BoM Translation Guide



2 Nephi 8

2 Nephi 8:1 [LDS 11:1]
[And now] Jacob spake many more things [to my people] [at that] time; nevertheless, only these things [have I caused to be written;] for [the things] which [I have written] [sufficeth me.]

2 Nephi 8:2 [LDS 11:2]
[And now] I, Nephi, write more [of the words] [of Isaiah;] [for my soul] delighteth [in his words.]

2 Nephi 8:3 [LDS 11:2]
For [I will liken] [his words] unto [my people;] [and I will send them forth] unto all [my children:] for [he verily] saw [my Redeemer,] [even as I have seen him.]

2 Nephi 8:4 [LDS 11:3]
[And my brother] Jacob also, [has seen him] as [I have seen him;] [wherefore,{incorrect punctuation} I will send] [their words forth] unto [my children,] [to prove] [unto them] [that my words] [are true.]

2 Nephi 8:5 [LDS 11:3]
[Wherefore,{incorrect punctuation} by the words] [of three,] God [hath said,] [I will establish] [my word.]

2 Nephi 8:6 [LDS 11:3]
Nevertheless, God sendeth more witnesses; [and he proveth] all [his words.]

2 Nephi 8:7 [LDS 11:4]
Behold, [my soul] delighteth [in proving] unto [my people] [the truth] [of the coming] [of Christ:]

2 Nephi 8:8 [LDS 11:4]
For, [for this end] [hath the law] [of Moses] [been given:]

2 Nephi 8:9 [LDS 11:4]
[And all things] which [have been given] [of God] [from the beginning] [of the world,] unto man, [are the typifying] [of him.]

2 Nephi 8:10 [LDS 11:5]
[And also,] [my soul] delighteth [in the covenants] [of the Lord] which [he hath made] [to our fathers;]

2 Nephi 8:11 [LDS 11:5]
Yea, [my soul] delighteth [in his grace,] [and his justice,] [and power,] [and mercy,] [in the great] [and <eternal> plan] [of deliverance] [from death.]

2 Nephi 8:12 [LDS 11:6]
[And my soul] delighteth [in proving] unto [my people,] [that save] Christ [should come,] all men [must perish.]

2 Nephi 8:13 [LDS 11:7]
For [if there be] no Christ, [there be] no God; [and if] [there be] no God, we are not, for [there could] [have been] no creation.

2 Nephi 8:14 [LDS 11:7]
[But there is a God,] [and he] [is Christ;] [and he cometh] [in the fullness] [of his own time.]

2 Nephi 8:15 [LDS 11:8]
[And now] [I write] [some of the words] [of Isaiah,] [that whoso of my people] [shall see] these words, [may lift up] [their hearts] [and rejoice] for all men.

2 Nephi 8:16 [LDS 11:8]
[Now,{incorrect punctuation} these] [are the words;] [and ye may liken them] [unto you,] [and unto] all men.

2 Nephi 8:17 [LDS 12:1] [Note]
[The word] that Isaiah, [the son] [of Amoz,] saw, concerning Judah [and Jerusalem:]

2 Nephi 8:18 [LDS 12:2] [Note]
[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 hill,] [and all] nations [shall flow] [unto it,]

2 Nephi 8:19 [LDS 12:3] [Note]
[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.]

2 Nephi 8:20 [LDS 12:4] [Note]
[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.]

2 Nephi 8:21 [LDS 12:5] [Note]
[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.

2 Nephi 8:22 [LDS 12:6] [Note]
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.]

2 Nephi 8:23 [LDS 12:7] [Note]
[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;]

2 Nephi 8:24 [LDS 12:8] [Note]
[Their land] also [is full] [of idols;] [they worship] [the work] [of their own hands,] [that which] [their own fingers] [have made:]

2 Nephi 8:25 [LDS 12:9] [Note]
[And the mean man] boweth [not down,] [and the <great> man] [humbleth himself] not: [therefore forgive] him not.

