The Book of Mormon

2 Nephi 17:2

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And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.

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Isaiah 7:2 (KJV)
And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.

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And it was told the house of David, saying,: Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.

Simple English

Someone told King David’s family that Syria had joined with Ephraim. The king and his people were scared. They shook like trees shaking in the wind.

Paraphrase

Word reached the house of David: “Syria has joined forces with Ephraim.” When Ahaz heard this, his heart shook—and his people’s hearts with him—like trees trembling in the wind.