KJV:
A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;
NASB:
"An appalling and horrible thing Has happened in the land:
KJV:
To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
NASB:
To whom shall I speak and give warning That they may hear? Behold, their ears are closed And they cannot listen. Behold, the word of the LORD has become a reproach to them; They have no delight in it.
KJV:
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
NASB:
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
KJV:
Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.
NASB:
"Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Behold, I, even I, have seen it," declares the LORD.
KJV:
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
NASB:
"Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward and not forward.
KJV:
Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.
NASB:
"Then I will make to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; for the land will become a ruin.
KJV:
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
NASB:
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
KJV:
And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.
NASB:
and a remnant will not be left to them, for I will bring disaster on the men of Anathoth-- the year of their punishment."
KJV:
Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.
NASB:
"My inheritance has become to Me Like a lion in the forest; She has roared against Me; Therefore I have come to hate her.
KJV:
And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.
NASB:
"And it will come about that after I have uprooted them, I will again have compassion on them; and I will bring them back, each one to his inheritance and each one to his land.