2 Nephi 24:17
1830 Edition
and made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof, and opened not the house of his prisoners?
Influences
Isaiah 14:17 (KJV)
That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
Changes
Simple English
Is this the man who made the world like a desert and destroyed the cities? Is this the man who never let his prisoners go home?
Paraphrase
“Who turned the world into a wasteland and destroyed its cities? Who never let his prisoners go home?”