BOOK OF MORMON
2 Nephi - Chapter 8 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: HEARKEN unto me, ye that follow after righteousness. Look unto the rock from whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit from whence ye are digged.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 51:1 "Listen to Me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the hole of the pit from which you were dug."
Verse 2: Look unto Abraham, your father, and unto Sarah, she that bare you; for I called him alone, and blessed him.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 51:2 "Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you; For I called him alone, and blessed him and increased him."
Verse 3: For the Lord shall comfort Zion, he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving and the voice of melody.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 51:3 For the LORD will comfort Zion, He will comfort all her waste places; He will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; Joy and gladness will be found in it, thanksgiving and the voice of melody.
Verse 4: Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation; for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light for the people.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 51:4 "Listen to Me, My people; And give ear to Me, O My nation: For law will proceed from Me, and I will make My justice rest as a light of the peoples."
Verse 5: My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arm shall judge the people. The isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 51:5 "My righteousness is near, My salvation has gone forth, and My arms will judge the peoples; The coastlands will wait upon Me, and on My arm they will trust."
Verse 6: Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner. But my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 51:6 "Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath. For the heavens will vanish away like smoke, the earth will grow old like a garment, and those who dwell in it will die in like manner; but My salvation will be forever, and My righteousness will not be abolished."
Verse 7: Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart I have written my law, fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 51:7 "Listen to Me, you who know righteousness, you people in whose heart is My law: Do not fear the reproach of men, nor be afraid of their insults."
Verse 8: For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool. But my righteousness shall be forever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 51:8 "For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; But My righteousness will be forever, and My salvation from generation to generation."
Note: The LDS church teaches that the salvation message was not from generation to generation and had to be restored in 1830 by Joseph Smith.
Verse 9: Awake, awake! Put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake as in the ancient days. Art thou not he that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 51:9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD! Awake as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Are You not the arm that cut Rahab apart, and wounded the serpent?
Verse 10: Art thou not he who hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 51:10 Are You not the One who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; That made the depths of the sea a road for the redeemed to cross over?
Verse 11: Therefore, the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy and holiness shall be upon their heads; and they shall obtain gladness and joy; sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 51:11 So the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with singing, with everlasting joy on their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness; Sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Verse 12: I am he; yea, I am he that comforteth you. Behold, who art thou, that thou shouldst be afraid of man, who shall die, and of the son of man, who shall be made like unto grass?
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 51:12 "I, even I, am He who comforts you. Who are you that you should be afraid of a man who will die, and of the son of a man who will be made like grass?"
Verse 13: And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth, and hast feared continually every day, because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? And where is the fury of the oppressor?
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 51:13 "And you forget the LORD your Maker, Who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth; You have feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he has prepared to destroy. And where is the fury of the oppressor?"
Verse 14: The captive exile hasteneth, that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 51:14 "The captive exile hastens, that he may be loosed, that he should not die in the pit, and that his bread should not fail."
Verse 15: But I am the Lord thy God, whose waves roared; the Lord of Hosts is my name.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 51:15 "But I am the LORD your God, Who divided the sea whose waves roared; The LORD of hosts is His name."
Verse 16: And I have put my words in thy mouth, and have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion: Behold, thou art my people.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 51:16 "And I have put My words in your mouth; I have covered you with the shadow of My hand, that I may plant the heavens, lay the foundations of the earth, and say to Zion, 'You are My people.'"
Verse 17: Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his fury--thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling wrung out--
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 51:17 Awake, awake! Stand up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you have drunk the dregs of the cup of trembling, and it out. drained
Verse 18: And none to guide her among all the sons she hath brought forth; neither that taketh her by the hand, of all the sons she hath brought up.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 51:18 There is no one to guide her among all the sons she has brought forth; Nor is there any who takes her by the hand among all the sons she has brought up.
Verse 19: These two sons are come unto thee, who shall be sorry for thee--thy desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword--and by whom shall I comfort thee?
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 51:19 These two things have come to you; who will be sorry for you?; Desolation and destruction, famine and sword; by whom will I comfort you?
Verse 20: Thy sons have fainted, save these two; they lie at the head of all the streets; as a wild bull in a net, they are full of the fury of the Lord, the rebuke of thy God.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 51:20 Your sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, like an antelope in a net; They are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of your God.
Verse 21: Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, and not with wine:
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 51:21 Therefore please hear this, you afflicted, and drunk but not with wine.
Verse 22: Thus saith thy Lord, the Lord and thy God pleadeth the cause of his people; behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 51:22 Thus says your Lord, the LORD and your God, Who pleads the cause of His people: "See, I have taken out of your hand the cup of trembling, the dregs of the cup of My fury; You shall no longer drink it."
Verse 23: But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; who have said to thy soul: Bow down, that we may go over--and thou hast laid thy body as the ground and as the street to them that went over.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 51:23 "But I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you, who have said to you, 'Lie down, that we may walk over you.' And you have laid your body like the ground, and as the street, for those who walk over."
Verse 24: Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 52:1 Awake, awake! Put on your strength, O Zion; Put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city! For the uncircumcised and the unclean shall no longer come to you.
Verse 25: Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit down, O Jerusalem; loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
Note: Sidney Rigdon copied the old King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 52:2 Shake yourself from the dust, arise; Sit down, O Jerusalem! Loose yourself from the bonds of your neck, O captive daughter of Zion!
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.