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Isaiah 2
[1] the word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw
concerning Judah and Jerusalem. [2] And it shall come to pass in
the last days, that the mountain of the LORD's house shall be
established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted
above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. [3] And
many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the
mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he
will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for
out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD
from Jerusalem. [4] And he shall judge among the nations, and
shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into
plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not
lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any
more. [5] O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the
light of the LORD. [6] Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people
the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east,
and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please
themselves in the children of strangers. [7] Their land also is
full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their
treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there
any end of their chariots: [8] Their land also is full of idols;
they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own
fingers have made: [9] And the mean man boweth down, and the
great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not. [10]
Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the
LORD, and for the glory of his majesty. [11] The lofty looks of
man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed
down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. [12] For
the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is
proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he
shall be brought low: [13] And upon all the cedars of Lebanon,
that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,
[14] And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills
that are lifted up, [15] And upon every high tower, and upon
every fenced wall, [16] And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and
upon all pleasant pictures. [17] And the loftiness of man shall
be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and
the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. [18] And the idols
he shall utterly abolish. [19] And they shall go into the holes
of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the
LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake
terribly the earth. [20] In that day a man shall cast his idols
of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for
himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats; [21] To go
into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged
rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty,
when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. [22] Cease ye from
man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be
accounted of? |
2 Nephi 12
[1] The word that Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah
and Jerusalem: [2] And it shall come to pass in the last days,
when the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in
the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills,
and all nations shall flow unto it. [3] And many people shall go
and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his
ways, and we will walk in his paths; for out of Zion shall go
forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. [4] And
he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people:
and they shall beat their swords into plow-shares, and their
spears into pruning-hooks -- nation shall not lift up sword
against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. [5] O
house of Jacob, come ye and let us walk in the light of the
Lord; yea, come, for ye have all gone astray, every one to his
wicked ways. [6] Therefore, O Lord, thou hast forsaken thy
people, the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the
east, and hearken unto soothsayers like the Philistines, and
they please themselves in the children of strangers. [7] Their
land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end
of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither
is there any end of their chariots. [8] Their land is also full
of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which
their own fingers have made. [9] And the mean man boweth
not
down, and the great man humbleth himself
not, therefore, forgive
him not. [10] O ye wicked ones, enter into the rock, and hide
thee in the dust, for the fear of the Lord and the glory of his
majesty shall smite thee. [11] And it shall come to pass that
the lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of
men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in
that day. [12] For the day of the Lord of Hosts soon cometh upon
all nations, yea, upon every one; yea, upon the proud and lofty,
and upon every one who is lifted up, and he shall be brought
low. [13] Yea, and the day of the Lord shall come upon all the
cedars of Lebanon, for they are high and lifted up; and upon all
the oaks of Bashan; [14] And upon all the high mountains, and
upon all the hills, and upon all the nations which are lifted
up, and upon every people; [15] And upon every high tower, and
upon every fenced wall; [16] And upon all the ships of the sea,
and upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant
pictures. [17] And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and
the haughtiness of men shall be made low; and the Lord alone
shall be exalted in that day. [18] And the idols he shall
utterly abolish. [19] And they shall go into the holes of the
rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for the fear of the Lord
shall come upon them and the glory of his majesty shall smite
them, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. [20] In that
day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold,
which he hath made for himself to worship, to the moles and to
the bats; [21] To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the
tops of the ragged rocks, for the fear of the Lord shall come
upon them and the majesty of his glory shall smite them, when he
ariseth to shake terribly the earth. [22] Cease ye from man,
whose breath is in his nostrils; for wherein is he to be
accounted of?
| Joseph Smith copied 13 consecutive
chapters from Isaiah into 2 Nephi with minor word changes. This is clearly
excessive. If the alleged original copier, Nephi, had access to
the writings of Isaiah, which he would have to given the
extensive copying, then simply referencing them and providing
commentary would have been sufficient. This is clear evidence
that Joseph Smith was copying from the Bible to provide filler
for the Book of Mormon.
Take note of the additions that Joseph Smith made to Isaiah 2:9. In the actual context
of the Bible, the men were bowing down to idols and not God (Isaiah 2:8),
that is why they aren't forgiven. Joseph Smith must have been confused
by that line, so he changed it. In the Book of Mormon then, it says
not to forgive those who refuse to worship idols.
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Isaiah 3
[1] For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of
hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and
the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,
[2] The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the
prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, [3] The captain of
fifty, and the honourable man, and the counseller, and the
cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator. [4] And I will give
children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
[5] And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and
every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself
proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
[6] When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of
his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and
let this ruin be under thy hand: [7] In that day shall he swear,
saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither
bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people. [8] For
Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue
and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of
his glory. [9] The shew of their countenance doth witness
against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it
not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto
themselves. [10] Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well
with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. [11] Woe
unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his
hands shall be given him. [12] As for my people, children are
their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they
which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy
paths. [13] The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge
the people. [14] The LORD will enter into judgment with the
ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have
eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
[15] What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind
the faces of the poor? saith the LORD GOD of hosts. [16]
Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are
haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes,
walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their
feet: [17] Therefore the LORD will smite with a scab the crown
of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover
their secret parts. [18] In that day the Lord will take away the
bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their
cauls, and their round tires like the moon, [19] The chains, and
the bracelets, and the mufflers, [20] The bonnets, and the
ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and
the earrings, [21] The rings, and nose jewels, [22] The
changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples,
and the crisping pins, [23] The glasses, and the fine linen, and
the hoods, and the vails. [24] And it shall come to pass, that
instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a
girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and
instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning
instead of beauty. [25] Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy
mighty in the war. [26] And her gates shall lament and mourn;
and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground. |
2 Nephi 13
[1] For behold, the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, doth take away from
Jerusalem, and from Judah, the stay and the staff, the whole
staff of bread, and the whole stay of water -- [2] The mighty
man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the
prudent, and the ancient; [3] The captain of fifty, and the
honorable man, and the counselor, and the cunning artificer, and
the eloquent orator. [4] And I will give children unto them to
be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. [5] And the
people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one
by his neighbor; the child shall behave himself proudly against
the ancient, and the base against the honorable. [6]
When a man
shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, and
shall say: Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let not
this ruin come under thy hand -- [7] In that day shall he swear,
saying: I will not be a healer; for in my house there is neither
bread nor clothing; make me not a ruler of the people. [8] For
Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen, because their tongues
and their doings have been against the Lord, to provoke the eyes
of his glory. [9] The show of their countenance doth witness
against them, and doth declare their sin to be even as Sodom,
and they cannot hide it. Wo unto their souls, for they have
rewarded evil unto themselves! [10] Say unto the righteous that
it is well with them; for they shall eat the fruit of their
doings. [11] Wo unto the wicked, for they shall perish; for the
reward of their hands shall be upon them! [12] And my people,
children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my
people, they who lead thee cause thee to err and destroy the way
of thy paths. [13] The Lord standeth up to plead, and standeth
to judge the people. [14] The Lord will enter into judgment with
the ancients of his people and the princes thereof; for ye have
eaten up the vineyard and the spoil of the poor in your houses.
[15] What mean ye? Ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the
faces of the poor, saith the Lord God of Hosts. [16] Moreover,
the Lord saith: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and
walk with stretched-forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and
mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet --
[17] Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the
head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will discover their
secret parts. [18] In that day the Lord will take away the
bravery of their tinkling ornaments, and cauls, and round tires
like the moon; [19] The chains and the bracelets, and the
mufflers; [20] The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and
the headbands, and the tablets, and the ear-rings; [21] The
rings, and nose jewels; [22] The changeable suits of apparel,
and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping-pins; [23]
The glasses, and the fine linen, and hoods, and the veils. [24]
And it shall come to pass, instead of sweet smell there shall be
stink; and instead of a girdle, a rent; and instead of well set
hair, baldness; and instead of a stomacher, a girding of
sackcloth; burning instead of beauty. [25] Thy men shall fall by
the sword and thy mighty in the war. [26] And her gates shall
lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate, and shall sit upon
the ground. |
In Isaiah 3:6, the
man asks his brother to be the ruler and take responsibility for the
ruin. However, in the Book of Mormon, the man asks his brother
to be the ruler, but NOT let the ruin COME. Two verses later, you see
that "Jerusalem is ruined" already, so Joseph Smith's change is
nonsense. |
Isaiah 4
[1] And
in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We
will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be
called by thy name, to take away our reproach. [2] In that day
shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the
fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that
are escaped of Israel. [3] And it shall come to pass, that he
that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall
be called holy, even every one that is written among the living
in Jerusalem: [4] When the Lord shall have washed away the filth
of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of
Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and
by the spirit of burning. [5] And the LORD will create upon
every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a
cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by
night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence. [6] And there
shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat,
and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from
rain.
