The Book of Mormon

2 Nephi 25:1

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~559–545 BC

1830 Edition

Now I, Nephi, do speak somewhat concerning the words which I have written, which have been spoken by the mouth of Isaiah. For behold, Isaiah spake many things which were hard for many of my people to understand: for they know not concerning the manner of prophesying among the Jews.

Influences

2 Peter 3:16 (KJV)
As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

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Now I, Nephi, do speak somewhat concerning the words which I have written, which have been spoken by the mouth of Isaiah. For behold, Isaiah spake many things which were hard for many of my people to understand:; for they know not concerning the manner of prophesying among the Jews.

Simple English

I, Nephi, want to talk about the words I have written. These are words that Isaiah spoke. Isaiah said many things that were hard for my people to understand. They don’t know how prophets speak among the Jews.

Paraphrase

I want to say a few things about the words from Isaiah I’ve just written down. The truth is, Isaiah’s writings are hard for my people to understand. They don’t know how Jewish prophets speak.