HOS 13-14 edits/corrections

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@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ they will die because they have insulted me.
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 \v 3 So the people of Israel will disappear
 \q2 as quickly as the clouds that form in the morning,
-\q1 as quickly as the dew, when the sun dries it up.
+\q1 as quickly as the dew when the sun dries it up.
 \q2 They will disappear as easily as the chaff that the wind blows away from the threshing place.
 \q2 They will disappear as easily as the smoke that goes out of the chimney.
 
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ they will die because they have insulted me.
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 \v 8 I will come against you like a female bear when someone steals her cubs,
 \q2 and I will rip open your chests.
-\q1 Like a lion that attacks—
+\q1 I will completely destroy you like a lion that attacks—
 \q2 as a wild animal would tear you apart.
 
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@@ -998,17 +998,17 @@ they will die because they have insulted me.
 
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 \q1
-\v 12 I have kept track of all the wicked deeds that you people of Israel have committed; I have recorded all your guilt.
+\v 12 I have kept track of all the wicked deeds that you people of Israel have committed; I have recorded all of your guilt.
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 \v 13 You are like a baby ready to be born,
-\q2 but you are foolish,
+\q2 but you are foolish
 \q1 because you are like a child who refuses to be born.
 
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 \q1
 \v 14 Will I really keep you from dying?
 \q2 Will I rescue you from dying?
-\q1 No! I will let you die
+\q1 No! I will let you die;
 \q2 I will let you perish.
 \q2 I have no more compassion left for you."
 
@@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ they will die because they have insulted me.
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 \v 16 The people of the city of Samaria are guilty because they have rebelled against God.
 \q2 Their enemies will kill them with swords.
-\q1 they will thrown their children far down to the ground and kill them;
+\q1 They will throw their children far down to the ground and kill them;
 \q2 they will rip open their pregnant women."
 
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@@ -1032,24 +1032,24 @@ they will die because they have insulted me.
 \v 1 Israel, return to Yahweh your God!
 \q2 You have sinned because you have done wicked things.
 \q1
-\v 2 So now, return to Yahweh, and think about how you will confess your sins to him.
+\v 2 So now, return to Yahweh and think about how you will confess your sins to him.
 \q2 Say this to him:
-\q1 "Take away all our sins,
+\q1 "Take away all of our sins
 \q2 and accept us; please be kind to us.
-\q1 Please accept us back, so that we may praise you in our words and song.
+\q1 Please accept us back so that we may praise you in our words and song.
 
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 \v 3 Assyria cannot save us.
 \q2 It is useless for us to ride horses into battle.
-\q1 We will never again say, 'You are our gods'
+\q1 We will never again say 'You are our gods'
 \q2 to the idols we have made with our own hands.
 \q2 Even children with no fathers look to you, Yahweh, and they find that you are kind to them."
 
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 \v 4 Yahweh says, "I will forgive these people for having stopped honoring me;
-\q2 I will love them without ceasing,
+\q2 I will love them without ceasing
 \q2 because I have decided to stop being angry at them.
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 \v 5 I will help the people of Israel as the dew helps the ground.
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ they will die because they have insulted me.
 \v 8 You people of Israel, I will completely stop you from worshiping idols.
 \q2 It is I, Yahweh, who will take care of you. No idol can do that.
 \q1 I am like a cypress tree that grows and stays fresh the entire year;
-\q2 all your good gifts come from me."
+\q2 all of your good gifts come from me."
 
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@@ -1078,5 +1078,5 @@ they will die because they have insulted me.
 \q2 those who have understanding will study these things and pay careful attention to them.
 \q1 The way in which Yahweh wants us to live is right.
 \q2 Those who do what is right live by them.
-\q2 The rebellious people, however, sin, unable to obey him.
+\q2 However, the rebellious people sin, unable to obey him.