diff --git a/zec/09/09.md b/zec/09/09.md
index 3e6bb64587..ad7476fa68 100644
--- a/zec/09/09.md
+++ b/zec/09/09.md
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ If your language has a word for a shout of victory that is different from a shou
 
 This alerts the reader to pay special attention to the surprising statement that follows. Alternate translation: "Pay attention!" or "Here is a surprising fact!"
 
-# Your king is coming to you with righteousness and is rescuing you
+# He is righteous and victorious
 
-"Your king is righteous and is coming to rescue you"
+Some versions read, "He is righteous and is coming to save you."
 
 # on a donkey, on the colt of a donkey
 
diff --git a/zec/10/02.md b/zec/10/02.md
index d3ac3fc3e4..0379acfc97 100644
--- a/zec/10/02.md
+++ b/zec/10/02.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# household idols speak falsely
+# household idols speak wickedness
 
-"household idols give false messages." Zechariah is not suggesting that idols actually speak. He is referring to the messages people say they hear from idols. The UDB makes this explicit.
+"household idols say evil things." Zechariah is not suggesting that idols actually speak. He is referring to the messages people say they hear from idols. The UDB makes this explicit.
 
 # diviners envision a lie
 
diff --git a/zec/11/02.md b/zec/11/02.md
index c893783bcd..72aed88c1c 100644
--- a/zec/11/02.md
+++ b/zec/11/02.md
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ Cypress trees are spoken of as if they could grieve like a human. Alternate tran
 
 This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "The majestic cedar trees are no more" or "The cedar trees were once majestic, but now they are ruined" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
 
-# Lament, you oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest has gone down.
+# Lament, you oaks of Bashan, for the impenetrable forest has gone down.
 
-The oaks of Bash are spoken of as if they could grieve like a human. Alternate translation: "If the oak trees in Bashan were people, they would wail, for their thick forests are gone" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])
+The oaks of Bash are spoken of as if they could grieve like a human. Alternate translation: "If the oak trees in Bashan were people, they would wail, for their impenetrable forests are gone" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])
+
+# impenetrable forests
+
+forests in which plants grow so close together that people cannot pass between them
 
diff --git a/zec/11/05.md b/zec/11/05.md
index 76f62415cb..1f4c87ca14 100644
--- a/zec/11/05.md
+++ b/zec/11/05.md
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-# are not punished
+# Those who buy them ... them and are not guilty
 
-This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "no one punishes them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
+The inhabitants of the land do not consider "those who buy them" guilty, but Yahweh does and uses irony to say so. Alternate translation: "Those who buy them ... them, but no one believes they are guilty for doing so"
+
+# guilty
+
+You may need to make explicit that Yahweh considers them guilty of murder. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])