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2 Nephi 14
[1] And in that day, seven women shall
take hold of one man, saying: We will eat our own bread, and
wear our own apparel; only let us be called by thy name to take
away our reproach. [2] In that day shall the branch of the Lord
be beautiful and glorious; the fruit of the earth excellent and
comely to them that are escaped of Israel. [3] And it shall come
to pass, they that are left in Zion and remain in Jerusalem
shall be called holy, every one that is written among the living
in Jerusalem -- [4] When the Lord shall have washed away the
filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood
of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment
and by the spirit of burning. [5] And the Lord will create upon
every dwelling-place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a
cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a flaming fire by
night; for upon all the glory of Zion shall be a
defence. [6]
And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from
the heat, and for a place of refuge, and a covert from storm and
from rain. |
The KJV Isaiah 4:5
incorrectly uses
the word "defence" where it
should use "canopy". It was incorrectly translated by King James scholars
from the word "chuppah". The same error in 2 Nephi 14:5
demonstrates that Joseph Smith was not translating ancient
records, but merely plagiarizing directly from the King James
Bible. |
Isaiah 5
[1] Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my
beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in
a very fruitful hill: [2] And he fenced it, and gathered out the
stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built
a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein:
and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought
forth wild grapes. [3] And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and
men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. [4]
What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not
done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth
grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? [5] And now go to; I will
tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the
hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall
thereof, and it shall be trodden down: [6] And I will lay it
waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come
up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they
rain no rain upon it. [7] For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts
is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant:
and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for
righteousness, but behold a cry. [8] Woe unto them that join
house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place,
that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! [9] In
mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall
be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. [10] Yea,
ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an
homer shall yield an ephah. [11] Woe unto them that rise up
early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that
continue until night, till wine inflame them! [12] And the harp,
and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their
feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither
consider the operation of his hands. [13] 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. [14] Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and
opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their
multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend
into it. [15] And the mean man shall be brought down, and the
mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be
humbled: [16] But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in
judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in
righteousness. [17] Then shall the lambs feed after their
manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers
eat. [18] Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity,
and sin as it were with a cart rope: [19] That say, Let him make
speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the
counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we
may know it! [20] Woe unto them that call evil good, and good
evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that
put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! [21] Woe unto them
that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
[22] Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of
strength to mingle strong drink: [23] Which justify the wicked
for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous
from him! [24] Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and
the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as
rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they
have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the
word of the Holy One of Israel. [25] Therefore is the anger of
the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth
his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did
tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the
streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand
is stretched out still. [26] And he will lift up an ensign to
the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of
the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly: [27]
None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber
nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed,
nor the latchet of their shoes be broken: [28] Whose arrows are
sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be
counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind: [29]
Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young
lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall
carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it. [30] And in that
day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea:
and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and
the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
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2 Nephi 15
[1] And then will I sing to my
well-beloved a song of my beloved, touching his vineyard. My
well-beloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill. [2] And he
fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it
with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it,
and also made a wine-press therein; and he looked that it should
bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. [3] And
now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray
you, betwixt me and my vineyard. [4] What could have been done
more to my vineyard that I have not done in it? Wherefore, when
I looked that it should bring forth grapes it brought forth wild
grapes. [5] And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my
vineyard -- I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be
eaten up; and I will break down the wall thereof, and it shall
be trodden down; [6] And I will lay it waste; it shall not be
pruned nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns; I
will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. [7]
For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah his pleasant plant; and he looked for
judgment, and behold, oppression; for righteousness, but behold,
a cry. [8] Wo unto them that join house to house, till there can
be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the
earth! [9] In mine ears, said the Lord of Hosts, of a truth many
houses shall be desolate, and great and fair cities without
inhabitant. [10] Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one
bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah. [11] Wo unto
them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow
strong drink, that continue until night, and wine inflame them!
[12] And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine
are in their feasts; but they regard not the work of the Lord,
neither consider the operation of his hands. [13] Therefore, my
people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge;
and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried
up with thirst. [14] Therefore, hell hath enlarged herself, and
opened her mouth without measure; and their glory, and their
multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend
into it. [15] And the mean man shall be brought down, and the
mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be
humbled. [16] But the Lord of Hosts shall be exalted in
judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in
righteousness. [17] Then shall the lambs feed after their
manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers
eat. [18] Wo unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity,
and sin as it were with a cart rope; [19] That say: Let him make
speed, hasten his work, that we may see it; and let the counsel
of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know
it. [20] Wo unto them that call evil good, and good evil, that
put darkness for light, and light for darkness, that put bitter
for sweet, and sweet for bitter! [21] Wo unto the wise in their
own eyes and prudent in their own sight! [22] Wo unto the mighty
to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink; [23]
Who justify the wicked for reward, and take away the
righteousness of the righteous from him! [24] Therefore, as the
fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff,
their root shall be rottenness, and their blossoms shall go up
as dust; because they have cast away the law of the Lord of
Hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. [25]
Therefore, is the anger of the Lord kindled against his people,
and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath
smitten them; and the hills did tremble, and their carcasses
were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is
not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. [26] And
he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss
unto them from the end of the earth; and behold, they shall come
with speed swiftly; none shall be weary nor stumble among them.
[27] None shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of
their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken;
[28] Whose arrows shall be sharp, and all their bows bent, and
their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their
wheels like a whirlwind, their roaring like a lion. [29] They
shall roar like young lions; yea, they shall roar, and lay hold
of the prey, and shall carry away safe, and none shall deliver.
[30] And in that day they shall roar against them like the
roaring of the sea; and if they look unto the land, behold,
darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens
thereof. | |
Isaiah 6
[1] In the
year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a
throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. [2]
Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain
he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and
with twain he did fly. [3] And one cried unto another, and said,
Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full
of his glory. [4] And the posts of the door moved at the voice
of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. [5] Then
said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of
unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean
lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. [6]
Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in
his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
[7] And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath
touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin
purged. [8] Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom
shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I;
send me. [9] And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye
indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
[10] Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears
heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and
hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and
convert, and be healed. [11] Then said I, Lord, how long? And he
answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the
houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate, [12] And
the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great
forsaking in the midst of the land. [13] But yet in it shall be
a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil
tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast
their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof. |
2 Nephi 16
[1] In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw
also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his
train filled the temple. [2] Above it stood the seraphim; each
one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with
twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. [3] And
one cried unto another, and said: Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord
of Hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory. [4] And the
posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the
house was filled with smoke. [5] Then said I: Wo is unto me! for
I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips; and I dwell in
the midst of a people of unclean lips; for mine eyes have seen
the King, the Lord of Hosts. [6] Then flew one of the seraphim
unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with
the tongs from off the altar; [7] And he laid it upon my mouth,
and said: Lo, this has touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is
taken away, and thy sin purged. [8] Also I heard the voice of
the Lord, saying: Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?
Then I said: Here am I; send me. [9] And he said: Go and tell
this people -- Hear ye indeed, but they understood not; and see
ye indeed, but they perceived not. [10] Make the heart of this
people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes --
lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and
understand with their heart, and be converted and be healed.
[11] Then said I: Lord, how long? And he said: Until the cities
be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and
the land be utterly desolate; [12] And the Lord have removed men
far away, for there shall be a great forsaking in the midst of
the land. [13] But yet there shall be a tenth, and they shall
return, and shall be eaten, as a teil-tree, and as an oak whose
substance is in them when they cast their leaves; so the holy
seed shall be the substance thereof. | |
Isaiah 7
[1] And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of
Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of
Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up
toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail
against it. [2] And it was told the house of David, saying,
Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and
the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with
the wind. [3] Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to
meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the
conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field;
[4] And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither
be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands,
for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of
Remaliah. [5] Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah,
have taken evil counsel against thee, saying, [6] Let us go up
against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for
us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal:
[7] Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall
it come to pass. [8] For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the
head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years
shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people. [9] And the
head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is
Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be
established. [10] Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz,
saying, [11] Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either
in the depth, or in the height above. [12] But Ahaz said, I will
not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD. [13] And he said, Hear
ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary
men, but will ye weary my God also? [14] Therefore the Lord
himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive,
and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. [15] Butter
and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and
choose the good. [16] For before the child shall know to refuse
the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest
shall be forsaken of both her kings. [17] The LORD shall bring
upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house,
days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from
Judah; even the king of Assyria. [18] And it shall come to pass
in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the
uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is
in the land of Assyria. [19] And they shall come, and shall rest
all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the
rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes. [20] In the
same day shall the Lord shave with a rasor that is hired,
namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the
head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the
beard. [21] And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man
shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep; [22] And it shall come
to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall
eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is
left in the land. [23] And it shall come to pass in that day,
that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at
a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.
[24] With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because
all the land shall become briers and thorns. [25] And on all
hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not
come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for
the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser
cattle. |
2 Nephi 17
[1] And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah,
king of Judah, that Rezin, king of Syria, and Pekah the son of
Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war
against it, but could not prevail against it. [2] And it was
told the house of David, saying: Syria is confederate with
Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people,
as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind. [3] Then said
the Lord unto Isaiah: Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou and
Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool
in the highway of the fuller's field; [4] And say unto him: Take
heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be faint-hearted for the
two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of
Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah. [5] Because Syria,
Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel
against thee, saying: [6] Let us go up against Judah and vex it,
and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the
midst of it, yea, the son of Tabeal. [7] Thus saith the Lord
God: It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass. [8] For
the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus, Rezin;
and within three score and five years shall Ephraim be broken
that it be not a people. [9] And the head of Ephraim is Samaria,
and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not
believe surely ye shall not be established. [10] Moreover, the
Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying: [11] Ask thee a sign of the
Lord thy God; ask it either in the depths, or in the heights
above. [12] But Ahaz said: I will not ask, neither will I tempt
the Lord. [13] And he said: Hear ye now, O house of David; is it
a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God
also? [14] Therefore, the Lord himself shall give you a sign --
Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and shall bear a son, and shall
call his name Immanuel. [15] Butter and honey shall he eat, that
he may know to refuse the evil and to choose the good. [16] For
before the child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the
good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her
kings. [17] The Lord shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people,
and upon thy father's house, days that have not come from the
day that Ephraim departed from Judah, the king of Assyria. [18]
And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall hiss
for the fly that is in the uttermost part of Egypt, and for the
bee that is in the land of Assyria. [19] And they shall come,
and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the
holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.
[20] In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is
hired, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the
head, and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the
beard. [21] And it shall come to pass in that day, a man shall
nourish a young cow and two sheep; [22] And it shall come to
pass, for the abundance of milk they shall give he shall eat
butter; for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in
the land. [23] And it shall come to pass in that day, every
place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand
silverlings, which shall be for briers and thorns. [24] With
arrows and with bows shall men come thither, because all the
land shall become briers and thorns. [25] And all hills that
shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither
the fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending
forth of oxen, and the treading of lesser cattle. |
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Isaiah 8
[1] Moreover the LORD said unto me,
Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen
concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
[2] And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the
priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. [3] And I went
unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then
said the LORD to me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz. [4]
For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and
my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall
be taken away before the king of Assyria. [5] The LORD spake
also unto me again, saying, [6] Forasmuch as this people
refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in
Rezin and Remaliah's son; [7] Now therefore, behold, the Lord
bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many,
even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come
up over all his channels, and go over all his banks: [8] And he
shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he
shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his
wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel. [9]
Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in
pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves,
and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall
be broken in pieces. [10] Take counsel together, and it shall
come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God
is with us. [11] For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong
hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of
this people, saying, [12] Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them
to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye
their fear, nor be afraid. [13] Sanctify the LORD of hosts
himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
[14] And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of
stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of
Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of
Jerusalem. [15] And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and
be broken, and be snared, and be taken. [16] Bind up the
testimony, seal the law among my disciples. [17] And I will wait
upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and
I will look for him. [18] Behold, I and the children whom the
LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from
the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion. [19] And when
they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar
spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not
a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? [20]
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to
this word, it is because there is no light in them. [21] And
they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it
shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall
fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look
upward. [22] And they shall look unto the earth; and behold
trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be
driven to darkness. |
2 Nephi 18
[1] Moreover, the word of the Lord said unto me:
Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen,
concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
[2] And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the
priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. [3] And I went
unto the prophetess; and she conceived and bare a son. Then said
the Lord to me: Call his name, Maher-shalal-hash-baz. [4] For
behold, the child shall not have knowledge to cry, My father,
and my mother, before the riches of Damascus and the spoil of
Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria. [5] The
Lord spake also unto me again, saying: [6] Forasmuch as this
people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and
rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son; [7] Now therefore, behold,
the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong
and many, even the king of Assyria and all his glory; and he
shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks.
