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Question: Is the phrase "he hearkened unto the counsel of the wicked one" in Gilbert Hunt's ''The Late War'' a "rare phrase"?: Difference between revisions
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*Book of Mormon 2 Nephi 9:28: "evil one...hearken not unto the counsel of God" | *Book of Mormon 2 Nephi 9:28: "evil one...hearken not unto the counsel of God" | ||
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*Jeremiah 37:2: "hearken unto the words of the Lord" | *Jeremiah 37:2: "hearken unto the words of the Lord" | ||
Revision as of 20:49, 3 January 2015
Question: Is the phrase "he hearkened unto the counsel of the wicked one" in Gilbert Hunt's The Late War a "rare phrase"?
The critics note that "These phrases are rare—meaning that they are not found in other contemporary books of Joseph's time, and that they are not found in the King James Version of the bible" [1]
In order to make this a "rare phrase," the critics note that "counsel" is synonymous with "words," and "the wicked one" is synonymous with "Laman" and "evil one"
- The Late War 3:33-34: "he hearkened unto the counsel of the wicked one"
- Book of Mormon 1 Nephi 3:28: "he hearkened unto the words of Laman"
- Book of Mormon 2 Nephi 9:28: "evil one...hearken not unto the counsel of God"
The core phrase "hearken unto the" is not rare
- Jeremiah 37:2: "hearken unto the words of the Lord"
- Deuteronomy 13:3: "hearken unto the words of that prophet"
If we expand the definition, as the critics did, to include synonymous words "counsel" and "words" with "prayer," "commandments," "voice," and "cry," we find several other instances of the phrase
- 1 Kings 8:28: "hearken unto the cry and to the prayer"
- 2 Chronicles 6:19: "hearken unto the cry and the prayer"
- Judges 3:4: "hearken unto the commandments of the Lord"
- Psalms 5:2: "Hearken unto the voice of my cry"
- Deuteronomy 15:5: hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God"
- Deuteronomy 30:10: "hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God"
- Deuteronomy 28:13: hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God"
- 1 Kings 8:29: "hearken unto the prayer"
- Deuteronomy 28:15: "hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God"
- 2 Chronicles 6:20: "hearken unto the prayer"
- Deuteronomy 17:12: "hearken unto the priest"
Notes (click to expand)
- ↑ Chris Johnson, Duane Johnson, ""A Comparison of The Book of Mormon and The Late War Between the United States and Great Britain," http://wordtreefoundation.github.io/thelatewar/