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I Nephi 20 (Isaiah 48)Parallel
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I Nephi 20:1-11 |
I Nephi 20:12-22 |
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| A | • v1 Hearken
[*/**KJV omits] • and hear this, [KJV reads: "Hear ye this"] |
v12 Hearken unto me, |
| B | O house of Jacob, | O Jacob, |
| C | a who are called
by the name of Israel, . . b and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, . . b or out of the waters of baptism, [KJV: omits] . . . . c who swear by the name of the Lord, . . . . c and make mention of the God of Israel, . . . . . . d yet they swear not in truth [KJV: omits "they swear"] . . . . . . d nor in righteousness. a v2
Nevertheless, they call themselves |
and Israel my called, |
| D | a who is . . b the Lord of Hosts; [***KJV: omits both lines] |
a for I am . . b he; a I am . . b the first, a and I am also . . b the last. |
| E | b yea, the Lord of Hosts . . c is his name. |
b v13 Mine hand . . c hath also laid the foundation of the earth, b and my right hand . . c hath spanned the heavens. b I call unto them . . c and they stand up together. |
| F | v3 Behold, [***KJV: omits] | v14 All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; |
| G | I | who among them |
| H | have declared | hath declared |
| I | the former things from the beginning; | these things unto them? [KJV: omits "unto them"] |
| J | and they went forth out of *my mouth, | The Lord hath loved 1him; |
| K | and I | yea, and he [***KJV: omits] |
| L | showed | will fulfill his word which he hath declared [***KJV: omits] |
| M | them. | by them; [***KJV: omits] |
| N | a I . . b did show them suddenly. [KJV: omits "show"] |
a and he . . b will do his pleasure on Babylon, a and *his arm . . b shall come upon the Chaldeans. [KJV: "be on" instead of "come upon"] |
| O | a v4 And I did it [*KJV: reads "And they came to pass"] . . because I knew that . . b thou art obstinate, . . b and thy neck is an iron sinew, . . b and thy brow brass; a v5 And I have even |
a v15 Also, saith the Lord; I the Lord,
yea, I have spoken; [+KJV: reads "I even I have
spoken"] . . b yea, I have called 2him to declare, [KJV: omits "to declare"] . . b I have brought 3him, . . b and 4he shall make 5his way prosperous. a v16 Come ye near unto me; I have not spoken in secret; [+KJV: adds "hear ye this; I have not spoken..."] |
| P | from the beginning | from the beginning, |
| Q | a declared
to thee; . . b before it came to pass |
. . b from the time a that it was declared [*KJV: "there am I" instead of "declared"] |
| R | I | have I [***KJV: omits] |
| S | showed them thee; | spoken; [***KJV: omits] |
| T | a and I . . b showed them for fear lest thou shouldst say-- [**KJV: omits "and I showed them for fear"] a mine idol . . b hath done them, a and my graven image, a and my molten image . . b hath commanded them. |
a and the Lord God, a and his Spirit, . . b hath sent 6me. |
| U | a-1 v6 Thou hast seen and heard
all this; [KJV: "heard, see" in stead of "seen and
heard"] . . a-2 and will ye not declare them? . . . . a-3 And that I have showed thee new things . . . . . . a-4 from this time, . . . . a-3 even hidden things, . . . . b and thou didst not
know them. |
1 v17 And thus saith the Lord, . . 2 thy Redeemer, . . . . 3 the Holy One of Israel; . . . . . . 4 I have have sent 7him, [*/**KJV: "am" instead of "have sent him"] |
| V | . . . . . . . . . . . . d even before
the day when thou heardest them not . . . . . . . . c they were declared unto thee,- [**KJV: omits this line] . . . . b lest thou shouldst say--Behold I knew them. a-1
v8 Yea, and thou heardest not; |
1 the Lord . . 2 thy God . . . . 3 who teacheth thee to profit, . . . . 3 who leadeth thee by the way thou shouldst go, . . . . . . 4 hath done it. [**KJV: omits this line] |
| W | a for I knew that thou . . b wouldst deal very treacherously, a and [that thou] . . b wast called a transgressor from the womb. |
a v18 O that thou . . b hadst hearkened to my commandments-- |
| X | a v9 Nevertheless, for my name's
sake . . b will I defer mine anger, |
a then had thy peace . . b been as a river, a and thy righteousness . . b as the waves of the sea. |
| Y | a and for my praise . . b will I refrain from thee, |
a v19 Thy seed also . . b had been as the sand; a the offspring of thy bowels . . b like the gravel thereof; |
| Z | that I cut thee not off. | • his name should not have been cut off • nor destroyed from before me. |
| AA | v10 For, behold, I have refined thee, [+KJV: adds "but not with silver"] | • v20 Go ye forth of Babylon, • flee ye from the Chaldeans, |
| BB | [prelude]-->
1 I 2have chosen 3theein the furnace of affliction. <--[postlude] |
with a voice of singing declare ye, . . tell this, utter to the end of the earth; [KJV: adds "utter it even..."] . . say ye: 1The Lord 2hath redeemed 3his servant Jacob. |
| CC | v11 For mine own sake, | v21 And they thirsted not; [see Isa. 55:1; Rev. 22:17; 2 Ne. 26:25,27] |
| DD | yea, for mine own sake | • he led them through the deserts; [KJV: begins, "when"] • he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; • he clave the rock also and the waters gushed out. |
| EE | will I do | v22 And notwithstanding he hath done [***KJV: omits] |
| FF | this, [*KJV: "it" in stead of "this"] | • all this, • and greater also, [***KJV: omits both lines] |
| GG | a for I will not suffer my name
[KJV: "how should" in stead of "I will not suffer"]
. . b to be polluted, [KJV: omits "to"] a and I will not give my glory . . b unto another. |
a there is no peace, saith
the Lord, . . b unto the wicked. |
by Sterling D. Allan; Fountain Green, Utah; October 18, 1993
The first half of the chapter parallels the second half, with internal symmetry abounding. There are 33 consecutive parallel sets. With two columns, this carries the idea of 66.
