KJV:
I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
NASB:
"I will not drive them out before you in a single year, that the land may not become desolate and the beasts of the field become too numerous for you.
KJV:
And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
NASB:
'You, however, I will scatter among the nations and will draw out a sword after you, as your land becomes desolate and your cities become waste.
KJV:
And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.
NASB:
So Joshua burned Ai and made it a heap forever, a desolation until this day.
KJV:
Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
NASB:
Your land is desolate, Your cities are burned with fire, Your fields-- strangers are devouring them in your presence; It is desolation, as overthrown by strangers.
KJV:
Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,
NASB:
Then I said, "Lord, how long?" And He answered, "Until cities are devastated and without inhabitant, Houses are without people And the land is utterly desolate,
KJV:
In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation.
NASB:
In that day their strong cities will be like forsaken places in the forest, Or like branches which they abandoned before the sons of Israel; And the land will be a desolation.
KJV:
Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
NASB:
It will no longer be said to you, "Forsaken," Nor to your land will it any longer be said, "Desolate"; But you will be called, "My delight is in her," And your land, "Married"; For the LORD delights in you, And to Him your land will be married.