KJV:
And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people.
NASB:
"Then if they will really learn the ways of My people, to swear by My name, 'As the LORD lives,' even as they taught My people to swear by Baal, they will be built up in the midst of My people.
KJV:
But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD.
NASB:
"But if they will not listen, then I will uproot that nation, uproot and destroy it," declares the LORD.
KJV:
Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.
NASB:
Thus the LORD said to me, "Go and buy yourself a linen waistband and put it around your waist, but do not put it in water."
KJV:
So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins.
NASB:
So I bought the waistband in accordance with the word of the LORD and put it around my waist.
KJV:
And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying,
NASB:
Then the word of the LORD came to me a second time, saying,
KJV:
So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.
NASB:
So I went and hid it by the Euphrates, as the LORD had commanded me.
KJV:
And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there.
NASB:
After many days the LORD said to me, "Arise, go to the Euphrates and take from there the waistband which I commanded you to hide there."
KJV:
Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
NASB:
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
KJV:
Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
NASB:
"Thus says the LORD, 'Just so will I destroy the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.
KJV:
For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.
NASB:
'For as the waistband clings to the waist of a man, so I made the whole household of Israel and the whole household of Judah cling to Me,' declares the LORD, 'that they might be for Me a people, for renown, for praise and for glory; but they did not listen.'