Many shepherds will ruin my vineyard and trample down my field; they will turn my pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.
NIV
Many shepherds [of an invading host] have destroyed My vineyard, they have trampled My portion underfoot; they have made My pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
AMP
Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
KJV
But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals too numerous for you.
NIV
I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate[for lack of attention] and the wild beasts multiply against you.
AMP
I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
KJV
"The inhabited towns will be laid waste and the land will be desolate. Then you will know that I am the LORD."
NIV
And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be deserted and become a desolation; and you shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord.
AMP
And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
KJV
Then say, 'LORD, you have said you will destroy this place, so that neither people nor animals will live in it; it will be desolate forever.'
NIV
Then say, O Lord, You have spoken concerning this place that it shall be cut off, so that nothing shall remain and dwell in it, neither man nor beast; but it shall be desolate forever.
AMP
Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.
KJV
"From the time that the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination that causes desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days."
NIV
And from the time that the continual burnt offering is taken away and the abomination that makes desolate is set up, there shall be 1,290 days. [Dan. 11:31.]AMP
And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
KJV
What are you doing, you devastated one? Why dress yourself in scarlet and put on jewels of gold? Why color your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain. Your lovers despise you; they seek your life.
NIV
And you [plundered one], when you are made desolate, what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with scarlet, though you deck yourself with ornaments of gold, though you paint your eyelids and make them look farther apart, in vain you beautify yourself. Your lovers (allies) despise you; they seek your life.
AMP
And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.
KJV
