The Book of Mormon

Mosiah 11:20

1830 Edition

And it came to pass that there was a man among them, whose name was Abinadi; and he went forth among them, and began to prophesy, saying, Behold, thus saith the Lord, and thus hath he commanded me, saying, Go forth and say unto this people, thus saith the Lord: Wo be unto this people, for I have seen their abominations, and their wickedness, and their whoredoms; and except they repent, I will visit them in mine anger.

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And it came to pass that there was a man among them, whose name was Abinadi; and he went forth among them, and began to prophesy, saying,: Behold, thus saith the Lord, and thus hath he commanded me, saying, Go forth, and say unto this people, thus saith the Lord: Wo be unto this people, for I have seen their abominations, and their wickedness, and their whoredoms; and except they repent, I will visit them in mine anger.

Simple English

There was a man named Abinadi among them. He went out and began to tell them God’s message. He said: “This is what the Lord says. He told me to say this: ‘Go and tell this people what the Lord says: Trouble will come to these people! I have seen their terrible sins and wrong actions. If they don’t stop sinning, I will punish them with my anger.’

Paraphrase

Then a man named Abinadi stood up and started prophesying. He said, “This is what the Lord told me to say to you: Disaster is coming for this people! I’ve seen your disgusting behavior—your evil and sexual sin. Unless you repent, I will strike you down in my anger.”