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-\v 8 Bring out the blind people, who have eyes, and the deaf, though they have ears.
+\v 8 Bring out the people who are blind, even though they have eyes, and the deaf, even though they have ears.
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 \v 9 All the nations gather together, and the peoples assemble.
 \q1 Who among them could have declared this and announced to us
diff --git a/23-ISA/44.usfm b/23-ISA/44.usfm
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@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
 
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-\v 5 One will say, 'I am Yahweh's;' and another will be named after Jacob;
-\q1 and another will write on his hand 'Belonging to Yahweh' and be called by the name of Israel."
+\v 5 One will say, 'I belong to Yahweh,' and another will call out the name of Jacob,
+\q1 and another will write on his hand 'Belonging to Yahweh,' and name himself by the name of Israel."
 
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-\v 18 They do not know, nor do they understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see , and their hearts cannot perceive.
+\v 18 They do not know, nor do they understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see, and their hearts cannot perceive.
 
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-\v 23 Sing, you heavens, for Yahweh has acted; shout, you underworld under the earth;
-\q1 break out into singing, you mountains, and you, forest, with every tree;
+\v 23 Sing, you heavens, for Yahweh has done this; shout, you depths of the earth.
+\q1 Break out into singing, you mountains, you forest with every tree in it;
 \q1 for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob, and will show his glory in Israel.
 
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 \v 26 I, Yahweh!—who fulfills the declarations of his servant and brings to pass the advice of his messengers,
-\q1 who says of Jerusalem, 'She will be inhabited,' and of the cities of Judah, 'They will be built again, and I will raise up her waste places;'
+\q1 who says of Jerusalem, 'She will be inhabited,' and of the cities of Judah, 'They will be built again, and I will raise up her waste places';
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 \v 27 who says to the deep sea, 'Be dry, and I will dry up your currents.'
 
diff --git a/27-DAN/04.usfm b/27-DAN/04.usfm
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 \v 6 So I gave a decree to bring before me all the men of Babylon who had wisdom so they could interpret the dream for me.
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 \v 7 Then came the magicians, those who claimed to speak with the dead, the wise men, and the astrologers. I told them the dream, but they could not interpret it for me.
-\v 8 But at last Daniel came in—the one who is named Belteshazzar after the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods. I told him the dream.
+\v 8 But at last Daniel came in—the one who is named Belteshazzar after the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods—and I told him the dream.
 \v 9 "Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and that no mystery is too difficult for you. Tell me what I saw in my dream and what it means.
 
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