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Ejemplo de Pagaré Simple (México)
PAGARÉ
Por este pagaré me obligo incondicionalmente a pagar a la orden de Juan Pérez López la cantidad de $10,000.00 (diez mil pesos 00/100 M.N.).
Este pagaré será pagado el día 30 de junio de 2026, en Chilpancingo, Guerrero.
El pago se realizará en moneda nacional en el domicilio del beneficiario.
En caso de incumplimiento, me obligo a pagar intereses moratorios del 5% mensual hasta la liquidación total del adeudo.
Lugar y fecha de suscripción:
Chilpancingo, Guerrero, a 14 de marzo de 2026
Deudor:
Nombre: Carlos Ramírez García
Dirección: Calle Hidalgo No. 120, Chilpancingo, Guerrero
Firma del deudor:
Elementos que debe tener un pagaré válido en México
Para que sea válido normalmente debe incluir:
La palabra “Pagaré”.
Promesa incondicional de pago.
Nombre del beneficiario (a quién se paga).
Cantidad de dinero (en número y letra).
Fecha de pago o vencimiento.
Lugar de pago.
Fecha y lugar de firma.
Firma del deudor.
Sin la firma del deudor, el pagaré no tiene validez.
💡 Consejo práctico en México:
Muchas personas agregan también:
CURP o INE del deudor
Dirección completa
Dos testigos
Esto no es obligatorio, pero ayuda mucho si el pagaré termina en juicio mercantil.


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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import csv
import sys
import string
import sqlite3
from pathlib import Path
csv.field_size_limit(sys.maxsize)
# ============================================
# SETTINGS
# ============================================
ROOT = Path.cwd()
IMPORT_DIR = ROOT / "IMPORT"
CSV_SAMPLE_DIR = IMPORT_DIR / "CSV"
MD_SAMPLE_DIR = IMPORT_DIR / "MARKDOWN"
OUTPUT_CSV = ROOT / "Z-MASTER-CONCAT.csv"
OUTPUT_DB = ROOT / "Z-MASTER-CONCAT.db"
OUTPUT_CSV_NOABS = ROOT / "Z-MASTER-CONCAT-NOABS.csv"
OUTPUT_DB_NOABS = ROOT / "Z-MASTER-CONCAT-NOABS.db"
TABLE_NAME = "snippets"
TEXT_COLUMNS = [f"T{i}" for i in range(1,11)]
COMMENT_COLUMNS = [f"C{i}" for i in range(1,11)]
TEXT_MARKER = "+++"
COMMENT_MARKER = "///"
COMMENT_DELIM = " | "
SAMPLE_COUNT = 10
HEADERS = [
    "DENSE","TITLE","TEXT","COMMENTS",
    "MARKDOWN","RELATIVE_PATH","ABSOLUTE_PATH"
]
HEADERS_NOABS = [
    "DENSE","TITLE","TEXT","COMMENTS",
    "MARKDOWN","RELATIVE_PATH"
]
HEADERS_SAMPLE = TEXT_COLUMNS + COMMENT_COLUMNS
# ============================================
# UTILITIES
# ============================================
def read_text_safe(file):
    try:
        return file.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
    except:
        return file.read_text(encoding="latin-1")
def open_csv_safe(file):
    try:
        return open(file, "r", encoding="utf-8", newline="")
    except:
        return open(file, "r", encoding="latin-1", newline="")
def ensure_dirs():
    IMPORT_DIR.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
    CSV_SAMPLE_DIR.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
    MD_SAMPLE_DIR.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
def cleanup_wrong_types():
    for f in CSV_SAMPLE_DIR.glob("*.md"):
        f.unlink()
    for f in MD_SAMPLE_DIR.glob("*.csv"):
        f.unlink()
# ============================================
# SAMPLE FILE MANAGEMENT
# ============================================
def manage_csv_samples():
    for i in range(1, SAMPLE_COUNT + 1):
        f = CSV_SAMPLE_DIR / f"Z-SAMPLE-{i}.csv"
        if f.exists():
            try:
                with open(f, "r", encoding="utf-8") as r:
                    rows = list(csv.reader(r))
                if len(rows) <= 1:
                    continue
            except:
                continue
        else:
            with open(f, "w", newline="", encoding="utf-8") as w:
                csv.writer(w).writerow(HEADERS_SAMPLE)
def manage_md_samples():
    for i in range(1, SAMPLE_COUNT + 1):
        f = MD_SAMPLE_DIR / f"Z-SAMPLE-{i}.md"
        if f.exists():
            try:
                if f.stat().st_size == 0:
                    continue
            except:
                continue
        else:
            f.write_text("", encoding="utf-8")
# ============================================
# DENSE GENERATOR
# ============================================
def dense_generator():
    for letter in string.ascii_lowercase:
        for num in range(1, 1000):
            yield f"{letter}{num:03d}"
dense_iter = dense_generator()
# ============================================
# MARKDOWN PARSER
# ============================================
def parse_markdown(file):
    text = read_text_safe(file)
    if not text.strip():
        return []
    lines = text.splitlines(keepends=True)
    snippets = []
    text_buffer, comment_buffer = [], []
    in_comment = False
    has_split = any(l.strip().startswith(TEXT_MARKER) for l in lines)
    for line in lines:
        stripped = line.strip()
        if has_split and stripped.startswith(TEXT_MARKER):
            if text_buffer or comment_buffer:
                snippets.append((text_buffer, comment_buffer))
            text_buffer, comment_buffer = [], []
            in_comment = False
            continue
        if stripped == COMMENT_MARKER:
            in_comment = not in_comment
            continue
        (comment_buffer if in_comment else text_buffer).append(line)
    if text_buffer or comment_buffer:
        snippets.append((text_buffer, comment_buffer))
    return snippets
# ============================================
# FILE COLLECTION
# ============================================
def collect_files():
    csv_files, md_files = [], []
    for f in IMPORT_DIR.rglob("*"):
        if not f.is_file():
            continue
        name = f.name.lower()
        if name.endswith(".csv"):
            csv_files.append(f)
        elif name.endswith(".md"):
            md_files.append(f)
    return csv_files, md_files
# ============================================
# PROCESS CSV
# ============================================
def process_csv(file, rows_out):
    if file.stat().st_size == 0:
        return
    title = file.stem
    with open_csv_safe(file) as f:
        reader = csv.DictReader(f)
        for row in reader:
            text_parts = [
                row.get(col).rstrip()
                for col in TEXT_COLUMNS
                if row.get(col) and row.get(col).strip()
            ]
            if not text_parts:
                continue
            comment_parts = [
                (row.get(col) or "").strip()
                for col in COMMENT_COLUMNS
                if (row.get(col) or "").strip()
            ]
            dense = next(dense_iter)
            comments = COMMENT_DELIM.join(comment_parts)
            comments = f"{dense}{COMMENT_DELIM}{comments}" if comments else dense
            rows_out.append({
                "DENSE": dense,
                "TITLE": title,
                "TEXT": "\n".join(text_parts),
                "COMMENTS": comments,
                "MARKDOWN": "",
                "RELATIVE_PATH": str(file.relative_to(ROOT)),
                "ABSOLUTE_PATH": str(file.resolve())
            })
# ============================================
# PROCESS MARKDOWN
# ============================================
def process_md(file, rows_out):
    title = file.stem
    for text_lines, comment_lines in parse_markdown(file):
        text_lines = [x for x in text_lines if x.strip()]
        if not text_lines:
            continue
        dense = next(dense_iter)
        comment_clean = [c.strip() for c in comment_lines if c.strip()]
        comments = COMMENT_DELIM.join(comment_clean)
        comments = f"{dense}{COMMENT_DELIM}{comments}" if comments else dense
        rows_out.append({
            "DENSE": dense,
            "TITLE": title,
            "TEXT": "".join(text_lines),
            "COMMENTS": comments,
            "MARKDOWN": "X",
            "RELATIVE_PATH": str(file.relative_to(ROOT)),
            "ABSOLUTE_PATH": str(file.resolve())
        })
# ============================================
# EXPORTS
# ============================================
def write_csv(path, headers, rows):
    if path.exists():
        path.unlink()
    with open(path, "w", encoding="utf-8", newline="") as f:
        writer = csv.DictWriter(f, fieldnames=headers)
        writer.writeheader()
        for r in rows:
            writer.writerow(r)
def write_csv_noabs(path, headers, rows):
    if path.exists():
        path.unlink()
    with open(path, "w", encoding="utf-8", newline="") as f:
        writer = csv.DictWriter(f, fieldnames=headers)
        writer.writeheader()
        for r in rows:
            r2 = r.copy()
            r2.pop("ABSOLUTE_PATH", None)
            writer.writerow(r2)
def write_db(path, headers, rows, include_abs=True):
    if path.exists():
        path.unlink()
    conn = sqlite3.connect(path)
    cur = conn.cursor()
    cols = ",".join([f"{h} TEXT" for h in headers])
    cur.execute(f"CREATE TABLE {TABLE_NAME} ({cols})")
    data = [
        tuple(r[h] for h in headers)
        for r in rows
    ]
    placeholders = ",".join(["?"] * len(headers))
    cur.executemany(
        f"INSERT INTO {TABLE_NAME} VALUES ({placeholders})",
        data
    )
    conn.commit()
    conn.close()
# ============================================
# MAIN
# ============================================
ensure_dirs()
cleanup_wrong_types()
manage_csv_samples()
manage_md_samples()
csv_files, md_files = collect_files()
rows_out = []
for f in csv_files:
    process_csv(f, rows_out)
for f in md_files:
    process_md(f, rows_out)
write_csv(OUTPUT_CSV, HEADERS, rows_out)
write_csv_noabs(OUTPUT_CSV_NOABS, HEADERS_NOABS, rows_out)
write_db(OUTPUT_DB, HEADERS, rows_out)
write_db(OUTPUT_DB_NOABS, HEADERS_NOABS, rows_out)
print("✔ CSV created:", OUTPUT_CSV)
print("✔ SQLITE created:", OUTPUT_DB)
print("✔ CSV created:", OUTPUT_CSV_NOABS)
print("✔ SQLITE created:", OUTPUT_DB_NOABS)
print("✔ rows:", len(rows_out))


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TITLE: 004
COMMENTS: ab805 | israel noticas | noticias | news
MARKDOWN: X
RELATIVE_PATH: IMPORT\MARKDOWN\004.md
TEXT:
🚨#BREAKING **THE MOMENT THE WORLD CHANGED FOREVER: IRAN JUST ACTIVATED "PHANTOM VEIL" – ISRAEL WENT COMPLETELY BLIND FOR 9 HOURS & COLLAPSED LIKE NEVER BEFORE!**
What you are about to read is not a rumor.  
It is happening right now.
For the last 9 hours, Israel was plunged into total darkness — not just power cuts… **complete military blackout**.  
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard quietly activated their most classified weapon yet: **"Operation Phantom Veil"**.  
A terrifying mix of AI quantum cyber-attack + invisible hypersonic drone swarms + precision missiles that made Israel’s entire defense system disappear from their own screens.
While the world slept:
- Iron Dome? Dead.  
- David’s Sling & Arrow systems? Offline.  
- All communication between Israeli bases? Cut.  
- Top commanders reportedly abandoned their posts and fled the country in panic.  
- Tel Aviv, Haifa and military headquarters hit with wave after wave of missiles — over 90% penetration rate.
Israel is now in **total chaos**.  
Stock market crashed 68%.  
People running to bunkers with no electricity.  
Allies staying completely silent.  
No statement. No defense. No power left.
Meanwhile in Tehran? Streets are exploding with celebrations. Millions waving flags. Fireworks lighting up the sky. Iran’s new leadership just dropped this chilling message:
“We warned them. They assassinated our leaders thinking it would break us. Instead, we ended their illusion of power in one night. Iran is not defending anymore… Iran is deciding the future of the Middle East. The Zionist regime is finished.”
This is the biggest military humiliation in Israel’s history.  
One side stands taller and stronger than ever.  
The other side has been reduced to zero.
The world is waking up to a new reality.
**Share this before Facebook removes it.**  
What do you think happens in the next 24 hours?  
Will Israel beg for ceasefire… or is it already too late?
Drop your reaction below 👇  
#IranUnstoppable #IsraelCollapsed #PhantomVeil #HistoryMade #IranVictorious #MiddleEastNewEra #breakingnews
(Verified from IRGC sources + leaked satellite data – March 20, 2026)


DENSE: ab806
TITLE: 005
COMMENTS: ab806
MARKDOWN: X
RELATIVE_PATH: IMPORT\MARKDOWN\005.md
TEXT:
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import csv
import sys
import string
import sqlite3
from pathlib import Path
csv.field_size_limit(sys.maxsize)
# ============================================
# SETTINGS
# ============================================
ROOT = Path.cwd()
IMPORT_DIR = ROOT / "IMPORT"
CSV_SAMPLE_DIR = IMPORT_DIR / "CSV"
MD_SAMPLE_DIR = IMPORT_DIR / "MARKDOWN"
OUTPUT_CSV = ROOT / "Z-MASTER-CONCAT.csv"
OUTPUT_DB = ROOT / "Z-MASTER-CONCAT.db"
OUTPUT_CSV_NOABS = ROOT / "Z-MASTER-CONCAT-NOABS.csv"
OUTPUT_DB_NOABS = ROOT / "Z-MASTER-CONCAT-NOABS.db"
OUTPUT_YML = ROOT / "Z-MASTER-CONCAT.yml"
TABLE_NAME = "snippets"
TEXT_COLUMNS = [f"T{i}" for i in range(1,11)]
COMMENT_COLUMNS = [f"C{i}" for i in range(1,11)]
TEXT_MARKER = "+++"
COMMENT_MARKER = "///"
COMMENT_DELIM = " | "
SAMPLE_COUNT = 10
# ============================================
# DENSE SETTINGS
# ============================================
DENSE_DIGITS = 3
# ============================================
# ESPANSO SETTINGS
# ============================================
TRIGGER_PREFIX = ":"   # example ":a001"
# ============================================
HEADERS = [
    "DENSE","TITLE","TEXT","COMMENTS",
    "MARKDOWN","RELATIVE_PATH","ABSOLUTE_PATH"
]
HEADERS_NOABS = [
    "DENSE","TITLE","TEXT","COMMENTS",
    "MARKDOWN","RELATIVE_PATH"
]
HEADERS_SAMPLE = TEXT_COLUMNS + COMMENT_COLUMNS
# ============================================
# UTILITIES
# ============================================
def read_text_safe(file):
    try:
        return file.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
    except:
        return file.read_text(encoding="latin-1")
def open_csv_safe(file):
    try:
        return open(file, "r", encoding="utf-8", newline="")
    except:
        return open(file, "r", encoding="latin-1", newline="")
def ensure_dirs():
    IMPORT_DIR.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
    CSV_SAMPLE_DIR.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
    MD_SAMPLE_DIR.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
def cleanup_wrong_types():
    for f in CSV_SAMPLE_DIR.glob("*.md"):
        f.unlink()
    for f in MD_SAMPLE_DIR.glob("*.csv"):
        f.unlink()
# ============================================
# SAMPLE FILE MANAGEMENT
# ============================================
def manage_csv_samples():
    for i in range(1, SAMPLE_COUNT + 1):
        f = CSV_SAMPLE_DIR / f"Z-SAMPLE-{i}.csv"
        if f.exists():
            try:
                with open(f, "r", encoding="utf-8") as r:
                    rows = list(csv.reader(r))
                if len(rows) <= 1:
                    continue
            except:
                continue
        else:
            with open(f, "w", newline="", encoding="utf-8") as w:
                csv.writer(w).writerow(HEADERS_SAMPLE)
def manage_md_samples():
    for i in range(1, SAMPLE_COUNT + 1):
        f = MD_SAMPLE_DIR / f"Z-SAMPLE-{i}.md"
        if f.exists():
            try:
                if f.stat().st_size == 0:
                    continue
            except:
                continue
        else:
            f.write_text("", encoding="utf-8")
# ============================================
# DENSE GENERATOR
# ============================================
def dense_generator():
    letters = string.ascii_lowercase
    prefix_index = 0
    number = 1
    max_number = int("9" * DENSE_DIGITS)
    while True:
        temp = prefix_index
        prefix = ""
        while True:
            prefix = letters[temp % 26] + prefix
            temp = temp // 26 - 1
            if temp < 0:
                break
        yield f"{prefix}{number:0{DENSE_DIGITS}d}"
        number += 1
        if number > max_number:
            number = 1
            prefix_index += 1
dense_iter = dense_generator()
# ============================================
# MARKDOWN PARSER
# ============================================
def parse_markdown(file):
    text = read_text_safe(file)
    if not text.strip():
        return []
    lines = text.splitlines(keepends=True)
    snippets = []
    text_buffer, comment_buffer = [], []
    in_comment = False
    has_split = any(l.strip().startswith(TEXT_MARKER) for l in lines)
    for line in lines:
        stripped = line.strip()
        if has_split and stripped.startswith(TEXT_MARKER):
            if text_buffer or comment_buffer:
                snippets.append((text_buffer, comment_buffer))
            text_buffer, comment_buffer = [], []
            in_comment = False
            continue
        if stripped == COMMENT_MARKER:
            in_comment = not in_comment
            continue
        if in_comment:
            comment_buffer.append(line)
        else:
            text_buffer.append(line)
    if text_buffer or comment_buffer:
        snippets.append((text_buffer, comment_buffer))
    return snippets
# ============================================
# FILE COLLECTION
# ============================================
def collect_files():
    csv_files, md_files = [], []
    for f in IMPORT_DIR.rglob("*"):
        if not f.is_file():
            continue
        name = f.name.lower()
        if name.endswith(".csv"):
            csv_files.append(f)
        elif name.endswith(".md"):
            md_files.append(f)
    return csv_files, md_files
# ============================================
# PROCESS CSV
# ============================================
def process_csv(file, rows_out):
    if file.stat().st_size == 0:
        return
    title = file.stem
    with open_csv_safe(file) as f:
        reader = csv.DictReader(f)
        for row in reader:
            text_parts = []
            for col in TEXT_COLUMNS:
                v = row.get(col)
                if v and v.strip():
                    text_parts.append(v.rstrip())
            if not text_parts:
                continue
            comment_parts = []
            for col in COMMENT_COLUMNS:
                v = (row.get(col) or "").strip()
                if v:
                    comment_parts.append(v)
            dense_code = next(dense_iter)
            comments_joined = COMMENT_DELIM.join(comment_parts)
            if comments_joined:
                comments_joined = f"{dense_code}{COMMENT_DELIM}{comments_joined}"
            else:
                comments_joined = dense_code
            rows_out.append({
                "DENSE": dense_code,
                "TITLE": title,
                "TEXT": "\n".join(text_parts),
                "COMMENTS": comments_joined,
                "MARKDOWN": "",
                "RELATIVE_PATH": str(file.relative_to(ROOT)),
                "ABSOLUTE_PATH": str(file.resolve())
            })
# ============================================
# PROCESS MARKDOWN
# ============================================
def process_md(file, rows_out):
    title = file.stem
    snippets = parse_markdown(file)
    for text_lines, comment_lines in snippets:
        text_lines = [x for x in text_lines if x.strip() != ""]
        if not text_lines:
            continue
        dense_code = next(dense_iter)
        comment_clean = [c.strip() for c in comment_lines if c.strip()]
        comments_joined = COMMENT_DELIM.join(comment_clean)
        if comments_joined:
            comments_joined = f"{dense_code}{COMMENT_DELIM}{comments_joined}"
        else:
            comments_joined = dense_code
        rows_out.append({
            "DENSE": dense_code,
            "TITLE": title,
            "TEXT": "".join(text_lines),
            "COMMENTS": comments_joined,
            "MARKDOWN": "X",
            "RELATIVE_PATH": str(file.relative_to(ROOT)),
            "ABSOLUTE_PATH": str(file.resolve())
        })
# ============================================
# EXPORT CSV
# ============================================
def write_csv(path, headers, rows):
    if path.exists():
        path.unlink()
    with open(path, "w", encoding="utf-8", newline="") as f:
        writer = csv.DictWriter(f, fieldnames=headers)
        writer.writeheader()
        for r in rows:
            writer.writerow(r)
def write_csv_noabs(path, headers, rows):
    if path.exists():
        path.unlink()
    with open(path, "w", encoding="utf-8", newline="") as f:
        writer = csv.DictWriter(f, fieldnames=headers)
        writer.writeheader()
        for r in rows:
            r2 = r.copy()
            r2.pop("ABSOLUTE_PATH", None)
            writer.writerow(r2)
# ============================================
# EXPORT SQLITE
# ============================================
def write_db(path, headers, rows):
    if path.exists():
        path.unlink()
    conn = sqlite3.connect(path)
    cur = conn.cursor()
    cols = ",".join([f"{h} TEXT" for h in headers])
    cur.execute(f"CREATE TABLE {TABLE_NAME} ({cols})")
    data = [tuple(r[h] for h in headers) for r in rows]
    placeholders = ",".join(["?"] * len(headers))
    cur.executemany(
        f"INSERT INTO {TABLE_NAME} VALUES ({placeholders})",
        data
    )
    conn.commit()
    conn.close()
# ============================================
# EXPORT ESPANSO YML (MULTILINE)
# ============================================
def write_espanso_yml(db_path, output_path):
    if output_path.exists():
        output_path.unlink()
    conn = sqlite3.connect(db_path)
    cur = conn.cursor()
    cur.execute(f"SELECT DENSE, TEXT FROM {TABLE_NAME}")
    rows = cur.fetchall()
    with open(output_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
        f.write("matches:\n")
        for dense, text in rows:
            if not text or not text.strip():
                continue
            lines = text.replace("\r\n", "\n").replace("\r", "\n").split("\n")
            f.write(f"  - trigger: \"{TRIGGER_PREFIX}{dense}\"\n")
            f.write(f"    replace: |\n")
            for line in lines:
                f.write(f"      {line}\n")
    conn.close()
# ============================================
# MAIN
# ============================================
ensure_dirs()
cleanup_wrong_types()
manage_csv_samples()
manage_md_samples()
csv_files, md_files = collect_files()
rows_out = []
for f in csv_files:
    process_csv(f, rows_out)
for f in md_files:
    process_md(f, rows_out)
write_csv(OUTPUT_CSV, HEADERS, rows_out)
write_csv_noabs(OUTPUT_CSV_NOABS, HEADERS_NOABS, rows_out)
write_db(OUTPUT_DB, HEADERS, rows_out)
write_db(OUTPUT_DB_NOABS, HEADERS_NOABS, rows_out)
write_espanso_yml(OUTPUT_DB, OUTPUT_YML)
print("✔ CSV created:", OUTPUT_CSV)
print("✔ SQLITE created:", OUTPUT_DB)
print("✔ CSV created:", OUTPUT_CSV_NOABS)
print("✔ SQLITE created:", OUTPUT_DB_NOABS)
print("✔ YML created:", OUTPUT_YML)
print("✔ rows:", len(rows_out))


DENSE: ab807
TITLE: 006
COMMENTS: ab807 | stock market | rigged stocks | high-frequency trading.
MARKDOWN: X
RELATIVE_PATH: IMPORT\MARKDOWN\006.md
TEXT:
The stock market is rigged!
You think you're trading stocks, but you're not.
There's a practice called high-frequency trading.
Banks, brokers and hedge funds have computers sitting physically close to the stock exchange.
So close that they see your buy order milliseconds before it goes through.
In that gap, they buy the stock you wanted.
Then sell it back to you for a penny more.
Every. Single. Time.
Michael Lewis wrote a whole book about it and 60 Minutes covered it.
It's not a conspiracy. It's just how the game is set up.
And it's legal. That's the part that gets me.
You can do everything right, research the stock, time the trade, make the right move and still lose before you even start.
That's why I stopped trying to win a race I knew was rigged.
Private markets don't work like this.
There's no algorithm front-running your deal. No dark pool where institutions sneakily move money before you see the price.
It's due diligence, deal flow, and more patient capital.
That's where the real gains are made. And it's the game worth learning.
What moves have you made outside the stock market? Drop it below. 
-----
I'm Abdul Golden, I help high-earning Black professionals turn income into ownership through angel investing in tech startups.
My free weekly newsletter helps you make smarter moves with your money.
Credit Author: Abdul Golden


DENSE: ab808
TITLE: 009
COMMENTS: ab808
MARKDOWN: X
RELATIVE_PATH: IMPORT\MARKDOWN\009.md
TEXT:
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import csv
import sys
import string
import sqlite3
import yaml
from pathlib import Path
csv.field_size_limit(sys.maxsize)
# ============================================
# SETTINGS
# ============================================
ROOT = Path.cwd()
IMPORT_DIR = ROOT / "IMPORT"
CSV_SAMPLE_DIR = IMPORT_DIR / "CSV"
MD_SAMPLE_DIR = IMPORT_DIR / "MARKDOWN"
OUTPUT_CSV = ROOT / "Z-MASTER-CONCAT.csv"
OUTPUT_DB = ROOT / "Z-MASTER-CONCAT.db"
OUTPUT_CSV_NOABS = ROOT / "Z-MASTER-CONCAT-NOABS.csv"
OUTPUT_DB_NOABS = ROOT / "Z-MASTER-CONCAT-NOABS.db"
OUTPUT_YML = ROOT / "Z-MASTER-CONCAT.yml"
TABLE_NAME = "snippets"
TEXT_COLUMNS = [f"T{i}" for i in range(1,11)]
COMMENT_COLUMNS = [f"C{i}" for i in range(1,11)]
TEXT_MARKER = "+++"
COMMENT_MARKER = "///"
COMMENT_DELIM = " | "
SAMPLE_COUNT = 10
YML_ERROR_LOG = ROOT / "Z-YML-ERRORS.log"
# ============================================
# DENSE SETTINGS
# ============================================
DENSE_DIGITS = 3
# ============================================
# ESPANSO SETTINGS
# ============================================
TRIGGER_PREFIX = ":"   # example ":a001"
# ============================================
HEADERS = [
    "DENSE","TITLE","TEXT","COMMENTS",
    "MARKDOWN","RELATIVE_PATH","ABSOLUTE_PATH"
]
HEADERS_NOABS = [
    "DENSE","TITLE","TEXT","COMMENTS",
    "MARKDOWN","RELATIVE_PATH"
]
HEADERS_SAMPLE = TEXT_COLUMNS + COMMENT_COLUMNS
# ============================================
# UTILITIES
# ============================================
def read_text_safe(file):
    try:
        return file.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
    except:
        return file.read_text(encoding="latin-1")
def open_csv_safe(file):
    try:
        return open(file, "r", encoding="utf-8", newline="")
    except:
        return open(file, "r", encoding="latin-1", newline="")
def ensure_dirs():
    IMPORT_DIR.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
    CSV_SAMPLE_DIR.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
    MD_SAMPLE_DIR.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
def cleanup_wrong_types():
    for f in CSV_SAMPLE_DIR.glob("*.md"):
        f.unlink()
    for f in MD_SAMPLE_DIR.glob("*.csv"):
        f.unlink()
# ============================================
# SAMPLE FILE MANAGEMENT
# ============================================
def manage_csv_samples():
    for i in range(1, SAMPLE_COUNT + 1):
        f = CSV_SAMPLE_DIR / f"Z-SAMPLE-{i}.csv"
        if f.exists():
            try:
                with open(f, "r", encoding="utf-8") as r:
                    rows = list(csv.reader(r))
                if len(rows) <= 1:
                    continue
            except:
                continue
        else:
            with open(f, "w", newline="", encoding="utf-8") as w:
                csv.writer(w).writerow(HEADERS_SAMPLE)
def manage_md_samples():
    for i in range(1, SAMPLE_COUNT + 1):
        f = MD_SAMPLE_DIR / f"Z-SAMPLE-{i}.md"
        if f.exists():
            try:
                if f.stat().st_size == 0:
                    continue
            except:
                continue
        else:
            f.write_text("", encoding="utf-8")
# ============================================
# DENSE GENERATOR
# ============================================
def dense_generator():
    letters = string.ascii_lowercase
    prefix_index = 0
    number = 1
    max_number = int("9" * DENSE_DIGITS)
    while True:
        temp = prefix_index
        prefix = ""
        while True:
            prefix = letters[temp % 26] + prefix
            temp = temp // 26 - 1
            if temp < 0:
                break
        yield f"{prefix}{number:0{DENSE_DIGITS}d}"
        number += 1
        if number > max_number:
            number = 1
            prefix_index += 1
dense_iter = dense_generator()
# ============================================
# MARKDOWN PARSER
# ============================================
def parse_markdown(file):
    text = read_text_safe(file)
    if not text.strip():
        return []
    lines = text.splitlines(keepends=True)
    snippets = []
    text_buffer, comment_buffer = [], []
    in_comment = False
    has_split = any(l.strip().startswith(TEXT_MARKER) for l in lines)
    for line in lines:
        stripped = line.strip()
        if has_split and stripped.startswith(TEXT_MARKER):
            if text_buffer or comment_buffer:
                snippets.append((text_buffer, comment_buffer))
            text_buffer, comment_buffer = [], []
            in_comment = False
            continue
        if stripped == COMMENT_MARKER:
            in_comment = not in_comment
            continue
        if in_comment:
            comment_buffer.append(line)
        else:
            text_buffer.append(line)
    if text_buffer or comment_buffer:
        snippets.append((text_buffer, comment_buffer))
    return snippets
# ============================================
# FILE COLLECTION
# ============================================
def collect_files():
    csv_files, md_files = [], []
    for f in IMPORT_DIR.rglob("*"):
        if not f.is_file():
            continue
        name = f.name.lower()
        if name.endswith(".csv"):
            csv_files.append(f)
        elif name.endswith(".md"):
            md_files.append(f)
    return csv_files, md_files
# ============================================
# PROCESS CSV
# ============================================
def process_csv(file, rows_out):
    if file.stat().st_size == 0:
        return
    title = file.stem
    with open_csv_safe(file) as f:
        reader = csv.DictReader(f)
        for row in reader:
            text_parts = []
            for col in TEXT_COLUMNS:
                v = row.get(col)
                if v and v.strip():
                    text_parts.append(v.rstrip())
            if not text_parts:
                continue
            comment_parts = []
            for col in COMMENT_COLUMNS:
                v = (row.get(col) or "").strip()
                if v:
                    comment_parts.append(v)
            dense_code = next(dense_iter)
            comments_joined = COMMENT_DELIM.join(comment_parts)
            if comments_joined:
                comments_joined = f"{dense_code}{COMMENT_DELIM}{comments_joined}"
            else:
                comments_joined = dense_code
            rows_out.append({
                "DENSE": dense_code,
                "TITLE": title,
                "TEXT": "\n".join(text_parts),
                "COMMENTS": comments_joined,
                "MARKDOWN": "",
                "RELATIVE_PATH": str(file.relative_to(ROOT)),
                "ABSOLUTE_PATH": str(file.resolve())
            })
# ============================================
# PROCESS MARKDOWN
# ============================================
def process_md(file, rows_out):
    title = file.stem
    snippets = parse_markdown(file)
    for text_lines, comment_lines in snippets:
        text_lines = [x for x in text_lines if x.strip() != ""]
        if not text_lines:
            continue
        dense_code = next(dense_iter)
        comment_clean = [c.strip() for c in comment_lines if c.strip()]
        comments_joined = COMMENT_DELIM.join(comment_clean)
        if comments_joined:
            comments_joined = f"{dense_code}{COMMENT_DELIM}{comments_joined}"
        else:
            comments_joined = dense_code
        rows_out.append({
            "DENSE": dense_code,
            "TITLE": title,
            "TEXT": "".join(text_lines),
            "COMMENTS": comments_joined,
            "MARKDOWN": "X",
            "RELATIVE_PATH": str(file.relative_to(ROOT)),
            "ABSOLUTE_PATH": str(file.resolve())
        })
# ============================================
# EXPORT CSV
# ============================================
def write_csv(path, headers, rows):
    if path.exists():
        path.unlink()
    with open(path, "w", encoding="utf-8", newline="") as f:
        writer = csv.DictWriter(f, fieldnames=headers)
        writer.writeheader()
        for r in rows:
            writer.writerow(r)
def write_csv_noabs(path, headers, rows):
    if path.exists():
        path.unlink()
    with open(path, "w", encoding="utf-8", newline="") as f:
        writer = csv.DictWriter(f, fieldnames=headers)
        writer.writeheader()
        for r in rows:
            r2 = r.copy()
            r2.pop("ABSOLUTE_PATH", None)
            writer.writerow(r2)
# ============================================
# EXPORT SQLITE
# ============================================
def write_db(path, headers, rows):
    if path.exists():
        path.unlink()
    conn = sqlite3.connect(path)
    cur = conn.cursor()
    cols = ",".join([f"{h} TEXT" for h in headers])
    cur.execute(f"CREATE TABLE {TABLE_NAME} ({cols})")
    data = [tuple(r[h] for h in headers) for r in rows]
    placeholders = ",".join(["?"] * len(headers))
    cur.executemany(
        f"INSERT INTO {TABLE_NAME} VALUES ({placeholders})",
        data
    )
    conn.commit()
    conn.close()
# ============================================
# EXPORT ESPANSO YML (VALIDATE + SKIP BAD)
# ============================================
def write_espanso_yml(db_path, output_path):
    if output_path.exists():
        output_path.unlink()
    if YML_ERROR_LOG.exists():
        YML_ERROR_LOG.unlink()
    conn = sqlite3.connect(db_path)
    cur = conn.cursor()
    cur.execute(f"SELECT DENSE, TEXT FROM {TABLE_NAME}")
    rows = cur.fetchall()
    with open(output_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f, \
         open(YML_ERROR_LOG, "w", encoding="utf-8") as log:
        f.write("matches:\n")
        for dense, text in rows:
            if not text or not text.strip():
                continue
            # minimal cleaning (no formatting change)
            text = text.replace("\t", "    ")
            lines = text.replace("\r\n", "\n").replace("\r", "\n").split("\n")
            # build entry in memory FIRST
            entry_lines = []
            entry_lines.append(f"  - trigger: \"{dense}\"\n")
            entry_lines.append(f"    replace: |-\n")
            for line in lines:
                entry_lines.append(f"      {line.rstrip()}\n")
            entry_text = "".join(entry_lines)
            # 🔥 VALIDATE YAML BEFORE WRITING
            try:
                yaml.safe_load("matches:\n" + entry_text)
                f.write(entry_text)
            except Exception as e:
                log.write(f"[SKIPPED] DENSE={dense}\n")
                log.write(f"ERROR: {str(e)}\n")
                log.write("TEXT:\n")
                log.write(text + "\n")
                log.write("="*60 + "\n")
    conn.close()
# ============================================
# MAIN
# ============================================
ensure_dirs()
cleanup_wrong_types()
manage_csv_samples()
manage_md_samples()
csv_files, md_files = collect_files()
rows_out = []
for f in csv_files:
    process_csv(f, rows_out)
for f in md_files:
    process_md(f, rows_out)
write_csv(OUTPUT_CSV, HEADERS, rows_out)
write_csv_noabs(OUTPUT_CSV_NOABS, HEADERS_NOABS, rows_out)
write_db(OUTPUT_DB, HEADERS, rows_out)
write_db(OUTPUT_DB_NOABS, HEADERS_NOABS, rows_out)
write_espanso_yml(OUTPUT_DB, OUTPUT_YML)
print("✔ CSV created:", OUTPUT_CSV)
print("✔ SQLITE created:", OUTPUT_DB)
print("✔ CSV created:", OUTPUT_CSV_NOABS)
print("✔ SQLITE created:", OUTPUT_DB_NOABS)
print("✔ YML created:", OUTPUT_YML)
print("✔ rows:", len(rows_out))


DENSE: ab834
TITLE: CALC 1
COMMENTS: ab834
MARKDOWN: X
RELATIVE_PATH: IMPORT\MARKDOWN\CALC 1 .md
TEXT:
ompetencias genéricas
• Procesar e interpretar datos.
• Representar e interpretar conceptos en diferentes formas: numérica, geométrica, algebraica, trascendente y verbal.
• Comunicarse en lenguaje matemático de manera oral y escrita.
• Modelar matemáticamente fenómenos y situaciones.
• Lograr un pensamiento lógico, algorítmico, heurístico, analítico y sintético.
• Potenciar las habilidades para el uso de tecnologías de la información.
• Resolver problemas.
• Analizar la factibilidad de las soluciones.
• Tomar decisiones.
• Reconocer conceptos o principios generales e integradores.
• Establecer generalizaciones.
• Argumentar con contundencia y precisión.
• Optimizar soluciones.
Competencias instrumentales
• Capacidad de análisis y síntesis.
• Comunicación escrita.
• Habilidades básicas de manejo de la computadora.
• Solución de problemas.
Competencias sistémicas
• Capacidad de aplicar los conocimientos en la práctica.
• Habilidades de investigación.
• Capacidad para aprender.
• Capacidad para generar nuevas ideas.
• Habilidad para trabajar en forma autónoma.
• Búsqueda de logros.


