The Book of Mormon

Helaman 13:8

1830 Edition

therefore thus saith the Lord, Because of the hardness of the hearts of the people of the Nephites, except they repent I will take away my word from them, and I will withdraw my spirit from them, and I will suffer them no longer, and I will turn the hearts of their brethren against them;

Changes

tTherefore, thus saith the Lord,: Because of the hardness of the hearts of the people of the Nephites, except they repent I will take away my word from them, and I will withdraw my sSpirit from them, and I will suffer them no longer, and I will turn the hearts of their brethren against them;.

Simple English

“So the Lord says this: The Nephite people’s hearts are hard. Unless they change, I will take away my word from them. I will take away my Spirit from them. I will not put up with them anymore. I will turn their brothers’ hearts against them.”

Paraphrase

“So the Lord says: Because the Nephites have hardened their hearts, unless they turn back to me, I’ll take my word away from them. I’ll withdraw my Spirit. I won’t put up with them any longer, and I’ll turn their enemies against them.”