The Book of Mormon

2 Nephi 20:16

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Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.

Influences

Isaiah 10:16 (KJV)
Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.

Changes

Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hHosts, send among his fat ones, leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.

Simple English

So the Lord, the Lord of heaven’s armies, will make his strong soldiers weak. Under his glory he will start a fire that will burn.

Paraphrase

So the Lord Almighty will send a wasting disease on Assyria’s strong warriors. Under all their glory, he’ll kindle a fire that burns like a blazing flame.