| 16:1 In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw also
the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and
his train filled the temple. |
The following
section is quoted from Isaiah 6. See the note at I Nephi 20:1. 6:1 In the year that
king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a
throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the
temple.
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| 16:2 Above it stood the 1seraphim; each one had six wings; with twain he
covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and
with twain he did fly. |
6:2 Above it
stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain
he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet,
and with twain he did fly. Topic:
Textual Changes
[1] 1830 version:
seraphims. ‘Seraphim’ is the correct plural of
‘Seraph’. The original version of the Book of
Mormon followed the King James error. See also verse 6
of this chapter, and Alma 12:21. 
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| 16:3 And one cried unto another, and said: Holy,
holy, holy, is the Lord of Hosts; the whole earth is full
of his glory. |
6:3 And one
cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is
the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his
glory. |
| 16:4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of
him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. |
6:4 And the
posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried,
and the house was filled with smoke. |
| 16:5 Then said I: Wo is unto me! for I am undone;
because I am a man of unclean lips; and I dwell in the
midst of a people of unclean lips; for mine eyes have
seen the King, the Lord of Hosts. |
6:5 Then said
I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am
a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a
people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King,
the Lord of hosts. Topic: Textual
Changes
[1] 1830 version:
"Then said I, Wo me!" The deletion of the KJV
italics at this point resulted in an incomprehensible
phrase, which had to be corrected in later editions of
the Book of Mormon.
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| 16:6 Then flew one of the seraphim unto me,
having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with
the tongs from off the altar; |
6:6 Then flew
one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which
he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: |
| 16:7 And he laid it upon my mouth, and said: Lo,
this has touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken
away, and thy sin purged. |
6:7 And he
laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath
touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and
thy sin purged. |
| 16:8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying:
Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then I said: 1Here am I; send me. |
6:8 Also I
heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send,
and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I;
send me. Topic: Textual
Changes
[1] 1830 version:
"...Then I said, Here I; send me." The deletion
of the KJV italics at this point resulted in an
incomprehensible phrase, which had to be corrected in
later editions of the Book of Mormon.
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| 16:9 And he said: Go and tell this people--Hear ye
indeed, but they understood not; and see ye indeed, but
they perceived not. |
6:9 And he
said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but
understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. |
| 16:10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make
their ears heavy, and shut their eyes--lest they see with
their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with
their heart, and be converted and be healed. |
6:10 Make the
heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and
shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear
with their ears, and understand with their heart, and
convert, and be healed. |
| 16:11 Then said I: Lord, how long? And he said: Until
the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses
without man, and the land be utterly desolate; |
6:11 Then
said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities
be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man,
and the land be utterly desolate, |
| 16:12 And the Lord have removed men far away, for
there shall be a great forsaking in the midst of the
land. |
6:12 And the
Lord have removed men far away, and there be a
great forsaking in the midst of the land. |
| 16:13 But yet there shall be a tenth, and they shall
return, and shall be eaten, 1as a teil-tree, and as an oak whose substance is
in them when they cast their leaves; so the holy seed
shall be the substance thereof. |
6:13 But yet
in it shall be a tenth, and it shall
return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an
oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their
leaves: so the holy seed shall be the
substance thereof. Topic: KJV
Translation Errors
[1] RSV: "...like a terebinth or an oak, whose stump
remains standing when it is felled. The holy seed is its
stump.", NIV "But as the terebinth and oak
leave stumps when they are cut down, so the holy seed
will be the stump in the land."
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