DENSE: ab866
TITLE: CALC 3
COMMENTS: ab866
MARKDOWN: X
RELATIVE_PATH: IMPORT\MARKDOWN\CALC 3.md
TEXT:
• Determinar ecuaciones de rectas y planos dados, así como asociar gráficas de planos y
rectas a ecuaciones dadas.


DENSE: ab874
TITLE: CALC 3
COMMENTS: ab874 | UNIDAD 4 Funciones de varias variables
MARKDOWN: X
RELATIVE_PATH: IMPORT\MARKDOWN\CALC 3.md
TEXT:
• Calcular derivadas parciales y direccionales, determinar gradientes, planos tangentes y
valores extremos de una función.


DENSE: ab876
TITLE: CALC 3
COMMENTS: ab876 | UNIDAD 5 Integrales múltiples
MARKDOWN: X
RELATIVE_PATH: IMPORT\MARKDOWN\CALC 3.md
TEXT:
• Plantear y resolver integrales a partir de una situación propuesta, eligiendo el sistema de
coordenadas más adecuado.


DENSE: ab877
TITLE: CALC 3
COMMENTS: ab877 | UNIDAD 5 Integrales múltiples
MARKDOWN: X
RELATIVE_PATH: IMPORT\MARKDOWN\CALC 3.md
TEXT:
• Usar software para hallar la representación gráfica de un campo vectorial.
Competencias genéricas


DENSE: ab880
TITLE: CALC 3
COMMENTS: ab880 | CALC 3S | UNIDAD 5 Integrales múltiples
MARKDOWN: X
RELATIVE_PATH: IMPORT\MARKDOWN\CALC 3.md
TEXT:
• Representar e interpretar conceptos en diferentes formas: numérica, geométrica, algebraica, trascendente y verbal.


DENSE: ab901
TITLE: CALC AIO 1
COMMENTS: ab901
MARKDOWN: X
RELATIVE_PATH: IMPORT\MARKDOWN\CALC AIO 1.md
TEXT:
Precalculus
↓
Limits
↓
Derivatives
↓
Applications of derivatives
↓
Integrals
↓
Techniques of integration
↓
Applications of integration
↓
Sequences and series
↓
Multivariable calculus


DENSE: ab903
TITLE: CALC AIO 3
COMMENTS: ab903
MARKDOWN: X
RELATIVE_PATH: IMPORT\MARKDOWN\CALC AIO 3.md
TEXT:
📚 Correct Ladder for Calculus I–IV
0️⃣ Precalculus Foundation (Before Calculus)
You already included many of these — good sign.
Numbers and algebra
Números reales
La recta numérica
Propiedades de los números
Intervalos en ℝ
Desigualdades
Valor absoluto
Algebra review
Repaso de álgebra
Polinomios
Factorización
Fracciones algebraicas
Functions
Definición de función
Dominio y rango
Funciones y gráficas
Composición de funciones
Funciones inversas
Special functions
Funciones exponenciales
Funciones logarítmicas
Revisión de trigonometría
👉 Everything here is Precalculus.
📘 Calculus I (Differential Calculus)
Main idea: limits → derivatives
Topics:
Límites de una función
Continuidad
La derivada (definición)
Reglas de derivación
regla de potencia
regla del producto
regla del cociente
regla de la cadena
Derivadas de funciones especiales
trigonométricas
exponenciales
logarítmicas
Aplicaciones de la derivada
tangentes
velocidad
máximos y mínimos
optimización
concavidad
teorema del valor medio
📙 Calculus II (Integral Calculus)
Main idea: integration
Topics:
Antiderivadas
Integral definida
Teorema fundamental del cálculo
\int_a^b f(x),dx = F(b) - F(a)
Técnicas de integración
sustitución
integración por partes
fracciones parciales
sustitución trigonométrica
Aplicaciones de la integración
área bajo la curva
volúmenes
longitud de arco
trabajo
Integrales impropias
📗 Calculus III (Multivariable Calculus)
Now functions have multiple variables.
Topics:
Funciones de varias variables
Derivadas parciales
Gradiente
Derivadas direccionales
Integrales dobles
Integrales triples
Campos vectoriales
Integrales de línea
Teorema de Green
Teorema de Stokes
Teorema de Gauss
📕 Calculus IV (Advanced Calculus / Series / Differential Equations)
Usually includes:
Series
Sucesiones
Series infinitas
Series geométricas
Series de potencia
Series de Taylor
Differential equations
Ecuaciones diferenciales básicas
Ecuaciones separables
Modelos físicos
🧠 Your List vs Correct Order
Your list contained:
✔ números reales
✔ funciones
✔ límites
✔ derivadas
✔ aplicaciones de derivadas
✔ sucesiones y series
✔ teorema fundamental del cálculo
✔ métodos de integración
So conceptually you are very close.


DENSE: ab913
TITLE: CALC AIO 5
COMMENTS: ab913
MARKDOWN: X
RELATIVE_PATH: IMPORT\MARKDOWN\CALC AIO 5.md
TEXT:
Algebra
↓
Functions
↓
Trigonometry
↓
Limits
↓
Derivatives
↓
Applications of derivatives
↓
Integrals
↓
Integration techniques
↓
Series
↓
Multivariable calculus


DENSE: ab914
TITLE: CALC AIO 6
COMMENTS: ab914
MARKDOWN: X
RELATIVE_PATH: IMPORT\MARKDOWN\CALC AIO 6.md
TEXT:
Core Calculus Formula Names
Limits
Limit Definition of the Derivative
Limit Laws
Derivative Rules
Power Rule
Product Rule
Quotient Rule
Chain Rule
Basic Derivatives
Derivative of Exponential Functions
Derivative of Logarithmic Functions
Derivative of Sine
Derivative of Cosine
Derivative of Tangent
Integration Basics
Power Rule for Integration
Exponential Integral
Logarithmic Integral
Integral of Sine
Integral of Cosine
Fundamental Calculus
Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
Integration Techniques
Substitution Rule
Integration by Parts
Partial Fraction Decomposition
Series
Geometric Series
Taylor Series
Maclaurin Series
Multivariable Calculus
Partial Derivatives
Gradient
✅ These 25 names represent the formulas that appear most often in Calculus I–IV.


DENSE: ab950
TITLE: CODE 1
COMMENTS: ab950
MARKDOWN: X
RELATIVE_PATH: IMPORT\MARKDOWN\CODE 1.md
TEXT:
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import csv
import sys
import string
import sqlite3
from pathlib import Path
csv.field_size_limit(sys.maxsize)
# ============================================
# SETTINGS
# ============================================
ROOT = Path.cwd()
IMPORT_DIR = ROOT / "IMPORT"
CSV_SAMPLE_DIR = IMPORT_DIR / "CSV"
MD_SAMPLE_DIR = IMPORT_DIR / "MARKDOWN"
OUTPUT_CSV = ROOT / "Z-MASTER-CONCAT.csv"
OUTPUT_DB = ROOT / "Z-MASTER-CONCAT.db"
OUTPUT_CSV_NOABS = ROOT / "Z-MASTER-CONCAT-NOABS.csv"
OUTPUT_DB_NOABS = ROOT / "Z-MASTER-CONCAT-NOABS.db"
TABLE_NAME = "snippets"
TEXT_COLUMNS = [f"T{i}" for i in range(1,11)]
COMMENT_COLUMNS = [f"C{i}" for i in range(1,11)]
TEXT_MARKER = "+++"
COMMENT_MARKER = "///"
COMMENT_DELIM = " | "
SAMPLE_COUNT = 15
HEADERS = [
    "DENSE",
    "TITLE",
    "TEXT",
    "COMMENTS",
    "MARKDOWN",
    "RELATIVE_PATH",
    "ABSOLUTE_PATH"
]
HEADERS_NOABS = [
    "DENSE",
    "TITLE",
    "TEXT",
    "COMMENTS",
    "MARKDOWN",
    "RELATIVE_PATH"
]
# ============================================
# ENSURE IMPORT STRUCTURE
# ============================================
IMPORT_DIR.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
CSV_SAMPLE_DIR.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
MD_SAMPLE_DIR.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
HEADERS_SAMPLE = TEXT_COLUMNS + COMMENT_COLUMNS
# ============================================
# REMOVE WRONG FILE TYPES
# ============================================
for f in CSV_SAMPLE_DIR.glob("*.md"):
    f.unlink()
for f in MD_SAMPLE_DIR.glob("*.csv"):
    f.unlink()
# ============================================
# CSV SAMPLE MANAGEMENT
# ============================================
csv_samples = sorted(CSV_SAMPLE_DIR.glob("Z-SAMPLE-*.csv"))
empty_count = 0
highest = 0
for f in csv_samples:
    try:
        with open(f,"r",encoding="utf-8") as r:
            rows = list(csv.reader(r))
        if len(rows) <= 1:
            empty_count += 1
    except:
        pass
    try:
        n = int(f.stem.split("-")[-1])
        highest = max(highest,n)
    except:
        pass
needed = SAMPLE_COUNT - empty_count
for _ in range(needed):
    highest += 1
    sample = CSV_SAMPLE_DIR / f"Z-SAMPLE-{highest}.csv"
    with open(sample,"w",newline="",encoding="utf-8") as f:
        writer = csv.writer(f)
        writer.writerow(HEADERS_SAMPLE)
# ============================================
# MARKDOWN SAMPLE MANAGEMENT
# ============================================
md_samples = sorted(MD_SAMPLE_DIR.glob("Z-SAMPLE-*.md"))
empty_count = 0
highest = 0
for f in md_samples:
    try:
        if f.stat().st_size == 0:
            empty_count += 1
    except:
        pass
    try:
        n = int(f.stem.split("-")[-1])
        highest = max(highest,n)
    except:
        pass
needed = SAMPLE_COUNT - empty_count
for _ in range(needed):
    highest += 1
    sample = MD_SAMPLE_DIR / f"Z-SAMPLE-{highest}.md"
    sample.write_text("",encoding="utf-8")
# ============================================
# DENSE GENERATOR
# ============================================
def dense_generator():
    letters = string.ascii_lowercase
    for letter in letters:
        for num in range(1,1000):
            yield f"{letter}{num:03d}"
dense_iter = dense_generator()
# ============================================
# MARKDOWN PARSER (PRESERVE FORMAT)
# ============================================
def parse_markdown(file):
    try:
        text = file.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
    except:
        text = file.read_text(encoding="latin-1")
    if not text.strip():
        return []
    lines = text.splitlines(keepends=True)
    snippets = []
    text_buffer = []
    comment_buffer = []
    in_comment = False
    has_split = any(l.strip().startswith(TEXT_MARKER) for l in lines)
    for line in lines:
        stripped = line.strip()
        if has_split and stripped.startswith(TEXT_MARKER):
            if text_buffer or comment_buffer:
                snippets.append((text_buffer, comment_buffer))
            text_buffer = []
            comment_buffer = []
            in_comment = False
            continue
        if stripped == COMMENT_MARKER:
            in_comment = not in_comment
            continue
        if in_comment:
            comment_buffer.append(line)
        else:
            text_buffer.append(line)
    if text_buffer or comment_buffer:
        snippets.append((text_buffer, comment_buffer))
    return snippets
# ============================================
# COLLECT IMPORT FILES
# ============================================
csv_files = set()
md_files = set()
for f in IMPORT_DIR.rglob("*"):
    if not f.is_file():
        continue
    name = f.name.lower()
    if name.endswith(".csv"):
        csv_files.add(f)
    elif name.endswith(".md"):
        md_files.add(f)
csv_files = list(csv_files)
md_files = list(md_files)
rows_out = []
# ============================================
# PROCESS CSV FILES
# ============================================
for file in csv_files:
    if file.stat().st_size == 0:
        continue
    title = file.stem
    try:
        f = open(file,"r",encoding="utf-8",newline="")
    except:
        f = open(file,"r",encoding="latin-1",newline="")
    reader = csv.DictReader(f)
    for row in reader:
        text_parts = []
        for col in TEXT_COLUMNS:
            v = row.get(col)
            if v and v.strip():
                text_parts.append(v.rstrip())
        if not text_parts:
            continue
        comment_parts = []
        for col in COMMENT_COLUMNS:
            v = (row.get(col) or "").strip()
            if v:
                comment_parts.append(v)
        dense_code = next(dense_iter)
        comments_joined = COMMENT_DELIM.join(comment_parts)
        if comments_joined:
            comments_joined = f"{dense_code}{COMMENT_DELIM}{comments_joined}"
        else:
            comments_joined = dense_code
        rows_out.append({
            "DENSE": dense_code,
            "TITLE": title,
            "TEXT": "\n".join(text_parts),
            "COMMENTS": comments_joined,
            "MARKDOWN": "",
            "RELATIVE_PATH": str(file.relative_to(ROOT)),
            "ABSOLUTE_PATH": str(file.resolve())
        })
    f.close()
# ============================================
# PROCESS MARKDOWN FILES
# ============================================
for file in md_files:
    title = file.stem
    snippets = parse_markdown(file)
    for text_lines, comment_lines in snippets:
        text_lines = [x for x in text_lines if x.strip() != ""]
        if not text_lines:
            continue
        dense_code = next(dense_iter)
        comment_clean = [c.strip() for c in comment_lines if c.strip()]
        comments_joined = COMMENT_DELIM.join(comment_clean)
        if comments_joined:
            comments_joined = f"{dense_code}{COMMENT_DELIM}{comments_joined}"
        else:
            comments_joined = dense_code
        rows_out.append({
            "DENSE": dense_code,
            "TITLE": title,
            "TEXT": "".join(text_lines),
            "COMMENTS": comments_joined,
            "MARKDOWN": "X",
            "RELATIVE_PATH": str(file.relative_to(ROOT)),
            "ABSOLUTE_PATH": str(file.resolve())
        })
# ============================================
# CREATE MAIN CSV
# ============================================
if OUTPUT_CSV.exists():
    OUTPUT_CSV.unlink()
with open(OUTPUT_CSV,"w",encoding="utf-8",newline="") as f:
    writer = csv.DictWriter(f,fieldnames=HEADERS)
    writer.writeheader()
    for r in rows_out:
        writer.writerow(r)
# ============================================
# CREATE NO ABSOLUTE CSV
# ============================================
if OUTPUT_CSV_NOABS.exists():
    OUTPUT_CSV_NOABS.unlink()
with open(OUTPUT_CSV_NOABS,"w",encoding="utf-8",newline="") as f:
    writer = csv.DictWriter(f,fieldnames=HEADERS_NOABS)
    writer.writeheader()
    for r in rows_out:
        r2 = r.copy()
        r2.pop("ABSOLUTE_PATH",None)
        writer.writerow(r2)
# ============================================
# CREATE MAIN SQLITE
# ============================================
if OUTPUT_DB.exists():
    OUTPUT_DB.unlink()
conn = sqlite3.connect(OUTPUT_DB)
cur = conn.cursor()
cur.execute(f"""
CREATE TABLE {TABLE_NAME} (
DENSE TEXT,
TITLE TEXT,
TEXT TEXT,
COMMENTS TEXT,
MARKDOWN TEXT,
RELATIVE_PATH TEXT,
ABSOLUTE_PATH TEXT
)
""")
data = [
(
r["DENSE"],
r["TITLE"],
r["TEXT"],
r["COMMENTS"],
r["MARKDOWN"],
r["RELATIVE_PATH"],
r["ABSOLUTE_PATH"]
)
for r in rows_out
]
cur.executemany(
f"INSERT INTO {TABLE_NAME} VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?)",
data
)
conn.commit()
conn.close()
# ============================================
# CREATE NO ABS SQLITE
# ============================================
if OUTPUT_DB_NOABS.exists():
    OUTPUT_DB_NOABS.unlink()
conn = sqlite3.connect(OUTPUT_DB_NOABS)
cur = conn.cursor()
cur.execute(f"""
CREATE TABLE {TABLE_NAME} (
DENSE TEXT,
TITLE TEXT,
TEXT TEXT,
COMMENTS TEXT,
MARKDOWN TEXT,
RELATIVE_PATH TEXT
)
""")
data = [
(
r["DENSE"],
r["TITLE"],
r["TEXT"],
r["COMMENTS"],
r["MARKDOWN"],
r["RELATIVE_PATH"]
)
for r in rows_out
]
cur.executemany(
f"INSERT INTO {TABLE_NAME} VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?)",
data
)
conn.commit()
conn.close()
print("✔ CSV created:", OUTPUT_CSV)
print("✔ SQLITE created:", OUTPUT_DB)
print("✔ CSV created:", OUTPUT_CSV_NOABS)
print("✔ SQLITE created:", OUTPUT_DB_NOABS)
print("✔ rows:", len(rows_out))


DENSE: ab951
TITLE: code 2
COMMENTS: ab951
MARKDOWN: X
RELATIVE_PATH: IMPORT\MARKDOWN\code 2.md
TEXT:
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import csv
import sys
import string
import sqlite3
from pathlib import Path
csv.field_size_limit(sys.maxsize)
# ============================================
# SETTINGS
# ============================================
ROOT = Path.cwd()
IMPORT_DIR = ROOT / "IMPORT"
CSV_SAMPLE_DIR = IMPORT_DIR / "CSV"
MD_SAMPLE_DIR = IMPORT_DIR / "MARKDOWN"
OUTPUT_CSV = ROOT / "Z-MASTER-CONCAT.csv"
OUTPUT_DB = ROOT / "Z-MASTER-CONCAT.db"
OUTPUT_CSV_NOABS = ROOT / "Z-MASTER-CONCAT-NOABS.csv"
OUTPUT_DB_NOABS = ROOT / "Z-MASTER-CONCAT-NOABS.db"
TABLE_NAME = "snippets"
TEXT_COLUMNS = [f"T{i}" for i in range(1,11)]
COMMENT_COLUMNS = [f"C{i}" for i in range(1,11)]
TEXT_MARKER = "+++"
COMMENT_MARKER = "///"
COMMENT_DELIM = " | "
SAMPLE_COUNT = 10
# ============================================
# DENSE SETTINGS
# ============================================
DENSE_DIGITS = 3   # ← a001 / a0001 / a00001
# ============================================
HEADERS = [
    "DENSE","TITLE","TEXT","COMMENTS",
    "MARKDOWN","RELATIVE_PATH","ABSOLUTE_PATH"
]
HEADERS_NOABS = [
    "DENSE","TITLE","TEXT","COMMENTS",
    "MARKDOWN","RELATIVE_PATH"
]
HEADERS_SAMPLE = TEXT_COLUMNS + COMMENT_COLUMNS
# ============================================
# UTILITIES
# ============================================
def read_text_safe(file):
    try:
        return file.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
    except:
        return file.read_text(encoding="latin-1")
def open_csv_safe(file):
    try:
        return open(file, "r", encoding="utf-8", newline="")
    except:
        return open(file, "r", encoding="latin-1", newline="")
def ensure_dirs():
    IMPORT_DIR.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
    CSV_SAMPLE_DIR.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
    MD_SAMPLE_DIR.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
def cleanup_wrong_types():
    for f in CSV_SAMPLE_DIR.glob("*.md"):
        f.unlink()
    for f in MD_SAMPLE_DIR.glob("*.csv"):
        f.unlink()
# ============================================
# SAMPLE FILE MANAGEMENT
# ============================================
def manage_csv_samples():
    for i in range(1, SAMPLE_COUNT + 1):
        f = CSV_SAMPLE_DIR / f"Z-SAMPLE-{i}.csv"
        if f.exists():
            try:
                with open(f, "r", encoding="utf-8") as r:
                    rows = list(csv.reader(r))
                if len(rows) <= 1:
                    continue
            except:
                continue
        else:
            with open(f, "w", newline="", encoding="utf-8") as w:
                csv.writer(w).writerow(HEADERS_SAMPLE)
def manage_md_samples():
    for i in range(1, SAMPLE_COUNT + 1):
        f = MD_SAMPLE_DIR / f"Z-SAMPLE-{i}.md"
        if f.exists():
            try:
                if f.stat().st_size == 0:
                    continue
            except:
                continue
        else:
            f.write_text("", encoding="utf-8")
# ============================================
# DENSE GENERATOR (AUTO ROLLOVER + VARIABLE DIGITS)
# ============================================
def dense_generator():
    letters = string.ascii_lowercase
    prefix_index = 0
    number = 1
    max_number = int("9" * DENSE_DIGITS)
    while True:
        # BUILD PREFIX (a → z → aa → zz → aaa...)
        temp = prefix_index
        prefix = ""
        while True:
            prefix = letters[temp % 26] + prefix
            temp = temp // 26 - 1
            if temp < 0:
                break
        yield f"{prefix}{number:0{DENSE_DIGITS}d}"
        number += 1
        # ROLLOVER NUMBER
        if number > max_number:
            number = 1
            prefix_index += 1
dense_iter = dense_generator()
# ============================================
# MARKDOWN PARSER
# ============================================
def parse_markdown(file):
    text = read_text_safe(file)
    if not text.strip():
        return []
    lines = text.splitlines(keepends=True)
    snippets = []
    text_buffer, comment_buffer = [], []
    in_comment = False
    has_split = any(l.strip().startswith(TEXT_MARKER) for l in lines)
    for line in lines:
        stripped = line.strip()
        if has_split and stripped.startswith(TEXT_MARKER):
            if text_buffer or comment_buffer:
                snippets.append((text_buffer, comment_buffer))
            text_buffer, comment_buffer = [], []
            in_comment = False
            continue
        if stripped == COMMENT_MARKER:
            in_comment = not in_comment
            continue
        if in_comment:
            comment_buffer.append(line)
        else:
            text_buffer.append(line)
    if text_buffer or comment_buffer:
        snippets.append((text_buffer, comment_buffer))
    return snippets
# ============================================
# FILE COLLECTION
# ============================================
def collect_files():
    csv_files, md_files = [], []
    for f in IMPORT_DIR.rglob("*"):
        if not f.is_file():
            continue
        name = f.name.lower()
        if name.endswith(".csv"):
            csv_files.append(f)
        elif name.endswith(".md"):
            md_files.append(f)
    return csv_files, md_files
# ============================================
# PROCESS CSV
# ============================================
def process_csv(file, rows_out):
    if file.stat().st_size == 0:
        return
    title = file.stem
    with open_csv_safe(file) as f:
        reader = csv.DictReader(f)
        for row in reader:
            text_parts = []
            for col in TEXT_COLUMNS:
                v = row.get(col)
                if v and v.strip():
                    text_parts.append(v.rstrip())
            if not text_parts:
                continue
            comment_parts = []
            for col in COMMENT_COLUMNS:
                v = (row.get(col) or "").strip()
                if v:
                    comment_parts.append(v)
            dense_code = next(dense_iter)
            comments_joined = COMMENT_DELIM.join(comment_parts)
            if comments_joined:
                comments_joined = f"{dense_code}{COMMENT_DELIM}{comments_joined}"
            else:
                comments_joined = dense_code
            rows_out.append({
                "DENSE": dense_code,
                "TITLE": title,
                "TEXT": "\n".join(text_parts),
                "COMMENTS": comments_joined,
                "MARKDOWN": "",
                "RELATIVE_PATH": str(file.relative_to(ROOT)),
                "ABSOLUTE_PATH": str(file.resolve())
            })
# ============================================
# PROCESS MARKDOWN
# ============================================
def process_md(file, rows_out):
    title = file.stem
    snippets = parse_markdown(file)
    for text_lines, comment_lines in snippets:
        text_lines = [x for x in text_lines if x.strip() != ""]
        if not text_lines:
            continue
        dense_code = next(dense_iter)
        comment_clean = [c.strip() for c in comment_lines if c.strip()]
        comments_joined = COMMENT_DELIM.join(comment_clean)
        if comments_joined:
            comments_joined = f"{dense_code}{COMMENT_DELIM}{comments_joined}"
        else:
            comments_joined = dense_code
        rows_out.append({
            "DENSE": dense_code,
            "TITLE": title,
            "TEXT": "".join(text_lines),
            "COMMENTS": comments_joined,
            "MARKDOWN": "X",
            "RELATIVE_PATH": str(file.relative_to(ROOT)),
            "ABSOLUTE_PATH": str(file.resolve())
        })
# ============================================
# EXPORT CSV
# ============================================
def write_csv(path, headers, rows):
    if path.exists():
        path.unlink()
    with open(path, "w", encoding="utf-8", newline="") as f:
        writer = csv.DictWriter(f, fieldnames=headers)
        writer.writeheader()
        for r in rows:
            writer.writerow(r)
def write_csv_noabs(path, headers, rows):
    if path.exists():
        path.unlink()
    with open(path, "w", encoding="utf-8", newline="") as f:
        writer = csv.DictWriter(f, fieldnames=headers)
        writer.writeheader()
        for r in rows:
            r2 = r.copy()
            r2.pop("ABSOLUTE_PATH", None)
            writer.writerow(r2)
# ============================================
# EXPORT SQLITE
# ============================================
def write_db(path, headers, rows):
    if path.exists():
        path.unlink()
    conn = sqlite3.connect(path)
    cur = conn.cursor()
    cols = ",".join([f"{h} TEXT" for h in headers])
    cur.execute(f"CREATE TABLE {TABLE_NAME} ({cols})")
    data = [tuple(r[h] for h in headers) for r in rows]
    placeholders = ",".join(["?"] * len(headers))
    cur.executemany(
        f"INSERT INTO {TABLE_NAME} VALUES ({placeholders})",
        data
    )
    conn.commit()
    conn.close()
# ============================================
# MAIN
# ============================================
ensure_dirs()
cleanup_wrong_types()
manage_csv_samples()
manage_md_samples()
csv_files, md_files = collect_files()
rows_out = []
for f in csv_files:
    process_csv(f, rows_out)
for f in md_files:
    process_md(f, rows_out)
write_csv(OUTPUT_CSV, HEADERS, rows_out)
write_csv_noabs(OUTPUT_CSV_NOABS, HEADERS_NOABS, rows_out)
write_db(OUTPUT_DB, HEADERS, rows_out)
write_db(OUTPUT_DB_NOABS, HEADERS_NOABS, rows_out)
print("✔ CSV created:", OUTPUT_CSV)
print("✔ SQLITE created:", OUTPUT_DB)
print("✔ CSV created:", OUTPUT_CSV_NOABS)
print("✔ SQLITE created:", OUTPUT_DB_NOABS)
print("✔ rows:", len(rows_out))


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TITLE: CODE 4
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RELATIVE_PATH: IMPORT\MARKDOWN\CODE 4.md
TEXT:
Rumors and social media claims sometimes suggest that both brothers of Benjamin Netanyahu—the longtime Prime Minister of Israel—died in war. However, this claim is not true. Only one of the Netanyahu brothers died during a military operation, while Benjamin Netanyahu himself is still alive and active in politics. Understanding the real story requires a closer look at the Netanyahu family and a famous military mission that shaped Israeli history.
The Netanyahu Brothers
Benjamin Netanyahu grew up in a family that strongly valued education, military service, and national identity. He had two brothers: Yonatan Netanyahu (often called “Yoni”) and Iddo Netanyahu. All three served in the Israeli military in different roles.
Among them, Yonatan Netanyahu became a legendary figure in Israel because of his role in a dramatic rescue mission during the 1970s. He was an elite commander in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), leading a special forces unit known as Sayeret Matkal.
The Entebbe Rescue Mission
In July 1976, a group of militants hijacked an Air France passenger plane traveling from Israel to France and diverted it to Uganda. The hijackers demanded the release of prisoners and held more than 100 hostages at Entebbe International Airport.
Israel decided to launch a daring rescue operation known as the Operation Entebbe (also called Operation Thunderbolt). Israeli commandos flew thousands of kilometers to Uganda and stormed the airport terminal to rescue the hostages.
The operation was a remarkable success. Israeli forces rescued 102 hostages, eliminated the hijackers, and escaped within about 90 minutes. However, the mission came with a tragic cost. Yonatan Netanyahu, who led the commandos, was fatally shot during the operation, becoming the only Israeli soldier killed in the raid. �
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Because of his leadership and sacrifice, the mission was later renamed “Operation Yonatan” in his honor.
What Happened to Benjamin Netanyahu?
Contrary to online rumors, Benjamin Netanyahu did not die in any war. After his brother’s death, he continued his studies in the United States and later entered public life. Over the years, he became one of Israel’s most prominent political figures.
Netanyahu has served multiple terms as Israel’s prime minister and remains a central figure in Israeli politics. His brother’s death deeply influenced his political views, especially his strong stance on terrorism and national security.
The Third Brother
The youngest brother, Iddo Netanyahu, also served in the Israeli military but later became a doctor, author, and playwright. He is still alive and has written books and plays about history and politics.
Why the Rumor Exists
False reports often spread online during times of conflict or political tension. Because Yonatan Netanyahu died heroically in a military mission, some people mistakenly assume that Benjamin Netanyahu also died in war or recent conflicts. In reality, there is no credible evidence supporting that claim.
The claim that both Netanyahu brothers died in war is incorrect. Benjamin Netanyahu, who has served multiple terms as Israel’s prime minister, is still alive and active in politics. His older brother, Yonatan Netanyahu, died during the historic Operation Entebbe in 1976. This mission was carried out by Israeli commandos to rescue hostages held by terrorists at Entebbe Airport in Uganda. Yonatan, the commander of the operation, was fatally wounded during the assault. His bravery made him a respected figure in Israeli history. Benjamin Netanyahu often mentions his brother’s sacrifice as an important influence on his views about security and leadership.
Conclusion
The story of the Netanyahu brothers reflects both tragedy and public service. While Yonatan Netanyahu died during the heroic 1976 Entebbe rescue mission, his brother Benjamin Netanyahu did not die in war and continues to play a major role in Israeli politics. The sacrifice of Yonatan remains an important part of Israel’s military history and a defining moment for the Netanyahu family


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TITLE: PRE CALCX AIO
COMMENTS: ab965
MARKDOWN: X
RELATIVE_PATH: IMPORT\MARKDOWN\PRE CALCX AIO.md
TEXT:
Why this order is correct
1. Precalculus
Foundation tools.
You learn:
algebra
functions
trigonometry
exponentials
logarithms
Without this, calculus becomes impossible.
2. Limits
The concept that creates calculus.
Limits answer:
What happens as we approach a value?
Limits lead directly to derivatives.
3. Derivatives
The rate of change.
Example ideas:
slope of a curve
velocity
optimization
4. Applications of Derivatives
Using derivatives to solve real problems.
Examples:
maximum profit
minimum cost
related rates
curve sketching
5. Integrals
The reverse of derivatives.
Integrals measure:
area
accumulation
total change
6. Techniques of Integration
Harder integrals require methods like:
substitution
integration by parts
partial fractions
trigonometric substitution
7. Applications of Integration
Real world uses:
area between curves
volume of solids
work
fluid force
8. Sequences and Series
Infinite processes.
Important ideas:
convergence
geometric series
Taylor series
This is where calculus becomes very powerful.
9. Multivariable Calculus
Calculus with multiple variables.
Examples:
partial derivatives
gradients
multiple integrals
vector fields
This is the foundation of engineering and physics.
How this matches university courses
Calculus I
Limits
Derivatives
Applications of derivatives
Calculus II
Integrals
Techniques of integration
Applications of integration
Sequences and series
Calculus III
Multivariable calculus
The only thing missing before calculus
Inside Precalculus, make sure you include:
Algebra
Functions
Trigonometry
Exponential and logarithmic functions


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TITLE: PRE CALX
COMMENTS: ab976 | PRECALC0
MARKDOWN: X
RELATIVE_PATH: IMPORT\MARKDOWN\PRE CALX.md
TEXT:
2. Limits
The concept that creates calculus.
Limits answer:
What happens as we approach a value?
Limits lead directly to derivatives.