[8] And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go
over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of
his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel. [9]
Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in
pieces; and give ear all ye of far countries; gird yourselves,
and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall
be broken in pieces. [10] Take counsel together, and it shall
come to naught; speak the word, and it shall not stand; for God
is with us. [11] For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong
hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of
this people, saying: [12] Say ye not, A confederacy, to all to
whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their
fear, nor be afraid. [13] Sanctify the Lord of Hosts himself,
and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. [14] And he
shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling, and for
a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and a
snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. [15] And many among them
shall stumble and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be
taken. [16] Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my
disciples. [17] And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his
face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him. [18]
Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for
signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of Hosts, which
dwelleth in Mount Zion. [19] And when they shall say unto you:
Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that
peep and mutter -- should not a people seek unto their God for
the living to hear from the dead? [20] To the law and to the
testimony; and if they speak not according to this word, it is
because there is no light in them. [21] And they shall pass
through it hardly bestead and hungry; and it shall come to pass
that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and
curse their king and their God, and look upward. [22] And they
shall look unto the earth and behold trouble, and darkness,
dimness of anguish, and shall be driven to darkness. |
Joseph Smith changed the wording of Isaiah 8:4. His changes turn
the verse into complete nonsense. How can this be if Smith was
translating by the gift and power of God? |
Isaiah 9
[1] Nevertheless the dimness shall not be
such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly
afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
and
afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea,
beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. [2] The people that
walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in
the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light
shined. [3] Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased
the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest,
and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil. [4] For thou hast
broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder,
the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian. [5] For every
battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments
rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of
fire. [6] For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given:
and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name
shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The
everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. [7] Of the increase of
his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne
of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it
with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever.
The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this. [8] The Lord
sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel. [9] And
all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of
Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart, [10] The
bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the
sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
[11] Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin
against him, and join his enemies together; [12] The Syrians
before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel
with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but
his hand is stretched out still. [13] For the people turneth not
unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of
hosts. [14] Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and
tail, branch and rush, in one day. [15] The ancient and
honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies,
he is the tail. [16] For the leaders of this people cause them
to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed. [17]
Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither
shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one
is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly.
For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is
stretched out still. [18] For wickedness burneth as the fire: it
shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the
thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting
up of smoke. [19] Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the
land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire:
no man shall spare his brother. [20] And he shall snatch on the
right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand,
and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the
flesh of his own arm: [21] Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim,
Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For all this
his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out
still. |
2 Nephi 19
[1] Nevertheless, the dimness shall not be such
as was in her vexation, when at first he lightly afflicted the
land of Zebulun,
and the land of Naphtali, and afterwards did more grievously
afflict by the way of the Red Sea beyond Jordan in Galilee of
the nations. [2] The people that walked in darkness have seen a
great light; they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death,
upon them hath the light shined. [3] Thou hast multiplied the
nation, and increased the joy -- they joy before thee according
to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the
spoil. [4] For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the
staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor. [5] For every
battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments
rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of
fire. [6] For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given;
and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name
shall be called, Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The
Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. [7] Of the increase of
government and peace there is no end, upon the throne of David,
and upon his kingdom to order it, and to establish it with
judgment and with justice from henceforth, even forever. The
zeal of the Lord of Hosts will perform this. [8] The Lord sent
his word unto Jacob and it hath lighted upon Israel. [9] And all
the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitants of
Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart: [10] The
bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones; the
sycamores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
[11] Therefore the Lord shall set up the adversaries of Rezin
against him, and join his enemies together; [12] The Syrians
before and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel
with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but
his hand is stretched out still. [13] For the people turneth not
unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the Lord of
Hosts. [14] Therefore will the Lord cut off from Israel head and
tail, branch and rush in one day. [15] The ancient, he is the
head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail. [16]
For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that
are led of them are destroyed. [17] Therefore the Lord shall
have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on
their fatherless and widows; for every one of them is a
hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For
all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched
out still. [18] For wickedness burneth as the fire; it shall
devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets
of the forests, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of
smoke. [19] Through the wrath of the Lord of Hosts is the land
darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire; no
man shall spare his brother. [20] And he shall snatch on the
right hand and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand and
they shall not be satisfied; they shall eat every man the flesh
of his own arm -- [21] Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh;
they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is
not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. |
Oh Joseph, your arrogance again got the best of you...When Joseph Smith named
the sea, he made a serious geographical error. The sea that Isaiah
was talking about was actually the Sea of Galilee, which the Jordan
River feeds,
and is in Galilee while the Red Sea is over 150 miles south of Galilee.
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Isaiah 10
[1] Woe unto them that decree
unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have
prescribed; [2] To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to
take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may
be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! [3] And
what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation
which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and
where will ye leave your glory? [4] Without me they shall bow
down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain.
For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is
stretched out still. [5] O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and
the staff in their hand is mine indignation. [6] I will send him
against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my
wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take
the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
[7] Howbeit he meaneth
not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart
to destroy and cut off nations not a few. [8] For he saith, Are
not my princes altogether kings? [9] Is not Calno as Carchemish?
is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus? [10] As my
hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven
images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; [11] Shall I
not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to
Jerusalem and her idols? [12] Wherefore it shall come to pass,
that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion
and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of
the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. [13] For
he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my
wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the
people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the
inhabitants like a valiant man: [14] And my hand hath found as a
nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that
are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that
moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. [15] Shall the
axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the
saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod
should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the
staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood. [16]
Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat
ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning
like the burning of a fire. [17] And the light of Israel shall
be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn
and devour his thorns and his briers in one day; [18] And shall
consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both
soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer
fainteth. [19] And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be
few, that a child may write them. [20] And it shall come to pass
in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped
of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that
smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of
Israel, in truth. [21] The remnant shall return, even the
remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God. [22] For though thy
people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them
shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with
righteousness. [23] For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a
consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land. [24]
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that
dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite
thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after
the manner of Egypt. [25] For yet a very little while, and the
indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction.
[26] And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him
according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as
his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the
manner of Egypt. [27] And it shall come to pass in that day,
that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and
his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed
because of the anointing. [28] He is come to Aiath, he is passed
to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages: [29] They
are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at
Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled. [30] Lift up thy
voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O
poor Anathoth. [31] Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of
Gebim gather themselves to flee. [32] As yet shall he remain at
Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the
daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. [33] Behold, the Lord,
the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high
ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be
humbled. [34] And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest
with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one. |
2 Nephi 20
[1] Wo unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write
grievousness which they have prescribed; [2] To turn away the
needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of
my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob
the fatherless! [3] And what will ye do in the day of
visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to
whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
[4] Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they
shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned
away, but his hand is stretched out still. [5] O Assyrian, the
rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is their
indignation. [6] I will send him against a hypocritical nation,
and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge to
take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down
like the mire of the streets. [7] Howbeit he meaneth not so,
neither doth his heart think so; but in his heart it is to
destroy and cut off nations not a few. [8] For he saith: Are not
my princes altogether kings? [9] Is not Calno as Carchemish? Is
not Hamath as Arpad? Is not Samaria as Damascus? [10] As my hand
hath founded the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images
did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; [11] Shall I not, as
I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and
to her idols? [12] Wherefore it shall come to pass that when the
Lord hath performed his whole work upon Mount Zion and upon
Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the
king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. [13] For he
saith: By the strength of my hand and by my wisdom I have done
these things; for I am prudent; and I have moved the borders of
the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down
the inhabitants like a valiant man; [14] And my hand hath found
as a nest the riches of the people; and as one gathereth eggs
that are left have I gathered all the earth; and there was none
that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. [15] Shall
the ax boast itself against him that heweth therewith? Shall the
saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? As if the rod
should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the
staff should lift up itself as if it were no wood! [16]
Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, send among his fat
ones, leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning
like the burning of a fire. [17] And the light of Israel shall
be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame, and shall burn and
shall devour his thorns and his briers in one day; [18] And
shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful
field, both soul and body; and they shall be as when a
standard-bearer fainteth. [19] And the rest of the trees of his
forest shall be few, that a child may write them. [20] And it
shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and
such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again
stay upon him that smote them, but shall stay upon the Lord, the
Holy One of Israel, in truth. [21] The remnant shall return,
yea, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God. [22] For
though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a
remnant of them shall return; the consumption decreed shall
overflow with righteousness. [23] For the Lord God of Hosts
shall make a consumption, even determined in all the land. [24]
Therefore, thus saith the Lord God of Hosts: O my people that
dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian; he shall smite
thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after
the manner of Egypt. [25] For yet a very little while, and the
indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction.
[26] And the Lord of Hosts shall stir up a scourge for him
according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and as
his rod was upon the sea so shall he lift it up after the manner
of Egypt. [27] And it shall come to pass in that day that his
burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke
from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of
the anointing. [28] He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron;
at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages. [29] They are gone
over the passage; they have taken up their lodging at Geba;
Ramath is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled. [30] Lift up the
voice, O daughter of Gallim; cause it to be heard unto Laish, O
poor Anathoth. [31] Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of
Gebim gather themselves to flee. [32] As yet shall he remain at
Nob that day; he shall shake his hand against the mount of the
daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. [33] Behold, the Lord,
the Lord of Hosts shall lop the bough with terror; and the high
ones of stature shall be hewn down; and the haughty shall be
humbled. [34] And he shall cut down the thickets of the forests
with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one. |
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Isaiah 11
[1] And there shall come forth a
rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his
roots: [2] And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the
spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and
might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD; [3]
And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the
LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes,
neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: [4] But with
righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity
for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the
rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay
the wicked. [5] And righteousness shall be the girdle of his
loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. [6] The wolf
also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down
with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling
together; and a little child shall lead them. [7] And the cow
and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down
together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. [8] And the
sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned
child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. [9] They shall
not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth
shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover
the sea. [10] And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse,
which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the
Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious. [11] And it shall
come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again
the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which
shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and
from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
[12] And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall
assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the
dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. [13] The
envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah
shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall
not vex Ephraim. [14] But they shall fly upon the shoulders of
the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the
east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and
the children of Ammon shall obey them. [15] And the LORD shall
utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his
mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall
smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.
