The Book of Mormon

2 Nephi 23:5

1830 Edition

They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, yea, the Lord, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

Influences

Isaiah 13:5 (KJV)
They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

Simple English

They come from a faraway country. They come from the end of heaven. The Lord brings the weapons he will use to show his anger. He will destroy the whole land.

Paraphrase

They come from distant lands, from the farthest reaches of the sky—the Lord and his instruments of fury, ready to devastate the entire land.