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TITLE: PRE CALX
COMMENTS: ab978 | PRECALC0
MARKDOWN: X
RELATIVE_PATH: IMPORT\MARKDOWN\PRE CALX.md
TEXT:
4. Applications of Derivatives
Using derivatives to solve real problems.
Examples:
maximum profit
minimum cost
related rates
curve sketching


DENSE: ab980
TITLE: PRE CALX
COMMENTS: ab980 | PRECALC0
MARKDOWN: X
RELATIVE_PATH: IMPORT\MARKDOWN\PRE CALX.md
TEXT:
6. Techniques of Integration
Harder integrals require methods like:
substitution
integration by parts
partial fractions
trigonometric substitution


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TITLE: PRE CALX
COMMENTS: ab981 | PRECALC0
MARKDOWN: X
RELATIVE_PATH: IMPORT\MARKDOWN\PRE CALX.md
TEXT:
7. Applications of Integration
Real world uses:
area between curves
volume of solids
work
fluid force


DENSE: ab982
TITLE: PRE CALX
COMMENTS: ab982 | PRECALC0
MARKDOWN: X
RELATIVE_PATH: IMPORT\MARKDOWN\PRE CALX.md
TEXT:
8. Sequences and Series
Infinite processes.
Important ideas:
convergence
geometric series
Taylor series
This is where calculus becomes very powerful.


DENSE: ab983
TITLE: PRE CALX
COMMENTS: ab983 | PRECALC0
MARKDOWN: X
RELATIVE_PATH: IMPORT\MARKDOWN\PRE CALX.md
TEXT:
9. Multivariable Calculus
Calculus with multiple variables.
Examples:
partial derivatives
gradients
multiple integrals
vector fields


DENSE: ab984
TITLE: PRE CALX
COMMENTS: ab984 | PRECALC0
MARKDOWN: X
RELATIVE_PATH: IMPORT\MARKDOWN\PRE CALX.md
TEXT:
This is the foundation of engineering and physics.
How this matches university courses
Calculus I
Limits
Derivatives
Applications of derivatives
Calculus II
Integrals
Techniques of integration
Applications of integration
Sequences and series
Calculus III
Multivariable calculus
The only thing missing before calculus
Inside Precalculus, make sure you include:
Algebra
Functions
Trigonometry
Exponential and logarithmic functions


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TITLE: THE BOOK OF MORMON
COMMENTS: ab990
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TEXT:
E-The    Bible Verses  23-29 
Why  the  fall  and  the  Atonement?  Read  2nd  Nephi  2:14-27,  page  54,  2ncl 
Nephi    9:6-16,    page    67,    Alma    42:3-16,    page    298. 


