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Title: The Book Of Mormon

       An Account Written By The Hand Of Mormon Upon Plates Taken

              From The Plates Of Nephi

Author: Anonymous

Translator: Joseph Smith, Jr.

Release Date: June 25, 2008 [EBook #17]

Last Updated: November 17, 2012

Last updated: February 1, 2013

Language: English

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THE BOOK OF MORMON

An Account Written

BY THE HAND OF MORMON

UPON PLATES
TAKEN FROM THE PLATES OF NEPHI

Wherefore, it is an abridgment of the record of the people of Nephi, and also of the Lamanites—Written to the Lamanites, who are a remnant of the house of Israel; and also to Jew and Gentile—Written by way of commandment, and also by the spirit of prophecy and of revelation—Written and sealed up, and hid up unto the Lord, that they might not be destroyed—To come forth by the gift and power of God unto the interpretation thereof—Sealed by the hand of Moroni, and hid up unto the Lord, to come forth in due time by way of the Gentile—The interpretation thereof by the gift of God.

An abridgment taken from the Book of Ether also, which is a record of the people of Jared, who were scattered at the time the Lord confounded the language of the people, when they were building a tower to get to heaven—Which is to show unto the remnant of the House of Israel what great things the Lord hath done for their fathers; and that they may know the covenants of the Lord, that they are not cast off forever—And also to the convincing of the Jew and Gentile that JESUS is the CHRIST, the ETERNAL GOD, manifesting himself unto all nations—And now, if there are faults they are the mistakes of men; wherefore, condemn not the things of God, that ye may be found spotless at the judgment-seat of Christ.

TRANSLATED BY JOSEPH SMITH, JUN.
THE TESTIMONY OF THREE WITNESSES

Be it known unto all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people, unto whom this work shall come: That we, through the grace of God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, have seen the plates which contain this record, which is a record of the people of Nephi, and also of the Lamanites, their brethren, and also of the people of Jared, who came from the tower of which hath been spoken. And we also know that they have been translated by the gift and power of God, for his voice hath declared it unto us; wherefore we know of a surety that the work is true. And we also testify that we have seen the engravings which are upon the plates; and they have been shown unto us by the power of God, and not of man. And we declare with words of soberness, that an angel of God came down from heaven, and he brought and laid before our eyes, that we beheld and saw the plates, and the engravings thereon; and we know that it is by the grace of God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, that we beheld and bear record that these things are true. And it is marvelous in our eyes. Nevertheless, the voice of the Lord commanded us that we should bear record of it; wherefore, to be obedient unto the commandments of God, we bear testimony of these things. And we know that if we are faithful in Christ, we shall rid our garments of the blood of all men, and be found spotless before the judgment-seat of Christ, and shall dwell with him eternally in the heavens. And the honor be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, which is one God. Amen.

OLIVER COWDERY

DAVID WHITMER

MARTIN HARRIS

THE TESTIMONY OF EIGHT WITNESSES

Be it known unto all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people, unto whom this work shall come: That Joseph Smith, Jun., the translator of this work, has shown unto us the plates of which hath been spoken, which have the appearance of gold; and as many of the leaves as the said Smith has translated we did handle with our hands; and we also saw the engravings thereon, all of which has the appearance of ancient work, and of curious workmanship. And this we bear record with words of soberness, that the said Smith has shown unto us, for we have seen and hefted, and know of a surety that the said Smith has got the plates of which we have spoken. And we give our names unto the world, to witness unto the world that which we have seen. And we lie not, God bearing witness of it.

CHRISTIAN WHITMER

JACOB WHITMER

PETER WHITMER, JUN.

JOHN WHITMER

HIRAM PAGE

JOSEPH SMITH, SEN.

HYRUM SMITH

SAMUEL H. SMITH

Contents

THE FIRST BOOK OF NEPHI HIS REIGN AND MINISTRY

THE SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI2

THE BOOK OF JACOB

THE BOOK OF ENOS

THE BOOK OF JAROM

THE BOOK OF OMNI

THE WORDS OF MORMON

THE BOOK OF MOSIAH

THE BOOK OF ALMA

THE BOOK OF HELAMAN

THIRD BOOK OF NEPHI

FOURTH NEPHI

THE BOOK OF MORMON

THE BOOK OF ETHER

THE BOOK OF MORONI

THE FIRST BOOK OF NEPHI HIS REIGN AND MINISTRY (1 Nephi)

An account of Lehi and his wife Sariah and his four sons, being called, (beginning at the eldest) Laman, Lemuel, Sam, and Nephi. The Lord warns Lehi to depart out of the land of Jerusalem, because he prophesieth unto the people concerning their iniquity and they seek to destroy his life. He taketh three days' journey into the wilderness with his family. Nephi taketh his brethren and returneth to the land of Jerusalem after the record of the Jews. The account of their sufferings. They take the daughters of Ishmael to wife. They take their families and depart into the wilderness. Their sufferings and afflictions in the wilderness. The course of their travels. They come to the large waters. Nephi's brethren rebel against him. He confoundeth them, and buildeth a ship. They call the name of the place Bountiful. They cross the large waters into the promised land, and so forth. This is according to the account of Nephi; or in other words, I, Nephi, wrote this record.

1 Nephi 1 Chapter 1

1 Nephi 1:1

1 I, Nephi, having been born of goodly parents, therefore I was

taught somewhat in all the learning of my father; and having seen

many afflictions in the course of my days, nevertheless, having

been highly favored of the Lord in all my days; yea, having had a

great knowledge of the goodness and the mysteries of God,

therefore I make a record of my proceedings in my days.

1 Nephi 1:2

2 Yea, I make a record in the language of my father, which

consists of the learning of the Jews and the language of the

Egyptians.

1 Nephi 1:3

3 And I know that the record which I make is true; and I make it

with mine own hand; and I make it according to my knowledge.

1 Nephi 1:4

4 For it came to pass in the commencement of the first year of

the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah, (my father, Lehi, having

dwelt at Jerusalem in all his days); and in that same year there

came many prophets, prophesying unto the people that they must

repent, or the great city Jerusalem must be destroyed.

1 Nephi 1:5

5 Wherefore it came to pass that my father, Lehi, as he went

forth prayed unto the Lord, yea, even with all his heart, in

behalf of his people.

1 Nephi 1:6

6 And it came to pass as he prayed unto the Lord, there came a

pillar of fire and dwelt upon a rock before him; and he saw and

heard much; and because of the things which he saw and heard he

did quake and tremble exceedingly.

1 Nephi 1:7

7 And it came to pass that he returned to his own house at

Jerusalem; and he cast himself upon his bed, being overcome with

the Spirit and the things which he had seen.

1 Nephi 1:8

8 And being thus overcome with the Spirit, he was carried away

in a vision, even that he saw the heavens open, and he thought he

saw God sitting upon his throne, surrounded with numberless

concourses of angels in the attitude of singing and praising

their God.

1 Nephi 1:9

9 And it came to pass that he saw One descending out of the

midst of heaven, and he beheld that his luster was above that of

the sun at noon-day.

1 Nephi 1:10

10 And he also saw twelve others following him, and their

brightness did exceed that of the stars in the firmament.

1 Nephi 1:11

11 And they came down and went forth upon the face of the earth;

and the first came and stood before my father, and gave unto him

a book, and bade him that he should read.

1 Nephi 1:12

12 And it came to pass that as he read, he was filled with the

Spirit of the Lord.

1 Nephi 1:13

13 And he read, saying: Wo, wo, unto Jerusalem, for I have seen

thine abominations! Yea, and many things did my father read

concerning Jerusalem—that it should be destroyed, and the

inhabitants thereof; many should perish by the sword, and many

should be carried away captive into Babylon.

1 Nephi 1:14

14 And it came to pass that when my father had read and seen

many great and marvelous things, he did exclaim many things unto

the Lord; such as: Great and marvelous are thy works, O Lord God

Almighty! Thy throne is high in the heavens, and thy power, and

goodness, and mercy are over all the inhabitants of the earth,

and, because thou art merciful, thou wilt not suffer those who

come unto thee that they shall perish!

1 Nephi 1:15

15 And after this manner was the language of my father in the

praising of his God; for his soul did rejoice, and his whole

heart was filled, because of the things which he had seen, yea,

which the Lord had shown unto him.

1 Nephi 1:16

16 And now I, Nephi, do not make a full account of the things

which my father hath written, for he hath written many things

which he saw in visions and in dreams; and he also hath written

many things which he prophesied and spake unto his children, of

which I shall not make a full account.

1 Nephi 1:17

17 But I shall make an account of my proceedings in my days.

Behold, I make an abridgment of the record of my father, upon

plates which I have made with mine own hands; wherefore, after I

have abridged the record of my father then will I make an account

of mine own life.

1 Nephi 1:18

18 Therefore, I would that ye should know, that after the Lord

had shown so many marvelous things unto my father, Lehi, yea,

concerning the destruction of Jerusalem, behold he went forth

among the people, and began to prophesy and to declare unto them

concerning the things which he had both seen and heard.

1 Nephi 1:19

19 And it came to pass that the Jews did mock him because of the

things which he testified of them; for he truly testified of

their wickedness and their abominations; and he testified that

the things which he saw and heard, and also the things which he

read in the book, manifested plainly of the coming of the

Messiah, and also the redemption of the world.

1 Nephi 1:20

20 And when the Jews heard these things they were angry with

him; yea, even as with the prophets of old, whom they had cast

out, and stoned, and slain; and they also sought his life, that

they might take it away. But behold, I, Nephi, will show unto

you that the tender mercies of the Lord are over all those whom

he hath chosen, because of their faith, to make them mighty even

unto the power of deliverance.

1 Nephi 2 Chapter 2

1 Nephi 2:1

1 For behold, it came to pass that the Lord spake unto my

father, yea, even in a dream, and said unto him: Blessed art thou

Lehi, because of the things which thou hast done; and because

thou hast been faithful and declared unto this people the things

which I commanded thee, behold, they seek to take away thy life.

1 Nephi 2:2

2 And it came to pass that the Lord commanded my father, even in

a dream, that he should take his family and depart into the

wilderness.

1 Nephi 2:3

3 And it came to pass that he was obedient unto the word of the

Lord, wherefore he did as the Lord commanded him.

1 Nephi 2:4

4 And it came to pass that he departed into the wilderness. And

he left his house, and the land of his inheritance, and his gold,

and his silver, and his precious things, and took nothing with

him, save it were his family, and provisions, and tents, and

departed into the wilderness.

1 Nephi 2:5

5 And he came down by the borders near the shore of the Red Sea;

and he traveled in the wilderness in the borders which are nearer

the Red Sea; and he did travel in the wilderness with his family,

which consisted of my mother, Sariah, and my elder brothers, who

were Laman, Lemuel, and Sam.

1 Nephi 2:6

6 And it came to pass that when he had traveled three days in

the wilderness, he pitched his tent in a valley by the side of a

river of water.

1 Nephi 2:7

7 And it came to pass that he built an altar of stones, and made

an offering unto the Lord, and gave thanks unto the Lord our God.

1 Nephi 2:8

8 And it came to pass that he called the name of the river,

Laman, and it emptied into the Red Sea; and the valley was in the

borders near the mouth thereof.

1 Nephi 2:9

9 And when my father saw that the waters of the river emptied

into the fountain of the Red Sea, he spake unto Laman, saying: O

that thou mightest be like unto this river, continually running

into the fountain of all righteousness!

1 Nephi 2:10

10 And he also spake unto Lemuel: O that thou mightest be like

unto this valley, firm and steadfast, and immovable in keeping

the commandments of the Lord!

1 Nephi 2:11

11 Now this he spake because of the stiffneckedness of Laman and

Lemuel; for behold they did murmur in many things against their

father, because he was a visionary man, and had led them out of

the land of Jerusalem, to leave the land of their inheritance,

and their gold, and their silver, and their precious things, to

perish in the wilderness. And this they said he had done because

of the foolish imaginations of his heart.

1 Nephi 2:12

12 And thus Laman and Lemuel, being the eldest, did murmur

against their father. And they did murmur because they knew not

the dealings of that God who had created them.

1 Nephi 2:13

13 Neither did they believe that Jerusalem, that great city,

could be destroyed according to the words of the prophets. And

they were like unto the Jews who were at Jerusalem, who sought to

take away the life of my father.

1 Nephi 2:14

14 And it came to pass that my father did speak unto them in the

valley of Lemuel, with power, being filled with the Spirit, until

their frames did shake before him. And he did confound them,

that they durst not utter against him; wherefore, they did as he

commanded them.

1 Nephi 2:15

15 And my father dwelt in a tent.

1 Nephi 2:16

16 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, being exceedingly young,

nevertheless being large in stature, and also having great

desires to know of the mysteries of God, wherefore, I did cry

unto the Lord; and behold he did visit me, and did soften my

heart that I did believe all the words which had been spoken by

my father; wherefore, I did not rebel against him like unto my

brothers.

1 Nephi 2:17

17 And I spake unto Sam, making known unto him the things which

the Lord had manifested unto me by his Holy Spirit. And it came

to pass that he believed in my words.

1 Nephi 2:18

18 But, behold, Laman and Lemuel would not hearken unto my

words; and being grieved because of the hardness of their hearts

I cried unto the Lord for them.

1 Nephi 2:19

19 And it came to pass that the Lord spake unto me, saying:

Blessed art thou, Nephi, because of thy faith, for thou hast

sought me diligently, with lowliness of heart.

1 Nephi 2:20

20 And inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall

prosper, and shall be led to a land of promise; yea, even a land

which I have prepared for you; yea, a land which is choice above

all other lands.

1 Nephi 2:21

21 And inasmuch as thy brethren shall rebel against thee, they

shall be cut off from the presence of the Lord.

1 Nephi 2:22

22 And inasmuch as thou shalt keep my commandments, thou shalt

be made a ruler and a teacher over thy brethren.

1 Nephi 2:23

23 For behold, in that day that they shall rebel against me, I

will curse them even with a sore curse, and they shall have no

power over thy seed except they shall rebel against me also.

1 Nephi 2:24

24 And if it so be that they rebel against me, they shall be a

scourge unto thy seed, to stir them up in the ways of

remembrance.

1 Nephi 3 Chapter 3

1 Nephi 3:1

1 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, returned from speaking with

the Lord, to the tent of my father.

1 Nephi 3:2

2 And it came to pass that he spake unto me, saying: Behold I

have dreamed a dream, in the which the Lord hath commanded me

that thou and thy brethren shall return to Jerusalem.

1 Nephi 3:3

3 For behold, Laban hath the record of the Jews and also a

genealogy of my forefathers, and they are engraven upon plates of

brass.

1 Nephi 3:4

4 Wherefore, the Lord hath commanded me that thou and thy

brothers should go unto the house of Laban, and seek the records,

and bring them down hither into the wilderness.

1 Nephi 3:5

5 And now, behold thy brothers murmur, saying it is a hard thing

which I have required of them; but behold I have not required it

of them, but it is a commandment of the Lord.

1 Nephi 3:6

6 Therefore go, my son, and thou shalt be favored of the Lord,

because thou hast not murmured.

1 Nephi 3:7

7 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said unto my father: I will

go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know

that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men,

save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the

thing which he commandeth them.

1 Nephi 3:8

8 And it came to pass that when my father had heard these words

he was exceedingly glad, for he knew that I had been blessed of

the Lord.

1 Nephi 3:9

9 And I, Nephi, and my brethren took our journey in the

wilderness, with our tents, to go up to the land of Jerusalem.

1 Nephi 3:10

10 And it came to pass that when we had gone up to the land of

Jerusalem, I and my brethren did consult one with another.

1 Nephi 3:11

11 And we cast lots—who of us should go in unto the house of

Laban. And it came to pass that the lot fell upon Laman; and

Laman went in unto the house of Laban, and he talked with him as

he sat in his house.

1 Nephi 3:12

12 And he desired of Laban the records which were engraven upon

the plates of brass, which contained the genealogy of my father.

1 Nephi 3:13

13 And behold, it came to pass that Laban was angry, and thrust

him out from his presence; and he would not that he should have

the records. Wherefore, he said unto him: Behold thou art a

robber, and I will slay thee.

1 Nephi 3:14

14 But Laman fled out of his presence, and told the things which

Laban had done, unto us. And we began to be exceedingly

sorrowful, and my brethren were about to return unto my father in

the wilderness.

1 Nephi 3:15

15 But behold I said unto them that: As the Lord liveth, and as

we live, we will not go down unto our father in the wilderness

until we have accomplished the thing which the Lord hath

commanded us.

1 Nephi 3:16

16 Wherefore, let us be faithful in keeping the commandments of

the Lord; therefore let us go down to the land of our father's

inheritance, for behold he left gold and silver, and all manner

of riches. And all this he hath done because of the commandments

of the Lord.

1 Nephi 3:17

17 For he knew that Jerusalem must be destroyed, because of the

wickedness of the people.

1 Nephi 3:18

18 For behold, they have rejected the words of the prophets.

Wherefore, if my father should dwell in the land after he hath

been commanded to flee out of the land, behold, he would also

perish. Wherefore, it must needs be that he flee out of the

land.

1 Nephi 3:19

19 And behold, it is wisdom in God that we should obtain these

records, that we may preserve unto our children the language of

our fathers;

1 Nephi 3:20

20 And also that we may preserve unto them the words which have

been spoken by the mouth of all the holy prophets, which have

been delivered unto them by the Spirit and power of God, since

the world began, even down unto this present time.

1 Nephi 3:21

21 And it came to pass that after this manner of language did I

persuade my brethren, that they might be faithful in keeping the

commandments of God.

1 Nephi 3:22

22 And it came to pass that we went down to the land of our

inheritance, and we did gather together our gold, and our silver,

and our precious things.

1 Nephi 3:23

23 And after we had gathered these things together, we went up

again unto the house of Laban.

1 Nephi 3:24

24 And it came to pass that we went in unto Laban, and desired

him that he would give unto us the records which were engraven

upon the plates of brass, for which we would give unto him our

gold, and our silver, and all our precious things.

1 Nephi 3:25

25 And it came to pass that when Laban saw our property, and

that it was exceedingly great, he did lust after it, insomuch

that he thrust us out, and sent his servants to slay us, that he

might obtain our property.

1 Nephi 3:26

26 And it came to pass that we did flee before the servants of

Laban, and we were obliged to leave behind our property, and it

fell into the hands of Laban.

1 Nephi 3:27

27 And it came to pass that we fled into the wilderness, and the

servants of Laban did not overtake us, and we hid ourselves in

the cavity of a rock.

1 Nephi 3:28

28 And it came to pass that Laman was angry with me, and also

with my father; and also was Lemuel, for he hearkened unto the

words of Laman. Wherefore Laman and Lemuel did speak many hard

words unto us, their younger brothers, and they did smite us even

with a rod.

1 Nephi 3:29

29 And it came to pass as they smote us with a rod, behold, an

angel of the Lord came and stood before them, and he spake unto

them, saying: Why do ye smite your younger brother with a rod?

Know ye not that the Lord hath chosen him to be a ruler over you,

and this because of your iniquities? Behold ye shall go up to

Jerusalem again, and the Lord will deliver Laban into your hands.

1 Nephi 3:30

30 And after the angel had spoken unto us, he departed.

1 Nephi 3:31

31 And after the angel had departed, Laman and Lemuel again

began to murmur, saying: How is it possible that the Lord will

deliver Laban into our hands? Behold, he is a mighty man, and he

can command fifty, yea, even he can slay fifty; then why not us?

1 Nephi 4 Chapter 4

1 Nephi 4:1

1 And it came to pass that I spake unto my brethren, saying: Let

us go up again unto Jerusalem, and let us be faithful in keeping

the commandments of the Lord; for behold he is mightier than all

the earth, then why not mightier than Laban and his fifty, yea,

or even than his tens of thousands?

1 Nephi 4:2

2 Therefore let us go up; let us be strong like unto Moses; for

he truly spake unto the waters of the Red Sea and they divided

hither and thither, and our fathers came through, out of

captivity, on dry ground, and the armies of Pharaoh did follow

and were drowned in the waters of the Red Sea.

1 Nephi 4:3

3 Now behold ye know that this is true; and ye also know that an

angel hath spoken unto you; wherefore can ye doubt? Let us go

up; the Lord is able to deliver us, even as our fathers, and to

destroy Laban, even as the Egyptians.

1 Nephi 4:4

4 Now when I had spoken these words, they were yet wroth, and

did still continue to murmur; nevertheless they did follow me up

until we came without the walls of Jerusalem.

1 Nephi 4:5

5 And it was by night; and I caused that they should hide

themselves without the walls. And after they had hid themselves,

I, Nephi, crept into the city and went forth towards the house of

Laban.

1 Nephi 4:6

6 And I was led by the Spirit, not knowing beforehand the things

which I should do.

1 Nephi 4:7

7 Nevertheless I went forth, and as I came near unto the house

of Laban I beheld a man, and he had fallen to the earth before

me, for he was drunken with wine.

1 Nephi 4:8

8 And when I came to him I found that it was Laban.

1 Nephi 4:9

9 And I beheld his sword, and I drew it forth from the sheath

thereof; and the hilt thereof was of pure gold, and the

workmanship thereof was exceedingly fine, and I saw that the

blade thereof was of the most precious steel.

1 Nephi 4:10

10 And it came to pass that I was constrained by the Spirit that

I should kill Laban; but I said in my heart: Never at any time

have I shed the blood of man. And I shrunk and would that I

might not slay him.

1 Nephi 4:11

11 And the Spirit said unto me again: Behold the Lord hath

delivered him into thy hands. Yea, and I also knew that he had

sought to take away mine own life; yea, and he would not hearken

unto the commandments of the Lord; and he also had taken away our

property.

1 Nephi 4:12

12 And it came to pass that the Spirit said unto me again: Slay

him, for the Lord hath delivered him into thy hands;

1 Nephi 4:13

13 Behold the Lord slayeth the wicked to bring forth his

righteous purposes. It is better that one man should perish than

that a nation should dwindle and perish in unbelief.

1 Nephi 4:14

14 And now, when I, Nephi, had heard these words, I remembered

the words of the Lord which he spake unto me in the wilderness,

saying that: Inasmuch as thy seed shall keep my commandments,

they shall prosper in the land of promise.

1 Nephi 4:15

15 Yea, and I also thought that they could not keep the

commandments of the Lord according to the law of Moses, save they

should have the law.

1 Nephi 4:16

16 And I also knew that the law was engraven upon the plates of

brass.

1 Nephi 4:17

17 And again, I knew that the Lord had delivered Laban into my

hands for this cause—that I might obtain the records according

to his commandments.

1 Nephi 4:18

18 Therefore I did obey the voice of the Spirit, and took Laban

by the hair of the head, and I smote off his head with his own

sword.

1 Nephi 4:19

19 And after I had smitten off his head with his own sword, I

took the garments of Laban and put them upon mine own body; yea,

even every whit; and I did gird on his armor about my loins.

1 Nephi 4:20

20 And after I had done this, I went forth unto the treasury of

Laban. And as I went forth towards the treasury of Laban,

behold, I saw the servant of Laban who had the keys of the

treasury. And I commanded him in the voice of Laban, that he

should go with me into the treasury.

1 Nephi 4:21

21 And he supposed me to be his master, Laban, for he beheld the

garments and also the sword girded about my loins.

1 Nephi 4:22

22 And he spake unto me concerning the elders of the Jews, he

knowing that his master, Laban, had been out by night among them.

1 Nephi 4:23

23 And I spake unto him as if it had been Laban.

1 Nephi 4:24

24 And I also spake unto him that I should carry the engravings,

which were upon the plates of brass, to my elder brethren, who

were without the walls.

1 Nephi 4:25

25 And I also bade him that he should follow me.

1 Nephi 4:26

26 And he, supposing that I spake of the brethren of the church,

and that I was truly that Laban whom I had slain, wherefore he

did follow me.

1 Nephi 4:27

27 And he spake unto me many times concerning the elders of the

Jews, as I went forth unto my brethren, who were without the

walls.

1 Nephi 4:28

28 And it came to pass that when Laman saw me he was exceedingly

frightened, and also Lemuel and Sam. And they fled from before

my presence; for they supposed it was Laban, and that he had

slain me and had sought to take away their lives also.

1 Nephi 4:29

29 And it came to pass that I called after them, and they did

hear me; wherefore they did cease to flee from my presence.

1 Nephi 4:30

30 And it came to pass that when the servant of Laban beheld my

brethren he began to tremble, and was about to flee from before

me and return to the city of Jerusalem.

1 Nephi 4:31

31 And now I, Nephi, being a man large in stature, and also

having received much strength of the Lord, therefore I did seize

upon the servant of Laban, and held him, that he should not flee.

1 Nephi 4:32

32 And it came to pass that I spake with him, that if he would

hearken unto my words, as the Lord liveth, and as I live, even so

that if he would hearken unto our words, we would spare his life.

1 Nephi 4:33

33 And I spake unto him, even with an oath, that he need not

fear; that he should be a free man like unto us if he would go

down in the wilderness with us.

1 Nephi 4:34

34 And I also spake unto him, saying: Surely the Lord hath

commanded us to do this thing; and shall we not be diligent in

keeping the commandments of the Lord? Therefore, if thou wilt go

down into the wilderness to my father thou shalt have place with

us.

1 Nephi 4:35

35 And it came to pass that Zoram did take courage at the words

which I spake. Now Zoram was the name of the servant; and he

promised that he would go down into the wilderness unto our

father. Yea, and he also made an oath unto us that he would

tarry with us from that time forth.

1 Nephi 4:36

36 Now we were desirous that he should tarry with us for this

cause, that the Jews might not know concerning our flight into

the wilderness, lest they should pursue us and destroy us.

1 Nephi 4:37

37 And it came to pass that when Zoram had made an oath unto us,

our fears did cease concerning him.

1 Nephi 4:38

38 And it came to pass that we took the plates of brass and the

servant of Laban, and departed into the wilderness, and journeyed

unto the tent of our father.

1 Nephi 5 Chapter 5

1 Nephi 5:1

1 And it came to pass that after we had come down into the

wilderness unto our father, behold, he was filled with joy, and

also my mother, Sariah, was exceedingly glad, for she truly had

mourned because of us.

1 Nephi 5:2

2 For she had supposed that we had perished in the wilderness;

and she also had complained against my father, telling him that

he was a visionary man; saying: Behold thou hast led us forth

from the land of our inheritance, and my sons are no more, and we

perish in the wilderness.

1 Nephi 5:3

3 And after this manner of language had my mother complained

against my father.

1 Nephi 5:4

4 And it had come to pass that my father spake unto her, saying:

I know that I am a visionary man; for if I had not seen the

things of God in a vision I should not have known the goodness of

God, but had tarried at Jerusalem, and had perished with my

brethren.

1 Nephi 5:5

5 But behold, I have obtained a land of promise, in the which

things I do rejoice; yea, and I know that the Lord will deliver

my sons out of the hands of Laban, and bring them down again unto

us in the wilderness.

1 Nephi 5:6

6 And after this manner of language did my father, Lehi, comfort

my mother, Sariah, concerning us, while we journeyed in the

wilderness up to the land of Jerusalem, to obtain the record of

the Jews.

1 Nephi 5:7

7 And when we had returned to the tent of my father, behold

their joy was full, and my mother was comforted.

1 Nephi 5:8

8 And she spake, saying: Now I know of a surety that the Lord

hath commanded my husband to flee into the wilderness; yea, and I

also know of a surety that the Lord hath protected my sons, and

delivered them out of the hands of Laban, and given them power

whereby they could accomplish the thing which the Lord hath

commanded them. And after this manner of language did she speak.

1 Nephi 5:9

9 And it came to pass that they did rejoice exceedingly, and did

offer sacrifice and burnt offerings unto the Lord; and they gave

thanks unto the God of Israel.

1 Nephi 5:10

10 And after they had given thanks unto the God of Israel, my

father, Lehi, took the records which were engraven upon the

plates of brass, and he did search them from the beginning.

1 Nephi 5:11

11 And he beheld that they did contain the five books of Moses,

which gave an account of the creation of the world, and also of

Adam and Eve, who were our first parents;

1 Nephi 5:12

12 And also a record of the Jews from the beginning, even down

to the commencement of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah;

1 Nephi 5:13

13 And also the prophecies of the holy prophets, from the

beginning, even down to the commencement of the reign of

Zedekiah; and also many prophecies which have been spoken by the

mouth of Jeremiah.

1 Nephi 5:14

14 And it came to pass that my father, Lehi, also found upon the

plates of brass a genealogy of his fathers; wherefore he knew

that he was a descendant of Joseph; yea, even that Joseph who was

the son of Jacob, who was sold into Egypt, and who was preserved

by the hand of the Lord, that he might preserve his father,

Jacob, and all his household from perishing with famine.

1 Nephi 5:15

15 And they were also led out of captivity and out of the land

of Egypt, by that same God who had preserved them.

1 Nephi 5:16

16 And thus my father, Lehi, did discover the genealogy of his

fathers. And Laban also was a descendant of Joseph, wherefore he

and his fathers had kept the records.

1 Nephi 5:17

17 And now when my father saw all these things, he was filled

with the Spirit, and began to prophesy concerning his seed—

1 Nephi 5:18

18 That these plates of brass should go forth unto all nations,

kindreds, tongues, and people who were of his seed.

1 Nephi 5:19

19 Wherefore, he said that these plates of brass should never

perish; neither should they be dimmed any more by time. And he

prophesied many things concerning his seed.

1 Nephi 5:20

20 And it came to pass that thus far I and my father had kept

the commandments wherewith the Lord had commanded us.

1 Nephi 5:21

21 And we had obtained the records which the Lord had commanded

us, and searched them and found that they were desirable; yea,

even of great worth unto us, insomuch that we could preserve the

commandments of the Lord unto our children.

1 Nephi 5:22

22 Wherefore, it was wisdom in the Lord that we should carry

them with us, as we journeyed in the wilderness towards the land

of promise.

1 Nephi 6 Chapter 6

1 Nephi 6:1

1 And now I, Nephi, do not give the genealogy of my fathers in

this part of my record; neither at any time shall I give it after

upon these plates which I am writing; for it is given in the

record which has been kept by my father; wherefore, I do not

write it in this work.

1 Nephi 6:2

2 For it sufficeth me to say that we are descendants of Joseph.

1 Nephi 6:3

3 And it mattereth not to me that I am particular to give a full

account of all the things of my father, for they cannot be

written upon these plates, for I desire the room that I may write

of the things of God.

1 Nephi 6:4

4 For the fulness of mine intent is that I may persuade men to

come unto the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God

of Jacob, and be saved.

1 Nephi 6:5

5 Wherefore, the things which are pleasing unto the world I do

not write, but the things which are pleasing unto God and unto

those who are not of the world.

1 Nephi 6:6

6 Wherefore, I shall give commandment unto my seed, that they

shall not occupy these plates with things which are not of worth

unto the children of men.

1 Nephi 7 Chapter 7

1 Nephi 7:1

1 And now I would that ye might know, that after my father,

Lehi, had made an end of prophesying concerning his seed, it came

to pass that the Lord spake unto him again, saying that it was

not meet for him, Lehi, that he should take his family into the

wilderness alone; but that his sons should take daughters to

wife, that they might raise up seed unto the Lord in the land of

promise.

1 Nephi 7:2

2 And it came to pass that the Lord commanded him that I, Nephi,

and my brethren, should again return unto the land of Jerusalem,

and bring down Ishmael and his family into the wilderness.

1 Nephi 7:3

3 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did again, with my

brethren, go forth into the wilderness to go up to Jerusalem.

1 Nephi 7:4

4 And it came to pass that we went up unto the house of Ishmael,

and we did gain favor in the sight of Ishmael, insomuch that we

did speak unto him the words of the Lord.

1 Nephi 7:5

5 And it came to pass that the Lord did soften the heart of

Ishmael, and also his household, insomuch that they took their

journey with us down into the wilderness to the tent of our

father.

1 Nephi 7:6

6 And it came to pass that as we journeyed in the wilderness,

behold Laman and Lemuel, and two of the daughters of Ishmael, and

the two sons of Ishmael and their families, did rebel against us;

yea, against me, Nephi, and Sam, and their father, Ishmael, and

his wife, and his three other daughters.

1 Nephi 7:7

7 And it came to pass in the which rebellion, they were desirous

to return unto the land of Jerusalem.

1 Nephi 7:8

8 And now I, Nephi, being grieved for the hardness of their

hearts, therefore I spake unto them, saying, yea, even unto Laman

and unto Lemuel: Behold ye are mine elder brethren, and how is it

that ye are so hard in your hearts, and so blind in your minds,

that ye have need that I, your younger brother, should speak unto

you, yea, and set an example for you?

1 Nephi 7:9

9 How is it that ye have not hearkened unto the word of the

Lord?

1 Nephi 7:10

10 How is it that ye have forgotten that ye have seen an angel

of the Lord?

1 Nephi 7:11

11 Yea, and how is it that ye have forgotten what great things

the Lord hath done for us, in delivering us out of the hands of

Laban, and also that we should obtain the record?

1 Nephi 7:12

12 Yea, and how is it that ye have forgotten that the Lord is

able to do all things according to his will, for the children of

men, if it so be that they exercise faith in him? Wherefore, let

us be faithful to him.

1 Nephi 7:13

13 And if it so be that we are faithful to him, we shall obtain

the land of promise; and ye shall know at some future period that

the word of the Lord shall be fulfilled concerning the

destruction of Jerusalem; for all things which the Lord hath

spoken concerning the destruction of Jerusalem must be fulfilled.

1 Nephi 7:14

14 For behold, the Spirit of the Lord ceaseth soon to strive

with them; for behold, they have rejected the prophets, and

Jeremiah have they cast into prison. And they have sought to

take away the life of my father, insomuch that they have driven

him out of the land.

1 Nephi 7:15

15 Now behold, I say unto you that if ye will return unto

Jerusalem ye shall also perish with them. And now, if ye have

choice, go up to the land, and remember the words which I speak

unto you, that if ye go ye will also perish; for thus the Spirit

of the Lord constraineth me that I should speak.

1 Nephi 7:16

16 And it came to pass that when I, Nephi, had spoken these

words unto my brethren, they were angry with me. And it came to

pass that they did lay their hands upon me, for behold, they were

exceedingly wroth, and they did bind me with cords, for they

sought to take away my life, that they might leave me in the

wilderness to be devoured by wild beasts.

1 Nephi 7:17

17 But it came to pass that I prayed unto the Lord, saying: O

Lord, according to my faith which is in thee, wilt thou deliver

me from the hands of my brethren; yea, even give me strength that

I may burst these bands with which I am bound.

1 Nephi 7:18

18 And it came to pass that when I had said these words, behold,

the bands were loosed from off my hands and feet, and I stood

before my brethren, and I spake unto them again.

1 Nephi 7:19

19 And it came to pass that they were angry with me again, and

sought to lay hands upon me; but behold, one of the daughters of

Ishmael, yea, and also her mother, and one of the sons of

Ishmael, did plead with my brethren, insomuch that they did

soften their hearts; and they did cease striving to take away my

life.

1 Nephi 7:20

20 And it came to pass that they were sorrowful, because of

their wickedness, insomuch that they did bow down before me, and

did plead with me that I would forgive them of the thing that

they had done against me.

1 Nephi 7:21

21 And it came to pass that I did frankly forgive them all that

they had done, and I did exhort them that they would pray unto

the Lord their God for forgiveness. And it came to pass that

they did so. And after they had done praying unto the Lord we

did again travel on our journey towards the tent of our father.

