2 Nephi 16:13
1830 Edition
But yet in it there shall be a tenth, and they shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil-tree, and as an oak whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.
Influences
Isaiah 6:13 (KJV)
But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.
Changes
But yet in it there shall be a tenth, and they shall return, and shall be eaten:, as a teil- tree, and as an oak whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves:; so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.
Simple English
“But there will still be a tenth left. They will return and be eaten. Like a terebinth tree or an oak tree that has substance when it loses its leaves, the holy children will be the substance of the land.”
Paraphrase
“Even then, a tenth will remain. But they’ll be destroyed again—like an oak or terebinth cut down, leaving only a stump. That stump is the holy seed.”