the towns of Jacob. -\q He has thrown down the fortified cities of the daughter of Judah in his wrath; -\q he has struck them down to the ground in dishonor and disgraced the kingdom and her princes. +\q In the days of his anger he has thrown down the fortified cities of the daughter of Judah; +\q in dishonor he has brought down to the ground the kingdom and its rulers. \s5 \q \v 3 With fierce anger he has cut off all the strength of Israel. -\q He has drawn back his right hand from before the enemy. +\q He has withdrawn his right hand from before the enemy. \q He has burned up Jacob like a blazing fire that devours everything around it. \q -\v 4 He has strung his bow at us like an enemy. -\q He has stood in battle position as an adversary with his hand ready to shoot. -\q He has slaughtered all the people most precious . -\q In the tent of the daughter of Zion he has poured out his wrath like fire. +\v 4 Like an enemy he has bent his bow toward us, +\q with his right is ready to shoot. +\q He has slaughtered all who had been so pleasing to him in the tent of the daughter of Zion; +\q he has poured out his wrath like fire. \s5 \q \v 5 The Lord has become like an enemy. He has swallowed up Israel. -\q He has swallowed up all her palaces; he has destroyed her strongholds. +\q He has swallowed up all her palaces. He has destroyed her strongholds. \q He has increased mourning and lamentation within the daughter of Judah. \q \v 6 He has attacked his tabernacle like a garden hut. He has destroyed the place of the solemn assembly. @@ -34,46 +34,46 @@ \s5 \q -\v 7 The Lord has rejected his altar; he has spurned his sanctuary. +\v 7 The Lord has rejected his altar and disowned his sanctuary. \q He has given over the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. -\q They have made a sound of victory in the house of Yahweh, as on the day of a solemn assembly. +\q They have raised a shout in the house of Yahweh, as on the day of an appointed feast. \s5 \q -\v 8 Yahweh has deliberately decided to destroy the city wall of the daughter of Zion. +\v 8 Yahweh decided to destroy the city wall of the daughter of Zion. \q He has stretched out the measuring line and has not withheld his hand from destroying the wall. -\q And he has made the ramparts lament and the walls become feeble. +\q And he has made the ramparts and wall to lament; together they wasted away. \q -\v 9 Her gates have sunk into the ground; he has destroyed and broken her gate bars. -\q Her king and her princes are among the Gentiles, where there is no law of Moses. -\q Even her prophets find no vision from Yahweh. +\v 9 Her gates have sunk into the ground; he has destroyed and broken the bars of her gate. +\q Her king and her princes are among the nations, the law is no more +\q and her prophets find no vision from Yahweh. \s5 \q -\v 10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground and silently grieve. -\q They have sprinkled dust on their heads; they dress in sackcloth. -\q The virgins of Jerusalem lower their heads to the ground. +\v 10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. +\q They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. +\q The virgins of Jerusalem bowed their heads to the ground. \b \s5 \q -\v 11 My tears have ended; my eyes are red; my innermost parts are in turmoil. -\q My liver has been poured out to the ground because of the crushing of the daughter of my people, -\q because the young children and the nursing babies are helplessly weak in the streets of the villages. +\v 11 My eyes are worn out from weeping; my stomach churns; +\q my liver is poured out to the ground because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, +\q children and infants faint in the streets of the city. \q \v 12 They say to their mothers, "Where is grain and wine?" -\q as they faint like wounded men in the streets of the city, -\q their lives being poured out onto their mothers' laps. +\q as they faint like a wounded man in the streets of the city, +\q their lives are poured out on the bosom of their mothers. \s5 \q -\v 13 What can I say regarding you, daughter of Jerusalem? -\q What will I compare to you to comfort you, virgin daughter of Zion? -\q Your collapse is as great as the sea. Who can heal you? +\v 13 What can I say to you, daughter of Jerusalem? +\q To what can I compare to you, that I may comfort you, virgin daughter of Zion? +\q Your wound is as great as the sea. Who can heal you? \q -\v 14 Your prophets have seen deceitful and foolish visions for you. -\q They have not revealed your iniquity to restore your fortunes, -\q but have perceived deceitful oracles and temptations for you. +\v 14 Your prophets have seen false and worthless visions for you. +\q They have not exposed your iniquity to restore your fortunes, +\q but for you they have seen oracles that are false and misleading. \s5 \q @@ -81,42 +81,42 @@ \q They hiss and shake their heads against the daughter of Jerusalem and say, \q "Is this the city that they called 'The Perfection of Beauty,' 'The Joy for All of Earth'?" \q -\v 16 All your enemies open their mouths wide and mock you. -\q They whistle and grind their teeth; they say, "We have swallowed her! -\q Certainly this is the day for which we waited! We have found it! We have seen it!" +\v 16 All your enemies open their mouths and mocked you. +\q They sneer and grind their teeth and say, "We have swallowed her up! +\q This is the day we jave waited for! We have lived to see it!" \s5 \q -\v 17 Yahweh has done what he decided. He has fulfilled his word that he proclaimed long ago. -\q He has torn down; he has not shown compassion, -\q for he has allowed the enemy to rejoice over you; he has lifted up the strength of your enemies. +\v 17 Yahweh has done what he planned to do. He has fulfilled his word. +\q He has overthrown you without pity, +\q for he has permitted the enemy to rejoice over you; he has increased the power of your enemies. \s5 \q -\v 18 Their heart shouts to the Lord, -\q "Walls of the daughter of Zion, let tears flow down like a river day and night. -\q Give yourself no reprieve. Do not stop the outflow of your eyes. +\v 18 Their heart cried out to the Lord, +\q walls of the daughter of Zion! Make your tears flow down like a river day and night. +\q Give yourself no relief, your eyes no relief. \q -\v 19 Stand and cry out in the night; from the beginning of the watches -\q pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. -\q Lift up your hands to him for the life of your children who lie weak with hunger at the head of every street." +\v 19 Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the night watches! +\q Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. +\q Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children who faint with hunger at the corner of every street." \b \s5 \q -\v 20 Look, Yahweh, and regard those whom you have dealt with so severely. -\q Should the women eat their own fruit, the children whom they have cared for? -\q Should the priest and the prophet be slaughtered in the sanctuary of the Lord? +\v 20 See, Yahweh, and consider those you have dealt in this way. +\q Should women eat the fruit of their wombs, the children whom they have cared for? +\q Should priest and prophet be slaughtered in the sanctuary of the Lord? \s5 \q -\v 21 Both the young and the old lie on the ground in the streets. -\q My virgins and my vigorous men have fallen by the sword. -\q You have slaughtered them in the day of your wrath; you have killed ruthlessly and shown no compassion. +\v 21 Both the young and the old lie on the dust of the streets. +\q My young women and my young men have fallen by the sword; +\q you have slaughtered them without taking pity on them. \q -\v 22 You have summoned my terrors from all around as on the day of the solemn assembly; -\q no one escaped, and there was no survivor on the day of Yahweh's wrath. -\q Those whom I nurtured and raised, my enemy has brought to an end. +\v 22 You have summoned, as you would call the people to a feast day, my terrors on every side, on the day of the anger of Yahweh no one escaped or survived; +\q those I cared for and raised, +\q my enemy has destroyed. diff --git a/25-LAM/03.usfm b/25-LAM/03.usfm index a671d07d..aa075c40 100644 --- a/25-LAM/03.usfm +++ b/25-LAM/03.usfm @@ -6,174 +6,175 @@ \q \v 1 I am a man who has seen misery under the rod of Yahweh's fury. \q -\v 2 He has driven me away and caused me to walk in darkness rather than light. +\v 2 He drove me away and caused me to walk in darkness rather than light. \q -\v 3 Surely he has turned against me; he turns his hand against me all the day. +\v 3 Surely he turned his hand against me again and again, the whole day long. \q -\v 4 He has worn out my flesh and my skin; he has broken my bones. +\v 4 He made my flesh and my skin waste away; he broke my bones. \s5 \q -\v 5 He has built up siege works against me, and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. +\v 5 He built up siege works against me, and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. \q -\v 6 He has made me to live in dark places, like those long dead. +\v 6 He made me live in dark places, like those who died long ago. \q -\v 7 He has built a wall around me, and I cannot escape. He has made my shackles heavy. +\v 7 He built a wall around me and I cannot escape. He made my chains heavy \q -\v 8 Though I call out and scream for help, he shuts out my prayers. +\v 8 and though I call out and cry for help, he shut out my prayer. \s5 \q -\v 9 He has blocked my path with walls of hewn stone; every way I take is crooked. +\v 9 He blocked my path with a wall of hewn stone; he made my paths crooked. \q -\v 10 He is a bear waiting to ambush me, a lion in hiding. +\v 10 He is like a bear waiting to ambush me, a lion in hiding; \q -\v 11 He has turned aside my paths. He tears me apart and makes me desolate. +\v 11 he turned aside my paths, he has made be desolate. \s5 \q -\v 12 He has bent his bow and marked me as a target for an arrow. +\v 12 He bent his bow and set me as a target for his arrow. \q -\v 13 He has sent the arrows of his quiver to enter into my kidneys. +\v 13 He pieced my kidneys with the arrows of his quiver. \q -\v 14 I have become a laughingstock to all my people, the subject of their taunting song day by day. +\v 14 I became a laughingstock to all my people, the object of their taunting all day long. \q -\v 15 He has filled me with bitterness and forced me to drink wormwood. +\v 15 He filled me with bitterness and forced me to drink wormwood. \s5 \q -\v 16 He has crushed my teeth with gravel; he has pushed me down into the dust. +\v 16 He crushed my teeth with gravel; he has pushed me down into the dust. \q -\v 17 You have removed peace from my life; I no longer remember any happiness. +\v 17 My soul is deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is. \q -\v 18 So I said, "My endurance has perished, and my hope in Yahweh is gone." +\v 18 So I say, "My endurance has perished and so has my hope in Yahweh." \b \s5 \q -\v 19 I call to mind my affliction and my straying, the wormwood and bitterness. +\v 19 Remember my affliction and my wanderings, the wormwood and bitterness. \q -\v 20 I certainly call it to mind, and I bow down within myself in despair. +\v 20 I continually remember it and I am bowed down within me. \q -\v 21 But I call this to mind, and this is why I have hope: +\v 21 But I call this to mind and therefore I have hope: \s5 \q -\v 22 It is by the covenant faithfulness of Yahweh that we are not destroyed, for his merciful actions have not come to an end. +\v 22 The steadfast love of Yahweh never ceases and his compassions never end, \q -\v 23 His merciful actions toward us are new every morning. Your faithfulness is great! +\v 23 they are new every morning; your faithfulness is great. \q -\v 24 "Yahweh is my inheritance," I have said to myself, so I will hope in him. +\v 24 "Yahweh is my inheritance," I said, therefore I will hope in him. \s5 \q -\v 25 Yahweh is good to the one who waits for him, to the life that seeks him. +\v 25 Yahweh is good to those who waits for him, to the one who seeks him. \q -\v 26 It is good to wait in silence for the salvation of Yahweh. +\v 26 It is good to wait silently for the salvation of Yahweh. \q \v 27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. \q -\v 28 Let him sit alone in silence, because Yahweh has laid it upon him. +\v 28 Let him sit alone in silence, when it is laid upon him. \q -\v 29 Let him put his mouth in the dust, and perhaps there may be hope. +\v 29 Let him put his mouth in the dust—there may yet be hope. \s5 \q -\v 30 Let him give his cheek to the one striking him. Let him be filled full with disgrace, +\v 30 Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes him, and let him be filled full with disgrace. \q -\v 31 for the Lord will not reject him forever! +\v 31 For the Lord will not reject us forever, \q -\v 32 For though he brings grief, he also shows compassion that comes out of the greatness of his covenant faithfulness. +\v 32 but though he causes grief, he will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love. \q -\v 33 For he does not oppress from his heart, or torment the sons of men. +\v 33 For he does not afflict from his heart or torment the children of mankind. \s5 \q -\v 34 To crush all the captives on earth under his foot, +\v 34 To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the earth, \q -\v 35 to turn aside the justice of men before the face of the Most High, +\v 35 to deny a man justice in the presence of the Most High, \q -\v 36 to suppress a person in his cause—does not the Lord see? +\v 36 to deny justice to a person—the Lord would not approve such things! \s5 \q -\v 37 Who is it that speaks and it happens when the Lord has not commanded it? +\v 37 Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord decreed it? \q -\v 38 Do not both calamity and success come out of the mouth of the Most High? +\v 38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and the good come? \q -\v 39 How can any person alive complain? How can any man complain about the punishment for his sins? +\v 39 How can any person alive complain? How can a person complain about the punishment for his sins? \b \s5 \q -\v 40 Let us test and examine our ways, and turn again to Yahweh. +\v 40 Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to Yahweh. \q -\v 41 Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in the heavens and pray: +\v 41 Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in the heavens: \q -\v 42 "We have transgressed and have rebelled against you, so you have not pardoned us. +\v 42 "We have transgressed and rebelled, and you have not forgiven. \q -\v 43 You have covered yourself with anger and pursued us. You have slaughtered us, and you have not pitied us. -\s5 -\q -\v 44 You have covered yourself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through. -\q -\v 45 You have made us castoffs and refuse among the peoples. -\q -\v 46 All our enemies have opened their mouths mockingly against us. -\q -\v 47 Fear of the pit has come upon us, desolation and crushing." +\v 43 You have covered yourself with anger and pursued us, you have killed and you have not spared. \s5 \q -\v 48 My eye runs down with streams of water because of the crushing of the daughter of my people. +\v 44 You have covered yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through. \q -\v 49 My eyes flow out, and they do not stop, for there is no end to it +\v 45 You have made us like filthy scum and refuse among the nations. \q -\v 50 until Yahweh looks down and sees from heaven. +\v 46 All our enemies curse us, +\q +\v 47 panic and pitfall have come upon us, ruin and destruction. \s5 \q -\v 51 My eye brings severe pain to my life because of all the daughters of my city. +\v 48 My eyes flow with streams of tears because of my people are destroyed. +\q +\v 49 My eyes will shed tears without ceasing; without relief, +\q +\v 50 until he will look down and Yahweh will see from heaven. + +\s5 +\q +\v 51 My eyes cause me grief because of all the daughters of my city. \q -\v 52 My enemies have relentlessly hunted me like a bird, without cause. +\v 52 I have been hunted like a bird those who were my enemies; they hunted me without a reason. \q -\v 53 They have destroyed my life in a well and have placed a stone over me. +\v 53 They cast me into a pit have destroyed my life in a well and have placed a stone over me, \q -\v 54 Waters flowed over my head; I said, "I have been cut off!" +\v 54 waters poured over my head; I said, "I have been cut off!" \b \s5 \q -\v 55 I called on your name, Yahweh, out of the lowest pit. +\v 55 I called on your name, Yahweh, from the depths of the pit. \q -\v 56 You heard my voice when I said, "Do not hide your ear from my call for relief, from my cry for help." +\v 56 You heard my voice when I said, "Do not close your ear to my cry for help." \q -\v 57 You approached me on the day that I called on you; you told me, "Do not fear!" +\v 57 You came near on the day I called on you; you said, "Do not fear." \s5 \q -\v 58 Lord, you defended me when I was on trial for my life; you have saved my life! +\v 58 Lord, you defended my case, you saved my life! \q -\v 59 Yahweh, you have seen their oppression of me. Judge my case justly. +\v 59 Yahweh, you have seen the wrong they have done to me; judge my case. \q -\v 60 You have seen all their acts of vengeance, all their plans against me. +\v 60 You have seen their insults, all their plots against me— \q \v 61 You have heard their scorn, Yahweh, and all their plans regarding me. \s5 \q -\v 62 You have heard the lips of those who rose up against me; you have heard their deep thoughts that are against me all day long. +\v 62 The lips of those who rise up against me, and their accusations, come against all the day. \q -\v 63 Whether in their sitting or their rising up, look, Yahweh! I am the object of their mocking song. +\v 63 Look at how they sit and then rise up; they mock me with their songs. \s5 \q -\v 64 Pay back to them, Yahweh, as much harm as what their hands have done. +\v 64 Pay back to them, Yahweh, according to what they have done. \q -\v 65 Set fear in their hearts; set your curse on them. +\v 65 You will let their hearts be shameless! May your condemnation be upon them! \q -\v 66 Pursue them in your anger and destroy them everywhere under the heavens, Yahweh! +\v 66 You pursue