Micah from Bob Johnson

01-GEN/35.usfm

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 \v 20 Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave. It is the marker of Rachel's grave to this day.
  
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-\v 21 Israel traveled on and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder.
+\v 21 Israel traveled on and pitched his tent beyond the watchtower of the flock.
 \v 22 While Israel was living in that land, Reuben slept with Bilhah his father's concubine, and Israel heard of it.
 \p Now Jacob had twelve sons.
  

33-MIC/01.usfm

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-\v 15 I will bring to you, inhabitants of Mareshah,
-\q one who will take possession of you.
-\q The leaders of Israel will go to Adullam's cave.
+\v 15 I will again bring a conqueror to you, 
+\q inhabitants of Mareshah;
+\q the splendor of Israel will come to Adullam.
 \q
 \v 16 Shave your head
 \q and cut off your hair

33-MIC/03.usfm

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 \v 12 Therefore, because of you,
 \q Zion will be plowed like a field,
-\q Jerusalem will be a heap of ruins,
+\q Jerusalem will be a heap of rubble,
 \q and the hill of the temple will be like a forested hill.
 
 

33-MIC/04.usfm

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 \v 3 He will judge among many peoples
 \q and will decide concerning numerous nations far away.
 \q They will beat their swords into plowshares
-\q and their spears into pruning knives.
+\q and their spears into pruning hooks.
 \q Nation will not lift up sword against nation,
-\q neither will they learn how to wage war any more.
+\q nor will they train for war any longer.
  
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33-MIC/05.usfm

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 \q
 \v 1 Now come together in battle ranks,
-\q people of Jerusalem.
-\q A wall is around your city, 
-\q but they will strike the leader of Israel
-\q with a rod on the cheek.
+\q daughter of soldiers; 
+\q the soldiers have set up a siege around city, 
+\q with a rod they will strike the judge of Israel 
+\q on the cheek.
 
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@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@
 \q when they come into our land,
 \q when they march inside our borders.
 \q
-\v 7 The remnant of Jacob will be among many peoples,
+\v 7 The remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples,
 \q like dew from Yahweh,
 \q like showers on the grass,
-\q that do not wait for man,
-\q not for human beings.
+\q that do not wait for a man,
+\q and they do not wait for the children of mankind.
 
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 \q
 \v 10 "It will happen in that day," says Yahweh,
-\q "that I will destroy your horses among you
+\q "that I will destroy your horses from among you
 \q and will demolish your chariots.
 \q
 \v 11 I will destroy the cities in your land
@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@
 \q and you will no longer have any diviners.
 \q
 \v 13 I will destroy your carved figures
-\q and your stone pillars among you.
+\q and your stone pillars from among you.
 \q You will no longer worship the workmanship of your hands.
 \q
-\v 14 I will uproot your Asherah poles among you,
+\v 14 I will uproot your Asherah poles from among you,
 \q and I will destroy your cities.
 \q
 \v 15 I will execute vengeance in anger and wrath

33-MIC/07.usfm

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 \q
 \v 1 Woe is me!
 \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 and also even the gleaning of the leftover grapes in the vineyards:
 \q There are no more clusters of fruit to be found,
 \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.
+\q there is no upright person in all mankind.
 \q They all lie in wait to shed blood;
 \q each one hunts his own brother with a net.
  
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 \v 14 Shepherd your people with your rod,
 \q the flock of your inheritance.
-\q Even though they are living alone
-\q in a forest by Mount Carmel,
-\q let them feed in Bashan and Gilead
-\q as in ancient days.
+\q They live alone in a forest, 
+\q in the midst of a plantation.
+\q Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead
+\q like in the old days.
 \q
 \v 15 As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt,
 \q I will show them wonders.