KJV:
For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.
NASB:
They will eat, but not have enough; They will play the harlot, but not increase, Because they have stopped giving heed to the LORD.
KJV:
They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.
NASB:
They offer sacrifices on the tops of the mountains And burn incense on the hills, Under oak, poplar and terebinth, Because their shade is pleasant. Therefore your daughters play the harlot And your brides commit adultery.
KJV:
I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.
NASB:
I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot Or your brides when they commit adultery, For the men themselves go apart with harlots And offer sacrifices with temple prostitutes; So the people without understanding are ruined.
KJV:
For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
NASB:
Since Israel is stubborn Like a stubborn heifer, Can the LORD now pasture them Like a lamb in a large field?
KJV:
Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
NASB:
Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, Because he was determined to follow man's command.
KJV:
And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
NASB:
And as raiders wait for a man, So a band of priests murder on the way to Shechem; Surely they have committed crime.
KJV:
And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.
NASB:
And they do not cry to Me from their heart When they wail on their beds; For the sake of grain and new wine they assemble themselves, They turn away from Me.
KJV:
For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
NASB:
For from Israel is even this! A craftsman made it, so it is not God; Surely the calf of Samaria will be broken to pieces.
KJV:
Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.
NASB:
Even though they hire allies among the nations, Now I will gather them up; And they will begin to diminish Because of the burden of the king of princes.