The Book of Mormon

3 Nephi 1:7

1830 Edition

And it came to pass that they did make a great uproar throughout the land; and the people which believed, began to be very sorrowful, lest by any means those things which had been spoken, might not come to pass.

Changes

And it came to pass that they did make a great uproar throughout the land; and the people whicho believed, began to be very sorrowful, lest by any means those things which had been spoken, might not come to pass.

Simple English

They made a great uproar throughout the land. The people who believed began to be very sorrowful, afraid that the prophecies might not come to pass.

Paraphrase

They stirred up a huge commotion across the land. The believers grew deeply worried that maybe the prophecies wouldn’t come to pass after all.