1 Nephi 7:22

22 And it came to pass that we did come down unto the tent of

our father. And after I and my brethren and all the house of

Ishmael had come down unto the tent of my father, they did give

thanks unto the Lord their God; and they did offer sacrifice and

burnt offerings unto him.

1 Nephi 8 Chapter 8

1 Nephi 8:1

1 And it came to pass that we had gathered together all manner

of seeds of every kind, both of grain of every kind, and also of

the seeds of fruit of every kind.

1 Nephi 8:2

2 And it came to pass that while my father tarried in the

wilderness he spake unto us, saying: Behold, I have dreamed a

dream; or, in other words, I have seen a vision.

1 Nephi 8:3

3 And behold, because of the thing which I have seen, I have

reason to rejoice in the Lord because of Nephi and also of Sam;

for I have reason to suppose that they, and also many of their

seed, will be saved.

1 Nephi 8:4

4 But behold, Laman and Lemuel, I fear exceedingly because of

you; for behold, methought I saw in my dream, a dark and dreary

wilderness.

1 Nephi 8:5

5 And it came to pass that I saw a man, and he was dressed in a

white robe; and he came and stood before me.

1 Nephi 8:6

6 And it came to pass that he spake unto me, and bade me follow

him.

1 Nephi 8:7

7 And it came to pass that as I followed him I beheld myself

that I was in a dark and dreary waste.

1 Nephi 8:8

8 And after I had traveled for the space of many hours in

darkness, I began to pray unto the Lord that he would have mercy

on me, according to the multitude of his tender mercies.

1 Nephi 8:9

9 And it came to pass after I had prayed unto the Lord I beheld

a large and spacious field.

1 Nephi 8:10

10 And it came to pass that I beheld a tree, whose fruit was

desirable to make one happy.

1 Nephi 8:11

11 And it came to pass that I did go forth and partake of the

fruit thereof; and I beheld that it was most sweet, above all

that I ever before tasted. Yea, and I beheld that the fruit

thereof was white, to exceed all the whiteness that I had ever

seen.

1 Nephi 8:12

12 And as I partook of the fruit thereof it filled my soul with

exceedingly great joy; wherefore, I began to be desirous that my

family should partake of it also; for I knew that it was

desirable above all other fruit.

1 Nephi 8:13

13 And as I cast my eyes round about, that perhaps I might

discover my family also, I beheld a river of water; and it ran

along, and it was near the tree of which I was partaking the

fruit.

1 Nephi 8:14

14 And I looked to behold from whence it came; and I saw the

head thereof a little way off; and at the head thereof I beheld

your mother Sariah, and Sam, and Nephi; and they stood as if they

knew not whither they should go.

1 Nephi 8:15

15 And it came to pass that I beckoned unto them; and I also did

say unto them with a loud voice that they should come unto me,

and partake of the fruit, which was desirable above all other

fruit.

1 Nephi 8:16

16 And it came to pass that they did come unto me and partake of

the fruit also.

1 Nephi 8:17

17 And it came to pass that I was desirous that Laman and Lemuel

should come and partake of the fruit also; wherefore, I cast mine

eyes towards the head of the river, that perhaps I might see

them.

1 Nephi 8:18

18 And it came to pass that I saw them, but they would not come

unto me and partake of the fruit.

1 Nephi 8:19

19 And I beheld a rod of iron, and it extended along the bank of

the river, and led to the tree by which I stood.

1 Nephi 8:20

20 And I also beheld a strait and narrow path, which came along

by the rod of iron, even to the tree by which I stood; and it

also led by the head of the fountain, unto a large and spacious

field, as if it had been a world.

1 Nephi 8:21

21 And I saw numberless concourses of people, many of whom were

pressing forward, that they might obtain the path which led unto

the tree by which I stood.

1 Nephi 8:22

22 And it came to pass that they did come forth, and commence in

the path which led to the tree.

1 Nephi 8:23

23 And it came to pass that there arose a mist of darkness; yea,

even an exceedingly great mist of darkness, insomuch that they

who had commenced in the path did lose their way, that they

wandered off and were lost.

1 Nephi 8:24

24 And it came to pass that I beheld others pressing forward,

and they came forth and caught hold of the end of the rod of

iron; and they did press forward through the mist of darkness,

clinging to the rod of iron, even until they did come forth and

partake of the fruit of the tree.

1 Nephi 8:25

25 And after they had partaken of the fruit of the tree they did

cast their eyes about as if they were ashamed.

1 Nephi 8:26

26 And I also cast my eyes round about, and beheld, on the other

side of the river of water, a great and spacious building; and it

stood as it were in the air, high above the earth.

1 Nephi 8:27

27 And it was filled with people, both old and young, both male

and female; and their manner of dress was exceedingly fine; and

they were in the attitude of mocking and pointing their fingers

towards those who had come at and were partaking of the fruit.

1 Nephi 8:28

28 And after they had tasted of the fruit they were ashamed,

because of those that were scoffing at them; and they fell away

into forbidden paths and were lost.

1 Nephi 8:29

29 And now I, Nephi, do not speak all the words of my father.

1 Nephi 8:30

30 But, to be short in writing, behold, he saw other multitudes

pressing forward; and they came and caught hold of the end of the

rod of iron; and they did press their way forward, continually

holding fast to the rod of iron, until they came forth and fell

down and partook of the fruit of the tree.

1 Nephi 8:31

31 And he also saw other multitudes feeling their way towards

that great and spacious building.

1 Nephi 8:32

32 And it came to pass that many were drowned in the depths of

the fountain; and many were lost from his view, wandering in

strange roads.

1 Nephi 8:33

33 And great was the multitude that did enter into that strange

building. And after they did enter into that building they did

point the finger of scorn at me and those that were partaking of

the fruit also; but we heeded them not.

1 Nephi 8:34

34 These are the words of my father: For as many as heeded them,

had fallen away.

1 Nephi 8:35

35 And Laman and Lemuel partook not of the fruit, said my

father.

1 Nephi 8:36

36 And it came to pass after my father had spoken all the words

of his dream or vision, which were many, he said unto us, because

of these things which he saw in a vision, he exceedingly feared

for Laman and Lemuel; yea, he feared lest they should be cast off

from the presence of the Lord.

1 Nephi 8:37

37 And he did exhort them then with all the feeling of a tender

parent, that they would hearken to his words, that perhaps the

Lord would be merciful to them, and not cast them off; yea, my

father did preach unto them.

1 Nephi 8:38

38 And after he had preached unto them, and also prophesied unto

them of many things, he bade them to keep the commandments of the

Lord; and he did cease speaking unto them.

1 Nephi 9 Chapter 9

1 Nephi 9:1

1 And all these things did my father see, and hear, and speak,

as he dwelt in a tent, in the valley of Lemuel, and also a great

many more things, which cannot be written upon these plates.

1 Nephi 9:2

2 And now, as I have spoken concerning these plates, behold they

are not the plates upon which I make a full account of the

history of my people; for the plates upon which I make a full

account of my people I have given the name of Nephi; wherefore,

they are called the plates of Nephi, after mine own name; and

these plates also are called the plates of Nephi.

1 Nephi 9:3

3 Nevertheless, I have received a commandment of the Lord that I

should make these plates, for the special purpose that there

should be an account engraven of the ministry of my people.

1 Nephi 9:4

4 Upon the other plates should be engraven an account of the

reign of the kings, and the wars and contentions of my people;

wherefore these plates are for the more part of the ministry; and

the other plates are for the more part of the reign of the kings

and the wars and contentions of my people.

1 Nephi 9:5

5 Wherefore, the Lord hath commanded me to make these plates for

a wise purpose in him, which purpose I know not.

1 Nephi 9:6

6 But the Lord knoweth all things from the beginning; wherefore,

he prepareth a way to accomplish all his works among the children

of men; for behold, he hath all power unto the fulfilling of all

his words. And thus it is. Amen.

1 Nephi 10 Chapter 10

1 Nephi 10:1

1 And now I, Nephi, proceed to give an account upon these plates

of my proceedings, and my reign and ministry; wherefore, to

proceed with mine account, I must speak somewhat of the things of

my father, and also of my brethren.

1 Nephi 10:2

2 For behold, it came to pass after my father had made an end of

speaking the words of his dream, and also of exhorting them to

all diligence, he spake unto them concerning the Jews—

1 Nephi 10:3

3 That after they should be destroyed, even that great city

Jerusalem, and many be carried away captive into Babylon,

according to the own due time of the Lord, they should return

again, yea, even be brought back out of captivity; and after they

should be brought back out of captivity they should possess again

the land of their inheritance.

1 Nephi 10:4

4 Yea, even six hundred years from the time that my father left

Jerusalem, a prophet would the Lord God raise up among the

Jews—even a Messiah, or, in other words, a Savior of the world.

1 Nephi 10:5

5 And he also spake concerning the prophets, how great a number

had testified of these things, concerning this Messiah, of whom

he had spoken, or this Redeemer of the world.

1 Nephi 10:6

6 Wherefore, all mankind were in a lost and in a fallen state,

and ever would be save they should rely on this Redeemer.

1 Nephi 10:7

7 And he spake also concerning a prophet who should come before

the Messiah, to prepare the way of the Lord—

1 Nephi 10:8

8 Yea, even he should go forth and cry in the wilderness:

Prepare ye the way of the Lord, and make his paths straight; for

there standeth one among you whom ye know not; and he is mightier

than I, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose. And

much spake my father concerning this thing.

1 Nephi 10:9

9 And my father said he should baptize in Bethabara, beyond

Jordan; and he also said he should baptize with water; even that

he should baptize the Messiah with water.

1 Nephi 10:10

10 And after he had baptized the Messiah with water, he should

behold and bear record that he had baptized the Lamb of God, who

should take away the sins of the world.

1 Nephi 10:11

11 And it came to pass after my father had spoken these words he

spake unto my brethren concerning the gospel which should be

preached among the Jews, and also concerning the dwindling of the

Jews in unbelief. And after they had slain the Messiah, who

should come, and after he had been slain he should rise from the

dead, and should make himself manifest, by the Holy Ghost, unto

the Gentiles.

1 Nephi 10:12

12 Yea, even my father spake much concerning the Gentiles, and

also concerning the house of Israel, that they should be compared

like unto an olive-tree, whose branches should be broken off and

should be scattered upon all the face of the earth.

1 Nephi 10:13

13 Wherefore, he said it must needs be that we should be led

with one accord into the land of promise, unto the fulfilling of

the word of the Lord, that we should be scattered upon all the

face of the earth.

1 Nephi 10:14

14 And after the house of Israel should be scattered they should

be gathered together again; or, in fine, after the Gentiles had

received the fulness of the Gospel, the natural branches of the

olive-tree, or the remnants of the house of Israel, should be

grafted in, or come to the knowledge of the true Messiah, their

Lord and their Redeemer.

1 Nephi 10:15

15 And after this manner of language did my father prophesy and

speak unto my brethren, and also many more things which I do not

write in this book; for I have written as many of them as were

expedient for me in mine other book.

1 Nephi 10:16

16 And all these things, of which I have spoken, were done as my

father dwelt in a tent, in the valley of Lemuel.

1 Nephi 10:17

17 And it came to pass after I, Nephi, having heard all the

words of my father, concerning the things which he saw in a

vision, and also the things which he spake by the power of the

Holy Ghost, which power he received by faith on the Son of

God—and the Son of God was the Messiah who should come—I,

Nephi, was desirous also that I might see, and hear, and know of

these things, by the power of the Holy Ghost, which is the gift

of God unto all those who diligently seek him, as well in times

of old as in the time that he should manifest himself unto the

children of men.

1 Nephi 10:18

18 For he is the same yesterday, to-day, and forever; and the

way is prepared for all men from the foundation of the world, if

it so be that they repent and come unto him.

1 Nephi 10:19

19 For he that diligently seeketh shall find; and the mysteries

of God shall be unfolded unto them, by the power of the Holy

Ghost, as well in these times as in times of old, and as well in

times of old as in times to come; wherefore, the course of the

Lord is one eternal round.

1 Nephi 10:20

20 Therefore remember, O man, for all thy doings thou shalt be

brought into judgment.

1 Nephi 10:21

21 Wherefore, if ye have sought to do wickedly in the days of

your probation, then ye are found unclean before the

judgment-seat of God; and no unclean thing can dwell with God;

wherefore, ye must be cast off forever.

1 Nephi 10:22

22 And the Holy Ghost giveth authority that I should speak these

things, and deny them not.

1 Nephi 11 Chapter 11

1 Nephi 11:1

1 For it came to pass after I had desired to know the things

that my father had seen, and believing that the Lord was able to

make them known unto me, as I sat pondering in mine heart I was

caught away in the Spirit of the Lord, yea, into an exceedingly

high mountain, which I never had before seen, and upon which I

never had before set my foot.

1 Nephi 11:2

2 And the Spirit said unto me: Behold, what desirest thou?

1 Nephi 11:3

3 And I said: I desire to behold the things which my father saw.

1 Nephi 11:4

4 And the Spirit said unto me: Believest thou that thy father

saw the tree of which he hath spoken?

1 Nephi 11:5

5 And I said: Yea, thou knowest that I believe all the words of

my father.

1 Nephi 11:6

6 And when I had spoken these words, the Spirit cried with a

loud voice, saying: Hosanna to the Lord, the most high God; for

he is God over all the earth, yea, even above all. And blessed

art thou, Nephi, because thou believest in the Son of the most

high God; wherefore, thou shalt behold the things which thou hast

desired.

1 Nephi 11:7

7 And behold this thing shall be given unto thee for a sign,

that after thou hast beheld the tree which bore the fruit which

thy father tasted, thou shalt also behold a man descending out of

heaven, and him shall ye witness; and after ye have witnessed him

ye shall bear record that it is the Son of God.

1 Nephi 11:8

8 And it came to pass that the Spirit said unto me: Look! And I

looked and beheld a tree; and it was like unto the tree which my

father had seen; and the beauty thereof was far beyond, yea,

exceeding of all beauty; and the whiteness thereof did exceed the

whiteness of the driven snow.

1 Nephi 11:9

9 And it came to pass after I had seen the tree, I said unto the

Spirit: I behold thou hast shown unto me the tree which is

precious above all.

1 Nephi 11:10

10 And he said unto me: What desirest thou?

1 Nephi 11:11

11 And I said unto him: To know the interpretation thereof—for

I spake unto him as a man speaketh; for I beheld that he was in

the form of a man; yet nevertheless, I knew that it was the

Spirit of the Lord; and he spake unto me as a man speaketh with

another.

1 Nephi 11:12

12 And it came to pass that he said unto me: Look! And I looked

as if to look upon him, and I saw him not; for he had gone from

before my presence.

1 Nephi 11:13

13 And it came to pass that I looked and beheld the great city

of Jerusalem, and also other cities. And I beheld the city of

Nazareth; and in the city of Nazareth I beheld a virgin, and she

was exceedingly fair and white.

1 Nephi 11:14

14 And it came to pass that I saw the heavens open; and an angel

came down and stood before me; and he said unto me: Nephi, what

beholdest thou?

1 Nephi 11:15

15 And I said unto him: A virgin, most beautiful and fair above

all other virgins.

1 Nephi 11:16

16 And he said unto me: Knowest thou the condescension of God?

1 Nephi 11:17

17 And I said unto him: I know that he loveth his children;

nevertheless, I do not know the meaning of all things.

1 Nephi 11:18

18 And he said unto me: Behold, the virgin whom thou seest is

the mother of the Son of God, after the manner of the flesh.

1 Nephi 11:19

19 And it came to pass that I beheld that she was carried away

in the Spirit; and after she had been carried away in the Spirit

for the space of a time the angel spake unto me, saying: Look!

1 Nephi 11:20

20 And I looked and beheld the virgin again, bearing a child in

her arms.

1 Nephi 11:21

21 And the angel said unto me: Behold the Lamb of God, yea, even

the Son of the Eternal Father! Knowest thou the meaning of the

tree which thy father saw?

1 Nephi 11:22

22 And I answered him, saying: Yea, it is the love of God, which

sheddeth itself abroad in the hearts of the children of men;

wherefore, it is the most desirable above all things.

1 Nephi 11:23

23 And he spake unto me, saying: Yea, and the most joyous to the

soul.

1 Nephi 11:24

24 And after he had said these words, he said unto me: Look!

And I looked, and I beheld the Son of God going forth among the

children of men; and I saw many fall down at his feet and worship

him.

1 Nephi 11:25

25 And it came to pass that I beheld that the rod of iron, which

my father had seen, was the word of God, which led to the

fountain of living waters, or to the tree of life; which waters

are a representation of the love of God; and I also beheld that

the tree of life was a representation of the love of God.

1 Nephi 11:26

26 And the angel said unto me again: Look and behold the

condescension of God!

1 Nephi 11:27

27 And I looked and beheld the Redeemer of the world, of whom my

father had spoken; and I also beheld the prophet who should

prepare the way before him. And the Lamb of God went forth and

was baptized of him; and after he was baptized, I beheld the

heavens open, and the Holy Ghost come down out of heaven and

abide upon him in the form of a dove.

1 Nephi 11:28

28 And I beheld that he went forth ministering unto the people,

in power and great glory; and the multitudes were gathered

together to hear him; and I beheld that they cast him out from

among them.

1 Nephi 11:29

29 And I also beheld twelve others following him. And it came

to pass that they were carried away in the Spirit from before my

face, and I saw them not.

1 Nephi 11:30

30 And it came to pass that the angel spake unto me again,

saying: Look! And I looked, and I beheld the heavens open again,

and I saw angels descending upon the children of men; and they

did minister unto them.

1 Nephi 11:31

31 And he spake unto me again, saying: Look! And I looked, and

I beheld the Lamb of God going forth among the children of men.

And I beheld multitudes of people who were sick, and who were

afflicted with all manner of diseases, and with devils and

unclean spirits; and the angel spake and showed all these things

unto me. And they were healed by the power of the Lamb of God;

and the devils and the unclean spirits were cast out.

1 Nephi 11:32

32 And it came to pass that the angel spake unto me again,

saying: Look! And I looked and beheld the Lamb of God, that he

was taken by the people; yea, the Son of the everlasting God was

judged of the world; and I saw and bear record.

1 Nephi 11:33

33 And I, Nephi, saw that he was lifted up upon the cross and

slain for the sins of the world.

1 Nephi 11:34

34 And after he was slain I saw the multitudes of the earth,

that they were gathered together to fight against the apostles of

the Lamb; for thus were the twelve called by the angel of the

Lord.

1 Nephi 11:35

35 And the multitude of the earth was gathered together; and I

beheld that they were in a large and spacious building, like unto

the building which my father saw. And the angel of the Lord

spake unto me again, saying: Behold the world and the wisdom

thereof; yea, behold the house of Israel hath gathered together

to fight against the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

1 Nephi 11:36

36 And it came to pass that I saw and bear record, that the

great and spacious building was the pride of the world; and it

fell, and the fall thereof was exceedingly great. And the angel

of the Lord spake unto me again, saying: Thus shall be the

destruction of all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people, that

shall fight against the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

1 Nephi 12 Chapter 12

1 Nephi 12:1

1 And it came to pass that the angel said unto me: Look, and

behold thy seed, and also the seed of thy brethren. And I looked

and beheld the land of promise; and I beheld multitudes of

people, yea, even as it were in number as many as the sand of the

sea.

1 Nephi 12:2

2 And it came to pass that I beheld multitudes gathered together

to battle, one against the other; and I beheld wars, and rumors

of wars, and great slaughters with the sword among my people.

1 Nephi 12:3

3 And it came to pass that I beheld many generations pass away,

after the manner of wars and contentions in the land; and I

beheld many cities, yea, even that I did not number them.

1 Nephi 12:4

4 And it came to pass that I saw a mist of darkness on the face

of the land of promise; and I saw lightnings, and I heard

thunderings, and earthquakes, and all manner of tumultuous

noises; and I saw the earth and the rocks, that they rent; and I

saw mountains tumbling into pieces; and I saw the plains of the

earth, that they were broken up; and I saw many cities that they

were sunk; and I saw many that they were burned with fire; and I

saw many that did tumble to the earth, because of the quaking

thereof.

1 Nephi 12:5

5 And it came to pass after I saw these things, I saw the vapor

of darkness, that it passed from off the face of the earth; and

behold, I saw multitudes who had not fallen because of the great

and terrible judgments of the Lord.

1 Nephi 12:6

6 And I saw the heavens open, and the Lamb of God descending out

of heaven; and he came down and showed himself unto them.

1 Nephi 12:7

7 And I also saw and bear record that the Holy Ghost fell upon

twelve others; and they were ordained of God, and chosen.

1 Nephi 12:8

8 And the angel spake unto me, saying: Behold the twelve

disciples of the Lamb, who are chosen to minister unto thy seed.

1 Nephi 12:9

9 And he said unto me: Thou rememberest the twelve apostles of

the Lamb? Behold they are they who shall judge the twelve tribes

of Israel; wherefore, the twelve ministers of thy seed shall be

judged of them; for ye are of the house of Israel.

1 Nephi 12:10

10 And these twelve ministers whom thou beholdest shall judge

thy seed. And, behold, they are righteous forever; for because

of their faith in the Lamb of God their garments are made white

in his blood.

1 Nephi 12:11

11 And the angel said unto me: Look! And I looked, and beheld

three generations pass away in righteousness; and their garments

were white even like unto the Lamb of God. And the angel said

unto me: These are made white in the blood of the Lamb, because

of their faith in him.

1 Nephi 12:12

12 And I, Nephi, also saw many of the fourth generation who

passed away in righteousness.

1 Nephi 12:13

13 And it came to pass that I saw the multitudes of the earth

gathered together.

1 Nephi 12:14

14 And the angel said unto me: Behold thy seed, and also the

seed of thy brethren.

1 Nephi 12:15

15 And it came to pass that I looked and beheld the people of my

seed gathered together in multitudes against the seed of my

brethren; and they were gathered together to battle.

1 Nephi 12:16

16 And the angel spake unto me, saying: Behold the fountain of

filthy water which thy father saw; yea, even the river of which

he spake; and the depths thereof are the depths of hell.

1 Nephi 12:17

17 And the mists of darkness are the temptations of the devil,

which blindeth the eyes, and hardeneth the hearts of the children

of men, and leadeth them away into broad roads, that they perish

and are lost.

1 Nephi 12:18

18 And the large and spacious building, which thy father saw, is

vain imaginations and the pride of the children of men. And a

great and a terrible gulf divideth them; yea, even the word of

the justice of the Eternal God, and the Messiah who is the Lamb

of God, of whom the Holy Ghost beareth record, from the beginning

of the world until this time, and from this time henceforth and

forever.

1 Nephi 12:19

19 And while the angel spake these words, I beheld and saw that

the seed of my brethren did contend against my seed, according to

the word of the angel; and because of the pride of my seed, and

the temptations of the devil, I beheld that the seed of my

brethren did overpower the people of my seed.

1 Nephi 12:20

20 And it came to pass that I beheld, and saw the people of the

seed of my brethren that they had overcome my seed; and they went

forth in multitudes upon the face of the land.

1 Nephi 12:21

21 And I saw them gathered together in multitudes; and I saw

wars and rumors of wars among them; and in wars and rumors of

wars I saw many generations pass away.

1 Nephi 12:22

22 And the angel said unto me: Behold these shall dwindle in

unbelief.

1 Nephi 12:23

23 And it came to pass that I beheld, after they had dwindled in

unbelief they became a dark, and loathsome, and a filthy people,

full of idleness and all manner of abominations.

1 Nephi 13 Chapter 13

1 Nephi 13:1

1 And it came to pass that the angel spake unto me, saying:

Look! And I looked and beheld many nations and kingdoms.

1 Nephi 13:2

2 And the angel said unto me: What beholdest thou? And I said:

I behold many nations and kingdoms.

1 Nephi 13:3

3 And he said unto me: These are the nations and kingdoms of the

Gentiles.

1 Nephi 13:4

4 And it came to pass that I saw among the nations of the

Gentiles the formation of a great church.

1 Nephi 13:5

5 And the angel said unto me: Behold the formation of a church

which is most abominable above all other churches, which slayeth

the saints of God, yea, and tortureth them and bindeth them down,

and yoketh them with a yoke of iron, and bringeth them down into

captivity.

1 Nephi 13:6

6 And it came to pass that I beheld this great and abominable

church; and I saw the devil that he was the founder of it.

1 Nephi 13:7

7 And I also saw gold, and silver, and silks, and scarlets, and

fine-twined linen, and all manner of precious clothing; and I saw

many harlots.

1 Nephi 13:8

8 And the angel spake unto me, saying: Behold the gold, and the

silver, and the silks, and the scarlets, and the fine-twined

linen, and the precious clothing, and the harlots, are the

desires of this great and abominable church.

1 Nephi 13:9

9 And also for the praise of the world do they destroy the

saints of God, and bring them down into captivity.

1 Nephi 13:10

10 And it came to pass that I looked and beheld many waters; and

they divided the Gentiles from the seed of my brethren.

1 Nephi 13:11

11 And it came to pass that the angel said unto me: Behold the

wrath of God is upon the seed of thy brethren.

1 Nephi 13:12

12 And I looked and beheld a man among the Gentiles, who was

separated from the seed of my brethren by the many waters; and I

beheld the Spirit of God, that it came down and wrought upon the

man; and he went forth upon the many waters, even unto the seed

of my brethren, who were in the promised land.

1 Nephi 13:13

13 And it came to pass that I beheld the Spirit of God, that it

wrought upon other Gentiles; and they went forth out of

captivity, upon the many waters.

1 Nephi 13:14

14 And it came to pass that I beheld many multitudes of the

Gentiles upon the land of promise; and I beheld the wrath of God,

that it was upon the seed of my brethren; and they were scattered

before the Gentiles and were smitten.

1 Nephi 13:15

15 And I beheld the Spirit of the Lord, that it was upon the

Gentiles, and they did prosper and obtain the land for their

inheritance; and I beheld that they were white, and exceedingly

fair and beautiful, like unto my people before they were slain.

1 Nephi 13:16

16 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld that the Gentiles

who had gone forth out of captivity did humble themselves before

the Lord; and the power of the Lord was with them.

1 Nephi 13:17

17 And I beheld that their mother Gentiles were gathered

together upon the waters, and upon the land also, to battle

against them.

1 Nephi 13:18

18 And I beheld that the power of God was with them, and also

that the wrath of God was upon all those that were gathered

together against them to battle.

1 Nephi 13:19

19 And I, Nephi, beheld that the Gentiles that had gone out of

captivity were delivered by the power of God out of the hands of

all other nations.

1 Nephi 13:20

20 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld that they did

prosper in the land; and I beheld a book, and it was carried

forth among them.

1 Nephi 13:21

21 And the angel said unto me: Knowest thou the meaning of the

book?

1 Nephi 13:22

22 And I said unto him: I know not.

1 Nephi 13:23

23 And he said: Behold it proceedeth out of the mouth of a Jew.

And I, Nephi, beheld it; and he said unto me: The book that thou

beholdest is a record of the Jews, which contains the covenants

of the Lord, which he hath made unto the house of Israel; and it

also containeth many of the prophecies of the holy prophets; and

it is a record like unto the engravings which are upon the plates

of brass, save there are not so many; nevertheless, they contain

the covenants of the Lord, which he hath made unto the house of

Israel; wherefore, they are of great worth unto the Gentiles.

1 Nephi 13:24

24 And the angel of the Lord said unto me: Thou hast beheld that

the book proceeded forth from the mouth of a Jew; and when it

proceeded forth from the mouth of a Jew it contained the fulness

of the gospel of the Lord, of whom the twelve apostles bear

record; and they bear record according to the truth which is in

the Lamb of God.

1 Nephi 13:25

25 Wherefore, these things go forth from the Jews in purity unto

the Gentiles, according to the truth which is in God.

1 Nephi 13:26

26 And after they go forth by the hand of the twelve apostles of

the Lamb, from the Jews unto the Gentiles, thou seest the

formation of a great and abominable church, which is most

abominable above all other churches; for behold, they have taken

away from the gospel of the Lamb many parts which are plain and

most precious; and also many covenants of the Lord have they

taken away.

1 Nephi 13:27

27 And all this have they done that they might pervert the right

ways of the Lord, that they might blind the eyes and harden the

hearts of the children of men.

1 Nephi 13:28

28 Wherefore, thou seest that after the book hath gone forth

through the hands of the great and abominable church, that there

are many plain and precious things taken away from the book,

which is the book of the Lamb of God.

1 Nephi 13:29

29 And after these plain and precious things were taken away it

goeth forth unto all the nations of the Gentiles; and after it

goeth forth unto all the nations of the Gentiles, yea, even

across the many waters which thou hast seen with the Gentiles

which have gone forth out of captivity, thou seest—because of

the many plain and precious things which have been taken out of

the book, which were plain unto the understanding of the children

of men, according to the plainness which is in the Lamb of

God—because of these things which are taken away out of the

gospel of the Lamb, an exceedingly great many do stumble, yea,

insomuch that Satan hath great power over them.

1 Nephi 13:30

30 Nevertheless, thou beholdest that the Gentiles who have gone

forth out of captivity, and have been lifted up by the power of

God above all other nations, upon the face of the land which is

choice above all other lands, which is the land that the Lord God

hath covenanted with thy father that his seed should have for the

land of their inheritance; wherefore, thou seest that the Lord

God will not suffer that the Gentiles will utterly destroy the

mixture of thy seed, which are among thy brethren.

1 Nephi 13:31

31 Neither will he suffer that the Gentiles shall destroy the

seed of thy brethren.

1 Nephi 13:32

32 Neither will the Lord God suffer that the Gentiles shall

forever remain in that awful state of blindness, which thou

beholdest they are in, because of the plain and most precious

parts of the gospel of the Lamb which have been kept back by that

abominable church, whose formation thou hast seen.

1 Nephi 13:33

33 Wherefore saith the Lamb of God: I will be merciful unto the

Gentiles, unto the visiting of the remnant of the house of Israel

in great judgment.

1 Nephi 13:34

34 And it came to pass that the angel of the Lord spake unto me,

saying: Behold, saith the Lamb of God, after I have visited the

remnant of the house of Israel—and this remnant of whom I speak

is the seed of thy father—wherefore, after I have visited them

in judgment, and smitten them by the hand of the Gentiles, and

after the Gentiles do stumble exceedingly, because of the most

plain and precious parts of the gospel of the Lamb which have

been kept back by that abominable church, which is the mother of

harlots, saith the Lamb—I will be merciful unto the Gentiles in

that day, insomuch that I will bring forth unto them, in mine own

power, much of my gospel, which shall be plain and precious,

saith the Lamb.

1 Nephi 13:35

35 For, behold, saith the Lamb: I will manifest myself unto thy

seed, that they shall write many things which I shall minister

unto them, which shall be plain and precious; and after thy seed

shall be destroyed, and dwindle in unbelief, and also the seed of

thy brethren, behold, these things shall be hid up, to come forth

unto the Gentiles, by the gift and power of the Lamb.

1 Nephi 13:36

36 And in them shall be written my gospel, saith the Lamb, and

my rock and my salvation.

1 Nephi 13:37

37 And blessed are they who shall seek to bring forth my Zion at

that day, for they shall have the gift and the power of the Holy

Ghost; and if they endure unto the end they shall be lifted up at

the last day, and shall be saved in the everlasting kingdom of

the Lamb; and whoso shall publish peace, yea, tidings of great

joy, how beautiful upon the mountains shall they be.

1 Nephi 13:38

38 And it came to pass that I beheld the remnant of the seed of

my brethren, and also the book of the Lamb of God, which had

proceeded forth from the mouth of the Jew, that it came forth

from the Gentiles unto the remnant of the seed of my brethren.

1 Nephi 13:39

39 And after it had come forth unto them I beheld other books,

which came forth by the power of the Lamb, from the Gentiles unto

them, unto the convincing of the Gentiles and the remnant of the

seed of my brethren, and also the Jews who were scattered upon

all the face of the earth, that the records of the prophets and

of the twelve apostles of the Lamb are true.

1 Nephi 13:40

40 And the angel spake unto me, saying: These last records,

which thou hast seen among the Gentiles, shall establish the

truth of the first, which are of the twelve apostles of the Lamb,

and shall make known the plain and precious things which have

been taken away from them; and shall make known to all kindreds,

tongues, and people, that the Lamb of God is the Son of the

Eternal Father, and the Savior of the world; and that all men

must come unto him, or they cannot be saved.

1 Nephi 13:41

41 And they must come according to the words which shall be

established by the mouth of the Lamb; and the words of the Lamb

shall be made known in the records of thy seed, as well as in the

records of the twelve apostles of the Lamb; wherefore they both

shall be established in one; for there is one God and one

Shepherd over all the earth.

1 Nephi 13:42

42 And the time cometh that he shall manifest himself unto all

nations, both unto the Jews and also unto the Gentiles; and after

he has manifested himself unto the Jews and also unto the

Gentiles, then he shall manifest himself unto the Gentiles and

also unto the Jews, and the last shall be first, and the first

shall be last.

1 Nephi 14 Chapter 14

1 Nephi 14:1

1 And it shall come to pass, that if the Gentiles shall hearken

unto the Lamb of God in that day that he shall manifest himself

unto them in word, and also in power, in very deed, unto the

taking away of their stumbling blocks—

1 Nephi 14:2

2 And harden not their hearts against the Lamb of God, they

shall be numbered among the seed of thy father; yea, they shall

be numbered among the house of Israel; and they shall be a

blessed people upon the promised land forever; they shall be no

more brought down into captivity; and the house of Israel shall

no more be confounded.

1 Nephi 14:3

3 And that great pit, which hath been digged for them by that

great and abominable church, which was founded by the devil and

his children, that he might lead away the souls of men down to

hell—yea, that great pit which hath been digged for the

destruction of men shall be filled by those who digged it, unto

their utter destruction, saith the Lamb of God; not the

destruction of the soul, save it be the casting of it into that

hell which hath no end.

1 Nephi 14:4

4 For behold, this is according to the captivity of the devil,

and also according to the justice of God, upon all those who will

work wickedness and abomination before him.

1 Nephi 14:5

5 And it came to pass that the angel spake unto me, Nephi,

saying: Thou hast beheld that if the Gentiles repent it shall be

well with them; and thou also knowest concerning the covenants of

the Lord unto the house of Israel; and thou also hast heard that

whoso repenteth not must perish.

1 Nephi 14:6

6 Therefore, wo be unto the Gentiles if it so be that they

harden their hearts against the Lamb of God.

1 Nephi 14:7

7 For the time cometh, saith the Lamb of God, that I will work a

great and a marvelous work among the children of men; a work

which shall be everlasting, either on the one hand or on the

other—either to the convincing of them unto peace and life

eternal, or unto the deliverance of them to the hardness of their

hearts and the blindness of their minds unto their being brought

down into captivity, and also into destruction, both temporally

and spiritually, according to the captivity of the devil, of

which I have spoken.

1 Nephi 14:8

8 And it came to pass that when the angel had spoken these

words, he said unto me: Rememberest thou the covenants of the

Father unto the house of Israel? I said unto him, Yea.

1 Nephi 14:9

9 And it came to pass that he said unto me: Look, and behold

that great and abominable church, which is the mother of

abominations, whose founder is the devil.

1 Nephi 14:10

10 And he said unto me: Behold there are save two churches only;

the one is the church of the Lamb of God, and the other is the

church of the devil; wherefore, whoso belongeth not to the church

of the Lamb of God belongeth to that great church, which is the

mother of abominations; and she is the whore of all the earth.

