KJV:
Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.
NASB:
"Therefore I will yet contend with you," declares the LORD, "And with your sons' sons I will contend.
KJV:
Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.
NASB:
"Also the men of Memphis and Tahpanhes Have shaved the crown of your head.
KJV:
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
NASB:
"In vain I have struck your sons; They accepted no chastening. Your sword has devoured your prophets Like a destroying lion.
KJV:
Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
NASB:
'Return, O faithless sons,' declares the LORD; 'For I am a master to you, And I will take you one from a city and two from a family, And I will bring you to Zion.'
KJV:
But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.
NASB:
"Then I said, 'How I would set you among My sons And give you a pleasant land, The most beautiful inheritance of the nations!' And I said, 'You shall call Me, My Father, And not turn away from following Me.'
KJV:
A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.
NASB:
A voice is heard on the bare heights, The weeping and the supplications of the sons of Israel; Because they have perverted their way, They have forgotten the LORD their God.
KJV:
Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.
NASB:
"Return, O faithless sons, I will heal your faithlessness." "Behold, we come to You; For You are the LORD our God.
KJV:
For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
NASB:
"But the shameful thing has consumed the labor of our fathers since our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
KJV:
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
NASB:
"For My people are foolish, They know Me not; They are stupid children And have no understanding. They are shrewd to do evil, But to do good they do not know."