2 Nephi 8:26 [LDS 12:10] [Note]
[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.]

2 Nephi 8:27 [LDS 12:11] [Note]
[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.

2 Nephi 8:28 [LDS 12:12] [Note]
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;]

2 Nephi 8:29 [LDS 12:13] [Note]
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,]

2 Nephi 8:30 [LDS 12:14] [Note]
[And upon] all [the <high> mountains,] [and upon] all [the hills,] [and upon] all [the nations] [which are lifted up,]

2 Nephi 8:31 [LDS 12:15] [Note]
[And upon] every people, [and upon] every high tower, [and upon] every fenced wall,

2 Nephi 8:32 [LDS 12:16] [Note]
[And upon] all [the ships] [of the sea,] [and upon] all [the ships] [of Tarshish,] [and upon] all pleasant pictures.

2 Nephi 8:33 [LDS 12:17] [Note]
[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.

2 Nephi 8:34 [LDS 12:18] [Note]
[And the idols] [he shall <utterly> abolish.]

2 Nephi 8:35 [LDS 12:19] [Note]
[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.]

2 Nephi 8:36 [LDS 12:20] [Note]
[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;]

2 Nephi 8:37 [LDS 12:21] [Note]
[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.]

2 Nephi 8:38 [LDS 12:22] [Note]
[Cease ye] from man, whose breath [is in his nostrils;] for wherein [is he] [to be accounted of?]

2 Nephi 8:39 [LDS 13:1] [Note]
For behold, [the Lord,] [the Lord] [of hosts,] [doth take away] [from Jerusalem] [and from Judah] [the stay] [and the staff,] [the whole] staff [of bread,] [and the whole] stay [of water,]

2 Nephi 8:40 [LDS 13:2] [Note]
[The mighty man,] [and the man] [of war,] [the judge,] [and the prophet,] [and the prudent,] [and the ancient,]

2 Nephi 8:41 [LDS 13:3] [Note]
[The captain] [of fifty,] [and the <honorable> <man,>] [and the counselor,] [and the <cunning> artificer,] [and the <eloquent> orator.]

2 Nephi 8:42 [LDS 13:4] [Note]
[And I will give] children [unto them] [to be their princes,] [and babes] [shall rule] [over them.]

2 Nephi 8:43 [LDS 13:5] [Note]
[And the people] [shall be oppressed,] [every one] [by another,] [and every one] [by his neighbor:] [the child] [shall behave himself proudly] [against the ancient,] [and the base] [against the honorable.]

2 Nephi 8:44 [LDS 13:6] [Note]
When [a man] [shall take hold] [of his brother] [of the house] [of his father,] [and shall say,{incorrect punctuation} Thou hast] clothing, [be thou] [our ruler,] [and let not this] ruin [come under] [thy hand;]

2 Nephi 8:45 [LDS 13:7] [Note]
[In that] day [shall he swear,] saying: I [will not] [be a ruler;] [for in my house] [there is neither] bread nor clothing: [make me] not [a ruler] [of the people.]

2 Nephi 8:46 [LDS 13:8] [Note]
For Jerusalem [is ruined,] [and Judah] [is fallen:] because [their tongues] [and their doings] [have been against] [the Lord,] [to provoke] [the eyes] [of his glory.]

2 Nephi 8:47 [LDS 13:9] [Note]
[The shew] [of their countenance] [doth witness] [against them,] [and doth declare] [their sin] [to be even as Sodom,] [and they can not] [hide it.] Wo [unto their souls,] for [they have rewarded] evil [unto themselves.]

2 Nephi 8:48 [LDS 13:10] [Note]
Say [unto the righteous,] that [it is well with them;] for [they shall eat] [the fruit] [of their doings.]

2 Nephi 8:49 [LDS 13:11] [Note]
Wo [unto the wicked!] for [they shall perish:] [for the reward] [of their hands shall be] [upon them.]

