KJV:
Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
NASB:
'Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give yourselves over to die by hunger and by thirst, saying, "The LORD our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria "?
KJV:
Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
NASB:
There were others who said, "We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards and our houses that we might get grain because of the famine."
KJV:
And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.
NASB:
"You provided bread from heaven for them for their hunger, You brought forth water from a rock for them for their thirst, And You told them to enter in order to possess The land which You swore to give them.
KJV:
In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
NASB:
"In famine He will redeem you from death, And in war from the power of the sword.
KJV:
To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
NASB:
To deliver their soul from death And to keep them alive in famine.
KJV:
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
NASB:
And He called for a famine upon the land; He broke the whole staff of bread.
KJV:
Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
NASB:
Therefore My people go into exile for their lack of knowledge; And their honorable men are famished, And their multitude is parched with thirst.
KJV:
And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.
NASB:
"Those who are most helpless will eat, And the needy will lie down in security; I will destroy your root with famine, And it will kill off your survivors.
KJV:
These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?
NASB:
These two things have befallen you; Who will mourn for you? The devastation and destruction, famine and sword; How shall I comfort you?