Alma 37:28
~74 BC
1830 Edition
For behold, there is a curse upon all this land, that destruction shall come upon all those workers of darkness, according to the power of God, when they are fully ripe; therefore I desire that this people might not be destroyed.
Influences
2 Timothy 1:8 (KJV)
Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
Revelation 14:18 (KJV)
And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
Simple English
There is a curse on all this land. Destruction will come on all those workers of darkness, by the power of God, when they are fully ripe. So I want this people not to be destroyed.
Paraphrase
There’s a curse on this whole land: destruction will come upon all these workers of darkness, by the power of God, when they’re fully ripe. I don’t want our people to be destroyed.