2 Nephi 8:50 [LDS 13:12] [Note]
[And my people,] children [are their oppressors,] [and women] rule [over them.] [O my people,] [they who lead thee] [cause thee to err,] [and destroy] [the way] [of thy paths.]

2 Nephi 8:51 [LDS 13:13] [Note]
[The Lord] [standeth up] [to plead,] [and standeth] [to judge] [the people.]

2 Nephi 8:52 [LDS 13:14] [Note]
[The Lord] [will enter] [into judgment] [with the ancients] [of his people,] [and the princes thereof:] [for ye] [have eaten up] [the vineyard,] [and the spoil] [of the poor] [in your houses.]

2 Nephi 8:53 [LDS 13:15] [Note]
What [mean ye?] [Ye beat] [my people to pieces,] [and grind] [the faces] [of the poor,] saith [the Lord] God [of hosts.]

2 Nephi 8:54 [LDS 13:16] [Note]
[Moreover the Lord] saith, Because [the daughters] [of Zion] [are haughty,] [and walk] [with stretched forth] necks [and wanton] eyes, walking [and mincing] [as they go,] [and making a tinkling] [with their feet:]

2 Nephi 8:55 [LDS 13:17] [Note]
[Therefore the Lord] [will smite with a scab] [the crown of the head] [of the daughters] [of Zion,] [and the Lord] [will discover] [their secret parts.]

2 Nephi 8:56 [LDS 13:18] [Note]
[In that] day [the Lord] [will take away] (direct obj) [the bravery] [of their tinkling ornaments,] [and cauls,] [and round tires like the moon,]

2 Nephi 8:57 [LDS 13:19] [Note]
[The chains] [and the bracelets,] [and the mufflers,]

2 Nephi 8:58 [LDS 13:20] [Note]
[The bonnets,] [and the ornaments of the legs,] [and the head-bands,] [and the tablets,] [and the ear-rings,]

2 Nephi 8:59 [LDS 13:21] [Note]
[The rings,] [and nose] jewels,

2 Nephi 8:60 [LDS 13:22] [Note]
[The changeable suits of apparel,] [and the mantles,] [and the wimples,] [and the crisping-pins,]

2 Nephi 8:61 [LDS 13:23] [Note]
[The glasses,] [and the fine linen,] [and hoods,] [and the veils.]

2 Nephi 8:62 [LDS 13:24] [Note]
[And it shall come to pass,] instead [of a sweet smell,] [there shall be] stink; [and instead] [of a girdle,] [a rent;] [and instead] [of well set] hair, baldness; [and instead] [of a stomacher,] [a girding] [of sackcloth;] burning instead [of beauty.]

2 Nephi 8:63 [LDS 13:25] [Note]
[Thy men] [shall fall] [by the sword;] [and thy mighty] [in the war.]

2 Nephi 8:64 [LDS 13:26] [Note]
[And her gates] [shall lament] [and mourn;] [and she shall be desolate,] [and shall sit] [upon the ground.]

2 Nephi 8:65 [LDS 14:1] [Note]
[And in <that> <day,>{incorrect punctuation} <seven> women] [shall take hold] [of <one> man,] saying, [We will eat] [our own bread,] [and wear] [our own apparel:] [only let us] [be called] [by thy name,] [to take] [away our reproach.]

2 Nephi 8:66 [LDS 14:2] [Note]
[In <that> day] shall [the branch] [of the Lord] [be beautiful] [and glorious;] [the fruit] [of the earth] excellent [and comely] [to them that are escaped] [of Israel.]

2 Nephi 8:67 [LDS 14:3] [Note]
[And it shall come to pass,] [them that are left] [in Zion,] [and remain] [in Jerusalem,] [shall be called] holy, [every one] [that is written] [among the living] [in Jerusalem:]

2 Nephi 8:68 [LDS 14:4] [Note]
When [the Lord] (direct obj) [shall have washed away] [the filth] [of the daughters] [of Zion,] and [shall have purged] [the blood] [of Jerusalem] [from the midst thereof] [by the spirit] [of judgment,] [and by the spirit] [of burning.]

