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-\v 9 If Yahweh of hosts had not left for us a small remnant,
+\v 9 If Yahweh of hosts had not left for us a few survivors,
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 \v 10 Hear the word of Yahweh, you rulers of Sodom;
-\q1 listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah:
+\q1 listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah:
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 \v 11 "What is the multitude of your sacrifices to me?" says Yahweh.
 \q1 "I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fatted beasts;
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 \v 24 Therefore this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel:
-\q1 "Woe to them! I will take vengeance against my adversaries, and avenge myself against my enemies;
+\q1 "Woe to them! I will comfort myself concerning my adversaries and avenge myself against my enemies;
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 \v 25 I will turn my hand against you,
 \q1 refine away your dross as with lye, and take away all your dross.
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-\v 9 The people will be bowed down, and individuals will fall down; therefore do not raise them up.
+\v 9 The people will be bowed down, and individuals will be brought down; therefore do not raise them up.
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 \v 10 Go into the rocky places and hide in the ground
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 \v 5 The people will be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor;
-\q1 the child will insult the elderly, and the degraded will challenge the honorable.
+\q1 the child will act arrogantly toward the elderly, and the degraded will challenge the honorable.
 
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 \v 8 For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen,
-\q1 because their speech and their actions are against Yahweh, defying the eyes of his glory.
+\q1 because their speech and their actions are against Yahweh, rebelling against the eyes of his glory.
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 \v 9 The look on their faces witnesses against them; and they tell of their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it.
 \q1 Woe to them! For they have completed a catastrophe for themselves.
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-\v 24 Instead of sweet perfume there will be stench; and instead of a sash, a rope;
+\v 24 Instead of sweet perfume there will be stench; and instead of a belt, a rope;
 \q1 instead of well-arranged hair, baldness; and instead of a robe, a covering of sackcloth;
 \q1 and branding instead of beauty.
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 \q1 But let us take your name to remove our shame."
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 \v 2 On that day the branch of Yahweh will be beautiful and glorious,
-\q1 and the fruit of the land will be tasty
+\q1 and the fruit of the land will be the pride
-\q1 and delightful for those survivors in Israel.
+\q1 and delight of those survivors in Israel.
 
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 \q1 everyone who is written down as living in Jerusalem.
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 \v 4 This will happen when the Lord will have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion,
-\q1 and will have cleansed the blood stains from Jerusalem's midst,
+\q1 and will have cleansed the blood stains from the midst of Jerusalem,
 \q1 by means of the spirit of judgment and the spirit of flaming fire.
 
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 \v 9 Yahweh of hosts told me,
-\q1 many houses will be empty, even great and impressive ones, without any inhabitant.
+\q1 many houses will be desolate, even great and impressive ones, without any inhabitant.
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 \v 10 For a ten-yoke vineyard will yield only one bath, and one homer of seed will yield only an ephah.
 
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 \v 13 Therefore my people have gone into captivity for lack of understanding;
-\q1 their honored leaders go hungry, and their common people have nothing to drink.
+\q1 their honored leaders are famished, and their common people have nothing to drink.
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 \v 14 Therefore Sheol has made its appetite greater and has opened its mouth very wide;
 \q1 their elite, the people, their leaders, and the revelers and those who are happy among them, descend into Sheol.
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 \v 18 Woe to those who pull along iniquity with useless cords and who pull along sin as if it were with a cart rope.
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-\v 19 Woe to those who say, "Let God hurry, let him act quickly, so we can see it happen;
+\v 19 Woe to those who say, "Let God hurry, let him work quickly, so we can see it happen;
 \q1 and let the plans of the Holy One of Israel come, so that we may know them."
 
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 \v 22 Woe to those who are champions at drinking wine, and masters at mixing strong drinks;
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-\v 23 who acquit the wicked for payment, and deprive the innocent of his rights!
+\v 23 who acquit the wicked for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of what is right!
 
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-\v 24 Therefore as the tongue of fire devours stubble, and as the dry grass goes down in flame,
+\v 24 Therefore as the tongue of fire devours stubble, and as chaff goes down in flame,
 \q1 so their root will rot, and their blossom will blow away like dust.
 \q1 This will happen because they have rejected the law of Yahweh of hosts, and because they have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
 
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 \v 10 Then Yahweh spoke again to Ahaz,
-\v 11 "Ask a sign of Yahweh your God; ask for it in the depths or in the height above."
+\v 11 "Ask a sign of Yahweh your God; ask for it in Sheol below or in the height above."
 \v 12 But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, nor will I test Yahweh."
 
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