Ether 8:24
1830 Edition
wherefore the Lord commandeth you, when ye shall see these things come among you, that ye shall awake to a sense of your awful situation, because of this secret combination which shall be among you, or wo be unto it, because of the blood of them which have been slain: for they cry from the dust for vengeance upon it, and also upon those who build it up.
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Simple English
So the Lord tells you this: When you see these things come among you, wake up and see how terrible your situation is. These secret groups will be among you. If you don’t wake up, you will be in trouble because of all the people who have been killed. They cry from the dust for revenge against these groups and against those who build them up.
Paraphrase
So the Lord commands you: when you see these things appearing among you, wake up to the danger you’re in. These secret conspiracies will bring disaster—because the blood of those they’ve murdered cries out from the dust for justice, both against the conspiracy itself and against those who support it.