From work on PDF Joel

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 \q because the sweet wine has been cut off from you.
 \q
 \v 6 For a nation has come up upon my land,
-\q strong and without number.
+\q mighty and without number.
 \q His teeth are the teeth of a lion,
 \q and he has the teeth of a lioness.
 \q
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 8 Mourn like a virgin dressed in sackcloth for the death of her young husband.
+\v 8 Mourn like a virgin girded in sackcloth for the death of her young bridegroom.
 \q
 \v 9 The grain offering and the drink offering have been cut off from the house of Yahweh.
 \q The priests, Yahweh's servants, mourn.
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 13 Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests!
+\v 13 Gird yourselves with sackcloth and mourn, you priests!
 \q Wail, you servants of the altar.
 \q Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you servants of my God.
 \q For the grain offering and the drink offering have been withheld from the house of your God.
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 \q and joy and gladness from the house of our God?
 \q
 \v 17 The seeds rot under their clods,
-\q the granaries are desolate,
+\q the storehouses are desolate,
 \q and the barns have been broken down,
 \q for the grain has withered.
 
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
 \q and they run like horsemen.
 \q
 \v 5 They jump with a noise like that of chariots on the tops of the mountains,
-\q like the noise of fiery flames that devour the stubble,
+\q like the sound of fiery flames that devour the stubble,
 \q like a mighty army ready for battle.
 
 \s5
@@ -175,23 +175,23 @@
 \q for his warriors are very numerous;
 \q for they are strong, those who carry out his commands.
 \q For the day of Yahweh is great and very terrible.
-\q Who can survive it?
+\q Who can endure it?
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 12 "Yet even now," says Yahweh,
+\v 12 "Yet even now"—this is Yahweh's declaration—
 \q "Return to me with all your heart.
 \q Fast, weep, and mourn."
 \q
 \v 13 Tear your heart and not only your garments,
 \q and return to Yahweh your God.
 \q For he is gracious and merciful,
-\q slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love,
-\q and he would like to turn from inflicting punishment.
+\q slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love
+\q and relenting from inflicting punishment.
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 14 Who knows? Will he perhaps turn and have compassion,
+\v 14 Who knows? Will he perhaps turn and relent,
 \q and leave a blessing behind him,
 \q a grain offering and a drink offering for Yahweh your God?
 
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
 \s5
 \q
 \v 20 I will remove the northern attackers far from you,
-\q and will drive them into a dry and abandoned land.
+\q and will drive them into a dry and desolate land.
 \q The front of their army will go into the eastern sea,
 \q and the rear into the western sea.
 \q Its stench will rise,
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
 \q
 \v 23 Be glad, people of Zion,
 \q and rejoice in Yahweh your God.
-\q For he will give you the autumn rain in due course
+\q For he will give you the autumn rain as vindication
 \q and bring down showers for you,
 \q the autumn rain and the spring rain as before.
 
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 26 You will eat plentifully and be full,
+\v 26 You will eat plentifully and be satisfied,
 \q and praise the name of Yahweh your God,
 \q who has done wonders among you,
 \q and I will never again bring shame on my people.
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@
 \q Tyre, Sidon and all the regions of Philistia?
 \q Will you repay me?
 \q Even if you do repay me,
-\q I will immediately return your retribution on your own head.
+\q I will immediately return your repayment on your own head.
 \q
 \v 5 For you took my silver and my gold,
 \q and you brought my precious treasures into your temples.