1 Nephi 14:11

11 And it came to pass that I looked and beheld the whore of all

the earth, and she sat upon many waters; and she had dominion

over all the earth, among all nations, kindreds, tongues, and

people.

1 Nephi 14:12

12 And it came to pass that I beheld the church of the Lamb of

God, and its numbers were few, because of the wickedness and

abominations of the whore who sat upon many waters; nevertheless,

I beheld that the church of the Lamb, who were the saints of God,

were also upon all the face of the earth; and their dominions

upon the face of the earth were small, because of the wickedness

of the great whore whom I saw.

1 Nephi 14:13

13 And it came to pass that I beheld that the great mother of

abominations did gather together multitudes upon the face of all

the earth, among all the nations of the Gentiles, to fight

against the Lamb of God.

1 Nephi 14:14

14 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld the power of the

Lamb of God, that it descended upon the saints of the church of

the Lamb, and upon the covenant people of the Lord, who were

scattered upon all the face of the earth; and they were armed

with righteousness and with the power of God in great glory.

1 Nephi 14:15

15 And it came to pass that I beheld that the wrath of God was

poured out upon that great and abominable church, insomuch that

there were wars and rumors of wars among all the nations and

kindreds of the earth.

1 Nephi 14:16

16 And as there began to be wars and rumors of wars among all

the nations which belonged to the mother of abominations, the

angel spake unto me, saying: Behold, the wrath of God is upon the

mother of harlots; and behold, thou seest all these things—

1 Nephi 14:17

17 And when the day cometh that the wrath of God is poured out

upon the mother of harlots, which is the great and abominable

church of all the earth, whose founder is the devil, then, at

that day, the work of the Father shall commence, in preparing the

way for the fulfilling of his covenants, which he hath made to

his people who are of the house of Israel.

1 Nephi 14:18

18 And it came to pass that the angel spake unto me, saying:

Look!

1 Nephi 14:19

19 And I looked and beheld a man, and he was dressed in a white

robe.

1 Nephi 14:20

20 And the angel said unto me: Behold one of the twelve apostles

of the Lamb.

1 Nephi 14:21

21 Behold, he shall see and write the remainder of these things;

yea, and also many things which have been.

1 Nephi 14:22

22 And he shall also write concerning the end of the world.

1 Nephi 14:23

23 Wherefore, the things which he shall write are just and true;

and behold they are written in the book which thou beheld

proceeding out of the mouth of the Jew; and at the time they

proceeded out of the mouth of the Jew, or, at the time the book

proceeded out of the mouth of the Jew, the things which were

written were plain and pure, and most precious and easy to the

understanding of all men.

1 Nephi 14:24

24 And behold, the things which this apostle of the Lamb shall

write are many things which thou hast seen; and behold, the

remainder shalt thou see.

1 Nephi 14:25

25 But the things which thou shalt see hereafter thou shalt not

write; for the Lord God hath ordained the apostle of the Lamb of

God that he should write them.

1 Nephi 14:26

26 And also others who have been, to them hath he shown all

things, and they have written them; and they are sealed up to

come forth in their purity, according to the truth which is in

the Lamb, in the own due time of the Lord, unto the house of

Israel.

1 Nephi 14:27

27 And I, Nephi, heard and bear record, that the name of the

apostle of the Lamb was John, according to the word of the angel.

1 Nephi 14:28

28 And behold, I, Nephi, am forbidden that I should write the

remainder of the things which I saw and heard; wherefore the

things which I have written sufficeth me; and I have written but

a small part of the things which I saw.

1 Nephi 14:29

29 And I bear record that I saw the things which my father saw,

and the angel of the Lord did make them known unto me.

1 Nephi 14:30

30 And now I make an end of speaking concerning the things which

I saw while I was carried away in the spirit; and if all the

things which I saw are not written, the things which I have

written are true. And thus it is. Amen.

1 Nephi 15 Chapter 15

1 Nephi 15:1

1 And it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had been carried away

in the spirit, and seen all these things, I returned to the tent

of my father.

1 Nephi 15:2

2 And it came to pass that I beheld my brethren, and they were

disputing one with another concerning the things my father had

spoken unto them.

1 Nephi 15:3

3 For he truly spake many great things unto them, which were

hard to be understood, save a man should inquire of the Lord; and

they being hard in their hearts, therefore they did not look unto

the Lord as they ought.

1 Nephi 15:4

4 And now I, Nephi, was grieved because of the hardness of their

hearts, and also, because of the things which I had seen, and

knew they must unavoidably come to pass because of the great

wickedness of the children of men.

1 Nephi 15:5

5 And it came to pass that I was overcome because of my

afflictions, for I considered that mine afflictions were great

above all, because of the destruction of my people, for I had

beheld their fall.

1 Nephi 15:6

6 And it came to pass that after I had received strength I spake

unto my brethren, desiring to know of them the cause of their

disputations.

1 Nephi 15:7

7 And they said: Behold, we cannot understand the words which

our father hath spoken concerning the natural branches of the

olive-tree, and also concerning the Gentiles.

1 Nephi 15:8

8 And I said unto them: Have ye inquired of the Lord?

1 Nephi 15:9

9 And they said unto me: We have not; for the Lord maketh no

such thing known unto us.

1 Nephi 15:10

10 Behold, I said unto them: How is it that ye do not keep the

commandments of the Lord? How is it that ye will perish, because

of the hardness of your hearts?

1 Nephi 15:11

11 Do ye not remember the things which the Lord hath said?—If

ye will not harden your hearts, and ask me in faith, believing

that ye shall receive, with diligence in keeping my commandments,

surely these things shall be made known unto you.

1 Nephi 15:12

12 Behold, I say unto you, that the house of Israel was compared

unto an olive-tree, by the Spirit of the Lord which was in our

father; and behold are we not broken off from the house of

Israel, and are we not a branch of the house of Israel?

1 Nephi 15:13

13 And now, the thing which our father meaneth concerning the

grafting in of the natural branches through the fulness of the

Gentiles, is, that in the latter days, when our seed shall have

dwindled in unbelief, yea, for the space of many years, and many

generations after the Messiah shall be manifested in body unto

the children of men, then shall the fulness of the gospel of the

Messiah come unto the Gentiles, and from the Gentiles unto the

remnant of our seed—

1 Nephi 15:14

14 And at that day shall the remnant of our seed know that they

are of the house of Israel, and that they are the covenant people

of the Lord; and then shall they know and come to the knowledge

of their forefathers, and also to the knowledge of the gospel of

their Redeemer, which was ministered unto their fathers by him;

wherefore, they shall come to the knowledge of their Redeemer and

the very points of his doctrine, that they may know how to come

unto him and be saved.

1 Nephi 15:15

15 And then at that day will they not rejoice and give praise

unto their everlasting God, their rock and their salvation? Yea,

at that day, will they not receive the strength and nourishment

from the true vine? Yea, will they not come unto the true fold of

God?

1 Nephi 15:16

16 Behold, I say unto you, Yea; they shall be remembered again

among the house of Israel; they shall be grafted in, being a

natural branch of the olive-tree, into the true olive-tree.

1 Nephi 15:17

17 And this is what our father meaneth; and he meaneth that it

will not come to pass until after they are scattered by the

Gentiles; and he meaneth that it shall come by way of the

Gentiles, that the Lord may show his power unto the Gentiles, for

the very cause that he shall be rejected of the Jews, or of the

house of Israel.

1 Nephi 15:18

18 Wherefore, our father hath not spoken of our seed alone, but

also of all the house of Israel, pointing to the covenant which

should be fulfilled in the latter days; which covenant the Lord

made to our father Abraham, saying: In thy seed shall all the

kindreds of the earth be blessed.

1 Nephi 15:19

19 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, spake much unto them

concerning these things; yea, I spake unto them concerning the

restoration of the Jews in the latter days.

1 Nephi 15:20

20 And I did rehearse unto them the words of Isaiah, who spake

concerning the restoration of the Jews, or of the house of

Israel; and after they were restored they should no more be

confounded, neither should they be scattered again. And it came

to pass that I did speak many words unto my brethren, that they

were pacified and did humble themselves before the Lord.

1 Nephi 15:21

21 And it came to pass that they did speak unto me again,

saying: What meaneth this thing which our father saw in a dream?

What meaneth the tree which he saw?

1 Nephi 15:22

22 And I said unto them: It was a representation of the tree of

life.

1 Nephi 15:23

23 And they said unto me: What meaneth the rod of iron which our

father saw, that led to the tree?

1 Nephi 15:24

24 And I said unto them that it was the word of God, and whose

would hearken unto the word of God, and would hold fast unto it,

they would never perish; neither could the temptations and the

fiery darts of the adversary overpower them unto blindness, to

lead them away to destruction.

1 Nephi 15:25

25 Wherefore, I, Nephi, did exhort them to give heed unto the

word of the Lord; yea, I did exhort them with all the energies of

my soul, and with all the faculty which I possessed, that they

would give heed to the word of God and remember to keep his

commandments always in all things.

1 Nephi 15:26

26 And they said unto me: What meaneth the river of water which

our father saw?

1 Nephi 15:27

27 And I said unto them that the water which my father saw was

filthiness; and so much was his mind swallowed up in other things

that he beheld not the filthiness of the water.

1 Nephi 15:28

28 And I said unto them that it was an awful gulf, which

separated the wicked from the tree of life, and also from the

saints of God.

1 Nephi 15:29

29 And I said unto them that it was a representation of that

awful hell, which the angel said unto me was prepared for the

wicked.

1 Nephi 15:30

30 And I said unto them that our father also saw that the

justice of God did also divide the wicked from the righteous; and

the brightness thereof was like unto the brightness of a flaming

fire, which ascendeth up unto God forever and ever, and hath no

end.

1 Nephi 15:31

31 And they said unto me: Doth this thing mean the torment of

the body in the days of probation, or doth it mean the final

state of the soul after the death of the temporal body, or doth

it speak of the things which are temporal?

1 Nephi 15:32

32 And it came to pass that I said unto them that it was a

representation of things both temporal and spiritual; for the day

should come that they must be judged of their works, yea, even

the works which were done by the temporal body in their days of

probation.

1 Nephi 15:33

33 Wherefore, if they should die in their wickedness they must

be cast off also, as to the things which are spiritual, which are

pertaining to righteousness; wherefore, they must be brought to

stand before God, to be judged of their works; and if their works

have been filthiness they must needs be filthy; and if they be

filthy it must needs be that they cannot dwell in the kingdom of

God; if so, the kingdom of God must be filthy also.

1 Nephi 15:34

34 But behold, I say unto you, the kingdom of God is not filthy,

and there cannot any unclean thing enter into the kingdom of God;

wherefore there must needs be a place of filthiness prepared for

that which is filthy.

1 Nephi 15:35

35 And there is a place prepared, yea, even that awful hell of

which I have spoken, and the devil is the preparator of it;

wherefore the final state of the souls of men is to dwell in the

kingdom of God, or to be cast out because of that justice of

which I have spoken.

1 Nephi 15:36

36 Wherefore, the wicked are rejected from the righteous, and

also from that tree of life, whose fruit is most precious and

most desirable above all other fruits; yea, and it is the

greatest of all the gifts of God. And thus I spake unto my

brethren. Amen.

1 Nephi 16 Chapter 16

1 Nephi 16:1

1 And now it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had made an end

of speaking to my brethren, behold they said unto me: Thou hast

declared unto us hard things, more than we are able to bear.

1 Nephi 16:2

2 And it came to pass that I said unto them that I knew that I

had spoken hard things against the wicked, according to the

truth; and the righteous have I justified, and testified that

they should be lifted up at the last day; wherefore, the guilty

taketh the truth to be hard, for it cutteth them to the very

center.

1 Nephi 16:3

3 And now my brethren, if ye were righteous and were willing to

hearken to the truth, and give heed unto it, that ye might walk

uprightly before God, then ye would not murmur because of the

truth, and say: Thou speakest hard things against us.

1 Nephi 16:4

4 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did exhort my brethren,

with all diligence, to keep the commandments of the Lord.

1 Nephi 16:5

5 And it came to pass that they did humble themselves before the

Lord; insomuch that I had joy and great hopes of them, that they

would walk in the paths of righteousness.

1 Nephi 16:6

6 Now, all these things were said and done as my father dwelt in

a tent in the valley which he called Lemuel.

1 Nephi 16:7

7 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, took one of the daughters

of Ishmael to wife; and also, my brethren took of the daughters

of Ishmael to wife; and also Zoram took the eldest daughter of

Ishmael to wife.

1 Nephi 16:8

8 And thus my father had fulfilled all the commandments of the

Lord which had been given unto him. And also, I, Nephi, had been

blessed of the Lord exceedingly.

1 Nephi 16:9

9 And it came to pass that the voice of the Lord spake unto my

father by night, and commanded him that on the morrow he should

take his journey into the wilderness.

1 Nephi 16:10

10 And it came to pass that as my father arose in the morning,

and went forth to the tent door, to his great astonishment he

beheld upon the ground a round ball of curious workmanship; and

it was of fine brass. And within the ball were two spindles; and

the one pointed the way whither we should go into the wilderness.

1 Nephi 16:11

11 And it came to pass that we did gather together whatsoever

things we should carry into the wilderness, and all the remainder

of our provisions which the Lord had given unto us; and we did

take seed of every kind that we might carry into the wilderness.

1 Nephi 16:12

12 And it came to pass that we did take our tents and depart

into the wilderness, across the river Laman.

1 Nephi 16:13

13 And it came to pass that we traveled for the space of four

days, nearly a south-southeast direction, and we did pitch our

tents again; and we did call the name of the place Shazer.

1 Nephi 16:14

14 And it came to pass that we did take our bows and our arrows,

and go forth into the wilderness to slay food for our families;

and after we had slain food for our families we did return again

to our families in the wilderness, to the place of Shazer. And

we did go forth again in the wilderness, following the same

direction, keeping in the most fertile parts of the wilderness,

which were in the borders near the Red Sea.

1 Nephi 16:15

15 And it came to pass that we did travel for the space of many

days, slaying food by the way, with our bows and our arrows and

our stones and our slings.

1 Nephi 16:16

16 And we did follow the directions of the ball, which led us in

the more fertile parts of the wilderness.

1 Nephi 16:17

17 And after we had traveled for the space of many days, we did

pitch our tents for the space of a time, that we might again rest

ourselves and obtain food for our families.

1 Nephi 16:18

18 And it came to pass that as I, Nephi, went forth to slay

food, behold, I did break my bow, which was made of fine steel;

and after I did break my bow, behold, my brethren were angry with

me because of the loss of my bow, for we did obtain no food.

1 Nephi 16:19

19 And it came to pass that we did return without food to our

families, and being much fatigued, because of their journeying,

they did suffer much for the want of food.

1 Nephi 16:20

20 And it came to pass that Laman and Lemuel and the sons of

Ishmael did begin to murmur exceedingly, because of their

sufferings and afflictions in the wilderness; and also my father

began to murmur against the Lord his God; yea, and they were all

exceedingly sorrowful, even that they did murmur against the

Lord.

1 Nephi 16:21

21 Now it came to pass that I, Nephi, having been afflicted with

my brethren because of the loss of my bow, and their bows having

lost their springs, it began to be exceedingly difficult, yea,

insomuch that we could obtain no food.

1 Nephi 16:22

22 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did speak much unto my

brethren, because they had hardened their hearts again, even unto

complaining against the Lord their God.

1 Nephi 16:23

23 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did make out of wood a

bow, and out of a straight stick, an arrow; wherefore, I did arm

myself with a bow and an arrow, with a sling and with stones.

And I said unto my father: Whither shall I go to obtain food?

1 Nephi 16:24

24 And it came to pass that he did inquire of the Lord, for they

had humbled themselves because of my words; for I did say many

things unto them in the energy of my soul.

1 Nephi 16:25

25 And it came to pass that the voice of the Lord came unto my

father; and he was truly chastened because of his murmuring

against the Lord, insomuch that he was brought down into the

depths of sorrow.

1 Nephi 16:26

26 And it came to pass that the voice of the Lord said unto him:

Look upon the ball, and behold the things which are written.

1 Nephi 16:27

27 And it came to pass that when my father beheld the things

which were written upon the ball, he did fear and tremble

exceedingly, and also my brethren and the sons of Ishmael and our

wives.

1 Nephi 16:28

28 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld the pointers which

were in the ball, that they did work according to the faith and

diligence and heed which we did give unto them.

1 Nephi 16:29

29 And there was also written upon them a new writing, which was

plain to be read, which did give us understanding concerning the

ways of the Lord; and it was written and changed from time to

time, according to the faith and diligence which we gave unto it.

And thus we see that by small means the Lord can bring about great things.

1 Nephi 16:30

30 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did go forth up into the

top of the mountain, according to the directions which were given

upon the ball.

1 Nephi 16:31

31 And it came to pass that I did slay wild beasts, insomuch

that I did obtain food for our families.

1 Nephi 16:32

32 And it came to pass that I did return to our tents, bearing

the beasts which I had slain; and now when they beheld that I had

obtained food, how great was their joy! And it came to pass that

they did humble themselves before the Lord, and did give thanks

unto him.

1 Nephi 16:33

33 And it came to pass that we did again take our journey,

traveling nearly the same course as in the beginning; and after

we had traveled for the space of many days we did pitch our tents

again, that we might tarry for the space of a time.

1 Nephi 16:34

34 And it came to pass that Ishmael died, and was buried in the

place which was called Nahom.

1 Nephi 16:35

35 And it came to pass that the daughters of Ishmael did mourn

exceedingly, because of the loss of their father, and because of

their afflictions in the wilderness; and they did murmur against

my father, because he had brought them out of the land of

Jerusalem, saying: Our father is dead; yea, and we have wandered

much in the wilderness, and we have suffered much affliction,

hunger, thirst, and fatigue; and after all these sufferings we

must perish in the wilderness with hunger.

1 Nephi 16:36

36 And thus they did murmur against my father, and also against

me; and they were desirous to return again to Jerusalem.

1 Nephi 16:37

37 And Laman said unto Lemuel and also unto the sons of Ishmael:

Behold, let us slay our father, and also our brother Nephi, who

has taken it upon him to be our ruler and our teacher, who are

his elder brethren.

1 Nephi 16:38

38 Now, he says that the Lord has talked with him, and also that

angels have ministered unto him. But behold, we know that he

lies unto us; and he tells us these things, and he worketh many

things by his cunning arts, that he may deceive our eyes,

thinking, perhaps, that he may lead us away into some strange

wilderness; and after he has led us away, he has thought to make

himself a king and a ruler over us, that he may do with us

according to his will and pleasure. And after this manner did my

brother Laman stir up their hearts to anger.

1 Nephi 16:39

39 And it came to pass that the Lord was with us, yea, even the

voice of the Lord came and did speak many words unto them, and

did chasten them exceedingly; and after they were chastened by

the voice of the Lord they did turn away their anger, and did

repent of their sins, insomuch that the Lord did bless us again

with food, that we did not perish.

1 Nephi 17 Chapter 17

1 Nephi 17:1

1 And it came to pass that we did again take our journey in the

wilderness; and we did travel nearly eastward from that time

forth. And we did travel and wade through much affliction in the

wilderness; and our women did bear children in the wilderness.

1 Nephi 17:2

2 And so great were the blessings of the Lord upon us, that

while we did live upon raw meat in the wilderness, our women did

give plenty of suck for their children, and were strong, yea,

even like unto the men; and they began to bear their journeyings

without murmurings.

1 Nephi 17:3

3 And thus we see that the commandments of God must be

fulfilled. And if it so be that the children of men keep the

commandments of God he doth nourish them, and strengthen them,

and provide means whereby they can accomplish the thing which he

has commanded them; wherefore, he did provide means for us while

we did sojourn in the wilderness.

1 Nephi 17:4

4 And we did sojourn for the space of many years, yea, even

eight years in the wilderness.

1 Nephi 17:5

5 And we did come to the land which we called Bountiful, because

of its much fruit and also wild honey; and all these things were

prepared of the Lord that we might not perish. And we beheld the

sea, which we called Irreantum, which, being interpreted, is many

waters.

1 Nephi 17:6

6 And it came to pass that we did pitch our tents by the

seashore; and notwithstanding we had suffered many afflictions

and much difficulty, yea, even so much that we cannot write them

all, we were exceedingly rejoiced when we came to the seashore;

and we called the place Bountiful, because of its much fruit.

1 Nephi 17:7

7 And it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had been in the land

of Bountiful for the space of many days, the voice of the Lord

came unto me, saying: Arise, and get thee into the mountain. And

it came to pass that I arose and went up into the mountain, and

cried unto the Lord.

1 Nephi 17:8

8 And it came to pass that the Lord spake unto me, saying: Thou

shalt construct a ship, after the manner which I shall show thee,

that I may carry thy people across these waters.

1 Nephi 17:9

9 And I said: Lord, whither shall I go that I may find ore to

molten, that I may make tools to construct the ship after the

manner which thou hast shown unto me?

1 Nephi 17:10

10 And it came to pass that the Lord told me whither I should go

to find ore, that I might make tools.

1 Nephi 17:11

11 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did make a bellows

wherewith to blow the fire, of the skins of beasts; and after I

had made a bellows, that I might have wherewith to blow the fire,

I did smite two stones together that I might make fire.

1 Nephi 17:12

12 For the Lord had not hitherto suffered that we should make

much fire, as we journeyed in the wilderness; for he said: I will

make thy food become sweet, that ye cook it not;

1 Nephi 17:13

13 And I will also be your light in the wilderness; and I will

prepare the way before you, if it so be that ye shall keep my

commandments; wherefore, inasmuch as ye shall keep my

commandments ye shall be led towards the promised land; and ye

shall know that it is by me that ye are led.

1 Nephi 17:14

14 Yea, and the Lord said also that: After ye have arrived in

the promised land, ye shall know that I, the Lord, am God; and

that I, the Lord, did deliver you from destruction; yea, that I

did bring you out of the land of Jerusalem.

1 Nephi 17:15

15 Wherefore, I, Nephi, did strive to keep the commandments of

the Lord, and I did exhort my brethren to faithfulness and

diligence.

1 Nephi 17:16

16 And it came to pass that I did make tools of the ore which I

did molten out of the rock.

1 Nephi 17:17

17 And when my brethren saw that I was about to build a ship,

they began to murmur against me, saying: Our brother is a fool,

for he thinketh that he can build a ship; yea, and he also

thinketh that he can cross these great waters.

1 Nephi 17:18

18 And thus my brethren did complain against me, and were

desirous that they might not labor, for they did not believe that

I could build a ship; neither would they believe that I was

instructed of the Lord.

1 Nephi 17:19

19 And now it came to pass that I, Nephi, was exceedingly

sorrowful because of the hardness of their hearts; and now when

they saw that I began to be sorrowful they were glad in their

hearts, insomuch that they did rejoice over me, saying: We knew

that ye could not construct a ship, for we knew that ye were

lacking in judgment; wherefore, thou canst not accomplish so

great a work.

1 Nephi 17:20

20 And thou art like unto our father, led away by the foolish

imaginations of his heart; yea, he hath led us out of the land of

Jerusalem, and we have wandered in the wilderness for these many

years; and our women have toiled, being big with child; and they

have borne children in the wilderness and suffered all things,

save it were death; and it would have been better that they had

died before they came out of Jerusalem than to have suffered

these afflictions.

1 Nephi 17:21

21 Behold, these many years we have suffered in the wilderness,

which time we might have enjoyed our possessions and the land of

our inheritance; yea, and we might have been happy.

1 Nephi 17:22

22 And we know that the people who were in the land of Jerusalem

were a righteous people; for they kept the statutes and judgments

of the Lord, and all his commandments, according to the law of

Moses; wherefore, we know that they are a righteous people; and

our father hath judged them, and hath led us away because we

would hearken unto his words; yea, and our brother is like unto

him. And after this manner of language did my brethren murmur

and complain against us.

1 Nephi 17:23

23 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, spake unto them, saying:

Do ye believe that our fathers, who were the children of Israel,

would have been led away out of the hands of the Egyptians if

they had not hearkened unto the words of the Lord?

1 Nephi 17:24

24 Yea, do ye suppose that they would have been led out of

bondage, if the Lord had not commanded Moses that he should lead

them out of bondage?

1 Nephi 17:25

25 Now ye know that the children of Israel were in bondage; and

ye know that they were laden with tasks, which were grievous to

be borne; wherefore, ye know that it must needs be a good thing

for them, that they should be brought out of bondage.

1 Nephi 17:26

26 Now ye know that Moses was commanded of the Lord to do that

great work; and ye know that by his word the waters of the Red

Sea were divided hither and thither, and they passed through on

dry ground.

1 Nephi 17:27

27 But ye know that the Egyptians were drowned in the Red Sea,

who were the armies of Pharaoh.

1 Nephi 17:28

28 And ye also know that they were fed with manna in the

wilderness.

1 Nephi 17:29

29 Yea, and ye also know that Moses, by his word according to

the power of God which was in him, smote the rock, and there came

forth water, that the children of Israel might quench their

thirst.

1 Nephi 17:30

30 And notwithstanding they being led, the Lord their God, their

Redeemer, going before them, leading them by day and giving light

unto them by night, and doing all things for them which were

expedient for man to receive, they hardened their hearts and

blinded their minds, and reviled against Moses and against the

true and living God.

1 Nephi 17:31

31 And it came to pass that according to his word he did destroy

them; and according to his word he did lead them; and according

to his word he did do all things for them; and there was not any

thing done save it were by his word.

1 Nephi 17:32

32 And after they had crossed the river Jordan he did make them

mighty unto the driving out of the children of the land, yea,

unto the scattering them to destruction.

1 Nephi 17:33

33 And now, do ye suppose that the children of this land, who

were in the land of promise, who were driven out by our fathers,

do ye suppose that they were righteous? Behold, I say unto you,

Nay.

1 Nephi 17:34

34 Do ye suppose that our fathers would have been more choice

than they if they had been righteous? I say unto you, Nay.

1 Nephi 17:35

35 Behold, the Lord esteemeth all flesh in one; he that is

righteous is favored of God. But behold, this people had

rejected every word of God, and they were ripe in iniquity; and

the fulness of the wrath of God was upon them; and the Lord did

curse the land against them, and bless it unto our fathers; yea,

he did curse it against them unto their destruction, and he did

bless it unto our fathers unto their obtaining power over it.

1 Nephi 17:36

36 Behold, the Lord hath created the earth that it should be

inhabited; and he hath created his children that they should

possess it.

1 Nephi 17:37

37 And he raiseth up a righteous nation, and destroyeth the

nations of the wicked.

1 Nephi 17:38

38 And he leadeth away the righteous into precious lands, and

the wicked he destroyeth, and curseth the land unto them for

their sakes.

1 Nephi 17:39

39 He ruleth high in the heavens, for it is his throne, and this

earth is his footstool.

1 Nephi 17:40

40 And he loveth those who will have him to be their God.

Behold, he loved our fathers, and he covenanted with them, yea,

even Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and he remembered the covenants

which he had made; wherefore, he did bring them out of the land

of Egypt.

1 Nephi 17:41

41 And he did straiten them in the wilderness with his rod; for

they hardened their hearts, even as ye have; and the Lord

straitened them because of their iniquity. He sent fiery flying

serpents among them; and after they were bitten he prepared a way

that they might be healed; and the labor which they had to

perform was to look; and because of the simpleness of the way, or

the easiness of it, there were many who perished.

1 Nephi 17:42

42 And they did harden their hearts from time to time, and they

did revile against Moses, and also against God; nevertheless, ye

know that they were led forth by his matchless power into the

land of promise.

1 Nephi 17:43

43 And now, after all these things, the time has come that they

have become wicked, yea, nearly unto ripeness; and I know not but

they are at this day about to be destroyed; for I know that the

day must surely come that they must be destroyed, save a few

only, who shall be led away into captivity.

1 Nephi 17:44

44 Wherefore, the Lord commanded my father that he should depart

into the wilderness; and the Jews also sought to take away his

life; yea, and ye also have sought to take away his life;

wherefore, ye are murderers in your hearts and ye are like unto

them.

1 Nephi 17:45

45 Ye are swift to do iniquity but slow to remember the Lord

your God. Ye have seen an angel, and he spake unto you; yea, ye

have heard his voice from time to time; and he hath spoken unto

you in a still small voice, but ye were past feeling, that ye

could not feel his words; wherefore, he has spoken unto you like

unto the voice of thunder, which did cause the earth to shake as

if it were to divide asunder.

1 Nephi 17:46

46 And ye also know that by the power of his almighty word he

can cause the earth that it shall pass away; yea, and ye know

that by his word he can cause the rough places to be made smooth,

and smooth places shall be broken up. O, then, why is it, that

ye can be so hard in your hearts?

1 Nephi 17:47

47 Behold, my soul is rent with anguish because of you, and my

heart is pained; I fear lest ye shall be cast off forever.

Behold, I am full of the Spirit of God, insomuch that my frame

has no strength.

1 Nephi 17:48

48 And now it came to pass that when I had spoken these words,

they were angry with me, and were desirous to throw me into the

depths of the sea; and as they came forth to lay their hands upon

me I spake unto them, saying: In the name of the Almighty God, I

command you that ye touch me not, for I am filled with the power

of God, even unto the consuming of my flesh; and whoso shall lay

his hands upon me shall wither even as a dried reed; and he shall

be as naught before the power of God, for God shall smite him.

1 Nephi 17:49

49 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said unto them that they

should murmur no more against their father; neither should they

withhold their labor from me, for God had commanded me that I

should build a ship.

1 Nephi 17:50

50 And I said unto them: If God had commanded me to do all

things I could do them. If he should command me that I should

say unto this water, be thou earth, it should be earth; and if I

should say it, it would be done.

1 Nephi 17:51

51 And now, if the Lord has such great power, and has wrought so

many miracles among the children of men, how is it that he cannot

instruct me, that I should build a ship?

1 Nephi 17:52

52 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said many things unto my

brethren, insomuch that they were confounded and could not

contend against me; neither durst they lay their hands upon me

nor touch me with their fingers, even for the space of many days.

Now they durst not do this lest they should wither before me, so

powerful was the Spirit of God; and thus it had wrought upon

them.

1 Nephi 17:53

53 And it came to pass that the Lord said unto me: Stretch forth

thine hand again unto thy brethren, and they shall not wither

before thee, but I will shock them, saith the Lord, and this will

I do, that they may know that I am the Lord their God.

1 Nephi 17:54

54 And it came to pass that I stretched forth my hand unto my

brethren, and they did not wither before me; but the Lord did

shake them, even according to the word which he had spoken.

1 Nephi 17:55

55 And now, they said: We know of a surety that the Lord is with

thee, for we know that it is the power of the Lord that has

shaken us. And they fell down before me, and were about to

worship me, but I would not suffer them, saying: I am thy

brother, yea, even thy younger brother; wherefore, worship the

Lord thy God, and honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days

may be long in the land which the Lord thy God shall give thee.

1 Nephi 18 Chapter 18

1 Nephi 18:1

1 And it came to pass that they did worship the Lord, and did go

forth with me; and we did work timbers of curious workmanship.

And the Lord did show me from time to time after what manner I

should work the timbers of the ship.

1 Nephi 18:2

2 Now I, Nephi, did not work the timbers after the manner which

was learned by men, neither did I build the ship after the manner

of men; but I did build it after the manner which the Lord had

shown unto me; wherefore, it was not after the manner of men.

1 Nephi 18:3

3 And I, Nephi, did go into the mount oft, and I did pray oft

unto the Lord; wherefore the Lord showed unto me great things.

1 Nephi 18:4

4 And it came to pass that after I had finished the ship,

according to the word of the Lord, my brethren beheld that it was

good, and that the workmanship thereof was exceedingly fine;

wherefore, they did humble themselves again before the Lord.

1 Nephi 18:5

5 And it came to pass that the voice of the Lord came unto my

father, that we should arise and go down into the ship.

1 Nephi 18:6

6 And it came to pass that on the morrow, after we had prepared

all things, much fruits and meat from the wilderness, and honey

in abundance, and provisions according to that which the Lord had

commanded us, we did go down into the ship, with all our loading

and our seeds, and whatsoever thing we had brought with us, every

one according to his age; wherefore, we did all go down into the

ship, with our wives and our children.

1 Nephi 18:7

7 And now, my father had begat two sons in the wilderness; the

elder was called Jacob and the younger Joseph.

1 Nephi 18:8

8 And it came to pass after we had all gone down into the ship,

and had taken with us our provisions and things which had been

commanded us, we did put forth into the sea and were driven forth

before the wind towards the promised land.

1 Nephi 18:9

9 And after we had been driven forth before the wind for the

space of many days, behold, my brethren and the sons of Ishmael

and also their wives began to make themselves merry, insomuch

that they began to dance, and to sing, and to speak with much

rudeness, yea, even that they did forget by what power they had

been brought thither; yea, they were lifted up unto exceeding

rudeness.

1 Nephi 18:10

10 And I, Nephi, began to fear exceedingly lest the Lord should

be angry with us, and smite us because of our iniquity, that we

should be swallowed up in the depths of the sea; wherefore, I,

Nephi, began to speak to them with much soberness; but behold

they were angry with me, saying: We will not that our younger

brother shall be a ruler over us.

1 Nephi 18:11

11 And it came to pass that Laman and Lemuel did take me and

bind me with cords, and they did treat me with much harshness;

nevertheless, the Lord did suffer it that he might show forth his

power, unto the fulfilling of his word which he had spoken

concerning the wicked.

1 Nephi 18:12

12 And it came to pass that after they had bound me insomuch

that I could not move, the compass, which had been prepared of

the Lord, did cease to work.

1 Nephi 18:13

13 Wherefore, they knew not whither they should steer the ship,

insomuch that there arose a great storm, yea, a great and

terrible tempest, and we were driven back upon the waters for the

space of three days; and they began to be frightened exceedingly

lest they should be drowned in the sea; nevertheless they did not

loose me.

1 Nephi 18:14

14 And on the fourth day, which we had been driven back, the

tempest began to be exceedingly sore.

1 Nephi 18:15

15 And it came to pass that we were about to be swallowed up in

the depths of the sea. And after we had been driven back upon

the waters for the space of four days, my brethren began to see

that the judgments of God were upon them, and that they must

perish save that they should repent of their iniquities;

wherefore, they came unto me, and loosed the bands which were

upon my wrist, and behold they had swollen exceedingly; and also

mine ankles were much swollen, and great was the soreness

thereof.

1 Nephi 18:16

16 Nevertheless, I did look unto my God, and I did praise him

all the day long; and I did not murmur against the Lord because

of mine afflictions.

1 Nephi 18:17

17 Now my father, Lehi, had said many things unto them, and also

unto the sons of Ishmael; but, behold, they did breathe out much

threatenings against anyone that should speak for me; and my

parents being stricken in years, and having suffered much grief

because of their children, they were brought down, yea, even upon

their sick-beds.

1 Nephi 18:18

18 Because of their grief and much sorrow, and the iniquity of

my brethren, they were brought near even to be carried out of

this time to meet their God; yea, their grey hairs were about to

be brought down to lie low in the dust; yea, even they were near

to be cast with sorrow into a watery grave.

1 Nephi 18:19

19 And Jacob and Joseph also, being young, having need of much

nourishment, were grieved because of the afflictions of their

mother; and also my wife with her tears and prayers, and also my

children, did not soften the hearts of my brethren that they

would loose me.

