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-\v 31 Do not turn to spiritists or familiar spirits. Do not seek them out, or they will defile you. I am Yahweh your God.
+\v 31 Do not turn to sorcerers or spiritists. Do not seek them out, or they will defile you. I am Yahweh your God.
 
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-\v 6 The person who turns to those who talk with the dead, or to those who talk with spirits so as to prostitute themselves with them, I will set my face against that person; I will cut him off from among his people.
+\v 6 The person who turns to sorcerers and spiritists so as to prostitute themselves with them, I will set my face against that person; I will cut him off from among his people.
 \v 7 Therefore consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am Yahweh your God. \f + \ft Several modern translations have \fqa ... because I, Yahweh your God, am holy \fqa* . \f*
 
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 \v 9 When you have come into the land that Yahweh your God is giving you, you must not learn to observe the abominations of those nations.
-\v 10 There must not be found among you anyone who sacrifices his son or his daughter in the fire, anyone who uses divination or tells fortunes, or interprets omens, or a sorcerer,
-\v 11 or one who casts spells or talks with the dead, or a spiritist, or one who seeks the dead.
+\v 10 There must not be found among you anyone who sacrifices his son or his daughter in the fire, or anyone who uses divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer
+\v 11 or one who casts spells or a sorcerer or a spiritist or one who seeks the dead.
 
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 \v 12 For whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh; it is because of these abominations that Yahweh your God is driving them out from before you.

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-\v 3 Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had lamented him and buried him in Ramah, in his own city. Also, Saul had banned from the land those who talked with the dead and those who talked with spirits.
+\v 3 Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had lamented him and buried him in Ramah, in his own city. Also, Saul had banned sorcerers and spiritists from the land.
 \v 4 Then the Philistines gathered themselves together and came and camped at Shunem; and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they camped at Gilboa.
 
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 \v 8 So Saul disguised himself, putting on other clothing and went, he and two men with him. They went to the woman by night. He said, "Divine for me by a spirit and bring up for me the one I name."
-\v 9 The woman said to him, "See, you know what Saul has done, how he has banned from the land those who talk with the dead or with spirits. So why are you setting a trap for my life, to make me die?"
+\v 9 The woman said to him, "See, you know what Saul has done, how he has banned sorcerers and spiritists from the land. So why are you setting a trap for my life, to make me die?"
 \v 10 Saul swore to her by Yahweh and said, "As Yahweh lives, no punishment will happen to you for this thing."
 
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 \v 22 Then all the wicked men and worthless fellows among those who had gone with David said, "Because these men did not go with us, we will not give them any of the booty that we have recovered. However, each man may lead away his wife and children and go."
 
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-\v 23 Then David said, "You must not act like this, my brothers, with what Yahweh has given to us. He has preserved us and given into our hand the raiders who came against us.
+\v 23 Then David said, "You must not act like this, my brothers, with what Yahweh has given to us. He has preserved us and given into our hand the marauding band that came against us.
 \v 24 Who will listen to you in this matter? For as the share is for anyone who goes into battle, so also will the share be for anyone who waits by the baggage; they will share and share alike."
 \v 25 It has been so from that day to this day, for David made it a statute and a decree for Israel.
 

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 \v 4 Manasseh built altars in the house of Yahweh, although Yahweh had commanded, "It is in Jerusalem that my name will be forever."
 \v 5 He built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courtyards of the house of Yahweh.
-\v 6 In the Valley of Ben Hinnom he caused his sons to pass through the fire. He practiced sorcery, divination and he read omens, and he consulted with those who talked with the dead and with those who talked with spirits. Manasseh did much evil in the sight of Yahweh, and he provoked him to anger.
+\v 6 In the Valley of Ben Hinnom he caused his sons to pass through the fire. He practiced sorcery, divination and he read omens, and he consulted with sorcerers and spiritists. Manasseh did much evil in the sight of Yahweh, and he provoked him to anger.
 
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 \v 7 The carved figure he had made, he placed it in the house of God. It was about this house that God had spoken to David and Solomon his son; he had said, "It is in this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, that I will put my name forever.

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 \v 10 Go into the rocky places and hide in the ground
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-\v 11 The lofty gaze of man will be brought low, and the pride of men will be brought down,
+\v 11 The lofty gaze of man will be brought low, and the haughtiness of men will be brought down,
 \q1 and Yahweh alone will be exalted on that day.
 
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 \v 10 Tell the righteous person that it will be well, for they will eat the fruit of their deeds.
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-\v 11 Woe to the wicked! It will go badly for him, for the recompense of his hands will be done to him.
+\v 11 Woe to the wicked! It will go badly for him, for what his hands have earned will be done to him.
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 \v 12 My people—children are their oppressors, and women rule over them.
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 \v 2 On that day the branch of Yahweh will be beautiful and glorious,
 \q1 and the fruit of the land will be the pride
-\q1 and delight of those survivors in Israel.
+\q1 and delight of the escaped remnant in Israel.
 
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 \v 22 Woe to those who are champions at drinking wine, and masters at mixing strong drinks;
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-\v 23 who acquit the wicked for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of what is right!
+\v 23 who acquit the wicked for a bribe, and deprive those in the right of what is right!
 
