Yet they did not listen or pay attention; they were stiff-necked and would not listen or respond to discipline.
NIV
Yet they would not listen and obey or incline their ears; but they stiffened their necks, that they might not hear and might not receive instruction.
AMP
But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
KJV
How awful that day will be! None will be like it. It will be a time of trouble for Jacob, but he will be saved out of it.
NIV
Alas! for that day will be great, so that none will be like it; it will be the time of Jacob's [unequaled] trouble, but he will be saved out of it. [Matt. 24:29, 30; Rev. 7:14.]AMP
Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.
KJV
I thought, "These are only the poor; they are foolish, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the requirements of their God."
NIV
Then I said, Surely these are only the poor; they are [sinfully] foolish and have no understanding, for they know not the way of the Lord, the judgment (the just and righteous law) of their God.
AMP
Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.
KJV
Say, "This is what the LORD declares: "Dead bodies will lie like dung on the open field, like cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to gather them.""
NIV
Speak, Thus says the Lord: The dead bodies of men shall fall like dung on the open field and like sheaves [of grain] behind the reaper, and none shall gather them. [Jer. 8:2.]AMP
Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them.
KJV
"When you tell them all this, they will not listen to you; when you call to them, they will not answer."
NIV
Speak all these words to them, but they will not listen to and obey you; also call to them, but they will not answer you.
AMP
Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.
KJV
I will deliver you into the hands of those who seek your life, those you fear – Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the Babylonians.
NIV
And I will give you into the hands of those who seek your life and into the hand of those of whom you are afraid, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and into the hands of the Chaldeans.
AMP
And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
KJV
Say to the king and to the queen mother, "Come down from your thrones, for your glorious crowns will fall from your heads."
NIV
Say to the king and the queen mother, Humble yourselves and take a lowly seat, for down from your head has come your beautiful crown (the crown of your glory).
AMP
Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
KJV
"The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh – "
NIV
Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will punish all who though circumcised [outwardly, in the flesh] are still uncircumcised [in corresponding inward purity]--[Rom. 2:25-29.]AMP
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;
KJV