1 Nephi 18:20

20 And there was nothing save it were the power of God, which

threatened them with destruction, could soften their hearts;

wherefore, when they saw that they were about to be swallowed up

in the depths of the sea they repented of the thing which they

had done, insomuch that they loosed me.

1 Nephi 18:21

21 And it came to pass after they had loosed me, behold, I took

the compass, and it did work whither I desired it. And it came

to pass that I prayed unto the Lord; and after I had prayed the

winds did cease, and the storm did cease, and there was a great

calm.

1 Nephi 18:22

22 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did guide the ship, that

we sailed again towards the promised land.

1 Nephi 18:23

23 And it came to pass that after we had sailed for the space of

many days we did arrive at the promised land; and we went forth

upon the land, and did pitch our tents; and we did call it the

promised land.

1 Nephi 18:24

24 And it came to pass that we did begin to till the earth, and

we began to plant seeds; yea, we did put all our seeds into the

earth, which we had brought from the land of Jerusalem. And it

came to pass that they did grow exceedingly; wherefore, we were

blessed in abundance.

1 Nephi 18:25

25 And it came to pass that we did find upon the land of

promise, as we journeyed in the wilderness, that there were

beasts in the forests of every kind, both the cow and the ox, and

the ass and the horse, and the goat and the wild goat, and all

manner of wild animals, which were for the use of men. And we

did find all manner of ore, both of gold, and of silver, and of

copper.

1 Nephi 19 Chapter 19

1 Nephi 19:1

1 And it came to pass that the Lord commanded me, wherefore I

did make plates of ore that I might engraven upon them the record

of my people. And upon the plates which I made I did engraven

the record of my father, and also our journeyings in the

wilderness, and the prophecies of my father; and also many of

mine own prophecies have I engraven upon them.

1 Nephi 19:2

2 And I knew not at the time when I made them that I should be

commanded of the Lord to make these plates; wherefore, the record

of my father, and the genealogy of his fathers, and the more part

of all our proceedings in the wilderness are engraven upon those

first plates of which I have spoken; wherefore, the things which

transpired before I made these plates are, of a truth, more

particularly made mention upon the first plates.

1 Nephi 19:3

3 And after I had made these plates by way of commandment, I,

Nephi, received a commandment that the ministry and the

prophecies, the more plain and precious parts of them, should be

written upon these plates; and that the things which were written

should be kept for the instruction of my people, who should

possess the land, and also for other wise purposes, which

purposes are known unto the Lord.

1 Nephi 19:4

4 Wherefore, I, Nephi, did make a record upon the other plates,

which gives an account, or which gives a greater account of the

wars and contentions and destructions of my people. And this

have I done, and commanded my people what they should do after I

was gone; and that these plates should be handed down from one

generation to another, or from one prophet to another, until

further commandments of the Lord.

1 Nephi 19:5

5 And an account of my making these plates shall be given

hereafter; and then, behold, I proceed according to that which I

have spoken; and this I do that the more sacred things may be

kept for the knowledge of my people.

1 Nephi 19:6

6 Nevertheless, I do not write anything upon plates save it be

that I think it be sacred. And now, if I do err, even did they

err of old; not that I would excuse myself because of other men,

but because of the weakness which is in me, according to the

flesh, I would excuse myself.

1 Nephi 19:7

7 For the things which some men esteem to be of great worth,

both to the body and soul, others set at naught and trample under

their feet. Yea, even the very God of Israel do men trample

under their feet; I say, trample under their feet but I would

speak in other words—they set him at naught, and hearken not to

the voice of his counsels.

1 Nephi 19:8

8 And behold he cometh, according to the words of the angel, in

six hundred years from the time my father left Jerusalem.

1 Nephi 19:9

9 And the world, because of their iniquity, shall judge him to

be a thing of naught; wherefore they scourge him, and he

suffereth it; and they smite him, and he suffereth it. Yea, they

spit upon him, and he suffereth it, because of his loving

kindness and his long-suffering towards the children of men.

1 Nephi 19:10

10 And the God of our fathers, who were led out of Egypt, out of

bondage, and also were preserved in the wilderness by him, yea,

the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, yieldeth

himself, according to the words of the angel, as a man, into the

hands of wicked men, to be lifted up, according to the words of

Zenock, and to be crucified, according to the words of Neum, and

to be buried in a sepulchre, according to the words of Zenos,

which he spake concerning the three days of darkness, which

should be a sign given of his death unto those who should inhabit

the isles of the sea, more especially given unto those who are of

the house of Israel.

1 Nephi 19:11

11 For thus spake the prophet: The Lord God surely shall visit

all the house of Israel at that day, some with his voice, because

of their righteousness, unto their great joy and salvation, and

others with the thunderings and the lightnings of his power, by

tempest, by fire, and by smoke, and vapor of darkness, and by the

opening of the earth, and by mountains which shall be carried up.

1 Nephi 19:12

12 And all these things must surely come, saith the prophet

Zenos. And the rocks of the earth must rend; and because of the

groanings of the earth, many of the kings of the isles of the sea

shall be wrought upon by the Spirit of God, to exclaim: The God

of nature suffers.

1 Nephi 19:13

13 And as for those who are at Jerusalem, saith the prophet,

they shall be scourged by all people, because they crucify the

God of Israel, and turn their hearts aside, rejecting signs and

wonders, and the power and glory of the God of Israel.

1 Nephi 19:14

14 And because they turn their hearts aside, saith the prophet,

and have despised the Holy One of Israel, they shall wander in

the flesh, and perish, and become a hiss and a byword, and be

hated among all nations.

1 Nephi 19:15

15 Nevertheless, when that day cometh, saith the prophet, that

they no more turn aside their hearts against the Holy One of

Israel, then will he remember the covenants which he made to

their fathers.

1 Nephi 19:16

16 Yea, then will he remember the isles of the sea; yea, and all

the people who are of the house of Israel, will I gather in,

saith the Lord, according to the words of the prophet Zenos, from

the four quarters of the earth.

1 Nephi 19:17

17 Yea, and all the earth shall see the salvation of the Lord,

saith the prophet; every nation, kindred, tongue and people shall

be blessed.

1 Nephi 19:18

18 And I, Nephi, have written these things unto my people, that

perhaps I might persuade them that they would remember the Lord

their Redeemer.

1 Nephi 19:19

19 Wherefore, I speak unto all the house of Israel, if it so be

that they should obtain these things.

1 Nephi 19:20

20 For behold, I have workings in the spirit, which doth weary

me even that all my joints are weak, for those who are at

Jerusalem; for had not the Lord been merciful, to show unto me

concerning them, even as he had prophets of old, I should have

perished also.

1 Nephi 19:21

21 And he surely did show unto the prophets of old all things

concerning them; and also he did show unto many concerning us;

wherefore, it must needs be that we know concerning them for they

are written upon the plates of brass.

1 Nephi 19:22

22 Now it came to pass that I, Nephi, did teach my brethren

these things; and it came to pass that I did read many things to

them, which were engraven upon the plates of brass, that they

might know concerning the doings of the Lord in other lands,

among people of old.

1 Nephi 19:23

23 And I did read many things unto them which were written in

the books of Moses; but that I might more fully persuade them to

believe in the Lord their Redeemer I did read unto them that

which was written by the prophet Isaiah; for I did liken all

scriptures unto us, that it might be for our profit and learning.

1 Nephi 19:24

24 Wherefore I spake unto them, saying: Hear ye the words of the

prophet, ye who are a remnant of the house of Israel, a branch

who have been broken off; hear ye the words of the prophet, which

were written unto all the house of Israel, and liken them unto

yourselves, that ye may have hope as well as your brethren from

whom ye have been broken off; for after this manner has the

prophet written.

1 Nephi 20 Chapter 20

1 Nephi 20:1

1 Hearken and hear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the

name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, or

out of the waters of baptism, who swear by the name of the Lord,

and make mention of the God of Israel, yet they swear not in

truth nor in righteousness.

1 Nephi 20:2

2 Nevertheless, they call themselves of the holy city, but they

do not stay themselves upon the God of Israel, who is the Lord of

Hosts; yea, the Lord of Hosts is his name.

1 Nephi 20:3

3 Behold, I have declared the former things from the beginning;

and they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them. I did

show them suddenly.

1 Nephi 20:4

4 And I did it because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy

neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

1 Nephi 20:5

5 And I have even from the beginning declared to thee; before it

came to pass I showed them thee; and I showed them for fear lest

thou shouldst say—mine idol hath done them, and my graven image,

and my molten image hath commanded them.

1 Nephi 20:6

6 Thou hast seen and heard all this; and will ye not declare

them? And that I have showed thee new things from this time,

even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.

1 Nephi 20:7

7 They are created now, and not from the beginning, even before

the day when thou heardest them not they were declared unto thee,

lest thou shouldst say—Behold I knew them.

1 Nephi 20:8

8 Yea, and thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from

that time thine ear was not opened; for I knew that thou wouldst

deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the

womb.

1 Nephi 20:9

9 Nevertheless, for my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and

for my praise will I refrain from thee, that I cut thee not off.

1 Nephi 20:10

10 For, behold, I have refined thee, I have chosen thee in the

furnace of affliction.

1 Nephi 20:11

11 For mine own sake, yea, for mine own sake will I do this, for

I will not suffer my name to be polluted, and I will not give my

glory unto another.

1 Nephi 20:12

12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called, for I am he;

I am the first, and I am also the last.

1 Nephi 20:13

13 Mine hand hath also laid the foundation of the earth, and my

right hand hath spanned the heavens. I call unto them and they

stand up together.

1 Nephi 20:14

14 All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; who among them hath

declared these things unto them? The Lord hath loved him; yea,

and he will fulfill his word which he hath declared by them; and

he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall come upon

the Chaldeans.

1 Nephi 20:15

15 Also, saith the Lord; I the Lord, yea, I have spoken; yea, I

have called him to declare, I have brought him, and he shall make

his way prosperous.

1 Nephi 20:16

16 Come ye near unto me; I have not spoken in secret; from the

beginning, from the time that it was declared have I spoken; and

the Lord God, and his Spirit, hath sent me.

1 Nephi 20:17

17 And thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of

Israel; I have sent him, the Lord thy God who teacheth thee to

profit, who leadeth thee by the way thou shouldst go, hath done

it.

1 Nephi 20:18

18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments—then had thy

peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the

sea.

1 Nephi 20:19

19 Thy seed also had been as the sand; the offspring of thy

bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut

off nor destroyed from before me.

1 Nephi 20:20

20 Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a

voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter to the end of the

earth; say ye: The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob.

1 Nephi 20:21

21 And they thirsted not; he led them through the deserts; he

caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; he clave the

rock also and the waters gushed out.

1 Nephi 20:22

22 And notwithstanding he hath done all this, and greater also,

there is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.

1 Nephi 21 Chapter 21

1 Nephi 21:1

1 And again: Hearken, O ye house of Israel, all ye that are

broken off and are driven out because of the wickedness of the

pastors of my people; yea, all ye that are broken off, that are

scattered abroad, who are of my people, O house of Israel.

Listen, O isles, unto me, and hearken ye people from far; the

Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother

hath he made mention of my name.

1 Nephi 21:2

2 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of

his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his

quiver hath he hid me;

1 Nephi 21:3

3 And said unto me: Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I

will be glorified.

1 Nephi 21:4

4 Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength

for naught and in vain; surely my judgment is with the Lord, and

my work with my God.

1 Nephi 21:5

5 And now, saith the Lord—that formed me from the womb that I

should be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him—though Israel

be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord,

and my God shall be my strength.

1 Nephi 21:6

6 And he said: It is a light thing that thou shouldst be my

servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the

preserved of Israel. I will also give thee for a light to the

Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the ends of the

earth.

1 Nephi 21:7

7 Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to

him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to

servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall

worship, because of the Lord that is faithful.

1 Nephi 21:8

8 Thus saith the Lord: In an acceptable time have I heard thee,

O isles of the sea, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee;

and I will preserve thee, and give thee my servant for a covenant

of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the

desolate heritages;

1 Nephi 21:9

9 That thou mayest say to the prisoners: Go forth; to them that

sit in darkness: Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways,

and their pastures shall be in all high places.

1 Nephi 21:10

10 They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor

the sun smite them; for he that hath mercy on them shall lead

them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.

1 Nephi 21:11

11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall

be exalted.

1 Nephi 21:12

12 And then, O house of Israel, behold, these shall come from

far; and lo, these from the north and from the west; and these

from the land of Sinim.

1 Nephi 21:13

13 Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; for the feet of

those who are in the east shall be established; and break forth

into singing, O mountains; for they shall be smitten no more; for

the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his

afflicted.

1 Nephi 21:14

14 But, behold, Zion hath said: The Lord hath forsaken me, and

my Lord hath forgotten me—but he will show that he hath not.

1 Nephi 21:15

15 For can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not

have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget,

yet will I not forget thee, O house of Israel.

1 Nephi 21:16

16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy

walls are continually before me.

1 Nephi 21:17

17 Thy children shall make haste against thy destroyers; and

they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.

1 Nephi 21:18

18 Lift up thine eyes round about and behold; all these gather

themselves together, and they shall come to thee. And as I live,

saith the Lord, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as

with an ornament, and bind them on even as a bride.

1 Nephi 21:19

19 For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy

destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the

inhabitants; and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.

1 Nephi 21:20

20 The children whom thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the

first, shall again in thine ears say: The place is too strait for

me; give place to me that I may dwell.

1 Nephi 21:21

21 Then shalt thou say in thine heart: Who hath begotten me

these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a

captive, and removing to and fro? And who hath brought up these?

Behold, I was left alone; these, where have they been?

1 Nephi 21:22

22 Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will lift up mine hand to

the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people; and they

shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be

carried upon their shoulders.

1 Nephi 21:23

23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy

nursing mothers; they shall bow down to thee with their face

towards the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou

shalt know that I am the Lord; for they shall not be ashamed that

wait for me.

1 Nephi 21:24

24 For shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful

captives delivered?

1 Nephi 21:25

25 But thus saith the Lord, even the captives of the mighty

shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be

delivered; for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee,

and I will save thy children.

1 Nephi 21:26

26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh;

they shall be drunken with their own blood as with sweet wine;

and all flesh shall know that I, the Lord, am thy Savior and thy

Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

1 Nephi 22 Chapter 22

1 Nephi 22:1

1 And now it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had read these

things which were engraven upon the plates of brass, my brethren

came unto me and said unto me: What meaneth these things which ye

have read? Behold, are they to be understood according to things

which are spiritual, which shall come to pass according to the

spirit and not the flesh?

1 Nephi 22:2

2 And I, Nephi, said unto them: Behold they were manifest unto

the prophet by the voice of the Spirit; for by the Spirit are all

things made known unto the prophets, which shall come upon the

children of men according to the flesh.

1 Nephi 22:3

3 Wherefore, the things of which I have read are things

pertaining to things both temporal and spiritual; for it appears

that the house of Israel, sooner or later, will be scattered upon

all the face of the earth, and also among all nations.

1 Nephi 22:4

4 And behold, there are many who are already lost from the

knowledge of those who are at Jerusalem. Yea, the more part of

all the tribes have been led away; and they are scattered to and

fro upon the isles of the sea; and whither they are none of us

knoweth, save that we know that they have been led away.

1 Nephi 22:5

5 And since they have been led away, these things have been

prophesied concerning them, and also concerning all those who

shall hereafter be scattered and be confounded, because of the

Holy One of Israel; for against him will they harden their

hearts; wherefore, they shall be scattered among all nations and

shall be hated of all men.

1 Nephi 22:6

6 Nevertheless, after they shall be nursed by the Gentiles, and

the Lord has lifted up his hand upon the Gentiles and set them up

for a standard, and their children have been carried in their

arms, and their daughters have been carried upon their shoulders,

behold these things of which are spoken are temporal; for thus

are the covenants of the Lord with our fathers; and it meaneth us

in the days to come, and also all our brethren who are of the

house of Israel.

1 Nephi 22:7

7 And it meaneth that the time cometh that after all the house

of Israel have been scattered and confounded, that the Lord God

will raise up a mighty nation among the Gentiles, yea, even upon

the face of this land; and by them shall our seed be scattered.

1 Nephi 22:8

8 And after our seed is scattered the Lord God will proceed to

do a marvelous work among the Gentiles, which shall be of great

worth unto our seed; wherefore, it is likened unto their being

nourished by the Gentiles and being carried in their arms and

upon their shoulders.

1 Nephi 22:9

9 And it shall also be of worth unto the Gentiles; and not only

unto the Gentiles but unto all the house of Israel, unto the

making known of the covenants of the Father of heaven unto

Abraham, saying: In thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth

be blessed.

1 Nephi 22:10

10 And I would, my brethren, that ye should know that all the

kindreds of the earth cannot be blessed unless he shall make bare

his arm in the eyes of the nations.

1 Nephi 22:11

11 Wherefore, the Lord God will proceed to make bare his arm in

the eyes of all the nations, in bringing about his covenants and

his gospel unto those who are of the house of Israel.

1 Nephi 22:12

12 Wherefore, he will bring them again out of captivity, and

they shall be gathered together to the lands of their

inheritance; and they shall be brought out of obscurity and out

of darkness; and they shall know that the Lord is their Savior

and their Redeemer, the Mighty One of Israel.

1 Nephi 22:13

13 And the blood of that great and abominable church, which is

the whore of all the earth, shall turn upon their own heads; for

they shall war among themselves, and the sword of their own hands

shall fall upon their own heads, and they shall be drunken with

their own blood.

1 Nephi 22:14

14 And every nation which shall war against thee, O house of

Israel, shall be turned one against another, and they shall fall

into the pit which they digged to ensnare the people of the Lord.

And all that fight against Zion shall be destroyed, and that

great whore, who hath perverted the right ways of the Lord, yea,

that great and abominable church, shall tumble to the dust and

great shall be the fall of it.

1 Nephi 22:15

15 For behold, saith the prophet, the time cometh speedily that

Satan shall have no more power over the hearts of the children of

men; for the day soon cometh that all the proud and they who do

wickedly shall be as stubble; and the day cometh that they must

be burned.

1 Nephi 22:16

16 For the time soon cometh that the fulness of the wrath of God

shall be poured out upon all the children of men; for he will not

suffer that the wicked shall destroy the righteous.

1 Nephi 22:17

17 Wherefore, he will preserve the righteous by his power, even

if it so be that the fulness of his wrath must come, and the

righteous be preserved, even unto the destruction of their

enemies by fire. Wherefore, the righteous need not fear; for

thus saith the prophet, they shall be saved, even if it so be as

by fire.

1 Nephi 22:18

18 Behold, my brethren, I say unto you, that these things must

shortly come; yea, even blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke must

come; and it must needs be upon the face of this earth; and it

cometh unto men according to the flesh if it so be that they will

harden their hearts against the Holy One of Israel.

1 Nephi 22:19

19 For behold, the righteous shall not perish; for the time

surely must come that all they who fight against Zion shall be

cut off.

1 Nephi 22:20

20 And the Lord will surely prepare a way for his people, unto

the fulfilling of the words of Moses, which he spake, saying: A

prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you, like unto me;

him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.

And it shall come to pass that all those who will not hear that

prophet shall be cut off from among the people.

1 Nephi 22:21

21 And now I, Nephi, declare unto you, that this prophet of whom

Moses spake was the Holy One of Israel; wherefore, he shall

execute judgment in righteousness.

1 Nephi 22:22

22 And the righteous need not fear, for they are those who shall

not be confounded. But it is the kingdom of the devil, which

shall be built up among the children of men, which kingdom is

established among them which are in the flesh—

1 Nephi 22:23

23 For the time speedily shall come that all churches which are

built up to get gain, and all those who are built up to get power

over the flesh, and those who are built up to become popular in

the eyes of the world, and those who seek the lusts of the flesh

and the things of the world, and to do all manner of iniquity;

yea, in fine, all those who belong to the kingdom of the devil

are they who need fear, and tremble, and quake; they are those

who must be brought low in the dust; they are those who must be

consumed as stubble; and this is according to the words of the

prophet.

1 Nephi 22:24

24 And the time cometh speedily that the righteous must be led

up as calves of the stall, and the Holy One of Israel must reign

in dominion, and might, and power, and great glory.

1 Nephi 22:25

25 And he gathereth his children from the four quarters of the

earth; and he numbereth his sheep, and they know him; and there

shall be one fold and one shepherd; and he shall feed his sheep,

and in him they shall find pasture.

1 Nephi 22:26

26 And because of the righteousness of his people, Satan has no

power; wherefore, he cannot be loosed for the space of many

years; for he hath no power over the hearts of the people, for

they dwell in righteousness, and the Holy One of Israel reigneth.

1 Nephi 22:27

27 And now behold, I, Nephi, say unto you that all these things

must come according to the flesh.

1 Nephi 22:28

28 But, behold, all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people shall

dwell safely in the Holy One of Israel if it so be that they will

repent.

1 Nephi 22:29

29 And now I, Nephi, make an end; for I durst not speak further

as yet concerning these things.

1 Nephi 22:30

30 Wherefore, my brethren, I would that ye should consider that

the things which have been written upon the plates of brass are

true; and they testify that a man must be obedient to the

commandments of God.

1 Nephi 22:31

31 Wherefore, ye need not suppose that I and my father are the

only ones that have testified, and also taught them. Wherefore,

if ye shall be obedient to the commandments, and endure to the

end, ye shall be saved at the last day. And thus it is. Amen.

THE SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI

An account of the death of Lehi. Nephi's brethren rebel against him. The Lord warns Nephi to depart into the wilderness. His journeyings in the wilderness, and so forth.

2 Nephi 1 Chapter 1

2 Nephi 1:1

1 And now it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had made an end

of teaching my brethren, our father, Lehi, also spake many things

unto them, and rehearsed unto them, how great things the Lord had

done for them in bringing them out of the land of Jerusalem.

2 Nephi 1:2

2 And he spake unto them concerning their rebellions upon the

waters, and the mercies of God in sparing their lives, that they

were not swallowed up in the sea.

2 Nephi 1:3

3 And he also spake unto them concerning the land of promise,

which they had obtained—how merciful the Lord had been in

warning us that we should flee out of the land of Jerusalem.

2 Nephi 1:4

4 For, behold, said he, I have seen a vision, in which I know

that Jerusalem is destroyed; and had we remained in Jerusalem we

should also have perished.

2 Nephi 1:5

5 But, said he, notwithstanding our afflictions, we have

obtained a land of promise, a land which is choice above all

other lands; a land which the Lord God hath covenanted with me

should be a land for the inheritance of my seed. Yea, the Lord

hath covenanted this land unto me, and to my children forever,

and also all those who should be led out of other countries by

the hand of the Lord.

2 Nephi 1:6

6 Wherefore, I, Lehi, prophesy according to the workings of the

Spirit which is in me, that there shall none come into this land

save they shall be brought by the hand of the Lord.

2 Nephi 1:7

7 Wherefore, this land is consecrated unto him whom he shall

bring. And if it so be that they shall serve him according to

the commandments which he hath given, it shall be a land of

liberty unto them; wherefore, they shall never be brought down

into captivity; if so, it shall be because of iniquity; for if

iniquity shall abound cursed shall be the land for their sakes,

but unto the righteous it shall be blessed forever.

2 Nephi 1:8

8 And behold, it is wisdom that this land should be kept as yet

from the knowledge of other nations; for behold, many nations

would overrun the land, that there would be no place for an

inheritance.

2 Nephi 1:9

9 Wherefore, I, Lehi, have obtained a promise, that inasmuch as

those whom the Lord God shall bring out of the land of Jerusalem

shall keep his commandments, they shall prosper upon the face of

this land; and they shall be kept from all other nations, that

they may possess this land unto themselves. And if it so be that

they shall keep his commandments they shall be blessed upon the

face of this land, and there shall be none to molest them, nor to

take away the land of their inheritance; and they shall dwell

safely forever.

2 Nephi 1:10

10 But behold, when the time cometh that they shall dwindle in

unbelief, after they have received so great blessings from the

hand of the Lord—having a knowledge of the creation of the

earth, and all men, knowing the great and marvelous works of the

Lord from the creation of the world; having power given them to

do all things by faith; having all the commandments from the

beginning, and having been brought by his infinite goodness into

this precious land of promise—behold, I say, if the day shall

come that they will reject the Holy One of Israel, the true

Messiah, their Redeemer and their God, behold, the judgments of

him that is just shall rest upon them.

2 Nephi 1:11

11 Yea, he will bring other nations unto them, and he will give

unto them power, and he will take away from them the lands of

their possessions, and he will cause them to be scattered and

smitten.

2 Nephi 1:12

12 Yea, as one generation passeth to another there shall be

bloodsheds, and great visitations among them; wherefore, my sons,

I would that ye would remember; yea, I would that ye would

hearken unto my words.

2 Nephi 1:13

13 O that ye would awake; awake from a deep sleep, yea, even

from the sleep of hell, and shake off the awful chains by which

ye are bound, which are the chains which bind the children of

men, that they are carried away captive down to the eternal gulf

of misery and woe.

2 Nephi 1:14

14 Awake! and arise from the dust, and hear the words of a

trembling parent, whose limbs ye must soon lay down in the cold

and silent grave, from whence no traveler can return; a few more

days and I go the way of all the earth.

2 Nephi 1:15

15 But behold, the Lord hath redeemed my soul from hell; I have

beheld his glory, and I am encircled about eternally in the arms

of his love.

2 Nephi 1:16

16 And I desire that ye should remember to observe the statutes

and the judgments of the Lord; behold, this hath been the anxiety

of my soul from the beginning.

2 Nephi 1:17

17 My heart hath been weighed down with sorrow from time to

time, for I have feared, lest for the hardness of your hearts the

Lord your God should come out in the fulness of his wrath upon

you, that ye be cut off and destroyed forever;

2 Nephi 1:18

18 Or, that a cursing should come upon you for the space of many

generations; and ye are visited by sword, and by famine, and are

hated, and are led according to the will and captivity of the

devil.

2 Nephi 1:19

19 O my sons, that these things might not come upon you, but

that ye might be a choice and a favored people of the Lord. But

behold, his will be done; for his ways are righteousness forever.

2 Nephi 1:20

20 And he hath said that: Inasmuch as ye shall keep my

commandments ye shall prosper in the land; but inasmuch as ye

will not keep my commandments ye shall be cut off from my

presence.

2 Nephi 1:21

21 And now that my soul might have joy in you, and that my heart

might leave this world with gladness because of you, that I might

not be brought down with grief and sorrow to the grave, arise

from the dust, my sons, and be men, and be determined in one mind

and in one heart, united in all things, that ye may not come down

into captivity;

2 Nephi 1:22

22 That ye may not be cursed with a sore cursing; and also, that

ye may not incur the displeasure of a just God upon you, unto the

destruction, yea, the eternal destruction of both soul and body.

2 Nephi 1:23

23 Awake, my sons; put on the armor of righteousness. Shake off

the chains with which ye are bound, and come forth out of

obscurity, and arise from the dust.

2 Nephi 1:24

24 Rebel no more against your brother, whose views have been

glorious, and who hath kept the commandments from the time that

we left Jerusalem; and who hath been an instrument in the hands

of God, in bringing us forth into the land of promise; for were

it not for him, we must have perished with hunger in the

wilderness; nevertheless, ye sought to take away his life; yea,

and he hath suffered much sorrow because of you.

2 Nephi 1:25

25 And I exceedingly fear and tremble because of you, lest he

shall suffer again; for behold, ye have accused him that he

sought power and authority over you; but I know that he hath not

sought for power nor authority over you, but he hath sought the

glory of God, and your own eternal welfare.

2 Nephi 1:26

26 And ye have murmured because he hath been plain unto you. Ye

say that he hath used sharpness; ye say that he hath been angry

with you; but behold, his sharpness was the sharpness of the

power of the word of God, which was in him; and that which ye

call anger was the truth, according to that which is in God,

which he could not restrain, manifesting boldly concerning your

iniquities.

2 Nephi 1:27

27 And it must needs be that the power of God must be with him,

even unto his commanding you that ye must obey. But behold, it

was not he, but it was the Spirit of the Lord which was in him,

which opened his mouth to utterance that he could not shut it.

2 Nephi 1:28

28 And now my son, Laman, and also Lemuel and Sam, and also my

sons who are the sons of Ishmael, behold, if ye will hearken unto

the voice of Nephi ye shall not perish. And if ye will hearken

unto him I leave unto you a blessing, yea, even my first

blessing.

2 Nephi 1:29

29 But if ye will not hearken unto him I take away my first

blessing, yea, even my blessing, and it shall rest upon him.

2 Nephi 1:30

30 And now Zoram, I speak unto you: Behold, thou art the servant

of Laban; nevertheless, thou hast been brought out of the land of

Jerusalem, and I know that thou art a true friend unto my son,

Nephi, forever.

2 Nephi 1:31

31 Wherefore, because thou hast been faithful thy seed shall be

blessed with his seed, that they dwell in prosperity long upon

the face of this land; and nothing, save it shall be iniquity

among them, shall harm or disturb their prosperity upon the face

of this land forever.

2 Nephi 1:32

32 Wherefore, if ye shall keep the commandments of the Lord, the

Lord hath consecrated this land for the security of thy seed with

the seed of my son.

2 Nephi 2 Chapter 2

2 Nephi 2:1

1 And now, Jacob, I speak unto you: Thou art my first-born in

the days of my tribulation in the wilderness. And behold, in thy

childhood thou hast suffered afflictions and much sorrow, because

of the rudeness of thy brethren.

2 Nephi 2:2

2 Nevertheless, Jacob, my first-born in the wilderness, thou

knowest the greatness of God; and he shall consecrate thine

afflictions for thy gain.

2 Nephi 2:3

3 Wherefore, thy soul shall be blessed, and thou shalt dwell

safely with thy brother, Nephi; and thy days shall be spent in

the service of thy God. Wherefore, I know that thou art

redeemed, because of the righteousness of thy Redeemer; for thou

hast beheld that in the fulness of time he cometh to bring

salvation unto men.

2 Nephi 2:4

4 And thou hast beheld in thy youth his glory; wherefore, thou

art blessed even as they unto whom he shall minister in the

flesh; for the Spirit is the same, yesterday, today, and forever.

And the way is prepared from the fall of man, and salvation is

free.

2 Nephi 2:5

5 And men are instructed sufficiently that they know good from

evil. And the law is given unto men. And by the law no flesh is

justified; or, by the law men are cut off. Yea, by the temporal

law they were cut off; and also, by the spiritual law they perish

from that which is good, and become miserable forever.

2 Nephi 2:6

6 Wherefore, redemption cometh in and through the Holy Messiah;

for he is full of grace and truth.

2 Nephi 2:7

7 Behold, he offereth himself a sacrifice for sin, to answer the

ends of the law, unto all those who have a broken heart and a

contrite spirit; and unto none else can the ends of the law be

answered.

2 Nephi 2:8

8 Wherefore, how great the importance to make these things known

unto the inhabitants of the earth, that they may know that there

is no flesh that can dwell in the presence of God, save it be

through the merits, and mercy, and grace of the Holy Messiah, who

layeth down his life according to the flesh, and taketh it again

by the power of the Spirit, that he may bring to pass the

resurrection of the dead, being the first that should rise.

2 Nephi 2:9

9 Wherefore, he is the first-fruits unto God, inasmuch as he

shall make intercession for all the children of men; and they

that believe in him shall be saved.

2 Nephi 2:10

10 And because of the intercession for all, all men come unto

God; wherefore, they stand in the presence of him to be judged of

him according to the truth and holiness which is in him.

Wherefore, the ends of the law which the Holy One hath given,

unto the inflicting of the punishment which is affixed, which

punishment that is affixed is in opposition to that of the

happiness which is affixed, to answer the ends of the atonement—

2 Nephi 2:11

11 For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all

things. If not so, my first-born in the wilderness,

righteousness could not be brought to pass, neither wickedness,

neither holiness nor misery, neither good nor bad. Wherefore,

all things must needs be a compound in one; wherefore, if it

should be one body it must needs remain as dead, having no life

neither death, nor corruption nor incorruption, happiness nor

misery, neither sense nor insensibility.

2 Nephi 2:12

12 Wherefore, it must needs have been created for a thing of

naught; wherefore there would have been no purpose in the end of

its creation. Wherefore, this thing must needs destroy the

wisdom of God and his eternal purposes, and also the power, and

the mercy, and the justice of God.

2 Nephi 2:13

13 And if ye shall say there is no law, ye shall also say there

is no sin. If ye shall say there is no sin, ye shall also say

there is no righteousness. And if there be no righteousness

there be no happiness. And if there be no righteousness nor

happiness there be no punishment nor misery. And if these things

are not there is no God. And if there is no God we are not,

neither the earth; for there could have been no creation of

things, neither to act nor to be acted upon; wherefore, all

things must have vanished away.

2 Nephi 2:14

14 And now, my sons, I speak unto you these things for your

profit and learning; for there is a God, and he hath created all

things, both the heavens and the earth, and all things that in

them are, both things to act and things to be acted upon.

2 Nephi 2:15

15 And to bring about his eternal purposes in the end of man,

after he had created our first parents, and the beasts of the

field and the fowls of the air, and in fine, all things which are

created, it must needs be that there was an opposition; even the

forbidden fruit in opposition to the tree of life; the one being

sweet and the other bitter.

2 Nephi 2:16

16 Wherefore, the Lord God gave unto man that he should act for

himself. Wherefore, man could not act for himself save it should

be that he was enticed by the one or the other.

2 Nephi 2:17

17 And I, Lehi, according to the things which I have read, must

needs suppose that an angel of God, according to that which is

written, had fallen from heaven; wherefore, he became a devil,

having sought that which was evil before God.

2 Nephi 2:18

18 And because he had fallen from heaven, and had become

miserable forever, he sought also the misery of all mankind.

Wherefore, he said unto Eve, yea, even that old serpent, who is

the devil, who is the father of all lies, wherefore he said:

Partake of the forbidden fruit, and ye shall not die, but ye

shall be as God, knowing good and evil.

2 Nephi 2:19

19 And after Adam and Eve had partaken of the forbidden fruit

they were driven out of the garden of Eden, to till the earth.

2 Nephi 2:20

20 And they have brought forth children; yea, even the family of

all the earth.

2 Nephi 2:21

21 And the days of the children of men were prolonged, according

to the will of God, that they might repent while in the flesh;

wherefore, their state became a state of probation, and their

time was lengthened, according to the commandments which the Lord

God gave unto the children of men. For he gave commandment that

all men must repent; for he showed unto all men that they were

lost, because of the transgression of their parents.

2 Nephi 2:22

22 And now, behold, if Adam had not transgressed he would not

have fallen, but he would have remained in the garden of Eden.

And all things which were created must have remained in the same

state in which they were after they were created; and they must

have remained forever, and had no end.

2 Nephi 2:23

23 And they would have had no children; wherefore they would

have remained in a state of innocence, having no joy, for they

knew no misery; doing no good, for they knew no sin.

2 Nephi 2:24

24 But behold, all things have been done in the wisdom of him

who knoweth all things.

2 Nephi 2:25

25 Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might

have joy.

2 Nephi 2:26

26 And the Messiah cometh in the fulness of time, that he may

redeem the children of men from the fall. And because that they

are redeemed from the fall they have become free forever, knowing

good from evil; to act for themselves and not to be acted upon,

save it be by the punishment of the law at the great and last

day, according to the commandments which God hath given.