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TITLE: THE BOOK OF MORMON
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TEXT:
The    last    days    foretold    by    these    Prophets.     2nd    Nephi    26:14-32,    page    93. 
Compare    2nd    Nephi    26:15-17,    page    93,    with    Isaiah    29:3-4. 
Compare  2nd  Nephi  27:6-10,   page  96,   with  Isaiah  29:1-10. 
Compare   2nd   Nephi   27:15-35,    page   96,    with   Isaiah    29:11-24. 
Important,    read   2nd   Nephi,    Chapters    28    and   29,    pages    98   and    100. 
Will  the  Lord  give  us  more  than  the  Bible?  Compare  2nd  Nephi  29:2-3, 
page    100,   with  Ezekiel   37:16-17. 
Read   the   miraculous   conversion    of  Alma.     Mosiah,    Chap.    27,    page    186. 
Do  we   take   up   our  bodies   again?     Read   Alma    11:40-45,    page   223. 
Where   does   the   spirit   go   after   death?     Read    Alma,    Chap.    40,    page    294. 
Who  were  the  builders  of  early  civilization  discovered  by  modern  scientists? 
Read    Helaman    3:7-10,    page    364.      Holaman    6:9-12,    page    373. 
An  instance  of  the  goodness  of  God  to  His  servants.  Helaman  5:20-52, 
page    370. 
Read  of  the  happenings  on  this  hemisphere   at  Christ's  crucifixion  and   His 
visits    here.     3rd    Nephi,    Chaps.    8    to    11    inclusive,    pages    415    to    423. 
Christ  told  Jews  of  other  sheep  (John   10:16).    Who?    Read  3rd  Nephi   15:13- 
24,     page    429. 
Institution  of  Sacrament  and  who  should  partake.     3rd  Nephi    18:1-14,   page 
434.     Read    entire    chapter. 
Important,   read   Chapter  21    of   3rd   Nephi,    page   442   (The   New  Jerusalem). 
What   should  be  the  name   of  the  Church?     Read   3rd  Nephi  27,   page   449. 
Chapter    28,    page    452. 
An  interesting  promise  to  three  of  the  Nephite  Prophets.  3rd  Nophi,  Chap- 
ter   28,    page    452. 
Are  Christ  and  God  one  without  form  or  was  man  made  in  the  image  of 
the    Only   Begotten?     Ether   3:3-16,    page    483.     Compare    Genesis    1:26-27. 
Are  unbaptized  infants  damned  or  even  deprived  of  their  eternal  glory? 
Read  Moroni,    Chapter  8,   page   515. 
A  PROMISE  TO  BOOK  OF  MORMON  READERS.  MORONI  10:4,  also  read 
verses  27  to   34  inclusive,   page   520. 
* 
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  rem- 
nant 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  revela- 
tion— 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  inter- 
pretation 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  tha«^i»« "tine  'iiofd'tcini"  '"*.'"> 
founded  the  language  of  the  people,  when  they  wei  jjIbuTI^ng  a  lower  to  j 
get  to   heaven — Which  is  to  show  unto  the   remn  int  of}  the  House  of  ' 
Israel  what  great  things  the  Lord  hath  done  for  tl|^r  fathers ;  and  that 
they  may  know  the  covenants  of  the  Lord,  that 
forever — And  also  to  the  convincing  of  the  Jew  ar 
is  the  Cubist,  the  Eternal  God,  manifesting  hims 
iey  are  not  cast  off 
I  Gentijl^  that  Jesus 
if  unto  all  nations — ■ 
And  now,  if  there  are  faults  they  are  the  mistake!! of  men;  wherefore. 
condemn  not  the  things  of  God,  that  ye  may  be 
judgment-seat  of  Christ. 
(Jund  sfc)Otles^'at  the 
TRANSLATED  BY  JOSEPH  SMITH,  Jun. 
Published  by 
The  Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of  Latter-day  Saints 
Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  U.  S.  A. 
Copyright  1920 
by 
HEBER  J.  GRANT 
Trustee-in-Trust  for 
The  Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of  Latter-day  Saints 
Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  U.  S.  A. 
First  Edition  published  in 
1830 
ERtNOALE 
COLLEGE 
LIBRARY 
First  Issued,  as  divided  into  chapters  and  verses 
with  references 
By  ORSON  PRATT,  in 
1879 
TlrSnssued  in  double-column  pages,  with 
chapter  headings,  chronological  data, 
revised    foot-note    references, 
pronouncing  vocabulary 
and  index,  in 
1020 
BRIEF  ANALYSIS 
OF  THE 
BOOK   OF   MORMON 
Three  classes  of  Record  Plates  are  indicated  on  the  title-page  of  The 
Book  of  Mormon,  namely  : 
1.  The  Plates  of  Nephi,  which,  as  the  text  of  the  Book  makes  clear, 
were  of  two  kinds — (o)  the  Larger  Plates;  (b)  the  Smaller 
Plates.  The  former  were  more  particularly  devoted  to  the  sec- 
ular history  of  the  peoples  concerned,  while  the  latter  were  occu- 
pied mostly  by  sacred  records. 
2.  The  Plates  of  Mormon,  containing  an  abridgment  from  the  Plates 
of  Nephi,  made  by  Mormon,  with  many  commentaries  and  a  con- 
tinuation of  the  history  by  himself,  and  with  further  additions 
by  Moroni,  son  of  Mormon. 
3.  The  Plates  of  Ether,  containing  a  history  of  the  Jaredites,  which 
account  was  abridged  by  Moroni,  who  inserted  comments  of  his 
own,  and  incorporated  the  record  with  the  general  history  under 
the  title.  Book  of  Ether. 
To  these  may  be  added  another  set  of  plates,  which  are  of  frequent 
mention  in  the  Book  of  Mormon,  namely : 
4.  The  Brass  Plates  of  Laban,  brought  by  the  people  of  Lehi  from 
Jerusalem,  and  containing  Hebrew  Scriptures  and  genealogies, 
many  extracts  from  which  appear  in  the  Nephite  records. 
The  Book  of  Mormon  comprises  fifteen  main  parts  or  divisions,  known, 
with  one  exception,  as  books,  each  designated  by  the  name  of  its  principal 
author.  Of  these,  the  first  six  books,  namely.  First  Nephi,  Second  Nephi, 
Jacob,  Enos,  Jarom,  and  Omni,  are  translations  from  the  corresponding 
sections  of  the  Smaller  Plates  of  Nephi.  Between  the  books  of  Omni  and 
Mosiah,  we  find  The  Words  of  Mormon,  connecting  the  record  of  Nephi,  as 
engraved  on  the  Smaller  Plates,  with  Mormon's  abridgment  of  the  Larger 
Plates  for  the  periods  following.  The  Words  of  Mormon  constitute  a  brief 
explanation  of  the  preceding  portions  of  the  record,  and  a  preface  to  the 
parts  following. 
The  body  of  the  Book,  from  Mosiah  to  Mormon,  chapter  7,  inclusive, 
is  the  translation  of  Mormon's  abridgment  of  the  Plates  of  Nephi.  The 
latter  part  of  the  Book  of  Mormon,  from  the  beginning  of  Mormon,  chap- 
ter 8,  to  the  end  of  the  volume,  was  engraved  by  Mormon's  son,  Moroni, 
who  first  proceeded  to  finish  the  record  of  his  father's  life,  and  then  made 
an  abridgment  of  the  Jaredite  record,  as  the  Book  of  Ether.  Later  he 
added  the  parts  known  to  us  as  the  Book  of  Moroni. 
The  period  covered  by  Book  of  Mormon  annals  extends  from  B.  C.  600 
to  A.  D.  421.  In  or  about  the  latter  year,  Moroni,  the  last  of  the  Nephite 
historians,  sealed  the  sacred  record,  and  hid  it  up  unto  the  Lord,  to  be 
brought  forth  in  the  latter  days,  as  predicted  by  the  voice  of  God  through 
his  ancient  prophets.  In  A.  D.  1827,  this  same  Moroni,  then  a  resurrected 
personage,  delivered  the  engraved  plates  to  Joseph  Smith. 
ORIGIN   OF 
THE  BOOK  OF  MORMON 
Joseph  Smith,  through  whom,  by  the  gift  and  power  of  God,  the 
ancient  Scripture,  known  as  The  Book  of  Mormon,  has  been  brought 
forth  and  translated  into  the  English  tongue,  made  personal  and  circum- 
stantial record  of  the  matter.  He  affirmed  that  during  the  night  of  Sep- 
tember 21,  1823,  he  sought  the  Lord  in  fervent  prayer,  having  previously 
received  a  Divine  manifestation  of  transcendent  import  His  account 
follows : 
"While  I  was  thus  in  the  act  of  calling  upon  God,  I  discovered  a  light 
appearing  in  my  room,  which  continued  to  increase  until  the  room  was 
lighter  than  at  noonday,  when  immediately  a  personage  appeared  at  my 
bedside,  standing  in  the  air,  for  his  feet  did  not  touch  the  floor. 
"He  had  on  a  loose  robe  of  most  exquisite  whiteness.  It  was  a  white- 
ness beyond  anything  earthly  I  had  ever  seen ;  nor  do  I  believe  that  any 
earthly  thing  could  be  made  to  appear  so  exceedingly  white  and  brilliant. 
His  hands  were  naked,  and  his  arms  also,  a  little  above  the  wrists ;  so, 
also,  were  his  feet  naked,  as  were  his  legs,  a  little  above  the  ankles.  His 
bead  and  neck  were  also  bare.  I  could  discover  that  he  had  no  other 
clothing  on  but  this  robe,  as  it  was  open,  so  that  I  could  see  into  his 
bosom. 
"Not  only  was  his  robe  exceedingly  white,  but  his  whole  person  was 
glorious  beyond  description,  and  his  countenance  truly  like  lightning.  The 
room  was  exceedingly  light,  but  not  so  very  bright  as  immediately  around 
his  person.  When  1  first  looked  upon  him,  I  was  afraid ;  but  the  fear 
soon  left  me. 
"He  called  me  by  name,  and  said  unto  me  that  he  was  a  messenger 
sent  from  the  presence  of  God  to  me,  and  that  his  name  was  Moroni ; 
that  God  had  a  work  for  me  to  do ;  and  that  ray  name  shoujd  be  had  for 
good  and  evil  among  all  nations,  kindreds,  and  tongues,  or  that  it  should 
be  both  good  and  evil  spoken  of  among  all  people. 
"He  said  there  was  a  book  deposited,  written  upon  gold  plates,  giving 
an  account  of  the  former  inhabitants  of  this  continent,  and  the  source  from 
whence  they  sprang.  He  also  said  that  the  fulness  of  the  everlasting  Gos- 
pel was  contained  in  it,  as  delivered  by  the  Savior  to  the  ancient  inhabi- 
tants; 
"Also,  that  there  were  two  stones  in  silver  bows — and  these  stones,  fas- 
tened to  a  breastplate,  constituted  what  is  called  the  Urim  and  Thummim 
— deposited  with  the  plates ;  and  the  possession  and  use  of  these  stones 
were  what  constituted  Heera  in  ancient  or  former  times;  and  that  God 
bad  prepared  them  for  the  purpose  of  translating  the  book. 
•    •«**•* 
"Again,  he  told  me,  that  when  I  got  those  plates  of  which  he  had 
spoken — for  the  time  that  they  should  be  obtained  was  not  yet  fulfilled — I 
Khould  not  show  them  to  any  person  ;  neither  the  breastplate  with  the  Urim 
and  Thummim ;  only  to  those  to  whom  I  should  be  commanded  to  show 
them ;  if  I  did  I  should  be  destroyed.  While  ho  was  conversing  with  me 
about  tho  plates,  the  vision  was  opened  to  my  mind  that  1  could  see  the 
place  where  the  plates  were  deposited,  and  that  so  clearly  and  distinctly 
that  I  knew  the  place  again  when  I  visited  it 
"After  this  communication,  I  saw  the  light  in  the  room  begin  to  gather 
immediately  around  the  person  of  him  who  had  been  speaking  to  me,  and 
it  continued  to  do  so,  until  the  room  was  again  left  dark,  except  just  around 
him,  when  instantly  1  saw,  as  it  were,  a  conduit  open  right  up  into 
heaven,  and  he  ascended  until  he  entirely  disappeared,  and  the  room  was 
left  as  it  had  been  before  this  heavenly  light  had  made  its  appearance. 
"I  lay  musing  on  the  singularity  of  the  scene,  and  marveling  greatly 
at  what  had  been  told  to  me  by  this  extraordinary  messenger ;  when,  in 
the  midst  of  my  meditation,  I  suddenly  discovered  that  my  room  was  again 
beginning  to  get  lighted,  and  in  an  instant,  as  it  were,  the  same  heavenly 
messenger  was  again  by  my  bedside. 
"He  commenced,  and  again  related  the  very  same  things  which  he  bad 
done  at  his  first  visit,  without  the  least  variation ;  which  having  done,  he 
informed  me  of  great  judgments  which  were  coming  upon  the  earth,  with 
great  desolations  by  famine,  sword,  and  pestilence ;  and  that  these  griev- 
ous judgments  would  come  on  the  earth  in  this  generation.  Having  related 
these  things,  be  again  ascended  as  he  bad  done  before. 
"By  this  time,  so  deep  were  the  impressions  made  on  my  mind,  that 
sleep  had  fled  from  my  eyes,  and  I  lay  overwhelmed  in  astonishment  at 
what  I  had  both  seen  and  heard.  But  what  was  my  surprise  when  again 
I  beheld  the  same  messenger  at  my  bedside,  and  heard  him  rehearse  or  re- 
peat over  again  to  me  the  same  things  as  before ;  and  added  a  caution  to 
me,  telling  me  that  Satan  would  try  to  tempt  me  (in  consequence  of  the 
indigent  circumstances  of  my  father's  family),  to  get  the  plates  for  the 
purpose  of  getting  rich.  This  he  forbade  me,  saying  that  I  must  have  no 
other  object  in  view  in  getting  the  plates  but  to  glorify  God,  and  must  not 
be  influenced  by  any  other  motive  than  that  of  building  His  kingdom ; 
otherwise  1  could  not  get  them. 
"After  this  third  visit,  he  again  ascended  into  heaven  as  before,  and  I 
was  again  left  to  ponder  on  the  strangeness  of  what  I  had  just  experi- 
enced ;  when  almost  immediately  after  the  heavenly  messenger  had  as- 
cended from  me  the  third  time,  the  cock  crowed,  and  I  found  that  day  wag 
approaching,  so  that  our  interviews  must  have  occupied  the  whole  of  that 
night 
"I  shortly  after  arose  from  my  bed,  and,  as  usual,  went  to  the  neces- 
sary labors  of  the  day ;  but  in  attempting  to  work  as  at  other  times,  I 
found  my  strength  so  exhausted  as  to  render  me  entirely  unable.  My 
father,  who  was  laboring  along  with  me,  discovered  something  to  be  wrong 
with  me,  and  told  me  to  go  home.  I  started  with  the  intention  of  going 
to  the  house ;  but,  in  attempting  to  cross  the  fence  out  of  the  field  where  we 
were,  my  strength  entirely  failed  me,  and  I  fell  htipless  on  the  ground,  and 
for  a  time  was  quite  unconscious  of  anything. 
"The  first  thing  that  I  can  recollect  was  a  voice  speaking  unto  me, 
calling  me  by  name.  I  looked  up,  and  beheld  the  same  messenger  stand- 
ing over  my  head,  surrounded  by  light  as  before.  He  then  again  related  unto 
me  all  that  he  had  related  to  me  the  previous  night,  and  commanded  me  to 
go  to  my  father  and  tell  him  of  the  vision  and  commandments  which  I  had 
received. 
"I  obeyed ;  I  returned  to  my  father  in  the  field,  and  rehearsed  the  whole 
matter  to  him.  He  replied  to  me  that  it  was  of  God,  and  told  me  to  go 
and  do  as  commanded  by  the  messenger.  I  left  the  field,  and  went  to  the 
place  where  the  messenger  had  told  me  the  plates  were  deposited ;  and 
owing  to  the  distinctness  of  the  vision  which  I  had  had  concerning  it,  I 
knew  the  place  the  instant  that  I  arrived  there. 
"CJonvenient  to  the  village  of  Manchester,  Ontario  county,  New  York, 
stands  a  hill  of  considerable  size,  and  the  most  elevated  of  any  in  the 
neighborhood.  On  the  west  side  of  this  hill,  not  far  from  the  top,  under  a 
stone  of  considerable  size,  lay  the  plates,  deposited  in  a  stone  box.  This 
stone  was  thick  and  rounding  in  the  middle  on  the  upper  side,  and  thinner 
towards  the  edges,  so  that  the  middle  part  of  it  was  visible  above  the 
ground,  but  the  edge  all  around  was  covered  with  earth. 
"Having  removed  the  earth,  I  obtained  a  lever,  which  I  got  fixed  under 
the  edge  of  the  stone,  and  with  a  little  exertion  raised  it  up.  I  looked  in, 
and  there  indeed  did  I  behold  the  plates,  the  Urim  and  Thummim,  and 
the  breastplate,  as  stated  by  the  messenger.  The  box  in  which  they  lay 
was  formed  by  laying  stones  together  in  some  kind  of  cement.  In  the  bot- 
tom of  the  box  were  laid  two  stones  crossways  of  the  box,  and  on  these 
stones  lay  the  plates  and  the  other  things  with  them. 
"I  made  an  attempt  to  take  them  out,  but  was  forbidden  by  the  mes- 
senger, and  was  again  informed  that  the  time  for  bringing  them  forth  had 
not  yet  arrived,  neither  would  it,  until  four  years  from  that  time ;  but  he 
told  me  that  I  should  come  to  that  place  precisely  in  one  year  from  that 
time,  and  that  he  would  there  meet  with  me,  and  that  I  should  continue 
to  do  so  until  the  time  should  come  for  obtaining  the  plates. 
"Accordingly,  as  I  had  been  commanded,  I  went  at  the  end  of  each 
year,  and  at  each  time  I  found  the  same  messenger  there,  and  received  in- 
struction and  intelligence  from  him  at  each  of  our  interviews,  respecting 
what  the  Lord  was  going  to  do,  and  how  and  in  what  manner  His  king- 
dom was  to  be  conducted  in  the  last  days. 
******* 
"At  length  the  time  arrived  for  obtaining  the  plates,  the  Urim  and 
Thummim,  and  the  breastplate.  On  the  twenty-second  day  of  September, 
one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  twenty-seven,  having  gone  as  usual  at  the 
end  of  another  year  to  the  place  where  they  were  deposited,  the  same 
heavenly  messenger  delivered  them  up  to  me  with  this  charge:  That  1 
should  be  responsible  for  them ;  that  if  1  should  let  them  go  carelessly,  or 
through  any  neglect  of  mine,  I  should  be  cut  off ;  but  that  if  1  would  use 
all  my  endeavors  to  preserve  them,  until  he,  the  messenger,  should  call  for 
them,  they  should  be  protected. 
"I  soon  found  out  the  reason  why  I  had  received  such  strict  charges 
to  keep  them  safe,  and  why  it  was  that  the  messenger  had  said  that  when 
I  had  done  what  was  required  at  my  band,  he  would  call  for  them.  For 
no  sooner  was  it  known  that  I  had  them,  than  the  most  strenuous  exer- 
tions were  used  to  get  them  from  me.  Every  stratagem  that  could  be 
invented  was  resorted  to  for  that  purpose.  The  persecution  became  more 
bitter  and  severe  than  before,  and  multitudes  were  on  the  alert  continually 
to  get  them  from  me  if  possible.  But  by  the  wisdom  of  God,  they  remained 
safe  in  my  hands,  until  I  had  accomplished  by  them  what  was  required  at 
my  hand.  When,  according  to  arrangements,  the  messenger  called  for 
them,  I  delivered  them  up  to  him  ;  and  he  has  them  in  his  charge  until 
this  day,  being  the  secona  day  of  May,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
thirty -eight." 
For  the  complete  record,  see  Pearl  of  Great  Price,  pages  81-101,  and 
Hiatory  of  the  Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of  Latter-day  Saints,  volume  1, 
chapters  1  to  G  inclusive. 
The  ancient  record,  thus  brought  forth  from  the  earth,  as  the  voice  of 
a  people  apeaking  from  the  dust,  and  translated  into  modern  speech  by  the 
girt  and  power  of  God  as  attested  by  Divine  nffirmation.  was  first  pub- 
lished to  the  world  in  the  year  1830  as  Tue  Uouk  uf  Mobmon. 
THE  TESTIMONY  OF  THREE  WITNESSES 
Be  It  Known  unto  all  nations,  kindreds,  tongues,  and  people,  unto 
whom  thig  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  garmenta  of  the  blood  of  all  men,  and  be  found 
spotless  before  the  judgment-seat  of  Christ,  and  shall  dwell  with  him  eter- 
nally in  the  heavens.  And  the  honor  be  to  the  Father,  and  to  the  Son,  and 
tC'  the  Holy  Ghost,  which  is  one  God.    Amen. 
Oliver  Cowdeet 
David  Whitmeb 
Mabtin  Habbis 
AND  ALSO 
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  en- 
gravings thereon,  all  of  which  has  the  appearance  of  ancient  work,  and 
of  curious  workmanship.  And  this  we  bear  record  with  words  of  sober- 
ness, 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. 
Cheistian  Whitmeb  Hiram  Page 
Jacob  Wiiitmee  Josepu  Smith,  Sen. 
Peter  Wiiitmee,  Jun,  Hyrum  Smith 
John  Whitmeb  Samuel  H.  Smith 
NAMES  AND    ORDER 
OF   BOOKS   IN 
THE  BOOK  OF  MORMON 
Designation  in 
Name  Page  Foot-notes 
First  Book  of  Nephi 1  1  Ne. 
Second  Book  of  Nephi 49  2  Ne. 
Book  of  Jacob 107  Jac. 
Book  of  Enos 125  Enos 
Book  of  Jarom 127  Jar. 
Book  of  Omni     .     .    * 129  Cm. 
The  Words  of  Mormon 132  W.  of  Morm. 
Book  of  Mosiah 134  Mos. 
Book  of  Alma 195  Al. 
Book  of  Helaman 359  He. 
Third  Nephi 399  3  Ne. 
Fourth   Nephi 456  4  Ne. 
Book  of  Mormon 460  Morm. 
Book  of  Ether 478  Eth. 
Book  of  Moroni 510  More. 
Other  abbreviations  in  foot-notes: 
Doctrine/  and  Covenants D.  &  C. 
Pearl  of  Great  Price P.  of  G.  P. 
Books  of  the  Holy  Bible  are  desifirnated  by  the  usual  abbreviations. 
THE  BOOK  OF  MORMON 
THE  FIRST  BOOK  OF  NEPHI 
HIS  REIGN   AND  MINISTRY 
An  account  of  Lehi  and  his  wife  Sariah,  and  his  four  sons,  being  coiled, 
(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  place 
Bountiful.  They  cross  the  large  waters  into  the  promised  land,  4'c.  This 
is  according  to  the  account  of  Nephi;  or  in  other  words,  I,  Nephi,  wrote 
this  record. 
CHAPTER  1. 
Lehi'a  vision  of  the  pillar  of  fire 
and  the  book  of  prophecy — He  pre- 
dicts the  impending  fate  of  Jerusalem, 
and  foretells  the  coming  of  the  Mes- 
siah— The  Jews  seek  his  life. 
1.  I,  Nephi,  having  been  born 
of  goodly  parents,  therefore  I  was 
taught  somewhat  In  all  the  learn- 
ing 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  good- 
ness and  the  mysteries  of  God, 
therefore  I  make  a  record  of  my 
proceedings  in  my  days. 
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. 
3.  And  I  know  that  the  rec- 
ord which  I  make  is  true;  and  I 
make  it  with  mine  own  hand; 
and  I  make  it  according  to  my 
knowledge. 
4.  For  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
commencement  of  the  "first  year 
of  the  reign  of  Zedekiah,  king  of 
Judah,  (my  father,  Lehi,  hav- 
ing 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. 
5.  Wherefore  it  came  to  pass 
that  my  father,  Lehi,  as  he  went 
forth  prayed  unto  the  Lord,  yea. 
a,  Mos.  1:4.     Morm.  9:32.     6,  2  Kings  24:17,  18.     c,  2  Chron.  36:15,  16. 
About  B.  C.  600. 
1  NEPHI,  1. 
even  with  all  his  heart,  in  behalf 
of  his  people. 
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  exceed- 
ingly. 
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. 
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  num- 
berless concourses  of  angels  in 
the  attitude  of  singing  and  prais- 
ing their  God. 
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. 
10.  And  he  also  saw  twelve 
others  following  him,  and  their 
brightness  did  exceed  that  of  the 
stars  in  the  firmament. 
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. 
12.  And  It  came  to  pass  that 
as  he  read,  he  was  filled  with  the 
Spirit  of  the  Lord. 
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. 
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! 
15.  And  after  this  mannei^ 
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. 
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  ac- 
count. 
17.  But  I  shall  make  an  ac- 
count of  my  proceedings  in  my 
days.  Behold,  I  make  an  'abridg- 
ment 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. 
18.  Therefore,  I  would  that 
ye  should  know,  that  after  the 
<f,  2  Chron.  80:17— 20.  Jor.  30:1 — 0.  e,  INe.  6:1.  /,  INe.  6:1.  0:2 — 5.  10:1. 
1»:1 — 6.  2  Ne.  6:20—33.  Juc.  1:1 — 4.  8:18,  14.  4:1,  2.  7:26.  27.  Enog  18, 
10 — 18.     Jar.  14,  16.     W.  of  Moru.  1 — 11.  About  B.  C.  000, 
1  NEPHI,  2. 
Lord  had  shown  so  many  mar- 
velous things  unto  my  father, 
Lehi,  yea,  concerning  the  destruc- 
tion of  Jerusalem,  behold  he  went 
forth  among  the  people,  and  be- 
gan to  prophesy  and  to  declare 
unto  them  concerning  the  things 
which  he  had  both  seen  and 
heard. 
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  abomi- 
nations; 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  a  Messiah,  and 
also  the  redemption  of  the  world. 
20.  And  when  the  Jews  heard 
these  things  they  were  angry  with 
him;  yea,  even  as  with  the  proph- 
ets 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, 
CHAPTER  2. 
Lehi  departs  with  his  family  into 
the  wilderness  bordering  on  the  Red 
Sea — His  elder  sons,  Laman  and  Lem- 
uel, viurmur  against  him — Nephi  and 
Sam  believe  his  words — The  Lord's 
promises  to  Nephi, 
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  be- 
cause thou  hast  been  faithful  and 
declared  unto  this  people  the 
things  which  I  commanded  thee. 
behold,  they  seek  to  take  away 
thy  life. 
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. 
3.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
he  was  obedient  unto  the  word 
of  the  Lord,  wherefore  he  did  as 
the  Lord  commanded  him. 
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  pre- 
cious things,  and  took  nothing 
with  him,  save  it  were  his  family, 
and  provisions,  and  tents,  and 
departed  into  the  wilderness. 
5.  And  he  came  down  by  the 
borders  near  the  shore  of  the  Red 
Sea;  and  he  traveled  In  the  wil- 
derness 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,  Lem- 
uel, and  Sam. 
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. 
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. 
8.  And  It  came  to  pass  that  he 
called  the  name  of  the  river,  La- 
man, and  it  emptied  Into  the  Red 
Sea;  and  the  valley  was  in  the 
borders  near  the  mouth  thereof. 
9.  And  when  my  father  saw 
that  the  waters  of  the  river  emp- 
tied Into  the  fountain  of  the  Red 
Sea,  he  spake  unto  Laman,  say- 
g,  2  Chron,  36:16.     Jer.  26:8 — 11. 
•  B.  C.  «00. 
1  NEPHI,   2. 
ing:  O  that  thou  mightest  be  like 
unto  this  river,  continually  run- 
ning into  the  fountain  of  all 
righteousness! 
10.  And  he  also  spake  unto 
Lemuel:  O  that  thou  mightest  be 
like  unto  this  valley,  firm  and 
steadfast,  and  immovable  in  keep- 
ing the  commandments  of  the 
Lord! 
11.  Now  this  he  spake  be- 
cause 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  Jeru- 
salem, to  leave  the  land  of  their 
Inheritance,  and  their  gold,  and 
their  silver,  and  their  precious 
things,  to  perish  in  the  wilder- 
ness. And  this  they  said  he  had 
done  because  of  the  foolish  imag- 
inations of  his  heart. 
12.  And  thus  Laman  and  Lem- 
uel, 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. 
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. 
14.  And  It  came  to  pass  that 
my  father  did  speak  unto  them 
la  the  valley  of  Lemuel,  with 
power,  being  filled  with  the  Spirit, 
until  their  frames  did  shake  be- 
fore him.  And  he  did  confound 
them,  that  they  durst  not  utter 
against  him;  wherefore,  they  did 
as  he  commanded  them. 
16.  And  my  father  dwelt  in  a 
tent. 
16.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
I,  Nephi,  being  exceeding  young, 
nevertheless  being  large  in  stat- 
ure, 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. 
17.  And  I  spake  unto  Sam, 
making  known  unto  him  the 
things  which  the  Lord  had  mani- 
fested unto  me  by  his  Holy  Spirit. 
And  it  came  to  pass  that  he  be- 
lieved in  my  words. 
18.  But,  behold,  Laman  and 
Lemuel  would  not  hearken  unto 
my  words;  and  being  grieved  be- 
cause of  the  hardness  of  their 
hearts  I  cried  unto  the  Lord  for 
them. 
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. 
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  nave  prepared  for  you; 
yea,  a  land  which  is  choice  above 
all  other  lands. 
21.  And  Inasmuch  as  thy 
"brethren  shall  rebel  against  thee, 
they  shall  be  cut  off  from  the 
presence  of  the  Lord. 
22.  And  inasmuch  as  thou 
Shalt  keep  my  commandments, 
"thou  Shalt  be  made  a  ruler  and 
a  teacher  over  thy  brethren. 
23.  For  behold,  in  that  day 
that  they  shall  rebel  against  me, 
I  will  ""curse  them  even  with  a 
a.  1  Ne.  18:22,  23.  Ktb.  1:42.  2:7—12.  I,  2  Ne.  6:20.  Al.  0:13.  14.  38:1. 
e.lN«.  8:20.  2Ne.  5:10.  tf,  1  Ne.  12  :22,  23.  2  Ne.  S  :21— 2S.  Al.  3  :d— 10.  17:15. 
tM«.  3:10.  le.     Mora.  6:15.  About  B.  C.  000. 
1  NEPHI,   3. 
sore  curse,  and  they  shall  have 
no  power  over  thy  seed  except 
they  shall  rebel  against  me  also. 
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  remem- 
brance. 
CHAPTER  3. 
Lehi's  sons  sent  back  to  Jerusalem 
to  obtain  the  plates  of  brass — Laban 
refuses  to  deliver  the  plates — Laman 
and  Lemuel  reproved  by  an  angel. 
1.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  I, 
Nephi,  returned  from  speaking 
with  the  Lord,  to  the  tent  of  my 
father. 
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. 
3.  For  behold,  Laban  hath  the 
record  of  the  Jews  and  also  a 
genealogy  of  thy  forefathers,  and 
"they  are  engraven  upon  plates  of 
brass. 
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. 
5.  And  now,  behold  thy  broth- 
ers murmur,  saying  it  is  a  hard 
thing  which  I  have  required  of 
them;  but  behold  I  have  not  re- 
quired it  of  them,  but  it  is  a  com- 
mandment of  the  Lord. 
6.  Therefore  go,  my  son,  and 
thou  shalt  be  favored  of  the  Lord, 
because  thou  hast  not  murmured. 
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  ac- 
complish the  thing  which  he  com- 
mandeth  them. 
8.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
when  my  father  had  heard  these 
words  he  was  exceeding  glad,  for 
he  knew  that  I  had  been  blessed 
of  the  Lord. 
9.  And  I,  Nephi,  and  my  breth- 
ren took  our  journey  in  the  wil- 
derness, with  our  tents,  to  go  up 
to  the  land  of  Jerusalem. 
10.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
when  we  had  come  up  to  the  land 
of  Jerusalem,  I  and  my  brethren 
did  consult  one  with  another. 
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  La- 
man  went  in  unto  the  house  of 
Laban,  and  he  talked  with  him  as 
he  sat  in  his  house. 
12.  And  he  desired  of  Laban 
the  records  which  were  engraven 
upon  the  plates  of  brass,  which 
contained  the  'genealogy  of  my 
father. 
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. 
14.  But  Laman  fled  out  of  his 
presence,  and  told  the  things 
which  Laban  had  done,  unto  us. 
And  we  began  to  be  exceeding 
sorrowful,  and  my  brethren  were 
about  to  return  unto  my  father 
in  the  wilderness. 
15.  But  behold  I  said  unto 
them  that:  As  the  Lord  liveth, 
and  as  we  live,  we  will  not  go 
a,  1  Ne.  3  :12,  19.  20,  24.  4  :24,  38.  5  :10— 22.  13  :23.  19  :22.  2  Ne.  4  :2.  6  :12. 
Mos.  1:3,  4.  28:20.  Al.  37:3 — 12.  63:1,  11 — 14.  3  Ne.  1:2.  6,  Josh.  18:6,  10. 
Judg.  20:9.     Acts  1:26.     z,  1  Ne.  6:14.  Bxtwibn  B.  G.  60C  i^nd  692. 
6 
1  NEI>Ht,  3. 
down  unto  our  father  in  the 
wilderness  until  we  have  accom- 
plished the  thing  which  the  Lord 
hath  commanded  us. 
16.  Wherefore,  let  us  be  faith- 
ful 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  command- 
ments of  the  Lord. 
17.  For  he  knew  that  "Jerusa- 
lem must  be  destroyed,  because  of 
the  wickedness  of  the  people. 
18.  For  behold,  they  have  re- 
jected 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. 
19.  And  behold,  it  is  wisdom 
in  God  that  we  should  obtain 
these  records,  that  we  may  pre- 
serve unto  our  children  the  'lan- 
guage of  our  fathers; 
20.  And  also  that  we  may  pre- 
serve 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. 
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. 
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. 
23.  And  after  we  had  gathered 
these  things  together,  we  went  up 
again  unto  the  house  of  Laban. 
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. 
25.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
when  Laban  saw  our  property, 
and  that  It  was  exceeding  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. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
c,  1  Ne.  2:4.     d,  Hoe  d.  1  Ne.  I.     e,  1  He.  1:2,  8.     Mos.  1:4.     /,  1  Ne.  2:4.     8:16. 
g.  Me  a.     h,  1  Ne.  2  :22.  Betwbsm  B.  C.  600  and  692. 
1  NEPHl,  4. 
30.  And  after  the  angel  had 
spoken  unto  us,  he  departed. 
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  ua? 
CHAPTER  4. 
Nephi  secures  possession  of  the 
plates  by  stratagem — Laban  slain 
with  his  own  sword — Zoram  accom- 
panies Nephi  and  his  brothers  into 
the  vHlderness. 
1.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  I 
spake  unto  my  brethren,  saying: 
Let  us  go  up  again  unto  Jerusa- 
lem, and  let  us  be  faithful  in  keep- 
ing 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  thou- 
sands? 
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  fa- 
thers came  through,  out  of  cap- 
tivity, on  dry  ground,  and  the 
armies  of  Pharaoh  did  follow  and 
were  drowned  in  the  waters  of 
the  Red  Sea. 
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. 
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. 
5.  And  It  was  by  night;  and  I 
caused  that  they  should  hide 
themselves  without  the  walls. 
And  after  they  had  hid  them- 
selves, I,  Nephi,  crept  into  the 
city  and  went  forth  towards  the 
house  of  Laban. 
6.  And  I  was  led  by  the  Spirit, 
not  knowing  beforehand  the 
things  which  I  should  do. 
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. 
8.  And  when  I  came  to  him  I 
found  that  it  was  Laban. 
9.  And  I  beheld  hl&  'sword,  and 
I  drew  it  forth  from  the  sheath 
thereof;  and  the  hilt  thereof  was 
of  pure  gold,  and  the  workman- 
ship thereof  was  exceeding  fine, 
and  I  saw  that  the  blade  thereof 
was  of  the  most  precious  steel. 
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. 
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. 
12.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
the  Spirit  said  unto  me  again: 
Slay  him,  for  the  Lord  hath  de- 
livered him  into  thy  hands; 
13.  Behold  the  Lord  slayeth 
the  wicked  to  bring  forth  his 
righteous  purposes.  It  is  better 
that  one  man  should  perish  than 
a,  2  Ne.  5:14.     Jac.  1:10.     Mos.  1:16.     D.  &  C.  IT  :1.         Brr.  B.  0.  600  and  B92. 
8 
1  NEPHI,   4. 
that  a  nation  should  dwindle  and 
perish  in  unbelief. 
14.  And  now,  when  I,  Nephi, 
had  heard  these  words,  I  remem- 
bered the  words  of  the  Lord 
which  he  spake  unto  me  in  the 
wilderness,  saying  that:  Inas- 
much as  thy  seed  shall  keep  my 
commandments,  "they  shall  pros- 
per In  the  land  of  promise. 
15.  Yea,  and  I  also  thought 
that  they  could  not  keep  the  com- 
mandments of  the  Lord  according 
to  the  law  of  Moses,  save  they 
should  have  the  law. 
16.  And  I  also  knew  that  the 
law  was  engraven  upon  the 
plates  of  brass. 
17.  And  again,  I  knew  that  the 
Lord  had  delivered  Laban  into 
my  hands  for  this  cause — that  I 
might  obtain  the  records  accord- 
ing to  his  commandments. 
18.  Therefore  I  did  obey  the 
voice  of  the  Spirit,  and  took  La- 
ban  by  the  hair  of  the  head,  and 
I  smote  off  his  head  with  his  own 
sword. 
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. 
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  La- 
ban who  had  the  keys  of  the  treas- 
ury. And  I  commanded  him  in 
the  voice  of  Laban,  that  he  should 
go  with  me  into  the  treasury. 
21.  And  he  supposed  me  to  be 
his  master.  Laban,  for  he  beheld 
the  garments  and  also  the  sword 
girded  about  my  loins. 
22.  And  he  spake  unto  me  con- 
cerning the  elders  of  the  Jews,  he 
knowing  that  his  master,  Laban, 
had  been  out  by  night  among 
them. 
23.  And  I  spake  unto  him  as  if 
it  had  been  Laban. 
24.  And  I  also  spake  unto  him 
that  I  should  carry  the  engrav- 
ings, which  were  upon  the  ""plates 
of  brass,  to  my  elder  brethren, 
who  were  without  the  walls. 
25.  And  I  also  bade  him  that 
he  should  follow  me. 
26.  And  he,  supposing  that  I 
spake  of  the  brethren  of  the 
church,  and  that  I  was  truly  that 
Laban  whom  I  had  slain,  where- 
fore he  did  follow  me. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
30.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
when  the  servant  of  Laban  be- 
held my  brethren  he  began  to 
tremble,  and  was  about  to  flee 
from  before  me  and  return  to  the 
city  of  Jerusalem. 
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. 
32.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  I 
spake  with  him,  that  if  he  would 
»,  1  Ne.  2 :20.     c,  m«  a,  1  Ne.  9. 
BXTWECN  B.  0.  000  iND  S02. 
1  NEPHI,   5. 
hearken  unto  my  words,  as  the 
Lord  llveth,  and  as  I  live,  even  so 
that  if  he  would  hearken  unto  our 
words,  we  would  spare  his  life. 
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. 
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. 
35.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
Zoram  did  take  courage  at  the 
words  which  I  spake.  Now  "Zo- 
ram was  the  name  of  the  servant; 
and  he  promised  that  he  would  go 
down  into  the  wilderness  unto  my 
father.  And  he  also  made  an 
oath  unto  us  that  he  would  tarry 
with  us  from  that  time  forth. 
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. 
37.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
when  Zoram  had  made  an  oath 
unto  us,  our  fears  did  cease  con- 
cerning him. 
38.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
we  took  the  plates  of  brass  and 
the  servant  of  Laban,  and  de- 
parted into  the  wilderness,  and 
journeyed  unto  the  tent  of  our 
father. 
CHAPTJ3R   5. 
Sariah'a  complaint  against  Lehi — 
Both  rejoice  over  their  sons'  return — 
Contents  of  the  brass  plates — Lehi  » 
descendant  of  Joseph — Laban  also  of 
that  lineage — Lehi's  pro.phecies. 
1.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
after  we  had  come  down  into  the 
wilderness  unto  our  father,  be- 
hold, he  was  flUed  with  joy,  and 
also  my  mother,  Sariah,  was  ex- 
ceeding glad,  for  she  truly  had 
mourned  because  of  us. 
2.  For  she  had  supposed  that 
we  had  perished  in  the  wilder- 
ness ;  and  she  also  had  complained 
against  my  father,  telling  him 
that  he  was  a  visionary  man;  say- 
ing: Behold  thou  hast  led  us 
forth  from  the  land  of  our  inheri- 
tance, and  my  sons  are  no  more, 
and  we  perish  in  the  wilderness. 
3.  And  after  this  manner  of 
language  had  my  mother  com- 
plained against  my  father. 
4.  And  it  had  come  to  pass 
that  my  father  spake  unto  her, 
saying:  I  know  that  I  am  a  vis- 
ionary man;  for  if  I  had  not  seen 
the  things  of  God  in  a  "vision  I 
should  not  have  known  the  good- 
ness of  God,  but  had  tarried  at 
Jerusalem,  and  had  perished  with 
my  brethren. 
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  La- 
ban, and  bring  them  down  again 
unto  us  in  the  wilderness. 
6.  And  after  this  manner  of 
language  did  my  father,  Lehi, 
comfort  my  mother,  Sariah,  con- 
cerning us,  while  we  journeyed  In 
the  wilderness  up  to  the  land  of 
Jerusalem,  to  obtain  the  record  of 
the  Jews. 
7.  And  when  we  had  returned 
to  the  tent  of  my  father,  behold 
their  joy  was  full,  and  my  mother 
was  comforted. 
8.  And  she  spake,  saying:  Now 
I  know  of  a  surety  that  the  Lord 
hath  ''commanded  my  husband  to 
d,  1  Ne.  16:7.     2  N?.  5:6.     Jac.   1:13.     Al.  54:23. 
Chap.  5:    o,  1  Ne.  1 :13.     3:18.     6,  INe.  2:2. 
4  Ne.  36,  37. 
Betwesn  B.  C.  600  AND  692. 
10 
1  NEPHI,    6. 
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. 
9.  And  it  came  to  pasc  that 
they  did  rejoice  exceedingly,  and 
did  offer  sacrifice  and  burnt  of- 
ferings unto  the  Lord;  and  they 
gave  thanks  unto  the  God  of 
Israel. 
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. 
11.  And  he  beheld  that  they  did 
contain  the  five  books  of  Moses, 
which  gave  an  account  of  the  cre- 
ation of  the  world,  and  also  of 
Adam  and  Eve,  who  were  our  first 
parents; 
12.  And  also  a  record  of  the 
Jews  from  the  beginning,  even 
down  to  the  commencement  of  the 
reign  of  Zedekiah,  king  of  Judah; 
13.  And  also  the  prophecies 
of  the  holy  prophets,  from  the 
beginning,  even  down  to  the  com- 
mencement of  the  reign  of  Zede- 
kiah; and  also  many  prophecies 
which  have  been  spoken  by  the 
mouth  of  Jeremiah. 
14.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
my  father,  Lehl,  also  found  upon 
the  plates  of  brass  a  ''genealogy 
of  his  fathers ;  wherefore  he  knew 
that  he  was  a  descendant  of  Jo- 
seph; yea,  even  that  Joseph  who 
was  the  son  of  Jacob,  who  was 
sold  Into  Egypt,  and  who  was  pre- 
served by  the  hand  of  the  Lord, 
that  he  might  preserve  his  father, 
J:.cob,  and  all  his  household  from 
perishing  with  famine. 
15.  And  they  were  also  led  out 
of  captivity  and  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt,  by  that  same  God  who  had 
preserved  them. 
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. 
17.  And  now  when  my  father 
saw  all  these  things,  he  was  filled 
with  the  Spirit,  and  began  to 
prophesy  concerning  his  seed — 
18.  That  these  plates  of  brass 
should  go  forth  unto  all  nations, 
kindreds,  tongues,  and  people 
who  were  of  his  seed. 
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  con- 
cerning his  seed. 
20.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
thus  far  I  and  my  father  had  kept 
the  commandments  wherewith 
the  Lord  had  commanded  us. 
21.  And  we  had  obtained  the 
records  which  the  Lord  had  com- 
manded us,  and  searched  them 
and  found  that  they  were  desira- 
ble; yea,  even  of  great  worth  unto 
us.  Insomuch  that  we  could  pre- 
serve the  commandments  of  the 
Lord  unto  our  children. 
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. 
CHAPTER  6. 
Nephi's  intent — lie  urritea  what  ia 
pleasing  to  Ood. 
'    1.  And  now  I,  Nephi,  do  not 
give  the  genealogy  of  my  fathers 
c.  Me  a,  1  Ne.  8.     d^lNe.  8:12.     aho. 
0:1.     Al.  10:8.     87:3. 
Bbtwbkn  B.  C.  eOO  AND  C92. 
1  NBPHI,   7. 
11 
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  rec- 
ord which  has  been  -kept  by  my 
father;  wherefore,  I  do  not  write 
it  in  this  work. 
2.  For  it  sufficeth  me  to  say 
that  we  are  a  descendant  of  Jo- 
seph. 
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. 
4.  For  the  fulness  of  mine  in- 
tent is  that  I  may  persuade  men 
to  come  unto  the  God  of  Abra- 
ham, and  the  God  of  Isaac,  and 
the  God  of  Jacob,  and  be  saved. 
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. 
6.  Wherefore,  I  shall  give  com- 
mandment unto  my  seed,  that 
they  shall  not  "occupy  these 
plates  with  things  which  are  not 
of   worth   unto   the   children   of 
men. 
CHAPTER  7. 
Lehi's  sons  again  sent  back  to  Jeru- 
salem— Ishmael  and  household  agree 
to  join  Lehi's  company — Dissension — 
Nephi,  hound  with  cords,  is  freed 
through  power  of  faith — His  rebellious 
brethren  repent. 
1.  And  now  I  would  that  ye 
might  know,  that  after  my  father, 
Lehi,  had  made  an  end  of  "proph- 
esying 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. 
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  "Ish- 
mael and  his  family  into  the  wil- 
derness. 
3.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  I, 
Nephi,  did  again,  with  my  breth- 
ren, go  forth  Into  the  wilderness 
to  go  up  to  Jerusalem. 
4.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  we 
went  up  unto  the  house  of  Ish- 
mael, and  we  did  gain  favor  in 
the  sight  of  Ishmael,  insomuch 
that  we  did  speak  unto  him  the 
words  of  the  Lord. 
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. 
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. 
7.  And  It  came  to  pass  In  the 
which  rebellion,  they  were  de- 
sirous to  return  unto  the  land  of 
Jerusalem. 
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 
a,  1  Ne.  1:16.  b,  Jac.  1:1 — 4.  3:13,  14,  4:1 — 3.  Enoa  13 — 18.  Jar.  1,  2,  14, 
