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 \v 1 You people of Israel, listen to what Yahweh says:
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-\v 2 "Do not act like the people of other nations act, and do not be terrified by strange things that you see in the sky,
+\v 2 "Do not act as the people of other nations act, and do not be terrified by strange things that you see in the sky,
 \q2 even though they cause the people of other nations to be terrified.
 
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@@ -1156,11 +1156,11 @@ I will enable their enemies to strike them with swords until I have destroyed th
 \q2 Then a skilled worker cuts a section of it and uses his chisel to carve an idol from that section.
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 \v 4 Then people decorate the idol with silver and gold.
-\q2 Then they fasten it securely with nails in order that it will not topple over.
+\q2 Then they fasten it securely with nails so that it will not topple over.
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 \v 5 Then the idol stands there like a scarecrow in a field of cucumbers.
 \q2 It cannot speak,
-\q1 and people must carry it,
+\q1 and people must carry it
 \q2 because it cannot walk.
 \q1 Do not be afraid of idols,
 \q2 because they cannot harm anyone,
@@ -1172,7 +1172,7 @@ I will enable their enemies to strike them with swords until I have destroyed th
 \q2 You are great, and you are very powerful.
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 \v 7 You are the king of all the nations!
-\q2 Everyone should revere you,
+\q2 Everyone should revere you
 \q2 because that is what you deserve.
 \q1 Among all the wise people on the earth
 \q2 and in all the kingdoms where they live,
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ I will enable their enemies to strike them with swords until I have destroyed th
 
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-\v 8 Those people who think that they are very wise are stupid and foolish.
+\v 8 Those people who think they are very wise are stupid and foolish.
 \q2 The idols that they worship are only made of wood!
 \q2 Those idols certainly cannot teach them anything.
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@@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@ I will enable their enemies to strike them with swords until I have destroyed th
 \v 10 But Yahweh is the only true God;
 \q2 he is the all-powerful God,
 \q2 the king who rules forever.
-\q1 When he is angry, all the earth shakes;
+\q1 When he is angry, all the earth shakes,
 \q2 and the people of the nations cannot endure what he does when he is angry with them.
 
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@@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ I will enable their enemies to strike them with swords until I have destroyed th
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 \v 14 People are as senseless as animals and know nothing of what God desires!
-\q1 those who make idols are always disappointed
+\q1 Those who make idols are always disappointed
 \q2 because their idols do nothing for them.
 \q1 The images that they make are not real gods;
 \q2 they are lifeless.
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 \v 3 Then tell them that I, Yahweh, the God whom the Israelite people worship, said that I will curse everyone who does not obey what was written in that agreement that I made with them.
-\v 4 It is the same agreement that I made with their ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt. What happened to them in Egypt was terrible; it was as though they were living in a hot furnace. When I brought them out of Egypt, I told them to obey me, and to do everything that I had commanded them to do. I also told them that if they obeyed me, they would be my people and I would be their God.
+\v 4 It is the same agreement that I made with their ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt. What happened to them in Egypt was terrible; it was as though they were living in a hot furnace. When I brought them out of Egypt, I told them to obey me and to do everything that I had commanded them to do. I also told them that if they obeyed me, they would be my people and I would be their God.
 \v 5 Now tell these people that if they obey me, I will do what I promised to do for their ancestors. I will enable them to continue living in this very fertile land in which they now live."
 \p I replied, "Yahweh, I trust you that what you have said will happen."
 
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 \q1 They think that continually making sacrifices of meat to me certainly will protect them from disasters,
 \q2 with the result that they will be able to rejoice.
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-\v 16 I previously said that they were like an olive tree full of green leaves
-\q2 with a lot of good olives on it,
+\v 16 I previously said they were like an olive tree full of green leaves
+\q2 with many good olives on it,
 \q1 but now I will send their enemies to attack them furiously;
 \q2 it is as though I will break off their branches, and their city will be destroyed by fire.
 
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 \v 18 Yahweh revealed to me that my enemies were planning to kill me.
-\v 19 Before he did that, I was like a lamb that was being led away to be slaughtered; I did not know what they were planning to do. I did not know that they were saying, "Let us get rid of this tree and its fruit," so I did not know that they intended to kill me, in order that no one would remember me.
+\v 19 Before he did that, I was like a lamb that was being led away to be slaughtered; I did not know what they were planning to do. I did not know that they were saying, "Let us get rid of this tree and its fruit," so I did not know that they intended to kill me so that no one would remember me.
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 \v 20 Then I prayed, "Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, you judge people justly,
 \q2 and you examine everything that we are thinking.
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 \q2 Why do things go very well for dishonest people?
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 \v 2 You allow them to prosper
-\q2 like trees that grow tall and bear a lot of fruit.
+\q2 like trees that grow tall and bear much fruit.
 \q1 They always say good things about you,
 \q2 but in their inner beings, they are really far from you.
 
@@ -1354,10 +1354,10 @@ I will enable their enemies to strike them with swords until I have destroyed th
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 \v 3 But Yahweh, you know me very well.
 \q2 You see what I do and you are able to know what I am thinking.
-\q1 Set them apart like we separate the sheep out of the herd so
-\q2 that on the day of slaughter they will be butchered.
+\q1 Set them apart like we separate the sheep out of the herd
+\q2 so that on the day of slaughter they will be butchered.
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-\v 4 This land is becoming very dry and even the grass is withering.
+\v 4 This land is becoming very dry, and even the grass is withering.
 \q1 Even the wild animals and the birds have all died
 \q2 because the people who live in this land are very wicked.
 \q1 All this has happened because the people have said,
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 \q2 whom I care for like a farmer takes care of his vineyard.
 \q1 They have caused my beautiful land to become a barren desert where no one lives.
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-\v 11 They have caused it to become completely empty;
-\q2 So now it is as though I am mourning the death of a loved one.
+\v 11 They have caused it to become completely empty,
+\q2 so now it is as though I am mourning the death of a loved one.
 \q1 The whole land is desolate,
 \q2 and no one worries about it.
 
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-\v 14 This is also what Yahweh said to me: "I will punish the evil nearby nations that have been trying to take away the land that I gave to my Israelite people. I will force them to leave their own lands. But I will throw the people of Judah out of their lands, also.
+\v 14 This is also what Yahweh said to me: "I will punish the evil nearby nations that have been trying to take away the land that I gave to my Israelite people. I will force them to leave their own lands. But I will also throw the people of Judah out of their lands.
 \v 15 But later I will act mercifully toward those nations again, and I will bring them back to their own lands again. Each clan will come back to its own land.
 
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-\v 16 And if the people of the other nations whose armies have invaded Israel learn the religious customs of my people, and if they learn that I am listening when they solemnly promise that they will do something, like they taught my people to believe that their god Baal was listening when they made solemn promises, I will cause them to become prosperous, and they also will be my people.
+\v 16 And if the people of the other nations whose armies have invaded Israel learn the religious customs of my people, and if they learn that I am listening when they solemnly promise that they will do something, as they taught my people to believe that their god Baal was listening when they made solemn promises, I will cause them to become prosperous, and they also will be my people.
 \v 17 But I will expel any nation whose people refuse to obey me, and I will destroy that nation and its people. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it."
 
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