Comments on: Why is 2nd Nephi word for word with Isaiah in the Bible? https://askgramps.org/why-is-2nd-nephi-word-for-word-with-isaiah-in-the-bible/ Moral answers to everyday concerns, curiosities, and uncertainties. Gramps considers all questions on all topics from all sources. Fri, 01 Mar 2024 00:37:17 +0000 hourly 1 By: A Happily Married Man https://askgramps.org/why-is-2nd-nephi-word-for-word-with-isaiah-in-the-bible/#comment-34221 Wed, 01 Jul 2015 12:51:00 +0000 http://en.elds.org/askgramps-org/?p=32901#comment-34221 Kristen,

Nephi quoted Isaiah from the brass plates because those prophecies were of great importance to us in the latter-days. You must also remember that what the Lord says to ONE, He says to ALL. Especially, when it is of great worth to our salvation. It is for that reason I find it as no surprise that scriptures from Isaiah and other Bible prophets show up in the Book of Mormon. Notice even the Savior quotes from the Bible in 3 Nephi with some variation.

This is just my humble opinion, but rather than worry if the text is plagiarized, seek to understand why it is there in the Book of Mormon to begin with. You can be assured Joseph Smith didn’t understand all the relevance of those chapters to our day when the Book of Mormon was being translated, either. Remember that even for the prophet of God learning comes line upon line, precept upon precept. We are no different in that respect.

]]> By: Concerned https://askgramps.org/why-is-2nd-nephi-word-for-word-with-isaiah-in-the-bible/#comment-34215 Tue, 30 Jun 2015 09:20:00 +0000 http://en.elds.org/askgramps-org/?p=32901#comment-34215 A better question would be why 2 Nephi doesn’t match up with the Dead Sea Scrolls translation of Isaiah. This means that the Bible with the book of Isaiah would have already been changed/corrupted by Christ’s time… and then not changed again over the next 1900+ years.

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