[16] And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his
people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to
Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt. |
2 Nephi 21
[1] And there shall come forth a rod out of the
stem of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. [2] And
the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom
and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit
of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord; [3] And shall make him
of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord; and he shall not
judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the
hearing of his ears. [4] But with righteousness shall he judge
the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth; and
he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the
breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. [5] And
righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness
the girdle of his reins. [6] The wolf also shall dwell with the
lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf
and the young lion and fatling together; and a little child
shall lead them. [7] And the cow and the bear shall feed; their
young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw
like the ox. [8] And the suckling child shall play on the hole
of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the
cockatrice's den. [9] They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my
holy mountain, for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of
the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. [10] And in that day
there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign
of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek; and his rest shall
be glorious. [11] And it shall come to pass in that day that the
Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the
remnant of his people which shall be left, from Assyria, and
from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and
from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
[12] And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall
assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the
dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. [13] The
envy of Ephraim also shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah
shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall
not vex Ephraim. [14] But they shall fly upon the shoulders of
the Philistines towards the west; they shall spoil them of the
east together; they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and
the children of Ammon shall obey them. [15] And the Lord shall
utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his
mighty wind he shall shake his hand over the river, and shall
smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dry shod.
[16] And there shall be a highway for the remnant of his people
which shall be left, from Assyria, like as it was to Israel in
the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt. |
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Isaiah 12
[1] And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise
thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned
away, and thou comfortedst me. [2] Behold, God is my salvation;
I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my
strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. [3]
Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of
salvation. [4] And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD,
call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make
mention that his name is exalted. [5] Sing unto the LORD; for he
hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth. [6]
Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the
Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee. |
2 Nephi 22
[1] And in that day thou shalt say: O Lord, I will praise thee;
though thou wast angry with me thine anger is turned away, and
thou comfortedst me. [2] Behold, God is my salvation; I will
trust, and not be afraid; for the Lord JEHOVAH is my strength
and my song; he also has become my salvation. [3] Therefore,
with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation. [4]
And in that day shall ye say: Praise the Lord, call upon his
name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his
name is exalted. [5] Sing unto the Lord; for he hath done
excellent things; this is known in all the earth. [6] Cry out
and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion; for great is the Holy One of
Israel in the midst of thee. |
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Isaiah 13
[1] The burden of Babylon, which
Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. [2] Lift ye up
a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them,
shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
[3] I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my
mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my
highness. [4] The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as
of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations
gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the
battle. [5] They come from a far country, from the end of
heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to
destroy the whole land. [6] Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is
at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. [7]
Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall
melt: [8] And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take
hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth:
they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as
flames. [9] Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with
wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall
destroy the sinners thereof out of it. [10] For the stars of
heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their
light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the
moon shall not cause her light to shine. [11] And I will punish
the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and
I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay
low the haughtiness of the terrible. [12] I will make a man more
precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of
Ophir. [13] Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth
shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of
hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger. [14] And it shall be
as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they
shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into
his own land. [15] Every one that is found shall be thrust
through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by
the sword. [16] Their children also shall be dashed to pieces
before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their
wives ravished. [17] Behold, I will stir up the Medes against
them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall
not delight in it. [18] Their bows also shall dash the young men
to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb;
their eye shall not spare children. [19] And Babylon, the glory
of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall
be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. [20] It shall never
be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to
generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither
shall the shepherds make their fold there. [21] But wild beasts
of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of
doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall
dance there. [22] And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry
in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces:
and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be
prolonged. |
2 Nephi 23
[1] The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son
of Amoz did see. [2] Lift ye up a
banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake
the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. [3] I
have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty
ones, for mine anger is not upon them that rejoice in my
highness. [4] The noise of the multitude in the mountains like
as of a great people, a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of
nations gathered together, the Lord of Hosts mustereth the hosts
of the battle. [5] They come from a far country, from the end of
heaven, yea, the Lord, and the weapons of his indignation, to
destroy the whole land. [6] Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is
at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. [7]
Therefore shall all hands be faint, every man's heart shall
melt; [8] And they shall be afraid; pangs and sorrows shall take
hold of them; they shall be amazed one at another; their faces
shall be as flames. [9] Behold, the day of the Lord cometh,
cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land
desolate; and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
[10] For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof
shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in his
going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
[11] And I will punish the world for evil, and the wicked for
their iniquity; I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to
cease, and will lay down the haughtiness of the terrible. [12] I
will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than
the golden wedge of Ophir. [13] Therefore, I will shake the
heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the
wrath of the Lord of Hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
[14] And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no
man taketh up; and they shall every man turn to his own people,
and flee every one into his own land. [15] Every one that is
proud shall be thrust through; yea, and every one that is joined
to the wicked shall fall by the sword. [16] Their children, also
shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall
be spoiled and their wives ravished. [17] Behold, I will stir up
the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver and gold,
nor shall they delight in it. [18] Their bows shall also dash
the young men to pieces, and they shall have no pity on the
fruit of the womb; their eyes shall not spare children. [19] And
Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees'
excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
[20] It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in
from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch
tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
[21] But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their
houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell
there, and satyrs shall dance there. [22] And the wild beasts of
the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in
their pleasant palaces; and her time is near to come, and her
day shall not be prolonged. For I will destroy her speedily;
yea, for I will be merciful unto my people, but the wicked shall
perish. | |
Isaiah 14
[1] For the LORD will have mercy on
Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own
land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they
shall cleave to the house of Jacob. [2] And the people shall
take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of
Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants
and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives
they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors. [3] And it
shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest
from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage
wherein thou wast made to serve, [4] That thou shalt take up this
proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the
oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! [5] The LORD hath
broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
[6] He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he
that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none
hindereth. [7] The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they
break forth into singing. [8] Yea, the fir trees rejoice at
thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid
down, no feller is come up against us. [9] Hell from beneath is
moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the
dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath
raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. [10]
All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become
weak as we? art thou become like unto us? [11] Thy pomp is
brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm
is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. [12] How art
thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art
thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
[13] For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into
heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will
sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the
north: [14] I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I
will be like the most High. [15] Yet thou shalt be brought down
to hell, to the sides of the pit. [16] They that see thee shall
narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the
man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
[17] That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the
cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners? [18]
All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory,
every one in his own house. [19] But thou art cast out of thy
grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those
that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the
stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet. [20] Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast
destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers
shall never be renowned. [21] Prepare slaughter for his children
for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor
possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
[22] For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts,
and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and
nephew, saith the LORD. [23] I will also make it a possession
for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with
the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts. [24] The LORD
of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall
it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand: [25]
That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains
tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them,
and his burden depart from off their shoulders. [26] This is the
purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the
hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. [27] For the
LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his
hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back? [28] In the
year that king Ahaz died was this burden. [29] Rejoice not thou,
whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is
broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a
cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent. [30]
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. [31] Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou,
whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the
north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.
[32] What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation?
That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people
shall trust in it. |
2 Nephi 24
[1] For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and
will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land; and the
strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to
the house of Jacob. [2] And the people shall take them and bring
them to their place; yea, from far unto the ends of the earth;
and they shall return to their lands of promise. And the house
of Israel shall possess them, and the land of the Lord shall be
for servants and handmaids; and they shall take them captives
unto whom they were captives; and they shall rule over their
oppressors. [3] And it shall come to pass in that day that the
Lord shall give thee rest, from thy sorrow, and from thy fear,
and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve.
[4] And it shall come to pass in that day, that thou shalt take
up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say: How hath
the oppressor ceased, the golden city ceased! [5] The Lord hath
broken the staff of the wicked, the scepters of the rulers. [6]
He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he
that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none
hindereth. [7] The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet; they
break forth into singing. [8] Yea, the fir-trees rejoice at
thee, and also the cedars of Lebanon, saying: Since thou art
laid down no feller is come up against us. [9] Hell from beneath
is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming; it stirreth up the
dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath
raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. [10]
All they shall speak and say unto thee: Art thou also become
weak as we? Art thou become like unto us? [11] Thy pomp is
brought down to the grave; the noise of thy viols is not heard;
the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. [12]
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!
Art thou cut down to the ground, which did weaken the nations!
[13] For thou hast said in thy heart: I will ascend into heaven,
I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will sit also
upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north;
[14] I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be
like the Most High. [15] Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell,
to the sides of the pit. [16] They that see thee shall narrowly
look upon thee, and shall consider thee, and shall say: Is this
the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms?
[17] And made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the
cities thereof, and opened not the house of his prisoners? [18]
All the kings of the nations, yea, all of them, lie in glory,
every one of them in his own house. [19] But thou art cast out
of thy grave like an abominable branch, and the remnant of those
that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the
stones of the pit; as a carcass trodden under feet. [20] Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast
destroyed thy land and slain thy people; the seed of evil-doers
shall never be renowned. [21] Prepare slaughter for his children
for the iniquities of their fathers, that they do not rise, nor
possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
[22] For I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of Hosts,
and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and
nephew, saith the Lord. [23] I will also make it a possession
for the bittern, and pools of water; and I will sweep it with
the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of Hosts. [24] The Lord
of Hosts hath sworn, saying: Surely as I have thought, so shall
it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand --
[25] That I will bring the Assyrian in my land, and upon my
mountains tread him under foot; then shall his yoke depart from
off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders. [26]
This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth; and
this is the hand that is stretched out upon all nations. [27]
For the Lord of Hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul? And
his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back? [28] In
the year that king Ahaz died was this burden. [29] Rejoice not
thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is
broken; for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a
cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent. [30]
And the first-born 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. [31] Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou,
whole Palestina, art dissolved; for there shall come from the
north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.
