BOOK OF MORMON
2 Nephi - Chapter 21 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: AND there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 11:1 There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots.
Verse 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;
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 11:2 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.
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 11:3 His delight is in the fear of the Lord, and He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, nor decide by the hearing of His ears;
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 11:4 But with righteousness He shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.
Verse 5: And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 11:5 Righteousness shall be the belt of His loins, and faithfulness the belt of His waist.
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 11:6 "The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; And a little child shall lead them."
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 11:7 "The cow and the bear shall graze; Their young ones shall lie down together; And the lion shall eat straw like the ox."
Verse 8: And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's den.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 11:8 "The nursing child shall play by the cobra's hole, and the weaned child shall put his hand in the viper's den."
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 11:9 "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."
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 11:10 "And in that day there shall be a Root of Jesse, Who shall stand as a banner to the people; For the Gentiles shall seek Him, and His resting place shall be glorious."
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 11:11 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 who are left, from Assyria and Egypt, from Pathros and Cush, from Elam and Shinar, from Hamath and the islands of the sea.
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 11:12 He will set up a banner for the nations, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 11:13 Also the envy of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 11:14 But they shall fly down upon the shoulder of the Philistines toward the west; Together they shall plunder the people of the East; They shall lay their hand on Edom and Moab; And the people of Ammon shall obey them.
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 11:15 The Lord will utterly destroy the tongue of the Sea of Egypt; With His mighty wind He will shake His fist over the River, and strike it in the seven streams, and make men cross over dryshod.
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 11:16 There will be a highway for the remnant of His people who will be left from Assyria, as it was for Israel in the day that he came up from the land of Egypt.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version including words not found in the original Hebrew. These words have been italicized in the New King James Version and were added by the King James translators for English thought clarity. Accordingly, Sidney Rigdon was no language expert and the Book of Mormon is not Holy Scripture.