KJV:
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
NASB:
"The noise of battle is in the land, And great destruction.
KJV:
A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:
NASB:
The sound of an outcry from Babylon, And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
KJV:
Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
NASB:
My eyes fail because of tears, My spirit is greatly troubled; My heart is poured out on the earth Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, When little ones and infants faint In the streets of the city.
KJV:
What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?
NASB:
How shall I admonish you? To what shall I compare you, O daughter of Jerusalem? To what shall I liken you as I comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your ruin is as vast as the sea; Who can heal you?
KJV:
Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
NASB:
Panic and pitfall have befallen us, Devastation and destruction;
KJV:
Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
NASB:
My eyes run down with streams of water Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
KJV:
The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
NASB:
The hands of compassionate women Boiled their own children; They became food for them Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
KJV:
I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.
NASB:
"I will also trouble the hearts of many peoples when I bring your destruction among the nations, into lands which you have not known.
KJV:
That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
NASB:
Who drink wine from sacrificial bowls While they anoint themselves with the finest of oils, Yet they have not grieved over the ruin of Joseph.
KJV:
There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?
NASB:
There is no relief for your breakdown, Your wound is incurable. All who hear about you Will clap their hands over you, For on whom has not your evil passed continually?