them in anger and destroy them from under the heavens, Yahweh! diff --git a/25-LAM/04.usfm b/25-LAM/04.usfm index 3fc3e6e4..ece5d052 100644 --- a/25-LAM/04.usfm +++ b/25-LAM/04.usfm @@ -3,99 +3,111 @@ \c 4 \p \q -\v 1 The gold has become completely tarnished; the purest gold has changed. -\q The holy stones have been poured out at the head of every street. +\v 1 The gold has become tarnished; how the purest gold has changed! +\q The holy stones are scattered at the corner of every street. \q -\v 2 The sons of Zion were precious, valued greater than pure gold. -\q But now they are regarded as nothing but clay jars made by potter's hands. +\v 2 The precious sons of Zion were worth their weight in pure gold, +\q but now they are worth no more than clay jars, the work of the potter's hands! \s5 \q -\v 3 Even the jackals reveal the breast to nurse their cubs, but -\q the daughter of my people is as cruel as ostriches in the desert. +\v 3 Even the jackals offer the breast to nurse their cubs, but +\q the daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the desert. \s5 \q -\v 4 The tongue of the nursing baby sticks to the roof of his mouth with thirst; -\q children ask for bread, but there is nothing for them. +\v 4 The tongue of the nursing baby sticks to the roof of his mouth by thirst; +\q the children ask for food, but there is none for them. \q -\v 5 The ones who used to eat expensive food are now abandoned, starving in the streets; -\q those who wore scarlet clothing are now on top of garbage heaps. +\v 5 The ones who used to feast on expensive food now starve in the streets; +\q those who were brought up wearing purple clothing, now lie dying on piles of garbage. \s5 \q -\v 6 The iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, -\q that was overthrown in a moment, though no hands seized her. +\v 6 The punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than that of Sodom, +\q and it was overthrown in a moment +\q and no one lifted a hand to help her. \s5 \q -\v 7 Her leaders used to shine like snow and were as white as milk. -\q Their bodies were more ruddy than coral; their form like sapphire. +\v 7 Her leaders were purer than snow, whiter than milk; +\q their bodies were more ruddy than coral, their form was like sapphire. \q -\v 8 Now darkness blackens their appearance, and they are unrecognizable in the streets, -\q for their skin clings to their withered bones. It has become as dry as wood! +\v 8 Their appearance now is darker than soot; +\q they are not recognized in the streets. +\q Their skin has shriveled on their bones; +\q it has become as dry as wood. \s5 \q -\v 9 Those who have been killed by the sword are better off than those killed by hunger; -\q they are better off than those who waste away, pierced by hunger for the lack of any crops from fields. +\v 9 Those who have been killed by the sword were happier than those killed by hunger, +\q who wasted away, pierced by the lack of any harvest from the field. \q -\v 10 The hands of compassionate women boiled their own children! -\q Their children became their food -\q when my people were being destroyed. +\v 10 The hands of compassionate women have boiled their own children; +\q they became their food during the time +\q when the daughter of my people was being destroyed. \b \s5 \q -\v 11 Yahweh has satisfied his rage. He has poured out his burning anger; he has kindled a fire -\q in Zion, and it has devoured her foundations. +\v 11 Yahweh showed all his wrath; he poured out his fierce anger. +\q He kindled a fire in Zion that consumed her foundations. \s5 \q -\v 12 Neither the kings of the earth nor any of the world's inhabitants would believe -\q that an adversary and enemy could enter the gates of Jerusalem. +\v 12 The kings of the earth did not believe, +\q nor did any of the inhabitants of the world believe, +\q that enemies or opponents could enter the gates of Jerusalem. \q -\v 13 But they did, because of the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests +\v 13 The the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests \q who have shed the blood of the righteous in her midst. \s5 \q -\v 14 Those prophets and priests now wander like blind men in the streets. -\q They are defiled by that blood so no one is able to even touch their clothes. +\v 14 They wandered, blind, through the streets. +\q They were so defiled by that blood that no one was allowed to touch their clothes. \q -\v 15 "Flee! Unclean!" these prophets and priests cry out. "Flee, flee! Do not touch us!" -\q So they wander to other lands, but even the Gentiles say, "They can no longer live here as foreigners." +\v 15 "Away! Unclean!" people cried at them. "Away! Away! Do not touch!" +\q So they wandered about; people said among the nations, "They can stay here no longer." \s5 \q -\v 16 Yahweh has scattered them from his presence; he does not look on them with favor any longer. -\q No one receives the priests with any respect any more, and they show no concern for the elders. +\v 16 Yahweh himself scattered them; he does not watch over them any more. +\q They do not honor the priests, +\q and they did not show any favor to the elders. \b \s5 \q -\v 17 Our eyes constantly failed to find even worthless help, -\q though they eagerly watched for a nation that would not save us. +\v 17 Our eyes failed, looking in vain for help; +\q from our watchtowers we watched +\q for a nation that could not rescue us. \q -\v 18 They hunted our steps going through our streets. -\q Our end was near and our days were finished, for our end had come. +\v 18 They followed our steps, +\q we could not walk in our streets. +\q Our end was near and our days were numbered, +\q our end had come. \s5 \q \v 19 Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles in the sky. \q They chased us to the mountains and lay in wait for us in the wilderness. \q -\v 20 The breath in our nostrils, Yahweh's anointed one—our king, was captured in their pits; -\q it was our king of whom we said, "We will live under his protection among the nations." +\v 20 The breath in our nostrils—Yahweh's anointed one—he was the one who was captured in their pits; +\q of whom it was said, "Under his shadow we would live among the nations." \b \s5 \q -\v 21 Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom living in the land of Uz, -\q for the cup will also pass to you. You will become drunk and strip yourself naked. +\v 21 Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom, +\q you who live in the land of Uz. +\q But to you also the cup will be passed; +\q you will be drunk and strip yourself naked. \q -\v 22 Daughter of Zion, the punishment for your iniquity has come to an end. He will no longer keep you in exile. -\q But daughter of Edom, he will punish your sins and uncover your wickedness. +\v 22 Daughter of Zion, your punishment will come to an end, +\q he will not extend your exile +\q But daughter of Edom, he will punish; +\q he will uncover your sins. diff --git a/25-LAM/05.usfm b/25-LAM/05.usfm index b53cf82e..aaa376d5 100644 --- a/25-LAM/05.usfm +++ b/25-LAM/05.usfm @@ -3,83 +3,84 @@ \c 5 \p \q -\v 1 Call to mind, Yahweh, what has happened to us. -\q Look and see our shame. +\v 1 Remember, Yahweh, what has happened to us +\q look and see our disgrace. \q \v 2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers; \q our houses to foreigners. \q -\v 3 We have become orphans, for there are no more fathers, +\v 3 We have become orphans, the fatherless, \q and our mothers are like widows. \q -\v 4 Our water costs silver to drink, -\q and our own wood is sold to us. +\v 4 We must pay silver for the water we drink, +\q and we must pay silver to get our own wood. \s5 \q -\v 5 Our enemies run after us; they are so close that they are breathing down our necks. -\q We are weary; there is no rest for us. +\v 5 Those who are coming after us are close behind us; +\q we are weary and we can find no rest. \q -\v 6 We have reached out with our hands to the Egyptians -\q and the Assyrians to be filled with food. +\v 6 We have given ourselves to Egypt and to Assyria +\q to get enough food. \q -\v 7 Our fathers sinned; they are no more, -\q and we bear their sins. +\v 7 Our fathers sinned, and they are no more, +\q and we bear their iniquities. \s5 \q \v 8 Slaves rule over us, -\q and there is no one to rescue us out of their hand. +\q and there is no one to deliver us from their hand. \q -\v 9 We are risking our lives to get our bread -\q in the face of the sword of the wilderness. +\v 9 We get our bread only by risking our lives, +\q because of the sword in the wilderness. \q -\v 10 Our skin is like an oven, -\q burned up from the fever of famine. +\v 10 Our skin has grown as hot as an oven +\q because of the burning heat of hunger. \s5 \q -\v 11 They have violated the women in Zion, -\q the virgins in the cities of Judah. +\v 11 Women are raped in Zion, +\q and virgins in the cities of Judah. \q -\v 12 They hung princes by their own hands, -\q and they have not honored the elders. +\v 12 Princes are hung up by their own hands, +\q and no honor is shown to the elders. \s5 \q -\v 13 They have brought up the vigorous men to the grinding house, -\q and youthful men stagger beneath logs. +\v 13 Young men are forced to grind grain with a millstone, +\q and boys stagger under heaven loads of wood. \q -\v 14 They have removed the elders from the city gate -\q and the vigorous men from their music. +\v 14 The elders have left the city gate, +\q and the young men have left their music. \s5 \q -\v 15 The joy of our heart has ceased; -\q our dances have changed into mourning. +\v 15 The joy of our heart has ceased +\q and our dancing has turned into mourning. \q -\v 16 The crown has fallen from our head! -\q Woe to us, for we have sinned! +\v 16 The crown has fallen from our head; +\q woe to us, for we have sinned! \s5 \q -\v 17 Our hearts have become sick, +\v 17 For this our heart has become sick, \q and our eyes have grown dim, +\q for these things our eyes grow dim \q -\v 18 because jackals wander on Mount Zion, which is deserted. +\v 18 for Mount Zion lies desolate, with jackals prowling over it. \b \s5 \q -\v 19 But you are Yahweh; you reign forever, -\q and your throne is from generation to generation. +\v 19 But you, Yahweh, reign forever, +\q and you will sit upon your throne from generation to generation. \q \v 20 Why do you forget us forever? -\q Will you forsake us for so very long? +\q Will do you forsake us for so many days? \q -\v 21 Turn us back to you, Yahweh, and we will repent. -\q Restore our days as in ancient times, +\v 21 Restore us to yourself, Yahweh, and we will be restored. +\q Renew our days as they were long ago— \q -\v 22 unless we truly are rejected -\q and your anger toward us is too great! +\v 22 unless you have utterly rejected us +\q and you are angry with us beyond measure. \q diff --git a/26-EZK/05.usfm b/26-EZK/05.usfm index b79411a9..477ca624 100644 --- a/26-EZK/05.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/05.usfm @@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ \v 6 But she has rejected my decrees with wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that surround her. And they have rejected my judgments and have not walked in my statutes." \s5 -\v 7 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this, "Because you are more troublesome than the nations that surround you and have not walked in my statutes or acted according to my decrees, or even acted according to the decrees of the nations that surround you." -\v 8 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this, "Behold! I myself will act against you. I will execute judgments within your midst for the nations to see. +\v 7 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this, "Because you are more troublesome than the nations that surround you and have not walked in my statutes or acted according to my decrees, or even acted according to the decrees of the nations that surround you," +\v 8 therefore the Lord Yahweh says this, "Behold! I myself will act against you. I will execute judgments within your midst for the nations to see. \s5 \v 9 I will do to you what I have not done and the like of which I will not do again, because of all your disgusting actions. diff --git a/26-EZK/07.usfm b/26-EZK/07.usfm index ddb2541e..067fe1b5 100644 --- a/26-EZK/07.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/07.usfm @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ \q Those who are in the field will die by the sword, while famine and plague will consume those in the city. \q \v 16 But some survivors will escape from among them, and they will go to the mountains. -\q Like doves of the valleys, all of them will moan—each man for in his iniquity. +\q Like doves of the valleys, all of them will moan—each man for his iniquity. \s5 \q @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ \q and shame will be on every face, and baldness on all of their heads. \q \v 19 They will throw their silver into the streets and their gold will be like refuse. Their silver and their gold -\q will not be able to rescue them in the day of Yahweh's rage. Their life will not be saved, +\q will not be able to rescue them in the day of Yahweh's rage. Their lives will not be saved, \q and their hunger will not be satisfied, because their iniquity has become a stumbling block. \s5 diff --git a/26-EZK/08.usfm b/26-EZK/08.usfm index e3c8c283..ed2018ac 100644 --- a/26-EZK/08.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/08.usfm @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ \s5 \v 10 So I went in and looked, and behold! There was every form of creeping thing and detestable beast! Every idol of the house of Israel was carved into the wall all around. -\v 11 Seventy elders of the house of Israel were there, and Jaazaniah son of Shaphan, was standing in their midst. They were standing in front of the images, and each man had his censer in his hand so that the smell of the cloud of incense went up. +\v 11 Seventy elders of the house of Israel were there, and Jaazaniah son of Shaphan was standing in their midst. They were standing in front of the images, and each man had his censer in his hand so that the smell of the cloud of incense went up. \s5 \v 12 Then he said to me, "Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark? Each one does this in the hidden chamber of his idol, for they say, 'Yahweh does not see us! Yahweh has forsaken the land!'" diff --git a/26-EZK/11.usfm b/26-EZK/11.usfm index 949fb202..63a4db15 100644 --- a/26-EZK/11.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/11.usfm @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ \s5 \c 11 \p -\v 1 Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the eastern gate of Yahweh's house, facing east, and behold! in the doorway of the gate there were twenty-five men. I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur, and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people, among them. +\v 1 Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the eastern gate of Yahweh's house, facing east, and behold! in the doorway of the gate there were twenty-five men. I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people, among them. \s5 \v 2 God said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity, and who decide wicked plans in this city. diff --git a/26-EZK/12.usfm b/26-EZK/12.usfm index 51eac3b1..a952504a 100644 --- a/26-EZK/12.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/12.usfm @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ \v 10 Say to them, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: this prophetic action concerns the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel in whose midst they are.' \s5 -\v 11 Say, 'I am sign to you. As I have done, so it will be done to them; they will go into exile and into captivity. +\v 11 Say, 'I am a sign to you. As I have done, so it will be done to them; they will go into exile and into captivity. \v 12 The prince who is among them will lift up his things upon his shoulder in the dark, and will go out through the wall. They will dig through the wall and bring out their things. He will cover his face, so he will not see the land with his eyes. \v 13 I will spread out my net over him and he will be caught in my snare; then I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, but he will not see it. He will die there. diff --git a/26-EZK/16.usfm b/26-EZK/16.usfm index 02f4ead3..7272a7a5 100644 --- a/26-EZK/16.