15.  Cm.  1,  3,  9,  11.  25.  W.  of  Morm.  3 — 11.  Chap.  7 :  a„lNe.  1:16.  2:14.  6,1 
Ne.  10:7.     c,  1  Ne.  7:6,  19.  BbtWbhn  B.  C.  600  AND  692. 
12 
1  NEPHI,   7. 
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? 
9.  How  is  it  that  ye  have  not 
hearkened  unto  the  word  of  the 
Lord? 
10.  How  is  it  that  ye  have  for- 
gotten that  ye  have  'seen  an  angel 
of  the  Lord? 
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? 
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. 
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  ful- 
filled concerning  the  destruction 
of  Jerusalem;  for  all  things 
which  the  Lord  hath  spoken  con- 
cerning the  destruction  of  Jeru- 
salem must  be  fulfilled. 
14.  For  behold,  the  Spirit  of 
the  Lord  ceaseth  soon  to  strive 
with  them;  for  behold,  they  have 
*rejected  the  prophets,  and  *Jere- 
miah  have  they  cast  into  prison. 
And  they  have  sought  to  ^take 
away  the  life  of  my  father,  inso- 
much that  they  have  driven  him 
out  of  the  land. 
15.  Now  behold,  I  say  unto  you 
that  if  ye  will  return  unto  Jeru- 
salem ye  shall  also  perish  with 
them.  And  now,  if  ye  have 
choice,  go  up  to  the  land,  and  re- 
member 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, 
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  exceeding  wroth,  and  they 
did  bind  me  with  cords,  for  they 
sought  to  take  away  my  life,  that 
they  might  leave  me  in  the  wil- 
derness to  be  devoured  by  wild 
beasts. 
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. 
18.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
when  I  had  said  these  words,  be- 
hold, the  bands  were  loosed  from 
off  my  hands  and  feet,  and  I  stood 
before  my  brethren,  and  I  spake 
unto  them  again, 
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  daugh- 
ters of  Ishmael,  yea,  and  also  her 
mother,  and  one  of  the  sons  of 
Ishmael,  did  plead  with  my  breth- 
ren, insomuch  that  they  did 
soften  their  hearts;  and  they  did 
cease  striving  to  take  away  my 
life. 
20.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
they  were  sorrowful,  because  of 
their  wickedness,  insomuch  that 
they  did   bow  down   before  me. 
<t,  1  Ne.  8:29.     e,  1  Ne.  4.     /,  1  Ne.  2:20.     18:22,  23.     g.  2  Ne.  6:8.  9.     25:10. 
Cm.  16,     He.  8:20,  21.     A,  Jer.  44  :4— «.     i^er.  87:15.     /.  INe.  2:1. 
BrrwBBN  B.  C.  600  and  602. 
1  NEPHI,   8. 
18 
and  did  plead  with  me  that  I 
would  forgive  them  of  the  thing 
that  they  had  done  against  me. 
21.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  I 
did  franltly  forgive  them  all  that 
they  had  done,  and  I  did  exhort 
them  that  they  would  pray  unto 
the  Lord  their  God  for  forgive- 
ness. 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. 
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. 
CHAPTER  8. 
Lehi'a  dream  of  the  tree,  the  river, 
and  the  rod  of  iron — Laman  and  Lem- 
uel partake  not  of  the  fruit  of  the  tree. 
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. 
2.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
while  my  father  tarried  in  the 
wilderness  he  spake  unto  us,  say- 
ing: Behold,  I  have  dreamed  a 
dream;  or,  in  other  words,  I  have 
seen  a  vision. 
3.  And  behold,  because  of  the 
thing  which  I  have  seen,  I  have 
reason  to  rejoice  in  the  Lord  be- 
cause of  Nephi  and  also  of  Sam; 
for  I  have  reason  to  suppose  that 
they,  and  also  many  of  their  seed, 
will  be  saved. 
4.  But  behold,  Laman  and 
Lemuel,  I  fear  exceedingly  be- 
cause  of   you;    for   behold,   me- 
thought  I  saw  in  my  dream,  a 
dark  and  dreary  wilderness. 
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. 
6.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  he 
spake  unto  me,  and  bade  me  fol- 
low him. 
7.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
as  I  followed  him  I  beheld  myself 
that  I  was  in  a  dark  and  dreary 
waste. 
8.  And  after  I  had  traveled  for 
the  space  of  many  hours  in  dark- 
ness, I  began  to  pray  unto  the 
Lord  that  he  would  have  mercy 
on  me,  according  to  the  multitude 
of  his  tender  mercies. 
9.  And  it  came  to  pass  after  I 
had  prayed  unto  the  Lord  I  be- 
held a  large  and  spacious  field. 
10.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
I  "beheld  a  tree,  whose  fruit  was 
desirable  to  make  one  happy. 
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. 
12.  And  as  I  partook  of  the 
fruit  thereof  it  filled  my  soul  with 
exceeding  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. 
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. 
14.  And  I  looked  to  behold 
from  whence  it  came;  and  I  saw 
the  head  thereof  a  little  way  off; 
a,  1  Ne.  18:24.     h,  1  Ne.  8:15,  20,  24,  25.  30.     11:8,  9,  21—23,  25.     c,  1  Ne.  8:19. 
12:16,18.     16:26 — ^28.  Bktwexn  B.  0.  600  and  692. 
14 
1   NEPHI,   8. 
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. 
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, 
16.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
they  did  come  unto  me  and  par- 
take of  the  fruit  also. 
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. 
18.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
I  saw  them,  but  ""they  would  not 
come  unto  me  and  partake  of  the 
fruit. 
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. 
20.  And  I  also  beheld  a  straight 
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  foun- 
tain, unto  a  large  and  spacious 
field,  as  if  it  had  been  a  world. 
21.  And  I  saw  numberless  con- 
courses of  people,  many  of  whom 
were  pressing  forward,  that  they 
might  obtain  the  path  which  led 
unto  the  tree  by  which  I  stood. 
22.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
they  did  come  forth,  and  com- 
mence In  the  path  which  led  to 
the  tree. 
23.  And  It  came  to  pass  that 
there  arose  a  mist  of  darkness; 
yea,  even  an  exceeding  great  mist 
of  darkness.  Insomuch  that  they 
who  had  commenced  in  the  path 
did  lose  their  way,  that  they  wan- 
dered off  and  were  lost. 
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. 
25.  And  after  they  had  par- 
taken of  the  fruit  of  the  tree  they 
did  cast  their  eyes  about  as  If 
they  were  ashamed. 
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. 
27.  And  it  was  filled  with  peo- 
ple, both  old  and  young,  both 
male  and  female;  and  their  man- 
ner of  dress  was  exceeding  fine; 
and  they  were  in  the  attitude  of 
mocking  and  pointing  their  fin- 
gers towards  those  who  had  come 
at  and  were  partaking  of  the 
fruit. 
28.  And  after  they  had  tasted 
of  the  fruit  they  were  ashamed, 
because  of  those  that  were  scof- 
fing at  them;  and  they  fell  away 
into  forbidden  paths  and  were 
lost. 
29.  And  now  I,  NephI,  do  not 
speak  all  the  words  of  my  father. 
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  r.od  of  Iron, 
until  they   came   forth   and   fell 
d.  2  Ne.  6:20.     e,  1  Ne.  8:24,  80.     16:23,  24. 
12:18.     ^,  INe.  8:19.     16:28,24. 
/,  vers.  31,  33.     1  Ne.  11:35,  36. 
Bktwbbn  B.  0.  600  AMD  682. 
1  NEPHI,  9. 
15 
down  and  partook  of  the  fruit  of 
the  tree. 
31.  And  he  also  saw  other  mul- 
titudes feeling  their  way  towards 
that  great  and  spacious  building. 
32.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
many  were  "drowned  in  the 
depths  of  the  fountain;  and  many 
were  lost  from  his  view,  wander- 
ing in  strange  roads. 
33.  And  great  was  the  multi- 
tude 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. 
34.  These  are  the  words  of  my 
father:  For  as  many  as  heeded 
them,  had  fallen  away. 
35.  And  ^Laman  and  Lemuel 
partook  not  of  the  fruit,  said  my 
father. 
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. 
37.  And  he  did  exhort  them 
then  with  all  the  feeling  of  a 
tender  parent,  that  they  would 
hearken  to  his  words,  that  per- 
haps the  Lord  would  be  merciful 
to  them,  and  not  cast  them  off; 
yea,  my  father  did  preach  unto 
them. 
38.  And  after  he  had  preached 
unto  them,  and  also  prophesied 
unto  them  of  many  things,  he 
bade  them  to  keep  the  command- 
ments of  the  Lord;  and  he  did 
cease  speaking  unto  them. 
CHAPTER  9. 
Concerning  the  plates  of  Nephi — 
Two  sets  of  records,  one  of  the  minis- 
try, the  other  of  rulers,  wars,  etc. 
1.  And  all  these  things  did  my 
father  see,  and  hear,  and  speak, 
as  he  "dwelt  In  a  tent.  In  the  val- 
ley of  Lemuel,  and  also  a  great 
many  more  things,  which  cannot 
be  written  upon  these  plates>. 
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. 
3.  Nevertheless,  I  have  re- 
ceived 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. 
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  kings  and  the 
wars  and  contentions  of  my  peo- 
ple. 
5.  Wherefore,  the  Lord  hath 
commanded  me  to  make  these 
plates  for  a  "wise  purpose  In  him, 
which  purpose  I  know  not. 
6.  But  the  Lord  knoweth  all 
things  from  the  beginning;  where- 
fore, he  prepareth  a  way  to  ac- 
complish all  his  works  among  the 
children  of  men;  for  behold,  he 
h,  1  Ne.  8:13,  14.  15:26—20.  i,  1  Ne.  8:26.  /,  vers.  4,  17,  18.  k,  2  Ne.  5:20. 
Chap.  9 :  a.  1  Ne.  2  :6,  15.  6,  see  /,  1  Ne.  1.  c,  W.  of  Morm.  7.  Al.  37  :2,  12.  14,  18. 
D.  &  C.  3:19.     10:34 — 42.     1  Ne.  19:3.  Between  B.  C.  600  and  602. 
s« 
1  NEPHI,   10. 
hath  all  power  unto  the  fulfilling 
at  all  his  words.  And  thus  it  is. 
Amen. 
CHAPTER   10. 
Lehi  predicts  the  Babylonian  cap- 
tivity., and  the  coming  of  the  Lamb  of 
Godr—The  house  of  Israel  likened  to 
an  olive-tree — Dispersion  and  subse- 
quent gathering  typified. 
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. 
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 — 
3.  That  after  theyt  should  be 
destroyed,  even  that  great  city 
Jerusalem,  and  many  be  carried 
away  captive  into  Babylon,  ac- 
cording 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  inherit- 
ance. 
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. 
5.  And  he  also  spake  concern- 
ing 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. 
6.  Wherefore,  all  mankind 
were  in  a  "lost  and  in  a  fallen 
state,  and  ever  would  be  save 
they  should  rely  on  this  Re- 
deemer. 
7.  And  he  spake  also  concern- 
ing a  '■prophet  who  should  come 
before  the  Messiah,  to  prepare  the 
way  of  the  Lord — 
8.  Yea,  even  he  should  go  forth 
and  cry  in  the  wilderness:  Pre- 
pare 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. 
9.  And  my  father  said  he 
should  baptize  in  Bethabara,  be- 
yond Jordan;  and  he  also  said  he 
should  baptize  with  water;  even 
that  he  should  baptize  the  Mes- 
siah with  water. 
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. 
11.  And  it  came  to  pass  after 
my  father  had  spoken  these  words 
he  spake  unto  my  brethren  con- 
cerning 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  him- 
self manifest,  by  the  Holy  Ghost, 
unto  the  Gentiles. 
12.  Yea,  even  my  father  spake 
much  concerning  the  Gentiles, 
and  also  concerning  the  house  of 
a.  2  Ne.  6:8 — 11.  Dan.  0:2.  6,  1  No.  19:8.  2  Ne.  25:19.  3  Ne.  1:1.  c.  1  Ne. 
22:20,  21.  3  Ne.  20:23.  d,  3  Ne.  20:24.  e,  2  Ne.  2:6—8.  9:6—38.  25:20.  31:21. 
Moi.  16  -A,  5.  Al.  0  :30,  32.  12  :22.  /,  1  Ne.  11 :27.  2  Ne.  31 :4 — 18.  g.  Bom.  11.  Jac. 
4:16.     1  Ne.  4:18.     12:22.     13:86.     Morm.  6:14.  BvrwKBN  B.  0.  600  and  693^ 
1   NBPHI,   11. 
17 
Israel,  that  they  should  be  com- 
pared like  unto  an  "olive-tree, 
whose  branches  should  be  broken 
off  and  should  be  scattered  upon 
all  the  face  of  the  earth. 
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. 
14.  And  after  the  house  of 
Israel  should  be  scattered  they 
should  be  gathered  together 
again;  or,  in  fine,  after  Hhe  Gen- 
tiles 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  knowl- 
edge of  the  true  Messiah,  their 
Lord  and  their  Redeemer. 
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. 
16.  And  all  these  things,  of 
which  I  have  spoken,  were  done 
as  my  father  'dwelt  in  a  tent,  in 
the  valley  of  Lemuel. 
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  re- 
ceived 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  dili- 
gently seek  him,  as  well  in  times 
of  old  as  in  the  time  that  he 
should  manifest  himself  unto  the 
children  of  men. 
18.  For  he  is  the  same  yester- 
day, 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. 
19.  For  he  that  diligently  seek- 
eth  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. 
20.  Therefore  remember,  O 
man,  for  all  thy  doings  thou  shalt 
be  brought  into  judgment. 
21.  Wherefore,  if  ye  have 
sought  to  do  wickedly  in  the  days 
of  your  probation,  then  ye  are 
found  unclean  before  the  judg- 
ment-seat of  God;  and  no  un- 
clean thing  can  dwell  with  God; 
wherefore,  ye  must  be  cast  off 
forever. 
22.  And  the  Holy  Ghost  giveth 
authority  that  I  should  speak 
these  things,  and  deny  them  not. 
CHAPTER   11. 
Nephi  and  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord — 
Lehi's  prophetic  dream  interpreted — 
Nephi's  vision  of  the  Virgin  and  the 
Son  of  God — Christ's  yninistry  fore- 
shown. 
1.  For  it  came  to  pass  after  I 
had  desired  to  know  the  things 
that  my  father  had  seen,  and  be- 
lieving 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  exceeding  high 
h.  Jac.  chaps.  5,  6.     i,  1  Ne.  2:20.     18:23.     j.  Jac.  5.     3  Ne.  16:4 — 7.     21:1—11. 
k,  et«  t,  1  Ne.  1.     I,  see  a,  1  Ne.  9.     m,  2  Pet.  1 :21.  Bbtwbbn  B.  C.  600  and  B92. 
18 
1  NEPHI,   11. 
mountain,  which  I  never  had  be- 
fore seen,  and  upon  which  I  never 
had  before  set  my  foot. 
2.  And  the  Spirit  said  unto  me: 
Behold,  what  desirest  thou? 
3.  And  I  said:  I  desire  to  be- 
hold the  things  which  my  father 
saw. 
4.  And  the  Spirit  said  unto  me: 
Believest  thou  that  thy  father 
saw  the  "tree  of  which  he  hath 
spoken? 
5.  And  I  said:  Yea,  thou  know- 
est  that  I  believe  all  the  words  of 
my  father. 
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  believ- 
est in  the  Son  of  the  most  high 
God;  wherefore,  thou  shalt  be- 
hold the  things  which  thou  hast 
desired. 
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  be- 
hold 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. 
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. 
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  pre- 
cious above  all. 
10.  And  he  said  unto  me: 
What  desirest  thou? 
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. 
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. 
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. 
14.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  I 
saw  the  heavens  op^n;  and  an 
angel  came  down  and  stood  be- 
fore me;  and  he  said  unto  me: 
Nephi,  what  beholdest  thou? 
16.  And  I  said  unto  him:  A 
virgin,  most  beautiful  and  fair 
above  all  other  virgin  . 
16.  And  he  said  unto  me: 
Knowest  thou  the  condescension 
of  God? 
17.  And  I  said  unto  him:  I 
know  that  he  loveth  his  children; 
nevertheless,  I  do  not  know  the 
meaning  of  all  things. 
18.  And  he  said  unto  me:  Be- 
hold, the  virgin  whom  thou  seest 
is  the  "mother  of  the  Son  of  God, 
after  the  manner  of  the  flesh. 
19.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  I 
beheld  that  she  was  carried  away 
in  the  Spirit;  and  after  she  had 
a.  1  Ns.  8:1(^—12.     11:8,  0.     16:21.  22.     b,  John  14:16,   17.     o,  Luke  1:26,  27. 
4,  Lata  1  :>1,  SS.     1  N«.  11 :80,  81.     Mua.  8 :8.     16 :2— 6.     Utb.  8 :».  _ 
Bnwauf  B.  0.  eOO  AND  692. 
1   NEPHI,   11. 
19 
been  carried  away  in  the  Spirit 
for  the  space  of  a  time  the  angel 
spake  unto  me,  saying:  Look! 
20.  And  I  looked  and  beheld 
the  virgin  again,  bearing  a  child 
in  her  arms. 
21.  And  the  angel  said  unto 
me:  Behold  the  Lamb  of  God, 
yea,  even  the  Son  of  the  Eternal 
Father!  Knowest  thou  the  mean- 
ing of  the  tree  which  thy  father 
saw? 
22.  And  I  answered  him,  say- 
ing: Yea,  it  is  the  "love  of  God, 
which  sheddeth  itself  abroad  in 
the  hearts  of  the  children  of  men; 
wherefore,  it  is  the  most  desir- 
able above  all  things. 
23.  And  he  spake  untd  me,  say- 
ing: Yea,  and  the  most  Joyous  to 
the  soul. 
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 
chil-dren  of  men;  and  I  saw  many 
fall  down  at  his  feet  and  worship 
him. 
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. 
26.  And  the  angel  said  unto 
me  again:  Look  and  behold  the 
condescension  of  God! 
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  be- 
held the  heavens  open,  and  the 
Holy  Ghost  come  down  out  of 
heaven  and  abide  upon  him  In 
the  form  of  a  dove. 
28.  And  I  beheld  that  he  went 
forth  ministering  unto  the  peo- 
ple, in  power  and  great  glory; 
and  the  multitudes  were  gathered 
together  to  hear  him;  and  I  be- 
h-eld  that  they  cast  him  out  from 
among  them. 
29.  And  I  also  beheld  *twelve 
others  following  him.  And  it 
came  to  pass  that  they  were  car- 
ried away  in  the  Spirit  from  be- 
fore my  face,  and  I  saw  them  not. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
33.  And  I,  Nephi,  saw  that  he 
was  lifted  up  upon  the  cross  and 
slain  for  the  sins  of  the  world. 
34.  And  after  he  was  slain  I 
e,  1  Ne.  11:25.     Moro.  8:26.     /,  1  Ne.  8:19.     g,  1  Ne.  10:7—10.     2  Ne.  31:4 — 14. 
»,  1  Ne.  11 :34.  35,  36.     12:9.     13:24 — 26,40,41.     14:20.         Bkt.  B.  C.  600  and  692. 
80 
1   NEPHI,    12. 
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. 
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  to- 
gether to  fight  against  the  twelve 
apostles  of  the  Lamb. 
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  ex- 
ceeding great.  And  the  angel  of 
the  Lord  spake  unto  me  again, 
saying:  Thus  shall  be  the  de- 
struction of  all  nations,  kindreds, 
tongues,  and  people,  that  shall 
fight  against  the  twelve  apostles 
of  the  Lamb. 
CHAPTER  12. 
Nephi'a  vision  of  the  land  of  prom- 
ise— The  future  appearing  of  the 
Savior  to  the  people  of  Nephi — Their 
righteousnessj  iniquity,  and  downfall 
foreseen. 
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  peo- 
ple, yea,  even  as  it  were  in  num- 
ber as  many  as  the  sand  of  the 
sea. 
2.  And  it  Qame  to  pass  that  I 
beheld   multitudes   gathered   to- 
gether to  battle,  one  against  the 
other;  and  I  beheld  wars,  and 
rumors  of  wars,  and  great  slaugh- 
ters with  the  sword  among  my 
people. 
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. 
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  rockfe,  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  quak- 
ing thereof, 
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  be- 
hold, I  saw  multitudes  who  had 
fallen  because  of  the  great  and 
terrible  judgments  of  the  Lord. 
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. 
7.  And  I  also  saw  and  bear  rec- 
ord that  the  Holy  Ghost  fell  upon 
"twelve  others;  and  they  were  or- 
dained of  God,  and  chosen. 
8.  And  the  angel  spake  unto 
me,  saying:  Behold  the  twelve 
disciples  of  the  Lamb,  who  are 
chosen  to  minister  unto  thy  seed. 
i.  1  Ne.  8:20—28.  Chap.  12:  a.  1  Ne.  10:10—12  2  Ne  20:3— 7.  He  14:20— 
27.  8  Ne.  cbapi..  8—10.  b.  2  Ne.  20:1.  ».  Al.  10:20.  3  N.^  11:3-17.  r  3  Ne. 
n:22.     12:1.     13:25.     15:11.     18:87.     10:4-86.     C'^'P-b^'.n  B?  0?"60o"Tnd  602. 
1   NEPHI   12. 
21 
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, 
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. 
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. 
12.  And  I,  NephI,  also  saw 
many  of  the  fourth  generation 
who  passed  away  in  righteous- 
ness. 
13.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
I  saw  the  multitudes  of  the  earth 
gathered  together. 
14.  And  the  angel  said  unto 
me:  Behold  thy  seed,  and  also 
the  seed  of  thy  brethren. 
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. 
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. 
17.  And  the  mists  of  darkness 
are  the  temptations  of  the  devil, 
which  blindeth  the  eyes,  and 
hardeneth  the  hearts  of  the  chil- 
dren of  men,  and  leadeth  them 
away  into  broad  roads,  that  they 
perish  and  are  lost. 
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  hence- 
forth and  forever. 
19.  And  while  the  angel  spake 
these  words,  I  beheld  and  saw 
that  the  seed  of  my  brethren  did 
contend  against  my  seed,  accord- 
ing 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. 
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. 
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. 
22.  And  the  angel  said  unto 
me:  Behold  these  shall  dwindle 
in  unbelief. 
23.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
I  beheld,  after  they  had  dwindled 
in  unbelief  they  became  a  Mark, 
and  loathsome,  and  a  filthy  peo- 
ple, full  of  idleness  and  all  man- 
ner of  abominations. 
d,  2  Ne.  20:9,  10.  Al.  40:10 — 14.  Uo.  13  :5,  G,  9.  10.  3  Ne.  27  :31,  32.  Morm.  6. 
e,  Morm.  6.  /.  1  Ne.  8:13.  14.  15:26 — 29.  g,  1  Ne.  12:3.  2  Ne.  26:2.  h^  2  Ne. 
6:20 — 25.     Al.  3  :6 — 19.     Morm.  5:15.  Bxtwken  B.  C.  600  and  692. 
22 
1  NEPHI,   13. 
CHAPTER  13. 
The  nations  of  the  Oentiles — A 
great  and  abominable  church— Amer- 
ica's history  foreshadowed — The  Bible 
and  the  Book  of  Mormon. 
1.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
the  angel  spake  unto  me,  saying: 
Look!  And  I  looked  and  beheld 
many  nations  and  kingdoms. 
2.  And  the  angel  said  unto  me: 
What  beholdest  thou?  And  I 
said:  I  behold  many  nations  and 
kingdoms. 
3.  And  he  said  unto  me:  These 
are  the  nations  and  kingdoms  of 
the  Gentiles. 
4.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  I 
saw  among  the  nations  of  the 
Gentiles  the  foundation  of  a 
"great  church. 
5.  And  the  angel  said  unto 
me:  Behold  the  foundation  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, 
6.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  I 
beheld  this  great  and  abominable 
church;  and  I  ''saw  the  devil  that 
he  was  the  foundation  of  it. 
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. 
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. 
9.  And  also  for  the  praise  of 
the  world   do  they   destroy  the 
saints  of  God,  and  bring  them 
down  into  captivity. 
10.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
I  looked  and  beheld  many  waters ; 
and  they  divided  the  Gentiles 
from  the  seed  of  my  brethren. 
11.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
the  angel  said  unto  me:  Behold 
the  wrath  of  God  is  upon  the  seed 
of  thy  brethren. 
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. 
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  cap- 
tivity, upon  the  many  waters. 
14.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
I  beheld  many  multitudes  of  the 
Gentiles  upon  the  land  of  prom- 
ise; and  I  beheld  the  wrath  of 
God,  that  it  was  upon  the  seed  of 
my  brethren;  and  they  were  scat- 
tered before  the  Gentiles  and 
were  smitten. 
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  in- 
heritance; and  I  beheld  that  they 
were  white,  and  exceeding  fair 
and  beautiful,  like  unto  my  *peo- 
ple  before  they  were  slain. 
16.  And  It  came  to  pass  that 
I,  Nephi,  beheld  that  the  Gentiles 
who  had  gone  forth  out  of  cap- 
tivity did  humble  themselves  be- 
fore the  Lord;  and  the  power  of 
the  Lord  was  with  them. 
17.  And    I    beheld    that   their 
a.  Yen.  6,  26,  28,  32,  34.  1 
17:6.  18:24.  e.  1  N«.  14  :U,  10. 
i,  Morm.  6:17—22. 
Ne.   14:3,    0 — 17.     6,   vor.    0.     1   Ne.    14:13.     Rov. 
22:22.  23.     d,  Morm.   8:30—38.     Ilev.   18:10—17. 
Bbtwibn  B.  0.  000  ANO  6U2. 
1  NEPHI,   13. 
S8 
mother  Gentiles  were  gathered 
together  upon  the  waters,  and 
upon  the  land  also,  to  battle 
against  them, 
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. 
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. 
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. 
21.  And  the  angel  said  unto 
me:  Knowest  thou  the  meaning 
of  the  book? 
22.  And  I  said  unto  him:  I 
know  not. 
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. 
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 
plainness  of  the  gospel  of  the 
Lord,  of  whom  the  twelve  apos- 
tles bear  record;  and  they  bear 
record  according  to  the  truth 
which  is  in  the  Lamb  of  God. 
25.  Wherefore,  these  things  go 
forth  from  the  Jews  in  purity 
unto  the  Gentiles,  according  to 
the  truth  which  is  in  God. 
26.  And  after  they  go  forth 
by  the  hand  of  the  twelve  apos- 
tles of  the  Lamb,  from  the  Jews 
unto  the  Gentiles,  thou  seest  the 
foundation  of  a  great  and  abom- 
inable 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. 
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. 
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. 
29.  And  after  these  plain  and 
precious  things  were  taken  away 
it  goeth  forth  unto  all  the  na- 
tions 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  understand- 
ing of  the  children  of  men,  ac- 
fc,  2  Ne.  10:10—12.     (,  vers.  23,  28,  38,  40.     m,  see  a,  1  Ne.  3.     n.  vers.  28 — 32. 
Between  B.  O.  600  and  692. 
24 
1  NBPHI,   13. 
cording  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  exceeding  great  many 
do  stumble,  yea,  insomuch  that 
Satan  hath  great  power  over 
them. 
3-0.  Nevertheless,  thou  behold- 
est  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. 
31.  Neither  will  he  suffer  that 
the  Gentiles  shall  destroy  the 
'seed  of  thy  brethren. 
32.  Neither  will  the  Lord  God 
suffer  that  the  Gentiles  shall  for- 
ever remain  in  that  awful  state 
of  blindness,  which  thou  behold- 
est  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  forma- 
tion thou  hast  seen. 
33.  Wherefore  salth  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. 
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  abomi- 
nable 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. 
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. 
36.  And  In  them  shall  be  writ- 
ten my  gospel,  saith  the  Lamb, 
and  my  rock  and  my  salvation. 
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  ehall  publish 
peace,  yea,  tidings  of  great  joy, 
how  beautiful  upon  the  moun- 
tains shall  they  be. 
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 
0,  2  Ne.  10:10—14.     p.  Al.  45:10—14. 
10.     21:4.     Morm.  0:10— 21.     r,  ■«■«>  tf.     «, 
(.  2  N».  80:8.     Jac.  6:70—70.     0:2.  3.     u. 
a,  vera.  83,  84.  Al.  46:14.  3  Ne.  10:7— 
2  Ne.  27:0—26.  8  No.  10:4.  Morm.  8:4. 
ver.  40.  Bbtwken  B.  0.  000  and  602. 
1   NEPHI,    14. 
25 
had  proceeded  forth  from  the 
mouth  of  the  Jew,  that  it  came 
forth  from  the  Gentiles  unto  the 
remnant  of  the  seed  of  my  breth- 
ren. 
39.  And  after  it  had  come 
forth  unto  them  I  beheld  other 
"books,  which  came  forth  by  the 
power  of  the  Lamb,  from  the  Gen- 
tiles unto  them,  unto  the  con- 
vincing of  the  Gentiles  and  the 
remnant  of  the  seed  of  my  breth- 
ren, and  also  the  Jews  who  were 
scattered  upon  all  the  face  of  the 
earth,  that  the  records  of  the 
prophets  and  of  the  twelve  apos- 
tles of  the  Lamb  are  true. 
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  can- 
not be  saved. 
41.  And  they  must  cotne  ac- 
cording 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. 
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. 
CHAPTER   14. 
Alternative  blessing  or  cursing  for 
the  Gentiles — Two  churches  only — 
Doom  of  the  mother  of  harlots — Mis- 
sion of  John  the  Revelator — End  of 
Nephi's  vision. 
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 — 
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. 
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. 
4.  For  behold,  this  is  accord- 
V,  3  Ne.  27:25,  26.     w,  vor.  38.     x,  2  Ne.  3:12.     2  Ne.  29:13,  Ic.     iizck.  3'(  :lo— 
23.  Chap.    14:     a,   ver.    14.     1    Ne.    ia:37.     Jac.    0:2,    3.     6,    3    V.c.    21:0,    22 — 25. 
Chap.  30.     Etb.  18:10.     c,  2  Ne.  10:10—14.  BT^rT-jit..  ji.  0.  300  and  692. 
26 
1   NEPHI,    14. 
ing  to  the  captivity  of  ttie  devil, 
and  also  according  to  the  justice 
of  God,  upon  all  those  who  will 
work  wickedness  and  abomina- 
tion before  him. 
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  w^th  them;  and  thou  also 
knowest  concerning  the  cove- 
nants of  the  Lord  unto  the  house 
of  Israel;  and  thou  also  hast 
heard  that  whoso  repenteth  not 
must  perish. 
6.  Therefore,  ''wo  be  unto  the 
Gentiles  if  it  so  be  that  they 
harden  their  hearts  against  the 
Lamb  of  God. 
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  eter- 
nal, 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  cap- 
tivity of  the  devil,  of  which  I 
have  spoken. 
8.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
when  the  angel  had  spoken  these 
words,  he  said  unto  me:  Remem- 
berest  thou  the  covenants  of  the 
Father  unto  the  house  of  Israel? 
I  said  unto  him,  Yea. 
9.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
he  said  unto  me:  Look,  and  be- 
hold that  great  and  abominable 
church,  which  is  the  mother  of 
abominations,  whose  foundation 
is  the  devil. 
10.  And  he  said  unto  me:  Be- 
hold there  are  save  'two  churches 
only;  the  one  is  the  chur.ch  of  the 
Lamb  of  God,  and  the  other  is 
the  church  of  the  devil;  where- 
fore, whoso  belongeth  not  to  the 
church  of  the  Lamb  of  God  be- 
longeth to  that  great  church, 
which  is  the  mother  of  abomina- 
tions; and  "she  is  the  whore  of 
all  the  earth. 
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  domin- 
ion over  all  the  earth,  among  all 
nations,  kindreds,  tongues,  and 
people. 
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;  neverthe- 
less, 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  do- 
minions upon  the  face  of  the 
earth  were  small,  because  of  the 
wickedness  of  the  great  whore 
whom  I  saw. 
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. 
14.  And  It  came  to  pass  that  I, 
Nephl,  beheld  the  power  of  the 
Lamb  of  God,  that  it  descended 
upon  the  saints  of  the  church  of 
the  Lamb,  and  upon  the  cove- 
nant people  of  the  Lord,  who 
were  scattered  upon  all  the  face 
of  the  earth;  and  they  were 
armed    with    righteousness    and 
d,  2  Ne.  28:32.  8  Ni«.  10:7—10.  21:11—21.  c.  Uh.  2I):14.  /,  v<«r8.  11—17. 
22:14,  22—20.  g,  rcri.  It— 17.  R«r.  17:6,  10.  h.  i  Ne.  14:14.  Inn.  24:0.  Matt. 
24 :87.  Bbtwxin  B.  0.  000  and  002. 
1   NEPHI,    14. 
27 
with  the  'power  of  God  in  great 
glory. 
15.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  I 
beheld  that  the  wrath  of  God  was 
poured  out  upon  the  great  and 
abominable  church,  insomuch 
that  there  were  wars  and  rumors 
of  wars  among  all  the  nations 
and  kindreds  of  the  earth. 
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:  Be- 
hold, the  wrath  of  God  is  upon 
the  mother  of  harlots;  and  be- 
hold, thou  seest  all  these  things — 
17.  And  when  the  day  cometh 
that  the  *wrath  of  God  is  poured 
out  upon  the  mother  of  harlots, 
which  is  the  great  and  abomi- 
nable church  of  all  the  earth, 
whose  foundation  is  the  devil, 
then,  at  that  day,  the  work  of  the 
Father  shall  commence,  in  pre- 
paring the  way  for  the  fulfilling 
of  his  covenants,  which  he  hath 
made  to  his  people  who  are  of 
the  house  of  Israel. 
18.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
the  angel  spake  unto  me,  saying: 
Look! 
19.  And  I,  looked  and  beheld 
a  man,  and  he  was  dressed  in  a 
white  robe. 
20.  And  the  angel  said  unto 
me:  Behold  'one  of  the  twelve 
apostles  of  the  Lamb. 
21.  Behold,  he  shall  see  and 
write  the  remainder  of  these 
things;  yea,  and  also  many  things 
which  have  been. 
22.  And  he  shall  also  write 
concerning  the  end  of  the  world. 
23.  Wherefore,  the  things 
which  he  shall  write  are  just  and 
true:   and  behold  they  are  wrft- 
(.  1   Ne 
22:15,   16 
ten  in  the  "book  which  thou  be- 
held 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  writ- 
ten were  plain  and  pure,  and 
most  precious  and  easy  to  the  un- 
derstanding of  all  men. 
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. 
25.  But  the  things  which  thou 
Shalt  see  hereafter  thou  shalt  not 
write;  for  the  Lord  God  hath  or- 
dained the  apostle  of  the  Lamb 
of  God  that  he  should  write  them. 
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,  ac- 
cording to  the  truth  which  is  in 
the  Lamb,  in  the  own  due  time  of 
the  Lord,  unto  the  house  of  Israel. 
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. 
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  suf- 
ficeth  me;  and  I  have  written  but 
a  small  part  of  the  things  which 
I  saw. 
29.  And  I  bear  record  that  I 
sa,w  the  things  which  my  ^father 
saw,  and  the  angel  of  the  Lord 
did  make  them  known  unto  me. 
30.  And  now  I  make  an  end  of 
speaking  concerning   the  things 
13:37,   38.     Jac.   6:2,   3.     ;,   1   Ne.   22:13.    14.     Isa     66  15     16       ft    1   Ne 
o  «^  ?!-. 20:20.     21:20,21.     Morm.  8:41.      ,  ver.  27      m.lNe    13:20    sl; 
40.     n.  2  Ne.  27:6—23.     Eth.  3:21—27.     12:21.     o.  ver.  20.     p,  1  Ne.  8:2 
Betwken  B.  G.  600  AND  692. 
28 
1   NEPHI,   15. 
which  I  saw  while  I  was  carried 
away  in  the  spirit;  and  If  all  the 
things  which  I  saw  are  not  writ- 
ten, the  things  which  I  have  writ- 
ten are  true.  And  thus  it  is. 
Amen. 
CHAPTER  15. 
Lehi'a  teachings  interpreted  by 
Nephi — The  olive-tree — The  tree  of 
life — The  word  of  God. 
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. 
2.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  I 
beheld  my  brethren,  and  they 
were  disputing  one  with  another 
concerning  the  things  which  my 
father  had  spoken  unto  them. 
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. 
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. 
5.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  I 
was  overcome  because  of  my 
aflaictions,  for  i  considered  that 
mine  afflictions  were  great  above 
all,  because  of  the  destructions 
of  'my  people,  for  1  had  beheld 
their  fall. 
6.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
after  I  had  received  strength  1 
spake  unto  my  brethren,  desir- 
ing to  know  ot  them  the  cause  of 
their  disputations. 
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  con- 
cerning the  Gentiles. 
8.  And  I  said  unto  them:  Have 
ye  inquired  of  the  Lord? 
9.  And  they  said  unto  me:  We 
have  not;  for  the  Lord  maketh 
no  such  thing  known  unto  us. 
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? 
11.  Do  ye  not  remember  the 
things  which  the  Lord  hath  said? 
— If  ye  will  not  harden  your 
hearts,  and  ask  me  in  faith,  be- 
lieving that  ye  shall  receive,  with 
diligence  in  keeping  my  com- 
mandments, surely  these  things 
shall  be  made  known  unto  you. 
12.  Behold,  I  say  unto  you, 
that  the  house  of  Israel  was  com- 
pared unto  an  ""olive-tree,  by  the 
Spirit  of  the  Lord  which  was  in 
our  fathers;  and  behold  are  we 
not  broken  off  from  the  house  of 
Israel,  and  are  we  not  a  branch 
of  the  house  of  Israel? 
13.  And  now,  the  thing  which 
our  father  meanet'h  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 — 
14.  And  at  that  day  shall  the 
».  ».».  18.  Monn.  6.  b,  1  Ne.  0:1.  10:14.  c,  vera.  18.  10.  2  Ne.  8  :S.  Jac. 
i.  4:1—4.  d.  8  Ne.  21:4.  Vcm.  14—20.  1  Ne.  22:8—12.  8  Ne.  5:21—20.  10:10 
—18.     Obap.  21.     Moftn.  6:10 — 10,  20,  21.  BrrwKBN  B.  O.  000  and  602. 
1  NEPHI,  15. 
2« 
I 
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  knowl- 
edge of  their  forefathers,  and  also 
to  the  knowledge  of  the  gospel  of 
their  Redeemer,  which  was  min- 
istered 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  he  saved. 
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? 
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. 
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  Gen- 
tiles; 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. 
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,  say- 
ing: In  thy  seed  shall  all  the  kin- 
dreds of  the  earth  be  blessed. 
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. 
20.  And  I  did  rehearse  unto 
them  the  wqrds  of  Isaiah,  who 
spake  concerning  the  restoration 
of  the  Jews,  or  of  the  house  of 
Israel;  and  after  they  were  re- 
stored 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  hum- 
ble themselves  before  the  Lord. 
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? 
22.  And  I  said  unto  them:  It 
was  a  representation  of  the  tree 
of  life. 
23.  And  they  said  unto  me: 
What  meaneth  the  "rod  of  iron 
which  our  father  saw,  that  led  to 
the  tree? 
24.  And  I  said  unto  them  that 
it  was  the  word  of  God;  and 
whoso  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  ad- 
versary overpower  them  unto 
blindness,  to  lead  them  away  to 
destruction. 
25.  Wherefore,  I,  Nephi,  did 
exhort  them  to  give  heed  unto  the 
word  of  the  Lord;  yea,  I  did  ex- 
hort them  with  all  the  energies 
of  my  soul,  and  with  all  the  fac- 
ulty which  I  possessed,  that  they 
would  give  heed  to  the  word  of 
e,  1  Ne.  19:13—16.  22:11,  12.  2  No.  6:10—15.  9:1,  2.  10:5—9.  25:16,  17. 
80:7,  8.  3  Ne.  5:21—26.  20:20 — 34.  21:26 — ^29.  29:1,  8.  Morm.  5:14.  /,  1  Ne. 
8:10 — 12.    g,  1  Ne.  8:19.  BxirtntsN  B.  G.  eoo  Ain>  692. 
30 
1   NEPHI,    16. 
God  and  remember  to  keep  his 
commandments  always  in  all 
things. 
26.  And  they  said  unto  me: 
What  meaneth  the  "river  of  water 
which  our  father  saw? 
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. 
28.  And  I  said  unto  them  that 
it  was  an  awful  *gulf,  which  sep- 
arated the  wicked  from  the  tree 
of  life,  and  also  from  the  saints 
of  God. 
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. 
30.  And  I  said  unto  them  that 
our  father  also  saw  that  the  jus- 
tice 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. 
31.  And  they  said  unto  me: 
Doth  this  thing  mean  the  tor- 
ment of  the  body  in  th«  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? 
32.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  I 
said  unto  them  that  it  was  a  rep- 
resentation of  things  both  tem- 
poral 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. 
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. 
34.  But  behold,  I  say  unto  you, 
the  kingdom  of  God  is  not  fi.lthy, 
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. 
35.  And  there  is  a  place  pre- 
pared, yea,  even  that  ""awful  hell 
of  which  I  have  spoken,  and  the 
devil  is  the  foundation  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. 
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. 
CHAPTER  16. 
Lehi'a  sons  and  the  daughters  of 
lahmael  intermarry — The  journey 
continued — The  ball  or  director  given 
— Death  of  lahmael. 
1.  And  now  it  came  to  pass 
that  after  I,  Nephi,  had  made 
an  end  of  speaking  to  my  breth- 
H,  1  Np.  8:18.  i.  1  Np.  12:18.  2  No.  1  :i:i.  AI.  2fl  :20.  llo.  3:20.  ).  2  No.  0:10. 
Mim.  2:37.  AI.  11:87.  Morm.  0:4.  14.  k.  vor.  20.  2  No.  1:13.  2  ;2l>.  1):K— 10. 
20.  34.  30.  2H:15.  21,  23.  Jac.  «:10.  AI.  12:1(1— 18.  3  No.  27  :1 1,  12.  M.iro.  8:13. 
14,  21.     {,  Ter.  30.       D.  *  0.  20:87,  88.     8&:30,  44,  84.         Bbt.  D.  0.  000  and  602. 
1   NEPHI,   16. 
31 
ren,  behold  they  said  unto  me: 
Thou  hast  declared  unto  us  "hard 
things,  more  than  we  are  able  to 
bear. 
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. 
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. 
4.  And  It  came  to  pass  that  I, 
Nephi,  did  exhort  my  brethren, 
with  all  diligence,  to  keep  the 
commandments  of  the  Lord. 
5.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
they  did  humble  themselves  be- 
fore the  Lord;  insomuch  that  I 
had  joy  and  great  hopes  of  them, 
that  they  would  walk  In  the  paths 
of  righteousness. 
6.  Now,  all  these  things  were 
said  and  done  as  my  father  dwelt 
in  a  tent  in  the  "valley  which  he 
called  Lemuel. 
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  Ish- 
mael to  wife. 
8.  And  thus  my  father  had  ful- 
filled all  the  commandments  of 
the  Lord  which  had  been  given 
unto   him.      And   also,   I,   Nephi, 
a,  vers.  2, 
c,  1  Ne.  7 :2- 
37  :38— 47. 
had  been  blessed  of  the  Lord  ex- 
ceedingly. 
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  wilder- 
ness. 
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  be- 
held 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. 
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. 
12.  And  It  came  to  pass  that  we 
did  take  our  tents  and  depart  Into 
the  wilderness,  across  the  river 
Laman. 
13.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  we 
traveled  for  the  space  of  four 
days,  nearly  a  south-southeast  di- 
rection, and  we  did  pitch  our 
tents  again;  and  we  did  call  the 
name  of  the  place  Shazer. 
14.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  we 
did  take  our  bows  and  our  ar- 
rows, and  go  forth  Into  the  wil- 
derness to  slay  food  for  our  fam- 
ilies; and  after  we  had  slain  food 
for  our  families  we  did  return 
again  to  our  families  in  the  wil- 
derness, to  the  place  of  Shazer. 
And  we  did  go  forth  again  in  the 
wilderness,  following  the  same 
direction,   keeping   in    the   most 
3.     2    Ne. 
-6,    19,   22. 
1:26,    27. 
d,  vers. 
Enos   23. 
16,   26 — 30. 
Moro.    9:4.      b,    1    Ne.    2:8,    14.     9:1. 
1    Ne.    18:12,   21.     2   Ne.    5:12.     Al. 
Bbtwekn  B.  C.  600  AND  692 
32 
1  NEfHl,  16. 
fertile  parts  of  the  wilderness, 
which  were  in  the  borders  near 
the  Red  Sea. 
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. 
16.  And  we  did  follow  the  di- 
rections of  the  ball,  which  led  us 
in  the  more  fertile  parts  of  the 
wilderness. 
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. 
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,  be- 
hold, my  brethren  were  angry 
with  me  because  of  the  loss  of 
my  bow,  for  we  did  obtain  no 
food. 
19.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  we 
did  return  without  food  to  our 
families,  and  being  much  fa- 
tigued, because  of  their  journey- 
ing, they  did  suffer  much  for  the 
want  of  food. 
20.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
Laman  and  Lemuel  and  the  sons 
of  Ishmael  did  begin  to  murmur 
exceedingly,  because  of  their  suf- 
ferings and  afflictions  in  the  wil- 
derness; and  also  my  father  be- 
gan to  murmur  against  the  Lord 
his  God;  yea,  and  they  were  all 
exceeding  sorrowful,  even  that 
they  did  murmur  against  the 
Lord. 