2 Nephi 8:69 [LDS 14:5] [Note]
[And the Lord] [will create] upon every [dwelling place] [of Mount] Zion, [and upon] [her assemblies,] [a cloud] [and smoke] [by day,] [and the shining] [of a <flaming> fire] [by night:] for upon all [the glory] [of Zion] [shall be a defense.]

2 Nephi 8:70 [LDS 14:6] [Note]
[And there shall be] [a tabernacle] [for a shadow] [in the daytime] [from the heat,] [and for a place of refuge,] [and a covert] [from storm] [and from rain.]

2 Nephi 8:71 [LDS 15:1] [Note]
[And then] [will I sing] [to my well beloved] [a song] [of my beloved] [touching his vineyard.] [My well beloved] hath [a vineyard] [in a very fruitful] hill:

2 Nephi 8:72 [LDS 15:2] [Note]
[And he fenced it,] [and gathered out the stones thereof,] [and planted it] [with the choicest vine,] [and built] [a tower] [in the midst of it,] [and also] made [a wine-press] therein: [and he looked] [that it should bring forth] grapes, [and it brought forth] [wild grapes.]

2 Nephi 8:73 [LDS 15:3] [Note]
[And now,] [O inhabitants] [of Jerusalem,] [and men] [of Judah,] judge, [I pray you,] betwixt [me and] [my vineyard.]

2 Nephi 8:74 [LDS 15:4] [Note]
What [could have been done] more [to my vineyard,] [that I have <not> done] [in it?] Wherefore, [when I looked] [that it should bring forth] grapes, [it brought forth] [wild grapes.]

2 Nephi 8:75 [LDS 15:5] [Note]
[And now] [go to;] [I will tell you] what I [will do] [to my vineyard:] [I will take away] [the hedge thereof,] [and it shall be] [eaten up;] [and I will break down] [the wall thereof,] [and it shall be] [trodden down.]

2 Nephi 8:76 [LDS 15:6] [Note]
[And I will lay] [it waste;] [it shall <not> be pruned] nor digged; [but there shall come up] briers [and thorns:] [I will also] command [the clouds] [that they rain] no more [upon it.]

2 Nephi 8:77 [LDS 15:7] [Note]
For [the vineyard] [of the Lord] [of hosts] [is the house] [of Israel,] [and the men] [of Judah] [his <pleasant> plant:] [and he looked] [for judgment,] [and behold] oppression; [for righteousness,] [but behold] [a cry.]

2 Nephi 8:78 [LDS 15:8] [Note]
Wo [unto them that join] house [to house,] till [there can be no] place, [that they may be placed] alone [in the midst] [of the earth!]

2 Nephi 8:79 [LDS 15:9] [Note]
[In mine ears,] [saith the Lord] [of hosts,] [of a truth] many houses [shall be] desolate, [and great] [and fair] cities without inhabitant.

2 Nephi 8:80 [LDS 15:10] [Note]
Yea, ten acres [of vineyard] [shall yield] one bath, [and the seed] [of a homer] [shall yield] [an ephah.]

2 Nephi 8:81 [LDS 15:11] [Note]
Wo [unto them that rise up early] [in the morning,] [that they may follow] [strong drink;] [that continue] [until night,] [and wine] [inflame them!]

2 Nephi 8:82 [LDS 15:12] [Note]
[And the harp,] [and the viol,] [the tabret] [and pipe,] [and wine] [are in their feasts;] [but they regard] not [the works] [of the Lord,] neither consider [the operation] [of his hands.]

2 Nephi 8:83 [LDS 15:13] [Note]
Therefore, [my people] [are gone into captivity,] [because they have no] knowledge: [and their honorable] men [are famished,] [and their multitude] [dried up] [with thirst.]