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/16.usfm @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ \s5 \v 9 So I washed you with water and rinsed your blood off you, and I anointed you with oil. -\v 10 I dressed you in embroidered clothes and placed leather sandles on your feet. I wrapped you with fine linen and covered you with silk. +\v 10 I dressed you in embroidered clothes and placed leather sandals on your feet. I wrapped you with fine linen and covered you with silk. \v 11 Next I adorned you with jewelry, and I put bracelets on your hands, and a chain around your neck. \v 12 I put a nose ring in your nostrils and earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head. @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 15 But you trusted in your own beauty, and you acted like a whore because of your fame; you poured out your acts of prostitution on everyone who passed by. You became the property of those men. -\v 16 Then you took your clothes and with them you made high places for yourself decorated in various colors, and there you acted like a prostitutes. This should not have happened. Nor should such things exist. +\v 16 Then you took your clothes and with them you made high places for yourself decorated in various colors, and there you acted like a prostitute. This should not have happened. Nor should such a thing exist. \s5 \v 17 You took the fine jewels of the gold and silver that I gave you, and you made for yourself male figures, and you did with them as a prostitute would do. @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ \s5 \v 38 For I will punish you for adultery and the shedding of blood, and I will bring on you the bloodshed of my anger and passion. -\v 39 I will give you into their hand so they will throw down your mound and break down your high places and they will strip you of your clothes and take all of your jewelry. They will leave you naked and bare. +\v 39 I will give you into their hands so they will throw down your mound and break down your high places and they will strip you of your clothes and take all of your jewelry. They will leave you naked and bare. \s5 \v 40 Then they will bring up a crowd against you and stone you with stones, and they will cut you apart with their swords. @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ \s5 \v 47 Now do not walk in their ways or after their disgusting actions, as if those were very small things. Indeed, in all your ways you have been worse than they have been. -\v 48 As I live—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—Sodom, your sister and her daughters, have not done as much evil as you and your daughters have done. +\v 48 As I live—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—Sodom, your sister, and her daughters, have not done as much evil as you and your daughters have done. \s5 \v 49 Behold! This was the sin of your sister Sodom: she was arrogant in her leisure, careless and unconcerned about anything. She did not strengthen the hands of the poor and needy people. @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ \p \v 53 For I will restore their fortunes—the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters, and the fortunes of Samaria and her daughters; but your fortunes will be among them. \v 54 On account of these things you will show your shame; you will be humiliated because of everything that you have done, and in this way you will be a comfort to them. -\v 55 So your sisters Sodom and her daughters will be restored to their former condition, and Samaria and her daughters will be restored to their former estate. Then you and your daughters will be restored to your former condition. +\v 55 So your sister Sodom and her daughters will be restored to their former condition, and Samaria and her daughters will be restored to their former estate. Then you and your daughters will be restored to your former condition. \s5 \v 56 Sodom your sister was not even mentioned by your mouth in the days when you were proud, @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ \v 58 You will show your shame and your disgusting actions!—this is Yahweh's declaration! \s5 -\v 59 The Lord Yahweh says this: I will treat you as I treat anyone who who despises an oath he took so he can break a covenant. +\v 59 The Lord Yahweh says this: I will treat you as I treat anyone who despises an oath he took so he can break a covenant. \s5 \p diff --git a/26-EZK/21.usfm b/26-EZK/21.usfm index 81f04061..9add2f3a 100644 --- a/26-EZK/21.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/21.usfm @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ \q Should we rejoice in my son's scepter? The coming sword hates every such rod! \q \v 11 So the sword will be handed over to be polished, and then to be seized by the hand! -\q The sword is sharpened! And it is polished to give to the hand of a killer!' +\q The sword is sharpened! And it is polished to be given to the hand of a killer!' \s5 \q @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ \q \v 16 You, sword! Strike to the right! Strike to the left! Go wherever your sharp edge wishes. \q -\v 17 For I will also hit my two hands together, and then I bring my fury to rest! I, Yahweh, declare it!" +\v 17 For I will also hit my two hands together, and then I will bring my fury to rest! I, Yahweh, declare it!" \s5 \p @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ \v 31 I will pour out my indignation on you! I will fan the fire of my rage against you and put you into the hand of cruel men, craftsmen of destruction! \s5 -\v 32 You will become fuel for the fire! Your blood will be in the midst of the land. You will not be remembered, for I Yahweh have declared this!'" +\v 32 You will become fuel for the fire! Your blood will be in the midst of the land. You will not be remembered, for I, Yahweh have declared this!'" diff --git a/26-EZK/22.usfm b/26-EZK/22.usfm index 58e00ec4..45391b65 100644 --- a/26-EZK/22.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/22.usfm @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ wrath and fury. I will put you there and blow the fire on it to melt it; so will \s5 \v 26 Her priests do violence to my law, and they profane my holy things. They do not distinguish between holy things and profane things, and do not teach the difference between the unclean and the clean. They hide their eyes from my Sabbaths so that I am profaned in their midst. \v 27 Her princes within her are like wolves tearing apart their victims. They pour out blood and destroy life, to make a profit dishonestly. -\v 28 And her prophets have painted them over with whitewash; they see false visions and predict falsehoods to them. they say "The Lord Yahweh says this" when Yahweh has not spoken. +\v 28 And her prophets have painted them over with whitewash; they see false visions and predict falsehoods to them. They say "The Lord Yahweh says this" when Yahweh has not spoken. \s5 \v 29 The people of the land have oppressed through extortion and plundered through robbery, and they mistreat the poor and needy, and oppress the foreigner without justice. diff --git a/26-EZK/23.usfm b/26-EZK/23.usfm index d9bb2dab..4906c431 100644 --- a/26-EZK/23.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/23.usfm @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ \s5 \q \v 22 Therefore, Oholibah, the Lord Yahweh says this, 'Behold! I will turn your lovers against you. -\q Those from whom you turned away, I will bring them against you from on every side: +\q Those from whom you turned away, I will bring them against you from every side: \q \v 23 the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, \q strong, handsome men, governors and commanders, all of them are officers and men of reputation, all of them riding on horses. @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 36 Yahweh said to me, "Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? So present to them their disgusting actions, -\v 37 since they have committed adultery, and since there is blood on their hands. They have committed adultery, with their idols and they have even passed their +\v 37 since they have committed adultery, and since there is blood on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols, and they have even passed their sons whom they bore for me through the fire to be consumed. \s5 diff --git a/26-EZK/26.usfm b/26-EZK/26.usfm index feae1185..b68ea9dd 100644 --- a/26-EZK/26.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/26.usfm @@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ \s5 \c 26 \p -\v 1 So it was in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me and said, -\v 2 "Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, 'Aha! The gates of the people are broken! She has turned to me; I will be filled up as she is ruined.' +\v 1 So it was in the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me and said, +\v 2 "Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, 'Aha! The gates of the people are broken! She has turned to me; I will be filled up because she is ruined.' \s5 \v 3 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this, 'Behold! I am against you, Tyre, and I will raise up many nations against you like the sea raises its waves. @@ -15,23 +15,23 @@ \s5 \p -\v 7 For the Lord Yahweh says this: Behold! I am bringing Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, against Tyre from the east, a king of kings with horses and chariots, and cavalry with a great army. -\v 8 He will slaughter your daughters in the fields with a sword and will build siege walls against you. He will build siege ramps against you and lift up the shields against you. +\v 7 Now you yourself, son of man! I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. You will hear the words from my mouth and warn them on my behalf. +\v 8 If I say to a wicked person, 'Wicked one, you will surely die!' but if you do not announce this so that you warn the wicked about his way, then the wicked person will die in his sin, but I will require his blood from your hand! \s5 \v 9 He will place his battering rams to hit against your walls, and his tools will tear down your towers. -\v 10 He will cover you with the dust of a multitude of horses. Your walls will quake with the sound of horses and the wheels of chariots when he enters through your gates as the gates of the city are assaulted. -\v 11 He will trample all of your streets with the hooves of horses; he will slaughter your people with the sword, and your strong stone pillars will fall to the ground. +\v 10 So you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, 'You are saying this, "Our transgressions and our sins are on us, and we are decaying in them. How can we live?"' +\v 11 Say to them, 'As I live—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—I do not delight in the death of the wicked, for if the wicked repents from his way, then he will live. Repent! Repent from your wicked ways. For why should you die, house of Israel?' \s5 -\v 12 In this way they will plunder your strength and your merchandise! They will tear down your walls and your expensive houses and your stone and timber and dirt they will cast into the midst of the waters. -\v 13 For I will stop the music of your songs, and the sound of your lyres will no longer be heard. -\v 14 For I will make you a bare rock; you will become a place for nets to dry out. You will no longer be built up, for I, Yahweh, have declared it—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.' +\v 12 And you, son of man, say to your people, 'The righteousness of a righteous person will not save him if he sins. And the wickedness of a wicked person will not cause him to perish if he repents from his sin. For the righteous person will not be able to live because of his righteousness if he sins. +\v 13 If I say to the righteous, "He will surely live." and if he trusts in his righteousness and then commits injustice, I will not call to mind any of his righteousness; he will die in the wickedness that he has committed. +\v 14 And if I say to the wicked, "You will surely die." but if he then repents from his sins and does what is just and right— \s5 \p \v 15 The Lord Yahweh says this to Tyre, 'Will not the islands quake with the sound of your downfall, and with the groans of the wounded when the terrible slaughter is in your midst? -\v 16 For all the chiefs of the sea will come down from their thrones and lay aside their robes and strip off their colorful clothing. They will clothe themselves with fear. They will sit on the ground and tremble constantly and be horrified about you. +\v 16 None of the sins that he has committed will be called to mind for him. He has acted justly and rightly; he will surely live. \s5 \v 17 They will lift up a lament for you and say to you, diff --git a/26-EZK/33.usfm b/26-EZK/33.usfm index 614ee22a..e9bcf9b8 100644 --- a/26-EZK/33.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/33.usfm @@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ \c 33 \p \v 1 Then the word of Yahweh came to me and said, -\v 2 "Son of man, declare this to your people, say to them, 'When I bring a sword against any land, then the people of that land take one man from among themselves and make him a watchman for them. -\v 3 He looks for the sword as it comes on the land, and he blows his horn to warn the people. +\v 2 "Son of man, declare this to your people; say to them, 'When I bring a sword against any land, then the people of that land take one man from among themselves and make him a watchman for them. +\v 3 He looks for the sword as it comes on the land, and he blows his horn to warn the people! \v 4 If the people hear the sound of the horn but do not pay attention, and if the sword comes and kills them, then each one's blood is on his own head. \s5 @@ -14,23 +14,23 @@ \s5 \p -\v 7 Now you yourself, son of man! I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. You will hear the words from my mouth and warn them on my behalf. -\v 8 If I say to a wicked person, 'Wicked one, you will surely die!' but if you do not announce this so that you warn the wicked about his way, then the wicked person will die in his sin, but I will require his blood from your hand! +\v 7 Now you yourself, son of man! I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; you will hear the words from my mouth and warn them on my behalf. +\v 8 If I say to a wicked person, 'Wicked one, you will surely die!' but if you do not announce this so as to warn the wicked about his way, then he who is wicked will die in his sin, but I will require his blood from your hand! \v 9 But you, if you warn the wicked about his way, so that he might turn back from it, and if he does not turn back from his way, then he will die in his sin, but you yourself will have saved your own life. \s5 \p -\v 10 So you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, 'You are saying this, "Our transgressions and our sins are on us, and we are decaying in them. How can we live?"' -\v 11 Say to them, 'As I live—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—I do not delight in the death of the wicked, for if the wicked repents from his way, then he will live. Repent! Repent from your wicked ways. For why should you die, house of Israel?' +\v 10 So you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, 'You are saying this, "Our transgressions and our sins are on us, and we are decaying in them! How can we live?"' +\v 11 Say to them, 'As I live—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—I do not delight in the death of the wicked, for if the wicked repents from his way, then he will live! Repent! Repent from your wicked ways! For why should you die, house of Israel?' \s5 -\v 12 And you, son of man, say to your people, 'The righteousness of a righteous person will not save him if he sins. And the wickedness of a wicked person will not cause him to perish if he repents from his sin. For the righteous person will not be able to live because of his righteousness if he sins. -\v 13 If I say to the righteous, "He will surely live." and if he trusts in his righteousness and then commits injustice, I will not call to mind any of his righteousness; he will die in the wickedness that he has committed. +\v 12 And you, son of man, say to your people, 'The righteousness of a righteous person will not save him if he sins! And the wickedness of a wicked person will not cause him to perish if he repents from his sin. For the righteous person will not be able to live because of his righteousness if he sins. +\v 13 If I say to the righteous, "He will surely live!" and if he trusts in his righteousness and then commits injustice, I will not call to mind any of his righteousness; he will die in the wickedness that he has committed. \s5 -\v 14 And if I say to the wicked, "You will surely die." but if he then repents from his sins and does what is just and right— +\v 14 And if I say to the wicked, "You will surely die," but if he then repents from his sins and does what is just and right— \v 15 if he restores the loan guarantee that he wickedly demanded, or if he makes restitution for what he has stolen, and if he walks in the statutes that give life and no longer commits sin—then he will surely live; he will not die. -\v 16 None of the sins that he has committed will be called to mind for him. He has acted justly and rightly; he will surely live. +\v 16 None of the sins that he has committed will be called to mind for him. He has acted justly and rightly; he will surely live! \s5 diff --git a/27-DAN/02.usfm b/27-DAN/02.usfm index c631ccb3..3507f646 100644 --- a/27-DAN/02.usfm +++ b/27-DAN/02.usfm @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ \v 18 He urged them to seek mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery so that he and they might not be killed with the rest of the men of Babylon who were known for their wisdom. \s5 -\v 19 That night the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised the God of heaven +\v 19 That night the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised the God of heaven \v 20 and said, \q "Praise the name of God forever and ever; \q for wisdom and power belong to him. @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ I thank you and praise you \q for the wisdom and power you gave to me. \q Now you have made known to me -what we prayed for from you; +what we requested from you; \q you made known to us the matter that concerns the king." \s5 @@ -77,11 +77,11 @@ what we prayed for from you; \s5 \v 27 Daniel answered the king and said, "The mystery that the king has demanded cannot be revealed by those who have wisdom, nor by those who claim to speak with the dead, nor by magicians, and not by astrologers. -\v 28 Nevertheless, there is a God who lives in the heavens, who reveals secrets, and he has made known to you, King Nebuchadnezzar, what will happen in the days to come. Your dream and the visions of your mind as you lay on your bed were these: +\v 28 Nevertheless, there is a God who lives in the heavens, who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to you, King Nebuchadnezzar, what will happen in the days to come. Your dream and the visions of your mind as you lay on your bed were these: \s5 -\v 29 As for you, king, your thoughts on your bed were about things to come, and the one who reveals secrets has made known to you what is about to happen. -\v 30 As for me, this secret was not revealed to me because of any wisdom that I have more than any other living person. This secret was revealed to me so that you, king, may understand the meaning, and so that you may know the thoughts deep within you. +\v 29 As for you, king, your thoughts on your bed were about things to come, and the one who reveals mysteries has made known to you what is about to happen. +\v 30 As for me, this mystery was not revealed to me because of any wisdom that I have more than any other living person. This mystery was revealed to me so that you, king, may understand the meaning, and so that you may know the thoughts deep within you. \s5 \p @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ what we prayed for from you; \s5 \p \v 46 King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face before Daniel and honored him; he commanded that an offering be made and that incense be offered up to him. -\v 