Helaman 6:40

~29–24 BC

1830 Edition

And thus we see that they were in an awful state, and ripening for an everlasting destruction.

Influences

2 Thessalonians 1:9 (KJV)
Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

Simple English

So we see they were in a terrible state. They were getting ready for endless destruction.

Paraphrase

We can see they were in a terrible state, ripening for eternal destruction.