| 27:1 But, behold, in the last days, or in the days
of the Gentiles--yea, behold all the nations of the
Gentiles and also the Jews, both those who shall come
upon this land and those who shall be upon other lands,
yea, even upon all the lands of the earth, behold, they
will be drunken with iniquity and all manner of
abominations-- |
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| 27:2 And when that day shall come they shall be
visited of the Lord of Hosts, with thunder and with
earthquake, and with a great noise, and with storm, and
with tempest, and with the flame of devouring fire. |
The following
section is quoted from Isaiah 29. See the note at I Nephi 20:1. 29:6 Thou shalt be
visited of the Lord of hosts with thunder, and with
earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and
the flame of devouring fire.
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| 27:3 And all the nations that fight against Zion,
and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night
vision; yea, it shall be unto them, even as unto a hungry
man which dreameth, and behold he eateth but he awaketh
and his soul is empty; or like unto a thirsty man which
dreameth, and behold he drinketh but he awaketh and
behold he is faint, and his soul hath appetite; yea, even
so shall the multitude of all the nations be that fight
against Mount Zion. |
29:7 And the
multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel,
even all that fight against her and her munition, and
that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.
29:8 It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth,
and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is
empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he
drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and
his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the
nations be, that fight against mount Zion. |
| 27:4 For behold, all ye that doeth iniquity, stay
yourselves and wonder, for ye shall cry out, and cry;
yea, ye shall be drunken but not with wine, ye shall
stagger but not with strong drink. |
29:9 Stay
yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are
drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with
strong drink. |
| 27:5 For behold, the Lord hath poured out upon you
the spirit of deep sleep. For behold, ye have closed your
eyes, and ye have rejected the prophets; and your rulers,
and the seers hath he covered because of your iniquity. |
29:10 For the
Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep,
and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers,
the seers hath he covered. |
| 27:6 And it shall come to pass that the Lord God
shall bring forth unto you the words of a book, and they
shall be the words of them which have slumbered. |
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| 27:7 And behold the book shall be sealed; and in the
book shall be a revelation from God, from the beginning
of the world to the ending thereof. |
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| 27:8 Wherefore, because of the things which are
sealed up, the things which are sealed shall not be
delivered in the day of the wickedness and abominations
of the people. Wherefore the book shall be kept from
them. |
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| 27:9 But the book shall be delivered unto a man, and
he shall deliver the words of the book, which are the
words of those who have slumbered in the dust, and he
shall deliver these words unto another; |
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| 27:10 But the words which are sealed he shall not
deliver, neither shall he deliver the book. For the book
shall be sealed by the power of God, and the revelation
which was sealed shall be kept in the book until the own
due time of the Lord, that they may come forth; for
behold, they reveal all things from the foundation of the
world unto the end thereof. |
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| 27:11 And the day cometh that the words of the book
which were sealed shall be read upon the house tops; and
they shall be read by the power of Christ; and all things
shall be revealed unto the children of men which ever
have been among the children of men, and which ever will
be even unto the end of the earth. |
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| 27:12 Wherefore, at that day when the book shall be
delivered unto the man of whom I have spoken, the book
shall be hid from the eyes of the world, that the eyes of
none shall behold it save it be that three witnesses
shall behold it, by the power of God, besides him to whom
the book shall be delivered; and they shall testify to
the truth of the book and the things therein. |
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| 27:13 And there is none other which shall view it,
save it be a few according to the will of God, to bear
testimony of his word unto the children of men; for the
Lord God hath said that the words of the faithful should
speak as if it were from the dead. |
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| 27:14 Wherefore, the Lord God will proceed to bring
forth the words of the book; and in the mouth of as many
witnesses as seemeth him good will he establish his word;
and wo be unto him that rejecteth the word of God! |
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| 27:15 But behold, it shall come to pass that the Lord
God shall say unto him to whom he shall deliver the book:
Take these words which are not sealed and deliver them to
another, that he may show them unto the learned, saying:
Read this, I pray thee. And the learned shall say: Bring
hither the book, and I will read them. |
29:11: And
the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a
book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is
learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I
cannot; for it is sealed: Smith
modified this verse to turn it into a
"prophecy" of the Anthon debacle.