47 The king said to Daniel, "Truly your God is the God of gods, the Lord of kings, and the one who reveals secrets, for you have been able to reveal this mystery." +\v 47 The king said to Daniel, "Truly your God is the God of gods, the Lord of kings, and the one who reveals mysteries, for you have been able to reveal this mystery." \s5 \v 48 Then the king made Daniel highly honored and gave him many wonderful gifts. He made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon. Daniel became chief governor over the wisest men of Babylon. diff --git a/27-DAN/05.usfm b/27-DAN/05.usfm index fd23fb67..8a790257 100644 --- a/27-DAN/05.usfm +++ b/27-DAN/05.usfm @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ \s5 \v 11 There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods. In the days of your father, light and understanding and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods was found in him. King Nebuchadnezzar, your father the king, made him chief of the magicians, as well as chief of those who speak with the dead, of the wise men, and of the astrologers. -\v 12 An excellent spirit, knowledge, understanding, interpreting of dreams, explaining riddles and solving problems—these qualities were found in the very Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now call for Daniel and he will tell you the meaning of what has been written." +\v 12 An excellent spirit, knowledge, understanding, interpreting of dreams, explaining riddles and solving problems—these qualities were found in this man Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now call for Daniel and he will tell you the meaning of what has been written." \s5 \p diff --git a/27-DAN/06.usfm b/27-DAN/06.usfm index 0aa35808..ffbf0d87 100644 --- a/27-DAN/06.usfm +++ b/27-DAN/06.usfm @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ He makes us safe and rescues us, \q he has kept Daniel safe from the power of the lions." \s5 -\v 28 So this Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and during the reign of Cyrus the Persian. +\v 28 So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and during the reign of Cyrus the Persian. diff --git a/27-DAN/07.usfm b/27-DAN/07.usfm index c6a9de8a..e761c52e 100644 --- a/27-DAN/07.usfm +++ b/27-DAN/07.usfm @@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ \v 18 But the holy people of the Most High will receive the kingdom, and they will possess it forever and ever.' \s5 -\v 19 Then I wanted to know more about the fourth animal—it was so different from the others and very horrific with its iron teeth and bronze claws; it devoured, broke into pieces, and trampled on what was left with its feet. -\v 20 I wanted to know about the ten horns on its head, and about the other horn that grew up before which the three horns fell down. I wanted to know about the horn that had eyes and about the mouth that boasted about great things and that seemed greater than its companions. +\v 19 Then I wanted to know more about the fourth animal—it was so different from the others and very horrifying with its iron teeth and bronze claws; it devoured, broke into pieces, and trampled on what was left with its feet. +\v 20 I wanted to know about the ten horns on its head, and about the other horn that grew up, and before which the three horns fell down. I wanted to know about the horn that had eyes and about the mouth that boasted about great things and that seemed greater than its companions. \s5 \v 21 As I looked, this horn waged war against the holy people and was defeating them diff --git a/27-DAN/09.usfm b/27-DAN/09.usfm index 61d8ab14..55a21ab3 100644 --- a/27-DAN/09.usfm +++ b/27-DAN/09.usfm @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ \s5 \v 7 To you, Lord, belongs righteousness. To us today, however, belongs shame on our faces—for the people of Judah and those who live in Jerusalem, and to all Israel. This includes those who are near and those who are far away in all the lands where you scattered them. This is because of the great treachery that we committed against you. -\v 8 To us, Yahweh, belongs shame on our faces—for our kings, to our leaders, and to our ancestors—because we have sinned against you. +\v 8 To us, Yahweh, belongs shame on our faces—to our kings, to our leaders, and to our ancestors—because we have sinned against you. \s5 \v 9 To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him. diff --git a/27-DAN/10.usfm b/27-DAN/10.usfm index 455db9f9..c8a478ee 100644 --- a/27-DAN/10.usfm +++ b/27-DAN/10.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 10 \p -\v 1 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel, (who was also called Belteshazzar) and this message was true. It was about a great war. Daniel understood the message when he had insight from a vision. +\v 1 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel (who was also called Belteshazzar) and this message was true. It was about a great war. Daniel understood the message when he had insight from a vision. \s5 \v 2 In those days I, Daniel, was in mourning for three weeks. @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ \v 6 His body was like topaz, his face was like lightning, his eyes were like flaming torches, his arms and his feet were like polished bronze, and the sound of his words was like the sound of a great crowd. \s5 -\v 7 I, Daniel alone saw the vision, for the men who were with me did not see the vision. However, a great terror came on them, and they ran away to hide themselves. +\v 7 I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, for the men who were with me did not see the vision. However, a great terror came on them, and they ran away to hide themselves. \v 8 So I was left alone and saw this great vision. No strength remained in me; my radiant appearance was fearfully changed, and no strength remained in me. \v 9 Then I heard his words—and as I heard them, I fell on my face in deep sleep with my face to the ground. diff --git a/27-DAN/11.usfm b/27-DAN/11.usfm index f03bccb3..de8fbd9f 100644 --- a/27-DAN/11.usfm +++ b/27-DAN/11.usfm @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ \s5 \v 23 From the time an alliance is made with him, he will act deceitfully; with only a small number of people he will become strong. -\v 24 Without warning he will come into the richest part of the province, and he will do what neither his father or his father's father did—spreading among his followers the booty, the plunder, and the wealth. He will plot the overthrow of fortresses, but only for a time. +\v 24 Without warning he will come into the richest part of the province, and he will do what neither his father nor his father's father did—spreading among his followers the booty, the plunder, and the wealth. He will plot the overthrow of fortresses, but only for a time. \s5 \v 25 He will stir up his power and his courage against the king of the South with a great army. The king of the South will wage war with a powerful army, but he will not be able to stand because of all the plots devised against him. diff --git a/27-DAN/12.usfm b/27-DAN/12.usfm index 76885e43..216da6b9 100644 --- a/27-DAN/12.usfm +++ b/27-DAN/12.usfm @@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ \v 2 Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will rise up, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt. \s5 -\v 3 Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the sky above, and those who turn many to righteousness are like the stars forever and ever. +\v 3 Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the sky above, and those who turn many to righteousness, are like the stars forever and ever. \v 4 But you, Daniel, close up these words; keep the book sealed until the time of the end. Many will run here and there, and knowledge will increase." \s5 \p \v 5 Then I, Daniel, looked, and there were two others standing. One stood on the bank on this side of the river, and one stood on the bank on the other side of the river. -\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?" +\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?" \s5 \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. diff --git a/28-HOS/02.usfm b/28-HOS/02.usfm index b5a3a8af..c00b0e8d 100644 --- a/28-HOS/02.usfm +++ b/28-HOS/02.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \c 2 \q \v 1 Say to your brothers, 'My people!' -\q and to your sisters, "You have been shown compassion.'" +\q and to your sisters, 'You have been shown compassion.'" \s5 \p @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ \q \v 12 "I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, \q of which she has said, -\q "These are the wages that my lovers gave me." +\q 'These are the wages that my lovers gave me.' \q I will make them a forest, \q and the animals of the field will eat them. \q diff --git a/28-HOS/08.usfm b/28-HOS/08.usfm index 36fb7e16..44082533 100644 --- a/28-HOS/08.usfm +++ b/28-HOS/08.usfm @@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ \q they have made idols for themselves, \q but it was only so they might be cut off." \q -\v 5 "He has thrown away your calf, Samaria." -\q "My anger is burning against these people. +\v 5 "Your calf has been rejected, Samaria. +\q My anger is burning against these people. \q For how long will they stay guilty? \s5 diff --git a/29-JOL/02.usfm b/29-JOL/02.usfm index b381edbd..9cc296e9 100644 --- a/29-JOL/02.usfm +++ b/29-JOL/02.usfm @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ \v 13 Tear your heart and not only your garments, \q and return to Yahweh your God. \q For he is gracious and merciful, -\q slow to anger and abundant in love, +\q slow to anger and abundant in covenant faithfulness, \q and he would like to turn from inflicting punishment. \s5 @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ \q Assemble the elders, \q gather the children \q and the nursing infants. -\q Let the bridegrooms come out their rooms, +\q Let the bridegrooms come out of their rooms, \q and the brides out of their bridal chambers. \s5 @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ \q and do not bring your inheritance to shame, \q so that the nations may rule over them. \q Why should they say among the nations, -\q 'where is their God?'" +\q 'Where is their God?'" \s5 \q diff --git a/29-JOL/03.usfm b/29-JOL/03.usfm index ac992f2d..c3dde7e6 100644 --- a/29-JOL/03.usfm +++ b/29-JOL/03.usfm @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 7 Look, I about to stir them up, out of the place where you sold them, +\v 7 Look, I am about to stir them up, out of the place where you sold them, \q and will return payment on your own head. \q \v 8 I will sell your sons and your daughters, @@ -62,9 +62,8 @@ \q \v 11 Hurry and come, \q all you nearby nations, -\q gather yourselves together.' -\q Make your mighty warriors go down there, -\q Yahweh. +\q gather yourselves together there. +\q Yahweh, bring down your mighty warriors.' \s5 \q diff --git a/30-AMO/04.usfm b/30-AMO/04.usfm index 3cedf11c..7a9f753c 100644 --- a/30-AMO/04.usfm +++ b/30-AMO/04.usfm @@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ \p \q \v 4 "Go to Bethel and sin, -\q to Gilgal and multiply sin. -\q Bring your sacrifices every morning, +\q to Gilgal and multiply sin, +\q bring your sacrifices every morning, \q your tithes every three days. \q \v 5 Offer a thanksgiving sacrifice with bread; diff --git a/30-AMO/05.usfm b/30-AMO/05.usfm index a1f154c4..4b1e0534 100644 --- a/30-AMO/05.usfm +++ b/30-AMO/05.usfm @@ -109,9 +109,9 @@ \q \v 18 Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh! \q Why do you long for the day of Yahweh? -\q It will be darkness and not light. +\q It will be darkness and not light, \q -\v 19 As when a man flees from a lion +\v 19 as when a man flees from a lion \q and a bear meets him, \q or he goes in a house and puts his hand on the wall \q and a snake bites him. diff --git a/30-AMO/06.usfm b/30-AMO/06.usfm index c2dd5eb6..d141a000 100644 --- a/30-AMO/06.usfm +++ b/30-AMO/06.usfm @@ -41,16 +41,16 @@ \v 7 So they will now go into exile with the first exiles, \q and the feasts of those who lounge about will pass away. \q -\v 8 I, the Lord Yahweh, have sworn by myself +\v 8 "I, the Lord Yahweh, have sworn by myself \q —this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh, the God of hosts, -\q "I detest the pride of Jacob; +\q I detest the pride of Jacob; \q I hate his fortresses. \q Therefore I will hand over the city with all that is in it." \s5 \v 9 It will come about that -If there are ten men left in one house, they will all die. +if there are ten men left in one house, they will all die. \v 10 When a man's relative comes to take their bodies up—the one who is to cremate them after bringing the corpses out of the house—if he says to the person in the house, "Is there anyone with you?" And if that person says, "No," then he will say, "Be quiet, for we must not mention Yahweh's name." \s5 diff --git a/30-AMO/09.usfm b/30-AMO/09.usfm index fa9f1dcb..5b950566 100644 --- a/30-AMO/09.usfm +++ b/30-AMO/09.usfm @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ \q touches the land and it melts; \q all who live in it mourn; \q all of it will rise up like the River, -\q and sink again like the River of Egypt. +\q and sink again like the river of Egypt. \q \v 6 It is he who builds his chambers in the heavens, \q and has established his vault on the earth. @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ \v 14 I will bring back from captivity my people Israel. \q They will build the ruined cities and inhabit them, \q they will plant vineyards and drink their wine, -\q and they will make gardens and eat their fruit +\q and they will make gardens and eat their fruit. \q \v 15 I will plant them upon their land, \q and they will never again be uprooted from the land diff --git a/31-OBA/01.usfm b/31-OBA/01.usfm index 9fad3e99..91e2db40 100644 --- a/31-OBA/01.usfm +++ b/31-OBA/01.usfm @@ -2,14 +2,13 @@ \c 1 \p \v 1 The Vision of Obadiah. -The Lord Yahweh says this concerning Edom: We have heard a report from Yahweh, and an ambassador has been sent among the -nations, saying, "Rise up! Let us rise up against her for battle!" +The Lord Yahweh says this concerning Edom: We have heard a report from Yahweh and an ambassador has been sent among the nations, saying, "Rise up! Let us rise up against her for battle!" \v 2 Behold, I will make you small among the nations, you will be greatly despised. \s5 \v 3 The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, in your lofty home; who say in your heart, "Who will bring me down to the ground?" -\v 4 Though you tower high like the eagle, and though your nest is set among the stars, I will bring you down from there, +\v 4 Though you soar high like the eagle and though your nest is set among the stars, I will bring you down from there, says Yahweh. \s5 @@ -19,41 +18,40 @@ says Yahweh. \s5 \v 7 All the men of your alliance will send you on your way to the border. The men who were at peace with you have -deceived you, and prevailed against you. They who eat your bread have set a trap under you. There is no understanding -in him. -\v 8 Will I not on that day, says Yahweh, destroy the wise men from Edom, and understanding out of the mountain of Esau? -\v 9 And your mighty men will be dismayed, Teman, so that every man may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by -slaughter. +deceived you, and prevailed against you. They who eat your bread have set a trap under you. There is no understanding in him. +\v 8 "Will I not on that day," says Yahweh, "destroy the wise men from Edom and understanding out of the mountain of Esau? +\v 9 And your mighty men will be dismayed, Teman, so that every man may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter. \s5 \p \v 10 Because of the violence done to your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame, and you will be cut off forever. \v 11 On the day you stood aloof, on the day strangers carried away his wealth, and foreigners -entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, you were like one of them. +entered into his gates, and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them. \s5 \v 12 But do not gloat over your brother's day, in the day of his misfortune, and do not rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction; do not boast in the day of their distress. \v 13 Do not enter my people's gate in the day of their calamity; do not gloat over their affliction in the day of their disaster, do not loot their wealth in the day of their ruin. -\v 14 And do not stand at the crossroads, to cut off his fugitives; and do not hand over his survivors in the day of distress. +\v 14 And do not stand at the crossroads, to cut off his fugitives and do not hand over his survivors in the day of distress. \s5 \p -\v 15 For the day of Yahweh is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your deeds will -return on your own head. -\v 16 For as you have drunk on my holy mountain, so will all the nations drink continually. They will drink, and -swallow, and it will be as though they had never existed. +\v 15 For the day of Yahweh is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your deeds will return on your own head. +\v 16 For as you have drunk on my holy mountain, so will all the nations drink continually. They will drink and swallow and it will be as though they had never existed. \s5 \p -\v 17 But in Mount Zion there will be those that escape, and it will be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their own -possessions. -\v 18 The house of Jacob will be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau will be stubble, and they will burn them, and consume them. There will be no survivors to the house of Esau, for Yahweh has spoken it. +\v 17 But in Mount Zion there will be those that escape and it will be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions. +\v 18 The house of Jacob will be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau will be stubble, and they will burn them, and consume them. There will be no survivors to the house of Esau, for Yahweh has spoken it." \s5 +<<<<<<< HEAD \v 19 And those from the Negev will possess the mount of Esau, and those of the Shephelah will possess the land of the Philistines; and they will possess the land of Ephraim, and the land of Samaria; and Benjamin will possess Gilead. +======= +\v 19 And those from the Negev will possess the mount of Esau and those of the Shepelah will possess the land of the Philistines. They will possess the land of Ephraim and the land of Samaria; and Benjamin will possess Gilead. +>>>>>>> origin/master \s5 \v 20 The exiles of this host of the people of Israel will possess the land of Canaan as far as Zarephath. The exiles of Jerusalem, who are in Sepharad, will possess the cities of the Negev. diff --git a/32-JON/02.usfm b/32-JON/02.usfm index 08c80f74..9d274c26 100644 --- a/32-JON/02.usfm +++ b/32-JON/02.usfm @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ \q passed over me. \q \v 4 And I said, 'I am driven out from before your eyes; -\q how can I ever again gaze at your holy temple?' +\q yet I will again look toward your holy temple.' \s5 \q diff --git a/33-MIC/06.usfm b/33-MIC/06.usfm index 20b0ea35..26adb47d 100644 --- a/33-MIC/06.usfm +++ b/33-MIC/06.usfm @@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ \c 6 \p \q -\v 1 Now listen to what Yahweh will say. -\q Micah says to him, "Arise and state your case before the mountains; +\v 1 Now listen to what Yahweh says, +\q "Arise and state your case before the mountains; \q let the hills hear your voice. \q \v 2 Listen to Yahweh's lawsuit, you mountains, diff --git a/33-MIC/07.usfm b/33-MIC/07.usfm index 646767cd..e952f25e 100644 --- a/33-MIC/07.usfm +++ b/33-MIC/07.usfm @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ \q For me it is like when the harvest of summer fruit is over, \q and also even the gleaning of the left-over grapes in the vineyards: \q There are no more clusters of fruit to be found, -\q but I still crave first ripe figs. +\q none of the early figs that I crave. \q \v 2 Faithful people have disappeared from the land, \q there is no upright person within the human race. @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ \q the most upright is a hedge of thorns. \q It is the day foretold by your watchmen, \q the day of your punishment. -\q Now their confusion has arrived. +\q Now is the time of their confusion. \s5 \q diff --git a/34-NAM/02.usfm b/34-NAM/02.usfm index b18c4758..f9eccbe1 100644 --- a/34-NAM/02.usfm +++ b/34-NAM/02.usfm @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ \v 3 The shields of his mighty men are red, and the courageous men are clothed in scarlet; \q the chariots flash with their metal on the day that they are made ready, and the cypress spears are waved in the air. \q -\v 4 The chariots speed through the streets; they rush to and fro in the wide streets. +\v 4 The chariots speed through the streets; they rush back and forth in the wide streets. \q They look like torches, and they run like lightning. \s5 diff --git a/35-HAB/01.usfm b/35-HAB/01.usfm index 10f5ff0e..57cd9e99 100644 --- a/35-HAB/01.usfm +++ b/35-HAB/01.