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Most from Reader Report of Bob Johnson in Mal

11-1KI/17.usfm

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-\v 1 Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, "As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will not be dew or rain these years unless I say so."
+\v 1 Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, "As Yahweh, the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there will not be dew or rain these years unless I say so."
 
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 \v 2 The word of Yahweh came to Elijah, saying,

19-PSA/041.usfm

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-\v 13 May Yahweh, the God of Israel, be praised
+\v 13 May Yahweh, the God of Israel be praised
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 \q Amen and Amen.
 

38-ZEC/07.usfm

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 \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 2 The people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem Melech and their men to beg before the face of Yahweh.
 \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?"
 
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38-ZEC/08.usfm

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 \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 21 The inhabitants of one city will go to another city and say, "Let us quickly go to beg before the face 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!
 
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39-MAL/01.usfm

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-\v 6 "A son honors his father, and a servant honors his master. If I, then, am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the reverence for me?" says Yahweh of hosts to you priests, "who despise my name. But you say, 'How have we despised your name?'
+\v 6 "A son honors his father, and a servant honors his master. If I, then, am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the reverence for me?" says Yahweh of hosts to you priests, who despise my name. "But you say, 'How have we despised your name?'
 \v 7 By offering polluted bread upon my altar. And you say, 'How have we polluted you?' By saying that Yahweh's table is contemptible.
 
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 \v 10 "Oh, if only there were one of you who would shut the temple gates, so that you might not light fires on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you," says Yahweh of hosts, "and I will not accept any offering from your hand.
 \v 11 For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name
-will be great among the nations; in every place incense
-will be offered to my name, and also a pure offering. For my name
-will be great among the nations," says Yahweh of hosts.
+will be great among the nations and in every place incense and pure offerings will be offered in my name. For my name will be great among the nations," says Yahweh of hosts.
 \v 12 "But you are profaning it when you say the Lord's table is polluted, and that its fruit, its food, is to be despised.
 
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-\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 13 You also say, 'How tiresome this is,' and you 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."
 
 

39-MAL/02.usfm

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 \v 5 "My covenant with him was life and peace, and I gave them to him; honor, and he honored me and stood in awe before my name.
-\v 6 Instruction of truth was in his mouth, and perversity was not found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many away from sin.
-\v 7 For a priest's lips should keep knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is a messenger of Yahweh of hosts.
+\v 6 True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing false was not found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness and he turned many away from sin.
+\v 7 For a priest's lips should keep knowledge and people should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is a messenger of Yahweh of hosts.
 
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 \v 8 But you have turned away from the true path. You have caused many to stumble with respect to the law. You have violated the covenant of Levi," says Yahweh of hosts.
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 \v 14 But you say, "Why does he not?" Because Yahweh was a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have been faithless, even though she was your companion and your wife by your covenant.
-\v 15 Did he not make one, with a portion of his spirit? And why did he make you one? Because he was hoping to have offspring of God. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and let no one be faithless to the wife of your youth.
+\v 15 Did he not make them one, with a portion of his spirit? And why did he make you one? Because he was seeking an offspring from God. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.
 \v 16 "For I hate divorce," says Yahweh, the God of Israel, "and the one who covers his garment with violence," says Yahweh of hosts. "So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not be faithless."
 
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-\v 17 You have wearied Yahweh with your words. But you say, "How have we wearied him?" By saying, "Every one who does evil is good in the eyes of Yahweh, and he delights in them," or "Where is the God of justice?"
+\v 17 You have wearied Yahweh with your words. But you say, "How have we wearied him?" By saying, "Everyone who does evil is good in the eyes of Yahweh, and he delights in them," or "Where is the God of justice?"
 
 
 

39-MAL/03.usfm

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 \v 10 Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in my house. And test me now in this," says
 Yahweh of hosts, "if I do not open to you the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing on you, until there is no more room for it.
-\v 11 I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it does not destroy the harvest of your land. Your
-vines in the fields will not lose their fruit before the right time," says Yahweh of hosts.
+\v 11 I will speak against those who destroy your crops, so that they do not destroy the harvest of your land. Your vines in the fields will not lose their fruit," says Yahweh of hosts.
 \v 12 "All the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight," says Yahweh of hosts.
 
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39-MAL/04.usfm

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-\v 4 "Remember the teaching of my servant Moses that I gave him at Horeb in front of all Israel, the statutes and the rulings.
+\v 4 "Remember the teaching of my servant Moses that I gave him at Horeb for all Israel, the statutes and the rulings.
 \v 5 See, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and fearful day of Yahweh.
 \v 6 He will turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, so that I do not come and attack the land with complete destruction."