KJV:
And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
NASB:
'I will lay waste your cities as well and will make your sanctuaries desolate, and I will not smell your soothing aromas.
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 so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.
NASB:
In the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, Simeon, even as far as Naphtali, in their surrounding ruins,
KJV:
For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
NASB:
"For we are slaves; yet in our bondage our God has not forsaken us, but has extended lovingkindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us reviving to raise up the house of our God, to restore its ruins and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.
KJV:
With kings and counsellers of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;
NASB:
With kings and with counselors of the earth, Who rebuilt ruins for themselves;
KJV:
O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
NASB:
The enemy has come to an end in perpetual ruins, And You have uprooted the cities; The very memory of them has perished.
KJV:
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
NASB:
I resemble a pelican of the wilderness; I have become like an owl of the waste places.
KJV:
Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
NASB:
Let his children wander about and beg; And let them seek sustenance far from their ruined homes.
KJV:
Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
NASB:
Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, And strangers will eat in the waste places of the wealthy.
KJV:
That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:
NASB:
Confirming the word of His servant And performing the purpose of His messengers. It is I who says of Jerusalem, 'She shall be inhabited!' And of the cities of Judah, 'They shall be built.' And I will raise up her ruins again.