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \c 1 \p \q -\v 1 The message that Habakkuk the prophet received: +\v 1 The message that Habakkuk the prophet received, \p \q \v 2 "Yahweh, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear? diff --git a/35-HAB/02.usfm b/35-HAB/02.usfm index c1ece8b6..7fde1a15 100644 --- a/35-HAB/02.usfm +++ b/35-HAB/02.usfm @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 6 Will not all these peoples create a saying to ridicule him and a taunting song about him, saying, +\v 6 Will not all these create a saying to ridicule him and a taunting song about him, saying, \q 'Woe to the one increasing what is not his! For how long will you increase the weight of the pledges you have taken?' \q2 \v 7 Will the ones gnashing at you not rise up suddenly, and the ones terrifying you awaken? @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ \q2 \v 10 You have devised shame for your house by cutting off many people, and have sinned against yourself. \q2 -\v 11 For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters of timber will answer them: +\v 11 For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters of timber will answer them, \s5 \p diff --git a/36-ZEP/01.usfm b/36-ZEP/01.usfm index 236b44d9..3128a546 100644 --- a/36-ZEP/01.usfm +++ b/36-ZEP/01.usfm @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah. \v 5 the people who on the housetops worship the heavenly bodies, \q and the people who worship and swear to Yahweh but who also swear by Milcom. \q -\v 6 I will also those who have turned away from following Yahweh, those who neither seek Yahweh nor ask for his guidance." +\v 6 I will also cut off those who have turned away from following Yahweh, those who neither seek Yahweh nor ask for his guidance." \s5 \p diff --git a/37-HAG/01.usfm b/37-HAG/01.usfm index f3293e0b..a332fa07 100644 --- a/37-HAG/01.usfm +++ b/37-HAG/01.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \p \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: This people says, 'It is not time for us to come or to build Yahweh's house.'" +\v 2 "Yahweh of hosts says this: These people say, 'It is not time for us to come or to build Yahweh's house.'" \s5 \v 3 And so the word of Yahweh came by the hand of Haggai the prophet and said, diff --git a/38-ZEC/01.usfm b/38-ZEC/01.usfm index ae815092..233a4560 100644 --- a/38-ZEC/01.usfm +++ b/38-ZEC/01.usfm @@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ of Iddo, the prophet, saying, \v 2 "Yahweh was exceedingly angry with your fathers! \v 3 Say to them, 'Yahweh of hosts says this: -\q "Turn to me!"—this is Yahweh of hosts' declaration— -\q "and I will return to you!" says Yahweh of hosts. +\q Turn to me!—this is Yahweh of hosts' declaration— +\q and I will return to you, says Yahweh of hosts. \s5 \v 4 Do not be like your fathers to whom the prophets cried out previously, saying, "Yahweh of hosts says this: -turn from your evil ways and wicked practices!" But they would not hear and did not pay attention to me.'" This is Yahweh's declaration. +Turn from your evil ways and wicked practices!" But they would not hear and did not pay attention to me—this is Yahweh's declaration.' \q -\v 5 "Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, are they here forever? +\v 5 Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, are they here forever? \q \v 6 But my words and my decrees that I commanded my servants the prophets, \q have they not overtaken your fathers? @@ -32,30 +32,28 @@ valley; and behind him there were red, reddish-brown, and white horses." \s5 \p -\v 12 Then the angel of Yahweh answered and said, "Yahweh of hosts, how long will you show no compassion to Jerusalem and to -the cities of Judah that have suffered indignation these seventy years?" -\v 13 Yahweh answered the angel who had talked with me with good words, words of comfort. +\v 12 Then the angel of Yahweh answered and said, "Yahweh of hosts, how long will you show no compassion to Jerusalem and to the cities of Judah that have suffered indignation these seventy years?" +\v 13 Yahweh answered the angel who had talked with me, with good words, words of comfort. \s5 \v 14 So the angel who had talked with me said to me, "Call out and say, 'Yahweh of hosts says this: -\q "I have been jealous for Jerusalem +\q I have been jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great passion! \q -\v 15 And I am very greatly angry with the nations that are at ease; -\q for I was but a little displeased, and they helped -forward the affliction." +\v 15 And I am very angry with the nations that are at ease. +\q I was only a little angry, but they made the disaster worse. \s5 \q \v 16 Therefore Yahweh of hosts says this: -\q "I have returned to Jerusalem with mercies. My house will be built within her"' -\q —this is Yahweh of hosts' declaration—"and -the measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem!" +\q I have returned to Jerusalem with mercies. My house will be built within her +\q —this is Yahweh of hosts' declaration—and +the measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem!' \q \v 17 Again call out, saying, -\q 'Yahweh of hosts says this: 'My cities will once again overflow with goodness, +\q 'Yahweh of hosts says this: My cities will once again overflow with goodness, \q and Yahweh will again -comfort Zion, and he will once again choose Jerusalem." +comfort Zion, and he will once again choose Jerusalem.'" \s5 \p diff --git a/38-ZEC/02.usfm b/38-ZEC/02.usfm index 9e5f9185..90f0b239 100644 --- a/38-ZEC/02.usfm +++ b/38-ZEC/02.usfm @@ -7,25 +7,25 @@ \v 2 I said, "Where are you going?" So he said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to determine its width and length." \s5 -\v 3 Then the angel who had talked with me went away, and another angel went out to meet him. +\v 3 Then the angel who had talked with me went away and another angel went out to meet him. \v 4 The second angel said to him, "Run and speak to that young man; say, \q 'Jerusalem will sit in the open country \q because of the multitudes of men and beasts within her. \q -\v 5 For I'—this is Yahweh's declaration—'will become for her a wall of fire around her, +\v 5 For I—this is Yahweh's declaration—will become for her a wall of fire around her, \q and I will be the glory in her midst. \s5 \q -\v 6 Ho! Ho! Flee from the land of the north'—this is Yahweh's declaration— -\q 'for I have scattered you like the four winds of the skies!' This is Yahweh's declaration— +\v 6 Up! Up! Flee from the land of the north—this is Yahweh's declaration— +\q for I have scattered you like the four winds of the skies!—This is Yahweh's declaration. \q -\v 7 'Ho! Escape to Zion, you who live with the daughter of Babylon!'" +\v 7 Up! Escape to Zion, you who live with the daughter of Babylon!'" \q \s5 -\v 8 For after Yahweh of hosts honored me and sent me against the nations that plundered you— -\q for whoever touches you, touches the apple of God's eye!—after Yahweh did this, he said, +\v 8 For after Yahweh of hosts honored me and sent me against the nations that plundered you, +\q for whoever touches you, touches the apple of God's eye! After Yahweh did this, he said, \q \v 9 "I myself will shake my hand over them, and they will be plunder for their slaves." \q Then you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me. @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ \q for I myself am about to come and encamp among you!—this is Yahweh's declaration." \q \v 11 Then great nations will join themselves to Yahweh in that day. He says, "Then you will become my people; -\q for I will encamp in the midst of you." And you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me to you. +\q for I will encamp in the midst of you," and you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me to you. \s5 \q diff --git a/38-ZEC/03.usfm b/38-ZEC/03.usfm index f438ee0f..387956d4 100644 --- a/38-ZEC/03.usfm +++ b/38-ZEC/03.usfm @@ -3,23 +3,20 @@ \s5 \c 3 \p -\v 1 Then Yahweh showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Yahweh, and Satan was standing at his right hand to -accuse him of sin. -\v 2 The angel of Yahweh said to Satan, "May Yahweh rebuke you, Satan; may Yahweh, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is this not -a brand pulled from the fire?" +\v 1 Then Yahweh showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Yahweh and Satan was standing at his right hand to accuse him of sin. +\v 2 The angel of Yahweh said to Satan, "May Yahweh rebuke you, Satan; may Yahweh, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is this not a brand pulled from the fire?" \v 3 Joshua was dressed in filthy garments as he stood before the angel, \s5 \v 4 so the angel spoke and said to those who stood before him, "Remove the filthy garments from upon him." Then he -said to Joshua, "Look! I have caused your iniquity to pass from you, and I will dress you in fine clothing." -\v 5 He said, "Let them set a clean turban on his head!" So they set a clean turban on Joshua's head and clothed him with -clean garments while the angel of Yahweh was standing by. +said to Joshua, "Look! I have caused your iniquity to pass from you and I will dress you in fine clothing." +\v 5 He said, "Let them put a clean turban on his head!" So they set a clean turban on Joshua's head and clothed him with clean garments while the angel of Yahweh was standing by. \s5 \p \v 6 Next the angel of Yahweh solemnly commanded Joshua and said, \v 7 "Yahweh of hosts says this: -\q 'If you will walk in my ways, and if you will keep my commandments, +\q If you will walk in my ways, and if you will keep my commandments, \q then you will govern my house and guard my courts, \q for I will allow you to go and come among these who stand before me. @@ -29,11 +26,11 @@ clean garments while the angel of Yahweh was standing by. \q For these men are a sign, for I myself will bring up my servant the Branch. \q \v 9 Now look at the stone that I have set before Joshua. There are seven sides to this single stone, -\q and I will engrave an inscription'—this is Yahweh of hosts' declaration— -\q 'and I will remove the sin from this land in one day. +\q and I will engrave an inscription—this is Yahweh of hosts' declaration— +\q and I will remove the sin from this land in one day. \m \s5 -\v 10 In that day'—this is Yahweh of hosts' declaration—'each man will invite his neighbor to relax under his vine and under his fig tree.'" +\v 10 In that day—this is Yahweh of hosts' declaration—each man will invite his neighbor to relax under his vine and under his fig tree." diff --git a/38-ZEC/04.usfm b/38-ZEC/04.usfm index 0ac6a455..54bce16c 100644 --- a/38-ZEC/04.usfm +++ b/38-ZEC/04.usfm @@ -6,22 +6,22 @@ \v 1 Then the angel who was talking with me turned and roused me like a man roused from his sleep. \v 2 He said to me, "What do you see?" I said, "I see a lampstand made entirely of gold, with a bowl on its top. It has seven lamps on it and seven lamp wicks at the top of each lamp. -\v 3 Two olive trees are by it, one on the right side of the bowl, and the other on the left side." +\v 3 Two olive trees are by it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on the left side." \s5 \v 4 So I spoke again to the angel who was talking with me. I said, "What do these things mean, my master?" \v 5 The angel who was talking with me answered and said to me, "Do you not know what these things mean?" I said, "No, my master." \s5 -\v 6 So he said to me, "This is the word of Yahweh to Zerubbabel: -\q 'Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,' +\v 6 So he said to me, "This is the word of Yahweh to Zerubbabel: +\q Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit, \q says Yahweh of hosts. -\v 7 'What are you, great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain, -\q and he will bring out the top stone to shouts of "Grace! Grace!"'" +\v 7 What are you, great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain, +\q and he will bring out the top stone to shouts of 'Grace! Grace to it!'" \s5 \p -\v 8 The word of Yahweh came to me: +\v 8 The word of Yahweh came to me, \v 9 "The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house and his hands will bring it to completion. \q Then you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me to you. \v 10 Who has despised the day of small things? @@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ top. It has seven lamps on it and seven lamp wicks at the top of each lamp. \v 11 Then I asked the angel, "What are these two olive trees that stand on the left and the right of the lampstand?" \s5 -\v 12 Once more I asked him, "What are these two olive branches beside the two gold pipes that have golden oil pouring out of them? -\v 13 "Do you not know what these are?" And I said, "No, my master." +\v 12 Once more I asked him, "What are these two olive branches beside the two gold pipes that have golden oil pouring out of them?" +\v 13 And he said to me, "Do you not know what these are?" And I said, "No, my master." \s5 \q diff --git a/38-ZEC/05.usfm b/38-ZEC/05.usfm index e26c72bc..1ec235c8 100644 --- a/38-ZEC/05.usfm +++ b/38-ZEC/05.usfm @@ -9,15 +9,15 @@ \s5 \v 3 Then he said to me, "This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land, for every thief will be cut off from now on based on what it says on the one side, while everyone who swears a false oath will be cut off based on what it says on the other side, according to their words. \q -\v 4 'I will send it out' —this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts, -\q 'so it will enter into the house of the thief and into the house of the one that swears falsely by my name. -\q It will remain in his house and consume its timber and stones.'" +\v 4 "I will send it out—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts— +\q so it will enter into the house of the thief and into the house of the one that swears falsely by my name. +\q It will remain in his house and consume its timber and stones." \s5 \p \v 5 Then the angel who was speaking with me went out and said to me, "Raise your eyes and see what is coming!" \v 6 I said, "What is it?" He said, "This is a basket containing an ephah that is coming. This is their iniquity in the whole land." -\v 7 Then a lead covering was lifted off the basket, and there was a woman under it sitting in it! +\v 7 Then a lead covering was lifted off the basket and there was a woman under it sitting in it! \s5 \v 8 The angel said, "This is Wickedness!" And he threw her back inside the basket, and he threw the lead cover over its opening. diff --git a/38-ZEC/06.usfm b/38-ZEC/06.usfm index 092a60e7..afd73607 100644 --- a/38-ZEC/06.usfm +++ b/38-ZEC/06.usfm @@ -1,8 +1,7 @@ \s5 \c 6 \p -\v 1 Then I turned and lifted my eyes, and I saw four chariots coming out from between two mountains; and the -two mountains were made of bronze. +\v 1 Then I turned and lifted my eyes and I saw four chariots coming out from between two mountains; and the two mountains were made of bronze. \v 2 The first chariot had red horses, the second chariot had black horses, \v 3 the third chariot had white horses, and the fourth chariot had spotted gray horses. \v 4 So I answered and said to the angel who talked with me, "What are these, my master?" @@ -19,17 +18,16 @@ two mountains were made of bronze. \p \v 9 So the word of Yahweh came to me and said, \v 10 "Take an offering from the exiles—from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah—and go this same day and take it into the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah, who has come from Babylon. -\v 11 Then take the silver and gold, make a crown, and set it upon the head