The Book of Mormon

3 Nephi 8:12

1830 Edition

But behold, there was a more great and terrible destruction in the land northward: for behold, the whole face of the land was changed, because of the tempest, and the whirlwinds, and the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the exceeding great quaking of the whole earth;

Changes

But behold, there was a more great and terrible destruction in the land northward:; for behold, the whole face of the land was changed, because of the tempest, and the whirlwinds, and the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the exceedingly great quaking of the whole earth;

Simple English

But the destruction in the land to the north was even worse. The whole land changed because of the storm, the whirlwinds, the thunder, the lightning, and the great shaking of the earth.

Paraphrase

But the destruction in the north was even worse. The whole face of the land was transformed by the tempest, whirlwinds, thunder, lightning, and violent earthquakes.