The Book of Mormon

3 Nephi 22:3

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for thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

Influences

Isaiah 54:3 (KJV)
For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

Changes

fFor thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left;, and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

Simple English

You will spread out to the right and to the left. Your children will take over other lands. They will make empty cities full of people again.

Paraphrase

You’re going to spread out in every direction. Your children will inherit the nations and bring life back to cities that were left empty.