The Book of Mormon

Ether 2:7

1830 Edition

And the Lord would not suffer that they should stop beyond the sea in the wilderness, but he would that they should come forth even unto the land of promise, which was choice above all other lands, which the Lord God had preserved for a righteous people;

Changes

And the Lord would not suffer that they should stop beyond the sea in the wilderness, but he would that they should come forth even unto the land of promise, which was choice above all other lands, which the Lord God had preserved for a righteous people;.

Simple English

The Lord would not let them stop in the wilderness beyond the sea. He wanted them to reach the promised land. This land was the best of all lands. The Lord God had saved it for good people.

Paraphrase

The Lord wouldn’t let them settle in the wilderness beyond the sea. He wanted them to reach the promised land—a land better than any other, a land he had kept for righteous people.