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 \q and the day will be dark on them.
 \q
 \v 7 The seers will be put to shame,
-\q and the diviners will be confused.
+\q and the diviners will be embarrassed.
 \q All of them will cover their lips,
-\q for there is no answer from me."
+\q for there is no answer from God."
 
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 \q you leaders of the house of Jacob,
 \q and rulers of the house of Israel,
 \q you who detest justice,
-\q and pervert everything right.
+\q and pervert everything that is right.
 \q
 \v 10 You build Zion with blood
 \q and Jerusalem with iniquity.
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 \v 12 Therefore, because of you,
 \q Zion will become a plowed field,
 \q Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble,
-\q and the hill of the temple will become a thicket.
+\q and the hill of the temple will become high places of a thicket.
 
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 \q
 \v 1 But in the last days it will come about
 \q that the mountain of the house of Yahweh
-\q will be established over the other mountains.
+\q will be established as the chief over the other mountains.
 \q It will be exalted above the hills,
 \q and peoples will stream to it.
 
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 \v 9 Now, why do you shout so loudly?
 \q Is there no king among you?
 \q Has your counselor died?
-\q Is this why pain grips you like that of a woman in labor?
+\q Is this why pain like a woman in labor seizes you?
 \q
 \v 10 Be in pain
 \q and labor to give birth,
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 \q live in the field,
 \q and go to Babylon.
 \q There you will be rescued.
-\q There Yahweh will rescue you
+\q There Yahweh will redeem you
 \q from the hand of your enemies.
 
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 \v 13 Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion,
 \q for I will make your horn to be iron,
 \q and I will make your hooves to be bronze.
-\q You will crush many peoples and you will devote their unjust wealth to Yahweh,
+\q You will crush many peoples and you will devote their unjust gain to Yahweh,
 \q their wealth to the Lord of the whole earth."
 
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