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 \v 29 "For you will be ashamed of the sacred oak trees that you desired,
 \q1 and you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen.
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-\v 30 For you will be like an oak whose leaf fades,
+\v 30 For you will be like an oak whose leaf withers,
 \q1 and like a garden that has no water.
 
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 \v 2 who send ambassadors by the sea, in vessels of papyrus on the waters.
 \q1 Go, you swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth,
-\q1 to a people feared far and near, a nation strong and trampling down, whose land the rivers divide.
+\q1 to a people feared far and near, a nation strong and treading down, whose land the rivers divide.
 
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 \q1 will be driven away, and will be no more.
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 \v 8 The fishermen will wail and mourn, and all who cast a hook into the Nile will mourn,
-\q1 and those who spread nets on the waters will become weak.
+\q1 and those who spread nets on the waters will waste away.
 
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 \v 18 He will surely wind you round and round, and toss you like a ball into a vast country.
 \q1 There you will die, and there your glorious chariots will be; you will be the shame of your master's house!
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-\v 19 "I will thrust you from your office and from your station. You will be pulled down.
+\v 19 "I will force you out of your office and from your station. You will be pulled down.
 
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-\v 25 On that day—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts—the peg driven in a firm place will give way, break off, and fall, and the weight that was on it will be cut off—for Yahweh has spoken.
+\v 25 On that day—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts—the peg driven in a firm place will give way, break off, and fall, and the load that was on it will be cut off—for Yahweh has spoken.
 
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 \v 1 A declaration about Tyre:
-\q1 Wail, you ships of Tarshish; for there is neither home nor harbor;
+\q1 Wail, you ships of Tarshish;
+\q1 Tyre has been devastated, with neither home nor harbor;
 \q1 from the land of Cyprus it has been revealed to them. \f + \ft Instead of \fqa Cyprus \fqa* , some modern translations keep \fqa Kittim \fqa* , the Hebrew name for this island. \f*
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-\v 4 Be ashamed, Sidon; for the sea has spoken, the mighty one of the sea. He says,
+\v 4 Be ashamed, Sidon; for the sea has spoken, the fortress of the sea. He says,
 \q1 "I have not labored nor given birth,
 \q1 nor have I raised young men nor brought up young women."
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-\v 17 It will come about that after seventy years, Yahweh will help Tyre, and she will start making money again by doing the work of a prostitute, and she will offer her services to all the kingdoms of the earth.
+\v 17 It will come about that after seventy years, Yahweh will help Tyre, and she will start making her prostitute's wages again by doing the work of a prostitute, and she will offer her services to all the kingdoms of the earth.
-\v 18 Her profits and earnings will be set apart to Yahweh. They will not be stored up or kept in the treasury, for her profits will be given to those who live in Yahweh's presence and will be used to supply them with abundant food and so they can have the best quality clothing.
+\v 18 Her profits and prostitute's wages will be set apart to Yahweh. They will not be stored up or kept in the treasury, for her profits will be given to those who live in Yahweh's presence and will be used to supply them with abundant food and so they can have the best quality clothing.
 
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 \v 2 It will come about that, as with the people, so with the priest;
 \q1 as with the servant, so with his master;
-\q1 as with the maid, so with her mistress;
+\q1 as with the servant girl, so with her mistress;
 \q1 as with the buyer, so with the seller;
 \q1 as with the creditor, so with the debtor;
 \q1 as with the receiver of interest, so with the giver of interest.
 
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-\v 3 The earth will be completely devastated and completely stripped;
+\v 3 The earth will be completely devastated and completely plundered;
 \q1 for Yahweh has spoken this word.
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-\v 4 The earth dries up and withers, the world shrivels up and fades away,
+\v 4 The earth mourns and withers, the world shrivels up and withers,
 \q1 the prominent people of the earth waste away.
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 \v 5 The earth is polluted by its inhabitants
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 \v 6 Therefore a curse devours the earth, and its inhabitants are found guilty.
 \q1 The inhabitants of the earth burn up, and few people are left.
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-\v 7 The new wine dries up, the vine withers, all the merry-hearted groan.
+\v 7 The new wine mourns, the vine wastes away, all the merry-hearted groan.
 
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 \v 8 The happy sound of the tambourines stops, and the revelry of those who rejoice;
 \q1 the joy of the harp ceases.
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-\v 9 They no longer drink wine and sing, and the beer is bitter to those who drink it.
+\v 9 They no longer drink wine and sing, and the strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.
 
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 \v 19 The earth will be completely broken, the earth ripped apart;
 \q1 the earth will be violently shaken.
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-\v 20 The earth will stagger like a drunken man and it will sway back and forth like a hut.
+\v 20 The earth will stagger like a drunkard, and it will sway back and forth like a hut.
 \q1 Its sin will be heavy on it and it will fall and never rise again.
 
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-\v 6 On this mountain Yahweh of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of fat things,
+\v 6 On this mountain Yahweh of hosts will make for all peoples
-\q1 of choice wines, of tender meats, a feast on the lees.
+\q1 a feast of tender meats,
+\q1 a feast of choice wines,
+\q1 of tender meats filled with marrow,
+\q1 of refined choice wines.
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 \v 7 He will destroy on this mountain the covering over all peoples,
 \q1 the web woven over all the nations.
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 \v 11 They will spread their hands in the midst of it, as a swimmer spreads his hands to swim.
 \q1 But Yahweh will bring down their pride in spite of the skill of their hands.
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-\v 12 Your high fortress walls he will bring down,
+\v 12 The stronghold of your fortress walls he will bring down,
 \q1 he will abase,
 \q1 he will cause to fall to the ground, to the dust.
 
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-\v 9 The land mourns and withers away; Lebanon is ashamed and withers away; \f + \ft The word \fqa mourns \fqa* can be also be read as \fqa dries up \fqa* . The two Hebrew words are spelled the same. Isaiah 24:4 is similar, and the meaning there is clearly \fqa dries up \fqa* .
+\v 9 The land mourns and wastes away; Lebanon is ashamed and withers away; \f + The word \fqa mourns \fqa* can be also be read as \fqa dries up \fqa* . The two Hebrew words are spelled the same. Isaiah 24:4 is similar, and the meaning there is clearly \fqa dries up \fqa* .
 \q1 Sharon is like a desert plain; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
 
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 \q1 and the mountains will soak up their blood.
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 \v 4 All the stars of the sky will fade away,
-\q1 and the sky will be rolled up like a scroll; and all their stars will fade away,
+\q1 and the sky will be rolled up like a scroll;
-\q1 as the leaf fades from off the vine, and as the overripe figs from the fig tree.
+\q1 and all their stars will fade away,
+\q1 as the leaf fades from off the vine,
+\q1 and as the overripe figs from the fig tree.
 
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 \v 6 A voice says, "Cry." Another answers, "What should I cry?"
 \q1 "All flesh is grass, and all their covenant faithfulness is like the flower of the field.
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-\v 7 The grass withers and the flower wilts when the breath of Yahweh blows on it; surely humanity is grass.
+\v 7 The grass withers and the flower fades when the breath of Yahweh blows on it; surely humanity is grass.
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-\v 8 The grass withers, the flower wilts, but the word of our God will stand forever."
+\v 8 The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever."
 
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