2 Nephi 2:27

27 Wherefore, men are free according to the flesh; and all

things are given them which are expedient unto man. And they are

free to choose liberty and eternal life, through the great

Mediator of all men, or to choose captivity and death, according

to the captivity and power of the devil; for he seeketh that all

men might be miserable like unto himself.

2 Nephi 2:28

28 And now, my sons, I would that ye should look to the great

Mediator, and hearken unto his great commandments; and be

faithful unto his words, and choose eternal life, according to

the will of his Holy Spirit;

2 Nephi 2:29

29 And not choose eternal death, according to the will of the

flesh and the evil which is therein, which giveth the spirit of

the devil power to captivate, to bring you down to hell, that he

may reign over you in his own kingdom.

2 Nephi 2:30

30 I have spoken these few words unto you all, my sons, in the

last days of my probation; and I have chosen the good part,

according to the words of the prophet. And I have none other

object save it be the everlasting welfare of your souls. Amen.

2 Nephi 3 Chapter 3

2 Nephi 3:1

1 And now I speak unto you, Joseph, my last-born. Thou wast

born in the wilderness of mine afflictions; yea, in the days of

my greatest sorrow did thy mother bear thee.

2 Nephi 3:2

2 And may the Lord consecrate also unto thee this land, which is

a most precious land, for thine inheritance and the inheritance

of thy seed with thy brethren, for thy security forever, if it so

be that ye shall keep the commandments of the Holy One of Israel.

2 Nephi 3:3

3 And now, Joseph, my last-born, whom I have brought out of the

wilderness of mine afflictions, may the Lord bless thee forever,

for thy seed shall not utterly be destroyed.

2 Nephi 3:4

4 For behold, thou art the fruit of my loins; and I am a

descendant of Joseph who was carried captive into Egypt. And

great were the covenants of the Lord which he made unto Joseph.

2 Nephi 3:5

5 Wherefore, Joseph truly saw our day. And he obtained a

promise of the Lord, that out of the fruit of his loins the Lord

God would raise up a righteous branch unto the house of Israel;

not the Messiah, but a branch which was to be broken off,

nevertheless, to be remembered in the covenants of the Lord that

the Messiah should be made manifest unto them in the latter days,

in the spirit of power, unto the bringing of them out of darkness

unto light—yea, out of hidden darkness and out of captivity unto

freedom.

2 Nephi 3:6

6 For Joseph truly testified, saying: A seer shall the Lord my

God raise up, who shall be a choice seer unto the fruit of my

loins.

2 Nephi 3:7

7 Yea, Joseph truly said: Thus saith the Lord unto me: A choice

seer will I raise up out of the fruit of thy loins; and he shall

be esteemed highly among the fruit of thy loins. And unto him

will I give commandment that he shall do a work for the fruit of

thy loins, his brethren, which shall be of great worth unto them,

even to the bringing of them to the knowledge of the covenants

which I have made with thy fathers.

2 Nephi 3:8

8 And I will give unto him a commandment that he shall do none

other work, save the work which I shall command him. And I will

make him great in mine eyes; for he shall do my work.

2 Nephi 3:9

9 And he shall be great like unto Moses, whom I have said I

would raise up unto you, to deliver my people, O house of Israel.

2 Nephi 3:10

10 And Moses will I raise up, to deliver thy people out of the

land of Egypt.

2 Nephi 3:11

11 But a seer will I raise up out of the fruit of thy loins; and

unto him will I give power to bring forth my word unto the seed

of thy loins—and not to the bringing forth my word only, saith

the Lord, but to the convincing them of my word, which shall have

already gone forth among them.

2 Nephi 3:12

12 Wherefore, the fruit of thy loins shall write; and the fruit

of the loins of Judah shall write; and that which shall be

written by the fruit of thy loins, and also that which shall be

written by the fruit of the loins of Judah, shall grow together,

unto the confounding of false doctrines and laying down of

contentions, and establishing peace among the fruit of thy loins,

and bringing them to the knowledge of their fathers in the latter

days, and also to the knowledge of my covenants, saith the Lord.

2 Nephi 3:13

13 And out of weakness he shall be made strong, in that day when

my work shall commence among all my people, unto the restoring

thee, O house of Israel, saith the Lord.

2 Nephi 3:14

14 And thus prophesied Joseph, saying: Behold, that seer will

the Lord bless; and they that seek to destroy him shall be

confounded; for this promise, which I have obtained of the Lord,

of the fruit of my loins, shall be fulfilled. Behold, I am sure

of the fulfilling of this promise;

2 Nephi 3:15

15 And his name shall be called after me; and it shall be after

the name of his father. And he shall be like unto me; for the

thing, which the Lord shall bring forth by his hand, by the power

of the Lord shall bring my people unto salvation.

2 Nephi 3:16

16 Yea, thus prophesied Joseph: I am sure of this thing, even as

I am sure of the promise of Moses; for the Lord hath said unto

me, I will preserve thy seed forever.

2 Nephi 3:17

17 And the Lord hath said: I will raise up a Moses; and I will

give power unto him in a rod; and I will give judgment unto him

in writing. Yet I will not loose his tongue, that he shall speak

much, for I will not make him mighty in speaking. But I will

write unto him my law, by the finger of mine own hand; and I will

make a spokesman for him.

2 Nephi 3:18

18 And the Lord said unto me also: I will raise up unto the

fruit of thy loins; and I will make for him a spokesman. And I,

behold, I will give unto him that he shall write the writing of

the fruit of thy loins, unto the fruit of thy loins; and the

spokesman of thy loins shall declare it.

2 Nephi 3:19

19 And the words which he shall write shall be the words which

are expedient in my wisdom should go forth unto the fruit of thy

loins. And it shall be as if the fruit of thy loins had cried

unto them from the dust; for I know their faith.

2 Nephi 3:20

20 And they shall cry from the dust; yea, even repentance unto

their brethren, even after many generations have gone by them.

And it shall come to pass that their cry shall go, even according

to the simpleness of their words.

2 Nephi 3:21

21 Because of their faith their words shall proceed forth out of

my mouth unto their brethren who are the fruit of thy loins; and

the weakness of their words will I make strong in their faith,

unto the remembering of my covenant which I made unto thy

fathers.

2 Nephi 3:22

22 And now, behold, my son Joseph, after this manner did my

father of old prophesy.

2 Nephi 3:23

23 Wherefore, because of this covenant thou art blessed; for thy

seed shall not be destroyed, for they shall hearken unto the

words of the book.

2 Nephi 3:24

24 And there shall rise up one mighty among them, who shall do

much good, both in word and in deed, being an instrument in the

hands of God, with exceeding faith, to work mighty wonders, and

do that thing which is great in the sight of God, unto the

bringing to pass much restoration unto the house of Israel, and

unto the seed of thy brethren.

2 Nephi 3:25

25 And now, blessed art thou, Joseph. Behold, thou art little;

wherefore hearken unto the words of thy brother, Nephi, and it

shall be done unto thee even according to the words which I have

spoken. Remember the words of thy dying father. Amen.

2 Nephi 4 Chapter 4

2 Nephi 4:1

1 And now, I, Nephi, speak concerning the prophecies of which my

father hath spoken, concerning Joseph, who was carried into

Egypt.

2 Nephi 4:2

2 For behold, he truly prophesied concerning all his seed. And

the prophecies which he wrote, there are not many greater. And

he prophesied concerning us, and our future generations; and they

are written upon the plates of brass.

2 Nephi 4:3

3 Wherefore, after my father had made an end of speaking

concerning the prophecies of Joseph, he called the children of

Laman, his sons, and his daughters, and said unto them: Behold,

my sons, and my daughters, who are the sons and the daughters of

my first-born, I would that ye should give ear unto my words.

2 Nephi 4:4

4 For the Lord God hath said that: Inasmuch as ye shall keep my

commandments ye shall prosper in the land; and inasmuch as ye

will not keep my commandments ye shall be cut off from my

presence.

2 Nephi 4:5

5 But behold, my sons and my daughters, I cannot go down to my

grave save I should leave a blessing upon you; for behold, I know

that if ye are brought up in the way ye should go ye will not

depart from it.

2 Nephi 4:6

6 Wherefore, if ye are cursed, behold, I leave my blessing upon

you, that the cursing may be taken from you and be answered upon

the heads of your parents.

2 Nephi 4:7

7 Wherefore, because of my blessing the Lord God will not suffer

that ye shall perish; wherefore, he will be merciful unto you and

unto your seed forever.

2 Nephi 4:8

8 And it came to pass that after my father had made an end of

speaking to the sons and daughters of Laman, he caused the sons

and daughters of Lemuel to be brought before him.

2 Nephi 4:9

9 And he spake unto them, saying: Behold, my sons and my

daughters, who are the sons and the daughters of my second son;

behold I leave unto you the same blessing which I left unto the

sons and daughters of Laman; wherefore, thou shalt not utterly be

destroyed; but in the end thy seed shall be blessed.

2 Nephi 4:10

10 And it came to pass that when my father had made an end of

speaking unto them, behold, he spake unto the sons of Ishmael,

yea, and even all his household.

2 Nephi 4:11

11 And after he had made an end of speaking unto them, he spake

unto Sam, saying: Blessed art thou, and thy seed; for thou shall

inherit the land like unto thy brother Nephi. And thy seed shall

be numbered with his seed; and thou shalt be even like unto thy

brother, and thy seed like unto his seed; and thou shalt be

blessed in all thy days.

2 Nephi 4:12

12 And it came to pass after my father, Lehi, had spoken unto

all his household, according to the feelings of his heart and the

Spirit of the Lord which was in him, he waxed old. And it came

to pass that he died, and was buried.

2 Nephi 4:13

13 And it came to pass that not many days after his death, Laman

and Lemuel and the sons of Ishmael were angry with me because of

the admonitions of the Lord.

2 Nephi 4:14

14 For I, Nephi, was constrained to speak unto them, according

to his word; for I had spoken many things unto them, and also my

father, before his death; many of which sayings are written upon

mine other plates; for a more history part are written upon mine

other plates.

2 Nephi 4:15

15 And upon these I write the things of my soul, and many of the

scriptures which are engraven upon the plates of brass. For my

soul delighteth in the scriptures, and my heart pondereth them,

and writeth them for the learning and the profit of my children.

2 Nephi 4:16

16 Behold, my soul delighteth in the things of the Lord; and my

heart pondereth continually upon the things which I have seen and

heard.

2 Nephi 4:17

17 Nevertheless, notwithstanding the great goodness of the Lord,

in showing me his great and marvelous works, my heart exclaimeth:

O wretched man that I am! Yea, my heart sorroweth because of my

flesh; my soul grieveth because of mine iniquities.

2 Nephi 4:18

18 I am encompassed about, because of the temptations and the

sins which do so easily beset me.

2 Nephi 4:19

19 And when I desire to rejoice, my heart groaneth because of my

sins; nevertheless, I know in whom I have trusted.

2 Nephi 4:20

20 My God hath been my support; he hath led me through mine

afflictions in the wilderness; and he hath preserved me upon the

waters of the great deep.

2 Nephi 4:21

21 He hath filled me with his love, even unto the consuming of

my flesh.

2 Nephi 4:22

22 He hath confounded mine enemies, unto the causing of them to

quake before me.

2 Nephi 4:23

23 Behold, he hath heard my cry by day, and he hath given me

knowledge by visions in the nighttime.

2 Nephi 4:24

24 And by day have I waxed bold in mighty prayer before him;

yea, my voice have I sent up on high; and angels came down and

ministered unto me.

2 Nephi 4:25

25 And upon the wings of his Spirit hath my body been carried

away upon exceedingly high mountains. And mine eyes have beheld

great things, yea, even too great for man; therefore I was bidden

that I should not write them.

2 Nephi 4:26

26 O then, if I have seen so great things, if the Lord in his

condescension unto the children of men hath visited men in so

much mercy, why should my heart weep and my soul linger in the

valley of sorrow, and my flesh waste away, and my strength

slacken, because of mine afflictions?

2 Nephi 4:27

27 And why should I yield to sin, because of my flesh? Yea, why

should I give way to temptations, that the evil one have place in

my heart to destroy my peace and afflict my soul? Why am I angry

because of mine enemy?

2 Nephi 4:28

28 Awake, my soul! No longer droop in sin. Rejoice, O my

heart, and give place no more for the enemy of my soul.

2 Nephi 4:29

29 Do not anger again because of mine enemies. Do not slacken

my strength because of mine afflictions.

2 Nephi 4:30

30 Rejoice, O my heart, and cry unto the Lord, and say: O Lord,

I will praise thee forever; yea, my soul will rejoice in thee, my

God, and the rock of my salvation.

2 Nephi 4:31

31 O Lord, wilt thou redeem my soul? Wilt thou deliver me out

of the hands of mine enemies? Wilt thou make me that I may shake

at the appearance of sin?

2 Nephi 4:32

32 May the gates of hell be shut continually before me, because

that my heart is broken and my spirit is contrite! O Lord, wilt

thou not shut the gates of thy righteousness before me, that I

may walk in the path of the low valley, that I may be strict in

the plain road!

2 Nephi 4:33

33 O Lord, wilt thou encircle me around in the robe of thy

righteousness! O Lord, wilt thou make a way for mine escape

before mine enemies! Wilt thou make my path straight before me!

Wilt thou not place a stumbling block in my way—but that thou

wouldst clear my way before me, and hedge not up my way, but the

ways of mine enemy.

2 Nephi 4:34

34 O Lord, I have trusted in thee, and I will trust in thee

forever. I will not put my trust in the arm of flesh; for I know

that cursed is he that putteth his trust in the arm of flesh.

Yea, cursed is he that putteth his trust in man or maketh flesh

his arm.

2 Nephi 4:35

35 Yea, I know that God will give liberally to him that asketh.

Yea, my God will give me, if I ask not amiss; therefore I will

lift up my voice unto thee; yea, I will cry unto thee, my God,

the rock of my righteousness. Behold, my voice shall forever

ascend up unto thee, my rock and mine everlasting God. Amen.

2 Nephi 5 Chapter 5

2 Nephi 5:1

1 Behold, it came to pass that I, Nephi, did cry much unto the

Lord my God, because of the anger of my brethren.

2 Nephi 5:2

2 But behold, their anger did increase against me, insomuch that

they did seek to take away my life.

2 Nephi 5:3

3 Yea, they did murmur against me, saying: Our younger brother

thinks to rule over us; and we have had much trial because of

him; wherefore, now let us slay him, that we may not be afflicted

more because of his words. For behold, we will not have him to

be our ruler; for it belongs unto us, who are the elder brethren,

to rule over this people.

2 Nephi 5:4

4 Now I do not write upon these plates all the words which they

murmured against me. But it sufficeth me to say, that they did

seek to take away my life.

2 Nephi 5:5

5 And it came to pass that the Lord did warn me, that I, Nephi,

should depart from them and flee into the wilderness, and all

those who would go with me.

2 Nephi 5:6

6 Wherefore, it came to pass that I, Nephi, did take my family,

and also Zoram and his family, and Sam, mine elder brother and

his family, and Jacob and Joseph, my younger brethren, and also

my sisters, and all those who would go with me. And all those

who would go with me were those who believed in the warnings and

the revelations of God; wherefore, they did hearken unto my

words.

2 Nephi 5:7

7 And we did take our tents and whatsoever things were possible

for us, and did journey in the wilderness for the space of many

days. And after we had journeyed for the space of many days we

did pitch our tents.

2 Nephi 5:8

8 And my people would that we should call the name of the place

Nephi; wherefore, we did call it Nephi.

2 Nephi 5:9

9 And all those who were with me did take upon them to call

themselves the people of Nephi.

2 Nephi 5:10

10 And we did observe to keep the judgments, and the statutes,

and the commandments of the Lord in all things according to the

law of Moses.

2 Nephi 5:11

11 And the Lord was with us; and we did prosper exceedingly; for

we did sow seed, and we did reap again in abundance. And we

began to raise flocks, and herds, and animals of every kind.

2 Nephi 5:12

12 And I, Nephi, had also brought the records which were

engraven upon the plates of brass; and also the ball, or compass,

which was prepared for my father by the hand of the Lord,

according to that which is written.

2 Nephi 5:13

13 And it came to pass that we began to prosper exceedingly, and

to multiply in the land.

2 Nephi 5:14

14 And I, Nephi, did take the sword of Laban, and after the

manner of it did make many swords, lest by any means the people

who were now called Lamanites should come upon us and destroy us;

for I knew their hatred towards me and my children and those who

were called my people.

2 Nephi 5:15

15 And I did teach my people to build buildings, and to work in

all manner of wood, and of iron, and of copper, and of brass, and

of steel, and of gold, and of silver, and of precious ores, which

were in great abundance.

2 Nephi 5:16

16 And I, Nephi, did build a temple; and I did construct it

after the manner of the temple of Solomon save it were not built

of so many precious things; for they were not to be found upon

the land, wherefore, it could not be built like unto Solomon's

temple. But the manner of the construction was like unto the

temple of Solomon; and the workmanship thereof was exceedingly

fine.

2 Nephi 5:17

17 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did cause my people to be

industrious, and to labor with their hands.

2 Nephi 5:18

18 And it came to pass that they would that I should be their

king. But I, Nephi, was desirous that they should have no king;

nevertheless, I did for them according to that which was in my

power.

2 Nephi 5:19

19 And behold, the words of the Lord had been fulfilled unto my

brethren, which he spake concerning them, that I should be their

ruler and their teacher. Wherefore, I had been their ruler and

their teacher, according to the commandments of the Lord, until

the time they sought to take away my life.

2 Nephi 5:20

20 Wherefore, the word of the Lord was fulfilled which he spake

unto me, saying that: Inasmuch as they will not hearken unto thy

words they shall be cut off from the presence of the Lord. And

behold, they were cut off from his presence.

2 Nephi 5:21

21 And he had caused the cursing to come upon them, yea, even a

sore cursing, because of their iniquity. For behold, they had

hardened their hearts against him, that they had become like unto

a flint; wherefore, as they were white, and exceedingly fair and

delightsome, that they might not be enticing unto my people the

Lord God did cause a skin of blackness to come upon them.

2 Nephi 5:22

22 And thus saith the Lord God: I will cause that they shall be

loathsome unto thy people, save they shall repent of their

iniquities.

2 Nephi 5:23

23 And cursed shall be the seed of him that mixeth with their

seed; for they shall be cursed even with the same cursing. And

the Lord spake it, and it was done.

2 Nephi 5:24

24 And because of their cursing which was upon them they did

become an idle people, full of mischief and subtlety, and did

seek in the wilderness for beasts of prey.

2 Nephi 5:25

25 And the Lord God said unto me: They shall be a scourge unto

thy seed, to stir them up in remembrance of me; and inasmuch as

they will not remember me, and hearken unto my words, they shall

scourge them even unto destruction.

2 Nephi 5:26

26 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did consecrate Jacob and

Joseph, that they should be priests and teachers over the land of

my people.

2 Nephi 5:27

27 And it came to pass that we lived after the manner of

happiness.

2 Nephi 5:28

28 And thirty years had passed away from the time we left

Jerusalem.

2 Nephi 5:29

29 And I, Nephi, had kept the records upon my plates, which I

had made, of my people thus far.

2 Nephi 5:30

30 And it came to pass that the Lord God said unto me: Make

other plates; and thou shalt engraven many things upon them which

are good in my sight, for the profit of thy people.

2 Nephi 5:31

31 Wherefore, I, Nephi, to be obedient to the commandments of

the Lord, went and made these plates upon which I have engraven

these things.

2 Nephi 5:32

32 And I engraved that which is pleasing unto God. And if my

people are pleased with the things of God they will be pleased

with mine engravings which are upon these plates.

2 Nephi 5:33

33 And if my people desire to know the more particular part of

the history of my people they must search mine other plates.

2 Nephi 5:34

34 And it sufficeth me to say that forty years had passed away,

and we had already had wars and contentions with our brethren.

2 Nephi 6 Chapter 6

2 Nephi 6:1

1 The words of Jacob, the brother of Nephi, which he spake unto

the people of Nephi:

2 Nephi 6:2

2 Behold, my beloved brethren, I, Jacob, having been called of

God, and ordained after the manner of his holy order, and having

been consecrated by my brother Nephi, unto whom ye look as a king

or a protector, and on whom ye depend for safety, behold ye know

that I have spoken unto you exceedingly many things.

2 Nephi 6:3

3 Nevertheless, I speak unto you again; for I am desirous for

the welfare of your souls. Yea, mine anxiety is great for you;

and ye yourselves know that it ever has been. For I have

exhorted you with all diligence; and I have taught you the words

of my father; and I have spoken unto you concerning all things

which are written, from the creation of the world.

2 Nephi 6:4

4 And now, behold, I would speak unto you concerning things

which are, and which are to come; wherefore, I will read you the

words of Isaiah. And they are the words which my brother has

desired that I should speak unto you. And I speak unto you for

your sakes, that ye may learn and glorify the name of your God.

2 Nephi 6:5

5 And now, the words which I shall read are they which Isaiah

spake concerning all the house of Israel; wherefore, they may be

likened unto you, for ye are of the house of Israel. And there

are many things which have been spoken by Isaiah which may be

likened unto you, because ye are of the house of Israel.

2 Nephi 6:6

6 And now these are the words: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold,

I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard

to the people; and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and

thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.

2 Nephi 6:7

7 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy

nursing mothers; they shall bow down to thee with their faces

towards the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou

shalt know that I am the Lord; for they shall not be ashamed that

wait for me.

2 Nephi 6:8

8 And now I, Jacob, would speak somewhat concerning these words.

For behold, the Lord has shown me that those who were at

Jerusalem, from whence we came, have been slain and carried away

captive.

2 Nephi 6:9

9 Nevertheless, the Lord has shown unto me that they should

return again. And he also has shown unto me that the Lord God,

the Holy One of Israel, should manifest himself unto them in the

flesh; and after he should manifest himself they should scourge

him and crucify him, according to the words of the angel who

spake it unto me.

2 Nephi 6:10

10 And after they have hardened their hearts and stiffened their

necks against the Holy One of Israel, behold the judgments of the

Holy One of Israel shall come upon them. And the day cometh that

they shall be smitten and afflicted.

2 Nephi 6:11

11 Wherefore, after they are driven to and fro, for thus saith

the angel, many shall be afflicted in the flesh, and shall not be

suffered to perish, because of the prayers of the faithful; they

shall be scattered, and smitten, and hated; nevertheless, the

Lord will be merciful unto them, that when they shall come to the

knowledge of their Redeemer, they shall be gathered together

again to the lands of their inheritance.

2 Nephi 6:12

12 And blessed are the Gentiles, they of whom the prophet has

written; for behold, if it so be that they shall repent and fight

not against Zion, and do not unite themselves to that great and

abominable church, they shall be saved; for the Lord God will

fulfil his covenants which he has made unto his children; and for

this cause the prophet has written these things.

2 Nephi 6:13

13 Wherefore, they that fight against Zion and the covenant

people of the Lord shall lick up the dust of their feet; and the

people of the Lord shall not be ashamed. For the people of the

Lord are they who wait for him; for they still wait for the

coming of the Messiah.

2 Nephi 6:14

14 And behold, according to the words of the prophet, the

Messiah will set himself again the second time to recover them;

wherefore, he will manifest himself unto them in power and great

glory, unto the destruction of their enemies, when that day

cometh when they shall believe in him; and none will he destroy

that believe in him.

2 Nephi 6:15

15 And they that believe not in him shall be destroyed, both by

fire, and by tempest, and by earthquakes, and by bloodsheds, and

by pestilence, and by famine. And they shall know that the Lord

is God, the Holy One of Israel.

2 Nephi 6:16

16 For shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful

captive delivered?

2 Nephi 6:17

17 But thus saith the Lord: Even the captives of the mighty

shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be

delivered; for the Mighty God shall deliver his covenant people.

For thus saith the Lord: I will contend with them that contendeth

with thee—

2 Nephi 6:18

18 And I will feed them that oppress thee, with their own flesh;

and they shall be drunken with their own blood as with sweet

wine; and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Savior and

thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

2 Nephi 7 Chapter 7

2 Nephi 7:1

1 Yea, for thus saith the Lord: Have I put thee away, or have I

cast thee off forever? For thus saith the Lord: Where is the

bill of your mother's divorcement? To whom have I put thee away,

or to which of my creditors have I sold you? Yea, to whom have I

sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves,

and for your transgressions is your mother put away.

2 Nephi 7:2

2 Wherefore, when I came, there was no man; when I called, yea,

there was none to answer. O house of Israel, is my hand

shortened at all that it cannot redeem, or have I no power to

deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make their

rivers a wilderness and their fish to stink because the waters

are dried up, and they die because of thirst.

2 Nephi 7:3

3 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth

their covering.

2 Nephi 7:4

4 The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I

should know how to speak a word in season unto thee, O house of

Israel. When ye are weary he waketh morning by morning. He

waketh mine ear to hear as the learned.

2 Nephi 7:5

5 The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious,

neither turned away back.

2 Nephi 7:6

6 I gave my back to the smiter, and my cheeks to them that

plucked off the hair. I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

2 Nephi 7:7

7 For the Lord God will help me, therefore shall I not be

confounded. Therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I

know that I shall not be ashamed.

2 Nephi 7:8

8 And the Lord is near, and he justifieth me. Who will contend

with me? Let us stand together. Who is mine adversary? Let him

come near me, and I will smite him with the strength of my mouth.

2 Nephi 7:9

9 For the Lord God will help me. And all they who shall condemn

me, behold, all they shall wax old as a garment, and the moth

shall eat them up.

2 Nephi 7:10

10 Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the

voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness and hath no light?

2 Nephi 7:11

11 Behold all ye that kindle fire, that compass yourselves about

with sparks, walk in the light of your fire and in the sparks

which ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand—ye shall

lie down in sorrow.

2 Nephi 8 Chapter 8

2 Nephi 8:1

1 Hearken unto me, ye that follow after righteousness. Look

unto the rock from whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit

from whence ye are digged.

2 Nephi 8:2

2 Look unto Abraham, your father, and unto Sarah, she that bare

you; for I called him alone, and blessed him.

2 Nephi 8:3

3 For the Lord shall comfort Zion, he will comfort all her waste

places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert

like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness shall be found

therein, thanksgiving and the voice of melody.

2 Nephi 8:4

4 Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation;

for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to

rest for a light for the people.

2 Nephi 8:5

5 My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine

arm shall judge the people. The isles shall wait upon me, and on

mine arm shall they trust.

2 Nephi 8:6

6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth

beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the

earth shall wax old like a garment; and they that dwell therein

shall die in like manner. But my salvation shall be forever, and

my righteousness shall not be abolished.

2 Nephi 8:7

7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in

whose heart I have written my law, fear ye not the reproach of

men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.

2 Nephi 8:8

8 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm

shall eat them like wool. But my righteousness shall be forever,

and my salvation from generation to generation.

2 Nephi 8:9

9 Awake, awake! Put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake as in

the ancient days. Art thou not he that hath cut Rahab, and

wounded the dragon?

2 Nephi 8:10

10 Art thou not he who hath dried the sea, the waters of the

great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the

ransomed to pass over?

2 Nephi 8:11

11 Therefore, the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come

with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy and holiness shall be

upon their heads; and they shall obtain gladness and joy; sorrow

and mourning shall flee away.

2 Nephi 8:12

12 I am he; yea, I am he that comforteth you. Behold, who art

thou, that thou shouldst be afraid of man, who shall die, and of

the son of man, who shall be made like unto grass?

2 Nephi 8:13

13 And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth

the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth, and hast

feared continually every day, because of the fury of the

oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? And where is the fury

of the oppressor?

2 Nephi 8:14

14 The captive exile hasteneth, that he may be loosed, and that

he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.

2 Nephi 8:15

15 But I am the Lord thy God, whose waves roared; the Lord of

Hosts is my name.

2 Nephi 8:16

16 And I have put my words in thy mouth, and have covered thee

in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens and lay

the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion: Behold, thou art

my people.

2 Nephi 8:17

17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the

hand of the Lord the cup of his fury—thou hast drunken the dregs

of the cup of trembling wrung out—

2 Nephi 8:18

18 And none to guide her among all the sons she hath brought

forth; neither that taketh her by the hand, of all the sons she

hath brought up.

2 Nephi 8:19

19 These two sons are come unto thee, who shall be sorry for

thee—thy desolation and destruction, and the famine and the

sword—and by whom shall I comfort thee?

2 Nephi 8:20

20 Thy sons have fainted, save these two; they lie at the head

of all the streets; as a wild bull in a net, they are full of the

fury of the Lord, the rebuke of thy God.

2 Nephi 8:21

21 Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, and not

with wine:

2 Nephi 8:22

22 Thus saith thy Lord, the Lord and thy God pleadeth the cause

of his people; behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of

trembling, the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more

drink it again.

2 Nephi 8:23

23 But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee;

who have said to thy soul: Bow down, that we may go over—and

thou hast laid thy body as the ground and as the street to them

that went over.

2 Nephi 8:24

24 Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy

beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for henceforth

there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the

unclean.

2 Nephi 8:25

25 Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit down, O Jerusalem;

loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of

Zion.

2 Nephi 9 Chapter 9

2 Nephi 9:1

1 And now, my beloved brethren, I have read these things that ye

might know concerning the covenants of the Lord that he has

covenanted with all the house of Israel—

2 Nephi 9:2

2 That he has spoken unto the Jews, by the mouth of his holy

prophets, even from the beginning down, from generation to

generation, until the time comes that they shall be restored to

the true church and fold of God; when they shall be gathered home

to the lands of their inheritance, and shall be established in

all their lands of promise.

2 Nephi 9:3

3 Behold, my beloved brethren, I speak unto you these things

that ye may rejoice, and lift up your heads forever, because of

the blessings which the Lord God shall bestow upon your children.

2 Nephi 9:4

4 For I know that ye have searched much, many of you, to know of

things to come; wherefore I know that ye know that our flesh must

waste away and die; nevertheless, in our bodies we shall see God.

2 Nephi 9:5

5 Yea, I know that ye know that in the body he shall show

himself unto those at Jerusalem, from whence we came; for it is

expedient that it should be among them; for it behooveth the

great Creator that he suffereth himself to become subject unto

man in the flesh, and die for all men, that all men might become

subject unto him.

2 Nephi 9:6

6 For as death hath passed upon all men, to fulfil the merciful

plan of the great Creator, there must needs be a power of

resurrection, and the resurrection must needs come unto man by

reason of the fall; and the fall came by reason of transgression;

and because man became fallen they were cut off from the presence

of the Lord.

2 Nephi 9:7

7 Wherefore, it must needs be an infinite atonement—save it

should be an infinite atonement this corruption could not put on

incorruption. Wherefore, the first judgment which came upon man

must needs have remained to an endless duration. And if so, this

flesh must have laid down to rot and to crumble to its mother

earth, to rise no more.

2 Nephi 9:8

8 O the wisdom of God, his mercy and grace! For behold, if the

flesh should rise no more our spirits must become subject to that

angel who fell from before the presence of the Eternal God, and

became the devil, to rise no more.

2 Nephi 9:9

9 And our spirits must have become like unto him, and we become

devils, angels to a devil, to be shut out from the presence of

our God, and to remain with the father of lies, in misery, like

unto himself; yea, to that being who beguiled our first parents,

who transformeth himself nigh unto an angel of light, and

stirreth up the children of men unto secret combinations of

murder and all manner of secret works of darkness.

2 Nephi 9:10

10 O how great the goodness of our God, who prepareth a way for

our escape from the grasp of this awful monster; yea, that

monster, death and hell, which I call the death of the body, and

also the death of the spirit.

2 Nephi 9:11

11 And because of the way of deliverance of our God, the Holy

One of Israel, this death, of which I have spoken, which is the

temporal, shall deliver up its dead; which death is the grave.

2 Nephi 9:12

12 And this death of which I have spoken, which is the spiritual

death, shall deliver up its dead; which spiritual death is hell;

wherefore, death and hell must deliver up their dead, and hell

must deliver up its captive spirits, and the grave must deliver

up its captive bodies, and the bodies and the spirits of men will

be restored one to the other; and it is by the power of the

resurrection of the Holy One of Israel.

2 Nephi 9:13

13 O how great the plan of our God! For on the other hand, the

paradise of God must deliver up the spirits of the righteous, and

the grave deliver up the body of the righteous; and the spirit

and the body is restored to itself again, and all men become

incorruptible, and immortal, and they are living souls, having a

perfect knowledge like unto us in the flesh, save it be that our

knowledge shall be perfect.

2 Nephi 9:14

14 Wherefore, we shall have a perfect knowledge of all our

guilt, and our uncleanness, and our nakedness; and the righteous

shall have a perfect knowledge of their enjoyment, and their

righteousness, being clothed with purity, yea, even with the robe

of righteousness.

2 Nephi 9:15

15 And it shall come to pass that when all men shall have passed

from this first death unto life, insomuch as they have become

immortal, they must appear before the judgment-seat of the Holy

One of Israel; and then cometh the judgment, and then must they

be judged according to the holy judgment of God.

2 Nephi 9:16

16 And assuredly, as the Lord liveth, for the Lord God hath

spoken it, and it is his eternal word, which cannot pass away,

that they who are righteous shall be righteous still, and they

who are filthy shall be filthy still; wherefore, they who are

filthy are the devil and his angels; and they shall go away into

everlasting fire; prepared for them; and their torment is as a

lake of fire and brimstone, whose flame ascendeth up forever and

ever and has no end.

2 Nephi 9:17

17 O the greatness and the justice of our God! For he executeth

all his words, and they have gone forth out of his mouth, and his

law must be fulfilled.

2 Nephi 9:18

18 But, behold, the righteous, the saints of the Holy One of

Israel, they who have believed in the Holy One of Israel, they

who have endured the crosses of the world, and despised the shame

of it, they shall inherit the kingdom of God, which was prepared

for them from the foundation of the world, and their joy shall be

full forever.

2 Nephi 9:19

19 O the greatness of the mercy of our God, the Holy One of

Israel! For he delivereth his saints from that awful monster the

devil, and death, and hell, and that lake of fire and brimstone,

which is endless torment.

2 Nephi 9:20

20 O how great the holiness of our God! For he knoweth all

things, and there is not anything save he knows it.

2 Nephi 9:21

21 And he cometh into the world that he may save all men if they

will hearken unto his voice; for behold, he suffereth the pains

of all men, yea, the pains of every living creature, both men,

women, and children, who belong to the family of Adam.

2 Nephi 9:22

22 And he suffereth this that the resurrection might pass upon

all men, that all might stand before him at the great and

judgment day.

2 Nephi 9:23

23 And he commandeth all men that they must repent, and be

baptized in his name, having perfect faith in the Holy One of

Israel, or they cannot be saved in the kingdom of God.

2 Nephi 9:24

24 And if they will not repent and believe in his name, and be

baptized in his name, and endure to the end, they must be damned;

for the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has spoken it.

2 Nephi 9:25

25 Wherefore, he has given a law; and where there is no law

given there is no punishment; and where there is no punishment

there is no condemnation; and where there is no condemnation the

mercies of the Holy One of Israel have claim upon them, because

of the atonement; for they are delivered by the power of him.

2 Nephi 9:26

26 For the atonement satisfieth the demands of his justice upon

all those who have not the law given to them, that they are

delivered from that awful monster, death and hell, and the devil,

and the lake of fire and brimstone, which is endless torment; and

they are restored to that God who gave them breath, which is the

Holy One of Israel.