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| 27:16 And now, because of the glory of the world and
to get gain will they say this, and not for the glory of
God. |
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| 27:17 And the man shall say: I cannot bring the book,
for it is sealed. |
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| 27:18 Then shall the learned say: I cannot read it. |
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| 27:19 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that the Lord
God will deliver again the book and the words thereof to
him that is not learned; and the man that is not learned
shall say: I am not learned. |
29:12: And
the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying,
Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned. |
| 27:20 Then shall the Lord God say unto him: The
learned shall not read them, for they have rejected them,
and I am able to do mine own work; wherefore thou shalt
read the words which I shall give unto thee. |
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| 27:21 Touch not the things which are sealed, for I
will bring them forth in mine own due time; for I will
show unto the children of men that I am able to do mine
own work. |
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| 27:22 Wherefore, when thou hast read the words which
I have commanded thee, and obtained the witnesses which I
have promised unto thee, then shalt thou seal up the book
again, and hide it up unto me, that I may preserve the
words which thou hast not read, until I shall see fit in
mine own wisdom to reveal all things unto the children of
men. |
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| 27:23 For behold, I am God; and I am a God of
miracles; and I will show unto the world that I am the 1same
yesterday, today, and forever; and I work not among the
children of men save it be according to their faith. |
[1] Hebrews 13:8: ...Jesus Christ the same
yesterday, and to day, and for ever. |
| 27:24 And again it shall come to pass that the Lord
shall say unto him that shall read the words that shall
be delivered him: |
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| 27:25 Forasmuch as this people draw near unto me with
their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have
removed their hearts far from me, and their fear towards
me is taught by the precepts of men-- |
29:13
Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw
near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour
me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their
fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: |
| 27:26 Therefore, I will proceed to do a marvelous
work among this people, yea, a marvelous work and a
wonder, for the wisdom of their wise and learned shall
perish, and the understanding of their prudent shall be
hid. |
29:14
Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work
among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder:
for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the
understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. |
| 27:27 And wo unto them that seek deep to hide their
counsel from the Lord! And their works are in the dark;
and they say: Who seeth us, and who knoweth us? And they
also say: 1Surely, your turning of things upside down shall
be esteemed as the potter's clay. But behold, I will show
unto them, saith the Lord of Hosts, that I know all their
works. For shall the work say of him that made it, he
made me not? Or shall the thing framed say of him that
framed it, he had no understanding? |
29:15 Woe
unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the
Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who
seeth us? and who knoweth us? 29:16
Surely your turning of things upside down shall be
esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of
him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing
framed say of him that framed it, He had no
understanding?
Topic: KJV
Translation Errors
[1] RSV: "You turn things upside down! Shall the
potter be regarded as the clay...", NIV: "You
turn things upside down, as if the potter were thought to
be like the clay!" 
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| 27:28 But behold, saith the Lord of Hosts: I will
show unto the children of men that it is yet a very
little while and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful
field; and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a
forest. |
29:17 Is it
not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned
into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be
esteemed as a forest? |
| 27:29 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words
of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of
obscurity and out of darkness. |
29:18 And in
that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and
the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out
of darkness. |
| 27:30 And the meek also shall 1increase, and their joy shall be in the Lord,
and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of
Israel. |
29:19 The
meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord,
and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of
Israel. [1] Not only does the
Book of Mormon upset the poetry of this section (it
introduces a triplet, where this portion of the text
consists of parallel couplets), it also uses the English
word "increase" as an intransitive verb.
However, the verb that underlies the Hebrew text is
transitive, and requires an object, as in the KJV. The
Book of Mormon rendering is impossible.
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| 27:31 For assuredly as the Lord liveth they shall see
that the terrible one is brought to naught, and the
scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are
cut off; |
29:20 For the
terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is
consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: |
| 27:32 And they that make a man an offender for a
word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate,
and turn aside the just for a thing of naught. |
29:21 That
make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for
him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just
for a thing of nought. |
| 27:33 Therefore, thus saith the Lord, who redeemed
Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: Jacob shall not
now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale. |
29:22
Therefore thus saith the Lord, who redeemed Abraham,
concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be
ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale. |
| 27:34 But when he seeth his children, the work of my
hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name,
and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the
God of Israel. |
29:23 But
when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in
the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and
sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of
Israel. |
| 27:35 They also that erred in spirit shall come to
understanding, and they that murmured shall learn
doctrine. |
29:24 They
also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding,
and they that murmured shall learn doctrine. |
