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-\v 16 Yahweh says that because the daughters of Zion are proud,
-\q1 walk along with their heads high, and flirt with their eyes,
-\q1 mincing along as they go and making a tinkling with their feet,
+\v 16 Yahweh says the daughters of Zion are proud, 
+\q and they walk with their necks extended and flirt with their eyes.
+\q1 They walk with tiny steps as they go, making tinkling sounds from bracelets on their ankles.
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-\v 17 therefore the Lord will form diseased scabs on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and Yahweh will make them bald.
+\v 17 Therefore the Lord will form scabs on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and Yahweh will make them bald.
 
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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 a defiant people whose language you do not comprehend, stammering in a language you do not understand.
+\v 19 You will no longer see the defiant people, a people of a strange language, whom you do not comprehend.
 
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 \v 17 The oppressed and needy look for water, but there is none, and their tongues are parched for thirst;
-\q1 I, Yahweh, will respond to them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
+\q1 I, Yahweh, will respond to their prayers; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
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 \v 18 I will make streams to flow down the slopes, and springs in the middle of the valleys;
 \q1 I will make the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into springs of water.