2 Nephi 9:27

27 But wo unto him that has the law given, yea, that has all the

commandments of God, like unto us, and that transgresseth them,

and that wasteth the days of his probation, for awful is his

state!

2 Nephi 9:28

28 O that cunning plan of the evil one! O the vainness, and the

frailties, and the foolishness of men! When they are learned

they think they are wise, and they hearken not unto the counsel

of God, for they set it aside, supposing they know of themselves,

wherefore, their wisdom is foolishness and it profiteth them not.

And they shall perish.

2 Nephi 9:29

29 But to be learned is good if they hearken unto the counsels

of God.

2 Nephi 9:30

30 But wo unto the rich, who are rich as to the things of the

world. For because they are rich they despise the poor, and they

persecute the meek, and their hearts are upon their treasures;

wherefore, their treasure is their God. And behold, their

treasure shall perish with them also.

2 Nephi 9:31

31 And wo unto the deaf that will not hear; for they shall

perish.

2 Nephi 9:32

32 Wo unto the blind that will not see; for they shall perish

also.

2 Nephi 9:33

33 Wo unto the uncircumcised of heart, for a knowledge of their

iniquities shall smite them at the last day.

2 Nephi 9:34

34 Wo unto the liar, for he shall be thrust down to hell.

2 Nephi 9:35

35 Wo unto the murderer who deliberately killeth, for he shall

die.

2 Nephi 9:36

36 Wo unto them who commit whoredoms, for they shall be thrust

down to hell.

2 Nephi 9:37

37 Yea, wo unto those that worship idols, for the devil of all

devils delighteth in them.

2 Nephi 9:38

38 And, in fine, wo unto all those who die in their sins; for

they shall return to God, and behold his face, and remain in

their sins.

2 Nephi 9:39

39 O, my beloved brethren, remember the awfulness in

transgressing against that Holy God, and also the awfulness of

yielding to the enticings of that cunning one. Remember, to be

carnally-minded is death, and to be spiritually-minded is life

eternal.

2 Nephi 9:40

40 O, my beloved brethren, give ear to my words. Remember the

greatness of the Holy One of Israel. Do not say that I have

spoken hard things against you; for if ye do, ye will revile

against the truth; for I have spoken the words of your Maker. I

know that the words of truth are hard against all uncleanness;

but the righteous fear them not, for they love the truth and are

not shaken.

2 Nephi 9:41

41 O then, my beloved brethren, come unto the Lord, the Holy

One. Remember that his paths are righteous. Behold, the way for

man is narrow, but it lieth in a straight course before him, and

the keeper of the gate is the Holy One of Israel; and he

employeth no servant there; and there is none other way save it

be by the gate; for he cannot be deceived, for the Lord God is

his name.

2 Nephi 9:42

42 And whoso knocketh, to him will he open; and the wise, and

the learned, and they that are rich, who are puffed up because of

their learning, and their wisdom, and their riches—yea, they are

they whom he despiseth; and save they shall cast these things

away, and consider themselves fools before God, and come down in

the depths of humility, he will not open unto them.

2 Nephi 9:43

43 But the things of the wise and the prudent shall be hid from

them forever—yea, that happiness which is prepared for the

saints.

2 Nephi 9:44

44 O, my beloved brethren, remember my words. Behold, I take

off my garments, and I shake them before you; I pray the God of

my salvation that he view me with his all-searching eye;

wherefore, ye shall know at the last day, when all men shall be

judged of their works, that the God of Israel did witness that I

shook your iniquities from my soul, and that I stand with

brightness before him, and am rid of your blood.

2 Nephi 9:45

45 O, my beloved brethren, turn away from your sins; shake off

the chains of him that would bind you fast; come unto that God

who is the rock of your salvation.

2 Nephi 9:46

46 Prepare your souls for that glorious day when justice shall

be administered unto the righteous, even the day of judgment,

that ye may not shrink with awful fear; that ye may not remember

your awful guilt in perfectness, and be constrained to exclaim:

Holy, holy are thy judgments, O Lord God Almighty—but I know my

guilt; I transgressed thy law, and my transgressions are mine;

and the devil hath obtained me, that I am a prey to his awful

misery.

2 Nephi 9:47

47 But behold, my brethren, is it expedient that I should awake

you to an awful reality of these things? Would I harrow up your

souls if your minds were pure? Would I be plain unto you

according to the plainness of the truth if ye were freed from

sin?

2 Nephi 9:48

48 Behold, if ye were holy I would speak unto you of holiness;

but as ye are not holy, and ye look upon me as a teacher, it must

needs be expedient that I teach you the consequences of sin.

2 Nephi 9:49

49 Behold, my soul abhorreth sin, and my heart delighteth in

righteousness; and I will praise the holy name of my God.

2 Nephi 9:50

50 Come, my brethren, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the

waters; and he that hath no money, come buy and eat; yea, come

buy wine and milk without money and without price.

2 Nephi 9:51

51 Wherefore, do not spend money for that which is of no worth,

nor your labor for that which cannot satisfy. Hearken diligently

unto me, and remember the words which I have spoken; and come

unto the Holy One of Israel, and feast upon that which perisheth

not, neither can be corrupted, and let your soul delight in

fatness.

2 Nephi 9:52

52 Behold, my beloved brethren, remember the words of your God;

pray unto him continually by day, and give thanks unto his holy

name by night. Let your hearts rejoice.

2 Nephi 9:53

53 And behold how great the covenants of the Lord, and how great

his condescensions unto the children of men; and because of his

greatness, and his grace and mercy, he has promised unto us that

our seed shall not utterly be destroyed, according to the flesh,

but that he would preserve them; and in future generations they

shall become a righteous branch unto the house of Israel.

2 Nephi 9:54

54 And now, my brethren, I would speak unto you more; but on the

morrow I will declare unto you the remainder of my words. Amen.

2 Nephi 10 Chapter 10

2 Nephi 10:1

1 And now I, Jacob, speak unto you again, my beloved brethren,

concerning this righteous branch of which I have spoken.

2 Nephi 10:2

2 For behold, the promises which we have obtained are promises

unto us according to the flesh; wherefore, as it has been shown

unto me that many of our children shall perish in the flesh

because of unbelief, nevertheless, God will be merciful unto

many; and our children shall be restored, that they may come to

that which will give them the true knowledge of their Redeemer.

2 Nephi 10:3

3 Wherefore, as I said unto you, it must needs be expedient that

Christ—for in the last night the angel spake unto me that this

should be his name—should come among the Jews, among those who

are the more wicked part of the world; and they shall crucify

him—for thus it behooveth our God, and there is none other

nation on earth that would crucify their God.

2 Nephi 10:4

4 For should the mighty miracles be wrought among other nations

they would repent, and know that he be their God.

2 Nephi 10:5

5 But because of priestcrafts and iniquities, they at Jerusalem

will stiffen their necks against him, that he be crucified.

2 Nephi 10:6

6 Wherefore, because of their iniquities, destructions, famines,

pestilences, and bloodshed shall come upon them; and they who

shall not be destroyed shall be scattered among all nations.

2 Nephi 10:7

7 But behold, thus saith the Lord God: When the day cometh that

they shall believe in me, that I am Christ, then have I

covenanted with their fathers that they shall be restored in the

flesh, upon the earth, unto the lands of their inheritance.

2 Nephi 10:8

8 And it shall come to pass that they shall be gathered in from

their long dispersion, from the isles of the sea, and from the

four parts of the earth; and the nations of the Gentiles shall be

great in the eyes of me, saith God, in carrying them forth to the

lands of their inheritance.

2 Nephi 10:9

9 Yea, the kings of the Gentiles shall be nursing fathers unto

them, and their queens shall become nursing mothers; wherefore,

the promises of the Lord are great unto the Gentiles, for he hath

spoken it, and who can dispute?

2 Nephi 10:10

10 But behold, this land, said God, shall be a land of thine

inheritance, and the Gentiles shall be blessed upon the land.

2 Nephi 10:11

11 And this land shall be a land of liberty unto the Gentiles,

and there shall be no kings upon the land, who shall raise up

unto the Gentiles.

2 Nephi 10:12

12 And I will fortify this land against all other nations.

2 Nephi 10:13

13 And he that fighteth against Zion shall perish, saith God.

2 Nephi 10:14

14 For he that raiseth up a king against me shall perish, for I,

the Lord, the king of heaven, will be their king, and I will be a

light unto them forever, that hear my words.

2 Nephi 10:15

15 Wherefore, for this cause, that my covenants may be fulfilled

which I have made unto the children of men, that I will do unto

them while they are in the flesh, I must needs destroy the secret

works of darkness, and of murders, and of abominations.

2 Nephi 10:16

16 Wherefore, he that fighteth against Zion, both Jew and

Gentile, both bond and free, both male and female, shall perish;

for they are they who are the whore of all the earth; for they

who are not for me are against me, saith our God.

2 Nephi 10:17

17 For I will fulfil my promises which I have made unto the

children of men, that I will do unto them while they are in the

flesh—

2 Nephi 10:18

18 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, thus saith our God: I will

afflict thy seed by the hand of the Gentiles; nevertheless, I

will soften the hearts of the Gentiles, that they shall be like

unto a father to them; wherefore, the Gentiles shall be blessed

and numbered among the house of Israel.

2 Nephi 10:19

19 Wherefore, I will consecrate this land unto thy seed, and

them who shall be numbered among thy seed, forever, for the land

of their inheritance; for it is a choice land, saith God unto me,

above all other lands, wherefore I will have all men that dwell

thereon that they shall worship me, saith God.

2 Nephi 10:20

20 And now, my beloved brethren, seeing that our merciful God

has given us so great knowledge concerning these things, let us

remember him, and lay aside our sins, and not hang down our

heads, for we are not cast off; nevertheless, we have been driven

out of the land of our inheritance; but we have been led to a

better land, for the Lord has made the sea our path, and we are

upon an isle of the sea.

2 Nephi 10:21

21 But great are the promises of the Lord unto them who are upon

the isles of the sea; wherefore as it says isles, there must

needs be more than this, and they are inhabited also by our

brethren.

2 Nephi 10:22

22 For behold, the Lord God has led away from time to time from

the house of Israel, according to his will and pleasure. And now

behold, the Lord remembereth all them who have been broken off,

wherefore he remembereth us also.

2 Nephi 10:23

23 Therefore, cheer up your hearts, and remember that ye are

free to act for yourselves—to choose the way of everlasting

death or the way of eternal life.

2 Nephi 10:24

24 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, reconcile yourselves to the

will of God, and not to the will of the devil and the flesh; and

remember, after ye are reconciled unto God, that it is only in

and through the grace of God that ye are saved.

2 Nephi 10:25

25 Wherefore, may God raise you from death by the power of the

resurrection, and also from everlasting death by the power of the

atonement, that ye may be received into the eternal kingdom of

God, that ye may praise him through grace divine. Amen.

2 Nephi 11 Chapter 11

2 Nephi 11:1

1 And now, Jacob spake many more things to my people at that

time; nevertheless only these things have I caused to be written,

for the things which I have written sufficeth me.

2 Nephi 11:2

2 And now I, Nephi, write more of the words of Isaiah, for my

soul delighteth in his words. For I will liken his words unto my

people, and I will send them forth unto all my children, for he

verily saw my Redeemer, even as I have seen him.

2 Nephi 11:3

3 And my brother, Jacob, also has seen him as I have seen him;

wherefore, I will send their words forth unto my children to

prove unto them that my words are true. Wherefore, by the words

of three, God hath said, I will establish my word. Nevertheless,

God sendeth more witnesses, and he proveth all his words.

2 Nephi 11:4

4 Behold, my soul delighteth in proving unto my people the truth

of the coming of Christ; for, for this end hath the law of Moses

been given; and all things which have been given of God from the

beginning of the world, unto man, are the typifying of him.

2 Nephi 11:5

5 And also my soul delighteth in the covenants of the Lord which

he hath made to our fathers; yea, my soul delighteth in his

grace, and in his justice, and power, and mercy in the great and

eternal plan of deliverance from death.

2 Nephi 11:6

6 And my soul delighteth in proving unto my people that save

Christ should come all men must perish.

2 Nephi 11:7

7 For if there be no Christ there be no God; and if there be no

God we are not, for there could have been no creation. But there

is a God, and he is Christ, and he cometh in the fulness of his

own time.

2 Nephi 11:8

8 And now I write some of the words of Isaiah, that whoso of my

people shall see these words may lift up their hearts and rejoice

for all men. Now these are the words, and ye may liken them unto

you and unto all men.

2 Nephi 12 Chapter 12

2 Nephi 12:1

1 The word that Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah

and Jerusalem:

2 Nephi 12:2

2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, when the mountain

of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the

mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills, and all nations

shall flow unto it.

2 Nephi 12:3

3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to

the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and

he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths; for

out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from

Jerusalem.

2 Nephi 12:4

4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many

people: and they shall beat their swords into plow-shares, and

their spears into pruning-hooks—nation shall not lift up sword

against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

2 Nephi 12:5

5 O house of Jacob, come ye and let us walk in the light of the

Lord; yea, come, for ye have all gone astray, every one to his

wicked ways.

2 Nephi 12:6

6 Therefore, O Lord, thou hast forsaken thy people, the house of

Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and hearken

unto soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves

in the children of strangers.

2 Nephi 12:7

7 Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there

any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses,

neither is there any end of their chariots.

2 Nephi 12:8

8 Their land is also full of idols; they worship the work of

their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.

2 Nephi 12:9

9 And the mean man boweth not down, and the great man humbleth

himself not, therefore, forgive him not.

2 Nephi 12:10

10 O ye wicked ones, enter into the rock, and hide thee in the

dust, for the fear of the Lord and the glory of his majesty shall

smite thee.

2 Nephi 12:11

11 And it shall come to pass that the lofty looks of man shall

be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and

the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

2 Nephi 12:12

12 For the day of the Lord of Hosts soon cometh upon all

nations, yea, upon every one; yea, upon the proud and lofty, and

upon every one who is lifted up, and he shall be brought low.

2 Nephi 12:13

13 Yea, and the day of the Lord shall come upon all the cedars

of Lebanon, for they are high and lifted up; and upon all the

oaks of Bashan;

2 Nephi 12:14

14 And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills, and

upon all the nations which are lifted up, and upon every people;

2 Nephi 12:15

15 And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall;

2 Nephi 12:16

16 And upon all the ships of the sea, and upon all the ships of

Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.

2 Nephi 12:17

17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the

haughtiness of men shall be made low; and the Lord alone shall be

exalted in that day.

2 Nephi 12:18

18 And the idols he shall utterly abolish.

2 Nephi 12:19

19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the

caves of the earth, for the fear of the Lord shall come upon them

and the glory of his majesty shall smite them, when he ariseth to

shake terribly the earth.

2 Nephi 12:20

20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his

idols of gold, which he hath made for himself to worship, to the

moles and to the bats;

2 Nephi 12:21

21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the

ragged rocks, for the fear of the Lord shall come upon them and

the majesty of his glory shall smite them, when he ariseth to

shake terribly the earth.

2 Nephi 12:22

22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for

wherein is he to be accounted of?

2 Nephi 13 Chapter 13

2 Nephi 13:1

1 For behold, the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, doth take away from

Jerusalem, and from Judah, the stay and the staff, the whole

staff of bread, and the whole stay of water—

2 Nephi 13:2

2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the

prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient;

2 Nephi 13:3

3 The captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the

counselor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.

2 Nephi 13:4

4 And I will give children unto them to be their princes, and

babes shall rule over them.

2 Nephi 13:5

5 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and

every one by his neighbor; the child shall behave himself proudly

against the ancient, and the base against the honorable.

2 Nephi 13:6

6 When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his

father, and shall say: Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and

let not this ruin come under thy hand—

2 Nephi 13:7

7 In that day shall he swear, saying: I will not be a healer;

for in my house there is neither bread nor clothing; make me not

a ruler of the people.

2 Nephi 13:8

8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen, because their

tongues and their doings have been against the Lord, to provoke

the eyes of his glory.

2 Nephi 13:9

9 The show of their countenance doth witness against them, and

doth declare their sin to be even as Sodom, and they cannot hide

it. Wo unto their souls, for they have rewarded evil unto

themselves!

2 Nephi 13:10

10 Say unto the righteous that it is well with them; for they

shall eat the fruit of their doings.

2 Nephi 13:11

11 Wo unto the wicked, for they shall perish; for the reward of

their hands shall be upon them!

2 Nephi 13:12

12 And my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule

over them. O my people, they who lead thee cause thee to err and

destroy the way of thy paths.

2 Nephi 13:13

13 The Lord standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the

people.

2 Nephi 13:14

14 The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his

people and the princes thereof; for ye have eaten up the vineyard

and the spoil of the poor in your houses.

2 Nephi 13:15

15 What mean ye? Ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the

faces of the poor, saith the Lord God of Hosts.

2 Nephi 13:16

16 Moreover, the Lord saith: Because the daughters of Zion are

haughty, and walk with stretched-forth necks and wanton eyes,

walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their

feet—

2 Nephi 13:17

17 Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the

head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will discover their

secret parts.

2 Nephi 13:18

18 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their

tinkling ornaments, and cauls, and round tires like the moon;

2 Nephi 13:19

19 The chains and the bracelets, and the mufflers;

2 Nephi 13:20

20 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the

headbands, and the tablets, and the ear-rings;

2 Nephi 13:21

21 The rings, and nose jewels;

2 Nephi 13:22

22 The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the

wimples, and the crisping-pins;

2 Nephi 13:23

23 The glasses, and the fine linen, and hoods, and the veils.

2 Nephi 13:24

24 And it shall come to pass, instead of sweet smell there shall

be stink; and instead of a girdle, a rent; and instead of well

set hair, baldness; and instead of a stomacher, a girding of

sackcloth; burning instead of beauty.

2 Nephi 13:25

25 Thy men shall fall by the sword and thy mighty in the war.

2 Nephi 13:26

26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be

desolate, and shall sit upon the ground.

2 Nephi 14 Chapter 14

2 Nephi 14:1

1 And in that day, seven women shall take hold of one man,

saying: We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel; only

let us be called by thy name to take away our reproach.

2 Nephi 14:2

2 In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and

glorious; the fruit of the earth excellent and comely to them

that are escaped of Israel.

2 Nephi 14:3

3 And it shall come to pass, they that are left in Zion and

remain in Jerusalem shall be called holy, every one that is

written among the living in Jerusalem—

2 Nephi 14:4

4 When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the

daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem

from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment and by the

spirit of burning.

2 Nephi 14:5

5 And the Lord will create upon every dwelling-place of mount

Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day and the

shining of a flaming fire by night; for upon all the glory of

Zion shall be a defence.

2 Nephi 14:6

6 And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime

from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and a covert from storm

and from rain.

2 Nephi 15 Chapter 15

2 Nephi 15:1

1 And then will I sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved,

touching his vineyard. My well-beloved hath a vineyard in a very

fruitful hill.

2 Nephi 15:2

2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and

planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst

of it, and also made a wine-press therein; and he looked that it

should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

2 Nephi 15:3

3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge,

I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.

2 Nephi 15:4

4 What could have been done more to my vineyard that I have not

done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth

grapes it brought forth wild grapes.

2 Nephi 15:5

5 And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my

vineyard—I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be

eaten up; and I will break down the wall thereof, and it shall be

trodden down;

2 Nephi 15:6

6 And I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor digged;

but there shall come up briers and thorns; I will also command

the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

2 Nephi 15:7

7 For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel,

and the men of Judah his pleasant plant; and he looked for

judgment, and behold, oppression; for righteousness, but behold,

a cry.

2 Nephi 15:8

8 Wo unto them that join house to house, till there can be no

place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!

2 Nephi 15:9

9 In mine ears, said the Lord of Hosts, of a truth many houses

shall be desolate, and great and fair cities without inhabitant.

2 Nephi 15:10

10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed

of a homer shall yield an ephah.

2 Nephi 15:11

11 Wo unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may

follow strong drink, that continue until night, and wine inflame

them!

2 Nephi 15:12

12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine

are in their feasts; but they regard not the work of the Lord,

neither consider the operation of his hands.

2 Nephi 15:13

13 Therefore, my people are gone into captivity, because they

have no knowledge; and their honorable men are famished, and

their multitude dried up with thirst.

2 Nephi 15:14

14 Therefore, hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth

without measure; and their glory, and their multitude, and their

pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.

2 Nephi 15:15

15 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man

shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled.

2 Nephi 15:16

16 But the Lord of Hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God

that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

2 Nephi 15:17

17 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste

places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

2 Nephi 15:18

18 Wo unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin

as it were with a cart rope;

2 Nephi 15:19

19 That say: Let him make speed, hasten his work, that we may

see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh

and come, that we may know it.

2 Nephi 15:20

20 Wo unto them that call evil good, and good evil, that put

darkness for light, and light for darkness, that put bitter for

sweet, and sweet for bitter!

2 Nephi 15:21

21 Wo unto the wise in their own eyes and prudent in their own

sight!

2 Nephi 15:22

22 Wo unto the mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to

mingle strong drink;

2 Nephi 15:23

23 Who justify the wicked for reward, and take away the

righteousness of the righteous from him!

2 Nephi 15:24

24 Therefore, as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame

consumeth the chaff, their root shall be rottenness, and their

blossoms shall go up as dust; because they have cast away the law

of the Lord of Hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of

Israel.

2 Nephi 15:25

25 Therefore, is the anger of the Lord kindled against his

people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and

hath smitten them; and the hills did tremble, and their carcasses

were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is

not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

2 Nephi 15:26

26 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and

will hiss unto them from the end of the earth; and behold, they

shall come with speed swiftly; none shall be weary nor stumble

among them.

2 Nephi 15:27

27 None shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of

their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken;

2 Nephi 15:28

28 Whose arrows shall be sharp, and all their bows bent, and

their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels

like a whirlwind, their roaring like a lion.

2 Nephi 15:29

29 They shall roar like young lions; yea, they shall roar, and

lay hold of the prey, and shall carry away safe, and none shall

deliver.

2 Nephi 15:30

30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring

of the sea; and if they look unto the land, behold, darkness and

sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.

2 Nephi 16 Chapter 16

2 Nephi 16:1

1 In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw also the Lord sitting

upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the

temple.

2 Nephi 16:2

2 Above it stood the seraphim; each one had six wings; with

twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet,

and with twain he did fly.

2 Nephi 16:3

3 And one cried unto another, and said: Holy, holy, holy, is the

Lord of Hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.

2 Nephi 16:4

4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that

cried, and the house was filled with smoke.

2 Nephi 16:5

5 Then said I: Wo is unto me! for I am undone; because I am a

man of unclean lips; and I dwell in the midst of a people of

unclean lips; for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of

Hosts.

2 Nephi 16:6

6 Then flew one of the seraphim unto me, having a live coal in

his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar;

2 Nephi 16:7

7 And he laid it upon my mouth, and said: Lo, this has touched

thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.

2 Nephi 16:8

8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: Whom shall I send,

and who will go for us? Then I said: Here am I; send me.

2 Nephi 16:9

9 And he said: Go and tell this people—Hear ye indeed, but they

understood not; and see ye indeed, but they perceived not.

2 Nephi 16:10

10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy,

and shut their eyes—lest they see with their eyes, and hear with

their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted and

be healed.

2 Nephi 16:11

11 Then said I: Lord, how long? And he said: Until the cities

be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the

land be utterly desolate;

2 Nephi 16:12

12 And the Lord have removed men far away, for there shall be a

great forsaking in the midst of the land.

2 Nephi 16:13

13 But yet there shall be a tenth, and they shall return, and

shall be eaten, as a teil-tree, and as an oak whose substance is

in them when they cast their leaves; so the holy seed shall be

the substance thereof.

2 Nephi 17 Chapter 17

2 Nephi 17:1

1 And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the

son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin, king of Syria, and

Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward

Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.

2 Nephi 17:2

2 And it was told the house of David, saying: Syria is

confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart

of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.

2 Nephi 17:3

3 Then said the Lord unto Isaiah: Go forth now to meet Ahaz,

thou and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the

upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field;

2 Nephi 17:4

4 And say unto him: Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither

be faint-hearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands,

for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of

Remaliah.

2 Nephi 17:5

5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken

evil counsel against thee, saying:

2 Nephi 17:6

6 Let us go up against Judah and vex it, and let us make a

breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, yea,

the son of Tabeal.

2 Nephi 17:7

7 Thus saith the Lord God: It shall not stand, neither shall it

come to pass.

2 Nephi 17:8

8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus,

Rezin; and within three score and five years shall Ephraim be

broken that it be not a people.

2 Nephi 17:9

9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is

Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe surely ye shall not be

established.

2 Nephi 17:10

10 Moreover, the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying:

2 Nephi 17:11

11 Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the

depths, or in the heights above.

2 Nephi 17:12

12 But Ahaz said: I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord.

2 Nephi 17:13

13 And he said: Hear ye now, O house of David; is it a small

thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?

2 Nephi 17:14

14 Therefore, the Lord himself shall give you a sign—Behold, a

virgin shall conceive, and shall bear a son, and shall call his

name Immanuel.

2 Nephi 17:15

15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the

evil and to choose the good.

2 Nephi 17:16

16 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil and choose

the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both

her kings.

2 Nephi 17:17

17 The Lord shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon

thy father's house, days that have not come from the day that

Ephraim departed from Judah, the king of Assyria.

2 Nephi 17:18

18 And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall

hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of Egypt, and for

the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

2 Nephi 17:19

19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the

desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all

thorns, and upon all bushes.

2 Nephi 17:20

20 In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is

hired, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the

head, and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the

beard.

2 Nephi 17:21

21 And it shall come to pass in that day, a man shall nourish a

young cow and two sheep;

2 Nephi 17:22

22 And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk they

shall give he shall eat butter; for butter and honey shall every

one eat that is left in the land.

2 Nephi 17:23

23 And it shall come to pass in that day, every place shall be,

where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings,

which shall be for briers and thorns.

2 Nephi 17:24

24 With arrows and with bows shall men come thither, because all

the land shall become briers and thorns.

2 Nephi 17:25

25 And all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there

shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns; but it

shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and the treading of

lesser cattle.

2 Nephi 18 Chapter 18

2 Nephi 18:1

1 Moreover, the word of the Lord said unto me: Take thee a great

roll, and write in it with a man's pen, concerning

Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

2 Nephi 18:2

2 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the

priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

2 Nephi 18:3

3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived and bare a

son. Then said the Lord to me: Call his name,

Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

2 Nephi 18:4

4 For behold, the child shall not have knowledge to cry, My

father, and my mother, before the riches of Damascus and the

spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.

2 Nephi 18:5

5 The Lord spake also unto me again, saying:

2 Nephi 18:6

6 Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that

go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;

2 Nephi 18:7

7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the

waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria

and all his glory; and he shall come up over all his channels,

and go over all his banks.

2 Nephi 18:8

8 And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go

over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of

his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.

2 Nephi 18:9

9 Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in

pieces; and give ear all ye of far countries; gird yourselves,

and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall

be broken in pieces.

2 Nephi 18:10

10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to naught; speak the

word, and it shall not stand; for God is with us.

2 Nephi 18:11

11 For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and

instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people,

saying:

2 Nephi 18:12

12 Say ye not, A confederacy, to all to whom this people shall

say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.

2 Nephi 18:13

13 Sanctify the Lord of Hosts himself, and let him be your fear,

and let him be your dread.

2 Nephi 18:14

14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of

stumbling, and for a rock of offense to both the houses of

Israel, for a gin and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

2 Nephi 18:15

15 And many among them shall stumble and fall, and be broken,

and be snared, and be taken.

2 Nephi 18:16

16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.

2 Nephi 18:17

17 And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the

house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

2 Nephi 18:18

18 Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are

for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of Hosts, which

dwelleth in Mount Zion.

2 Nephi 18:19

19 And when they shall say unto you: Seek unto them that have

familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep and mutter—should

not a people seek unto their God for the living to hear from the

dead?

2 Nephi 18:20

20 To the law and to the testimony; and if they speak not

according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

2 Nephi 18:21

21 And they shall pass through it hardly bestead and hungry; and

it shall come to pass that when they shall be hungry, they shall

fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look

upward.

2 Nephi 18:22

22 And they shall look unto the earth and behold trouble, and

darkness, dimness of anguish, and shall be driven to darkness.

2 Nephi 19 Chapter 19

2 Nephi 19:1

1 Nevertheless, the dimness shall not be such as was in her

vexation, when at first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun,

and the land of Naphtali, and afterwards did more grievously

afflict by the way of the Red Sea beyond Jordan in Galilee of the

nations.

2 Nephi 19:2

2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light;

they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them

hath the light shined.

2 Nephi 19:3

3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, and increased the joy—they

joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men

rejoice when they divide the spoil.

2 Nephi 19:4

4 For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of

his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor.

2 Nephi 19:5

5 For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and

garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel

of fire.

2 Nephi 19:6

6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the

government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name shall be

called, Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting

Father, The Prince of Peace.

2 Nephi 19:7

7 Of the increase of government and peace there is no end, upon

the throne of David, and upon his kingdom to order it, and to

establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth, even

forever. The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will perform this.

2 Nephi 19:8

8 The Lord sent his word unto Jacob and it hath lighted upon

Israel.

2 Nephi 19:9

9 And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the

inhabitants of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of

heart:

2 Nephi 19:10

10 The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn

stones; the sycamores are cut down, but we will change them into

cedars.

2 Nephi 19:11

11 Therefore the Lord shall set up the adversaries of Rezin

against him, and join his enemies together;

2 Nephi 19:12

12 The Syrians before and the Philistines behind; and they shall

devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not

turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

2 Nephi 19:13

13 For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them,

neither do they seek the Lord of Hosts.

2 Nephi 19:14

14 Therefore will the Lord cut off from Israel head and tail,

branch and rush in one day.

2 Nephi 19:15

15 The ancient, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth

lies, he is the tail.

2 Nephi 19:16

16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they

that are led of them are destroyed.

2 Nephi 19:17

17 Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men,

neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows; for

every one of them is a hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth

speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but

his hand is stretched out still.

2 Nephi 19:18

18 For wickedness burneth as the fire; it shall devour the

briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the

forests, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.

2 Nephi 19:19

19 Through the wrath of the Lord of Hosts is the land darkened,

and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire; no man shall

spare his brother.

2 Nephi 19:20

20 And he shall snatch on the right hand and be hungry; and he

shall eat on the left hand and they shall not be satisfied; they

shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm—

2 Nephi 19:21

21 Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh; they together shall

be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but

his hand is stretched out still.

2 Nephi 20 Chapter 20

2 Nephi 20:1

1 Wo unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write

grievousness which they have prescribed;

2 Nephi 20:2

2 To turn away the needy from judgment, and to take away the

right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey,

and that they may rob the fatherless!

2 Nephi 20:3

3 And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the

desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for

help? and where will ye leave your glory?

2 Nephi 20:4

4 Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they

shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned

away, but his hand is stretched out still.

2 Nephi 20:5

5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand

is their indignation.

2 Nephi 20:6

6 I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the

people of my wrath will I give him a charge to take the spoil,

and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the

streets.

2 Nephi 20:7

7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so;

but in his heart it is to destroy and cut off nations not a few.

2 Nephi 20:8

8 For he saith: Are not my princes altogether kings?

2 Nephi 20:9

9 Is not Calno as Carchemish? Is not Hamath as Arpad? Is not

Samaria as Damascus?

2 Nephi 20:10

10 As my hand hath founded the kingdoms of the idols, and whose

graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;

2 Nephi 20:11

11 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do

to Jerusalem and to her idols?

2 Nephi 20:12

12 Wherefore it shall come to pass that when the Lord hath

performed his whole work upon Mount Zion and upon Jerusalem, I

will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria,

and the glory of his high looks.

2 Nephi 20:13

13 For he saith: By the strength of my hand and by my wisdom I

have done these things; for I am prudent; and I have moved the

borders of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I

have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man;

2 Nephi 20:14

14 And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people;

and as one gathereth eggs that are left have I gathered all the

earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the

mouth, or peeped.

2 Nephi 20:15

15 Shall the ax boast itself against him that heweth therewith?

Shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? As if

the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as

if the staff should lift up itself as if it were no wood!

2 Nephi 20:16

16 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, send among his

fat ones, leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning

like the burning of a fire.

2 Nephi 20:17

17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One

for a flame, and shall burn and shall devour his thorns and his

briers in one day;

2 Nephi 20:18

18 And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his

fruitful field, both soul and body; and they shall be as when a

standard-bearer fainteth.

2 Nephi 20:19

19 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a

child may write them.

2 Nephi 20:20

20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of

Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no

more again stay upon him that smote them, but shall stay upon the

Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

2 Nephi 20:21

21 The remnant shall return, yea, even the remnant of Jacob,

unto the mighty God.

2 Nephi 20:22

22 For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a

remnant of them shall return; the consumption decreed shall

overflow with righteousness.

2 Nephi 20:23

23 For the Lord God of Hosts shall make a consumption, even

determined in all the land.

2 Nephi 20:24

24 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God of Hosts: O my people that

dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian; he shall smite

thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after

the manner of Egypt.

2 Nephi 20:25

25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease,

and mine anger in their destruction.

2 Nephi 20:26

26 And the Lord of Hosts shall stir up a scourge for him

according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and as

his rod was upon the sea so shall he lift it up after the manner

of Egypt.

2 Nephi 20:27

27 And it shall come to pass in that day that his burden shall

be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy

neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.

2 Nephi 20:28

28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he

hath laid up his carriages.

2 Nephi 20:29

29 They are gone over the passage; they have taken up their

lodging at Geba; Ramath is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.

2 Nephi 20:30

30 Lift up the voice, O daughter of Gallim; cause it to be heard

unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.

2 Nephi 20:31

31 Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather

themselves to flee.

2 Nephi 20:32

32 As yet shall he remain at Nob that day; he shall shake his

hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of

Jerusalem.

2 Nephi 20:33

33 Behold, the Lord, the Lord of Hosts shall lop the bough with

terror; and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down; and the

haughty shall be humbled.

2 Nephi 20:34

34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forests with iron,

and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

2 Nephi 21 Chapter 21

2 Nephi 21:1

1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and

a branch shall grow out of his roots.

2 Nephi 21:2

2 And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of

wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the

spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;

2 Nephi 21:3

3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the

Lord; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither

reprove after the hearing of his ears.

2 Nephi 21:4

4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove

with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the

earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips

shall he slay the wicked.

2 Nephi 21:5

5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and

faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

2 Nephi 21:6

6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall

lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion and

fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

2 Nephi 21:7

7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall

lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

2 Nephi 21:8

8 And the suckling child shall play on the hole of the asp, and

the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's den.

2 Nephi 21:9

9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, for

the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the

waters cover the sea.

2 Nephi 21:10

10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall

stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek;

and his rest shall be glorious.

2 Nephi 21:11

11 And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall set

his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his

people which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and

from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and

from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

2 Nephi 21:12

12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall

assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the

dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

2 Nephi 21:13

13 The envy of Ephraim also shall depart, and the adversaries of

Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah

shall not vex Ephraim.

2 Nephi 21:14

14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines

towards the west; they shall spoil them of the east together;

they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of

Ammon shall obey them.

2 Nephi 21:15

15 And the Lord shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian

sea; and with his mighty wind he shall shake his hand over the

river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go

over dry shod.

