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@@ -704,9 +704,9 @@ they will die because they have insulted me.
 \q1 But the more their fruit increased, the richer they became.
 \q2 With that money they made more stone columns in honor of their idols.
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-\v 2 They are deceitful and cannot be trusted;
+\v 2 They are deceitful and cannot be trusted,
 \q2 but the time has come that they must pay for their sins.
-\q1 Yahweh will break their altars into pieces—
+\q1 Yahweh will break into pieces their altars—
 \q2 the places where they gave sacrifices to their idols,
 \q2 and he promises to destroy those pillars beside which they worshiped their false gods.
 
@@ -748,13 +748,13 @@ they will die because they have insulted me.
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 \v 9 People of Israel, since the days of Gibeah you have been sinning;
-\q2 it is as if you have been living there ever since then, because you think as they did.
+\q2 it is as if you have been living there ever since then because you think as they did.
 \q1 Enemies will attack you evildoers at Gibeah.
 
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 \v 10 Yahweh says, "When I decide to act, I will punish them.
-\q2 peoples will gather to fight against them;
+\q2 Peoples will gather to fight against them;
 \q1 those peoples will capture them and put them in chains
 \q2 because of their many sins.
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@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ they will die because they have insulted me.
 \q2 that loves to thresh grain, separating out the grain from the chaff,
 \q1 and I did not put a heavy yoke on her tender neck.
 \q2 But now I will put Ephraim under that yoke,
-\q1 and Judah must plow.
+\q1 and Judah must plow,
 \q2 and Jacob must break up the ground with the harrow.
 
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@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ they will die because they have insulted me.
 \v 12 Plow, now, and do what is right,
 \q2 and you will reap the fruit of faithful love.
 \q1 Do the hard work of breaking up the unplowed ground,
-\q2 for now is the time for you to ask Yahweh to have mercy on you,
+\q2 for now is the time for you to ask Yahweh to have mercy on you
 \q1 so that he may come and rescue you because he does what is right.
 \q1
 \v 13 You have sinned wickedly, and now you will have to bear the consequences.
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ they will die because they have insulted me.
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 \v 14 The sound of war will be among your people;
-\q2 all your fortified cities will be destroyed.
+\q2 all of your fortified cities will be destroyed.
 \q1 It will be as when Shalman destroyed Beth Arbel in battle,
 \q2 when mothers were killed while they were holding their children.
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@@ -807,14 +807,14 @@ they will die because they have insulted me.
 \q2 I was like a father, holding them by their little arms.
 \q1 But they did not understand that I was the one who was taking care of them.
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-\v 4 With kindness I guided them, with the tender cords of human kindness I led them.
+\v 4 With kindness I guided them; with the tender cords of human kindness I led them.
 \q2 I loved them so much that I guided them and led by my own hand.
 \q1 They worked very hard, like a yoke of oxen pulling a plow, but I made their yoke light and loosened its weight on their jaws, so they did not suffer pain.
 
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 \v 5 But Israel will certainly return to Egypt,
-\q2 and Assyria will certainly rule over them,
+\q2 and Assyria will certainly rule over them
 \q1 because they refused to turn back to me and worship me as their God.
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 \v 6 Their enemies will attack Israel's cities with swords;
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ they will die because they have insulted me.
 \q2 I earnestly long to have mercy on you.
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 \v 9 I have decided not to punish you severely.
-\q1 I do not want to destroy you, the people of my Israel, whom I love.
+\q1 I do not want to destroy you, the people of my Israel whom I love.
 \q2 Human beings would easily decide to do that,
 \q2 but I am God, not human.
 \q1 I am the Holy One who lives among you;
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ they will die because they have insulted me.
 \q2 they do only things that will destroy them.
 \q2 They tell more and more lies; they do more and more acts of violence.
 \q1 They make a treaty with Assyria,
-\q2 and they send olive oil to Egypt,
+\q2 and they send olive oil to Egypt
 \q1 to persuade those nations to protect them.
 \q1
 \v 2 Yahweh is also accusing the people of Judah of breaking his covenant.
@@ -900,20 +900,20 @@ they will die because they have insulted me.
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 \v 8 The people of Israel boast,
 \q2 "We are very rich,
-\q1 and we have found ways to make ourselves even more wealthy than we are now.
-\q2 In all our buying and selling, no one can see anything wrong in what we do."
+\q1 and we have found ways to make ourselves even wealthier than we are now.
+\q2 In all of our buying and selling, no one can see anything wrong in what we do."
 
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 \v 9 But Yahweh says, "I am Yahweh, whom you should worship;
 \q2 I am the one who brought your ancestors out of Egypt.
-\q1 I will force you away from your homes and make you live in tents again,
+\q1 I will force you away from your homes and make you live in tents again
 \q2 just as when you live in tents for a few days every year
 \q1 when you celebrate the Festival of Shelters.
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-\v 10 Many times I spoke to the prophets and gave them messages, for them to give to you;
+\v 10 Many times I spoke to the prophets and gave them messages for them to give to you;
 \q2 and I gave them many visions for you,
-\q2 and I gave them parables, for them to speak to you."
+\q2 and I gave them parables for them to speak to you."
 
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@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ they will die because they have insulted me.
 \q2 and he took care of them by the prophet who led them.
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 \v 14 The people of Israel have caused Yahweh to become very angry;
-\q2 their Lord says that they are guilty of the death of many, and that their guilt remains on them.
+\q2 their Lord says that they are guilty of the death of many and that their guilt remains on them.
 \q2 He will pay them back because they have insulted him with their shameful deeds.
 
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