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 \v 5 Yahweh spoke to me again,
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-\v 6 "Because this people has refused the gentle waters of Shiloah,
-\q1 and is happy over Rezin and Remaliah's son,
+\v 6 "Because this people has refused the gentle waters of Shiloah
+\q1 and rejoices over Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
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 \v 7 therefore the Lord is about to bring up on them the waters of the River, mighty and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory.
 \q1 It will come up over all its channels and overflow its banks.
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 \v 9 You peoples will be broken to pieces. Listen, all you distant countries:
-\q1 arm yourselves for war and be broken in pieces; arm yourselves and be broken in pieces.
+\q1 gird yourselves and be broken to pieces; gird yourselves and be broken to pieces.
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 \v 10 Form a plan, but it will not be carried out; issue the command, but it will not be carried out,
 \q1 for God is with us.
 
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-\v 11 Yahweh spoke to me, with his strong hand upon me, and warned me not to walk in the way of this people.
+\v 11 Yahweh spoke to me, with his strong hand upon me, and admonished me not to walk in the way of this people.
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 \v 12 Do not call conspiracy anything that this people calls conspiracy,
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 \v 14 He will become a sanctuary;
-\q1 but he will be a stone of striking, and a rock of stumbling—
+\q1 but he will be a stone of striking, and a stone of stumbling—
 \q2 for both the houses of Israel,
 \q2 and he will be a trap and a snare
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-\v 19 They will say to you, "Consult with those who speak with the dead and with spirits," the ones who chirp and mutter incantations. But should a people not consult their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?
+\v 19 They will say to you, "Consult with sorcerers and spiritists," the ones who chirp and mutter incantations. But should a people not consult their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?
 \v 20 To the law and to the testimony! If they do not say such things, it is because they have no light of dawn.
 
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 \q1 and curse their king and their God, as they turn their faces upward.
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 \v 22 They will look at the earth
-\q1 and see distress, darkness, and oppressive gloom. They will be driven into a land of darkness.
+\q1 and see distress, darkness, and gloom that causes anguish. They will be banished to thick darkness.
 
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 \v 4 For the yoke of his burden, the beam across his shoulder,
-\q1 the rod of his oppressor, you have shattered as on the day of Midian.
+\q1 the rod of his oppressor, you have broken to pieces as on the day of Midian.
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 \v 5 For every boot treading in the tumult
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 \v 6 For to us a child has been born, to us a son has been given;
-\q1 and the rule will be on his shoulder;
+\q1 and the government will be on his shoulder;
 \q1 and his name will be called Wonderful Counselor,
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 \v 14 Therefore Yahweh will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed, in one day.
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-\v 15 The leader and the noble man are the head; and the prophet that teaches lies is the tail.
+\v 15 The elder and the noble man are the head; and the prophet that teaches lies is the tail.
 
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-\v 1 Woe to those who enact unjust laws and write unfair decrees.
+\v 1 Woe to those who decree unjust decrees and write unjust laws.
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 \v 2 They deprive the needy of justice, rob the poor of my people of their rights,
 \q1 plunder widows, and make the fatherless their prey!
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-\v 5 Woe to the Assyrian, the club of my anger, the rod by whom I wield my fury!
+\v 5 Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff by whom I wield my fury!
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-\v 6 I send him against an arrogant nation and against the people who bear my overflowing wrath.
-\q1 I order him to take the spoil, to take the prey, and to trample them like mud in the streets.
+\v 6 I send him against a godless nation and against the people who bear my overflowing wrath.
+\q1 I order him to take the plunder, to take the prey, and to trample them like mud in the streets.
 
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-\v 12 When the Lord has finished his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the speech of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and his prideful looks.
+\v 12 When the Lord has finished his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and his prideful looks.
 \v 13 For he says,
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 \q1 and I have removed the boundaries of the peoples. I have stolen their treasures,
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 \v 15 Will the ax boast about itself against the one who wields it?
 \q1 Will the saw praise itself more than the one who cuts with it?
-\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 It is as if a rod could lift up those who raise it, or as if a staff could lift up a person.
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 \v 16 Therefore the Lord Yahweh of hosts will send emaciation among his elite warriors;
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-\v 30 Cry aloud, daughter of Gallim! Give attention, Laishah!
-\q1 You poor Anathoth!
+\v 30 Cry aloud, daughter of Gallim! Pay attention, Laishah!
+\q1 Answer her, Anathoth!
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 \v 31 Madmenah is fleeing,
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 \v 33 Behold, the Lord Yahweh of hosts will lop off the boughs with a terrifying crash;
-\q1 the tallest trees will be cut down, and the lofty will be brought low.
+\q1 the tallest trees will be cut down, and the lofty will be brought down.
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 \v 34 He will chop down the thickets of the forest with an ax, and Lebanon in his majesty will fall.
 
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 \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 men's spirits, mediums, and spiritualists.
+\q1 though they sought the advice of idols, dead men's spirits, sorcerers, and spiritists.
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 \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."