2 Nephi 21:16

16 And there shall be a highway for the remnant of his people

which shall be left, from Assyria, like as it was to Israel in

the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.

2 Nephi 22 Chapter 22

2 Nephi 22:1

1 And in that day thou shalt say: O Lord, I will praise thee;

though thou wast angry with me thine anger is turned away, and

thou comfortedst me.

2 Nephi 22:2

2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid;

for the Lord JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also has

become my salvation.

2 Nephi 22:3

3 Therefore, with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of

salvation.

2 Nephi 22:4

4 And in that day shall ye say: Praise the Lord, call upon his

name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his

name is exalted.

2 Nephi 22:5

5 Sing unto the Lord; for he hath done excellent things; this is

known in all the earth.

2 Nephi 22:6

6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion; for great is the

Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.

2 Nephi 23 Chapter 23

2 Nephi 23:1

1 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.

2 Nephi 23:2

2 Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice

unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the

nobles.

2 Nephi 23:3

3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my

mighty ones, for mine anger is not upon them that rejoice in my

highness.

2 Nephi 23:4

4 The noise of the multitude in the mountains like as of a great

people, a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered

together, the Lord of Hosts mustereth the hosts of the battle.

2 Nephi 23:5

5 They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, yea, the

Lord, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole

land.

2 Nephi 23:6

6 Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as

a destruction from the Almighty.

2 Nephi 23:7

7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, every man's heart shall

melt;

2 Nephi 23:8

8 And they shall be afraid; pangs and sorrows shall take hold of

them; they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be

as flames.

2 Nephi 23:9

9 Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and

fierce anger, to lay the land desolate; and he shall destroy the

sinners thereof out of it.

2 Nephi 23:10

10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall

not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in his going

forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.

2 Nephi 23:11

11 And I will punish the world for evil, and the wicked for

their iniquity; I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease,

and will lay down the haughtiness of the terrible.

2 Nephi 23:12

12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man

than the golden wedge of Ophir.

2 Nephi 23:13

13 Therefore, I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall

remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of Hosts, and

in the day of his fierce anger.

2 Nephi 23:14

14 And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man

taketh up; and they shall every man turn to his own people, and

flee every one into his own land.

2 Nephi 23:15

15 Every one that is proud shall be thrust through; yea, and

every one that is joined to the wicked shall fall by the sword.

2 Nephi 23:16

16 Their children, also shall be dashed to pieces before their

eyes; their houses shall be spoiled and their wives ravished.

2 Nephi 23:17

17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall

not regard silver and gold, nor shall they delight in it.

2 Nephi 23:18

18 Their bows shall also dash the young men to pieces, and they

shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall not

spare children.

2 Nephi 23:19

19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the

Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and

Gomorrah.

2 Nephi 23:20

20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in

from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch

tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.

2 Nephi 23:21

21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their

houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell

there, and satyrs shall dance there.

2 Nephi 23:22

22 And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their

desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces; and her

time is near to come, and her day shall not be prolonged. For I

will destroy her speedily; yea, for I will be merciful unto my

people, but the wicked shall perish.

2 Nephi 24 Chapter 24

2 Nephi 24:1

1 For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose

Israel, and set them in their own land; and the strangers shall

be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

2 Nephi 24:2

2 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 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 Nephi 24:3

3 And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall give

thee rest, from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard

bondage wherein thou wast made to serve.

2 Nephi 24:4

4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that thou shalt take up

this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say: How hath the

oppressor ceased, the golden city ceased!

2 Nephi 24:5

5 The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, the scepters of

the rulers.

2 Nephi 24:6

6 He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he

that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none

hindereth.

2 Nephi 24:7

7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet; they break forth

into singing.

2 Nephi 24:8

8 Yea, the fir-trees rejoice at thee, and also the cedars of

Lebanon, saying: Since thou art laid down no feller is come up

against us.

2 Nephi 24:9

9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy

coming; it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones

of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings

of the nations.

2 Nephi 24:10

10 All they shall speak and say unto thee: Art thou also become

weak as we? Art thou become like unto us?

2 Nephi 24:11

11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave; the noise of thy viols

is not heard; the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover

thee.

2 Nephi 24:12

12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the

morning! Art thou cut down to the ground, which did weaken the

nations!

2 Nephi 24:13

13 For thou hast said in thy heart: I will ascend into heaven, I

will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will sit also upon

the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north;

2 Nephi 24:14

14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like

the Most High.

2 Nephi 24:15

15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the

pit.

2 Nephi 24:16

16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and shall

consider thee, and shall say: Is this the man that made the earth

to tremble, that did shake kingdoms?

2 Nephi 24:17

17 And made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities

thereof, and opened not the house of his prisoners?

2 Nephi 24:18

18 All the kings of the nations, yea, all of them, lie in glory,

every one of them in his own house.

2 Nephi 24:19

19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch,

and the remnant of those that are slain, thrust through with a

sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcass

trodden under feet.

2 Nephi 24:20

20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou

hast destroyed thy land and slain thy people; the seed of

evil-doers shall never be renowned.

2 Nephi 24:21

21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquities of

their fathers, that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor

fill the face of the world with cities.

2 Nephi 24:22

22 For I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of Hosts, and

cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew,

saith the Lord.

2 Nephi 24:23

23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools

of water; and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction,

saith the Lord of Hosts.

2 Nephi 24:24

24 The Lord of Hosts hath sworn, saying: Surely as I have

thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so

shall it stand—

2 Nephi 24:25

25 That I will bring the Assyrian in my land, and upon my

mountains tread him under foot; then shall his yoke depart from

off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.

2 Nephi 24:26

26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth;

and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all nations.

2 Nephi 24:27

27 For the Lord of Hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul?

And his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

2 Nephi 24:28

28 In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.

2 Nephi 24:29

29 Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him

that smote thee is broken; for out of the serpent's root shall

come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying

serpent.

2 Nephi 24:30

30 And the first-born of the poor shall feed, and the needy

shall lie down in safety; and I will kill thy root with famine,

and he shall slay thy remnant.

2 Nephi 24:31

31 Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art

dissolved; for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none

shall be alone in his appointed times.

2 Nephi 24:32

32 What shall then answer the messengers of the nations? That

the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall

trust in it.

2 Nephi 25 Chapter 25

2 Nephi 25:1

1 Now I, Nephi, do speak somewhat concerning the words which I

have written, which have been spoken by the mouth of Isaiah. For

behold, Isaiah spake many things which were hard for many of my

people to understand; for they know not concerning the manner of

prophesying among the Jews.

2 Nephi 25:2

2 For I, Nephi, have not taught them many things concerning the

manner of the Jews; for their works were works of darkness, and

their doings were doings of abominations.

2 Nephi 25:3

3 Wherefore, I write unto my people, unto all those that shall

receive hereafter these things which I write, that they may know

the judgments of God, that they come upon all nations, according

to the word which he hath spoken.

2 Nephi 25:4

4 Wherefore, hearken, O my people, which are of the house of

Israel, and give ear unto my words; for because the words of

Isaiah are not plain unto you, nevertheless they are plain unto

all those that are filled with the spirit of prophecy. But I

give unto you a prophecy, according to the spirit which is in me;

wherefore I shall prophesy according to the plainness which hath

been with me from the time that I came out from Jerusalem with my

father; for behold, my soul delighteth in plainness unto my

people, that they may learn.

2 Nephi 25:5

5 Yea, and my soul delighteth in the words of Isaiah, for I came

out from Jerusalem, and mine eyes hath beheld the things of the

Jews, and I know that the Jews do understand the things of the

prophets, and there is none other people that understand the

things which were spoken unto the Jews like unto them, save it be

that they are taught after the manner of the things of the Jews.

2 Nephi 25:6

6 But behold, I, Nephi, have not taught my children after the

manner of the Jews; but behold, I, of myself, have dwelt at

Jerusalem, wherefore I know concerning the regions round about;

and I have made mention unto my children concerning the judgments

of God, which hath come to pass among the Jews, unto my children,

according to all that which Isaiah hath spoken, and I do not

write them.

2 Nephi 25:7

7 But behold, I proceed with mine own prophecy, according to my

plainness; in the which I know that no man can err; nevertheless,

in the days that the prophecies of Isaiah shall be fulfilled men

shall know of a surety, at the times when they shall come to

pass.

2 Nephi 25:8

8 Wherefore, they are of worth unto the children of men, and he

that supposeth that they are not, unto them will I speak

particularly, and confine the words unto mine own people; for I

know that they shall be of great worth unto them in the last

days; for in that day shall they understand them; wherefore, for

their good have I written them.

2 Nephi 25:9

9 And as one generation hath been destroyed among the Jews

because of iniquity, even so have they been destroyed from

generation to generation according to their iniquities; and never

hath any of them been destroyed save it were foretold them by the

prophets of the Lord.

2 Nephi 25:10

10 Wherefore, it hath been told them concerning the destruction

which should come upon them, immediately after my father left

Jerusalem; nevertheless, they hardened their hearts; and

according to my prophecy they have been destroyed, save it be

those which are carried away captive into Babylon.

2 Nephi 25:11

11 And now this I speak because of the spirit which is in me.

And notwithstanding they have been carried away they shall return

again, and possess the land of Jerusalem; wherefore, they shall

be restored again to the land of their inheritance.

2 Nephi 25:12

12 But, behold, they shall have wars, and rumors of wars; and

when the day cometh that the Only Begotten of the Father, yea,

even the Father of heaven and of earth, shall manifest himself

unto them in the flesh, behold, they will reject him, because of

their iniquities, and the hardness of their hearts, and the

stiffness of their necks.

2 Nephi 25:13

13 Behold, they will crucify him; and after he is laid in a

sepulchre for the space of three days he shall rise from the

dead, with healing in his wings; and all those who shall believe

on his name shall be saved in the kingdom of God. Wherefore, my

soul delighteth to prophesy concerning him, for I have seen his

day, and my heart doth magnify his holy name.

2 Nephi 25:14

14 And behold it shall come to pass that after the Messiah hath

risen from the dead, and hath manifested himself unto his people,

unto as many as will believe on his name, behold, Jerusalem shall

be destroyed again; for wo unto them that fight against God and

the people of his church.

2 Nephi 25:15

15 Wherefore, the Jews shall be scattered among all nations;

yea, and also Babylon shall be destroyed; wherefore, the Jews

shall be scattered by other nations.

2 Nephi 25:16

16 And after they have been scattered, and the Lord God hath

scourged them by other nations for the space of many generations,

yea, even down from generation to generation until they shall be

persuaded to believe in Christ, the Son of God, and the

atonement, which is infinite for all mankind—and when that day

shall come that they shall believe in Christ, and worship the

Father in his name, with pure hearts and clean hands, and look

not forward any more for another Messiah, then, at that time, the

day will come that it must needs be expedient that they should

believe these things.

2 Nephi 25:17

17 And the Lord will set his hand again the second time to

restore his people from their lost and fallen state. Wherefore,

he will proceed to do a marvelous work and a wonder among the

children of men.

2 Nephi 25:18

18 Wherefore, he shall bring forth his words unto them, which

words shall judge them at the last day, for they shall be given

them for the purpose of convincing them of the true Messiah, who

was rejected by them; and unto the convincing of them that they

need not look forward any more for a Messiah to come, for there

should not any come, save it should be a false Messiah which

should deceive the people; for there is save one Messiah spoken

of by the prophets, and that Messiah is he who should be rejected

of the Jews.

2 Nephi 25:19

19 For according to the words of the prophets, the Messiah

cometh in six hundred years from the time that my father left

Jerusalem; and according to the words of the prophets, and also

the word of the angel of God, his name shall be Jesus Christ, the

Son of God.

2 Nephi 25:20

20 And now, my brethren, I have spoken plainly that ye cannot

err. And as the Lord God liveth that brought Israel up out of

the land of Egypt, and gave unto Moses power that he should heal

the nations after they had been bitten by the poisonous serpents,

if they would cast their eyes unto the serpent which he did raise

up before them, and also gave him power that he should smite the

rock and the water should come forth; yea, behold I say unto you,

that as these things are true, and as the Lord God liveth, there

is none other name given under heaven save it be this Jesus

Christ, of which I have spoken, whereby man can be saved.

2 Nephi 25:21

21 Wherefore, for this cause hath the Lord God promised unto me

that these things which I write shall be kept and preserved, and

handed down unto my seed, from generation to generation, that the

promise may be fulfilled unto Joseph, that his seed should never

perish as long as the earth should stand.

2 Nephi 25:22

22 Wherefore, these things shall go from generation to

generation as long as the earth shall stand; and they shall go

according to the will and pleasure of God; and the nations who

shall possess them shall be judged of them according to the words

which are written.

2 Nephi 25:23

23 For we labor diligently to write, to persuade our children,

and also our brethren, to believe in Christ, and to be reconciled

to God; for we know that it is by grace that we are saved, after

all we can do.

2 Nephi 25:24

24 And, notwithstanding we believe in Christ, we keep the law of

Moses, and look forward with steadfastness unto Christ, until the

law shall be fulfilled.

2 Nephi 25:25

25 For, for this end was the law given; wherefore the law hath

become dead unto us, and we are made alive in Christ because of

our faith; yet we keep the law because of the commandments.

2 Nephi 25:26

26 And we talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of

Christ, we prophesy of Christ, and we write according to our

prophecies, that our children may know to what source they may

look for a remission of their sins.

2 Nephi 25:27

27 Wherefore, we speak concerning the law that our children may

know the deadness of the law; and they, by knowing the deadness

of the law, may look forward unto that life which is in Christ,

and know for what end the law was given. And after the law is

fulfilled in Christ, that they need not harden their hearts

against him when the law ought to be done away.

2 Nephi 25:28

28 And now behold, my people, ye are a stiffnecked people;

wherefore, I have spoken plainly unto you, that ye cannot

misunderstand. And the words which I have spoken shall stand as

a testimony against you; for they are sufficient to teach any man

the right way; for the right way is to believe in Christ and deny

him not; for by denying him ye also deny the prophets and the

law.

2 Nephi 25:29

29 And now behold, I say unto you that the right way is to

believe in Christ, and deny him not; and Christ is the Holy One

of Israel; wherefore ye must bow down before him, and worship him

with all your might, mind, and strength, and your whole soul; and

if ye do this ye shall in nowise be cast out.

2 Nephi 25:30

30 And, inasmuch as it shall be expedient, ye must keep the

performances and ordinances of God until the law shall be

fulfilled which was given unto Moses.

2 Nephi 26 Chapter 26

2 Nephi 26:1

1 And after Christ shall have risen from the dead he shall show

himself unto you, my children, and my beloved brethren; and the

words which he shall speak unto you shall be the law which ye

shall do.

2 Nephi 26:2

2 For behold, I say unto you that I have beheld that many

generations shall pass away, and there shall be great wars and

contentions among my people.

2 Nephi 26:3

3 And after the Messiah shall come there shall be signs given

unto my people of his birth, and also of his death and

resurrection; and great and terrible shall that day be unto the

wicked, for they shall perish; and they perish because they cast

out the prophets, and the saints, and stone them, and slay them;

wherefore the cry of the blood of the saints shall ascend up to

God from the ground against them.

2 Nephi 26:4

4 Wherefore, all those who are proud, and that do wickedly, the

day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of Hosts, for

they shall be as stubble.

2 Nephi 26:5

5 And they that kill the prophets, and the saints, the depths of

the earth shall swallow them up, saith the Lord of Hosts; and

mountains shall cover them, and whirlwinds shall carry them away,

and buildings shall fall upon them and crush them to pieces and

grind them to powder.

2 Nephi 26:6

6 And they shall be visited with thunderings, and lightnings,

and earthquakes, and all manner of destructions, for the fire of

the anger of the Lord shall be kindled against them, and they

shall be as stubble, and the day that cometh shall consume them,

saith the Lord of Hosts.

2 Nephi 26:7

7 O the pain, and the anguish of my soul for the loss of the

slain of my people! For I, Nephi, have seen it, and it well nigh

consumeth me before the presence of the Lord; but I must cry unto

my God: Thy ways are just.

2 Nephi 26:8

8 But behold, the righteous that hearken unto the words of the

prophets, and destroy them not, but look forward unto Christ with

steadfastness for the signs which are given, notwithstanding all

persecution—behold, they are they which shall not perish.

2 Nephi 26:9

9 But the Son of righteousness shall appear unto them; and he

shall heal them, and they shall have peace with him, until three

generations shall have passed away, and many of the fourth

generation shall have passed away in righteousness.

2 Nephi 26:10

10 And when these things have passed away a speedy destruction

cometh unto my people; for, notwithstanding the pains of my soul,

I have seen it; wherefore, I know that it shall come to pass; and

they sell themselves for naught; for, for the reward of their

pride and their foolishness they shall reap destruction; for

because they yield unto the devil and choose works of darkness

rather than light, therefore they must go down to hell.

2 Nephi 26:11

11 For the Spirit of the Lord will not always strive with man.

And when the Spirit ceaseth to strive with man then cometh speedy

destruction, and this grieveth my soul.

2 Nephi 26:12

12 And as I spake concerning the convincing of the Jews, that

Jesus is the very Christ, it must needs be that the Gentiles be

convinced also that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God;

2 Nephi 26:13

13 And that he manifesteth himself unto all those who believe in

him, by the power of the Holy Ghost; yea, unto every nation,

kindred, tongue, and people, working mighty miracles, signs, and

wonders, among the children of men according to their faith.

2 Nephi 26:14

14 But behold, I prophesy unto you concerning the last days;

concerning the days when the Lord God shall bring these things

forth unto the children of men.

2 Nephi 26:15

15 After my seed and the seed of my brethren shall have dwindled

in unbelief, and shall have been smitten by the Gentiles; yea,

after the Lord God shall have camped against them round about,

and shall have laid siege against them with a mount, and raised

forts against them; and after they shall have been brought down

low in the dust, even that they are not, yet the words of the

righteous shall be written, and the prayers of the faithful shall

be heard, and all those who have dwindled in unbelief shall not

be forgotten.

2 Nephi 26:16

16 For those who shall be destroyed shall speak unto them out of

the ground, and their speech shall be low out of the dust, and

their voice shall be as one that hath a familiar spirit; for the

Lord God will give unto him power, that he may whisper concerning

them, even as it were out of the ground; and their speech shall

whisper out of the dust.

2 Nephi 26:17

17 For thus saith the Lord God: They shall write the things

which shall be done among them, and they shall be written and

sealed up in a book, and those who have dwindled in unbelief

shall not have them, for they seek to destroy the things of God.

2 Nephi 26:18

18 Wherefore, as those who have been destroyed have been

destroyed speedily; and the multitude of their terrible ones

shall be as chaff that passeth away—yea, thus saith the Lord

God: It shall be at an instant, suddenly—

2 Nephi 26:19

19 And it shall come to pass, that those who have dwindled in

unbelief shall be smitten by the hand of the Gentiles.

2 Nephi 26:20

20 And the Gentiles are lifted up in the pride of their eyes,

and have stumbled, because of the greatness of their stumbling

block, that they have built up many churches; nevertheless, they

put down the power and miracles of God, and preach up unto

themselves their own wisdom and their own learning, that they may

get gain and grind upon the face of the poor.

2 Nephi 26:21

21 And there are many churches built up which cause envyings,

and strifes, and malice.

2 Nephi 26:22

22 And there are also secret combinations, even as in times of

old, according to the combinations of the devil, for he is the

founder of all these things; yea, the founder of murder, and

works of darkness; yea, and he leadeth them by the neck with a

flaxen cord, until he bindeth them with his strong cords forever.

2 Nephi 26:23

23 For behold, my beloved brethren, I say unto you that the Lord

God worketh not in darkness.

2 Nephi 26:24

24 He doeth not anything save it be for the benefit of the

world; for he loveth the world, even that he layeth down his own

life that he may draw all men unto him. Wherefore, he commandeth

none that they shall not partake of his salvation.

2 Nephi 26:25

25 Behold, doth he cry unto any, saying: Depart from me?

Behold, I say unto you, Nay; but he saith: Come unto me all ye

ends of the earth, buy milk and honey, without money and without

price.

2 Nephi 26:26

26 Behold, hath he commanded any that they should depart out of

the synagogues, or out of the houses of worship? Behold, I say

unto you, Nay.

2 Nephi 26:27

27 Hath he commanded any that they should not partake of his

salvation? Behold I say unto you, Nay; but he hath given it free

for all men; and he hath commanded his people that they should

persuade all men to repentance.

2 Nephi 26:28

28 Behold, hath the Lord commanded any that they should not

partake of his goodness? Behold I say unto you, Nay; but all men

are privileged the one like unto the other, and none are

forbidden.

2 Nephi 26:29

29 He commandeth that there shall be no priestcrafts; for,

behold priestcrafts are that men preach and set themselves up for

a light unto the world, that they may get gain and praise of the

world; but they seek not the welfare of Zion.

2 Nephi 26:30

30 Behold, the Lord hath forbidden this thing; wherefore, the

Lord God hath given a commandment that all men should have

charity, which charity is love, and except they should have

charity they were nothing. Wherefore, if they should have

charity they would not suffer the laborer in Zion to perish.

2 Nephi 26:31

31 But the laborer in Zion shall labor for Zion; for if they

labor for money they shall perish.

2 Nephi 26:32

32 And again, the Lord God hath commanded that men should not

murder; that they should not lie; that they should not steal;

that they should not take the name of the Lord their God in vain;

that they should not envy; that they should not have malice; that

they should not contend one with another; that they should not

commit whoredoms; and that they should do none of these things;

for whoso doeth them shall perish.

2 Nephi 26:33

33 For none of these iniquities come of the Lord; for he doeth

that which is good among the children of men; and he doeth

nothing save it be plain unto the children of men; and he

inviteth them all to come unto him and partake of his goodness;

and he denieth none that come unto him, black and white, bond and

free, male and female; and he remembereth the heathen; and all

are alike unto God, both Jew and Gentile.

2 Nephi 27 Chapter 27

2 Nephi 27:1

1 But, behold, in the last days, or in the days of the

Gentiles—yea, behold all the nations of the Gentiles and also

the Jews, both those who shall come upon this land and those who

shall be upon other lands, yea, even upon all the lands of the

earth, behold, they will be drunken with iniquity and all manner

of abominations—

2 Nephi 27:2

2 And when that day shall come they shall be visited of the Lord

of Hosts, with thunder and with earthquake, and with a great

noise, and with storm, and with tempest, and with the flame of

devouring fire.

2 Nephi 27:3

3 And all the nations that fight against Zion, and that distress

her, shall be as a dream of a night vision; yea, it shall be unto

them, even as unto a hungry man which dreameth, and behold he

eateth but he awaketh and his soul is empty; or like unto a

thirsty man which dreameth, and behold he drinketh but he awaketh

and behold he is faint, and his soul hath appetite; yea, even so

shall the multitude of all the nations be that fight against

Mount Zion.

2 Nephi 27:4

4 For behold, all ye that doeth iniquity, stay yourselves and

wonder, for ye shall cry out, and cry; yea, ye shall be drunken

but not with wine, ye shall stagger but not with strong drink.

2 Nephi 27:5

5 For behold, the Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of

deep sleep. For behold, ye have closed your eyes, and ye have

rejected the prophets; and your rulers, and the seers hath he

covered because of your iniquity.

2 Nephi 27:6

6 And it shall come to pass that the Lord God shall bring forth

unto you the words of a book, and they shall be the words of them

which have slumbered.

2 Nephi 27:7

7 And behold the book shall be sealed; and in the book shall be

a revelation from God, from the beginning of the world to the

ending thereof.

2 Nephi 27:8

8 Wherefore, because of the things which are sealed up, the

things which are sealed shall not be delivered in the day of the

wickedness and abominations of the people. Wherefore the book

shall be kept from them.

2 Nephi 27:9

9 But the book shall be delivered unto a man, and he shall

deliver the words of the book, which are the words of those who

have slumbered in the dust, and he shall deliver these words unto

another;

2 Nephi 27:10

10 But the words which are sealed he shall not deliver, neither

shall he deliver the book. For the book shall be sealed by the

power of God, and the revelation which was sealed shall be kept

in the book until the own due time of the Lord, that they may

come forth; for behold, they reveal all things from the

foundation of the world unto the end thereof.

2 Nephi 27:11

11 And the day cometh that the words of the book which were

sealed shall be read upon the house tops; and they shall be read

by the power of Christ; and all things shall be revealed unto the

children of men which ever have been among the children of men,

and which ever will be even unto the end of the earth.

2 Nephi 27:12

12 Wherefore, at that day when the book shall be delivered unto

the man of whom I have spoken, the book shall be hid from the

eyes of the world, that the eyes of none shall behold it save it

be that three witnesses shall behold it, by the power of God,

besides him to whom the book shall be delivered; and they shall

testify to the truth of the book and the things therein.

2 Nephi 27:13

13 And there is none other which shall view it, save it be a few

according to the will of God, to bear testimony of his word unto

the children of men; for the Lord God hath said that the words of

the faithful should speak as if it were from the dead.

2 Nephi 27:14

14 Wherefore, the Lord God will proceed to bring forth the words

of the book; and in the mouth of as many witnesses as seemeth him

good will he establish his word; and wo be unto him that

rejecteth the word of God!

2 Nephi 27:15

15 But behold, it shall come to pass that the Lord God shall say

unto him to whom he shall deliver the book: Take these words

which are not sealed and deliver them to another, that he may

show them unto the learned, saying: Read this, I pray thee. And

the learned shall say: Bring hither the book, and I will read

them.

2 Nephi 27:16

16 And now, because of the glory of the world and to get gain

will they say this, and not for the glory of God.

2 Nephi 27:17

17 And the man shall say: I cannot bring the book, for it is

sealed.

2 Nephi 27:18

18 Then shall the learned say: I cannot read it.

2 Nephi 27:19

19 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that the Lord God will

deliver again the book and the words thereof to him that is not

learned; and the man that is not learned shall say: I am not

learned.

2 Nephi 27:20

20 Then shall the Lord God say unto him: The learned shall not

read them, for they have rejected them, and I am able to do mine

own work; wherefore thou shalt read the words which I shall give

unto thee.

2 Nephi 27:21

21 Touch not the things which are sealed, for I will bring them

forth in mine own due time; for I will show unto the children of

men that I am able to do mine own work.

2 Nephi 27:22

22 Wherefore, when thou hast read the words which I have

commanded thee, and obtained the witnesses which I have promised

unto thee, then shalt thou seal up the book again, and hide it up

unto me, that I may preserve the words which thou hast not read,

until I shall see fit in mine own wisdom to reveal all things

unto the children of men.

2 Nephi 27:23

23 For behold, I am God; and I am a God of miracles; and I will

show unto the world that I am the same yesterday, today, and

forever; and I work not among the children of men save it be

according to their faith.

2 Nephi 27:24

24 And again it shall come to pass that the Lord shall say unto

him that shall read the words that shall be delivered him:

2 Nephi 27:25

25 Forasmuch as this people draw near unto me with their mouth,

and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their hearts

far from me, and their fear towards me is taught by the precepts

of men—

2 Nephi 27:26

26 Therefore, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this

people, yea, a marvelous work and a wonder, for the wisdom of

their wise and learned shall perish, and the understanding of

their prudent shall be hid.

2 Nephi 27:27

27 And wo unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from

the Lord! And their works are in the dark; and they say: Who

seeth us, and who knoweth us? And they also say: Surely, your

turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's

clay. But behold, I will show unto them, saith the Lord of

Hosts, that I know all their works. For shall the work say of

him that made it, he made me not? Or shall the thing framed say

of him that framed it, he had no understanding?

2 Nephi 27:28

28 But behold, saith the Lord of Hosts: I will show unto the

children of men that it is yet a very little while and Lebanon

shall be turned into a fruitful field; and the fruitful field

shall be esteemed as a forest.

2 Nephi 27:29

29 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book,

and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of

darkness.

2 Nephi 27:30

30 And the meek also shall increase, and their joy shall be in

the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of

Israel.

2 Nephi 27:31

31 For assuredly as the Lord liveth they shall see that the

terrible one is brought to naught, and the scorner is consumed,

and all that watch for iniquity are cut off;

2 Nephi 27:32

32 And they that make a man an offender for a word, and lay a

snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just

for a thing of naught.

2 Nephi 27:33

33 Therefore, thus saith the Lord, who redeemed Abraham,

concerning the house of Jacob: Jacob shall not now be ashamed,

neither shall his face now wax pale.

2 Nephi 27:34

34 But when he seeth his children, the work of my hands, in the

midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy

One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.

2 Nephi 27:35

35 They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding,

and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.

2 Nephi 28 Chapter 28

2 Nephi 28:1

1 And now, behold, my brethren, I have spoken unto you,

according as the Spirit hath constrained me; wherefore, I know

that they must surely come to pass.

2 Nephi 28:2

2 And the things which shall be written out of the book shall be

of great worth unto the children of men, and especially unto our

seed, which is a remnant of the house of Israel.

2 Nephi 28:3

3 For it shall come to pass in that day that the churches which

are built up, and not unto the Lord, when the one shall say unto

the other: Behold, I, I am the Lord's; and the others shall say:

I, I am the Lord's; and thus shall every one say that hath built

up churches, and not unto the Lord—

2 Nephi 28:4

4 And they shall contend one with another; and their priests

shall contend one with another, and they shall teach with their

learning, and deny the Holy Ghost, which giveth utterance.

2 Nephi 28:5

5 And they deny the power of God, the Holy One of Israel; and

they say unto the people: Hearken unto us, and hear ye our

precept; for behold there is no God today, for the Lord and the

Redeemer hath done his work, and he hath given his power unto

men;

2 Nephi 28:6

6 Behold, hearken ye unto my precept; if they shall say there is

a miracle wrought by the hand of the Lord, believe it not; for

this day he is not a God of miracles; he hath done his work.

2 Nephi 28:7

7 Yea, and there shall be many which shall say: Eat, drink, and

be merry, for tomorrow we die; and it shall be well with us.

2 Nephi 28:8

8 And there shall also be many which shall say: Eat, drink, and

be merry; nevertheless, fear God—he will justify in committing a

little sin; yea, lie a little, take the advantage of one because

of his words, dig a pit for thy neighbor; there is no harm in

this; and do all these things, for tomorrow we die; and if it so

be that we are guilty, God will beat us with a few stripes, and

at last we shall be saved in the kingdom of God.

2 Nephi 28:9

9 Yea, and there shall be many which shall teach after this

manner, false and vain and foolish doctrines, and shall be puffed

up in their hearts, and shall seek deep to hide their counsels

from the Lord; and their works shall be in the dark.

2 Nephi 28:10

10 And the blood of the saints shall cry from the ground against

them.

2 Nephi 28:11

11 Yea, they have all gone out of the way; they have become

corrupted.

2 Nephi 28:12

12 Because of pride, and because of false teachers, and false

doctrine, their churches have become corrupted, and their

churches are lifted up; because of pride they are puffed up.

2 Nephi 28:13

13 They rob the poor because of their fine sanctuaries; they rob

the poor because of their fine clothing; and they persecute the

meek and the poor in heart, because in their pride they are

puffed up.

2 Nephi 28:14

14 They wear stiff necks and high heads; yea, and because of

pride, and wickedness, and abominations, and whoredoms, they have

all gone astray save it be a few, who are the humble followers of

Christ; nevertheless, they are led, that in many instances they

do err because they are taught by the precepts of men.

2 Nephi 28:15

15 O the wise, and the learned, and the rich, that are puffed up

in the pride of their hearts, and all those who preach false

doctrines, and all those who commit whoredoms, and pervert the

right way of the Lord, wo, wo, wo be unto them, saith the Lord

God Almighty, for they shall be thrust down to hell!

2 Nephi 28:16

16 Wo unto them that turn aside the just for a thing of naught

and revile against that which is good, and say that is of no

worth! For the day shall come that the Lord God will speedily

visit the inhabitants of the earth; and in that day that they are

fully ripe in iniquity they shall perish.

2 Nephi 28:17

17 But behold, if the inhabitants of the earth shall repent of

their wickedness and abominations they shall not be destroyed,

saith the Lord of Hosts.

2 Nephi 28:18

18 But behold, that great and abominable church, the whore of

all the earth, must tumble to the earth, and great must be the

fall thereof.

2 Nephi 28:19

19 For the kingdom of the devil must shake, and they which

belong to it must needs be stirred up unto repentance, or the

devil will grasp them with his everlasting chains, and they be

stirred up to anger, and perish;

2 Nephi 28:20

20 For behold, at that day shall he rage in the hearts of the

children of men, and stir them up to anger against that which is

good.

2 Nephi 28:21

21 And others will he pacify, and lull them away into carnal

security, that they will say: All is well in Zion; yea, Zion

prospereth, all is well—and thus the devil cheateth their souls,

and leadeth them away carefully down to hell.

2 Nephi 28:22

22 And behold, others he flattereth away, and telleth them there

is no hell; and he saith unto them: I am no devil, for there is

none—and thus he whispereth in their ears, until he grasps them

with his awful chains, from whence there is no deliverance.

2 Nephi 28:23

23 Yea, they are grasped with death, and hell; and death, and

hell, and the devil, and all that have been seized therewith must

stand before the throne of God, and be judged according to their

works, from whence they must go into the place prepared for them,

even a lake of fire and brimstone, which is endless torment.

2 Nephi 28:24

24 Therefore, wo be unto him that is at ease in Zion!

2 Nephi 28:25

25 Wo be unto him that crieth: All is well!

2 Nephi 28:26

26 Yea, wo be unto him that hearkeneth unto the precepts of men,

and denieth the power of God, and the gift of the Holy Ghost!

2 Nephi 28:27

27 Yea, wo be unto him that saith: We have received, and we need

no more!

2 Nephi 28:28

28 And in fine, wo unto all those who tremble, and are angry

because of the truth of God! For behold, he that is built upon

the rock receiveth it with gladness; and he that is built upon a

sandy foundation trembleth lest he shall fall.

2 Nephi 28:29

29 Wo be unto him that shall say: We have received the word of

God, and we need no more of the word of God, for we have enough!

2 Nephi 28:30

30 For behold, thus saith the Lord God: I will give unto the

children of men line upon line, precept upon precept, here a

little and there a little; and blessed are those who hearken unto

my precepts, and lend an ear unto my counsel, for they shall

learn wisdom; for unto him that receiveth I will give more; and

from them that shall say, We have enough, from them shall be

taken away even that which they have.

2 Nephi 28:31

31 Cursed is he that putteth his trust in man, or maketh flesh

his arm, or shall hearken unto the precepts of men, save their

precepts shall be given by the power of the Holy Ghost.

2 Nephi 28:32

32 Wo be unto the Gentiles, saith the Lord God of Hosts! For

notwithstanding I shall lengthen out mine arm unto them from day

to day, they will deny me; nevertheless, I will be merciful unto

them, saith the Lord God, if they will repent and come unto me;

for mine arm is lengthened out all the day long, saith the Lord

God of Hosts.

2 Nephi 29 Chapter 29

2 Nephi 29:1

1 But behold, there shall be many—at that day when I shall

proceed to do a marvelous work among them, that I may remember my

covenants which I have made unto the children of men, that I may

set my hand again the second time to recover my people, which are

of the house of Israel;

2 Nephi 29:2

2 And also, that I may remember the promises which I have made

unto thee, Nephi, and also unto thy father, that I would remember

your seed; and that the words of your seed should proceed forth

out of my mouth unto your seed; and my words shall hiss forth

unto the ends of the earth, for a standard unto my people, which

are of the house of Israel;

2 Nephi 29:3

3 And because my words shall hiss forth—many of the Gentiles

shall say: A Bible! A Bible! We have got a Bible, and there

cannot be any more Bible.

