American Standard Version (ASV):
thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Remove the mitre, and take off the crown; this [shall be] no more the same; exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high. [
King James Version (KJV):
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this [shall] not [be] the same: exalt [him that is] low, and abase [him that is] high.
American Standard Version (ASV):
For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he shook the arrows to and fro, he consulted the teraphim, he looked in the liver.
King James Version (KJV):
For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made [his] arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
American Standard Version (ASV):
In his right hand was the divination [for] Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, to build forts.
King James Version (KJV):
At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint [battering] rams against the gates, to cast a mount, [and] to build a fort.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come; they twain shall come forth out of one land: and mark out a place, mark it out at the head of the way to the city.
King James Version (KJV):
Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose [it] at the head of the way to the city.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Thou shalt appoint a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified.
King James Version (KJV):
Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.
American Standard Version (ASV):
I will also smite my hands together, and I will cause my wrath to rest: I, Jehovah, have spoken it.
King James Version (KJV):
I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said [it].
American Standard Version (ASV):
The word of Jehovah came unto me again, saying,
King James Version (KJV):
The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,
American Standard Version (ASV):
I have set the threatening sword against all their gates, that their heart may melt, and their stumblings be multiplied: ah! it is made as lightning, it is pointed for slaughter.
King James Version (KJV):
I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that [their] heart may faint, and [their] ruins be multiplied: ah! [it is] made bright, [it is] wrapped up for the slaughter.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Gather thee together, go to the right, set thyself in array, go to the left, whithersoever thy face is set.
King James Version (KJV):
Go thee one way or other, [either] on the right hand, [or] on the left, whithersoever thy face [is] set.
American Standard Version (ASV):
For there is a trial; and what if even the rod that contemneth shall be no more? saith the Lord Jehovah.
King James Version (KJV):
Because [it is] a trial, and what if [the sword] contemn even the rod? it shall be no [more], saith the Lord GOD.