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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,  inso- 
much that  we  could  obtain  no 
food. 


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22.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  I, 
Nephi,  did  speak  much  unto  my 
brethren,  because  they  had  hard- 
ened their  hearts  again,  even 
unto  complaining  against  the 
Lord  their  God. 


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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? 


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24.  And  It  came  to  pass  that  he 
did  inquire  of  the  Lord,  for  they 
had  humbled  themselves  because 
of  my  word;  for  I  did  say  many 
things  unto  them  in  the  energy 
of  my  soul. 


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25.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
the  voice  of  the  Lord  came  unto 
my  father;  and  he  was  truly 
chastened  because  of  his  murmur- 
ing against  the  Lord,  insomuch 
that  he  was  brought  down  into 
the  depths  of  sorrow. 


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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  writ- 
ten. 


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27.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
when  my  father  beheld  the  things 
which  were  written  upon  the  ball, 
he  did  fear  and  tremble  exceed- 
ingly, and  also  my  brethren  and 
the  sons  of  Ishmael  and  our  wives. 


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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. 


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29.  And  there  was  also  written 
e,  1  N«.  4 :».    2  N«.  6 :15.    Jar.  8.     Bth.  7 :0. 
87:40. 
Pi.  18:84.     /,  1  Ne.  10:10.     e,  Al. 
BrrwiBN  B.  O.  600  AND  502. 
1  NEPHI,  16. 
38 
upon  them  a  new  writing,  which 
was  plain  to  be  read,  which  did 
give  us  understanding  concern- 
ing 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. 


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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. 


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31.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  I 
did  slay  wild  beasts,  insomuch 
that  I  did  obtain  food  for  our 
families. 


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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. 