2 Nephi 8:84 [LDS 15:14] [Note]
Therefore, hell [hath enlarged] herself, [and opened] [her mouth] without measure: [and their glory,] [and their multitude,] [and their pomp,] [and he that rejoiceth,] [shall descend] [into it.]

2 Nephi 8:85 [LDS 15:15] [Note]
[And the mean man] [shall be brought down,] [and the mighty man] [shall be humbled,] [and the eyes] [of the lofty] [shall be humbled:]

2 Nephi 8:86 [LDS 15:16] [Note]
[But the Lord] [of hosts] [shall be exalted] [in judgment,] [and God] [that is holy] [shall be sanctified] [in righteousness.]

2 Nephi 8:87 [LDS 15:17] [Note]
[Then shall the lambs] feed [after their manner,] [and the waste places] [of the fat ones] [shall strangers] eat.

2 Nephi 8:88 [LDS 15:18] [Note]
Wo [unto them that draw] iniquity [with cords] [of vanity,] [and sin] [as it were with a <cart-> rope;]

2 Nephi 8:89 [LDS 15:19] [Note]
[That say,] [Let him make speed,] hasten [his work,] that [we may see it:] [and let the counsel] [of the Holy One] [of Israel] [draw nigh] [and come,] [that we may know it.]

2 Nephi 8:90 [LDS 15:20] [Note]
Wo [unto them that call] evil good, [and good] evil; [that put] darkness [for light,] [and light] [for darkness;] [that put] bitter [for sweet,] [and sweet] [for bitter!]

2 Nephi 8:91 [LDS 15:21] [Note]
Wo [unto the wise] [in their own eyes,] [and prudent] [in their own sight!]

2 Nephi 8:92 [LDS 15:22] [Note]
Wo [unto the mighty] [to drink] wine, [and men] [of strength] [to mingle] [strong drink:]

2 Nephi 8:93 [LDS 15:23] [Note]
[Who justify] [the wicked] [for reward,] [and take away] [the righteousness] [of the righteous from him!]

2 Nephi 8:94 [LDS 15:24] [Note]
Therefore, [as the fire] devoureth [the stubble,] [and the flame] consumeth [the chaff,] [their root] [shall be] rottenness, [and their blossoms] [shall go up] [as dust;] because [they have cast away] [the law] [of the Lord] [of hosts,] [and despised] [the word] [of the Holy One] [of Israel.]

2 Nephi 8:95 [LDS 15:25] [Note]
Therefore, [is the anger] [of the Lord] kindled [against his people,] [and he hath stretched forth] [his hand] [against them,] [and hath smitten them:] [and the hills] [did tremble,] [and their carcasses] were torn [in the midst] [of the streets.] [For all] this [his anger] [is <not> turned away,] [but his hand] stretched [out still.]

2 Nephi 8:96 [LDS 15:26] [Note]
[And he will lift up] [an ensign] [to the nations] [from far,] [and will hiss] [unto them] [from the end] [of the earth;] [and behold,] [they shall come] [with speed] swiftly:

2 Nephi 8:97 [LDS 15:27] [Note]
None [shall be weary] nor stumble [among them;{incorrect punctuation} none] [shall slumber] nor sleep; neither [shall the girdle] [of their loins] [be loosed,] nor [the latchet] [of their shoes] [be broken:]

2 Nephi 8:98 [LDS 15:28] [Note]
Whose arrows [shall be sharp,] [and all] [their bows] bent, [and their horses'] hoofs [shall be counted] [like flint,] [and their wheels] [like a whirlwind,] [their roaring] [like a lion.]

2 Nephi 8:99 [LDS 15:29] [Note]
[They shall roar] [like young lions:] yea, [they shall roar,] [and lay hold] [of the prey,] [and shall carry away safe,] [and none] [shall deliver.]

2 Nephi 8:100 [LDS 15:30] [Note]
[And in <that> day] [they shall roar] [against them] [like the roaring] [of the sea;] [and if they look] [unto the land,] behold, darkness [and sorrow,] [and the light] [is darkened] [in the heavens thereof.]