The Book of Mormon

1 Nephi 21:19

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For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants; and they that swallowed thee up, shall be far away.

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Isaiah 49:19 (KJV)
For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.

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For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants; and they that swallowed thee up, shall be far away.

Simple English

Your empty places and destroyed land will now be too crowded because of all the people living there. Those who swallowed you up will be far away.

Paraphrase

Your ruined and desolate places, your destroyed land—it’ll be too crowded now with all the people living there. Those who tried to swallow you up will be far away.