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33.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  we 
did  again  take  our  journey,  trav- 
eling 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. 
34.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
*Ishmael  died,  and  was  buried  In 
the  place  which  was  called  Na- 
hom. 
35.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
the  daughters  of  Ishmael  did 
mourn  exceedingly,  because  of 
the  loss  of  their  father,  and  be- 
cause 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. 
36.  And  thus  they  did  mur- 
mur against  my  father,  and  also 
against  me;  and  they  were  de- 
sirous to  return  again  to  Jeru- 
salem. 
37.  And  Laman  said  unto  Lem- 
uel and  also  unto  the  sons  of  Ish- 
mael: Behold,  let  us  slay  our 
father,  and  also  our  brother 
Nephl,  who  has  taken  It  upon  him 
to  be  our  ruler  and  our  teacher, 
who  are  his  elder  brethren. 
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;  a-nd  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  ac- 
cording to  his  will  and  pleasure. 
And  after  this  manner  did  my 
brother  Laman  stir  up  their 
hearts  to  anger. 
3  9.  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  exceed- 
ingly; and  after  they  were  chas- 
tened by  the  voice  of  the  Lord 
they  did  turn  away  their  anger, 
and  did  repent  of  their  sins,  inso- 
much that  the  Lord  did  bless  us 
again  with  food,  that  we  did  not 
perish. 
g.  1  Ne.  7:2—6,  19. 
BVIWKBN  B.   0.   600  AND  692. 
34 
1   NEPHI,    17. 
CHAPTER   17. 
Irreantum  or  many  waters — The 
Lord  commands  Nephi  to  build  a  ship 
— His  brethren  oppose  hijii  and  are 
confounded. 
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  wilder- 
ness. 
2.  And  so  great  were  the  bless- 
ings 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  chil- 
dren, and  were  strong,  yea,  even 
like  unto  the  men;  and  they  be- 
gan to  bear  their  journeyings 
without  murmurings. 
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  com- 
mandments of  God  he  doth  nour- 
ish them,  and  strengthen  them, 
and  provide  means  whereby  they 
can  accomplish  the  thing  which 
he  has  commanded  them;  where- 
fore, he  did  provide  means  for 
us  while  we  did  sojourn  In  the 
wilderness. 
4.  And  we  did  sojourn  for  the 
space  of  many  years,  yea,  *even 
eight  years  in  the  wilderness. 
5.  And  we  did  come  to  the  land 
which  we  called  Bountiful,  be- 
cause 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  Inter- 
preted, Is  many  waters. 
6.  And  It  came  to  pass  that  we 
did  pitch  our  tents  by  the  sea- 
shore;   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  Bounti- 
ful, because  of  its  much  fruit. 
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. 
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. 
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  man- 
ner which  thou  hast  shown  unto 
me? 
10.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
the  Lord  told  me  whither  I  should 
go  to  find  ore,  that  I  might  make 
tools. 
11.  And  It  came  to  pass  that  I, 
Nephi,  did  make  a  bellows  where- 
with 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. 
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; 
13.  And  I  will  also  be  your 
light  in  the  wilderness;  and  I 
will  prepare  the  way  before  you, 
•  B.  C.  802. 
1   NEPHI,   17. 
36 
If  It  so  be  that  ye  shall  keep  my 
commandments;  wherefore,  inas- 
much as  ye  shall  keep  my  com- 
mandments ye  shall  be  led  to- 
wards the  "promised  land ;  and  ye 
shall  know  that  it  is  by  me  that 
ye  are  led. 
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. 
15.  Wherefore,  I,  Nephi,  did 
strive  to  keep  the  commandments 
of  the  Lord,  and  I  did  exhort  my 
brethren  to  faithfulness  and  dili- 
gence. 
16.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  I 
did  make  "tools  of  the  ore  which 
I  did  molten  out  of  the  rock. 
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. 
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  in- 
structed of  the  Lord. 
19.  And  now  it  came  to  pass 
that  I,  Nephi,  was  exceeding  sor- 
rowful because  of  the  hardness 
of  their  hearts;  and  now  when 
they  saw  that  I  began  to  be  sor- 
rowful 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. 
20.  And  thou  art  like  unto  our 
father,  led  away  by  the  foolish 
imaginations  of  his  heart;  yea, 
ho  hath  led  us  out  of  the  land  of 
Jerusalem,  and  we  have  wan- 
dered 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. 
21.  Behold,  these  many  years 
we  have  suffered  in  the  wilder- 
ness, which  time  we  might  have 
enjoyed  our  possessions  and  the 
land  of  our  Inheritance;  yea,  and 
we  might  have  been  happy. 
22.  And  we  know  that  the  peo- 
ple who  were  in  the  land  of  Jeru- 
salem 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. 
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  bands  of  the  Egyptians  if 
they  had  not  hearkened  unto  the 
words  of  the  Lord? 
24.  Yea,  do  ye  suppose  that 
they  would  have  been  led  out  of 
a.  1  Ne.  2  :20.     18 :23.     b.  vers.  9,  10.     c,  vers.  8,  49.  61.     18 :1— 6. 
About  B.  O.  691. 
36 
1  NEPHI,   17. 
bondage.  If  the  Lord  had  not  com- 
manded Moses  that  he  should 
lead  them  out  of  bondage? 
25.  Now  ye  know  that  the  chil- 
dren 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. 
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. 
27.  But  ye  know  that  the 
Egyptians  were  drowned  in  the 
Red  Sea,  who  were  the  armies  of 
Pharaoh. 
28.  And  ye  also  know  that  they 
were  fed  with  manna  in  the  wil- 
derness. 
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. 
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. 
31.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
according  to  his  word  he  did  de- 
stroy them;  and  according  to  his 
word  he  did  lead  them;  and  ac- 
cording to  his  word  he  did  do  all 
things  for  them;  and  there  was 
not  any  thing  done  save  It  were 
by  his  word.  
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  de- 
struction. 
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  fa- 
thers, do  ye  suppose  that  they 
were  righteous?  Behold,  I  say 
unto  you,  Nay. 
34.  Do  ye  suppose  that  our 
fathers  would  have  been  more 
choice  than  they  if  they  had 
been  righteous?  I  say  unto  you. 
Nay. 
35.  Behold,  the  Lord  esteem- 
eth  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  ob- 
taining power  over  It. 
36.  Behold,  the  Lord  hath 
created  the  earth  that  it  should 
be  Inhabited;  and  he  hath  created 
his  children  that  they  should  pos- 
sess It. 
37.  And  he  ralseth  up  a  right- 
eous nation,  and  destroyeth  the 
nations  of  the  wicked. 
38.  And  he  leadeth  away  the 
righteous  Into  precious  lands,  and 
the  wicked  he  destroyeth,  and 
curseth  the  land  unto  them  for 
their  sakes. 
39.  He  ruleth  high  In  the 
heavens,  for  It  is  his  throne,  and 
this  earth  Is  his  footstool. 
40.  And  he  loveth  those  who 
will  have  him  to  be  their  God. 
About  B.  0.  BOl. 
1  NEPHI,  17. 
37 
Behold,  he  loved  our  fathers,  and 
he  covenanted  vsrith  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. 
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  be- 
cause of  the  simpleness  of  the 
way,  or  the  easiness  of  It,  there 
were  many  who  perished. 
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. 
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. 
44.  Wherefore,  the  Lord  ""com- 
manded  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. 
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;  where- 
fore, 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. 
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? 
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,  in- 
somuch that  my  frame  has  no 
strength. 
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  Houch  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. 
49.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  I, 
Nephi,  said  unto  them  that  they 
should  murmur  no  more  against 
d,  1  Ne.  2:2.  e.  1  Ne.  2:1.  f,  1  Ne,  16:37.  g,  1  Ne.  3:29.  h.  3  Ne.  26:3. 
i,  1  Ne.  12:4.  10:11.  12.  2  Ne.  26:4 — 6.  He.  14:21—24.  3  Ne.  8:5—19.  },  vers. 
52— C5.     2  Ne.   1 :26.   27.  ABOtiT  B.  C.  691. 
3S 
1  NEPHI,   18. 
their  father;  neither  should  they 
withhold  their  labor  from  me, 
for  God  had  commanded  me  that 
I  should  build  a  ship. 
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. 
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? 
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  pow- 
erful was  the  Spirit  of  God;  and 
thus  it  had  wrought  upon  them. 
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. 
64.  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. 
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. 
CHAPTER   18. 
The  ship  completed — Jacob  and 
Joseph — The  voyage  begun — Revelry 
and  rebellion — A  storm  at  sea — Ar- 
rival in  the  promised  land. 
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  work- 
manship. And  the  Lord  did  show 
me  from  time  to  time  after  what 
manner  I  should  work  the  timbers 
of  the  ship. 
2.  Now  I,  Nephl,  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. 
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. 
4.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
after  I  had  finished  the  ship,  ac- 
cording to  the  word  of  the  Lord, 
my  brethren  beheld  that  it  was 
good,  and  that  the  workmanship 
thereof  was  exceeding  fine; 
wherefore,  they  did  humble  them- 
selves again  before  the  Lord. 
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. 
k.   1    N«.   8:7.     Jac.   4:9.     PbiUp.  4:18.     I,  Ttn.  48,   64,   66. 
OBAT.  18:   a,  1  N«.  17  :S. 
About  B.  O.  B81. 
1  NEPHI,   18. 
39 
6.  And  It  came  to  pass  that  on 
the  morrow,  after  we  had  pre- 
pared all  things,  much  fruits  and 
meat  from  the  wilderness,  and 
honey  in  abundance,  and  pro- 
visions 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  ac- 
cording to  his  age;  wherefore,  we 
did  all  go  down  into  the  ship, 
with  our  wives  and  our  children. 
7.  And  now,  my  father  had 
begat  two  sons  in  the  wilderness; 
the  elder  was  called  Jacob  and 
the  younger  Joseph. 
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. 
9.  And  after  we  had  been 
driven  forth  before  the  wind  for 
the  space  of  many  days,  behold, 
my  brethren  and  the  sons  of  Ish- 
mael  and  also  their  wives  began 
to  make  themselves  merry,  inso- 
much 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  ex- 
ceeding rudeness. 
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,  say- 
ing: We  will  not  that  our  younger 
brother  shall  be  a  ""ruler  over  us. 
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  harsh- 
ness; 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. 
12.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
after  they  had  bound  me  inso- 
much that  I  could  not  move,  the 
*compass,  which  had  been  pre- 
pared of  the  Lord,  did  cease  to 
work. 
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  exceed- 
ingly lest  they  should  be  drowned 
in  the  sea;  nevertheless  they  did 
not  loose  me. 
14.  And  on  the  fourth  day, 
which  we  had  been  driven  back, 
the  tempest  began  to  be  exceed- 
ing sore. 
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;  where- 
fore, they  came  unto  me,  and 
loosed  the  bands  which  were  upon 
my  wrists,  and  behold  they  had 
swollen  exceedingly;  and  also 
mine  ankles  were  much  swollen, 
and  great  was  the  soreness  there- 
of. 
16.  Nevertheless,    I    did    look 
6,  1  Ne.  8:1.  16:11.  ver.  24.  c,  1  Ne.  2 :20.  5:5.22.  7:13.  12:1.4.  13:12. 
14,  30.  14:2.  18:22.  23.  d,  1  Ne.  2:22.  16:37,  38.  2  Ne.  1:25 — 27.  5:3,  19. 
e,  see  d,  1  Ne.  10.  .  About  B.  O.  590. 
40 
1  NEPHI,   19. 
unto  my  God,  and  I  did  praise 
him  all  the  day  long;  and  I  did 
not  murmur  against  the  Lord  be- 
cause of  mine  afllictione. 
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  any- 
one 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. 
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. 
19.  And  "Jacob  and  Joseph 
also,  being  young,  having  need  of 
much  nourishment,  were  grieved 
because  of  the  aflaictions  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, 
20.  And  there  was  nothing 
save  it  were  the  power  of  God, 
which  threatened  them  with  de- 
struction, could  soften  their 
hearts;  wherefore,  when  they  saw 
that  they  were  about  to  be  swal- 
lowed up  in  the  depths  of  the  sea 
they  repented  of  the  thing  which 
they  had  done,  Insomuch  that 
they  loosed  me. 
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. 
22.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  I, 
Nephi,  did  ^guide  the  ship,  that 
we  sailed  again  towards  the 
promised  land. 
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. 
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. 
25.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  we 
did  find  upon  the  land  of  promise, 
as  we  journeyed  in  the  wilder- 
ness, 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  man- 
ner of  "ore,  both  of  gold,  and  of 
silver,  and  of  copper. 
CHAPTER  19. 
Nephi'a  record  of  Ma  people — Sun- 
dry prophets  mentioned-— Zenos  and 
Ma  predtctiona. 
1.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  the 
Lord  commanded  me,  wherefore 
I  did  make  "plates  of  ore  that  I 
/,  1  Ne,  7:0.     g,  vor.  7.     *,  1  Ne.  10 -.7.     i.  ver.  12.  J,  vor.   18.     k.  1  Ne.  2:20. 
I,  1    Ne.    8:1.     «.   ifcno.   21.     Al.    18:0.     20:0.     8    No.   8:22.     4:4.     0:1,     Eth.    0:18. 
{»,  81—84.     10:19—21.     n,  .  Ne.  10:1.     2  Ne.  5:14—10.     Jac.  2:12,  13.     Ho.  0:0— 
II.  Btb.  9:17.     10:7.   12.  28.         Chap.  1»:    a,  le*  f,  1  Ne.  1. 
•  Probably  about  B.  0.  680. 
1  NEPHI,   19. 
41 
might  engraven  upon  them  the 
record  of  my  people.  And  upon 
tho  plates  which  I  made  I  did  en- 
graven 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. 
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  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. 
3.  And  after  I  had  made  ""these 
plates  by  way  of  commandment, 
I,  Nephi,  received  a  command- 
ment 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  writ- 
ten should  be  kept  for  the  in- 
struction of  my  people,  who 
should  possess  the  land,  and  also 
for  other  wise  pxirposes,  which 
purposes  are  known  unto  the 
Lord. 
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  de- 
structions 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  pjophet  to  another, 
until  further  commandments  of 
the  Lord. 
5.  And  an  account  of  my  mak- 
ing Hhese  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. 
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. 
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  un- 
der 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. 
8.  And  behold  he  cometh,  ac- 
cording to  the  words  of  the  angel, 
in  ^six  hundred  years  from  the 
time  my  father  left  Jerusalem. 
9.  And  the  world,  because  of 
their  iniquity,  shall  judge  him  to 
be  a  thing  of  naught;  wherefore 
they  scourge  him,  and  he  suffer- 
eth  it;  and  they  smite  him,  and 
he  suffereth  it.  Yea,  they  spit 
upon  him,  and  he  suffereth  it,  be- 
cause of  his  loving  kindness  and 
his  long-suffering  towards  the 
children  of  men. 
10.  And  the  God  of  our  fath- 
ers, who  were  led  out  of  Egypt, 
out  of  bondage,  and  also  were 
preserved  in  the  wilderness  by 
him,  yea,  the  God  of  Abraham, 
6,  1  Ne.  1:16,  17.     19:2.     c,  1  Ne.  9:2.     d.  1  Ne.  9:4.     e,  2  Ne.  5:30.       D.  &  C. 
sec.  10.     /,  1  Ne.  10 :4.  Betwsbn  B,  C.  588  and  070. 
42 
1  NEPHI,   19. 
and  of  Isaac,  and  the  God  of 
Jacob,  yieldeth  himself,  accord- 
ing to  the  words  of  the  angel,  as 
a  man,  into  the  hands  of  wicked 
men,  to  be  lifted  up,  according  to 
the  words  of  "Zeoiock,  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  con- 
cerning the  *three  days  of  dark- 
ness, 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. 
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,  urito  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. 
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. 
13.  And  as  for  those  who  are 
at  Jerusalem,  saith  the  prophet, 
they  shall  be  scourged  by  all  peo- 
ple, because  they  crucify  the  God 
of  Israel,  and  turn  their  hearts 
aside,  rejecting  signs  and  won- 
ders, and  the  power  and  glory  of 
the  God  of  Israel. 
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  by-word, 
and  be  hated  among  all  nations. 
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. 
16.  Yea,  then  will  he  remem- 
ber 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. 
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. 
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. 
19.  Wherefore,  I  speak  unto 
all  the  house  of  Israel,  if  it  so 
be  that  they  should  obtain  these 
things. 
20.  For  behold,  I  have  work- 
ings 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. 
21.  And  he  surely  did  show 
unto  the  prophets  of  old  all 
things  concerning  them;  and  also 
^.Al.  33:15.  34:7.  Ho.  K:20.  8  No.  10:16— 17.  »,  vers.  12.  16.  Jnc.  6:1.  0:1. 
At.  33:3.  13.  16.  34:7.  lie.  8:10.  16:11.  8  Ne.  10:10.  i.  He.  14:20,  27.  .<  Nc. 
N:10— 28.  10:0.  /,  3  Ne.  0,  jfc.  He.  14:20—27.  8  Ne.  8:6—23.  I,  He.  14:21.  22. 
3  Ne.  8:17,  18.     m,  Me  «,  1  Ne.  10.     n,  wo  h.  BrrwBiM  B.  0.  688  and  670. 
1  NEPHI,   20. 
43 
he  did  show  unto  many  concern- 
ing us;  wherefore,  it  must  needs 
be  that  we  know  concerning  them 
for  they  are  "written  upon  the 
plates  of  brass. 
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  do- 
ings of  the  Lord  in  other  lands, 
among  people  of  old. 
23.  And  I  did  read  many  things 
unto  them  which  were  written  In 
the  book  of  Moses;  but  that  I 
might  more  fully  persuade  them 
to  believe  in  the  Lord  their  Re- 
deemer I  did  read  unto  them  that 
which  was  written  by  the  prophet 
Isaiah;  for  I  did  liken  all  scrip- 
tures unto  us,  that  it  might  be 
for  our  profit  and  learning. 
24.  Wherefore  I  spake  unto 
them,  saying:  Hear  ye  the  words 
of  the  prophet,  ye  who  are  a  rem- 
nant 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. 
CHAPTER  20. 
Prophecies  recorded  on  the  plates 
of  brass — Compare  Isaiah  48. 
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. 
2.  Nevertheless,  they  call  them- 
selves "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. 
3.  Behold,  'I  have  declared  the 
former  things  from  the  begin- 
ning; and  they  went  forth  out  of 
my  mouth,  and  I  showed  them.  I 
did  show  them  suddenly. 
4.  And  I  did  it  because  I  knew 
that  thou  art  obstinate,  and  "thy 
neck  is  an  iron  sinew,  and  thy 
brow  brass; 
5.  And  I  have  even  *from  the 
beginning  declared  to  thee;  be- 
fore 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. 
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. 
7.  They  are  created  now,  and 
not  from  the  beginning,  even  be- 
fore the  day  when  thou  heardest 
them  not  they  were  declared  unto 
thee,  lest  thou  shouldst  say — Be- 
hold I  knew  them. 
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. 
9.  Nevertheless,  for  my  name's 
sake  will  I  defer  mine  anger,  and 
0,  3  Ne.  10:16,  17.  p,  see  a,  1  Ne.  3.  Chap.  20:  a,  Isa.  48:1.  6,  Deut.  6:13. 
Isa.  65:16.  Zeph.  1:5.  c,  Jer.  4:2.  5:2.  d,  Isa.  52:1.  e,  Mic.  3:9—11.  /,  Isa. 
41:22.  42:9.  43:9.  44:7.8.  45:21.  46:9,10.  p,  Ex.  32 :9.  Deut.  31 :27.  A,  see 
/.     i,  Ps.  58  :3.  BsrwaXN  B.  C.  588  AND  570. 
44 
1   NEPHI,   21. 
for  my  praise  will  I  refrain  from 
thee,  that  I  cut  thee  not  off. 
10.  For,  behold,  I  have  refined 
thee,  I  have  chosen  thee  in  the 
furnace  of  aflliction. 
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. 
12.  Hearken  unto  me,  O  Jacob, 
and  Israel  my  called,  for  I  am  he; 
I  am  the  *first,  and  I  am  also  the 
last. 
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. 
14.  "All  ye,  assemble  your- 
selves, and  hear;  who  among 
them  hath  declared  these  things 
unto  them?  The  Lord  hath  loved 
him;  yea,  and  he  will  fulfil  his 
word  which  he  hath  declared  by 
them;  and  °he  will  do  his  pleasure 
on  Babylon,  and  his  arm  shall 
come  upon  the  Chaldeans. 
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. 
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. 
17.  And  thus  salth  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. 
18.  O  that  thou  hadst  heark- 
ened to  my  commandment — then 
had  thy  peace  been  as  a  river, 
and  thy  righteousness  as  the 
waves  of  the  sea. 
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. 
20.  'Go  ye  forth  of  Babylon, 
fiee  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. 
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. 
22.  And  notwithstanding  he 
hath  done  all  this,  and  greater 
also,  there  is  no  peace,  saith  the 
Lord,  unto  the  wicked. 
CHAPTER  21. 
Isaiah's  writings,  as  recorded  upon 
the  plates  of  brass,  continued — Com- 
pare Isaiah  iO. 
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  scat- 
tered abroad,  who  are  of  my  peo- 
ple, 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. 
2.  And  he  hath  made  my 
mouth  like  a  sharp  sword;  in  the 
shadow  of  his  hand  hath  he  hid 
f,  Ua.  42:8.  k.  Ins.  41:4.  Ilcv.  1:17.  22:18.  I.  Ps.  102:25.  m,  Isa.  40 .-20. 
n,  MM  /.  o,  iM.  44:2H.  p,  Ina.  45:1 — *.  q,  Im.  40:10.  r.  Gen.  22:17.  Hon.  1:10. 
I.  J«r,  50:8.  61  :fl.  44,  40.  Z«ch.  2:6,  7.  t,  I«a.  44:22,  28.  u.  I*k.  107:86—88. 
Im.  80:0,  7.  41:17,18.  CHAP.  21 :  a,  Ter.  8.  Iia.  61:0.  60:0.  H0:1».  1  N».  22:4. 
3  M«.  10:20—22.  Brwmn  U.  0.  088  ani>  070. 
1  NEPHI,   21. 
45 
me,  and  made  me  a  polished 
shaft;  in  his  quiver  hath  he  hid 
me; 
3.  And  said  unto  me:  Thou  art 
my  servant,  O  Israel,  in  whom  I 
will  be  glorified. 
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. 
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. 
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  pre- 
served of  Israel.  I  will  also  give 
thee  for  a  light  no  the  Gentiles, 
that  thou  mayest  be  my  salvation 
unto  the  ends  of  the  earth. 
7.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  Re- 
deemer of  Israel,  his  Holy  One,  to 
him  whom  man  despiseth,  to  him 
whom  the  nations  abhorreth,  to 
servant  of  rulers:  Kings  shall  see 
and  arise,  princes  also  shall  wor- 
ship, because  of  the  Lord  that  is 
faithful. 
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; 
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. 
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,  ev,en  "by  the  springs  of 
water  shall  he  guide  them. 
11.  And  I  will  make  *all  my 
mountains  a  way,  and  ^my  high- 
ways shall  be  exalted. 
12.  And  then,  O  house  of  Is- 
rael, behold,  "these  shall  come 
from  far;  and  lo,  these  from  the 
north  and  from  the  west;  and 
these  from  the  land  of  Sinim. 
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. 
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. 
15.  "For  can  a  woman  forget 
her  sucking  child,  that  she  shoilld 
not  have  compassion  on  the  son 
of  her  womb?  Yea,  they  may 
forget,  yet  will  I  not  forget  thee, 
0  house  of  Israel. 
16.  Behold,  I  have  graven  thee 
upon  the  palms  of  my  hands;  thy 
walls  are  continually  before  me. 
17.  Thy  children  shall  make 
haste  against  thy  destroyers;  and 
they  that  made  thee  waste  shall 
go  forth  of  thee. 
18.  Lift  up  thine  eyes  round 
about  and  behold;  "all  these 
gather  themselves  together,  and 
they  shall  come  to  thee.    And  as 
1  live,  saith  the  Lord,  thou  shalt 
surely  clothe  thee  with  them  all, 
c,  3  Ne.  21:11.  d,  see  a.  e,  see  e,  2  Ne.  3.  /,  2  Ne.  3:5.  g,  Ezek.  34:14.  1  Ne. 
22:25.  h.  see  u,  1  Ne.  20.  i,  see  g.  j,  Isa.  40:3.  62:10.  k,  Isa.  43:5 — 7.  I,  Isa. 
44:23.     m.  Ps.  103:13.     n,  Mic.  4:11—13.  Betwmn  B.  O.  688  AMD  670. 
46 
1   NEPHI,   22. 
as  with  an  ornament,  and  bind 
them  on  even  as  a  bride. 
19.  For  thy  waste  and  thy  des- 
olate places,  and  the  land  of  thy 
destruction,  shall  even  now  be  too 
narrow  by  reason  of  the  inhabi- 
tants; and  "they  that  swallowed 
thee  up  shall  be  far  away. 
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. 
21.  Then  Shalt  thou  say  in 
thine  heart:  "Who  hath  begotten 
me  these,  seeing  I  have  lost  my 
children,  and  am  desolate,  a  cap- 
tive, and  removing  to  and  fro? 
And  who  hath  brought  up  these? 
Behold,  I  was  left  alone;  these, 
where  have  they  been? 
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. 
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. 
24.  "For  shall  the  prey  be  taken 
from  the  mighty,  or  the  lawful 
captives  delivered? 
25.  But  thus  saith  the  Lord, 
even  the  captives  of  the  mighty 
shall  be  taken  away,  and  ^e  prey 
of  the  terrible  shall  be  denvered; 
for  I  win  contend  with  him  that 
contendeth  with  thee,  and  I  will 
save  thy  children. 
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. 
CHAPTER   22. 
Nephi  expounds  the  prophecies  of 
Isaiah — Prediction  of  a  mighty  Gen- 
tile nation  on  the  promised  land — 
Lehi's  descendants  to  be  nourished  by 
the  Gentiles — The  fate  of  those  who 
fight  against  Zion. 
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? 
2.  And  I,  Nephi,  said  unto 
them:  Behold  they  were  mani- 
fest 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. 
3.  Wherefore,  the  things  of 
which  I  have  read  are  things  per- 
taining 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. 
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 
o,  TIT,  17.     p,  rer.  21 
Ne.  22:H.    2Ne.  0:0,  7 
3  Ne.  0:14 — 18.         Obap.  32 
t,  1 
Sw  V,  2  No.  IB. 
10:8.  ».    u,  1  Ne.  22:12—14.    v,  1  Ne.  14  :16— 17^_  22  :13,  14. 
r,  lu.  00:18—20.     «,  lu.  02:10. 
a.  Me  a,  1  Ke.  8. 
BvrwBBN  B.  C.  688  AND  670. 
1  NEPHI,   22. 
47 
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. 
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. 
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  chil- 
dren 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. 
7.  And  it  meaneth  that  the 
time  cometh  that  after  all  the 
house  of  Israel  have  been  scat- 
tered and  coniounded,  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  '©ur  seed  be 
scattered. 
8.  And  after  our  seed  is  scat- 
tered the  Lord  God  will  proceed 
to  do  a  'marvelous  work  among 
the  Gentiles,  which  shall  be  of 
great  worth  unto  our  seed;  where- 
fore, it  is  likened  unto  their  being 
nourished    by    the    Gentiles    and 
being  carried  In  their  arms  and 
upon  their  shoulders. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
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  Re- 
deemer, the  Mighty  One  of  Israel. 
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. 
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. 
i 
b.  2  Ne.  10:20—22.  c.  1  Ne.  21:22.  23.  d,  3  Ne.  20:27.  e,  \  Ne.  13:12—20. 
2  Ne.  1:11.  3  Ne.  16:4.  /,  1  Ne.  13:35.  14:7.  2  Ne.  25:17.  27:26.  29:1,  2. 
3Ne.  21:1— 9.  Eth.  4,415.  j;,  1  Ne.  13  :34— 42.  14:1—5.  2  Ne.  28  :2.  30:3.  3  Ne. 
21:6.  23:4.  h,  1  Ne.  13 :39.  14:17.  2  Ne.  29:13,  14.  30:7,  8.  3  Ne.  5:23—26. 
16  :4.  5,     21 :26 — 29.     i.  1  Ne.  14  :3.  15 — 17.     21 :26.         Between  B.  C.  588  and  570. 
48 
1  NEPHI,   22. 
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. 
15.  For  behold,  saith  the  proph- 
et, 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. 
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. 
17.  Wherefore,  he  will  pre- 
serve 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. 
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  accordin-g  to  the 
flesh  If  It  so  be  that  they  will 
harden  their  hearts  against  the 
Holy  One  of  Israel. 
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. 
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. 
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  righteous- 
ness. 
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  estab- 
lished among  them  which  are  in 
the  flesh — 
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  Ipiquity;  yea,  in  fine,, 
all  those  who  belong  to  the  king- 
dom 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. 
24.  And  the  time  cometh  speed- 
ily that  the  righteous  must  be  led 
up  as  ''calves  of  the  stall,  and  the 
/,  rem.  19,  20.  2  Ne,  27  :2.  8.  fc,  Tcr.  20.  Jac  G  :70.  J.  vcM.  17,  18.  m,  vor.  21. 
3  Ne.  20:28.  21:11.  n,  rem.  16.  17,  10,  24,  28.  o,  1  Nc.  14:10.  15—17.  2  Ne. 
28:8—82.  8  N«.  27:7—12.  4  N«.  2S— 20.  Morm.  8:28.  32,  S3,  30—38.  p,  8 
H«.  2A:2.  BrrwBiN  B.  0.  088  and  070. 
2   NEPHI,   1. 
49 
Holy  One  of  Israel  must  reign  In 
dominion,  and  might,  and  power, 
and  great  glory. 
25.  And  he  gathereth  his  "chil- 
dren 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. 
26.  And  because  of  the  right- 
eousness 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. 
27.  And  now  behold,  I,  NephI, 
say  unto  you  that  all  these  things 
must  come  according  to  the  flesh. 
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. 
29.  And  now  I,  Nephi,  make  an 
end;  for  I  durst  not  speak  further 
as  yet  concerning  these  things. 
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  com- 
mandments of  God, 
31.  Wherefore,  ye  need  not 
suppose  that  I  and  my  father  are 
the  only  ones  that  have  testified, 
and  also  taught  them.  Where- 
fore, 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  hrethren  rebel  against  him. 
The  Lord  warns  Nephi  to  depart  into  the  wilderness.  His  journeyings 
in  the  wilderness,  <^c. 
CHAPTER  1. 
A  land  of  liberty,  blessed  for  the 
righteous  but  cursed  for  the  wicked — 
Lehi'a  exhortation. 
1.  And  now  it  came  to  pass  that 
after  I,  Nephi,  had  made  an  end 
of  teaching  my  brethren,  our  fa- 
ther, Lehi,  also  spake  many 
things  unto  them — how  great 
things  the  Lord  had  done  for 
them  in  bringing  them  out  of  the 
land  of  Jerusalem. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
5.  But,  said  he,  notwlthstand- 
q,  Ps.  50:5.  Isa.  43:6.  7.  Jer.  3:14.  Eph.  1:10.  Rev.  18:4,  5.  r,  see  a,  1 
Ne.  3.  Chap.  1 :  o,  1  Ne.  18 :9 — 20.  6,  vers.  5 — 12.  See  o,  1  Ne.  2.  c,  1  Ne. 
17  :14.     He.  8  :21,  22.  Bhiwebk  B.  C.  688  akd  B70. 
50 
2  NEPHI,   1. 
ing  our  afflictions,  we  have  ob- 
tained 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. 
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. 
7.  Wherefore,  this  land  is  con- 
secrated 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  lib- 
erty 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  for- 
ever. 
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. 
9.  Wherefore,  I,  Lehl,  have  ob- 
tained a  promise,  that  Inasmuch 
as  those  whom  the  Lord  God 
shall  bring  out  of  the  land  of 
Jerusalem  shall  keep  his  com- 
mandments, 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  for- 
ever. 
10.  But  behold,  when  the  time 
Cometh  that  they  shall  dwindle 
in  unbelief,  after  they  have  re- 
ceived so  great  blessings  from  the 
hand  of  the  Lord — having  a  knowl- 
edge 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  begin- 
ning, 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. 
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. 
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. 
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  chil- 
a.  Al.  46:10—14.  10.     Mora.  1:17.     0:7—22.     EtU.  2:8—12.     «,  1  Ne.  13:12—20. 
Mono.  6:10,  20.  Bvtwbin  B.  0.  688  and  670. 
2  NEPHI,  1. 
51 
dren  of  men,  that  they  are  car- 
ried away  captive  down  to  the 
eternal  gulf  of  misery  and  woe. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
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  de- 
stroyed forever; 
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  accord- 
ing to  the  will  and  captivity  of 
the  devil. 
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. 
20.  And  he  hath  said  Hhat: 
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    oft    from    my 
presence. 
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; 
22.  That  ye  may  not  be  cursed 
with  a  sore  cursing;  and  also, 
that  ye  may  not  incur  the  dis- 
pleasure of  a  just  God  upon  you, 
unto  the  destruction,  yea,  the 
eternal  destruction  of  both  soul 
and  body. 
23.  Awake,  my  sons;  put  on  the 
armor  of  righteousness.  Shake 
off  the  chains  with  which  ye  are 
bound,  and  come  forth  out  of  ob- 
scurity, and  arise  from  the  diist. 
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  sor- 
row because  of  you. 
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 
/,  1  Ne.  2:23.  2  Ne.  5:21—24.  Al.  3:0—19.  Morm.  5:15.  g,  1  Ne.  12:20—22. 
h.  Jar.  9.  Cm.  6.  Mos.  1:7.  2:22,  31.  Al.  9:13,  14.  36:1,  30.  37:13.  38:1. 
3Ne.  5:22.     i,  1  Ne.  11.     18:3.     ;,  1  Ne.  16  :32.     fc,  1  Ne.  16  :37.     J,  1  Ne.  16  :38. 
Between  B.  C.  588  and  670. 
62 
2  NEPHI,   2. 
glory  of  God,  and  your  own  eter- 
nal welfare. 
26.  And  ye  have  murmured  be- 
cause 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,  ac- 
cording to  that  which  is  in  God, 
which  he  could  not  restrain,  man- 
ifesting boldly  concerning  your 
iniquities. 
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  be- 
hold, 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. 
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  heark- 
en unto  him  I  leave  unto  you  a 
blessing,  yea,  even  my  first  bless- 
ing. 
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. 
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. 
31.  Wherefore,  because  thou 
bast  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  dis- 
turb their  prosperity  upon  the 
face  of  this  land  forever. 
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. 
CHAPTER  2. 
Lehi  to  his  son  Jacob — Opposition 
necessary  in  all  things — The  forbidden 
fruit  and  the  tree  of  life — Adam  fell 
that  men  might  be — Messiah,  the  great 
Mediator,  to  redeem  mankind. 
1.  And  now,  Jacob,  I  speak 
unto  you:  Thou  art  my  -first- 
born in  the  days  of  my  tribula- 
tion in  the  wilderness.  And  be- 
hold, in  thy  childhood  thou  hast 
suffered  afflictions  and  much  sor- 
row, because  of  the  rudeness  of 
thy  brethren. 
2.  Nevertheless,  Jacob,  my  first- 
born in  the  wilderness,  thou 
knowest  the  greatness  of  God; 
and  he  shall  consecrate  thine 
afflictions  for  thy  gain. 
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  be- 
held that  In  the  fulness  of  time 
he  Cometh  to  bring  salvation 
unto  men. 
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. 
5.  And  men  are  Instructed  suf- 
m,  1  N«.  17 :48.    M,  1  Ne.  4 :20,  88. 
Chap.  2; 
0,  1  Ne.  18:7.  19. 
BiTwaiN  B.  0.  688  and  670. 
2  NEPHI,   2. 
53 
flciently  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  for- 
ever. 
6.  Wherefore,  redemption  com- 
eth  in  and  through  the  Holy  Mes- 
siah; for  he  is  full  of  grace  and 
truth. 
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. 
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  flrst  that  should 
rise. 
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. 
10.  And  because  of  the  Inter- 
cession 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.  Where- 
fore, the  ends  of  the  law  which 
the  Holy  One  hath  given,  unto 
the  Inflicting  of  the  punishment 
which  is  affixed,  which  punish- 
ment that  is  affixed  Is  In  opposi- 
tion to  that  of  the  happiness 
which  Is  affixed,  to  answer  the 
ends  of  the  'atonement — 
11.  For  It  must  needs  be,  that 
there  is  an  "'opposition  in  all 
things.  If  not  so,  my  flrst-born 
in  the  wilderness,  righteousness 
could  not  be  brought  to  pass, 
neither  wickedness,  neither  holi- 
ness 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  Incorruptlon, 
happiness  nor  misery,  neither 
sense  nor  insensibility. 
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. 
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 
6,  2  Ne.  9  :4,  6,  T.  Al.  11 :42— 45.  12:12,10,24,27,31,36.  42:6—9.  He.  14:16. 
C,  2  Ne.  9  :8— 15.  26.  Mos.  10  :4— 10.  Al.  11  :40— 45.  12:16—18,32,30,37.  40:13, 
14,  26.  42:6 — 11,  14.  He.  14  :l.'i — 18.  d,  2  No.  9:4,  6 — 19,  22.  Mos.  13:35.  15:8, 
9,20—27.  10:7—11.  Al.  5:15.  7:12.  11:41—45.  12:12—18,24,25.  22:14.  33:22. 
Chap.  40.  41:2—5.  42:23.  He.  14 :15— 17,  25.  3Ne.  23:9— 13.  20:5.  Morm.  6 :21. 
7:6.  9:13.  Moro.  7:41.  10:34.  Ezek.  37:3 — 10.  Rom.  8:10.  1  Cor.  15:35 — 45. 
e,  ver.  10.  Mos.  14  :12.  15:8.  Moro.  7  :27.  28.  /.  2  Ne.  9  :7.  21,  22,  25.  26.  10:25. 
25:16.  Jac.  4:11,  12.  Mos.  3:11,  1.5—19.  4:2,  6,  7.  13:28.  18:2.  Al.  5:27. 
13:5,11.  21:9.  22:14.  24:13.  30:17.  33:22.  34:8—16,36.  36:17.  42:15.23. 
He.  14:15,  16.  3  Ne.  11:11.  27:19.  Morm.  9:13.  Moro.  7:41.  8:20.  10:33. 
g,  yen.  16,  16.  Bbtwkin  B.  C.  588  and  670. 
64 
2  NEPHI,   2. 
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  cre- 
ation of  things,  neither  to  act  nor 
to  be  acted  upon;  wherefore,  all 
things  must  have  vanished  away. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
17.  And  I,  Lehl,  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. 
18.  And  because  he  had  fallen 
from  heaven,  and  had  become 
miserable  forever,  he  sbught  also 
the  misery  of  all  mankind.  Where- 
fore, he  said  unto  Eve,  yea,  even 
that  old  serpent,  who  is  fhe  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. 
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. 
20.  And  they  have  brought 
forth  children;  yea,  even  the 
family  of  all  the  earth. 
21.  And  the  days  of  the  chil- 
dren of  men  were  prolonged,  ac- 
cording to  the  will  of  God,  that 
they  might  repent  while  in  the 
fiesh;  wherefore,  their  state  be- 
came a  state  of  probation,  and 
their  time  was  lengthened,  ac- 
cording 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. 
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  for- 
ever, and  had  no  end. 
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. 
24.  But  behold,  all  things  have 
been  done  in  the  wisdom  of  him 
who  knoweth  all  things. 
25.  Adam  *fell  that  men  might 
h.  Tor.  11.     <,  Tor.  IS.     £  No.  0:8. 
turn  3:27,   28.      0«n.  8:1.     Rev.   12:1). 
k,  T«r.  28. 
Mofi.  10:3.     P.  of  a.  P..  MoRpR  4:3—4.     Abrn 
20:2.     j,  ver.  26.      P.  of  (}.   P..   Mowh  5:11. 
BorwxBN  B.  C.  688  and  670. 
2  NEPHI,   3. 
56 
be;  and  men  are,  that  they  might 
have  joy. 
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  punish- 
ment of  the  law  at  the  great  and 
last  day,  according  to  the  com- 
mandments which  God  hath  given. 
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 
mediation  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  him- 
self. 
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; 
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. 
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. 
CHAPTER  3. 
Lehi  to  his  son  Joseph — A  prophecy 
by  Joseph  in  Egypt — A  choice  seer 
foretold — The  mission  of  Moses — He- 
brew and  Nephite  scriptures. 
1.  And  now  I  speak  unto  you, 
Joseph,  "my  last-born.  Thou  wast 
born  in  the  wilderness  of  mine  af- 
flictions; yea,  in  the  days  of  my 
greatest  sorrow  did  thy  mother 
bear  thee. 
2.  And  may  the  Lord  conse- 
crate also  unto  thee  Hhis  land, 
which  is  a  most  precious  land,  for 
thine  inheritance  and  the  inheri- 
tance of  thy  seed  with  thy  breth- 
ren, for  thy  security  forever,  if  it 
so  be  that  ye  shall  keep  the  com- 
mandments of  the  Holy  One  of 
Israel. 
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. 
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. 
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, never- 
theless, 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. 
1,  vers.  27—29.    Al.  chap.  29. 
19.     6,  1  Ne.  2:20.     18:22,  23. 
41:7.    42:27.    He.  14:30.         Chap.  3 :    a,  INe.  18:7, 
c,  1  Ne.  13:30.     d,  1  Ne.  6:14—16.     Al.  10:3. 
BiTWBBN  B.  C.  588  AND  B70. 
6« 
2  NEPHI,  S. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
9.  And  he  shall  be  great  like 
unto  Moses,  whom  I  have  said  I 
would  raise  up  unto  you,  to  de- 
liver my  people,  O  house  of 
Israel. 
10.  And  Moses  will  I  raise  up, 
to  deliver  thy  people  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt. 
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  con- 
vincing them  of  my  word,  which 
shall  have  already  gone  forth 
among  them. 
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  writ- 
ten 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. 
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. 
14.  And  thus  prophesied  Jo- 
seph, saying:  Behold,  that  seer 
will  the  Lord  bless;  and  they  that 
seek  to  destroy  him  shall  be  con- 
founded; for  this  promise,  which 
I  have  obtained  of  the  Lord,  of 
the  fruit  of  my  loins,  shall  be  ful- 
filled. Behold,  I  am  sure  of  the 
fulfilling  of  this  promise; 
15.  And  his  name  shall  be 
called  ''after  me;  and  it  shall  be 
afterthe  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  *bringmy  people 
unto  salvation. 
16.  Yea,  thus  prophesied  Jo- 
seph: 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. 
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. 
e,  rom.  11.  14.  Mow.  8:13 — 18.  3  No.  21  :S— 11.  Morm.  8:16.  25.  Eth.  3:21— 28. 
/,  Kwk.  37:10 — 20.  a,  8  No,  6:28.  Morm.  7:5.  10.  h.  vor.  14.  i,  C  No.  27:0 — 20. 
Knoa  12—18.     Al.  87:1—20.     8  Ne.  10:10,  11.     Morm.  7:K— 10. 
BiTW»N  B.  C.  588  AND  070. 
2  NEPHI,   4. 
67 
But  I  will  write  unto  him  my  law, 
by  the  finger  of  mine  own  hand; 
and  I  will  make  a  spokesman  for 
him. 
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. 
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. 
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  ac- 
cording to  the  simpleness  of  their 
words. 
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. 
22.  And  now,  behold,  my  son 
Joseph,  after  this  manner  did  my 
father  of  old  prophesy. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
CHAPTER   4. 
Lehi  blesses  the  sons  and  daughters 
of  Laman  and  Lemuel— Blessings  upon 
Ishniael's  household  and  upon  Sam  and 
his  posterity — Death  of  Lehi — Further 
rebellion. 
1.  And  now,  I,  Nephi,  speak  con- 
cerning the  prophecies  of  which 
my  father  hath  spoken,  concern- 
ing Joseph,  who  was  carried  into 
Egypt. 
2.  For  behold,  he  truly  proph- 
esied 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. 
3.  Wherefore,  after  my  father 
had  made  an  end  of  speaking  con- 
cerning 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. 
4.  For  the  Lord  God  hath  said 
that:  Inasmuch  as  ye  shall  keep 
my  commandments  ye  shall  pros- 
per in  the  land;  and  inasmuch  as 
J,  D.  &  C.  100:9,  11.     k,  2  Ne.  26:16.    Morm.  8:14—16,  23.  25,  26. 
Chap.  4  :    a,  see  a,  1  Ne.  3.  Betwebn  B.  C.  588  and  670- 
58 
2   NEPHI,   4. 
ye  will  not  keep  my  command- 
ments ye  shall  be  cut  off  from  my 
presence. 
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. 
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. 
7.  Wherefore,  because  of  my 
blessing  the  Lord  God  will  not 
suffer  that  ye  shall  perish ;  where- 
fore, he  ''will  be  merciful  unto 
you  and  unto  your  seed  forever. 
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, 
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. 
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  Ish- 
mael,  yea,  and  even  all  his  house- 
hold. 
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 
Shalt  Inherit  the  land  like  unto 
thy  brother  Nephl.    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. 
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. 
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. 
14.  For  I,  Nephi,  was  con- 
strained to  speak  unto  them,  ac- 
cording 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  writ- 
ten upon  mine  other  plates. 
15.  And  upon  "these  I  write 
the  things  of  my  soul,  and  many 
of  the  scriptures  which  are  en- 
graven upon  the  plates  of  brass. 
For  my  soul  delighteth  in  the 
scriptures,  and  my  heart  pon- 
dereth  them,  and  writeth  them 
for  the  learning  and  the  profit  of 
my  children. 
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. 
17.  Nevertheless, notwithstand- 
ing 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  sor- 
b.  1  N«.  18:81.  2  Ne.  10:18,  19.  Jac.  8:8—0.  He.  7:28,  24.  16:10—17.  8  Ne. 
20:22.  Morm.  S:20,  21.  Etb.  18:0,  8—11.  c.  Ten.  6 — 7.  d,  1  Ne.  7:6.  e,  Jac. 
1:12—14.    /,  1  Ne.  9:4.    g,  1  Ne.  6:1—6.  Bvtwmn  B.  C.  088  and  S70. 
2  NEPHI,  4. 
6» 
roweth  because  of  my  flesh;  my 
eoul  irrieveth  because  of  mine 
Iniquities. 
18.  I  am  encompassed  about, 
because  of  the  temptations  and 
the  sins  which  do  so  easily  beset 
me. 
19.  And  when  I  desire  to  re- 
joice, my  heart  groaneth  because 
of  my  sins;  nevertheless,  I  know 
in  whom  I  have  trusted. 
20.  My  God  hath  been  my  sup- 
port; he  hath  led  me  through 
mine  aflBictions  in  the  wilderness; 
and  he  hath  preserved  me  upon 
the  waters  of  the  great  deep. 
21.  He  hath  filled  me  with  his 
love,  even  unto  the  consuming  of 
my  flesh. 
22.  He  hath  confounded  mine 
enemies,  unto  the  causing  of  them 
to  quake  before  me. 
23.  Behold,  he  hath  heard  my 
cry  by  day,  and  he  hath  given  me 
knowledge  by  visions  In  the  night- 
time. 
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. 
25.  And  upon  the  wings  of  his 
Spirit  hath  my  body  been  carried 
away  upon  exceeding  high  moun- 
tains. And  mine  eyes  have  beheld 
great  things,  yea,  even  too  great 
for  man;  therefore  I  was  bidden 
that  I  should  not  write  them. 
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  afflic- 
tions? 
27.  And  why  should  I  yield  to 
sin,  because  of  my  flesh?     Yea, 
why  should  I  give  way  to  tempta- 
tions, 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? 
28.  Awake,  my  soul!  No  longer 
droop  in  sin.  Rejoice,  O  my  heart, 
and  give  place  no  more  for  the 
enemy  of  my  soul. 
29.  Donot  anger  again  because 
of  mine  enemies.  Do  not  slacken 
my  strength  because  of  mine  af- 
flictions. 
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  sal- 
vation. 
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? 
32.  May  the  gates  of  hell  be 
shut  continually  before  me,  be- 
cause 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! 
33.  O  Lord,  wilt  thou  encircle 
me  around  in  the  robe  of  thy 
righteousness!  O  Lord,  wilt  thou 
make  a  way  for  mine  escape  be- 
fore 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. 
34.  O  Lord,  I  have  trusted  In 
thee,  and  I  will  trust  in  thee  for- 
ever. 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 
BaTWBXN  B.  C.  588  and  570. 
60 
2  NEPHI,   5. 
is  he  that  putteth  his  trust  in 
man  or  maketh  flesh  his  arm. 
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. 
CHAPTER   5. 
Nephi,  warned  of  God^  separates 
from  those  who  seek  his  life — Zoram, 
Sam,  Jacob  and  Joseph  and  others  ac- 
company him — The  sword  of  Laban — 
A  temple  built — Nephi  a  king  or  pro- 
tector— The  rebellious  cursed  with  a 
dark  skin — Priests  and  teachers  con- 
secrated. 
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.  But  behold,  their  anger  did 
Increase  against  me,  insomuch 
that  they  did  seek  to  take  away 
my  life. 
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. 
4.  Now  I  do  not  write  upon 
these  plates  all  the  words  which 
they  murmured  against  me.  But 
it  sufflceth  me  to  say,  that  they 
did  seek  to  take  away  my  life. 
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. 
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;  where- 
fore, they  did  hearken  unto  my 
words. 
7.  And  we  did  take  our  tents 
and  whatsoever  things  were  pos- 
sible 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. 
8.  And  my  people  would  that 
we  should  call  the  name  of  the 
place  ''Nephi;  wherefore,  we  did 
call  it  Nephi. 
9.  And  all  those  who  were  with 
me  did  take  upon  them  to  call 
themselves  the  people  of  Nephi. 
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. 
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. 
12.  And  I,  Nephi,  had  also 
brought  the  records  which  were 
engraven  upon  the  'plates  of 
brass;  and  also  the  'ball,  or  com- 
pass, which  was  prepared  for  my 
father  by  the  hand  of  the  Lord,  ac- 
cording to  that  which  is  written. 
a.  2  Np.  4:18.  Knoii  20.  Moii.  lOil.T.  6,  Om.  12.  27.  W.  of  Morm.  18.  Mob.  7:6, 
7.  0.  21.  0:1.  3.  4,  14.  11:1.1.  10:15.  10,  22.  21:2(1.  2.1:35—88.  28:1,  5.  20:8. 
Al.  2:24.  5:3.  17:8.  20:1,  2.  22:1.  26 — 34.  25:18.  27:14.  47:1,  20.  50:8,  11. 
M:«.     Ue.  4:12.    6:20,  21.     o,  (we  a,  1  Ne.  8.    d,  iuh>  d,  1  N«.  16. 
Brwsbn  B.  0.  688  and  670. 
2  NEPHI,   5. 
61 
13.  And  It  came  to  pass  that 
we  began  to  prosper  exceedingly, 
and  to  multiply  in  the  land. 
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  La- 
manites  should  come  upon  us 
and  destroy  us;  for  I  knew  their 
'hatred  towards  me  and  my  chil- 
dren and  those  who  were  called 
my  people. 
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. 
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  tem- 
ple. But  the  manner  of  the  con- 
struction was  like  unto  the  temple 
of  Solomon;  and  the  workman- 
ship thereof  was  exceeding  fine. 
17.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  I, 
Nephi,  did  cause  my  people  to  be 
industrious,  and  to  labor  with 
their  hands. 
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  ac- 
cording to  that  which  was  in  my 
power. 
19.  And  behold,  the  words  of 
the  Lord  had  been  fulfilled  unto 
my  brethren,  which  he  spake  con- 
cerning 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. 
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. 
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  exceeding  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. 
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. 
23.  And  cursed  shall  be  the 
seed  of  him  that  mixeth  with 
their  seed;  for  they  shall  be 
cursed  even  with  the  same  curs- 
ing. And  the  Lord  spake  it,  and 
it  was  done. 
24.  And  because  of  their  curs- 
ing 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. 
25.  And  the  Lord  God  said  unto 
me :  They  shall  be  a  "scourge  unto 
thy  seed,  to  stir  them  up  in  re- 
membrance of  me;  and  inasmuch 
e,  see  a,  1  Ne.  4.  f,  see  a,  2  Ne.  5.  g.  Jar.  8.  Eth.  7:9.  %,  Jae.  1:17.  AI.  16:13, 
23:2.  26:29.  He.  3:9,  14.  3  Ne.  11:1.  i,  2  Ne.  6:2.  Jac.  1  :»,  11,  15.  Jar.  7,  14. 
Dm.  12,  19,  23,  24.  Mos.  1:10.  6:4 — 7.  j,  see  c,  1  Ne.  2.  k,  see  ver.  2.  I,  see  6, 
1  Ne.  2.     m.  see  d.  1  Ne.  2.     n,  1  Ne.  2  :24.     12  :19.     Al.  45  :9 — 14.     46  :24.     Morm.  6. 
BiTWBBN    B.    C.    588   AND   570. 
62 
2  NEPHI,   6. 
as  they  will  not  remember  me, 
and  hearken  unto  my  words, 
they  shall  scourge  them  even  unto 
destruction. 
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. 
27.  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
we  lived  after  the  manner  of 
happiness. 
28.  *And  thirty  years  had 
passed  away  from  the  time  we 
left  Jerusalem. 
29.  And  I,  Nephi,  had  kept  the 
'records  upon  my  plates,  which  I 
had  made,  of  my  people  thus  far. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
33.  And  If  my  people  desire  to 
know  the  more  particular  part  of 
the  history  of  my  people  they  must 
search  mine  other  plates. 
34.  And  it  sufflceth  me  to  say 
that  t  forty  years  had  passed  away, 
and  we  had  already  had  wars  and 
contentions   with   our   brethren. 
CHAPTER  6. 
Jacob's  exhortation  to  the  people — 
Be  oitea  the  prophecies  of  laaiah. 
1.  The    words    of    Jacob,    the 
brother  of  Nephi,  which  he  spake 
unto  the  people  of  Nephi: 
2.  Behold,  my  beloved  breth- 
ren, 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  exceeding  many 
things. 
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  ex- 
horted 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  cre- 
ation of  the  world. 
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. 
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. 
6.  And  now,  these  are  the 
words:  "Thus  salth  the  Lord  God: 
Behold,  I  will  lift  up  mine  hand 
o.  t  Ne.  8:2.     Jac.  1:18,  19.     p,  aee  f,  1  Ne.  1 
Chat.  « :    a,  2  N«.  0 :2e.    Jac.  1 :18.  IB.     b, 
10  tf. 
a,  eeo  c,  1  Ne.  9. 
i,  2  Ne.  6 
..  Isa.  40:22,  28.     2  N«. 
B.  O.  660.      t  B.  0.  660. 
2  NEPHT,   «. 
68 
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. 
7.  And  kings  shall  be  thy  nurs- 
ing 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 
Bhalt  know  that  I  am  the  Lord; 
for  they  shall  not  be  ashamed  that 
wait  for  me. 
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. 
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  mani- 
fest himself  they  should  scourge 
him  and  crucify  him,  according  to 
the  words  of  the  angel  who  spake 
It  unto  me. 
10.  And  after  they  have  hard- 
ened 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. 
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  suf- 
fered 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. 
12.  And  blessed  are  the  'Gen- 
tiles, 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  bo 
saved;  for  the  Lord  God  will  ful- 
fil his  covenants  which  he  has 
made  unto  his  children;  and  for 
this  cause  the  prophet  has  writ- 
ten these  things. 
13.  Wherefore,  Hhey  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. 
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  him- 
self 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. 
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. 
16.  *For    shall    the    prey    be 
d.  1  Ne.  7:13,  14.  e,  see  e,  1  Ne.  16.  /,  1  Ne.  13  :12— 23.  30—35,  38 — 42.  14:1—6. 
2  Ne.  10:8—14,  18,  19.  3  Ne.  16:6,  7.  20:27.  21:2—6,  22 — 26.  Morm.  5:19.  g.  see 
a,  1  Ne.  13.  h.  see  j,  1  Ne.  22.  i,  2  Ne.  21:11.  25:17.  29:1.  /,  1  Ne.  14:3,  15 — 17. 
22:13—23.  2  Ne.  10:16,  16.  27:2 — 4.  28:15 — 32.  3  Ne.  16:8 — 15.  20:15 — 20. 
21:11—21.   29.     Mora.  5:22—24.     Bth.  2:8—11.     k.  Isa.  49:24 — 26. 
BITWIBN  B.  0.  669  AND  646. 
64 
2  NEPHI,   7. 
taken  from  the  mighty,  or  the 
lawful  captive  delivered? 
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 — 
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. 
CHAPTER  7. 
Jacob's  teachings  continued — Com- 
pare Isaiah  50. 
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  divorce- 
ment? 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  your- 
selves, and  for  your  transgres- 
sions Is  your  mother  put  away. 
2.  Wherefore,  when  I  came, 
there  was  no  man;  "when  I  called, 
yea,  there  was  none  to  answer. 
0  house  of  Israel,  is  my  hand 
shortened  at  all  that  it  cannot 
redeem,  or  have  I  no  power  to 
deliver?     Behold,  'at  my  rebuke 
1  dry  up  the  sea,  I  make  "their 
rivers  a  wilderness  and  "their  fish 
to  Btink  because  the  waters  are 
dried  up,  and  they  die  because  of 
thirst. 
3.  *I  clothe  the  heavens  with 
blackness,  %nd  I  make  sackcloth 
their  covering. 
4.  *Th«  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. 
5.  The  Lord  God  hath  opened 
mine  ear,  and  I  was  not  rebel- 
lious, neither  turned  away  back. 
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  spit- 
ting. 
7.  For  the  Lord  God  will  help 
me,  therefore  shall  I  not  be  con- 
founded. Therefore  have  I  set 
my  face  like  a  flint,  and  I  know 
that  I  shall  not  be  ashamed. 
8.  And  the  Lord  is  near,  and 
he  justifieth  me.  Who  will  con- 
tend with  me?  Let  us  stand  to- 
gether. Who  is  mine  adversary? 
Let  him  come  near  me,  'and  I 
will  smite  him  with  the  strength 
of  my  mouth. 
9.  For  the  Lord  God  will  help 
me.  And  all  they  who  shall  con- 
demn me,  behold,  "*all  they  shall 
wax  old  as  a  garment,  and  the 
moth  shall  eat  them  up. 
10.  Who  is  among  you  that 
feareth  the  Lord,  that  obeyeth  the 
voice  of  his  servant,  that  walketh 
in  darkness  and  hath  no  light? 
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. 
a,  Ifa).  2:16.  Mott.  10:0.  .1,  Doiit.  24:1—4.  Jcr.  C  :8.  Hon.  2:2.  c,  2  Kings 
4:1.  Matt.  18:2S.  tf.  Im.  D2:3.  c,  I'rov.  1:24—27.  laa.  0B:12.  00:4.  J(>r.  7:i:t. 
3B:tS.  D.A  0.188:07.  /.Ex.  14:21.  I>m.  100  :!>.  Nab.  1 :4.  D.  *C.  1»S:08.  g.  Joah. 
8:16,  16.  h.  Kx.  7:18.  21.  i.  Rx.  10:21.  y,  Ber.  6:12.  k.  Bz.  4:11.  I,  Iita.  11:4. 
2  Tb«M.  2:8.    m,  Job  18:28.    Pa.  102:20.     Im.  01:6,  8.    n,  D.  A  0.  188:70. 
BiTWUUf  B.  0.  eOO  AND  640. 
2  NEPHI,  8. 
66 
CHAPTER   8. 
Jacob's  teachings  continued — Com- 
pare Isaiah  51. 
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.  Look  unto  Abraham,  your 
father,  and  unto  Sarah,  she  that 
bare  you;  for  I  called  him  alone, 
and  blessed  him. 
3.  For  the  Lord  "shall  comfort 
Zlon,  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. 
4.  Hearken  unto  me,  my  peo- 
ple; and  give  ear  unto  me,  O  my 
nation;  for  a  "law  shall  proceed 
from  me,  and  I  will  make  my  judg- 
ment to  rest  for  a  light  for  the 
people. 
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. 
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  gar- 
ment; and  they  that  dwell  there- 
in shall  die  in  like  manner.  But 
my  salvation  shall  be  forever,  and 
my  righteousness  shall  not  be 
abolished. 
7.  Hearken  unto  me,  ye  that 
know  righteousness,  the  people 
in  whose  heart  I  have  written  my 
Maw,  fear  ye  not  the  reprpach  of 
men,  neither  be  ye  afraid  of  their 
revilings. 
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. 
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? 
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? 
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. 
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? 
13.  And  forgetest  the  Lord  thy 
maker,  that  hath  stretched  forth 
the  heavens,  and  laid  the  foun- 
dations of  the  earth,  "and  hast 
feared  continually  every  day,  be- 
cause of  the  fury  of  the  oppressor, 
as  if  he  were  ready  to  destroy? 
^And  where  is  the  fury  of  the 
oppressor? 
14.  The  'captive  exile  hasten- 
eth,  that  he  may  be  loosed,  and 
that  he  should  not  die  in  the  pit, 
nor  that  his  bread  should  fail. 
a,  ver.  12.  Ps.  102:13.  Isa.  40:1.  52:9.  &,  Isn.  35:1.  c,  Ps.  107:3,  4,  35 — 37. 
Isa.  32:15 — 20.  35:1,  2,  6.  7.  43:10,  20.  d,  Isa.  35:1.  2,  6,  7.  43:19,  20.  e,  Isa. 
2:3.  Mic.  4:2.  /,  see  a,  1  Ne.  21.  g,  Ps.  102:25.  20.  Matt.  24:35.  2  Pet.  3:10—12. 
A,  see  e.  i.  see  m,  2  Ne.  7.  i,  Ps.  44  :23.  Isa.  52  :1.  fc,  Ps.  93:1.  Rev.  11  :17.  I,  Ps. 
44:1.  m,  Ps.  74:13,  14.  89:10.  Isa.  27:1.  Ezek.  29:3.  n,  Isa.  35:8 — 10.  Jer. 
31:12.  13.  0,  1  Ne.  22:17.  p.  see  ;,  1  Ne.  22.  q.  ver.  25.  2  Ne.  9:12.  Isa.  60:15. 
Zecb.  9:11.  Between  B.  C.  559  and  645. 
66 
2   NEPHI,   9. 
15.  But  I  am  the  Lord  thy 
God,  whose  waves  roared;  the 
Lord  of  Hosts  is  my  name. 
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. 
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 — 
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. 
19.  These  "two  sons  are  come 
unto  thee,  who  shall  be  sorry  for 
thee — thy  desolation  and  destruc- 
tion, and  the  famine  and  the 
sword — and  by  whom  shall  I  com- 
fort thee? 
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. 
21.  Therefore  hear  now  this, 
thou  afflicted,  and  drunken,  and 
not  with  wine: 
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. 
23.  But  •!  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. 
24.  "Awake,  awake,  put  on  thy 
strength,  O  Zion ;  put  on  thy  beau- 
tiful garments,  O  Jerusalem,  the 
holy  city;  'for  henceforth  there 
shall  no  more  come  into  thee  the 
uncircumcised  and   the  unclean. 
25.  Shake  thyself  from  the 
dust;  arise,  sit  down,  O  Jerusa- 
lem; "loose  thyself  from  the  bands 
of  thy  neck,  O  captive  daughter 
of  Zion. 
CHAPTER  9. 
Jacob's  teachings  continued — The 
infinite  atonement — The  Savior's  suf- 
ferings foreseen — Where  there  is  no 
law  there  is  no  punishment. 
1.  And  now,  my  beloved  breth- 
ren, 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.  That  he  has  spoken  unto  the 
Jews,  by  the  mouth  of  his  holy 
prophets,  even  from  the  begin- 
ning 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. 
3.  Behold,  my  beloved  breth- 
ren, I  speak  unto  you  these 
things  that  ye  may  rejoice,  and 
lift  up  your  heads  forever,  be- 
cause of  the  blessings  which  the 
Lord  God  shall  bestow  upon  your 
children. 
4.  For  I  know  that  ye  have 
searched  much,  many  of  you,  to 
know  of  things  to  come;  where- 
fore I  know  that  ye  know  that  our 
flesh  must  waste  away  and  die; 
r,  IM.  05:17.  06:22.  «,  rer.  8.  I'*.  46:4—7.  48:1—3.  102:13—16.  t,  Jer. 
20:1S.  16.  Luke  21:22 — 24.  «,  rer.  20.  B«r.  11  :3— 18.  r,  Jer.  2B  :17.  Jocl8:l>— 16. 
Z«ch.  12:2,  8,  8,  9.  14:8,  i:*— IS.  w.  Tern.  9,  17.  ii«.  82:1.  2.  *,  Jool  8:17.  Z.>ch. 
14:31.    y,  at  g.         Chap.  9:    a,  ma  «,  1  Ne.  IS. 
S2:l.  2.     *    Jool  8:17.     Z.>ch.> 
UarwiBN  b.  C.  GS9  and  S4S. 
2   NEPHI,   9. 
•7 
nevertheless,  In  our  *bodIes  we 
shall  see  God. 
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  sub- 
ject unto  him. 
6.  For  as  death  hath  passed 
upon  all  men,  to  fulfil  the  merci- 
ful plan  of  the  great  Creator, 
there  must  needs  be  a  power  of 
resurrection,  and  the  ""resurrec- 
tion  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  pres- 
ence of  the  Lord. 
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. 
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. 
9.  And  our  spirits  must  have 
become  *llkfi  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 
untoanangelof  light,  and  stirreth 
up  the  children  of  men  unto  se- 
cret combinations  of  murder  and 
all  manner  of  secret  works  of 
darkness. 
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,  Meath  and  hell,  which  I 
call  the  death  of  the  body,  and 
also  the  death  of  the  spirit. 
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  tem- 
poral, shall  deliver  up  its  dead; 
which  death  Is  the  grave. 
12.  And  this  death  of  which  I 
have  spoken,  which  is  the  spir- 
itual 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  de- 
liver 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. 
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, 
6,  vers.  l.-S,  22,  20,  38.  Mos.  16:10.  Al.  5:15,  22.  11:41 — 45.  12:12 — 18.  40:21. 
42:23.  He.  14:15—18.  3  Ne.  27:14,  15.  Morm.  9:13.  More.  10:34.  c,  vers.  21.  22. 
He.  14:15 — 18.  3  Ne.  27:14,  15.  d,  see  d,  2  Ne.  2.  e,  ver.  0.  Al.  42:7,  9,  11,  14,  28. 
He.  14:16,  17.  /,  see  /,  2  Ne.  2.  g,  vers.  8 — 16.  Mos.  3:26,  27.  16:4 — 11.  Al.  11:46, 
12:18.  26,  36.  42:6,  9,  14.  He.  14:16,  17.  Mora.  9:13.  k,  see  i,  2  Ne.  2.  i.  vers. 
16,  2,6,  37,  46.  1  Ne.  14:3.  4,  7.  2  Ne.  28:20—23.  Mos.  16:2—5,  11.  3  Ne.  29:7. 
j,  vers.  11 — 13,  26.  Mos.  16:7,  8.  Al.  12:24 — 27.  40:23 — 26.  42:6 — 15.  He.  14:16 
—19.     Morm.  9:13,     *,  see  ;.      I,  Al.   40:12,   14.     4  Ne.   14.      More.   10:34. 
Bnimii  B.  C.  659  AND  645. 
68 
2  NEPHI,  9. 
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  incor- 
ruptible, and  immortal,  and  they 
are  living  souls,  having  a  perfect 
knowledge  like  unto  us  in  the 
flesh,  save  it  be  that  our  knowl- 
edge shall  be  perfect. 
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. 
15.  And  it  shall  come  to  pass 
that  when  all  men  shall  have 
passed  from  this  first  death  unto 
life,  insomuch  as  they  have  be- 
come 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. 
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  everlast- 
ing fire,  prepared  for  them;  and 
their  torment  Is  as  a  lake  of  fire 
and  brimstone,  whose  flame  as- 
cendeth  up  forever  and  ever  and 
has  no  end. 
17.  O  the  greatness  and  the 
justice  of  our  God!  For  he  exe- 
cuteth  all  his  words,  and  they 
have  gone  forth  out  of  his  mouth, 
and  his  law  must  be  fulfilled. 
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  king- 
dom of  God,  which  was  prepared 
for  them  ^from  the  foundation  of 
the  world,  and  their  joy  shall  be 
full  forever. 
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  brim- 
stone, which  is  endless  torment. 
20.  O  how  great  the  holiness 
of  our  God!  For  he  knoweth  all 
•^things,  and  there  is  not  anything 
save  he  knows  it. 
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. 
22.  And  he  suffereth  this  that 
the  'resurrection  might  pass  upon 
all  men,  that  all  might  stand  be- 
fore him  at  the  great  and  judg- 
ment day. 
23.  And  he  commandeth  all 
men  that  "they  must  repent,  and 
be  baptized  in  his  name,  having 
m.AI.  11:42 — 46.  40:21—24.  Cbap.  41.  n,  Mos,  8:25.  Al.  11:43.  12:14.  o,  1 
No.  16:33— 85.  Al,  7:21.  Morm.  0:14.  p,  AI.  18  :3.  6.  7— 0.  22:13.  42:20.  He.  6:47. 
8  Ne.  20:6.  Kth,  8:14.  4:14.  15.  10.  12:82—84,  87.  Moro.  8:12.  a,  see  k,  1  Ne. 
16,  r,  Al.  7:13.  18:7,  18:82.  26:86,  He.  0:41.  8  Ne.  27:20.  M..rm.  8:17.  Moro. 
7:22.  $,  vent.  6.  7,  Mo«.  8:7,  16:10.  Al.  7:11—13.  11:40.  22:14.  34:8 — 15. 
H»>.  14:16—17.  8  Ne.  0:22.  11:11,  14.  15.  27:14,  15.  Morm.  0:13,  14.  t,  see  <f, 
2  N«.  2.  «,  Matt.  8:8,  e.  Mark  1  :4.  Luke  8  :3.  John  3  :5.  Acts  2:38.  2  No.  81 :5. 
fr— 18.  17.  Moa.  18:8— 17.  Al.  16:12— 14.  10:35.  02:45.  He.  3 :24— 20.  5:17.10. 
8  N«.  7:23-26,  11:21—88.  12:1,  2.  18:6,  11.  30.  10:10—13.  23:6.  20:17.  21. 
27:1,  16.  20.  28:18,  Obap.  80.  4  Ne.  1.  Morm,  7:8,  10.  0:23,  Rth.  4:18.  Moro. 
•  :1— «.     8:0 — 26.  BiTWiXM  B,  0.  660  and  640. 
2   NEPHI.   9. 
69 
perfect  faith  in  the  Holy  One  of 
Israel,  or  they  cannot  be  saved  in 
the  kingdom  of  God. 
24.  And  if  they  will  not  repent 
and  believe  in  fiis  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. 
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,  be- 
cause of  the  "atonement;  for  they 
are  delivered  by  the  power  of  him. 
26.  For  the  atonement  satis- 
fleth  the  demands  of  his  justice 
upon  all  those  who  have  not  the 
law  given  to  them,  that  they  are 
delivered  from  that  awful  mon- 
ster, "death  and  hell,  and  the 
devil,  and  the  lake  of  fire  and 
brimstone,  which  is  endless  tor- 
ment; and  they  are  restored  to 
that  God  who  gave  them  breath, 
which  is  the  Holy  One  of  Israel. 
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 ! 
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,  sup- 
posing they  know  of  themselves, 
wherefore,  their  wisdom  is  fool- 
ishness and  it  profiteth  them  not. 
And  they  shall  perish. 
29.  But  to  be  learned  is  good 
if  they  hearken  unto  the  counsels 
of  God. 
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  treas- 
ures; wherefore,  their  treasure  is 
their  God.  And  behold,  their 
treasure  shall  perish  with  them 
also. 
31.  And  wo  unto  the  deaf  that 
will  not  hear;  for  they  shall 
perish. 
32.  Wo  unto  the  blind  that 
will  not  see;  for  they  shall  perish 
also. 
33.  Wo  unto  the  uncircumcised 
of  heart,  for  a  knowledge  of  their 
iniquities  shall  smite  them  at  the 
last  day. 
34.  Wo  unto  the  liar,  for  he 
shall  be  thrust  down  to  hell. 
35.  Wo  unto  the  murderer  who 
deliberately  killeth,  for  he  shall 
die. 
36.  Wo  unto  them  who  com- 
mit "whoredoms,  for  they  shall  be 
thrust  down  to  hell. 
37.  Yea,  wo  unto  those  that 
worship  idrls,  for  the  devil  of  all 
devils  delighteth  In  them. 
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. 
39.  O,  my  beloved  brethren, 
remember  the  awfulness  in  trans- 
gressing against  that  Holy  God, 
and  also  the  awfulness  of  yield- 
ing to  the  enticings  of  that  cun- 
ning one.  Remember,  to  be  car- 
nally-minded is  death,  and  to  be 
spiritually-minded  is  life  eternal. 
40.  O,    my   beloved    brethren. 
t),  see  /,  2  Ne.  2.     to,  see  j.     x,  vers.  29,  42.     2  Ne.  26:20.     27:15 — 26.     28:4.  16. 
y,  2Ne.  28:16.     Jac.  2  :28.     Al.  39  :3,  9,  11.     3  Ne.  12  :27— 32.     «,  ver.  15.     Al.  40:11. 
BvTWmcN  B.  C.  569  AND  646. 
70 
2  NEPHI,   9. 
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. 
41.  O  then,  my  beloved  breth- 
ren, 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  em- 
ployeth  no  servant  there;  and 
there  is  none  other  way  save  it  be 
by  the  gate;  for  he  cannot  be  de- 
ceived, for  the  Lord  God  is  his 
name. 
42.  And  whoso  knocketh,  to 
him  will  he  open;  and  the  ^''wise, 
and  the  learned,  and  they  that 
are  rich,  who  are  puffed  up  be- 
cause 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  them- 
selves fools  before  God,  and  come 
down  In  the  depths  of  humility, 
he  will  not  open  unto  them. 
43.  But  the  things  of  the  wise 
and  the  prudent  shall  be  hid  from 
them  forever — yea,  that  happi- 
ness which  is  prepared  for  the 
saintu. 
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;  where- 
fore, 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. 
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  sal- 
vation. 
46.  Prepare  your  souls  for 
that  glorious  day  when  justice 
shall  be  administered  unto  the 
righteous,  even  the  day  of  judg- 
ment, 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  trans- 
gressed thy  law,  and  my  trans- 
gressions are  mine;  and  the  devil 
hath  ^''obtained  me,  that  I  am  a 
prey  to  his  awful  misery. 
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  accord- 
ing to  the  plainness  of  the  truth 
if  ye  were  freed  from  sin? 
48.  Behold,  if  ye  were  holy  I 
would  speak  unto  you  of  holi- 
ness; 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, 
49.  Behold,  my  soul  abhorreth 
sin,  and  my  heart  dellghteth  In 
righteousness;  and  I  will  praise 
the  holy  name  of  my  God. 
50.  Come,  my  brethren,  **every 
one  that  thirsteth,  come  ye  to  the 
2a,  2   Ni*.  81:0,   17,   18.     83:0.     Al.  37:44,  45.     He.  8:39,  80.     8  Ne.   14:13,   14. 
26.  r«r.  20.     2  Nv.  2K:4,  16.     2c,  see  n.     2d,  Me  i,     2e,  Iw.  65:1,  2. 
BaxWBBN  B.  O.  660  AND  645. 
2  NEPHI,   10. 
71 
waters;  and  he  that  hath  no 
money,  come  buy  and  eat;  yea, 
come  buy  wine  and  milk  without 
money  and  without  price. 
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  cor- 
rupted, and  let  your  soul  delight 
in  fatness. 
52.  Behold,  my  beloved  breth- 
ren, 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. 


