The Book of Mormon

Helaman 13:17

1830 Edition

and behold, a curse shall come upon the land, saith the Lord of Hosts, because of the people’s sake which is upon the land; yea, because of their wickedness and their abominations.

Changes

aAnd behold, a curse shall come upon the land, saith the Lord of Hosts, because of the people’s sake whicho isare upon the land;, yea, because of their wickedness and their abominations.

Simple English

“A curse will come on the land, says the Lord of Hosts. This is because of the people on the land. It’s because of their evil and their bad things.”

Paraphrase

“A curse will come upon this land, says the Lord of Hosts, because of the people’s wickedness and corruption.”