KJV:
For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,
NASB:
For thus the LORD spoke to me with mighty power and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,
KJV:
Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
NASB:
"You are not to say, 'It is a conspiracy!' In regard to all that this people call a conspiracy, And you are not to fear what they fear or be in dread of it.
KJV:
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
NASB:
To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn.
KJV:
For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
NASB:
For those who guide this people are leading them astray; And those who are guided by them are brought to confusion.
KJV:
That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
NASB:
that you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon, and say, "How the oppressor has ceased, And how fury has ceased!
KJV:
They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
NASB:
"Those who see you will gaze at you, They will ponder over you, saying, 'Is this the man who made the earth tremble, Who shook kingdoms,
KJV:
In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.
NASB:
In the year that King Ahaz died this oracle came:
KJV:
This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time.
NASB:
This is the word which the LORD spoke earlier concerning Moab.
KJV:
And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
NASB:
At evening time, behold, there is terror! Before morning they are no more. Such will be the portion of those who plunder us And the lot of those who pillage us.
KJV:
And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.
NASB:
"Now behold, here comes a troop of riders, horsemen in pairs." And one said, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon; And all the images of her gods are shattered on the ground."