of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. +\v 11 Then take the silver and gold, make a crown and set it upon the head of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. \s5 \v 12 Speak to him and say, 'Yahweh of hosts says this: -\q "This man, his name is Branch! And he will grow up where he is +\q This man, his name is Branch! And he will grow up where he is \q and will then build the temple of Yahweh! \q \v 13 It is he who will build the temple of Yahweh and will raise up its splendor; then he will sit and rule on his throne. -\q He will be a priest upon his throne, and the understanding of peace will exist between the two. +\q He will be a priest upon his throne and the understanding of peace will exist between the two. \s5 \v 14 A crown will be placed in the temple of Yahweh to honor Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah and as a memorial to the generosity of the son of Zephaniah. -\v 15 Then those who are far off will come and build the temple of Yahweh, so you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me to you; for this will happen if you truly -listen to the voice of Yahweh your God!"'" +\v 15 Then those who are far off will come and build the temple of Yahweh, so you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me to you; for this will happen if you truly listen to the voice of Yahweh your God!'" diff --git a/38-ZEC/07.usfm b/38-ZEC/07.usfm index 17abb6a6..f1f935ec 100644 --- a/38-ZEC/07.usfm +++ b/38-ZEC/07.usfm @@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ \p \v 1 When King Darius had been ruler for four years, on the fourth day of Kislev (which was the ninth month), the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah. \v 2 The people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem Melech and their men to beg for Yahweh's favor. -\v 3 They spoke to the priests who were at the house of Yahweh of hosts and to the prophets; they said, "Should I mourn in -the fifth month by means of a fast, as I have done these many years?" +\v 3 They spoke to the priests who were at the house of Yahweh of hosts and to the prophets; they said, "Should I mourn in the fifth month by means of a fast, as I have done these many years?" \s5 \q @@ -25,20 +24,19 @@ the fifth month by means of a fast, as I have done these many years?" \q \v 8 The word of Yahweh came to Zechariah and said, \q -\v 9 "Yahweh of hosts says this: 'Judge with true justice, covenant faithfulness, +\v 9 "Yahweh of hosts says this, 'Judge with true justice, covenant faithfulness, \q and mercy. Let each man do this for his brother. \q \v 10 About the widow and orphan, the foreigner, and the poor person—do not oppress them. \q And as doing any evil to one another—you must not plot any harm in your heart.' \s5 -\v 11 But they refused to pay attention and set their shoulders stubbornly; they stopped up their ears so they would not hear. +\v 11 But they refused to pay attention and set their shoulders stubbornly. They stopped up their ears so they would not hear. \v 12 They made their hearts as hard as rock so they would not hear the law or the words of Yahweh of hosts. He had sent these messages to the people by his Spirit in earlier times, by the mouth of the prophets. But the people refused to listen, so Yahweh of hosts was very angry with them. \s5 -\v 13 It happened that when he called, they did not listen. 'In the same way,' said Yahweh of hosts, 'they will call out to me, but I will not listen. -\v 14 For I will scatter them with a whirlwind to all the nations that they have not seen, and the land will be desolate -after them. For no one will pass through the land or return to it since the people have made their delightful land into a wasteland.'" +\v 13 It happened that when he called, they did not listen. In the same way," said Yahweh of hosts, "they will call out to me, but I will not listen. +\v 14 For I will scatter them with a whirlwind to all the nations that they have not seen, and the land will be desolate after them. For no one will pass through the land or return to it since the people have made their delightful land into a wasteland." diff --git a/38-ZEC/08.usfm b/38-ZEC/08.usfm index 085b73c8..7b83d4a3 100644 --- a/38-ZEC/08.usfm +++ b/38-ZEC/08.usfm @@ -5,41 +5,39 @@ \p \v 1 The word of Yahweh of hosts came to me and said, \v 2 "Yahweh of hosts says this: -\q 'I am passionate for Zion with great zeal, and I am passionate for her with great anger!' +\q I am passionate for Zion with great zeal and I am passionate for her with great anger! \q \v 3 Yahweh of hosts says this: -\q 'I will return to Zion and will live in the midst of Jerusalem, +\q I will return to Zion and will live in the midst of Jerusalem, \q for Jerusalem will be called The -City of Truth and the mountain of Yahweh of hosts will be called The Holy Mountain!'" +City of Truth and the mountain of Yahweh of hosts will be called The Holy Mountain! \s5 \q -\v 4 "Yahweh of hosts says this: -\q 'Old men and old women will once again be in the streets of Jerusalem, -\q and every person will need a -staff in his hand because he has grown so old. +\v 4 Yahweh of hosts says this: +\q Old men and old women will once again be in the streets of Jerusalem, +\q and every person will need a staff in his hand because he has grown so old. \q \v 5 And the streets of the city will be full of boys and girls -\q playing in them.'" +\q playing in them. \s5 \q -\v 6 "Yahweh of hosts says this: -\q 'If something seems impossible in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, -\q should it also -seem impossible in my eyes?'"—this is Yahweh's declaration. +\v 6 Yahweh of hosts says this: +\q If something seems impossible in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, +\q should it also seem impossible in my eyes?—this is Yahweh's declaration. \q -\v 7 "Yahweh of hosts says this: -\q 'Behold, I am about to rescue my people from the land of the sunrise and from the land of the setting sun! +\v 7 Yahweh of hosts says this: +\q Behold, I am about to rescue my people from the land of the sunrise and from the land of the setting sun! \q -\v 8 For I will bring them back, and they will live in the midst of Jerusalem, +\v 8 For I will bring them back, +\q and they will live in the midst of Jerusalem, \q so they will again be my people, -\q and I will be their -God in truth and in righteousness!'" +\q and I will be their God in truth and in righteousness! \s5 \q -\v 9 "Yahweh of hosts says this: +\v 9 Yahweh of hosts says this: \q You who now continue to hear the same words \q that came from the prophets' mouths \q when the foundation of my house was laid—this house of mine, Yahweh of hosts: @@ -47,50 +45,50 @@ God in truth and in righteousness!'" \q \v 10 For before those days -\q no crops were gathered in by anyone; there was no profit for either man or beast. -\q And there was no peace from enemies for anyone going or coming. +\q no crops were gathered in by anyone, +\q there was no profit for either man or beast, +\q and there was no peace from enemies for anyone going or coming. \q I had set every person each against his neighbor. \s5 \q -\v 11 But now it will not be as in former days; I will be with the remnant of this people!'" -\q This is Yahweh of hosts' declaration. +\v 11 But now it will not be as in former days, +\q I will be with the remnant of this people +\q —this is Yahweh of hosts' declaration. \q -\v 12 "'For seeds of peace will be sown. The climbing vine will give its fruit, -\q and the earth will give its produce. The skies will give their dew, +\v 12 For seeds of peace will be sown; +\q the climbing vine will give its fruit and the earth will give its produce; +\q the skies will give their dew, \q for I will make the remnant of this people inherit all these things. \s5 \q \v 13 You were an example to the other nations of a curse, \q house of Judah and house of Israel. -\q But now I will rescue you, and you will be blessed. -\q Do not be afraid; let your hands be strong!'" +\q So I will rescue you and you will be a blessing. +\q Do not be afraid; let your hands be strong! \p -\v 14 "For Yahweh of hosts says this: -'Just as I planned to do harm to you when your ancestors provoked my anger,' says Yahweh -of hosts, 'and did not relent, +\v 14 For Yahweh of hosts says this: +Just as I planned to do harm to you when your ancestors provoked my anger—says Yahweh of hosts—and did not relent, \v 15 so also I will plan in these days to do good again to Jerusalem and the house of Judah! Do not fear! \s5 \v 16 These are the things that you must do: Speak truth, every person with his neighbor. Judge with truth, justice, and peace in your gates. -\v 17 And let none of you plot evil in your heart against your neighbor, nor be attracted to false oaths; for all these are things -that I hate!'" This is Yahweh's declaration. +\v 17 And let none of you plot evil in your heart against your neighbor, nor be attracted to false oaths; for all these are things that I hate!—this is Yahweh's declaration." \s5 \p \v 18 Then the word of Yahweh of hosts came to me and said, -\v 19 "Yahweh of hosts says this: 'The fasts of the fourth month, the fifth month, the seventh month, -and the tenth month will become times of joy, gladness, and happy festivals for the house of Judah! Therefore love truth -and peace!'" +\v 19 "Yahweh of hosts says this: The fasts of the fourth month, the fifth month, the seventh month, +and the tenth month will become times of joy, gladness, and happy festivals for the house of Judah! Therefore love truth and peace! \s5 -\v 20 "Yahweh of hosts says this: 'People will come again, even those who are living in many different cities. -\v 21 The inhabitants of one city will go to another city and say, "Let us quickly go to beg for the favor of Yahweh and to seek Yahweh of hosts! We ourselves are also going."' -\v 22 Many people and mighty nations will come to seek Yahweh of hosts in Jerusalem and beg for the favor of Yahweh!" +\v 20 Yahweh of hosts says this: People will come again, even those who are living in many different cities. +\v 21 The inhabitants of one city will go to another city and say, "Let us quickly go to beg for the favor of Yahweh and to seek Yahweh of hosts! We ourselves are also going. +\v 22 Many people and mighty nations will come to seek Yahweh of hosts in Jerusalem and beg for the favor of Yahweh! \s5 -\v 23 "Yahweh of hosts says this: 'In those days ten men from every language and nation will grasp the hem of your robe and say, "Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you!"'" +\v 23 Yahweh of hosts says this: In those days ten men from every language and nation will grasp the hem of your robe and say, 'Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you!'" diff --git a/38-ZEC/09.usfm b/38-ZEC/09.usfm index c12e4fd3..8166a467 100644 --- a/38-ZEC/09.usfm +++ b/38-ZEC/09.usfm @@ -13,13 +13,12 @@ \s5 \v 5 Ashkelon will see and be afraid! Gaza also will tremble greatly! Ekron, her hopes will be disappointed! The king will perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall no longer be inhabited! -\v 6 Yahweh says, "Strangers will make their homes in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. -\v 7 For I will remove their blood from their mouths and their abominations from between their teeth." Then they will become a -remnant for our God like a clan in Judah, and Ekron will become like the Jebusites. +\v 6 Strangers will make their homes in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. +\v 7 For I will remove their blood from their mouths and their abominations from between their teeth. Then they will become a remnant for our God like a clan in Judah, and Ekron will become like the Jebusites. \s5 \p -\v 8 Yahweh says, "I will camp around my land against enemy armies so no one can pass through or return, for no oppressor will pass any more through it. For now I will watch over my land with my own eyes! +\v 8 I will camp around my land against enemy armies so no one can pass through or return, for no oppressor will pass any more through it. For now I will watch over my land with my own eyes! \s5 \q @@ -34,8 +33,7 @@ he will speak peace to the nations, and his dominion will be from sea to sea, an \p \v 11 And you—because of the blood of my covenant with you—I have set free your prisoners from the pit where there is no water. \v 12 Return to the stronghold, prisoners of hope! Even today I am declaring that I will return double to you, -\v 13 for I have bent Judah as my bow. I have filled my quiver with Ephraim. I have roused your sons, Zion, against your sons, -Greece, and have made you, Zion, like a warrior's sword!" +\v 13 for I have bent Judah as my bow. I have filled my quiver with Ephraim. I have roused your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece, and have made you, Zion, like a warrior's sword! \s5 \v 14 Yahweh will appear to them, and his arrows will shoot out like lightning! For my Lord Yahweh will blow the diff --git a/38-ZEC/10.usfm b/38-ZEC/10.usfm index 163fa782..67d9868c 100644 --- a/38-ZEC/10.usfm +++ b/38-ZEC/10.usfm @@ -15,35 +15,28 @@ \s5 \m -\v 3 My wrath burns against the shepherds; it is the male goats—the leaders—that I will punish; -Yahweh of hosts will also attend to his flock, -the house of Judah, - and make them like his war horse in battle! +\v 3 My wrath burns against the shepherds; it is the male goats—the leaders—that I will punish. +Yahweh of hosts will also attend to his flock, the house of Judah, and make them like his war horse in battle! \s5 -\v 4 From them will come the cornerstone; from them will come the tent peg; from them will come the war bow; -from them will come every leader. +\v 4 From them will come the cornerstone; from them will come the tent peg; from them will come the war bow; from them will come every leader. -\v 5 They will be like warriors who trample their enemies into the mud of the streets in battle; they will make war, for Yahweh is with them, and they will shame -those who ride warhorses. +\v 5 They will be like warriors who trample their enemies into the mud of the streets in battle; they will make war, for Yahweh is with them, and they will shame those who ride warhorses. \s5 -\v 6 "I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph; for I will restore them and have -mercy on them. They will be as though I had not cast them off, for I am Yahweh their God, and I will respond to them. -\v 7 Then Ephraim will be like a warrior, and their hearts will rejoice as with wine; their children will see -and rejoice. Their hearts will rejoice in me! +\v 6 I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph; for I will restore them and have mercy on them. They will be as though I had not cast them off, for I am Yahweh their God, and I will respond to them. +\v 7 Then Ephraim will be like a warrior, and their hearts will rejoice as with wine; their children will see and rejoice. Their hearts will rejoice in me! \s5 \p \v 8 I will whistle for them and gather them, for I will rescue them, and they will become as great as they previously were! \v 9 I sowed them among the peoples, but they will remember me in distant countries, so they and their children will live and return. -\v 10 For I will restore them from the land of Egypt and gather them from Assyria. I will bring them to the -land of Gilead and Lebanon until there is no more room for them. +\v 10 For I will restore them from the land of Egypt and gather them from Assyria. I will bring them to the land of Gilead and Lebanon until there is no more room for them. \s5 \v 11 I will pass through the sea of their affliction; I will strike the waves of that sea and will dry up all the depths of the Nile. The majesty of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will go away from the Egyptians. -\v 12 I will strengthen them in myself, and they will walk in my name." This is Yahweh's declaration. +\v 12 I will strengthen them in myself, and they will walk in my name—this is Yahweh's declaration. diff --git a/38-ZEC/11.usfm b/38-ZEC/11.usfm index e1658d53..e7d09a17 100644 --- a/38-ZEC/11.usfm +++ b/38-ZEC/11.usfm @@ -10,16 +10,15 @@ \q Lament, you oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest has gone down. \q \v 3 The shepherds howl, for their glory has been destroyed! -\q The voice of the young lions' roar, for the -pride of the Jordan River has been devastated! +\q The voice of the young lions' roar, for the pride of the Jordan River has been devastated! \s5 \p \m -\v 4 This is what Yahweh my God says: "Like a shepherd, watch over the flock destined for slaughter! +\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 his neighbor's hands and into his king's hands. They will crush the land. I will not rescue Judah from their hand." \s5 \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. @@ -40,14 +39,13 @@ So I took the thirty pieces of silver and deposited them in the treasury in the \s5 \p \v 15 Yahweh said to me, "Again, take the equipment of a foolish shepherd for yourself, -\v 16 for see, I am about to set in place a shepherd in the land. He will not care for the perishing sheep. He will not seek out the sheep gone missing, -nor heal the crippled sheep. He will not feed the sheep that are healthy, but will eat the flesh of the fattened sheep and will tear off their hooves. +\v 16 for see, I am about to set in place a shepherd in the land. He will not care for the perishing sheep. He will not seek out the sheep gone missing, nor heal the crippled sheep. He will not feed the sheep that are healthy, but will eat the flesh of the fattened sheep and will tear off their hooves. \s5 \q \v 17 Woe to the worthless shepherd who forsakes the flock! \q May the sword come against his arm and his right eye! -\q May his arm wither away, and may his right eye become blind!" +\q May his arm wither away and may his right eye become blind!" diff --git a/38-ZEC/12.usfm b/38-ZEC/12.usfm index b401547f..43634517 100644 --- a/38-ZEC/12.usfm +++ b/38-ZEC/12.usfm @@ -4,38 +4,33 @@ \c 12 \p \v 1 This is a declaration of Yahweh's word concerning Israel—a declaration of Yahweh, -\p who stretched out the skies and laid the foundation of the earth, who fashions the spirit of mankind within man: -\v 2 "See, I am about to make Jerusalem into a cup causing all the peoples surrounding her to stagger about; it will also be like that for Judah during the siege against Jerusalem. +\p who stretched out the skies and laid the foundation