KJV:
They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.
NASB:
They feed on the sin of My people And direct their desire toward their iniquity.
KJV:
And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
NASB:
And it will be, like people, like priest; So I will punish them for their ways And repay them for their deeds.
KJV:
My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
NASB:
My people consult their wooden idol, and their diviner's wand informs them; For a spirit of harlotry has led them astray, And they have played the harlot, departing from their God.
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:
Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.
NASB:
Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you, When I restore the fortunes of My people.
KJV:
Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
NASB:
Ephraim mixes himself with the nations; Ephraim has become a cake not turned.
KJV:
Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.
NASB:
Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations! For you have played the harlot, forsaking your God. You have loved harlots' earnings on every threshing floor.
KJV:
The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.
NASB:
The inhabitants of Samaria will fear For the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn for it, And its idolatrous priests will cry out over it, Over its glory, since it has departed from it.
KJV:
It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows.
NASB:
When it is My desire, I will chastise them; And the peoples will be gathered against them When they are bound for their double guilt.
KJV:
Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.
NASB:
Therefore a tumult will arise among your people, And all your fortresses will be destroyed, As Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle, When mothers were dashed in pieces with their children.