The Book of Mormon

1 Nephi 2:24

1830 Edition

And if it so be that they rebel against me, they shall be a scourge unto thy seed, to stir them up in the ways of remembrance.

Influences

2 Peter 1:13 (KJV)
Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;

Simple English

“If your children rebel against me, then your brothers’ children will trouble your children. This will help them remember me.”

Paraphrase

“And if your descendants do rebel, your brothers” descendants will become a painful reminder to bring them back to me.”