BOOK OF MORMON
1 Nephi - Chapter 20 Critique
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version including words not found in the original Hebrew. Words that were added, omitted, or changed are highlighted within the verse. Accordingly, Sidney Rigdon was no language expert and the Book of Mormon is not Holy Scripture.
Setting: This portion of 1 Nephi supposedly occurred between 588 and 570 B.C. during the prophecies of Ezekiel before and after the fall of Jerusalem in 586 B.C.
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon plagiarized this verse from the Old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon added the baptismal regeneration heresy to verse 1.
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon plagiarized this verse from the Old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 48:2 For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.
Note: Sidney Rigdon added to verse 2.
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon plagiarized this verse from the Old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 48:3 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.
Verse 4: And I did it because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
Note: Sidney Rigdon plagiarized this verse from the Old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 48:4 Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon plagiarized this verse from the Old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 48:5 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.
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon plagiarized this verse from the Old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 48:6 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.
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon plagiarized this verse from the Old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 48:7 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.
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied this verse from the Old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 48:8 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.
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon plagiarized this verse from the Old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 48:9 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.
Verse 10: For, behold, I have refined thee, I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
Note: Sidney Rigdon plariarized this verse from the Old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 48:10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon plagiarized this verse from the Old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 48:11 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.
Verse 12: Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called, for I am he; I am the first, and I am also the last.
Note: Sidney Rigdon plagiarized this verse from the Old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 48:12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon plagiarized this verse from the Old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 48:13 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.
Verse 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 fulfil his word which he hath declared by them; and he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall come upon the Chaldeans.
Note: Sidney Rigdon plagiarized this verse from the Old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 48:14 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.
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon plagiarized this verse from the Old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 48:15 I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon plagiarized this verse from the Old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 48:16 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon plagiarized this verse from the Old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 48:17 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.
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied this verse from the Old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 48:18 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:
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied this verse from the Old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 48:19 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.
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied this verse from the Old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah
48:20 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon missed a portion of verse 20.
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied this verse from the Old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 48:21 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.
Verse 22: And notwithstanding he hath done all this, and greater also, there is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied this verse from the Old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 48:22 There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.
Note: Sidney Rigdon added to verse 22.
Note: Joseph Smith never had peace in his tumultuous lifetime.
Wherever Joseph Smith went he roused a storm, and from his earliest years country newspapers gave him liberal publicity. Copies of these newspapers, some of which antedate all the early Mormon histories, have fortunately been preserved. During his short, tumultuous career Joseph was haled into court more than a score of times, on charges varying from disturbing the peace to treason. No Man Knows My History, Fawn M. Brodie, preface.