diff --git a/23-ISA/18.usfm b/23-ISA/18.usfm
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 \v 4 This is what Yahweh said to me, "I will quietly observe from my home,
-\q1 like the simmering heat in sunshine, like a cloud of mist in the heat of harvest."
+\q1 like the simmering heat in sunshine, like a cloud of mist in the heat of harvest.
 \q1
 \v 5 Before the harvest, when the blossoming is over, and the flower is ripening into a grape,
 \q1 he will cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and he will cut down and take away the spreading branches.
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 \v 6 They will be left together for the birds of the mountains and for the animals of the earth.
-\q1 The birds will summer on them, and all the animals of the earth will winter on them.
+\q1 The birds will summer on them, and all the animals of the earth will winter on them."
 \q1
 \v 7 At that time tribute will be brought to Yahweh of hosts from a people tall and smooth,
 \q1 from a people feared far and near, a nation mighty and conquering, whose land the rivers divide,
diff --git a/49-GAL/05.usfm b/49-GAL/05.usfm
index 9909dffb..a9bf893e 100644
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 \c 5
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-\v 1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. So stand firm and do not be entrapped again under a yoke of bondage.
+\v 1 For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not again be put under the control of a yoke of slavery.
 \p
-\v 2 Look, I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will not benefit you in any way.
+\v 2 Look, I, Paul, say to you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will not benefit you in any way.
 
 \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 3 I testify again to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.
+\v 4 You are cut off from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you no longer experience grace.
 
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-\v 5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we are waiting for the confidence of righteousness.
+\v 5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we eagerly wait for the certain hope of righteousness.
 \v 6 In Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but only faith working through love.
 \v 7 You were running well. Who stopped you from obeying the truth?
 \v 8 The persuasion to do that is not from him who calls you.