The Book of Mormon

2 Nephi 15:8

1830 Edition

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!

Influences

Isaiah 5:8 (KJV)
Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!

Simple English

It will be bad for those who add house to house until there is no room left. They want to live alone in the middle of the land.

Paraphrase

Trouble is coming for those who buy up house after house and field after field until there’s no space left and they stand alone as masters of the land.