The Book of Mormon

1 Nephi 13:34

1830 Edition

And it came to pass that the angel of the Lord spake unto me, saying: Behold, saith the Lamb of God, after that I have visited the remnant of the House of Israel, and this remnant of which I speak, is the seed of thy father; wherefore, after that I have visited them in judgment, and smitten them by the hand of the Gentiles; and after that the Gentiles do stumble exceedingly, because of the most plain and precious parts of the Gospel of the Lamb which hath been kept back, by that abominable church, which is the mother of harlots, saith the Lamb; wherefore, I will be merciful unto the Gentiles in that day, saith the Lamb, insomuch that I will bring forth unto them in mine own power, much of my Gospel, which shall be plain and precious, saith the Lamb;

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And it came to pass that the angel of the Lord spake unto me, saying: Behold, saith the Lamb of God, after that I have visited the remnant of the Hhouse of Israel, and this remnant of whichom I speak, is the seed of thy father; wherefore, after that I have visited them in judgment, and smitten them by the hand of the Gentiles;, and after that the Gentiles do stumble exceedingly, because of the most plain and precious parts of the Ggospel of the Lamb which hathve been kept back, by that abominable church, which is the mother of harlots, saith the Lamb; wherefore, I will be merciful unto the Gentiles in that day, saith the Lamb, insomuch that I will bring forth unto them, in mine own power, much of my Ggospel, which shall be plain and precious, saith the Lamb;.

Simple English

Then the angel of the Lord spoke to me and said: “The Lamb of God says: After I have visited the remnant of the House of Israel, and this remnant I speak of is your father’s descendants, so after I have visited them in judgment, and hurt them by the hand of the Gentiles, and after the Gentiles stumble very much because of the most clear and precious parts of the gospel of the Lamb that have been kept back by that terrible church, which is the mother of prostitutes, says the Lamb - I will be merciful to the Gentiles in that day, says the Lamb. I will bring to them by my own power much of my gospel, which will be clear and precious, says the Lamb.”

Paraphrase

The angel continued: “The Lamb says: “After I judge the remnant of Israel—your father’s descendants—after the Gentiles strike them down, after the Gentiles stumble terribly because that corrupt church of prostitutes hid the clearest truths of my gospel, then I will show the Gentiles mercy.”