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 \v 10 Then I will strip her naked in the sight of her lovers,
 \q and no one will rescue her out of my hand.
 \q
-\v 11 I will also cause all her celebrations to cease—
+\v 11 I will also cause all her exultation to cease—
 \q her feasts, her new moon celebrations, her Sabbaths, and all her appointed festivals.
 
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-\v 14 So I am going to win her back. I will bring her into the wilderness
+\v 14 So I am going to allure her. I will bring her into the wilderness
 \q and speak tenderly to her.
 \q
 \v 15 I will give her back her vineyards,
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 \v 1 Hear the word of Yahweh, you people of Israel.
 \q Yahweh has a lawsuit against the inhabitants of the land,
-\q because there is no truthfulness or covenantal faithfulness, no knowledge of God in the land.
+\q because there is no truthfulness or covenant faithfulness, no knowledge of God in the land.
 \q
-\v 2 There is cursing, lying, killing, stealing and adultery.
+\v 2 There is cursing, deception, killing, stealing and adultery.
 \q The people have broken all bounds, and bloodshed comes after bloodshed.
 
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 \q
-\v 3 So the land is drying up,
+\v 3 So the land mourns,
 \q and everyone living in it is wasting away;
 \q the beasts in the fields and the birds in the sky,
 \q even the fish in the sea, are being taken away.
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
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 \v 8 They feed on the sin of my people;
-\q they are greedy for more of their wickedness.
+\q they are greedy for more of their iniquity.
 \q
 \v 9 It will be the same for the people as for the priests:
 \q I will punish them all for their practices;
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
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 \v 10 They will eat but not have enough;
 \q they will commit prostitution but not increase,
-\q because they have gone far away from Yahweh.
+\q because they stopped listening to Yahweh.
 
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@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
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 \v 14 I will not punish your daughters when they choose to commit sexual immorality,
 \q nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery.
-\q For the men also give themselves to the prostitutes,
+\q For the men also go apart with prostitutes,
 \q and they offer sacrifices so they can commit immoral acts with sacred prostitutes.
 \q So this people who does not understand will be thrown down.
 
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 \q Israel is defiled.
 \q
 \v 4 Their deeds will not allow them to turn to God,
-\q for the mind of adultery is in them,
+\q for the mind of prostitution is in them,
 \q and they do not know Yahweh.
 
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 \q Sound a battle cry at Beth Aven:
 \q 'We will follow you, Benjamin!'
 \q
-\v 9 Ephraim will become a desolation on the day of punishment.
+\v 9 Ephraim will become a desolation on the day of rebuke.
 \q Among the tribes of Israel I have declared what is certain to happen.
 
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 \v 10 The leaders of Judah are like those who move a boundary stone.
 \q I will pour my wrath on them like water.
 \q
-\v 11 Ephraim is crushed;
+\v 11 Ephraim is oppressed;
 \q he is crushed in judgment,
 \q because he has willingly walked after idols.
 
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 \q
 \v 14 So I will be like a lion to Ephraim,
 \q and like a young lion to the house of Judah.
-\q I, even I, will tear and go away;
+\q I, even I, will tear them apart and go away;
 \q I will carry them off,
 \q and there will be no one to rescue them.
 \q
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 \v 1 "Come, let us return to Yahweh.
-\q For he has torn us to pieces, but he will heal us;
+\q For he has torn us apart, but he will heal us;
 \q he has injured us, but he will bandage our wounds.
 \q
 \v 2 After two days he will revive us;
@@ -415,12 +415,12 @@
 \q
 \v 4 Ephraim, what will I do with you?
 \q Judah, what will I do with you?
-\q Your faithfulness is like a morning cloud,
+\q Your love is like a morning cloud,
 \q like the dew that goes away early.
 \q
 \v 5 So I have cut them to pieces by the prophets;
 \q I have killed them with the words of my mouth.
-\q Your decrees are like the light that shines out.
+\q Your judgments are like the light that shines out.
 
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 \q "Yahweh" is his name to be called on.
 \q
 \v 6 So turn to your God.
-\q Keep covenantal faithfulness and justice,
+\q Keep covenant faithfulness and justice,
 \q and wait continually for your God.
 
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-\v 4 This is what the Lord Yahweh showed me: Look, the Lord Yahweh called on fire to judge. It dried the vast, deep water under the earth and would have devoured the land, also.
+\v 4 This is what the Lord Yahweh showed me: Look, the Lord Yahweh called on fire to judge. It dried the vast, deep water under the earth and would have devoured the land also.
 \v 5 But I said, "Lord Yahweh, please stop; how will Jacob stand? For he is so small."
 \v 6 Yahweh relented concerning this, "This also will not happen," said the Lord Yahweh.