2 Nephi 9:10
~559–545 BC
1830 Edition
O how great the goodness of our God, who prepareth a way for our escape from the grasp of this awful monster; yea, that monster, death and hell, which I call the death of the body, and also the death of the spirit.
Influences
Revelation 6:8 (KJV)
And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Simple English
How good our God is! He makes a way for us to escape from this terrible monster. That monster is death and hell. I call it the death of the body and also the death of the spirit.
Paraphrase
How good our God is! He made a way for us to escape that terrible monster—death and hell. By death, I mean both the death of the body and the death of the spirit.