[32] What shall then answer the messengers of the nations? That
the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall
trust in it. |
In Isaiah 14:19, the word "raiment" is replaced by "remnant" in
the Book of Mormon. Raiment is clothing,
so the clothing of the slain. Remnant on the other hand would in this case
refer to the flesh and bones of the slain, their remains. Joseph Smith
must have read it wrong, or maybe just didn't know what it meant. |
Isaiah 48
[1] Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name
of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which
swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of
Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness. [2] For they
call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the
God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name. [3] I have
declared the former things from the beginning; and they went
forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly,
and they came to pass. [4] Because I knew that thou art
obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
[5] I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before
it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine
idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image,
hath commanded them. [6] Thou hast heard, see all this; and will
not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time,
even hidden things, and thou didst not know them. [7] They are
created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day
when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I
knew them. [8] Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not;
yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew
that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a
transgressor from the womb. [9] For my name's sake will I defer
mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I
cut thee not off. [10] Behold, I have refined thee, but not with
silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. [11]
For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how
should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto
another. [12] Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I
am he; I am the first, I also am the last. [13] Mine hand also
hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath
spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up
together. [14] All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which
among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him:
he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the
Chaldeans. [15] I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him:
I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous. [16]
Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret
from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and
now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me. [17] Thus saith
the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD
thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the
way that thou shouldest go. [18] O that thou hadst hearkened to
my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy
righteousness as the waves of the sea: [19] Thy seed also had
been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the
gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor
destroyed from before me. [20] Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye
from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell
this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD
hath redeemed his servant Jacob. [21] And they thirsted not when
he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow
out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters
gushed out. [22] There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the
wicked. |
1 Nephi 20
[1] Hearken and hear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by
the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of
Judah, or out of the waters of baptism, who swear by the name of
the Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel, yet they swear
not in truth nor in righteousness. [2] Nevertheless, they call
themselves of the holy city, but they do not stay themselves
upon the God of Israel, who is the Lord of Hosts; yea, the Lord
of Hosts is his name. [3] Behold, I have declared the former
things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth,
and I showed them. I did show them suddenly. [4] And I did it
because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron
sinew, and thy brow brass; [5] And I have even from the
beginning declared to thee; before it came to pass I showed them
thee; and I showed them for fear lest thou shouldst say -- mine
idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image
hath commanded them. [6] Thou hast seen and heard all this; and
will ye not declare them? And that I have showed thee new things
from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know
them. [7] They are created now, and not from the beginning, even
before the day when thou heardest them not they were declared
unto thee, lest thou shouldst say -- Behold I knew them. [8]
Yea, and thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from
that time thine ear was not opened; for I knew that thou wouldst
deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the
womb. [9] Nevertheless, for my name's sake will I defer mine
anger, and for my praise will I refrain from thee, that I cut
thee not off. [10] For, behold, I have refined thee, I have
chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. [11] For mine own
sake, yea, for mine own sake will I do this, for I will not
suffer my name to be polluted, and I will not give my glory unto
another. [12] Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called,
for I am he; I am the first, and I am also the last. [13] Mine
hand hath also laid the foundation of the earth, and my right
hand hath spanned the heavens. I call unto them and they stand
up together. [14] All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; who
among them hath declared these things unto them? The Lord hath
loved him; yea, and he will fulfill his word which he hath
declared by them; and he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and
his arm shall come upon the Chaldeans. [15] Also, saith the
Lord; I the Lord, yea, I have spoken; yea, I have called him to
declare, I have brought him, and he shall make his way
prosperous. [16] Come ye near unto me; I have not spoken in
secret; from the beginning, from the time that it was declared
have I spoken; and the Lord God, and his Spirit, hath sent me.
[17] And thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of
Israel; I have sent him, the Lord thy God who teacheth thee to
profit, who leadeth thee by the way thou shouldst go, hath done
it. [18] O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments -- then
had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the
waves of the sea. [19] Thy seed also had been as the sand; the
offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should
not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me. [20] Go ye
forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of
singing declare ye, tell this, utter to the end of the earth;
say ye: The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob. [21] And they
thirsted not; he led them through the deserts; he caused the
waters to flow out of the rock for them; he clave the rock also
and the waters gushed out. [22] And notwithstanding he hath done
all this, and greater also, there is no peace, saith the Lord,
unto the wicked. |
In addition to the 13 consecutive chapters of Isaiah plagiarized
in 2 Nephi, 2 more Isaiah chapters were plagiarized in 1 Nephi,
another 2 in 2 Nephi separate from the earlier ones, 2 more in 3
Nephi, and one in Mosiah, reaching 20 total chapters from Isaiah
in the Book of Mormon. |
Isaiah 49
[1] Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far;
The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my
mother hath he made mention of my name. [2] And he hath made my
mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid
me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;
[3] And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I
will be glorified. [4] Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I
have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my
judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God. [5] And now,
saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant,
to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet
shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be
my strength. [6] And he said, It is a light thing that thou
shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to
restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a
light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the
end of the earth. [7] Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of
Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom
the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see
and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that
is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose
thee. [8] Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I
heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I
will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people,
to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate
heritages; [9] That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth;
to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed
in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.
[10] They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat
nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead
them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them. [11] And
I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be
exalted. [12] Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these
from the north and from the west; and these from the land of
Sinim. [13] Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break
forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his
people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. [14] But Zion
said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.
[15] Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not
have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget,
yet will I not forget thee. [16] Behold, I have graven thee upon
the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me. [17]
Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made
thee waste shall go forth of thee. [18] Lift up thine eyes round
about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and
come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely
clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on
thee, as a bride doeth. [19] For thy waste and thy desolate
places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too
narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed
thee up shall be far away. [20] The children which thou shalt
have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine
ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I
may dwell. [21] Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath
begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am
desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath
brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had
they been? [22] Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up
mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people:
and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters
shall be carried upon their shoulders. [23] And kings shall be
thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they
shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and
lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the
LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me. [24] Shall
the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive
delivered? [25] But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of
the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible
shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth
with thee, and I will save thy children. [26] And I will feed
them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be
drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh
shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the
mighty One of Jacob. |
1 Nephi 21
[1] And again: Hearken, O ye house of Israel, all ye that are
broken off and are driven out because of the wickedness of the
pastors of my people; yea, all ye that are broken off, that are
scattered abroad, who are of my people, O house of Israel.
Listen, O isles, unto me, and hearken ye people from far; the
Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother
hath he made mention of my name. [2] And he hath made my mouth
like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me,
and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me; [3]
And said unto me: Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will
be glorified. [4] Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have
spent my strength for naught and in vain; surely my judgment is
with the Lord, and my work with my God. [5] And now, saith the
Lord -- that formed me from the womb that I should be his
servant, to bring Jacob again to him -- though Israel be not
gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord, and
my God shall be my strength. [6] And he said: It is a light
thing that thou shouldst be my servant to raise up the tribes of
Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel. I will also give
thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my
salvation unto the ends of the earth. [7] Thus saith the Lord,
the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth,
to him whom the nation abhorreth, to servant of rulers: Kings
shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the
Lord that is faithful. [8] Thus saith the Lord: In an acceptable
time have I heard thee, O isles of the sea, and in a day of
salvation have I helped thee; and I will preserve thee, and give
thee my servant for a covenant of the people, to establish the
earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages; [9] That thou
mayest say to the prisoners: Go forth; to them that sit in
darkness: Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and
their pastures shall be in all high places. [10] They shall not
hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor the sun smite
them; for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by
the springs of water shall he guide them. [11] And I will make
all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted. [12]
And then, O house of Israel, behold, these shall come from far;
and lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from
the land of Sinim. [13] Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth;
for the feet of those who are in the east shall be established;
and break forth into singing, O mountains; for they shall be
smitten no more; for the Lord hath comforted his people, and
will have mercy upon his afflicted. [14] But, behold, Zion hath
said: The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me
-- but he will show that he hath not. [15] For can a woman
forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on
the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget
thee, O house of Israel. [16] Behold, I have graven thee upon
the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me. [17]
Thy children shall make haste against thy destroyers; and they
that made thee waste shall go forth of thee. [18] Lift up thine
eyes round about and behold; all these gather themselves
together, and they shall come to thee. And as I live, saith the
Lord, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an
ornament, and bind them on even as a bride. [19] For thy waste
and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall
even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants; and they
that swallowed thee up shall be far away. [20] The children whom
thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the first, shall again in
thine ears say: The place is too strait for me; give place to me
that I may dwell. [21] Then shalt thou say in thine heart: Who
hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am
desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? And who hath
brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where have
they been? [22] Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will lift up
mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people;
and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters
shall be carried upon their shoulders. [23] And kings shall be
thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers; they
shall bow down to thee with their face towards the earth, and
lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the
Lord; for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me. [24] For
shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives
delivered? [25] But thus saith the Lord, even the captives of
the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible
shall be delivered; for I will contend with him that contendeth
with thee, and I will save thy children. [26] And I will feed
them that oppress thee with their own flesh; they shall be
drunken with their own blood as with sweet wine; and all flesh
shall know that I, the Lord, am thy Savior and thy Redeemer, the
Mighty One of Jacob. |
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Isaiah 50
[1] Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's
divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is
it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye
sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put
away. [2] Wherfore, when I came, was there no man? when I
called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all,
that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at
my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness:
their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for
thirst. [3] I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make
sackcloth their covering. [4] The Lord GOD hath given me the
tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in
season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he
wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. [5] The Lord GOD hath
opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away
back. [6] I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them
that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and
spitting. [7] For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I
not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint,
and I know that I shall not be ashamed. [8] He is near that
justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together:
who is mine adversary? let him come near to me. [9] Behold, the
Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they
all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up. [10]
Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice
of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let
him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God. [11]
Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about
with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks
that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall
lie down in sorrow. |
2 Nephi 7
[1] Yea, for thus saith the Lord: Have I put thee away, or have
I cast thee off forever? For thus saith the Lord: Where is the
bill of your mother's divorcement? To whom have I put thee away,
or to which of my creditors have I sold you? Yea, to whom have I
sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves,
and for your transgressions is your mother put away. [2]
Wherefore, when I came, there was no man; when I called, yea,
there was none to answer. O house of Israel, is my hand
shortened at all that it cannot redeem, or have I no power to
deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make their
rivers a wilderness and their fish to stink because the waters
are dried up, and they die because of thirst. [3] I clothe the
heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering. [4]
The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I
should know how to speak a word in season unto thee, O house of
Israel. When ye are weary he waketh morning by morning. He
waketh mine ear to hear as the learned. [5] The Lord God hath
opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away
back. [6] I gave my back to the smiter, and my cheeks to them
that plucked off the hair. I hid not my face from shame and
spitting. [7] For the Lord God will help me, therefore shall I
not be confounded. Therefore have I set my face like a flint,
and I know that I shall not be ashamed. [8] And the Lord is
near, and he justifieth me. Who will contend with me? Let us
stand together. Who is mine adversary? Let him come near me, and
I will smite him with the strength of my mouth. [9] For the Lord
God will help me. And all they who shall condemn me, behold, all
they shall wax old as a garment, and the moth shall eat them up.
