The magazine’s facing maps: Utah upside down beside the Holy Land, with selective blue water highlighting added.December 1958 · Two connected discoveries

In 1958, National Geographic Found Two Holy Lands

Ken KrogueA shepherd throws a stone toward a cave above the Dead Sea.Same issue, December 1958

A Shepherd Threw a Rock Into a Cave. What He Found Should Bother You.

Ancient Egypt blending into a modern American skyline.

When Isaiah Says Egypt, He Means America

Isaiah with a scroll beneath maps linking the ancient Near East and America.

What Country Is Isaiah Actually Talking About?

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Two Years Before Isaiah Opens. Why That Is Good News.

Maps: National Geographic Magazine, December 1958. Selective blue water highlighting added by SearchIsaiah. View original scan.

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Isaiah 49 · 1 Nephi 21:1 · the added sentence — original study diagram.

The Sentence in 1 Nephi 21 That No Bible Has

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Isaiah 49, as Nephi gives it in 1 Nephi 21: the chapter for people who think God forgot them. It opens with a sentence...
Isaiah 48 · 1 Nephi 20 · the textual differences — original study diagram.

Isaiah 48 in the Book of Mormon: 21 of 22 Verses...

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Isaiah 48, as Nephi gives it to us in 1 Nephi 20: a chapter written to covenant people who think they've arrived. Verse by...

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The December 1958 National Geographic facing maps of Utah and the Holy Land, with selective blue highlighting on water features, including Utah’s lakes, both Jordan rivers, the Mediterranean, the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aqaba and the Nile.

In 1958, National Geographic Found Two Holy Lands. The Book of...

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Two Jordans, Two Nebos, Two Goshens: The 1958 Magazine That Put Utah Beside the Holy Land The Book of Mormon promised a Jerusalem “like unto”...

Finding Hope in the Furnace: Comfort and Redemption in Isaiah 40–49

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