My people who are crushed on the threshing floor, I tell you what I have heard from the LORD Almighty, from the God of Israel.
NIV
O you my threshed and winnowed ones [my own people the Jews, who must be trodden down by Babylon], that which I have heard from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I have [joyfully] announced to you [Babylon is to fall]!
AMP
O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.
KJV
The survivors of the archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few." The LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken."
NIV
And the remainder of the number of archers and their bows, the mighty men of the sons of Kedar, will be diminished and few; for the Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken it.
AMP
And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.
KJV
At this my body is racked with pain, pangs seize me, like those of a woman in labor; I am staggered by what I hear, I am bewildered by what I see.
NIV
Therefore are my [Isaiah's] loins filled with anguish, pangs have seized me like the pangs of a woman in childbirth; I am bent and pained so that I cannot hear, I am dismayed so that I cannot see.
AMP
Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
KJV
My heart falters, fear makes me tremble; the twilight I longed for has become a horror to me.
NIV
My mind reels and wanders, horror terrifies me. [In my mind's eye I am at the feast of Belshazzar. I see the defilement of the golden vessels taken from God's temple, I watch the handwriting appear on the wall--I know that Babylon's great king is to be slain.] The twilight I looked forward to with pleasure has been turned into fear and trembling for me. [Dan. 5.]AMP
My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
KJV
The watchman replies, "Morning is coming, but also the night. If you would ask, then ask; and come back yet again."
NIV
The watchman said, The morning comes, but also the night. [Another time, if Edom earnestly wishes to know] if you will inquire [of me], inquire; return, come again.
AMP
The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.
KJV
