BOOK OF MORMON
2 Nephi - Chapter 7 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: 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 50:1 Thus says the LORD: "Where is the certificate of your mother's divorce, whom I have put away? Or which of My creditors is it to whom I have sold you? For your iniquities you have sold yourselves, and for your transgressions your mother has been put away."
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 50:2 "Why, when I came, was there no man? Why, 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? Indeed with My rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness; Their fish stink because there is no water, and die of thirst."
Verse 3: I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 50:3 "I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering."
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 50:4 "The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him who is weary. He awakens Me morning by morning, He awakens My ear to hear as the learned."
Verse 5: The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 50:5 "The Lord GOD has opened My ear; And I was not rebellious, nor did I turn away."
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 50:6 "I gave My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who plucked out the beard; I did not hide My face from shame and spitting."
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 50:7 "For the Lord GOD will help Me; Therefore I will not be disgraced; Therefore I have set My face like a flint, and I know that I will not be ashamed."
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 50:8 "He is near who justifies Me; Who will contend with Me? Let us stand together. Who is My adversary? Let him come near Me."
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 50:9 "Surely the Lord GOD will help Me; Who is he who will condemn Me? Indeed they will all grow old like a garment; The moth will eat them up."
Verse 10: Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness and hath no light?
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 50:10 "Who among you fears the LORD? Who obeys the voice of His Servant? Who walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD and rely upon his God."
Verse 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.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 50:11 "Look, all you who kindle a fire, who encircle yourselves with sparks: Walk in the light of your fire and in the sparks you have kindled; This you shall have from My hand: You shall lie down in torment."
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.