[10] Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the
voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness and hath no
light? [11] Behold all ye that kindle fire, that compass
yourselves about with sparks, walk in the light of your fire and
in the sparks which ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine
hand -- ye shall lie down in sorrow. |
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Isaiah 51
[1] Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that
seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the
hole of the pit whence ye are digged. [2] Look unto Abraham your
father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone,
and blessed him, and increased him. [3] For the LORD shall
comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will
make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of
the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving,
and the voice of melody. [4] Hearken unto me, my people; and
give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me,
and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.
[5] My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and
mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me,
and on mine arm shall they trust. [6] Lift up your eyes to the
heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall
vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a
garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner:
but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall
not be abolished. [7] Hearken unto me, ye that know
righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not
the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
[8] For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm
shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for
ever, and my salvation from generation to generation. [9] Awake,
awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the
ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that
hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? [10] Art thou not it
which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that
hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass
over? [11] Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and
come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon
their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and
mourning shall flee away. [12] I, even I, am he that comforteth
you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that
shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
[13] And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched
forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and
hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the
oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury
of the oppressor? [14] The captive exile hasteneth that he may
be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his
bread should fail. [15] But I am the LORD thy God, that divided
the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name. [16]
And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in
the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay
the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my
people. [17] Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast
drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast
drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.
[18] There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath
brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand
of all the sons that she hath brought up. [19] 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? [20] Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head
of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of
the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God. [21] Therefore hear
now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine: [22]
Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the
cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the
cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou
shalt no more drink it again: [23] But I will put it into the
hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow
down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the
ground, and as the street, to them that went over. |
2 Nephi 8
[1] Hearken unto me, ye that follow after righteousness. Look
unto the rock from whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the
pit from whence ye are digged. [2] Look unto Abraham, your
father, and unto Sarah, she that bare you; for I called him
alone, and blessed him. [3] For the Lord shall comfort Zion, he
will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her
wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the
Lord. Joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving and
the voice of melody. [4] Hearken unto me, my people; and give
ear unto me, O my nation; for a law shall proceed from me, and I
will make my judgment to rest for a light for the people. [5] My
righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arm
shall judge the people. The isles shall wait upon me, and on
mine arm shall they trust. [6] Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
and look upon the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish
away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and
they that dwell therein shall die in like manner. But my
salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be
abolished. [7] Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the
people in whose heart I have written my law, fear ye not the
reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. [8]
For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm
shall eat them like wool. But my righteousness shall be forever,
and my salvation from generation to generation. [9] Awake,
awake! Put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake as in the
ancient days. Art thou not he that hath cut Rahab, and wounded
the dragon? [10] Art thou not he who hath dried the sea, the
waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a
way for the ransomed to pass over? [11] Therefore, the redeemed
of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and
everlasting joy and holiness shall be upon their heads; and they
shall obtain gladness and joy; sorrow and mourning shall flee
away. [12] I am he; yea, I am he that comforteth you. Behold,
who art thou, that thou shouldst be afraid of man, who shall
die, and of the son of man, who shall be made like unto grass?
[13] And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched
forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth, and
hast feared continually every day, because of the fury of the
oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? And where is the fury
of the oppressor? [14] The captive exile hasteneth, that he may
be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his
bread should fail. [15] But I am the Lord thy God, whose waves
roared; the Lord of Hosts is my name. [16] And I have put my
words in thy mouth, and have covered thee in the shadow of mine
hand, that I may plant the heavens and lay the foundations of
the earth, and say unto Zion: Behold, thou art my people. [17]
Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the
hand of the Lord the cup of his fury -- thou hast drunken the
dregs of the cup of trembling wrung out -- [18] And none to
guide her among all the sons she hath brought forth; neither
that taketh her by the hand, of all the sons she hath brought
up. [19] These two sons are come unto thee, who shall be sorry
for thee -- thy desolation and destruction, and the famine and
the sword -- and by whom shall I comfort thee? [20] Thy sons
have fainted, save these two; they lie at the head of all the
streets; as a wild bull in a net, they are full of the fury of
the Lord, the rebuke of thy God. [21] Therefore hear now this,
thou afflicted, and drunken, and not with wine: [22] Thus saith
thy Lord, the Lord and thy God pleadeth the cause of his people;
behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, the
dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again.
[23] But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee;
who have said to thy soul: Bow down, that we may go over -- and
thou hast laid thy body as the ground and as the street to them
that went over. [24] Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion;
put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for
henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised
and the unclean. [25] Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit
down, O Jerusalem; loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O
captive daughter of Zion. |
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Isaiah 52
[1] Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy
beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth
there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the
unclean. [2] Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O
Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive
daughter of Zion. [3] For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold
yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.
[4] For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime
into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them
without cause. [5] Now therefore, what have I here, saith the
LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule
over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name
continually every day is blasphemed. [6] Therefore my people
shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I
am he that doth speak: behold, it is I. [7] How beautiful upon
the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings,
that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that
publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
[8] Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice
together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when
the LORD shall bring again Zion. [9] Break forth into joy, sing
together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath
comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem. [10] The LORD
hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and
all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
[11] Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no
unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that
bear the vessels of the LORD. [12] For ye shall not go out with
haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and
the God of Israel will be your reward. [13] Behold, my servant
shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be
very high. [14] As many were astonished at thee; his visage was
so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of
men: [15] So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall
shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them
shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they
consider. |
3 Nephi 20
[36] And then shall be brought to pass that which is written:
Awake, awake again, and put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy
beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city, for henceforth
there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the
unclean. [37] Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit down, O
Jerusalem; loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive
daughter of Zion. [38] For thus saith the Lord: Ye have sold
yourselves for naught, and ye shall be redeemed without money.
[39] Verily, verily, I say unto you, that my people shall know
my name; yea, in that day they shall know that I am he that doth
speak. [40] And then shall they say: How beautiful upon the
mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings unto
them, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings unto
them of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion:
Thy God reigneth! [41] And then shall a cry go forth: Depart ye,
depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch not that which is
unclean; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean that bear
the vessels of the Lord. [42] For ye shall not go out with haste
nor go by flight; for the Lord will go before you, and the God
of Israel shall be your rearward. [43] Behold, my servant shall
deal prudently; he shall be exalted and extolled and be very
high. [44] As many were astonished at thee -- his visage was so
marred, more than any man, and his form more than the sons of
men -- [45] So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall
shut their mouths at him, for that which had not been told them
shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they
consider. [46] Verily, verily, I say unto you, all these things
shall surely come, even as the Father hath commanded me. Then
shall this covenant which the Father hath covenanted with his
people be fulfilled; and then shall Jerusalem be inhabited again
with my people, and it shall be the land of their inheritance. |
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Isaiah 53
[1] Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the
LORD revealed? [2] For he shall grow up before him as a tender
plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor
comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that
we should desire him. [3] He is despised and rejected of men; a
man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were
our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
[4] Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows:
yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
[5] But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised
for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him;
and with his stripes we are healed. [6] All we like sheep have
gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the
LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. [7] He was
oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he
is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her
shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. [8] He was taken
from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his
generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living:
for the transgression of my people was he stricken. [9] And he
made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death;
because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his
mouth. [10] Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put
him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin,
he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the
pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. [11] He shall
see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his
knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall
bear their iniquities. [12] Therefore will I divide him a
portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the
strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he
was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of
many, and made intercession for the transgressors. |
Mosiah 14
[1] Yea, even doth not Isaiah say: Who hath believed our report,
and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? [2] For he shall
grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry
ground; he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see
him there is no beauty that we should desire him. [3] He is
despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted
with grief; and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was
despised, and we esteemed him not. [4] Surely he has borne our
griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken,
smitten of God, and afflicted. [5] But he was wounded for our
transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the
chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we
are healed. [6] All we, like sheep, have gone astray; we have
turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him
the iniquities of us all. [7] He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; he is brought as a lamb
to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb so
he opened not his mouth. [8] He was taken from prison and from
judgment; and who shall declare his generation? For he was cut
off out of the land of the living; for the transgressions of my
people was he stricken. [9] And he made his grave with the
wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no
evil, neither was any deceit in his mouth. [10] Yet it pleased
the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief; when thou
shalt make his soul an offering for sin he shall see his seed,
he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall
prosper in his hand. [11] He shall see the travail of his soul,
and shall be satisfied; by his knowledge shall my righteous
servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. [12]
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he
shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured
out his soul unto death; and he was numbered with the
transgressors; and he bore the sins of many, and made
intercession for the transgressors. |
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Isaiah 54
[1] Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into
singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child:
for more are the children of the desolate than the children of
the married wife, saith the LORD. [2] Enlarge the place of thy
tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine
habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy
stakes; [3] For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on
the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the
desolate cities to be inhabited. [4] Fear not; for thou shalt
not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not
be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth,
and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
[5] For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his
name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the
whole earth shall he be called. [6] For the LORD hath called
thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of
youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. [7] For a small
moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I
gather thee. [8] In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a
moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee,
saith the LORD thy Redeemer. [9] For this is as the waters of
Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should
no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be
wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. [10] For the mountains shall
depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not
depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be
removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee. [11] O thou
afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I
will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations
with sapphires. [12] And I will make thy windows of agates, and
thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
[13] And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great
shall be the peace of thy children. [14] In righteousness shalt
thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou
shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near
thee. [15] Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by
me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for
thy sake. [16] Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the
coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his
work; and I have created the waster to destroy. [17] No weapon
that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that
shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is
the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their
righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. |
3 Nephi 22
[1] And then shall that which is written come to pass: Sing, O
barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and
cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child; for more are
the children of the desolate than the children of the married
wife, saith the Lord. [2] Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let
them stretch forth the curtains of thy habitations; spare not,
lengthen thy cords and strengthen thy stakes; [3] For thou shalt
break forth on the right hand and on the left, and thy seed
shall inherit the Gentiles and make the desolate cities to be
inhabited. [4] Fear not, for thou shalt not be ashamed; neither
be thou confounded, for thou shalt not be put to shame; for thou
shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the
reproach of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of
thy widowhood any more. [5] For thy maker, thy husband, the Lord
of Hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel
-- the God of the whole earth shall he be called. [6] For the
Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit,
and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. [7]
For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies
will I gather thee. [8] In a little wrath I hid my face from
thee for a moment, but with everlasting kindness will I have
mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer. [9] For this, the
waters of Noah unto me, for as I have sworn that the waters of
Noah should no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I
would not be wroth with thee. [10] For the mountains shall
depart and the hills be removed, but my kindness shall not
depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be
removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee. [11] O thou
afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted! Behold, I
will lay thy stones with fair colors, and lay thy foundations
with sapphires. [12] And I will make thy windows of agates, and
thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
[13] And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great
shall be the peace of thy children. [14] In righteousness shalt
thou be established; thou shalt be far from oppression for thou
shalt not fear, and from terror for it shall not come near thee.
