“Of Promise”

K. Douglas Bassett

(Isa. 14:2)

In the original text of this verse there were 18 words which have been left out of the King James Version. The brass plates contained these words and clarified three others: “And the people shall take them and bring them to their place; YEA, FROM FAR UNTO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH; AND THEY SHALL RETURN TO THEIR LANDS [note the plural] OF PROMISE. And the house of Israel shall possess them, and the land of the Lord SHALL BE for servants and handmaids; and they shall take them captives UNTO WHOM they were captives; and they shall rule over their oppressors” (2 Ne. 24:2; emphasis added).
Note how extensive the gathering will be. Also note that the two lands of promise (Palestine and America) will be exclusively for the servants and handmaids of the Lord. Those who formerly persecuted the people of Israel will now find themselves depending on the children of Israel for the administration of the government in righteousness.

(W. Cleon Skousen, Isaiah Speaks to Modern Times [Salt Lake City: Ensign Publishing Co., 1984], 275–76.)

Commentaries on Isaiah: In the Book or Mormon

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