The Book of Mormon

2 Nephi 24:25

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that I will bring the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.

Influences

Isaiah 14:25 (KJV)
That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.

Changes

tThat I will bring the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot:; then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.

Simple English

I will bring the Assyrian into my land. I will walk on him on my mountains. Then his load will leave them. His burden will leave their shoulders.

Paraphrase

“I will crush the Assyrian in my land. I’ll trample him on my mountains. Then his yoke will lift from my people, and his burden will fall from their shoulders.”