BOOK OF MORMON
2 Nephi - Chapter 12 Critique
Setting: Nephi supposedly began his second record in the Americas during 588 BCE about the time of the destruction of Jerusalem and continued to 545 BCE. This would have covered the time of the prophets Ezekiel and Daniel who were prophesying in Babylon during the captivity.
Verse 1: THE word that Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 2:1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 2:2 Now it shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it.
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 2:3 Many people shall come and say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach us His ways, and we shall walk in His paths." For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 2:4 He shall judge between the nations, and rebuke many people; They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 2:5 O house of Jacob, come and let us walk in the light of the Lord.
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 2:6 For You have forsaken Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled with eastern ways; They are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they are pleased with the children of foreigners.
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 2:7 Their land is also full of silver and gold, and there is no end to their treasures; Their land is also full of horses, and there is no end to their chariots.
Verse 8: Their land is also full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 2:8 Their land is also full of idols; They worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.
Verse 9: And the mean man boweth not down, and the great man humbleth himself not, therefore, forgive him not.
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Isaiah 2:9 People bow down, and each man humbles himself; Therefore do not forgive them.
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 2:10 Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust, from the terror of the Lord and the glory of His majesty.
Verse 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.
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Isaiah 2:11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 2:12 For the day of the Lord of hosts shall come upon everything proud and lofty, upon everything lifted up— and it shall be brought low—
Verse 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;
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Isaiah 2:13 Upon all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan;
Verse 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;
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Isaiah 2:14 Upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up;
Verse 15: And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall;
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Isaiah 2:15 Upon every high tower, and upon every fortified wall;
Verse 16: And upon all the ships of the sea, and upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.
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Isaiah 2:16 Upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all the beautiful sloops.
Verse 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.
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Isaiah 2:17 The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; The Lord alone will be exalted in that day,
Verse 18: And the idols he shall utterly abolish.
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Isaiah 2:18 But the idols He shall utterly abolish.
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 2:19 They shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, from the terror of the Lord and the glory of His majesty, when He arises to shake the earth mightily.
Verse 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;
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Isaiah 2:20 In that day a man will cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which they made, each for himself to worship, to the moles and bats,
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 2:21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the crags of the rugged rocks, from the terror of the Lord and the glory of His majesty, when He arises to shake the earth mightily.
Verse 22: Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for wherein is he to be accounted of?
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Isaiah 2:22 Sever yourselves from such a man, whose breath is in his nostrils; For of what account is he?
Note: Sidney Rigdon was now on his way to finishing 2 Nephi.