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 \v 1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and lean on horses,
-\q1 and trust in chariots (for they are many) and in horsemen (for they are countless).
+\q1 and trust in chariots (for they are many) and in horsemen (for they are mighty).
 \q1 But they are not concerned about the Holy One of Israel, nor do they seek Yahweh!
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 \v 2 Yet he is wise, and he will bring disaster and will not retract his words.
-\q1 He will arise against the evil house and against the helpers of those who commit sin.
+\q1 He will arise against the evil house and against the helpers of those who commit iniquity.
 
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 \v 4 This is what Yahweh says to me,
 \q1 "As a lion, even a young lion, growls over its torn prey,
 \q1 when a group of shepherds is called out against it,
-\q1 but it does not tremble at their voices, nor creep away from their sound;
+\q1 but it is not frightened by their voices, nor does it creep away from their sound;
 \q1 thus Yahweh of hosts will descend to fight on Mount Zion, on that hill.
 
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 \v 6 Return to him from whom you have deeply turned away, people of Israel.
-\v 7 For in that day each one will get rid of his idols of silver
+\v 7 For in that day each one will throw away his idols of silver
-\q1 and his idols of gold that your own hands have sinfully made.
+\q1 and his idols of gold that your own hands have made as a sin.
 
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 \v 7 The deceiver's methods are evil. He devises wicked schemes
-\q1 to ruin the poor with lies, even when the poor say what is right.
+\q1 to destroy the poor with deceitful words, even when the poor say what is right.
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 \v 8 But the honorable man makes honorable plans; and because of his honorable actions he will stand.
 
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 \v 9 Rise up, you women who are at ease, and listen to my voice;
-\q1 you carefree daughters, listen to me.
+\q1 you carefree daughters, give ear to my word.
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 \v 10 For in a little more than a year your confidence will be broken,
 \q1 you carefree women, for the grape harvest will fail, the ingathering will not come.
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 \v 11 Tremble, you women who are at ease; be troubled, you confident ones;
-\q1 take off your fine clothes and make yourselves bare; put on sackcloth around your waists.
+\q1 take off your fine clothes and make yourselves bare; gird your loins with sackcloth.
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 \v 12 You will wail for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines.
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 \v 13 The land of my people will be overgrown with thorns and briers,
-\q1 even in all the once joyful houses in the city of revelry.
+\q1 even in all the joyful houses in the jubilant city.
 
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-\v 19 Though hail flattens the forest and the city is completely leveled,
+\v 19 Though hail flattens the forest and the city is completely brought down,
 \v 20 you will be blessed when you sow your seed beside every stream
 \q1 and let the foot of the ox and donkey range free.
 
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 \v 3 At the loud noise the peoples flee; when you arise, the nations are scattered.
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-\v 4 Your spoil is gathered as the locusts gather; as locusts leap, men leap on it.
+\v 4 Your plunder is gathered as the locusts gather; as locusts leap, men leap on it.
 
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-\v 7 Look, their envoys cry in the streets; the diplomats hoping for peace weep bitterly.
+\v 7 Look, their envoys cry in the streets; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.
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 \v 8 The highways are deserted; there are no more travelers.
 \q1 Covenants are broken, witnesses are despised, and mankind is not respected. \f + \ft Some ancient Hebrew copies have the word for \fqa cities \fqa* , but this is seen by many scholars to be a corruption of the more likely Hebrew word for \fqa witnesses \fqa* , which is the ULB translation. \f*
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 \q1 and who shuts his eyes from looking on evil—
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 \v 16 this is the man who will dwell on the heights,
-\q1 his place of defense will be the fortress among the cliffs,
+\q1 his stronghold will be the fortress among the cliffs,
 \q1 his food will be given, and his water will be in steady supply.
 
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 \v 18 Your heart will recall the terror; where is the scribe, where is he who weighed the money? Where is he who counted the towers?
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-\v 19 You will no longer see the defiant people, a people of a strange language that you do not understand.
+\v 19 You will no longer see the defiant people, people who mock you in a language that you do not understand.
 
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 \v 23 Your riggings are slack; they cannot hold the mast in place; they cannot spread the sail;
-\q1 when the great spoil is divided, even the lame will drag off the spoil.
+\q1 when the plunder of abundant prey is divided, even the lame will take away booty.
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 \v 24 The inhabitants will not say, "I am sick;" the people who live there will be forgiven for their iniquity.
 
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 \v 1 Come near, you nations, and listen;
 \q1 pay attention, you people!
 \q1 The earth and all that fills it must listen,
-\q1 the world and all things that come from it.
+\q1 the world and all its produce.
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 \v 2 For Yahweh is angry with all the nations,
 \q1 and furious against all their armies;
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 \v 3 The bodies of their dead will be thrown out. The stench of the dead bodies will be everywhere;
 \q1 and the mountains will soak up their blood.
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-\v 4 All the stars of the sky will fade away,
+\v 4 All the host of heaven will waste away,
 \q1 and the sky will be rolled up like a scroll;
 \q1 and all their stars will fade away,
 \q1 as the leaf fades from off the vine,
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-\v 7 Wild oxen will fall with them, and young bulls with the older ones.
+\v 7 Wild oxen will fall with them, and young bulls with the mighty ones.
 \q1 Their land will be drunk with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.
 
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 \v 13 Thorns will overgrow her palaces, nettles and thistles her fortresses.
 \q1 It will be a habitation of jackals, a place for ostriches.
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-\v 14 The wild animals and the hyenas will meet there, and the wild goats will cry to one another.
+\v 14 The wild animals of the desert and the hyenas will meet there, and the wild goats will cry to one another.
-\q1 Nocturnal animals will settle there and find for themselves a place of rest.
+\q1 Nocturnal animals will settle there and find for themselves a resting place.
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 \v 15 Owls will make nests, lay and hatch their eggs, hatch and protect their young.
 \q1 Yes, there hawks will gather, each one with its mate.
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 \v 1 The wilderness and the Arabah will be glad; and the desert will rejoice and blossom.
 \q1 Like the rose,
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-\v 2 it will blossom abundantly and rejoice with joy and singing;
+\v 2 it will blossom abundantly and rejoice with joy and joyful shouting;
 \q1 the glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon;
 \q1 they will see the glory of Yahweh, the splendor of our God.
 
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-\v 3 Strengthen the weak hands, and steady the knees that shake.
+\v 3 Strengthen the weak hands, and make steady the knees that shake.
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 \v 4 Say to those with a fearful heart, "Be strong, do not fear!
 \q1 Look, your God will come with vengeance,
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 \v 5 Then the eyes of the blind will see, and the ears of the deaf will hear.
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-\v 6 Then the lame man will leap like a deer, and the mute tongue will sing,
+\v 6 Then the lame man will leap like a deer, and the mute tongue will shout for joy,
 \q1 for water breaks out in the Arabah, and streams in the wilderness.
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 \v 7 The burning sand will become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water;
-\q1 in the habitation of jackals, where they once lay, will be grass with reeds and rushes.
+\q1 in the place where jackals lived, in their resting place, will be grass with reeds and rushes.
 
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