of the earth, who fashions the spirit of mankind within man, +\v 2 "See, I am about to make Jerusalem into a cup causing all the peoples surrounding her to stagger about. It will also be like that for Judah during the siege against Jerusalem. \v 3 It will come about on that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. Anyone trying to lift that stone will hurt himself very much, and all the nations of the earth will gather against that city. \s5 -\v 4 On that day"—this is Yahweh's declaration—"I will strike every horse with terror and every rider with madness. I will look with favor on the house of Judah +\v 4 On that day—this is Yahweh's declaration—I will strike every horse with terror and every rider with madness. I will look with favor on the house of Judah and will strike every horse of the armies blind. \v 5 Then the leaders of Judah will say in their hearts, 'The inhabitants of Jerusalem are our strength because of Yahweh of hosts, their God.' \s5 -\v 6 On that day I will make the leaders of Judah like firepots among wood and like a flaming torch among standing grain, for they will consume -all the surrounding peoples on their right and on their left. Jerusalem will again live in her own place." +\v 6 On that day I will make the leaders of Judah like firepots among wood and like a flaming torch among standing grain, for they will consume all the surrounding peoples on their right and on their left. Jerusalem will again live in her own place." \s5 \v 7 Yahweh will save the tents of Judah first, so that the honor of the house of David and the honor of those who live in Jerusalem may not be greater than the rest of Judah. -\v 8 On that day Yahweh will be the defender of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and on that day those who are weak among them will be like David, -while the house of David will be like God, like the angel of Yahweh in front of them. -\v 9 "It will come about on that day that I will begin to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem." +\v 8 On that day Yahweh will be the defender of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and on that day those who are weak among them will be like David, while the house of David will be like God, like the angel of Yahweh in front of them. +\v 9 "It will come about on that day that I will begin to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. \s5 \p -\v 10 "But I will pour out a spirit of compassion and pleading on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, +\v 10 But I will pour out a spirit of compassion and pleading on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so they will look on me, the one they have pierced. They will mourn for me, as one mourns for an only son; they will bitterly lament for him like those who lament the death of a firstborn son. \v 11 On that day the laments in Jerusalem will be like the laments at Hadad Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. \s5 -\v 12 The land will mourn, each clan separate from other clans. The clan of the house of David will be separate, -and their wives will be separate from the men. The clan of the house of Nathan will be separate, and their wives will be -separate from the men. -\v 13 The clan of the house of Levi will be separate, and their wives will be separate from the men. The clan of the -Shimeites will be separate, and their wives will be separate from the men. -\v 14 Every clan of the remaining clans—each clan will be separate, and the wives will be separate from the men." +\v 12 The land will mourn, each clan separate from other clans. The clan of the house of David will be separate and their wives will be separate from the men. The clan of the house of Nathan will be separate and their wives will be separate from the men. +\v 13 The clan of the house of Levi will be separate and their wives will be separate from the men. The clan of the Shimeites will be separate and their wives will be separate from the men. +\v 14 Every clan of the remaining clans—each clan will be separate and the wives will be separate from the men." diff --git a/38-ZEC/13.usfm b/38-ZEC/13.usfm index 9c665068..30222f80 100644 --- a/38-ZEC/13.usfm +++ b/38-ZEC/13.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \c 13 \p \v 1 "On that day a spring will be opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for their sin and impurity. -\v 2 Then it will be on that day,"—this is Yahweh of hosts' declaration—"that I will cut off the names of the idols from the land so that they will no longer be called to mind. I will also cause the false prophets and their unclean spirit to go out of the land. +\v 2 Then it will be on that day—this is Yahweh of hosts' declaration—that I will cut off the names of the idols from the land so that they will no longer be called to mind. I will also cause the false prophets and their unclean spirit to go out of the land. \s5 \v 3 If any man continues to prophesy, his father and mother who bore him will tell him, 'You will not live, for you speak lies in the name of Yahweh!' @@ -18,16 +18,16 @@ Then the father and mother who bore him will pierce him when he prophesies. \s5 \q \v 7 "Sword! Rouse yourself against my shepherd, -\q the man who stands close to me"— +\q the man who stands close to me— \q this is Yahweh of hosts' declaration. -\q "Kill the shepherd, +\q Kill the shepherd, \q and the flock will scatter! \q For I will turn my hand against the lowly ones. \s5 \q -\v 8 Then it will come about that throughout all the land"—this is Yahweh's declaration— -\q "that two thirds of it will be cut off! Those people will perish; +\v 8 Then it will come about that throughout all the land—this is Yahweh's declaration— +\q that two thirds of it will be cut off! Those people will perish; \q only one third will remain there. \q \v 9 I will bring that third through the fire diff --git a/38-ZEC/14.usfm b/38-ZEC/14.usfm index 1d67600d..2c4ec36c 100644 --- a/38-ZEC/14.usfm +++ b/38-ZEC/14.usfm @@ -4,40 +4,38 @@ \c 14 \p \v 1 Behold! A day for Yahweh is coming when your plunder will be divided in your midst. -\v 2 For I will gather every nation against Jerusalem for battle, and the city will be captured. The houses will be plundered and the -women violated. Half of the city will go out into captivity, but the remainder of the people will not be cut off from the city. +\v 2 For I will gather every nation against Jerusalem for battle and the city will be captured. The houses will be plundered and the women violated. Half of the city will go out into captivity, but the remainder of the people will not be cut off from the city. \s5 \v 3 But Yahweh will go out and wage war against those nations as when he wages war on the day of battle. -\v 4 On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is beside Jerusalem to the east. The Mount of Olives will be split in half between the east and the west by a very great valley, and half of the mountain will go back toward the north and half toward the south. +\v 4 On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is beside Jerusalem to the east. The Mount of Olives will be split in half between the east and the west by a very great valley and half of the mountain will go back toward the north and half toward the south. \s5 -\v 5 Then you will flee down the valley between Yahweh's mountains, for the valley between those mountains will reach to Azal. You will flee just as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah. Then Yahweh my God will come, and all the holy ones will be with him. +\v 5 Then you will flee down the valley between Yahweh's mountains, for the valley between those mountains will reach to Azal. You will flee just as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah. Then Yahweh my God will come and all the holy ones will be with him. \s5 -\v 6 It will happen that on that day that there will be no light, but no cold or frost, either. +\v 6 It will happen that on that day that there will be no light, but no cold or frost either. \v 7 On that day, a day known only to Yahweh, there will no longer be day or night, for the evening will be a time of light. \v 8 And on that day living waters will flow out of Jerusalem. Half of them will flow to the eastern sea and half to the western sea, in summer and in winter. \s5 \p \v 9 Yahweh will be king over all the earth. On that day there will be Yahweh, the one God, and his name alone. -\v 10 All the land will be like the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. And Jerusalem will continue to be elevated; she will live in her own place, from the Benjamin Gate to the place where the first gate was, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king's winepresses. -\v 11 The people will live in Jerusalem, and there will be no more complete destruction from God against them; Jerusalem will live in safety. +\v 10 All the land will be like the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. And Jerusalem will continue to be elevated. She will live in her own place, from the Benjamin Gate to the place where the first gate was, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king's winepresses. +\v 11 The people will live in Jerusalem and there will be no more complete destruction from God against them. Jerusalem will live in safety. \s5 \p -\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 It will happen on that day that great fear from Yahweh will come among them. Each man will seize his neigbor's hand; each hand will be raised against its neighbor's hand. +\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 It will happen on that day that great fear from Yahweh will come among them. Each man will seize his neigbor's hand. Each hand will be raised against its neighbor's hand. \s5 \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. -\v 15 A plague will also be on the horses and the mules, the camels and donkeys, and on every animal in those camps; they will also suffer that same plague. +\v 15 A plague will also be on the horses and the mules, the camels and donkeys, and on every animal in those camps they will also suffer that same plague. \s5 \p -\v 16 Then it will happen that all who remain in those nations that came against Jerusalem will instead go up from year to year to worship the king, -Yahweh of hosts, and to keep the Festival of Shelters. +\v 16 Then it will happen that all who remain in those nations that came against Jerusalem will instead go up from year to year to worship the king, Yahweh of hosts, and to keep the Festival of Shelters. \v 17 And it will happen that if anyone from all the nations of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to worship the king, Yahweh of hosts, then Yahweh will not bring rain on them. \v 18 And if the nation of Egypt does not go up, then they will not receive rain. A plague from Yahweh will attack the nations that do not go up to keep the Festival of Shelters. @@ -46,8 +44,7 @@ Yahweh of hosts, and to keep the Festival of Shelters. \s5 \v 20 But on that day, the bells of the horses will say, "Dedicated to Yahweh," and the basins in Yahweh's house will be like the bowls before the altar. -\v 21 For every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be dedicated to Yahweh of hosts, and everyone who brings a sacrifice will eat from them and boil in them. -Traders will no longer be in the house of Yahweh of hosts on that day. +\v 21 For every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be dedicated to Yahweh of hosts, and everyone who brings a sacrifice will eat from them and boil in them. Traders will no longer be in the house of Yahweh of hosts on that day. diff --git a/39-MAL/01.usfm b/39-MAL/01.usfm index f3d1065c..8e0acac9 100644 --- a/39-MAL/01.usfm +++ b/39-MAL/01.usfm @@ -31,10 +31,8 @@ will be great among the nations," says Yahweh of hosts. \s5 \v 13 You also say, 'How tiresome this is,' and you disdainfully snort at it," says Yahweh of hosts. "You bring what has been -taken by a wild animal or is lame or sick; and this you bring as your offering. Should I accept this from your hand?" says -Yahweh. -\v 14 "May the deceiver be cursed who has a male animal in his flock and vows to give it to me, and yet sacrifices to me, the Lord, what is flawed! -For I am a great King," says Yahweh of hosts, "and my name will be honored among the nations." +taken by a wild animal or is lame or sick; and this you bring as your offering. Should I accept this from your hand?" says Yahweh. +\v 14 "May the deceiver be cursed who has a male animal in his flock and vows to give it to me, and yet sacrifices to me, the Lord, what is flawed! For I am a great king," says Yahweh of hosts, "and my name will be honored among the nations." diff --git a/42-MRK/04.usfm b/42-MRK/04.usfm index 3ce95af4..36c09f2c 100644 --- a/42-MRK/04.usfm +++ b/42-MRK/04.usfm @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ \v 6 But when the sun rose, they were scorched, and because they had no root, they dried up. \v 7 Other seeds fell among the thorn plants. The thorn plants grew up and choked them, and they did not produce any grain. \s5 -\v 8 Other seed feel into good soil and it produced grain while growing up and increasing, and some brought forth thirty times as much, and some sixty, and some a hundred." +\v 8 Other seed fell into good soil and it produced grain while growing up and increasing, and some brought forth thirty times as much, and some sixty, and some a hundred." \v 9 And he said, "Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear!" \s5 diff --git a/48-2CO/09.usfm b/48-2CO/09.usfm index 0e2464e6..4c32727c 100644 --- a/48-2CO/09.usfm +++ b/48-2CO/09.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 9 \p -\v 1 Concerning the ministry for the believers, it is superfluous for me to write to you. +\v 1 Concerning the ministry for the believers, it is not necessary for me to write to you. \v 2 I know about your desire, which I boasted about to the people of Macedonia. I told them that Achaia has been getting ready since last year. Your eagerness has motivated most of them to action. \s5 diff --git a/49-GAL/05.usfm b/49-GAL/05.usfm index 6684c381..566a7b73 100644 --- a/49-GAL/05.usfm +++ b/49-GAL/05.usfm @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ \s5 \v 3 Again, I testify to every man who is circumcised that he becomes obliged to obey the whole law. -\v 4 You are separated from Christ, all you who are "justified" by the law. You have fallen away from grace. +\v 4 You are separated from Christ, all you who are justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace. \s5 \v 5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we are waiting for the confidence of righteousness. diff --git a/53-1TH/01.usfm b/53-1TH/01.usfm index ee809339..a78230f2 100644 --- a/53-1TH/01.usfm +++ b/53-1TH/01.usfm @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 2 We always give thanks to God for all of you, as we mention you in our prayers. -\v 3 We remember without ceasing before our God and Father your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of confidence for the future in our Lord Jesus Christ. +\v 3 We remember without ceasing before our God and Father your work of faith, labor of love, and patient confidence for the future in our Lord Jesus Christ. \s5 \v 4 Brothers loved by God, we know your calling, diff --git a/57-TIT/01.usfm b/57-TIT/01.usfm index 0ec00ba6..de06aaaf 100644 --- a/57-TIT/01.usfm +++ b/57-TIT/01.usfm @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ \s5 \c 1 \p -\v 1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of God's chosen people and the knowledge of the truth that agrees with godliness. -\v 2 These are in the confidence of everlasting life that God, who is without lies, promised before all the ages of time. -\v 3 At the right time, he revealed his word by the message that he trusted me to deliver. I was to do this by the command of God our Savior. +\v 1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of God's chosen people and the knowledge of the truth that agrees with godliness, +\v 2 with the confidence of everlasting life that God, who does not lie, promised before all the ages of time. +\v 3 At the right time, he revealed his word by the message that he trusted me to deliver. I was to do this by the command of God our savior. \s5 -\v 4 To Titus, a true son in our common faith. Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. +\v 4 To Titus, a true son in our common faith. Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our savior. \p \v 5 For this purpose I left you in Crete, that you might set in order things not yet complete and ordain elders in every city as I directed you. diff --git a/57-TIT/03.usfm b/57-TIT/03.usfm index d4fab047..9e956b65 100644 --- a/57-TIT/03.usfm +++ b/57-TIT/03.usfm @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ \v 3 For once we ourselves were thoughtless and disobedient. We were led astray and enslaved by various passions and pleasures. We lived in evil and envy. We were detestable and hated one another. \s5 -\v 4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for mankind appeared, +\v 4 But when the kindness of God our savior and his love for mankind appeared, \v 5 it was not by works of righteousness that we did, but by his mercy that he saved us. He saved us through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit. \s5 diff --git a/58-PHM/01.usfm b/58-PHM/01.usfm index 1920e48f..a3f97448 100644 --- a/58-PHM/01.usfm +++ b/58-PHM/01.usfm @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ \v 4 I always thank my God. I mention you in my prayers. \v 5 I have heard of the love and the faith that you have in the Lord Jesus and for all the believers. \v 6 I pray that the fellowship of your faith may be effective for the knowledge of everything good that is among us in Christ. -\v 7 For I have had much joy and comfort because of your love, because the hearts of the believers have been rested by you, brother. +\v 7 For I have had much joy and comfort because of your love, because the hearts of the believers have been refreshed by you, brother. \s5 \p diff --git a/59-HEB/03.usfm b/59-HEB/03.usfm index 1b6be177..95d0477e 100644 --- a/59-HEB/03.usfm +++ b/59-HEB/03.usfm @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ \s5 \v 7 Therefore, it is just as the Holy Spirit says: -\q "Today, if you hear his voice, +\q "Today, if you hear his voice \q \v 8 do not harden your hearts \q as in the rebellion, @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ \q They have not known my ways.' \q \v 11 It is just as I swore in my anger: -\q they will never enter my rest." +\q 'They will never enter my rest.'" \s5 \p diff --git a/59-HEB/04.usfm b/59-HEB/04.usfm index 819e35b3..d9696cce 100644 --- a/59-HEB/04.usfm +++ b/59-HEB/04.usfm @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ \v 8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken about another day. \v 9 Therefore there is still a Sabbath rest reserved for God's people. \v 10 For he who enters into God's rest has himself also rested from his deeds, just as God did from his. -\v 11 Therefore let us be eager to enter that rest, so that no one will fall in the kind of disobedience that they did. +\v 11 Therefore let us be eager to enter that rest, so that no one will fall into the kind of disobedience that they did. \s5 \v 12 For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword. It pierces even to the division of soul from spirit, and joints from marrow. It is able to know the heart's thoughts and intentions. diff --git a/59-HEB/05.usfm b/59-HEB/05.usfm index 50664b59..c241f56f 100644 --- a/59-HEB/05.usfm +++ b/59-HEB/05.usfm @@ -30,5 +30,5 @@ \s5 \v 12 For though by this time you should be teachers, you still have need for someone to teach you the basic principles of God's messages. You need milk, not solid food! -\v 13 For anyone takes milk only is inexperienced with the message of righteousness, for he is still a baby. +\v 13 For anyone who only takes milk is inexperienced with the message of righteousness, because he is still a baby. \v 14 But solid food is for adults. These are those who because of their maturity have their understanding trained for distinguishing good from evil. diff --git a/59-HEB/09.usfm b/59-HEB/09.usfm index 2fc1ef35..271092a6 100644 --- a/59-HEB/09.usfm +++ b/59-HEB/09.usfm @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ \s5 \v 3 Behind the second curtain was another room, called the most holy place. \v 4 It had a golden altar for incense. It also had the ark of the covenant, which was completely overlaid with gold. Inside it was a golden jar holding the manna, Aaron's rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant. -\v 5 Above the ark of the covenant glorious cherubim overshadowed the atonement lid, which we cannot now talk about in detail. +\v 5 Above the ark of the covenant, glorious cherubim overshadowed the atonement lid, which we cannot now talk about in detail. \s5 \v 6 After these things were prepared, the priests always entered the outer room of the tabernacle to perform their services. diff --git a/59-HEB/10.usfm b/59-HEB/10.usfm index ec77bf7b..de71ac65 100644 --- a/59-HEB/10.usfm +++ b/59-HEB/10.usfm @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ \s5 \v 11 On the one hand, every priest stands day by day to serve God. He is always offering the same sacrifices, although they can never take away sins. -\v 12 On the other hand, Christ he offered one sacrifice for sins forever, he sat down at the right hand of God. +\v 12 On the other hand, Christ offered one sacrifice for sins forever, he sat down at the right hand of God. \v 13 He is waiting until his enemies are made a stool for his feet. \v 14 For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are dedicated to God. diff --git a/59-HEB/11.usfm b/59-HEB/11.usfm index a78e2856..fe3138c5 100644 --- a/59-HEB/11.usfm +++ b/59-HEB/11.usfm @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ \v 3 By faith we understand that the universe was created by God's command, so that what is visible was not made out of things that were visible. \s5 -\v 4 It was by faith that Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. It was because of this that he was attested to be righteous. He was attested as this because of his gifts to God. Because of that, Abel still speaks, even though he died. +\v 4 It was by faith that Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain, through which he was attested to be righteous, and God spoke well of him because of his offerings. And by faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead. \s5 \v 5 It was by faith that Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death. "He was not found, because God took him." For before he was taken up, it was testified that he had pleased God. @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ \v 14 For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. \s5 -\v 15 If they had been thinking of the country from which they gone out, they would have had opportunity to return. +\v 15 If they had been thinking of the country from which they had gone out, they would have had opportunity to return. \v 16 But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, since he has prepared a city for them. \s5 @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ \v 22 It was by faith that Joseph, when his end was near, spoke of the departure of the children of Israel from Egypt and instructed them about his bones. \s5 -\v 23 It was by faith that Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents because they saw he was a beautiful child. They were not afraid of king's command. +\v 23 It was by faith that Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents because they saw he was a beautiful child. They were not afraid of the king's command. \v 24 It was by faith that Moses, after he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter. \v 25 Instead, he chose to suffer with the people of God, rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a while. \v 26 He reasoned that the disgrace of following Christ was greater riches than Egypt's treasures. For he was fixing his eyes on his reward. diff --git a/59-HEB/12.usfm b/59-HEB/12.usfm index 2c6d5565..f7a3872b 100644 --- a/59-HEB/12.usfm +++ b/59-HEB/12.usfm @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ point of blood. \s5 \v 9 Furthermore, we had fathers in the flesh as disciplinarians, and we respected them. Should we not even more so obey the Father of spirits and live? \v 10 For on the one hand, our fathers disciplined us for a few days as it seemed right to them. But on the other hand, God does so for our good so that we can share in his holiness. -\v 11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but rather painful. However it later produces peaceful fruit of righteousness for those who have been trained by it. +\v 11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but rather painful. However it later produces the peaceful fruit of righteousness for those who have been trained by it. \s5 \v 12 So strengthen your hands that hang down and your weak knees. @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ point of blood. \v 24 And you have come to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks better than Abel's blood. \s5 -\v 25 See that you do not refuse the one who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, much less us will we escape if we turn away from the one who is warning from heaven. +\v 25 See that you do not refuse the one who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we turn away from the one who is warning from heaven. \v 26 At one time, his voice shook the earth. But now he has promised and said, "One more time I will shake not only the earth, but also the heavens." \s5 diff --git a/60-JAS/01.usfm b/60-JAS/01.usfm index 24831992..a63021dd 100644 --- a/60-JAS/01.usfm +++ b/60-JAS/01.usfm @@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ \v 13 Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," because God is not tempted by evil, nor does he himself tempt anyone. \s5 -\v 14 But each person is tempted by his own evil desire, which drags him away and entices him. -\v 15 Then after the evil desire conceives, it gives birth to sin. And after the sin is full grown, it gives birth to death. +\v 14 But each person is tempted by his own desire, which drags him away and entices him. +\v 15 Then after the desire conceives, it gives birth to sin. And after the sin is full grown, it gives birth to death. \v 16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. \s5 diff --git a/60-JAS/02.usfm b/60-JAS/02.usfm index f7b3258c..7cf408a3 100644 --- a/60-JAS/02.usfm +++ b/60-JAS/02.usfm @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith, but if he has no works? That faith cannot save him, can it? +\v 14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith, but if he has no works? Can that faith save him? \v 15 Suppose that a brother or sister is badly clothed and lacks food for the day. \v 16 Suppose that one of you says to them, "Go in peace, stay warm and be filled." If you do not give them the things necessary for the body, what good is that? \v 17 In the same way faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. diff --git a/60-JAS/03.usfm b/60-JAS/03.usfm index 8064d31b..0e23ada7 100644 --- a/60-JAS/03.usfm +++ b/60-JAS/03.usfm @@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ \v 10 Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things should not happen. \s5 -\v 11 A spring does not pour out from its opening both sweet and bitter water, does it? -\v 12 A fig tree, my brothers, cannot make olives, can it? Or a grapevine, figs? Neither can salty water produce sweet water. +\v 11 Does a spring pour out from its opening both sweet and bitter water? +\v 12 Does a fig tree, my brothers, make olives? Or a grapevine, figs? Neither can salty water produce sweet water. \s5 \p diff --git a/60-JAS/04.usfm b/60-JAS/04.usfm index 471827f4..c5b35f5b 100644 --- a/60-JAS/04.usfm +++ b/60-JAS/04.usfm @@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ \s5 \c 4 \p -\v 1 Where do quarrels and disputes among you come from? Do they not come from your evil desires that fight among your members? +\v 1 Where do quarrels and disputes among you come from? Do they not come from your desires that fight among your members? \v 2 You desire, and you do not have. You kill and covet, and you are not able to obtain. You fight and quarrel. You do not possess because you do not ask. -\v 3 You ask and do not receive because you ask badly, in order that you may use it for your evil desires. +\v 3 You ask and do not receive because you ask badly, in order that you may use it for your desires. \s5 \v 4 You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility against God? So whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. diff --git a/61-1PE/01.usfm b/61-1PE/01.usfm index eb2c23d7..58b48230 100644 --- a/61-1PE/01.usfm +++ b/61-1PE/01.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \c 1 \p \v 1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the foreigners of the dispersion, the chosen ones, throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia. -\v 2 This is according to the foreknowledge of God the Father. It is by the sanctifying of the Spirit for obedience and for the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. May grace be to you, and may your peace increase. +\v 2 This is according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, set apart by the Spirit for obedience and for the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. May grace be to you, and may your peace increase. \b \s5 @@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ \s5 \v 11 They searched to know about whom and when the Spirit of Christ in them was speaking to them. This was happening as he was telling them in advance about the sufferings of Christ and the glorious things after that. -\v 12 It was revealed to the prophets that they were not serving themselves, but you. This is what they were doing in regard to the things told to you by those by means of the Holy Spirit, who was sent from heaven. These are things that even angels desire to be revealed. +\v 12 It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told to you by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things into which angels long to look. \s5 \p -\v 13 So gird up the loins of your mind. Be sober. Put complete confidence in the grace that will be brought to you at the revealing of Jesus Christ. +\v 13 So gird up the loins of your mind. Be sober. Put confidence in the grace that will be brought to you at the revealing of Jesus Christ. \v 14 As obedient children, do not conform yourselves to the desires that you followed when you were ignorant. \s5 diff --git a/61-1PE/02.usfm b/61-1PE/02.usfm index 78e42b23..32e72be1 100644 --- a/61-1PE/02.usfm +++ b/61-1PE/02.usfm @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ They stumble, disobeying the word, for which they were also destined. \v 23 When he was reviled, he did not revile back. When he suffered, he did not threaten back, but he gave himself to the one who judges justly. \s5 -\v 24 He himself carried our sins in his body to the tree, so that we might have no more part in sin, and so that we might live for righteousness. By his bruises you have been healed. +\v 24 He himself carried our sins in his body to the tree, so that we would have no more part in sin, and so that we would live for righteousness. By his bruises you have been healed. \v 25 All of you had been wandering away like lost sheep, but now you have returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls. diff --git a/61-1PE/03.usfm b/61-1PE/03.usfm index 068fd1c9..fc0c736b 100644 --- a/61-1PE/03.usfm +++ b/61-1PE/03.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 3 \p -\v 1 In this way, you who are wives should submit to your own husbands. Do this so that, even if some men are disobedient to the word, through their wives' behavior they may be won without a word. +\v 1 In this way, you who are wives should submit to your own husbands. Do this so even if some men are disobedient to the word, they may be won without a word, through their wives' behavior. \v 2 For they will have seen your sincere behavior with respect. \s5 diff --git a/61-1PE/04.usfm b/61-1PE/04.usfm index 1f0e20be..ed8eed4f 100644 --- a/61-1PE/04.usfm +++ b/61-1PE/04.usfm @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ \v 2 As a result, such a person, for the rest of his time in the flesh, no longer lives for men's desires, but for God's will. \s5 -\v 3 For enough time has passed to do what the Gentiles want to do—sensuality, passion, drunkenness, carousing, wild parties, and disgusting acts of idolatry. +\v 3 For enough time has passed to do what the Gentiles want to do—sensuality, passion, drunkenness, carousings, wild parties, and disgusting acts of idolatry. \v 4 They think it is strange that you do not join with them in these floods of dissipation, so they speak evil about you. \v 5 They will give an account to the one who is ready to judge the living and the dead. \v 6 For this purpose the gospel was preached also to the dead, so that, although they have been judged in the flesh as humans, they may live as God in the spirit. @@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ \s5 \v 10 As each one of you has received a gift, use it to serve one another. Do this as good stewards of God's many free gifts. -\v 11 If anyone speaks, let it be like the oracles of God. If anyone serves, let it be from the strength that God supplies. Do these things so that in all ways God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. May there be to Jesus Christ glory and power forever and ever. Amen. +\v 11 If anyone speaks, let it be like the oracles of God. If anyone serves, let it be from the strength that God supplies. Do these things so that in all ways God would be glorified through Jesus Christ. May there be to Jesus Christ glory and power forever and ever. Amen. \b \s5 \p -\v 12 Beloved, do not regard as strange the testing in the fire that has happened to you, as if something unusual were happening to you. +\v 12 Beloved, do not regard as strange the testing in the fire that has happened to you, as if something strange were happening to you. \v 13 Instead, however much you experience the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, so that you may also rejoice and be glad at the revealing of his glory. \v 14 If you are insulted for Christ's name, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and the Spirit of God is resting on you. diff --git a/61-1PE/05.usfm b/61-1PE/05.usfm index 9d199811..1231666b 100644 --- a/61-1PE/05.usfm +++ b/61-1PE/05.usfm @@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ \v 7 Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you. \s5 -\v 8 Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, like a roaring lion is stalking around, looking for someone to devour. -\v 9 Stand against him. Be strong in your faith. You know that the same sufferings are being accomplished among your brotherhood in the world. +\v 8 Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, is stalking around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. +\v 9 Stand against him. Be strong in your faith. You know that your community of believers that in the world is enduring the same sufferings. \s5 \v 10 After you suffer for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will perfect you, establish you, and strengthen you. diff --git a/62-2PE/01.usfm b/62-2PE/01.usfm index 43929016..ae798153 100644 --- a/62-2PE/01.usfm +++ b/62-2PE/01.usfm @@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ \c 1 \p \v 1 Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have received the same precious faith as we have received, faith in the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ. -\v 2 May grace be with you, and may peace increase through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. +\v 2 May grace and peace increase in measure in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. \s5 \v 3 All the things concerning divine power for life and godliness have been given to us through the knowledge of God, who called us through his own glory and virtue. -\v 4 Through these, he gave us precious and great promises. He did this so that you might be sharers in the divine nature, as you escape from the corruption that is in the world because of wicked desires. +\v 4 Through these, he gave us precious and great promises, so that you might be sharers in the divine nature, as you escape from the corruption that is in the world because of wicked desires. \s5 \v 5 For this reason, do your best to add virtue through your faith, and through your virtue, knowledge.