2 Nephi 29:4

4 But thus saith the Lord God: O fools, they shall have a Bible;

and it shall proceed forth from the Jews, mine ancient covenant

people. And what thank they the Jews for the Bible which they

receive from them? Yea, what do the Gentiles mean? Do they

remember the travails, and the labors, and the pains of the Jews,

and their diligence unto me, in bringing forth salvation unto the

Gentiles?

2 Nephi 29:5

5 O ye Gentiles, have ye remembered the Jews, mine ancient

covenant people? Nay; but ye have cursed them, and have hated

them, and have not sought to recover them. But behold, I will

return all these things upon your own heads; for I the Lord have

not forgotten my people.

2 Nephi 29:6

6 Thou fool, that shall say: A Bible, we have got a Bible, and

we need no more Bible. Have ye obtained a Bible save it were by

the Jews?

2 Nephi 29:7

7 Know ye not that there are more nations than one? Know ye not

that I, the Lord your God, have created all men, and that I

remember those who are upon the isles of the sea; and that I rule

in the heavens above and in the earth beneath; and I bring forth

my word unto the children of men, yea, even upon all the nations

of the earth?

2 Nephi 29:8

8 Wherefore murmur ye, because that ye shall receive more of my

word? Know ye not that the testimony of two nations is a witness

unto you that I am God, that I remember one nation like unto

another? Wherefore, I speak the same words unto one nation like

unto another. And when the two nations shall run together the

testimony of the two nations shall run together also.

2 Nephi 29:9

9 And I do this that I may prove unto many that I am the same

yesterday, today, and forever; and that I speak forth my words

according to mine own pleasure. And because that I have spoken

one word ye need not suppose that I cannot speak another; for my

work is not yet finished; neither shall it be until the end of

man, neither from that time henceforth and forever.

2 Nephi 29:10

10 Wherefore, because that ye have a Bible ye need not suppose

that it contains all my words; neither need ye suppose that I

have not caused more to be written.

2 Nephi 29:11

11 For I command all men, both in the east and in the west, and

in the north, and in the south, and in the islands of the sea,

that they shall write the words which I speak unto them; for out

of the books which shall be written I will judge the world, every

man according to their works, according to that which is written.

2 Nephi 29:12

12 For behold, I shall speak unto the Jews and they shall write

it; and I shall also speak unto the Nephites and they shall write

it; and I shall also speak unto the other tribes of the house of

Israel, which I have led away, and they shall write it; and I

shall also speak unto all nations of the earth and they shall

write it.

2 Nephi 29:13

13 And it shall come to pass that the Jews shall have the words

of the Nephites, and the Nephites shall have the words of the

Jews; and the Nephites and the Jews shall have the words of the

lost tribes of Israel; and the lost tribes of Israel shall have

the words of the Nephites and the Jews.

2 Nephi 29:14

14 And it shall come to pass that my people, which are of the

house of Israel, shall be gathered home unto the lands of their

possessions; and my word also shall be gathered in one. And I

will show unto them that fight against my word and against my

people, who are of the house of Israel, that I am God, and that I

covenanted with Abraham that I would remember his seed forever.

2 Nephi 30 Chapter 30

2 Nephi 30:1

1 And now behold, my beloved brethren, I would speak unto you;

for I, Nephi, would not suffer that ye should suppose that ye are

more righteous than the Gentiles shall be. For behold, except ye

shall keep the commandments of God ye shall all likewise perish;

and because of the words which have been spoken ye need not

suppose that the Gentiles are utterly destroyed.

2 Nephi 30:2

2 For behold, I say unto you that as many of the Gentiles as

will repent are the covenant people of the Lord; and as many of

the Jews as will not repent shall be cast off; for the Lord

covenanteth with none save it be with them that repent and

believe in his Son, who is the Holy One of Israel.

2 Nephi 30:3

3 And now, I would prophesy somewhat more concerning the Jews

and the Gentiles. For after the book of which I have spoken

shall come forth, and be written unto the Gentiles, and sealed up

again unto the Lord, there shall be many which shall believe the

words which are written; and they shall carry them forth unto the

remnant of our seed.

2 Nephi 30:4

4 And then shall the remnant of our seed know concerning us, how

that we came out from Jerusalem, and that they are descendants of

the Jews.

2 Nephi 30:5

5 And the gospel of Jesus Christ shall be declared among them;

wherefore, they shall be restored unto the knowledge of their

fathers, and also to the knowledge of Jesus Christ, which was had

among their fathers.

2 Nephi 30:6

6 And then shall they rejoice; for they shall know that it is a

blessing unto them from the hand of God; and their scales of

darkness shall begin to fall from their eyes; and many

generations shall not pass away among them, save they shall be a

pure and delightsome people.

2 Nephi 30:7

7 And it shall come to pass that the Jews which are scattered

also shall begin to believe in Christ; and they shall begin to

gather in upon the face of the land; and as many as shall believe

in Christ shall also become a delightsome people.

2 Nephi 30:8

8 And it shall come to pass that the Lord God shall commence his

work among all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people, to bring

about the restoration of his people upon the earth.

2 Nephi 30:9

9 And with righteousness shall the Lord God judge the poor, and

reprove with equity for the meek of the earth. And he shall

smite the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of

his lips shall he slay the wicked.

2 Nephi 30:10

10 For the time speedily cometh that the Lord God shall cause a

great division among the people, and the wicked will he destroy;

and he will spare his people, yea, even if it so be that he must

destroy the wicked by fire.

2 Nephi 30:11

11 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and

faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

2 Nephi 30:12

12 And then shall the wolf dwell with the lamb; and the leopard

shall lie down with the kid, and the calf, and the young lion,

and the fatling, together; and a little child shall lead them.

2 Nephi 30:13

13 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall

lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

2 Nephi 30:14

14 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and

the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's den.

2 Nephi 30:15

15 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for

the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the

waters cover the sea.

2 Nephi 30:16

16 Wherefore, the things of all nations shall be made known;

yea, all things shall be made known unto the children of men.

2 Nephi 30:17

17 There is nothing which is secret save it shall be revealed;

there is no work of darkness save it shall be made manifest in

the light; and there is nothing which is sealed upon the earth

save it shall be loosed.

2 Nephi 30:18

18 Wherefore, all things which have been revealed unto the

children of men shall at that day be revealed; and Satan shall

have power over the hearts of the children of men no more, for a

long time. And now, my beloved brethren, I make an end of my

sayings.

2 Nephi 31 Chapter 31

2 Nephi 31:1

1 And now I, Nephi, make an end of my prophesying unto you, my

beloved brethren. And I cannot write but a few things, which I

know must surely come to pass; neither can I write but a few of

the words of my brother Jacob.

2 Nephi 31:2

2 Wherefore, the things which I have written sufficeth me, save

it be a few words which I must speak concerning the doctrine of

Christ; wherefore, I shall speak unto you plainly, according to

the plainness of my prophesying.

2 Nephi 31:3

3 For my soul delighteth in plainness; for after this manner

doth the Lord God work among the children of men. For the Lord

God giveth light unto the understanding; for he speaketh unto men

according to their language, unto their understanding.

2 Nephi 31:4

4 Wherefore, I would that ye should remember that I have spoken

unto you concerning that prophet which the Lord showed unto me,

that should baptize the Lamb of God, which should take away the

sins of the world.

2 Nephi 31:5

5 And now, if the Lamb of God, he being holy, should have need

to be baptized by water, to fulfil all righteousness, O then, how

much more need have we, being unholy, to be baptized, yea, even

by water!

2 Nephi 31:6

6 And now, I would ask of you, my beloved brethren, wherein the

Lamb of God did fulfil all righteousness in being baptized by

water?

2 Nephi 31:7

7 Know ye not that he was holy? But notwithstanding he being

holy, he showeth unto the children of men that, according to the

flesh he humbleth himself before the Father, and witnesseth unto

the Father that he would be obedient unto him in keeping his

commandments.

2 Nephi 31:8

8 Wherefore, after he was baptized with water the Holy Ghost

descended upon him in the form of a dove.

2 Nephi 31:9

9 And again, it showeth unto the children of men the

straightness of the path, and the narrowness of the gate, by

which they should enter, he having set the example before them.

2 Nephi 31:10

10 And he said unto the children of men: Follow thou me.

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, can we follow Jesus save we shall

be willing to keep the commandments of the Father?

2 Nephi 31:11

11 And the Father said: Repent ye, repent ye, and be baptized in

the name of my Beloved Son.

2 Nephi 31:12

12 And also, the voice of the Son came unto me, saying: He that

is baptized in my name, to him will the Father give the Holy

Ghost, like unto me; wherefore, follow me, and do the things

which ye have seen me do.

2 Nephi 31:13

13 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, I know that if ye shall

follow the Son, with full purpose of heart, acting no hypocrisy

and no deception before God, but with real intent, repenting of

your sins, witnessing unto the Father that ye are willing to take

upon you the name of Christ, by baptism—yea, by following your

Lord and your Savior down into the water, according to his word,

behold, then shall ye receive the Holy Ghost; yea, then cometh

the baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost; and then can ye speak

with the tongue of angels, and shout praises unto the Holy One of

Israel.

2 Nephi 31:14

14 But, behold, my beloved brethren, thus came the voice of the

Son unto me, saying: After ye have repented of your sins, and

witnessed unto the Father that ye are willing to keep my

commandments, by the baptism of water, and have received the

baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost, and can speak with a new

tongue, yea, even with the tongue of angels, and after this

should deny me, it would have been better for you that ye had not

known me.

2 Nephi 31:15

15 And I heard a voice from the Father, saying: Yea, the words

of my Beloved are true and faithful. He that endureth to the

end, the same shall be saved.

2 Nephi 31:16

16 And now, my beloved brethren, I know by this that unless a

man shall endure to the end, in following the example of the Son

of the living God, he cannot be saved.

2 Nephi 31:17

17 Wherefore, do the things which I have told you I have seen

that your Lord and your Redeemer should do; for, for this cause

have they been shown unto me, that ye might know the gate by

which ye should enter. For the gate by which ye should enter is

repentance and baptism by water; and then cometh a remission of

your sins by fire and by the Holy Ghost.

2 Nephi 31:18

18 And then are ye in this strait and narrow path which leads to

eternal life; yea, ye have entered in by the gate; ye have done

according to the commandments of the Father and the Son; and ye

have received the Holy Ghost, which witnesses of the Father and

the Son, unto the fulfilling of the promise which he hath made,

that if ye entered in by the way ye should receive.

2 Nephi 31:19

19 And now, my beloved brethren, after ye have gotten into this

strait and narrow path, I would ask if all is done? Behold, I

say unto you, Nay; for ye have not come thus far save it were by

the word of Christ with unshaken faith in him, relying wholly

upon the merits of him who is mighty to save.

2 Nephi 31:20

20 Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in

Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God

and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting

upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus

saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life.

2 Nephi 31:21

21 And now, behold, my beloved brethren, this is the way; and

there is none other way nor name given under heaven whereby man

can be saved in the kingdom of God. And now, behold, this is the

doctrine of Christ, and the only and true doctrine of the Father,

and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, which is one God, without

end. Amen.

2 Nephi 32 Chapter 32

2 Nephi 32:1

1 And now, behold, my beloved brethren, I suppose that ye ponder

somewhat in your hearts concerning that which ye should do after

ye have entered in by the way. But, behold, why do ye ponder

these things in your hearts?

2 Nephi 32:2

2 Do ye not remember that I said unto you that after ye had

received the Holy Ghost ye could speak with the tongue of angels?

And now, how could ye speak with the tongue of angels save it

were by the Holy Ghost?

2 Nephi 32:3

3 Angels speak by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore, they

speak the words of Christ. Wherefore, I said unto you, feast

upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will

tell you all things what ye should do.

2 Nephi 32:4

4 Wherefore, now after I have spoken these words, if ye cannot

understand them it will be because ye ask not, neither do ye

knock; wherefore, ye are not brought into the light, but must

perish in the dark.

2 Nephi 32:5

5 For behold, again I say unto you that if ye will enter in by

the way, and receive the Holy Ghost, it will show unto you all

things what ye should do.

2 Nephi 32:6

6 Behold, this is the doctrine of Christ, and there will be no

more doctrine given until after he shall manifest himself unto

you in the flesh. And when he shall manifest himself unto you in

the flesh, the things which he shall say unto you shall ye

observe to do.

2 Nephi 32:7

7 And now I, Nephi, cannot say more; the Spirit stoppeth mine

utterance, and I am left to mourn because of the unbelief, and

the wickedness, and the ignorance, and the stiffneckedness of

men; for they will not search knowledge, nor understand great

knowledge, when it is given unto them in plainness, even as plain

as word can be.

2 Nephi 32:8

8 And now, my beloved brethren, I perceive that ye ponder still

in your hearts; and it grieveth me that I must speak concerning

this thing. For if ye would hearken unto the Spirit which

teacheth a man to pray ye would know that ye must pray; for the

evil spirit teacheth not a man to pray, but teacheth him that he

must not pray.

2 Nephi 32:9

9 But behold, I say unto you that ye must pray always, and not

faint; that ye must not perform any thing unto the Lord save in

the first place ye shall pray unto the Father in the name of

Christ, that he will consecrate thy performance unto thee, that

thy performance may be for the welfare of thy soul.

2 Nephi 33 Chapter 33

2 Nephi 33:1

1 And now I, Nephi, cannot write all the things which were

taught among my people; neither am I mighty in writing, like unto

speaking; for when a man speaketh by the power of the Holy Ghost

the power of the Holy Ghost carrieth it unto the hearts of the

children of men.

2 Nephi 33:2

2 But behold, there are many that harden their hearts against

the Holy Spirit, that it hath no place in them; wherefore, they

cast many things away which are written and esteem them as things

of naught.

2 Nephi 33:3

3 But I, Nephi, have written what I have written, and I esteem

it as of great worth, and especially unto my people. For I pray

continually for them by day, and mine eyes water my pillow by

night, because of them; and I cry unto my God in faith, and I

know that he will hear my cry.

2 Nephi 33:4

4 And I know that the Lord God will consecrate my prayers for

the gain of my people. And the words which I have written in

weakness will be made strong unto them; for it persuadeth them to

do good; it maketh known unto them of their fathers; and it

speaketh of Jesus, and persuadeth them to believe in him, and to

endure to the end, which is life eternal.

2 Nephi 33:5

5 And it speaketh harshly against sin, according to the

plainness of the truth; wherefore, no man will be angry at the

words which I have written save he shall be of the spirit of the

devil.

2 Nephi 33:6

6 I glory in plainness; I glory in truth; I glory in my Jesus,

for he hath redeemed my soul from hell.

2 Nephi 33:7

7 I have charity for my people, and great faith in Christ that I

shall meet many souls spotless at his judgment-seat.

2 Nephi 33:8

8 I have charity for the Jew—I say Jew, because I mean them

from whence I came.

2 Nephi 33:9

9 I also have charity for the Gentiles. But behold, for none of

these can I hope except they shall be reconciled unto Christ, and

enter into the narrow gate, and walk in the strait path which

leads to life, and continue in the path until the end of the day

of probation.

2 Nephi 33:10

10 And now, my beloved brethren, and also Jew, and all ye ends

of the earth, hearken unto these words and believe in Christ; and

if ye believe not in these words believe in Christ. And if ye

shall believe in Christ ye will believe in these words, for they

are the words of Christ, and he hath given them unto me; and they

teach all men that they should do good.

2 Nephi 33:11

11 And if they are not the words of Christ, judge ye—for Christ

will show unto you, with power and great glory, that they are his

words, at the last day; and you and I shall stand face to face

before his bar; and ye shall know that I have been commanded of

him to write these things, notwithstanding my weakness.

2 Nephi 33:12

12 And I pray the Father in the name of Christ that many of us,

if not all, may be saved in his kingdom at that great and last

day.

2 Nephi 33:13

13 And now, my beloved brethren, all those who are of the house

of Israel, and all ye ends of the earth, I speak unto you as the

voice of one crying from the dust: Farewell until that great day

shall come.

2 Nephi 33:14

14 And you that will not partake of the goodness of God, and

respect the words of the Jews, and also my words, and the words

which shall proceed forth out of the mouth of the Lamb of God,

behold, I bid you an everlasting farewell, for these words shall

condemn you at the last day.

2 Nephi 33:15

15 For what I seal on earth, shall be brought against you at the

judgment bar; for thus hath the Lord commanded me, and I must

obey. Amen.

THE BOOK OF JACOB

THE BROTHER OF NEPHI

The words of his preaching unto his brethren. He confoundeth a man who seeketh to overthrow the doctrine of Christ. A few words concerning the history of the people of Nephi.

Jacob 1 Chapter 1

Jacob 1:1

1 For behold, it came to pass that fifty and five years had

passed away from the time that Lehi left Jerusalem; wherefore,

Nephi gave me, Jacob, a commandment concerning the small plates,

upon which these things are engraven.

Jacob 1:2

2 And he gave me, Jacob, a commandment that I should write upon

these plates a few of the things which I consider to be most

precious; that I should not touch, save it were lightly,

concerning the history of this people which are called the people

of Nephi.

Jacob 1:3

3 For he said that the history of his people should be engraven

upon his other plates, and that I should preserve these plates

and hand them down unto my seed, from generation to generation.

Jacob 1:4

4 And if there were preaching which was sacred, or revelation

which was great, or prophesying, that I should engraven the heads

of them upon these plates, and touch upon them as much as it were

possible, for Christ's sake, and for the sake of our people.

Jacob 1:5

5 For because of faith and great anxiety, it truly had been made

manifest unto us concerning our people, what things should happen

unto them.

Jacob 1:6

6 And we also had many revelations, and the spirit of much

prophecy; wherefore, we knew of Christ and his kingdom, which

should come.

Jacob 1:7

7 Wherefore we labored diligently among our people, that we

might persuade them to come unto Christ, and partake of the

goodness of God, that they might enter into his rest, lest by any

means he should swear in his wrath they should not enter in, as

in the provocation in the days of temptation while the children

of Israel were in the wilderness.

Jacob 1:8

8 Wherefore, we would to God that we could persuade all men not

to rebel against God, to provoke him to anger, but that all men

would believe in Christ, and view his death, and suffer his cross

and bear the shame of the world; wherefore, I, Jacob, take it

upon me to fulfil the commandment of my brother Nephi.

Jacob 1:9

9 Now Nephi began to be old, and he saw that he must soon die;

wherefore, he anointed a man to be a king and a ruler over his

people now, according to the reigns of the kings.

Jacob 1:10

10 The people having loved Nephi exceedingly, he having been a

great protector for them, having wielded the sword of Laban in

their defence, and having labored in all his days for their

welfare—

Jacob 1:11

11 Wherefore, the people were desirous to retain in remembrance

his name. And whoso should reign in his stead were called by the

people, second Nephi, third Nephi, and so forth, according to the

reigns of the kings; and thus they were called by the people, let

them be of whatever name they would.

Jacob 1:12

12 And it came to pass that Nephi died.

Jacob 1:13

13 Now the people which were not Lamanites were Nephites;

nevertheless, they were called Nephites, Jacobites, Josephites,

Zoramites, Lamanites, Lemuelites, and Ishmaelites.

Jacob 1:14

14 But I, Jacob, shall not hereafter distinguish them by these

names, but I shall call them Lamanites that seek to destroy the

people of Nephi, and those who are friendly to Nephi I shall call

Nephites, or the people of Nephi, according to the reigns of the

kings.

Jacob 1:15

15 And now it came to pass that the people of Nephi, under the

reign of the second king, began to grow hard in their hearts, and

indulge themselves somewhat in wicked practices, such as like

unto David of old desiring many wives and concubines, and also

Solomon, his son.

Jacob 1:16

16 Yea, and they also began to search much gold and silver, and

began to be lifted up somewhat in pride.

Jacob 1:17

17 Wherefore I, Jacob, gave unto them these words as I taught

them in the temple, having first obtained mine errand from the

Lord.

Jacob 1:18

18 For I, Jacob, and my brother Joseph had been consecrated

priests and teachers of this people, by the hand of Nephi.

Jacob 1:19

19 And we did magnify our office unto the Lord, taking upon us

the responsibility, answering the sins of the people upon our own

heads if we did not teach them the word of God with all

diligence; wherefore, by laboring with our might their blood

might not come upon our garments; otherwise their blood would

come upon our garments, and we would not be found spotless at the

last day.

Jacob 2 Chapter 2

Jacob 2:1

1 The words which Jacob, the brother of Nephi, spake unto the

people of Nephi, after the death of Nephi:

Jacob 2:2

2 Now, my beloved brethren, I, Jacob, according to the

responsibility which I am under to God, to magnify mine office

with soberness, and that I might rid my garments of your sins, I

come up into the temple this day that I might declare unto you

the word of God.

Jacob 2:3

3 And ye yourselves know that I have hitherto been diligent in

the office of my calling; but I this day am weighed down with

much more desire and anxiety for the welfare of your souls than I

have hitherto been.

Jacob 2:4

4 For behold, as yet, ye have been obedient unto the word of the

Lord, which I have given unto you.

Jacob 2:5

5 But behold, hearken ye unto me, and know that by the help of

the all-powerful Creator of heaven and earth I can tell you

concerning your thoughts, how that ye are beginning to labor in

sin, which sin appeareth very abominable unto me, yea, and

abominable unto God.

Jacob 2:6

6 Yea, it grieveth my soul and causeth me to shrink with shame

before the presence of my Maker, that I must testify unto you

concerning the wickedness of your hearts.

Jacob 2:7

7 And also it grieveth me that I must use so much boldness of

speech concerning you, before your wives and your children, many

of whose feelings are exceedingly tender and chaste and delicate

before God, which thing is pleasing unto God;

Jacob 2:8

8 And it supposeth me that they have come up hither to hear the

pleasing word of God, yea, the word which healeth the wounded

soul.

Jacob 2:9

9 Wherefore, it burdeneth my soul that I should be constrained,

because of the strict commandment which I have received from God,

to admonish you according to your crimes, to enlarge the wounds

of those who are already wounded, instead of consoling and

healing their wounds; and those who have not been wounded,

instead of feasting upon the pleasing word of God have daggers

placed to pierce their souls and wound their delicate minds.

Jacob 2:10

10 But, notwithstanding the greatness of the task, I must do

according to the strict commands of God, and tell you concerning

your wickedness and abominations, in the presence of the pure in

heart, and the broken heart, and under the glance of the piercing

eye of the Almighty God.

Jacob 2:11

11 Wherefore, I must tell you the truth according to the

plainness of the word of God. For behold, as I inquired of the

Lord, thus came the word unto me, saying: Jacob, get thou up

into the temple on the morrow, and declare the word which I shall

give thee unto this people.

Jacob 2:12

12 And now behold, my brethren, this is the word which I declare

unto you, that many of you have begun to search for gold, and for

silver, and for all manner of precious ores, in the which this

land, which is a land of promise unto you and to your seed, doth

abound most plentifully.

Jacob 2:13

13 And the hand of providence hath smiled upon you most

pleasingly, that you have obtained many riches; and because some

of you have obtained more abundantly than that of your brethren

ye are lifted up in the pride of your hearts, and wear stiff

necks and high heads because of the costliness of your apparel,

and persecute your brethren because ye suppose that ye are better

than they.

Jacob 2:14

14 And now, my brethren, do ye suppose that God justifieth you

in this thing? Behold, I say unto you, Nay. But he condemneth

you, and if ye persist in these things his judgments must

speedily come unto you.

Jacob 2:15

15 O that he would show you that he can pierce you, and with one

glance of his eye he can smite you to the dust!

Jacob 2:16

16 O that he would rid you from this iniquity and abomination.

And, O that ye would listen unto the word of his commands, and

let not this pride of your hearts destroy your souls!

Jacob 2:17

17 Think of your brethren like unto yourselves, and be familiar

with all and free with your substance, that they may be rich like

unto you.

Jacob 2:18

18 But before ye seek for riches, seek ye for the kingdom of

God.

Jacob 2:19

19 And after ye have obtained a hope in Christ ye shall obtain

riches, if ye seek them; and ye will seek them for the intent to

do good—to clothe the naked, and to feed the hungry, and to

liberate the captive, and administer relief to the sick and the

afflicted.

Jacob 2:20

20 And now, my brethren, I have spoken unto you concerning

pride; and those of you which have afflicted your neighbor, and

persecuted him because ye were proud in your hearts, of the

things which God hath given you, what say ye of it?

Jacob 2:21

21 Do ye not suppose that such things are abominable unto him

who created all flesh? And the one being is as precious in his

sight as the other. And all flesh is of the dust; and for the

selfsame end hath he created them, that they should keep his

commandments and glorify him forever.

Jacob 2:22

22 And now I make an end of speaking unto you concerning this

pride. And were it not that I must speak unto you concerning a

grosser crime, my heart would rejoice exceedingly because of you.

Jacob 2:23

23 But the word of God burdens me because of your grosser

crimes. For behold, thus saith the Lord: This people begin to

wax in iniquity; they understand not the scriptures, for they

seek to excuse themselves in committing whoredoms, because of the

things which were written concerning David, and Solomon his son.

Jacob 2:24

24 Behold, David and Solomon truly had many wives and

concubines, which thing was abominable before me, saith the Lord.

Jacob 2:25

25 Wherefore, thus saith the Lord, I have led this people forth

out of the land of Jerusalem, by the power of mine arm, that I

might raise up unto me a righteous branch from the fruit of the

loins of Joseph.

Jacob 2:26

26 Wherefore, I the Lord God will not suffer that this people

shall do like unto them of old.

Jacob 2:27

27 Wherefore, my brethren, hear me, and hearken to the word of

the Lord: For there shall not any man among you have save it be

one wife; and concubines he shall have none;

Jacob 2:28

28 For I, the Lord God, delight in the chastity of women. And

whoredoms are an abomination before me; thus saith the Lord of

Hosts.

Jacob 2:29

29 Wherefore, this people shall keep my commandments, saith the

Lord of Hosts, or cursed be the land for their sakes.

Jacob 2:30

30 For if I will, saith the Lord of Hosts, raise up seed unto

me, I will command my people; otherwise they shall hearken unto

these things.

Jacob 2:31

31 For behold, I, the Lord, have seen the sorrow, and heard the

mourning of the daughters of my people in the land of Jerusalem,

yea, and in all the lands of my people, because of the wickedness

and abominations of their husbands.

Jacob 2:32

32 And I will not suffer, saith the Lord of Hosts, that the

cries of the fair daughters of this people, which I have led out

of the land of Jerusalem, shall come up unto me against the men

of my people, saith the Lord of Hosts.

Jacob 2:33

33 For they shall not lead away captive the daughters of my

people because of their tenderness, save I shall visit them with

a sore curse, even unto destruction; for they shall not commit

whoredoms, like unto them of old, saith the Lord of Hosts.

Jacob 2:34

34 And now behold, my brethren, ye know that these commandments

were given to our father, Lehi; wherefore, ye have known them

before; and ye have come unto great condemnation; for ye have

done these things which ye ought not to have done.

Jacob 2:35

35 Behold, ye have done greater iniquities than the Lamanites,

our brethren. Ye have broken the hearts of your tender wives,

and lost the confidence of your children, because of your bad

examples before them; and the sobbings of their hearts ascend up

to God against you. And because of the strictness of the word of

God, which cometh down against you, many hearts died, pierced

with deep wounds.

Jacob 3 Chapter 3

Jacob 3:1

1 But behold, I, Jacob, would speak unto you that are pure in

heart. Look unto God with firmness of mind, and pray unto him

with exceeding faith, and he will console you in your

afflictions, and he will plead your cause, and send down justice

upon those who seek your destruction.

Jacob 3:2

2 O all ye that are pure in heart, lift up your heads and

receive the pleasing word of God, and feast upon his love; for ye

may, if your minds are firm, forever.

Jacob 3:3

3 But, wo, wo, unto you that are not pure in heart, that are

filthy this day before God; for except ye repent the land is

cursed for your sakes; and the Lamanites, which are not filthy

like unto you, nevertheless they are cursed with a sore cursing,

shall scourge you even unto destruction.

Jacob 3:4

4 And the time speedily cometh, that except ye repent they shall

possess the land of your inheritance, and the Lord God will lead

away the righteous out from among you.

Jacob 3:5

5 Behold, the Lamanites your brethren, whom ye hate because of

their filthiness and the cursing which hath come upon their

skins, are more righteous than you; for they have not forgotten

the commandment of the Lord, which was given unto our

father—that they should have save it were one wife, and

concubines they should have none, and there should not be

whoredoms committed among them.

Jacob 3:6

6 And now, this commandment they observe to keep; wherefore,

because of this observance, in keeping this commandment, the Lord

God will not destroy them, but will be merciful unto them; and

one day they shall become a blessed people.

Jacob 3:7

7 Behold, their husbands love their wives, and their wives love

their husbands; and their husbands and their wives love their

children; and their unbelief and their hatred towards you is

because of the iniquity of their fathers; wherefore, how much

better are you than they, in the sight of your great Creator?

Jacob 3:8

8 O my brethren, I fear that unless ye shall repent of your sins

that their skins will be whiter than yours, when ye shall be

brought with them before the throne of God.

Jacob 3:9

9 Wherefore, a commandment I give unto you, which is the word of

God, that ye revile no more against them because of the darkness

of their skins; neither shall ye revile against them because of

their filthiness; but ye shall remember your own filthiness, and

remember that their filthiness came because of their fathers.

Jacob 3:10

10 Wherefore, ye shall remember your children, how that ye have

grieved their hearts because of the example that ye have set

before them; and also, remember that ye may, because of your

filthiness, bring your children unto destruction, and their sins

be heaped upon your heads at the last day.

Jacob 3:11

11 O my brethren, hearken unto my words; arouse the faculties of

your souls; shake yourselves that ye may awake from the slumber

of death; and loose yourselves from the pains of hell that ye may

not become angels to the devil, to be cast into that lake of fire

and brimstone which is the second death.

Jacob 3:12

12 And now I, Jacob, spake many more things unto the people of

Nephi, warning them against fornication and lasciviousness, and

every kind of sin, telling them the awful consequences of them.

Jacob 3:13

13 And a hundredth part of the proceedings of this people, which

now began to be numerous, cannot be written upon these plates;

but many of their proceedings are written upon the larger plates,

and their wars, and their contentions, and the reigns of their

kings.

Jacob 3:14

14 These plates are called the plates of Jacob, and they were

made by the hand of Nephi. And I make an end of speaking these

words.

Jacob 4 Chapter 4

Jacob 4:1

1 Now behold, it came to pass that I, Jacob, having ministered

much unto my people in word, (and I cannot write but a little of

my words, because of the difficulty of engraving our words upon

plates) and we know that the things which we write upon plates

must remain;

Jacob 4:2

2 But whatsoever things we write upon anything save it be upon

plates must perish and vanish away; but we can write a few words

upon plates, which will give our children, and also our beloved

brethren, a small degree of knowledge concerning us, or

concerning their fathers—

Jacob 4:3

3 Now in this thing we do rejoice; and we labor diligently to

engraven these words upon plates, hoping that our beloved

brethren and our children will receive them with thankful hearts,

and look upon them that they may learn with joy and not with

sorrow, neither with contempt, concerning their first parents.

Jacob 4:4

4 For, for this intent have we written these things, that they

may know that we knew of Christ, and we had a hope of his glory

many hundred years before his coming; and not only we ourselves

had a hope of his glory, but also all the holy prophets which

were before us.

Jacob 4:5

5 Behold, they believed in Christ and worshiped the Father in

his name, and also we worship the Father in his name. And for

this intent we keep the law of Moses, it pointing our souls to

him; and for this cause it is sanctified unto us for

righteousness, even as it was accounted unto Abraham in the

wilderness to be obedient unto the commands of God in offering up

his son Isaac, which is a similitude of God and his Only Begotten

Son.

Jacob 4:6

6 Wherefore, we search the prophets, and we have many

revelations and the spirit of prophecy; and having all these

witnesses we obtain a hope, and our faith becometh unshaken,

insomuch that we truly can command in the name of Jesus and the

very trees obey us, or the mountains, or the waves of the sea.

Jacob 4:7

7 Nevertheless, the Lord God showeth us our weakness that we may

know that it is by his grace, and his great condescensions unto

the children of men, that we have power to do these things.

Jacob 4:8

8 Behold, great and marvelous are the works of the Lord. How

unsearchable are the depths of the mysteries of him; and it is

impossible that man should find out all his ways. And no man

knoweth of his ways save it be revealed unto him; wherefore,

brethren, despise not the revelations of God.

Jacob 4:9

9 For behold, by the power of his word man came upon the face of

the earth, which earth was created by the power of his word.

Wherefore, if God being able to speak and the world was, and to

speak and man was created, O then, why not able to command the

earth, or the workmanship of his hands upon the face of it,

according to his will and pleasure?

Jacob 4:10

10 Wherefore, brethren, seek not to counsel the Lord, but to

take counsel from his hand. For behold, ye yourselves know that

he counseleth in wisdom, and in justice, and in great mercy, over

all his works.

Jacob 4:11

11 Wherefore, beloved brethren, be reconciled unto him through

the atonement of Christ, his Only Begotten Son, and ye may obtain

a resurrection, according to the power of the resurrection which

is in Christ, and be presented as the first-fruits of Christ unto

God, having faith, and obtained a good hope of glory in him

before he manifesteth himself in the flesh.

Jacob 4:12

12 And now, beloved, marvel not that I tell you these things;

for why not speak of the atonement of Christ, and attain to a

perfect knowledge of him, as to attain to the knowledge of a

resurrection and the world to come?

Jacob 4:13

13 Behold, my brethren, he that prophesieth, let him prophesy to

the understanding of men; for the Spirit speaketh the truth and

lieth not. Wherefore, it speaketh of things as they really are,

and of things as they really will be; wherefore, these things are

manifested unto us plainly, for the salvation of our souls. But

behold, we are not witnesses alone in these things; for God also

spake them unto prophets of old.

Jacob 4:14

14 But behold, the Jews were a stiffnecked people; and they

despised the words of plainness, and killed the prophets, and

sought for things that they could not understand. Wherefore,

because of their blindness, which blindness came by looking

beyond the mark, they must needs fall; for God hath taken away

his plainness from them, and delivered unto them many things

which they cannot understand, because they desired it. And

because they desired it God hath done it, that they may stumble.

Jacob 4:15

15 And now I, Jacob, am led on by the Spirit unto prophesying;

for I perceive by the workings of the Spirit which is in me, that

by the stumbling of the Jews they will reject the stone upon

which they might build and have safe foundation.

Jacob 4:16

16 But behold, according to the scriptures, this stone shall

become the great, and the last, and the only sure foundation,

upon which the Jews can build.

Jacob 4:17

17 And now, my beloved, how is it possible that these, after

having rejected the sure foundation, can ever build upon it, that

it may become the head of their corner?

Jacob 4:18

18 Behold, my beloved brethren, I will unfold this mystery unto

you; if I do not, by any means, get shaken from my firmness in

the Spirit, and stumble because of my over anxiety for you.

Jacob 5 Chapter 5

Jacob 5:1

1 Behold, my brethren, do ye not remember to have read the words

of the prophet Zenos, which he spake unto the house of Israel,

saying: