The Book of Mormon

2 Nephi 24:22

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For I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the Lord.

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Isaiah 14:22 (KJV)
For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD.

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For I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of hHosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the Lord.

Simple English

The Lord of armies says: I will rise up against them. I will cut off from Babylon the name and the people left. I will cut off the son and the nephew.

Paraphrase

“I will rise up against them,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “I’ll cut off from Babylon every trace of it—name and survivor, child and descendant,” says the Lord.