KJV:
I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
NASB:
On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen; All day and all night they will never keep silent. You who remind the LORD, take no rest for yourselves;
KJV:
See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
NASB:
"See, I have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms, To pluck up and to break down, To destroy and to overthrow, To build and to plant."
KJV:
And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.
NASB:
"It shall be in those days when you are multiplied and increased in the land," declares the LORD, "they will no longer say, 'The ark of the covenant of the LORD.' And it will not come to mind, nor will they remember it, nor will they miss it, nor will it be made again.
KJV:
Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
NASB:
"Shall I not punish these people," declares the LORD, "And on a nation such as this Shall I not avenge Myself?
KJV:
Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
NASB:
Shall I not punish these people?' declares the LORD, 'On a nation such as this Shall I not avenge Myself?'
KJV:
For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
NASB:
For thus says the LORD of hosts, "Cut down her trees And cast up a siege against Jerusalem. This is the city to be punished, In whose midst there is only oppression.
KJV:
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
NASB:
"Were they ashamed because of the abomination they have done? They were not even ashamed at all; They did not even know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; At the time that I punish them, They shall be cast down," says the LORD.
KJV:
Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
NASB:
"Shall I not punish them for these things?" declares the LORD. "On a nation such as this Shall I not avenge Myself?
KJV:
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;
NASB:
"Behold, the days are coming," declares the LORD, "that I will punish all who are circumcised and yet uncircumcised--
KJV:
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:
NASB:
therefore, thus says the LORD of hosts, "Behold, I am about to punish them! The young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters will die by famine;