The Book of Mormon

2 Nephi 20:6

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I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

Influences

Isaiah 10:6 (KJV)
I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

Changes

I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

Simple English

I will send him against a nation of fake people. I will send him against the people who make me angry. I will order him to steal from them and rob them. I will tell him to walk on them like mud in the streets.

Paraphrase

I’ll send him against a godless nation, against the people who provoke me. I’ll command him to loot and plunder, to trample them into the mud like trash in the streets.