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 \v 15 and against every high tower, and against every impregnable wall,
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-\v 16 and against all the ships of Tarshish, and against all beautiful sailing vessels.
+\v 16 and against all the ships of Tarshish, and against all delightful sailing vessels.
 
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 \v 12 Persist in casting your spells and your many sorceries
 \q1 which you have faithfully recited since your childhood;
-\q1 perhaps you will be successful, perhaps you will scare away disaster.
+\q1 perhaps you will profit from them, perhaps you will cause trembling.
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 \v 13 You are tired out with your many consultations; let those men stand up
-\q1 and save you—those who chart the heavens and look at the stars,
+\q1 and save you—those who chart the heavens and prophesy by the stars,
 \q1 those who declare the new moons—let them save you from what will happen to you.
 
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 \v 17 This is what Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says,
-\q1 "I am Yahweh your God, who teaches you how to succeed,
+\q1 "I am Yahweh your God, who teaches you how to profit,
 \q1 who leads you by the way that you should go.
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 \v 18 If only you had obeyed my commandments!
-\q1 Then your peace and prosperity would have flowed like a river, and your salvation like the waves of the sea.
+\q1 Then your peace and prosperity would have flowed like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
 
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-\v 19 Your descendants would have been as numerous as the sand, and the children from your womb as numerous as the grains of sand;
+\v 19 Your descendants would have been as numerous as the sand, and the offspring from your womb as numerous as the grains of sand;
 \q1 their name would not have been cut off nor blotted out from before me.
 
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-\v 1 Listen to me, you coastlands! Now give me your attention, you distant peoples.
+\v 1 Listen to me, you coastlands! Now pay attention, you distant peoples.
 \q1 Yahweh has called me from birth by name, when my mother brought me into the world.
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 \v 2 He has made my mouth like a sharp sword; he hid me in the shadow of his hand;
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 \v 12 Look, these will come from far away, some from the north and the west; and others from the land of Sinim.
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-\v 13 Sing, heavens, and be joyful, earth; break into singing, you mountains!
+\v 13 Sing, heavens, and be joyful, earth; break into joyful shouting, you mountains!
 \q1 For Yahweh comforts his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.
 
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 \v 16 Look, I have inscribed your name on my palms; your walls are continually before me.
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-\v 17 Your children are hurrying back, while those who destroyed you are going away.
+\v 17 Your children are hurrying back, while those who destroyed you and made you desolate are going away.
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 \v 18 Look around and see, they are all gathering and coming to you.
 \q1 As surely as I live—this is Yahweh's declaration—you will surely wear them like jewelry, and you will put them on like a bride.
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-\v 21 Then you will ask yourself, 'Who has borne these children for me?
+\v 21 Then you will say in your heart, 'Who has borne these children for me?
 \q1 I was bereaved and barren, exiled and divorced. Who has raised these children?
 \q1 Look, I was left all alone; where did these come from?'"
 
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 \v 22 This is what the Lord Yahweh says,
 \q1 "Look, I will raise my hand to the nations; I will raise my signal flag to the peoples.
-\q1 They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.
+\q1 They will bring your sons in their bosoms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.
 
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-\v 24 Can the spoils be taken from the warrior, or captives be rescued from the fierce? \f + \ft Instead of \fqa from the fierce \fqa* , the copies of the ancient Hebrew text have \fqa from the righteous \fqa* , but most modern translations correct it to \fqa from the fierce \fqa* . \f*
+\v 24 Can the booty be taken from the warrior, or captives be rescued from the ruthless? \f + \ft Instead of \fqa from the ruthless \fqa* , the copies of the ancient Hebrew text have \fqa from the righteous \fqa* , but most modern translations correct it to \fqa from the ruthless \fqa* . \f*
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 \v 25 But this is what Yahweh says,
-\q1 "Yes, the captives will be taken away from the warrior, and spoils will be rescued;
+\q1 "Yes, the captives will be taken away from the warrior, and booty will be rescued from the ruthless;
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 \v 1 This is what Yahweh says,
 \q1 "Where is the certificate of divorce with which I divorced your mother?
 \q1 To which of my creditors did I sell you?
-\q1 Look, you were sold because of your sins, and because of your rebellion, your mother was sent away.
+\q1 Look, you were sold because of your iniquities, and because of your rebellion your mother was sent away.
 
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