Keeping at the And issues

30-AMO/06.usfm

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 \v 9 It will come about that
 if there are ten men left in one house, they will all die.
-\v 10 When a man's relative comes to take their bodies up—the one who is to cremate them after bringing the corpses out of the house—if he says to the person in the house, "Is there anyone with you?" And if that person says, "No," then he will say, "Be quiet, for we must not mention Yahweh's name."
+\v 10 When a man's relative comes to take their bodies up—the one who is to cremate them after bringing the corpses out of the house—if he says to the person in the house, "Is there anyone with you?" What if that person says, "No." Then he will say, "Be quiet, for we must not mention Yahweh's name."
 
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30-AMO/08.usfm

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 \v 5 They say,
 \q "When will the new moon be over,
 \q so we can sell grain again?
-\q And the Sabbath, when will it be over,
-\q so that we can market wheat?
+\q When will the Sabbath day be over,
+\q so that we can sell wheat?
 \q We will make the measure small
 \q and increase the price,
-\q as we cheat with false scales,
+\q as we cheat with false scales.
 \q
-\v 6 So that we can sell bad wheat and buy the poor for silver,
-\q the needy for a pair of sandals."
+\v 6 This is so we can sell bad wheat, buy the poor with silver,
+\q and the needy for a pair of sandals."
 
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 \v 7 Yahweh has sworn by the pride of Jacob, "Surely I will never forget any of their actions."

31-OBA/01.usfm

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ says Yahweh.
 \v 7 All the men of your alliance will send you on your way to the border. The men who were at peace with you have
 deceived you, and prevailed against you. They who eat your bread have set a trap under you. There is no understanding in him.
 \v 8 "Will I not on that day," says Yahweh, "destroy the wise men from Edom and understanding out of the mountain of Esau?
-\v 9 And your mighty men will be dismayed, Teman, so that every man may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.
+\v 9 Your mighty men will be dismayed, Teman, so that every man may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.
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 \v 10 Because of the violence done to your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame, and you will be cut off forever.
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ entered into his gates, and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them.
 day of their destruction; do not boast in the day of their distress.
 \v 13 Do not enter my people's gate in the day of their calamity; do not gloat over their affliction in the day of
 their disaster, do not loot their wealth in the day of their ruin.
-\v 14 And do not stand at the crossroads, to cut off his fugitives and do not hand over his survivors in the day of distress.
+\v 14 Do not stand at the crossroads, to cut off his fugitives and do not hand over his survivors in the day of distress.
 
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@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ their disaster, do not loot their wealth in the day of their ruin.
 \v 18 The house of Jacob will be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau will be stubble, and they will burn them, and consume them. There will be no survivors to the house of Esau, for Yahweh has spoken it."
 
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-\v 19 And those from the Negev will possess the mount of Esau and those of the Shepelah will possess the land of the Philistines. They will possess the land of Ephraim and the land of Samaria; and Benjamin will possess Gilead.
+\v 19 Those from the Negev will possess the mount of Esau and those of the Shepelah will possess the land of the Philistines. They will possess the land of Ephraim and the land of Samaria; and Benjamin will possess Gilead.
 
 
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32-JON/02.usfm

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 \q all your waves and billows
 \q passed over me.
 \q
-\v 4 And I said, 'I am driven out from before your eyes;
+\v 4 I said, 'I am driven out from before your eyes;
 \q yet I will again look toward your holy temple.'
 
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32-JON/04.usfm

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 \v 8 It came about that when the sun rose the next morning, God prepared a hot east wind. Also, the sun beat down on Jonah's head and he became faint. Then Jonah wished that he might die. He said to himself, "It is better for me to die than to live."
-\v 9 Then God said to Jonah, "Is it good that you are so angry about the plant?" And Jonah said, "It is good that I am angry, even to death."
+\v 9 Then God said to Jonah, "Is it good that you are so angry about the plant?" Then Jonah said, "It is good that I am angry, even to death."
 
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 \v 10 Yahweh said, "You have had compassion for the plant, for which you have not labored, nor did you make it grow. It grew up in a night and died in a night.

33-MIC/04.usfm

@@ -52,11 +52,10 @@
 \q and I, Yahweh, will reign over them on Mount Zion,
 \q now and forever.
 \q
-\v 8 And you, watchtower for the flock,
-\q hill of the daughter of Zion,
-\q to you it will come—
-\q the former rule will come,
-\q the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.
+\v 8 As for you, watchtower for the flock,
+\q hill of the daughter of Zion—
+\q to you it will come, your former dominion will be restored,
+\q the kingdom that belongs to the daughter of Jerusalem.
 
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33-MIC/07.usfm

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 \q from sea to sea,
 \q and from mountain to mountain.
 \q
-\v 13 And those lands will be abandoned
+\v 13 Those lands will be abandoned
 \q because of the people who are living there now,
 \q because of the fruit of their actions.
 

34-NAM/01.usfm

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
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-\v 14 And Yahweh has given a command about you, Nineveh:
+\v 14 Yahweh has given a command about you, Nineveh:
 \q "There will be no more descendants bearing your name.
 \q I will cut off the carved figures and the cast metal figures from the houses of your gods.
 \q I will dig your graves, for you are contemptible."

37-HAG/01.usfm

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 \v 2 "Yahweh of hosts says this: These people say, 'It is not time for us to come or to build Yahweh's house.'"
 
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-\v 3 And so the word of Yahweh came by the hand of Haggai the prophet and said,
+\v 3 Then the word of Yahweh came by the hand of Haggai the prophet and said,
 \q
 \v 4 "Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your finished houses,
 \q while this house lies ruined?
@@ -40,9 +40,7 @@
 
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-\v 12 Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, along with all the remnant of the
-people, obeyed the voice of Yahweh their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, because Yahweh their God had sent him. And the
-people feared the face of Yahweh.
+\v 12 Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, along with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of Yahweh their God and the words of Haggai the prophet, because Yahweh their God had sent him and the people feared the face of Yahweh.
 \v 13 Then Haggai, the messenger of Yahweh, spoke Yahweh's message to the people and said, "I am with you!—this is Yahweh's declaration!"
 
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37-HAG/02.usfm

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 \q
 \v 3 'Who is left among you
 \q who saw this house in its former glory?
-\q And how do you see it now?
+\q How do you see it now?
 \q Is it not like nothing in your eyes?
 \q
 \v 4 Now, be strong, Zerubbabel!—this is Yahweh's declaration—
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 \v 6 For Yahweh of hosts says this: In a little while
 \q I will once again shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land!
 \q
-\v 7 And I will shake every nation, and every nation will bring their precious things to me,
-\q and I will fill this house with glory! says Yahweh of hosts.
+\v 7 I will shake every nation, and every nation will bring their precious things to me,
+\q and I will fill this house with glory, says Yahweh of hosts.
 
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38-ZEC/01.usfm

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ of Iddo, the prophet, saying,
 \v 4 Do not be like your fathers to whom the prophets cried out previously, saying, "Yahweh of hosts says this:
 Turn from your evil ways and wicked practices!" But they would not hear and did not pay attention to me—this is Yahweh's declaration.'
 \q
-\v 5 Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, are they here forever?
+\v 5 Your fathers, where are they? Where are the prophets, are they here forever?
 \q
 \v 6 But my words and my decrees that I commanded my servants the prophets,
 \q have they not overtaken your fathers?