[15] Behold, they shall surely gather together against thee, not
by me; whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall
for thy sake. [16] Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth
the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for
his work; and I have created the waster to destroy. [17] No
weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every
tongue that shall revile against thee in judgment thou shalt
condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and
their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord. |
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Malachi 4
[1] For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and
all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble:
and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of
hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. |
I Nephi 22
[15] For behold, saith the prophet, the time cometh speedily
that Satan shall have no more power over the hearts of the
children of men; for the day soon cometh that all the proud and
they who do wickedly shall be as stubble; and the day cometh
that they must be burned. |
Quoting from Malachi poses another problem for Joseph Smith,
since scholars date the Book of Malachi to around 430 B.C., 170
years after the people in the Book of Mormon allegedly crossed
the ocean. There is simply no way that the alleged Book of
Mormon authors would have had access to Malachi's writings. |
Matthew 3
[10] And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees:
therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn
down, and cast into the fire. |
Alma 5
[52] And again I say unto you, the Spirit saith: Behold, the ax
is laid at the root of the tree; therefore every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit shall be hewn down and cast into
the fire, yea, a fire which cannot be consumed, even an
unquenchable fire. Behold, and remember, the Holy One hath
spoken it. | Yet another
anachronism here, since the LDS Church dates Alma 5 to around 83
B.C., more than a century before John the Baptist spoke the
words recorded by Matthew. |
Matthew 5
[3] Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of
heaven. [4] Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be
comforted. [5] Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the
earth. [6] Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after
righteousness: for they shall be filled. [7] Blessed are the
merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. [8] Blessed are the pure
in heart: for they shall see God. [9] Blessed are the
peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. [10]
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake:
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. [11] Blessed are ye, when
men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all
manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. [12] Rejoice,
and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for
so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. [13] Ye
are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour,
wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for
nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of
men. [14] Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on
an hill cannot be hid. [15] Neither do men light a candle, and
put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light
unto all that are in the house. [16] Let your light so shine
before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your
Father which is in heaven. [17] Think not that I am come to
destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but
to fulfil. [18] For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth
pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law,
till all be fulfilled. [19] Whosoever therefore shall break one
of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be
called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall
do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom
of heaven. [20] For I say unto you, That except your
righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and
Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
[21] Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou
shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of
the judgment: [22] But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry
with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the
judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be
in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool,
shall be in danger of hell fire. [23] Therefore if thou bring
thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother
hath ought against thee; [24] Leave there thy gift before the
altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and
then come and offer thy gift. [25] Agree with thine adversary
quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time
the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver
thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. [26] Verily I
say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou
hast paid the uttermost farthing. [27] Ye have heard that it was
said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: [28]
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust
after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
[29] And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it
from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members
should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into
hell. [30] And if thy right hand offend thee, cut if off, and
cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy
members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be
cast into hell. [31] It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away
his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: [32] But I
say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for
the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and
whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
[33] Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old
time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto
the Lord thine oaths: [34] But I say unto you, Swear not at all;
neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: [35] Nor by the
earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is
the city of the great King. [36] Neither shalt thou swear by thy
head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. [37]
But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for
whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. [38] Ye have heard
that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a
tooth: [39] But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but
whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the
other also. [40] And if any man will sue thee at the law, and
take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also. [41] And
whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
[42] Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would
borrow of thee turn not thou away. [43] Ye have heard that it
hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine
enemy. [44] But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them
that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them
which despitefully use you, and persecute you; [45] That ye may
be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh
his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on
the just and on the unjust. [46] For if ye love them which love
you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
[47] And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than
others? do not even the publicans so? [48] Be ye therefore
perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. |
3 Nephi 12
[3] Yea, blessed are the poor in spirit who come unto me, for
theirs is the kingdom of heaven. [4] And again, blessed are all
they that mourn, for they shall be comforted. [5] And blessed
are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. [6] And blessed
are all they who do hunger and thirst after righteousness, for
they shall be filled with the Holy Ghost. [7] And blessed are
the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. [8] And blessed are
all the pure in heart, for they shall see God. [9] And blessed
are all the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children
of God. [10] And blessed are all they who are persecuted for my
name's sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. [11] And
blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute, and
shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake;
[12] For ye shall have great joy and be exceedingly glad, for
great shall be your reward in heaven; for so persecuted they the
prophets who were before you. [13] Verily, verily, I say unto
you, I give unto you to be the salt of the earth; but if the
salt shall lose its savor wherewith shall the earth be salted?
The salt shall be thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast
out and to be trodden under foot of men. [14] Verily, verily, I
say unto you, I give unto you to be the light of this people. A
city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. [15] Behold, do men
light a candle and put it under a bushel? Nay, but on a
candlestick, and it giveth light to all that are in the house;
[16] Therefore let your light so shine before this people, that
they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in
heaven. [17] Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the
prophets. I am not come to destroy but to fulfil; [18] For
verily I say unto you, one jot nor tittle hath not passed away
from the law, but in me it hath all been fulfilled. [19] And
behold, I have given you the law and the commandments of my
Father, that ye shall believe in me, and that ye shall repent of
your sins, and come unto me with a broken heart and a contrite
spirit. Behold, ye have the commandments before you, and the law
is fulfilled. [20] Therefore come unto me and be ye saved; for
verily I say unto you, that except ye shall keep my
commandments, which I have commanded you at this time, ye shall
in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. [21] Ye have heard
that it hath been said by them of old time, and it is also
written before you, that thou shalt not kill, and whosoever
shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment of God; [22] But I
say unto you, that whosoever is angry with his brother shall be
in danger of his judgment. And whosoever shall say to his
brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever
shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. [23]
Therefore, if ye shall come unto me, or shall desire to come
unto me, and rememberest that thy brother hast aught against
thee -- [24] Go thy way unto thy brother, and first be
reconciled to thy brother, and then come unto me with full
purpose of heart, and I will receive you. [25] Agree with thine
adversary quickly while thou art in the way with him, lest at
any time he shall get thee, and thou shalt be cast into prison.
[26] Verily, verily, I say unto thee, thou shalt by no means
come out thence until thou hast paid the uttermost senine. And
while ye are in prison can ye pay even one senine? Verily,
verily, I say unto you, Nay. [27] Behold, it is written by them
of old time, that thou shalt not commit adultery; [28] But I say
unto you, that whosoever looketh on a woman, to lust after her,
hath committed adultery already in his heart. [29] Behold, I
give unto you a commandment, that ye suffer none of these things
to enter into your heart; [30] For it is better that ye should
deny yourselves of these things, wherein ye will take up your
cross, than that ye should be cast into hell. [31] It hath been
written, that whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give
her a writing of divorcement. [32] Verily, verily, I say unto
you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the
cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery; and whoso
shall marry her who is divorced committeth adultery. [33] And
again it is written, thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt
perform unto the Lord thine oaths; [34] But verily, verily, I
say unto you, swear not at all; neither by heaven, for it is
God's throne; [35] Nor by the earth, for it is his footstool;
[36] Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst
not make one hair black or white; [37] But let your
communication be Yea, yea; Nay, nay; for whatsoever cometh of
more than these is evil. [38] And behold, it is written, an eye
for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth; [39] But I say unto you,
that ye shall not resist evil, but whosoever shall smite thee on
thy right cheek, turn to him the other also; [40] And if any man
will sue thee at the law and take away thy coat, let him have
thy cloak also; [41] And whosoever shall compel thee to go a
mile, go with him twain. [42] Give to him that asketh thee, and
from him that would borrow of thee turn not away. [43] And
behold it is written also, that thou shalt love thy neighbor and
hate thine enemy; [44] But I say unto you, love your enemies,
bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and
pray for them who despitefully use you and persecute you; [45]
That ye may be the children of your Father who is in heaven; for
he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good. [46]
Therefore those things which were of old time, which were under
the law, in me are all fulfilled. [47] Old things are done away,
and all things have become new. [48] Therefore I would that ye
should be perfect even as I, or your Father who is in heaven is
perfect. | Matthew 5-7 is
basically copied into 3 Nephi 12-14. Mormons claim that Jesus
was preaching the same words...but exactly the same words? And
in exactly the same sequence? Ironically, in the one place where
you'd expect Jesus to say the exact same words, the Lord's
Prayer, several phrases are missing and one phrase is
incorrectly included...see below. |
Matthew 6
[1] Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of
them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in
heaven. [2] Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a
trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and
in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say
unto you, They have their reward. [3] But when thou doest alms,
let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: [4] That
thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in
secret himself shall reward thee openly. [5] And when thou
prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love
to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the
streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you,
They have their reward. [6] But thou, when thou prayest, enter
into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy
Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret
shall reward thee openly. [7] But when ye pray, use not vain
repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall
be heard for their much speaking. [8] Be not ye therefore like
unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of,
before ye ask him. [9] After this manner therefore pray ye: Our
Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. [10] Thy
kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
[11] Give us this day our daily bread. [12] And forgive us our
debts, as we forgive our debtors. [13] And lead us not into
temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. [14] For if ye
forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also
forgive you: [15] But if ye forgive not men their trespasses,
neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. [16] Moreover
when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance:
for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to
fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. [17] But
thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
[18] That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father
which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall
reward thee openly. [19] Lay not up for yourselves treasures
upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves
break through and steal: [20] But lay up for yourselves
treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt,
and where thieves do not break through nor steal: [21] For where
your treasure is, there will your heart be also. [22] The light
of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy
whole body shall be full of light. [23] But if thine eye be
evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the
light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
[24] No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the
one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and
despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. [25]
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye
shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what
ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body
than raiment? [26] Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow
not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your
heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
[27] Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his
stature? [28] And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the
lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do
they spin: [29] And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all
his glory was not arrayed like one of these. [30] Wherefore, if
God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to
morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you,
O ye of little faith? [31] Therefore take no thought, saying,
What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal
shall we be clothed? [32] (For after all these things do the
Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have
need of all these things. [33] But seek ye first the kingdom of
God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added
unto you. [34] Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the
morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient
unto the day is the evil thereof. |
3 Nephi 13
[1] Verily, verily, I say that I would that ye should do alms
unto the poor; but take heed that ye do not your alms before men
to be seen of them; otherwise ye have no reward of your Father
who is in heaven. [2] Therefore, when ye shall do your alms do
not sound a trumpet before you, as will hypocrites do in the
synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men.
