Sunday, September 14, 2014

Comparison of 2 Nephi 28:16 and Isaiah 29:21

This is a side-by-side comparison of 2 Nephi 28:16 and Isaiah 29:21.

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Variations in the text are marked in ROSE.
2 Nephi 28:16
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Isaiah 29:21

16 Wo unto them that turn aside the just for a thing of naught and revile against that which is good, and say that it is of no worth! For the day shall come that the Lord God will speedily visit the inhabitants of the earth; and in that day that they are fully ripe in iniquity they shall perish.

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.

Comparison of 1 Nephi 10:8 and Isaiah 40:3

This is a side-by-side comparison of 1 Nephi 10:8 and Isaiah 40:3.

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1 Nephi 10:8
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Isaiah 40:3

8 Yea, even he should go forth and cry in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, and make his paths straight; for there standeth one among you whom ye know not; and he is mightier than I, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose. And much spake my father concerning this thing.

3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

The second half of this verse is found elsewhere in the Bible (John 1:27, Matthew 3:11, Luke 3:16) and is quoted by John the Baptist. Because of the variations between the statements in Matthew, Luke, and John it seems that all four versions quote from the same original source but none of them quote it verbatim.

Comparison of 1 Nephi 17:36 and Isaiah 45:18

This is a side-by-side comparison of 1 Nephi 17:36 and Isaiah 45:18.

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Variations in the text are marked in ROSE.
1 Nephi 17:36
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Isaiah 45:18

36 Behold, the Lord hath created the earth that it should be inhabited; and he hath created his children that they should possess it.

18 For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.

Victor L. Ludlow lists this as an Isaiah verse that is paraphrased in the Book of Mormon, but while I see a similarity in the subject, based on the context in the Book of Mormon and in the Bible I would not list this as an Isaiah quote.