3 Nephi 25:1
1830 Edition
For behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Influences
Malachi 4:1 (KJV)
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Changes
For behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble:; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hHosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Simple English
A day is coming that will burn like an oven. All the proud people and all who do bad things will be like straw. The day that comes will burn them up, says the Lord of hosts. It will not leave them any roots or branches.
Paraphrase
Look—the day is coming when everything will burn like a blazing oven. All the arrogant and all the wicked will be like dry straw. The day that’s coming will burn them to ashes, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. Nothing will be left—not a root, not a branch.