Verily I say unto you, they have their reward. [3] But when thou
doest alms let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth;
[4] That thine alms may be in secret; and thy Father who seeth
in secret, himself shall reward thee openly. [5] And when thou
prayest thou shalt not do as the hypocrites, for they love to
pray, standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the
streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you,
they have their reward. [6] But thou, when thou prayest, enter
into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy
Father who is in secret; and thy Father, who seeth in secret,
shall reward thee openly. [7] But when ye pray, use not vain
repetitions, as the heathen, for they think that they shall be
heard for their much speaking. [8] Be not ye therefore like unto
them, for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of before
ye ask him. [9] After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father
who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. [10] Thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven. [11] And forgive us our debts, as
we forgive our debtors. [12] And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil. [13] For thine is the kingdom, and the
power, and the glory, forever. Amen. [14] For, if ye forgive men
their trespasses your heavenly Father will also forgive you;
[15] But if ye forgive not men their trespasses neither will
your Father forgive your trespasses. [16] Moreover, when ye fast
be not as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance, for they
disfigure their faces that they may appear unto men to fast.
Verily I say unto you, they have their reward. [17] But thou,
when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face; [18] That
thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father, who is in
secret; and thy Father, who seeth in secret, shall reward thee
openly. [19] Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,
where moth and rust doth corrupt, and thieves break through and
steal; [20] But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where
neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not
break through nor steal. [21] For where your treasure is, there
will your heart be also. [22] The light of the body is the eye;
if, therefore, thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full
of light. [23] But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be
full of darkness. If, therefore, the light that is in thee be
darkness, how great is that darkness! [24] No man can serve two
masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or
else he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot
serve God and Mammon. [25] And now it came to pass that when
Jesus had spoken these words he looked upon the twelve whom he
had chosen, and said unto them: Remember the words which I have
spoken. For behold, ye are they whom I have chosen to minister
unto this people. Therefore I say unto you, take no thought for
your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet
for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than
meat, and the body than raiment? [26] Behold the fowls of the
air, for they sow not, neither do they reap nor gather into
barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much
better than they? [27] Which of you by taking thought can add
one cubit unto his stature? [28] And why take ye thought for
raiment? Consider the lilies of the field how they grow; they
toil not, neither do they spin; [29] And yet I say unto you,
that even Solomon, in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of
these. [30] Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field,
which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, even so will
he clothe you, if ye are not of little faith. [31] Therefore
take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we
drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? [32] For your
heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
[33] But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness,
and all these things shall be added unto you. [34] Take
therefore no thought for the morrow, for the morrow shall take
thought for the things of itself. Sufficient is the day unto the
evil thereof. |
Even though Joseph Smith missed a few phrases in the
Lord's Prayer, what he included is actually more revealing.
The final sentence, "For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.
Amen," was not actually in the
original Greek texts of Matthew and never spoken by Jesus, but was
errantly added to the King James Version, originating from Catholic
liturgical prayers from the first century (found in the
Didache). This errant addition, of course, applies to the King James
Version of the Bible, but should not be found in the Book of
Mormon, which Smith claimed was derived from the mythical golden
plates and written by completely different authors. |
Matthew 7
[1] Judge not, that ye be
not judged. [2] For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be
judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to
you again. [3] And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy
brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own
eye? [4] Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out
the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own
eye? [5] Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine
own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote
out of thy brother's eye. [6] Give not that which is holy unto
the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they
trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. [7]
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto you: [8] For every one that asketh
receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh
it shall be opened. [9] Or what man is there of you, whom if his
son ask bread, will he give him a stone? [10] Or if he ask a
fish, will he give him a serpent? [11] If ye then, being evil,
know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more
shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them
that ask him? [12] Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that
men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law
and the prophets. [13] Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide
is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction,
and many there be which go in thereat: [14] Because strait is
the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and
few there be that find it. [15] Beware of false prophets, which
come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening
wolves. [16] Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather
grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? [17] Even so every good
tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth
forth evil fruit. [18] A good tree cannot bring forth evil
fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. [19]
Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and
cast into the fire. [20] Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know
them. [21] Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall
enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of
my Father which is in heaven. [22] Many will say to me in that
day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy
name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful
works? [23] And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you:
depart from me, ye that work iniquity. [24] Therefore whosoever
heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him
unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: [25] And the
rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and
beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a
rock. [26] And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and
doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built
his house upon the sand: [27] And the rain descended, and the
floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and
it fell: and great was the fall of it. [28] And it came to pass,
when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished
at his doctrine: [29] For he taught them as one having
authority, and not as the scribes. |
3 Nephi 14
[1] ...Judge not, that ye be not
judged. [2] For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged;
and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you
again. [3] And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy
brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own
eye? [4] Or how wilt thou say to thy brother: Let me pull the
mote out of thine eye -- and behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
[5] Thou hypocrite, first cast the beam out of thine own eye;
and then shalt thou see clearly to cast the mote out of thy
brother's eye. [6] Give not that which is holy unto the dogs,
neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them
under their feet, and turn again and rend you. [7] Ask, and it
shall be given unto you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it
shall be opened unto you. [8] For every one that asketh,
receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that
knocketh, it shall be opened. [9] Or what man is there of you,
who, if his son ask bread, will give him a stone? [10] Or if he
ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? [11] If ye then, being
evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much
more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them
that ask him? [12] Therefore, all things whatsoever ye would
that men should do to you, do ye even so to them, for this is
the law and the prophets. [13] Enter ye in at the strait gate;
for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, which leadeth to
destruction, and many there be who go in thereat; [14] Because
strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto
life, and few there be that find it. [15] Beware of false
prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they
are ravening wolves. [16] Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do
men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? [17] Even so
every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree
bringeth forth evil fruit. [18] A good tree cannot bring forth
evil fruit, neither a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. [19]
Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and
cast into the fire. [20] Wherefore, by their fruits ye shall
know them. [21] Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord,
shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the
will of my Father who is in heaven. [22] Many will say to me in
that day: Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name, and in
thy name have cast out devils, and in thy name done many
wonderful works? [23] And then will I profess unto them: I never
knew you; depart from me, ye that work iniquity. [24] Therefore,
whoso heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them, I will liken
him unto a wise man, who built his house upon a rock -- [25] And
the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and
beat upon that house; and it fell not, for it was founded upon a
rock. [26] And every one that heareth these sayings of mine and
doeth them not shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built
his house upon the sand -- [27] And the rain descended, and the
floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and
it fell, and great was the fall of it. |
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John 5
[29] And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the
resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the
resurrection of damnation. |
Helaman 12
[26] Yea, who shall be consigned to a state of endless misery,
fulfilling the words which say: They that have done good shall
have everlasting life; and they that have done evil shall have
everlasting damnation. And thus it is. Amen. |
Another anachronism. The LDS Church dates Helaman 12 to 6 B.C.
Yet Helaman 12:26 speaks of fulfilling words not written by John
until decades later. |
1 Corinthians 12
[4] Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. [5]
And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
[6] And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same
God which worketh all in all. [7] But the manifestation of the
Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. [8] For to one is
given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of
knowledge by the same Spirit; [9] To another faith by the same
Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; [10]
To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to
another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of
tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: [11] But all
these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to
every man severally as he will. |
Moroni 10
[8] And again, I exhort you, my brethren, that ye deny not the
gifts of God, for they are many; and they come from the same
God. And there are different ways that these gifts are
administered; but it is the same God who worketh all in all; and
they are given by the manifestations of the Spirit of God unto
men, to profit them. [9] For behold, to one is given by the
Spirit of God, that he may teach the word of wisdom; [10] And to
another, that he may teach the word of knowledge by the same
Spirit; [11] And to another, exceedingly great faith; and to
another, the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; [12] And
again, to another, that he may work mighty miracles; [13] And
again, to another, that he may prophesy concerning all things;
[14] And again, to another, the beholding of angels and
ministering spirits; [15] And again, to another, all kinds of
tongues; [16] And again, to another, the interpretation of
languages and of divers kinds of tongues. [17] And all these
gifts come by the Spirit of Christ; and they come unto every man
severally, according as he will. |
As with the Gospel of John, Paul's letters to the Corinthians
would not have been available to Moroni, yet the alleged author
Moroni plagiarizes extensively from Paul's letters. Joseph Smith
recognized that he shouldn't make a word for word copy and chose
to paraphrase instead, but it is still very clear that 1
Corinthians is the source. |
1 Corinthians 13
[2] ... and have not charity, I am nothing. [3]
And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I
give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me
nothing. [4] Charity suffereth long, and is kind;
charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself,
is not puffed up, [5] Doth not behave itself
unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked,
thinketh no evil; [6] Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth
in the truth; [7] Beareth all things, believeth all things,
hopeth all things, endureth all things. [8]
Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies,
they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease;
whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. [9] For we
know in part, and we prophesy in part. [10] But when that which
is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done
away. [11] When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood
as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put
away childish things. [12] For now we see through a glass,
darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then
shall I know even as also I am known. [13] And now abideth
faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of
these is charity. |
Moroni 7
[44] ... for if he have not charity he is nothing;
wherefore he must needs have charity. [45] And charity
suffereth long, and is kind, and envieth not,
and is not puffed up, seeketh not her own, is not easily
provoked, thinketh no evil, and rejoiceth not in iniquity but
rejoiceth in the truth, beareth all things, believeth all
things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. [46]
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, if ye have not charity, ye are
nothing, for charity never faileth. Wherefore,
cleave unto charity, which is the
greatest of all, for all things must fail -- [47] But
charity is the pure love of Christ, and it endureth forever; and
whoso is found possessed of it at the last day, it shall be well
with him. [48] Wherefore, my beloved brethren, pray unto the
Father with all the energy of heart, that ye may be filled with
this love, which he hath bestowed upon all who are true
followers of his Son, Jesus Christ; that ye may become the sons
of God; that when he shall appear we shall be like him, for we
shall see him as he is; that we may have this hope; that we may
be purified even as he is pure. Amen. |
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1 Corinthians 15
[58] Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable,
always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know
that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. |
Mosiah 5
[15] Therefore, I would that ye should be steadfast and
immovable, always abounding in good works, that Christ, the Lord
God Omnipotent, may seal you his, that you may be brought to
heaven, that ye may have everlasting salvation and eternal life,
through the wisdom, and power, and justice, and mercy of him who
created all things, in heaven and in earth, who is God above
all. Amen. | Another
anachronism. The LDS Church dates Mosiah 5 to about 124 B.C.,
yet it plagiarizes a phrase from 1 Corinthians in the New
Testament. |
