KJV:
And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.
NASB:
"It shall come about in that day," declares the LORD, "that the heart of the king and the heart of the princes will fail; and the priests will be appalled and the prophets will be astounded."
KJV:
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.
NASB:
Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Surely You have utterly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, 'You will have peace'; whereas a sword touches the throat."
KJV:
As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.
NASB:
'Like watchmen of a field they are against her round about, Because she has rebelled against Me,' declares the LORD.
KJV:
I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.
NASB:
I looked, and behold, the fruitful land was a wilderness, And all its cities were pulled down Before the LORD, before His fierce anger.
KJV:
For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
NASB:
For thus says the LORD, "The whole land shall be a desolation, Yet I will not execute a complete destruction.
KJV:
And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.
NASB:
"And although they say, 'As the LORD lives,' Surely they swear falsely."
KJV:
O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
NASB:
O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You have smitten them, But they did not weaken; You have consumed them, But they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; They have refused to repent.
KJV:
Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.
NASB:
Then I said, "They are only the poor, They are foolish; For they do not know the way of the LORD Or the ordinance of their God.
KJV:
I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
NASB:
"I will go to the great And will speak to them, For they know the way of the LORD And the ordinance of their God." But they too, with one accord, have broken the yoke And burst the bonds.