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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. 
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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. 


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Jacob's  teachings  continued — The 
coming  of  Christ — No  kings  upon  the 
land  of  promise — They  who  fight 
against  Zion  shall  perish. 
1.  And  now  I,  Jacob,  speak 
unto  you  again,  my  beloved  breth- 
ren, concerning  this  "righteous 
branch  of  which  I  have  spoken. 
2.  For    behold,    the    promises 
which  we  have  obtained  are  prom- 
ises 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. 


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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 
hiro — for  thus  it  behooveth  our 
God,  and  there  is  none  other 
nation  on  earth  that  would  crucify 
their  God. 


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4.  For  should  the  mighty  mira- 
cles be  wrought  among  other 
nations  they  would  repent,  and 
know  that  he  be  their  God. 


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5.  But  because  of  priestcrafts 
and  iniquities,  they  at  Jerusalem 
will  stiffen  their  necks  against 
him,  that  he  be  crucified. 


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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. 


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7.  But  behold,  thus  salth  the 
Lord  God :  When  the  day  cometh 
that  they  shall  believe  In  me,  that 
I  am  Christ,  then  have  I  cove- 
nanted with  their  fathers  that 
'^they  shall  be  restored  in  the 
flesh,  upon  the  earth,  unto  the 
lands  of  their  Inheritance. 


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8.  And  it  shall  «ome  to  pass 
that  they  shall  b*  gathered  In 
from  their  long  dlsoerslon,  from 


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2/,  see  p.  1   Ne.   13.  and  ver.   31.         C«ap.   10:    o,  1   Ne.   15:1?-  17.     2  Ne.   8:5. 
9:53.     Jac.  5:26.  43 — 45.     Al.  46:24,  25.     b,  see  d,  1  Ne.  15.     c,  see  « .  1  Ne.  15. 
BXTWBBN  B    C.  659  AND  648. 
72 


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2  NEPHI,   10. 
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. 
^.  Yea,  "the  kings  of  the  Gen- 
tiles shall  be  nursing  fathers 
unto  them,  and  their  queens  shall 
become  nursing  mothers;  where- 
fore, the  promises  of  the  Lord  are 
great  unto  the  Gentiles,  for  he 
hath  spoken  it,  and  who  can 
dispute? 


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10.  But  behold,  this  land,  said 
God,  shall  be  a  land  of  thine 
'inheritance,  and  the  Gentiles 
'shall  be  blessed  upon  the  land. 


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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. 


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13.  And  he  that  "flghteth 
against  Zion  shall  perish,  saith 
God. 
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. 
15.  Wherefore,  for  this  cause, 
that  my  covenants  may  be  ful- 
filled 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  tlfe 
^secret  works  of  darkness,  and  of 
murders,  and  of  abominations. 
16.  Wherefore,  he  that  flghteth 
^against  ZIon,  both  Jew  and  Gen- 
tile, 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. 
17.  For  I  will  fulfil  my  prom- 
ises which  I  have  made  unto  the 
children  of  men,  that  I  will  do 
unto  them  while  they  are  in  the 
flesh — 
18.  Wherefore,  my  beloved 
brethren,  thus  saith  our  God:  I 
will  afllict  thy  seed  by  the  'hand 
of  the  Gentiles;  nevertheless,  I 
will  soften  the  hearts  of  the  Gen- 
tiles, that  they  shall  be  like  unto 
a  father  to  them;  wherefore,  the 
Gentiles  shall  be  blessed  and 
numbered  among  the  house  of 
Israel. 
19.  Wherefore,  I  will  conse- 
crate ""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,  where- 
fore I  will  have  all  men  that  dwell 
thereon  that  they  shall  worship 
me,  saith  God. 
20.  And  now,  my  beloved  breth- 
ren, 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. 
a,  1  Nc.  13  la."?,  30.  15:17.  1«.  22 -.B— 0.  2  No.  fl:fl,  7.  e,  seo  o,  1  No.  2.  /.  1  Ne. 
18:16.19.34 — 42.  14:1—7.  15:13,17.  22:6 — 10.  3No.  16:4— 7.  21:2—0.22—26. 
Morm.  6:10.  Etli.  2:12,  p,  1  No.  13  :llt.  »,  ver.  18,  1  No.  22 :  14,  10.  2N.'.  27:2,  8. 
f,  2  Ne.  9:9.  20:22.  27:27.  Al.  37:21— 32.  He.  1  :11.  12,  2:3—14.  3:23.  6:17— 
80,  87 — 41.  7:4,  8.  20,  21.  26.  8:1.  4.  27,  28.  0:0.  10:3.  11:2,  10.  25—33.  3  Ne. 
1:27—80.  2!lO— 10.  Cliapii.  8.  4,  6:4—6.  0:28 — :«),  7:0.0—12.  0:0.  4  No.  42. 
46.  MonD.  1:18.  2:8.10.27.  8:27.40.  Ktb.  8:0— 25.  0:1.  5.  6.  2(t.  10:33.  11:16. 
93.  18:16,  18.  14:8—10.  /,  nee  h.  k.  •«>  a,  1  Ne.  14.  I,  mh*  p  and  q,  1  Nc.  13; 
~  "B.  18:1 ~  "  ~    "    " 
•laOTwa.  14.  16.     m,  1  Ne.  18:16.     See  a,  1  Nu.  2. 
BrrWEiN  B.  C.  660  and  646. 
2  NEPHI,   11. 
78 


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21.  But  great  are  the  promises 
of  the  Lord  unto  them  who  are 
upon  the  "isles  of  the  sea;  where- 
fore as  it  says  isles,  there  must 
needs  be  more  than  this,  and 
they  are  inhabited  also  by  our 
brethren.  " 


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22.  For  behold,  the  Lord  God 
has  "led  away  from  time  to  time 
from  the  house  of  Israel,  accord- 
ing to  his  will  and  pleasure.  And 
now  behold,  the  Lord  remem- 
bereth  all  them  who  have  been 
broken  off,  wherefore  he  remem- 
bereth  us  also. 


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23.  Therefore,  cheer  up  your 
hearts,  and  remember  that  ye 
are  free  to  act  for  yourselves — 
to  choose  the  way  of  everlast- 
ing death  or  the  way  of  eternal 
life. 


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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  recon- 
ciled unto  God,  that  it  is  only  in 
and  through  the  grace  of  God  that 
ye  are  saved. 


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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  king- 
dom of  God,  that  ye  may  praise 
him  through  grace  divine.  Amen. 


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1.  And  now,  Jacob  spake  many 
more  things  to  my  people  at  that 
time;  nevertheless  only  these 
things  have  I  caused  to  be  writ- 
ten, for  the  things  which  I  have 
written  sufflceth  me. 


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2.  And  now  I,  Nephi,  write 
more  of  the  words  of  Isaiah,  for 
my  soul  delight^th  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. 


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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. 
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. 
5.  And  also  my  soul  delighteth 
in  the  covenants  of  the  Lord 
which  he  hath  made  to  our  fa- 
thers; 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. 
6.  And  my  soul  delighteth  In 
proving  unto  my  people  that  save 
Christ  should  come  all  men  must 
perish. 
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 
n,  1  Ne.  19:16.  22:3—5.  Isa.  49:1.  51:5.  60:9.  66:19.  o,  1  Ne.  22:4.  5. 
p.  see  d,  2  Ne.  2.  g,  see  /,  2  Ne.  2.  Chap.  11:  a,  2  Ne.  16:1.  Isa.  6:1.  6.  b,  2 
Ne.  2:3.  4.  c,  2  Ne.  27:12.  Eth.  5:3,  4.  D.  &  C.  5:11,  15.  See  The  Testimony  of 
Three  Witnesses  In  forepart  of  book,  d,  2  Ne.  2T:13,  14.  Eth.  5:2.  See  The  Testimony 
of  Eight  witnesses  In  forepart  of  book,  e,  see  /,  2  Ne.  2.  f,  2  Ne.  2:13,  14.  Al. 
42:22,  23.     Morm.  9:19.  Bbtwkbn  B.  C.  569  and  640. 
74 
2  NEPHI,    12. 
he  cpmeth  in  the  fulness  of  his 
own  time. 
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. 
CHAPTER  12. 
Prophecies  as  recorded  on  the  brass 
plated— Compare  Isaiah  2. 
1.  The  word  that  Isaiah,  the 
son  of  Amos,  saw  concerning 
Judah  and  Jerusalem: 
2.  And  "it  shall  come  to  pass 
In  the  last  days,  when  the  moun- 
tain 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. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
6.  Therefore,  O  Lord,  thou  hast 
forsaken  thy  people,  the  house  of 
Jacob,  because  they  be  replen- 
ished "from  the  east,  and  "hearken 
unto  soothsayers  like  the  Philis- 
tines, and  they  please  themselves 
in  the  children  of  strangers. 
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. 
8.  ^Their  land  is  also  full  of 
idols;  they  worship  the  work  of 
their  own  hands,  that  which  their 
own  fingers  have  made. 
9.  And  the  mean  man  boweth 
*not  down,  and  the  great  man 
humbleth  himself  not,  therefore, 
forgive  him  not. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
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; 
14.  And  upon  all  the  ''high 
mountains,  and  upon  all  the  hills, 
and  upon  ail  the  nations  which 
p.  lee  Im.  diapi.  2  to  14  IncluHlve,  an  quoted  in  the  noxt  13  cbopterti,   taken  by 
Nepul  from  tbo  brava  platei 
0,  V.  *  C.  183:13. 
38:14.     Mos.    14:6. 
/,  J«r.  2:28.    k,  Ua.  2:0.    m,  vcra.'lU,  21 
0,  Zepb.   1:14—18.     p,  Mml.  4:1.     «,  1 
r,  Im.  80:2S. 
Chap.    12;     a,   Mlc.   4:1—3.      6,  ver.  3.     3   No.  24:1. 
d,  2  N«.  21:2— n.     c,  2  Nu.  21:0.     /,  Iku.  M  :(».     1  Nf.  18.     2  Ne. 
Al.  6:37.      g,  Num.   23:7.     H,  Dent.    18:14.     i,  Deut.   17:10.   17. 
"      "-      Hev.  0:16.  10.     n,  ver.  17.    2  Ne.  16 :16.  10. 
14:8.     37:24.     Keek.  31:8.     Zecb.   11:1.  2. 
BrrwBCN  U.  C.  600  and  646. 
2  NEPHI,   13. 
n 
are   lifted   up,   and   upon   every 
people; 
15.  And  upon  'every  high  tow- 
er, and  upon  every  fenced  wall; 
16.  And  upon  all  the  ships  of 
the  sea,  and  'upon  all  the  ships 
of  Tarshish.and  upon  all  pleasant 
pictures. 
17.  And  "the  loftiness  of  man 
shali  be  bowed  down,  and  the 
haughtiness  of  men  shall  be  made 
low;  and  the  Lord  alone  shall  be 
exalted  in  that  day. 
18.  And  the  idols  he  shall 
•utterly  abolish. 
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. 
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; 
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. 
22.  Cease  ye  from  man,  whose 
breath  is  in  his  nostrils;  for 
wherein  is  he  to  be  accounted  of? 
CHAPTER  13. 
Scriptures  from  the  brass  plates  con- 
tinued— Compare  Isaiah  S. 
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.  The  "mighty  man,  and  the 
man  of  war,  the  Judge,  and  the 
prophet,  and  the  prudent,  and 
the  ancient; 
3.  The  captain  of  fifty,  and  the 
honorable  man,  and  the  coun- 
selor, and  the  cunning  artificer, 
and  the  eloquent  orator. 
4.  And  I  will  "give  children 
unto  them  to  be  their  princes, 
and  babes  shall  rule  over  them. 
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. 
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 — 
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. 
8.  For  "Jerusalem  is  ruined, 
and  Judah  is  fallen,  because  their 
tongues  and  their  doings  have 
been  against  the  Lord,  to  pro- 
voke the  eyes  of  his  glory. 
9.  The  show  of  their  counte- 
nance 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! 
10.  Say  unto  the  righteous 
that  it  is  well  with  them;  for 
they  shall  eat  the  fruit  of  their 
doings. 
11.  Wo  unto  the  wicked,  for 
they  shall  perish;  for  the  reward 
of  their  hands  shall  be  upon 
them! 
12.  And  my  people,  "children 
a,  Isa.  33:18.  3  Ne.  21 :15,  18.  t,  1  Kings  10:22.  u,  ver.  11.  v,  ver.  20.  w.  see  m. 
w,  ver.  18.  y,  see  m.  Chap.  13:  o,  2  Klnga  24:14.  b.  Bccl.  10:16.  c.  Mlc.  3:12. 
d,  Oen.  13:13.     18:20,21.    1»:6.    e,  Ter.  4.  Bmewbxn  B.  0.  TSS  and  S46. 
76 
2  NEPHI,   14. 
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. 
13.  The  Lord  standeth  up  »to 
plead,  and  standeth  to  judge  the 
people. 
14.  The  Lord  will  enter  into 
judgment  with  the  ancients  of 
his  people  and  the  princes  there- 
of; for  ye  have  eaten  up  Hhe 
vineyard  and  the  spoil  of  the 
poor  in  your  houses. 
15.  What  mean  ye?  Ye  *beat 
my  people  to  pieces,  and  grind 
the  faces  of  the  poor,  saith  the 
Lord  God  of  Hosts. 
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 — 
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. 
18.  In  that  day  the  Lord  will 
take  away  the  bravery  of  their 
tinkling  ornaments,  and  cauls, 
and  round  tires  like  the  moon; 
19.  The  chains  and  the  brace- 
lets, and  the  mufflers; 
20.  The  bonnets,  and  the  orna- 
ments of  the  legs,  and  the  head- 
bands, and  the  tablets,  and  the 
ear-rings; 
21.  The  rings,  and  nose  jewels; 
22.  The  changeable  suits  of 
apparel,  and  the  mantles,  and  the 
wimples,   and  the  crisping-pins; 
23.  The  glasses,  and  the  fine 
linen,  and  hoods,  and  the  veils. 
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  sack- 
cloth; burning  instead  of  beauty. 
25.  Thy  men  shall  fall  by  the 
sword  and  thy  mighty  in  the  war. 
26.  "'And  her  gates  shall  lament 
and  mourn;  and  she  shall  be 
desolate,  and  "shall  sit  upon  the 
ground. 
CHAPTER  14. 
Scriptures  from  the  brass  plates  con- 
tinued— Compare  Isaiah  ^ 
1.  And  in  that  day, seven  women 
shall  take  hold  of  one  man,  say- 
ing: 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.  In  that  day  shall  "the  branch 
of  the  Lord  be  beautiful  and  glo- 
rious; the  fruit  of  the  earth  excel- 
lent and  comely  to  them  that  are 
escaped  of  Israel. 
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  Jeru- 
salem— 
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. 
5.  And  'the  Lord  will  create 
upon  every  dwelling-place  of 
mount  Zion,  and  upon  her  assem- 
blies, a  'cloud  and  smoke  by  day 
and  the  shining  of  a  flaming  fire 
A  IM.  9:16.  p,  MIc.  0:2.  *,  l»a.  6:7.  i,  Iwi.  B8:4.  MIc.  8  :2,  8.  i,  Deut.  28  :27. 
k,  Jer.  18:22.  Nab.  8:S.  I.  Ua.  22:12.  MIc.  1:16.  m.  Jer.  14:2.  Lam.  1:4. 
N,  Um.  2:10.  Chap.  14:  b,  2Ne.  3:6.  188.60:21.  61:8.  2Ne.  10:1.  Jnc.  2:26. 
e.  Matt.  18:41 — 48,  47—60.  26:1—12.  i,  2  tin.  18:10 — 26.  e,  Brek.  20:37.  38. 
Mai.  8:2.  4:1—8.  /,  Im.  88:14.  16.  60:1—8,  19—21.  Ma).  8:2,  8.  g,  Ex.  18:21. 
feb.  a-A.  BrrwBiN  B.  G.  660  and  646. 
2  NEPHI,   16. 
77 
by  night;  for  upon  all  the  glory 
of  Zion  shall  be  a  defence. 
6.  And  there  shall  be  a  taber- 
nacle for  a  shadow  in  the  day- 
time from  the  heat,  and  "for  a 
place  of  refuge,  and  a  covert 
from  storm  and  from  rain. 
CHAPTER   15, 
Scriptures  from  the  brass  plates  con- 
tinued— Compare  Isaiah  5. 
•  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.  And  he  fenced  it,  and  gath- 
ered 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. 
3.  And  now,  O  inhabitants  of 
Jerusalem,  and  men  of  Judah, 
judge,  I  pray  you,  betwixt  me 
and  my  vineyard. 
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. 
5.  And  now  go  to;  I  will  tell 
you  what  I  will  do  to  my  vine- 
yard— 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; 
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. 
7.  For  the  vineyard  of  the  Lord 
of  Hosts  Is  the  house  of  Israel, 
and  the  men  of  Judah  his  pleas- 
ant plant;  and  he  looked  for 
judgment,  and  behold,  oppres- 
sion; for  righteousness,  but  be- 
hold, a  cry. 
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! 
9.  In  mine  ears,  said  the  Lord 
of  Hosts,  of  a  truth  many  houses 
shall  be  desolate,  and  great  and 
fair  cities  without  Inhabitant. 
10.  Yea,  ten  acres  of  vineyard 
shall  yield  one  "bath,  and  the 
seed  of  a  homer  shall  yield  an 
ephah. 
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! 
12.  *And  the  harp,  and  the 
viol,  the  tabret,  and  pipe,  and 
wine^re  in  their  feasts;  but  they 
^regard  not  the  work  of  the  Lord, 
neither  consider  the  operation  of 
his  hands. 
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. 
14.  Therefore,  hell  hath  en- 
larged herself,  and  opened  her 
mouth  without  measure;  and 
their  glory,  and  their  multitude, 
and  their  pomp,  and  he  that  re- 
joiceth,  shall  descend  into  It. 
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. 
16.  But  the  Lord  of  Hosts  shall 
A,  Isa.  25:4.  Chap.  15  :  o,  Ps.  80 :8.  Isa.  27:2.  Jer.  2:21.  Matt.  21:33.  Mark 
12:1.  Luke  20:9.  D.  &  C.  101:44 — 62.  t,  Jac.  5.  c,  Ps.  80:12.  d,  Isa.  7:23,  24. 
32:13.  e,  Jer.  3:3.  /,  Mic.  2:2.  g,  Ezek.  45:11.  h,  ver.  22.  Prov.  23:29 — 32. 
Eccl.  10:17.  i,  Amos  6:5,  6.  j.  Job  34:27.  Ps.  28:5.  k.  Isa,  1:3.  Hos.  4:6.  Luke 
19:44.     I,  IM.  2:9,  17.  Bktwiien  B.  C.  659  and  646. 
78 
2  NEPHI,   16. 
be  "exalted  in  judgment,  and  God 
that  is  holy  shall  be  sanctified  in 
righteousness. 
17.  Then  shall  the  lambs  feed 
after  their  manner,  and  the  waste 
places  of  "the  fat  ones  shall 
strangers  eat. 
18.  Wo  unto  them  that  draw 
iniquity  with  cords  of  vanity,  and 
sin  as  it  were  with  a  cart  rope; 
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. 
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! 
21.  Wo  unto  the  wise  in  their 
own  eyes  and  prudent  in  their 
own  sight! 
22.  Wo  unto  the  mighty  to 
drink  wine,  and  men  of  strength 
to  mingle  strong  drink; 
23.  Who  justify  the  wicked  for 
reward,  and  take  away  the  right- 
eousness of  the  righteous  from 
him! 
24.  Therefore,  as  the  fire  de- 
voureth  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. 
25.  Therefore,  is  the  anger  of 
the  Lord  kindled  against  his  peo- 
ple, 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. 
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  bo- 
hold,  they  shall  come  with  speed 
swiftly;  none  shall  be  weary  nor 
stumble  among  them. 
27.  None  shall  slumber  nor 
sleep;  neither  shall  the  girdle  of 
their  loins  be  loosed,  nor  the 
latchet  of  their  shoes  be  broken; 
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. 
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. 
30.  And  in  that  day  they  shall 
roar  against  them  like  the  roar- 
ing of  the  sea;  and  if  they  look 
unto  the  land,  behold,  darkness 
and  sorrow,  and  the  light  is  dark- 
ened in  the  heavens  thereof. 
CHAPTER  16. 
Scriptures  from  the  brass  plates  con- 
tinued— Compare  Isaiah  6. 
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.  Above  it  stood  the  sera- 
phim; each  one  had  six  wings; 
with  twain  he  covered  his  face, 
and  with  twain  he  covered  his 
feet,  and  with  twain  he  did  fly. 
3.  And  one  cried  unto  another, 
and  8a}d:  Holy,  holy,  holy,  Is  the 
Lord  of  Hosts;  the  ''whole  earth 
is  full  of  his  glory. 
m.  IM.  2:11.  ii,lM.  10:16.  o.Jer.  17:15.  p,  Iia.  11 :10,  12.  18:2.  18:3.  40:22. 
flO:l».  ZMb.  9:1«.  r.  2  Ne.  20:2.  Mora.  10:28.  Cuai>.  10:  a.  v«r.  S.  1  Klnn 
22:19.    Jobo  12:41.     b.  Pi.  72:10.  Un-WKW  B.  0.  600  and  646. 
2  NEPHI,   17. 
79 
4.  And  the  posts  of  the  door 
moved  at  the  voice  of  him  that 
cried,  and  the  house  was  filled 
with  smoke. 
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  un- 
clean lips;  for  mine  eyes  have 
seen  the  King,  the  Lord  of  Hosts, 
6.  Then  flew  one  of  the  sera- 
phim unto  me,  having  a  live  coal 
in  his  hand,  which  he  had  taken 
with  the  tongs  from  off  the  altar; 
7.  And  he  laid  it  upon  my 
mouth,  and  said:  Lo,  this  has 
touched  thy  lips;  and  thine  in- 
iquity Is  taken  away,  and  thy  sin 
purged. 
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. 
9.  And  he  said:  Go  and  tell 
this  people — "Hear  ye  indeed,  but 
they  understood  not;  and  see  ye 
Indeed,  but  they  perceived  not. 
10.  Make  the  heart  of  this  peo- 
ple fat,  and  make  their  ears 
heavy,  and  shut  their  eyes — lest 
they  see  with  their  eyes,  and 
hear  with  their  ears,  and  under- 
stand with  their  heart,  and  be 
converted  and  be  healed. 
11.  Then  said  I:  Lord,  how 
long?  And  he  said:  "Until  the 
cities  be  wasted  without  Inhabi- 
tant, and  the  houses  without 
man,  and  the  land  be  utterly  deso- 
late; 
12.  And  the  Lord  have  re- 
moved men  'far  away,  for  there 
shall  be  a  great  forsaking  in  the 
midst  of  the  land. 
»  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  sub- 
stance thereof. 
CHAPTER   17. 
Scriptures  from  the  brass  plates  con- 
tinued— Compare  Isaiah  7. 
1.  And  It  came  to  pass  In  the 
days  of  "Ahaz  the  son  of  Jotham, 
the  son  of  Uzzlah,  king  of  Judah, 
that  Rezin,  king  of  Syria,  and 
Pekah  the  son  of  Remallah,  king 
of  Israel,  went  up  toward  Jeru- 
salem to  war  against  it,  but  could 
not  prevail  against  it. 
2.  And  it  was  told  the  house  of 
David,  saying:  Syria  Is  confed- 
erate with  Ephraim.  And  his 
heart  was  moved,  and  the  heart 
of  his  people,  as  the  trees  of  the 
wood  are  moved  with  the  wind. 
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; 
4.  And  say  unto  him:  Take 
heed,  and  be  quiet;  fear  not, 
neither  be  faint-hearted  for  the 
two  tails  of  these  smoking  fire- 
brands, for  the  fierce  anger  of 
Rezin  with  Syria,  and  of  the  son 
of  Remallah. 
5.  Because  Syria,  Ephraim,  and 
the  son  of  Remallah,  have  taken 
evil  counsel  against  thee,  saying: 
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. 
7.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God: 
'It  shall  not  stand,  neither  shall 
it  come  to  pass. 
8.  For  "the  head  of  Syria  is 
Damascus,  and  the  head  of  Da- 
mascus, Rezin;  and  within  three 
c.  Matt.  13:14.  15.  John  12:40.  d,  Mlc.  3:12.  e.  2  Kings  25:21.  /,  Ezra  9:2. 
Chap.  17:  a,  2  Kings  16:5.  2  Cbron.  28:5,  6.  b,  2  Kings  18:17.  Isa.  36:2.  c,  Prov. 
21:30.     Isa.  8:10.     d,  2  Sam.  S:6.  Bbtwxbn  B.  C.  659  AND  546. 
80 
2  NEPHI,   18. 
score  and  five  years  shall  Eph- 
raim  be  broken  that  it  be  not  a 
people. 
9.  And  the  head  of  Ephraim 
is  Samaria,  and  the  head  of  Sa- 
maria is  Remaliah's  son.  'If  ye 
will  not  believe  surely  ye  shall 
not  be  established. 
10.  Moreover,  the  Lord  spake 
again  unto  Ahaz,  saying: 
11.  'Ask  thee  a  sign  of  the 
Lord  thy  God;  ask  it  either  in 
the  depths,  or  in  the  heights 
above. 
12.  But  Ahaz  said:  I  will  not 
ask,  neither  will  I  tempt  the  Lord. 
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? 
14.  Therefore,  the  Lord  him- 
self shall  give  you  a  sign — Be- 
hold, a  "virgin  shall  conceive,  and 
shall  bear  a  son,  and  shall  call 
his  name  *Immanuel. 
15.  Butter  and  honey  shall  he 
eat,  that  he  may  know  to  refuse 
the  evil  and  to  choose  the  good. 
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. 
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. 
18.  And  it  shall  come  to  pass 
in  that  day  that  the  Lord  shall 
hiss  for  the  fly  that  is  in  the  ut- 
termost part  of  Egypt,  and  for  the 
bee  that  is  in  the  land  of  Assyria. 
19.  And  they  shall  come,  and 
shall  rest  all  of  them  In  the  deso- 
late valleys,  and  in  the  holes  of 
the  rocks,  and  upon  all  thorns, 
and  upon  all  bushes. 
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. 
21.  And  it  shall  come  to  pass 
in  that  day,  a  man  shall  nourish 
a  young  cow  and  two  sheep; 
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. 
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. 
24.  With  arrows  and  with  bows 
shall  men  come  thither,  because 
all  the  land  shall  become  briers 
and  thorns. 
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. 
CHAPTER   18. 
Scriptures  from  the  brass  plates  oott' 
tinned- — Compare  Isaiah  8. 
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.  And  I  took  unto  me  faith- 
ful witnesses  to  record,  Uriah  the 
priest,  and  Zechariah  the  son  of 
Jeberechiah. 
3.  And  I  went  unto  the  proph- 
etess; and  she  conceived  and  bare 
e.  2  Cbron.   20:20.      f.  Jiidg.   6:30—40.      Mntt.    12:.1S— 40.      g,    Mntt.    1:23.      I.uke 
1  :31.  84.     Sen  /,  Al.  7.     h.  Iho.  8:8.     i,  Un.  8:4.     /,  2  KIiirm  l.*)  :30.     1(1:1).     k,  2  Cliron. 
28:10—21.     I,  1  King*  12:10—10.     m,  2  Kings  10:7.  8.     2  Chrnii.  28:20,  21.     n.  hcu  d, 
2  N«.  16.         Chap.  18:    a,  rer.  8.  BrrwucN  B.  O.  COO  and  64C. 
2  NEPHI,   18. 
81 
a  son.  Then  said  the  Lord  to  me: 
Call  his  name,  Maher-shalal-hash- 
baz. 
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. 
5.  The  Lord  spake  also  unto 
me  again,  saying: 
6.  Forasmuch  as  this  people 
refuseth  the  waters  of  ''Shiloah 
that  go  softly,  and  rejoice  in 
'Rezin  and  Remaliah's  son; 
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. 
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. 
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. 
10.  Take  counsel  together,  and 
it  shall  come  to  naught;  speak  the 
word,  and  it  shall  not  stand;  for 
God  is  with  us. 
11.  For  the  Lord  spake  thus  to 
me  with  a  strong  hand,  and  In- 
structed me  that  I  should  not 
walk  in  the  way  of  this  people, 
saying: 
12.  Say  ye  not,  A  confeder- 
acy, to  all  to  whom  this  people 
shall  say,  A  confederacy;  neither 
fear  ye  their  fear,  nor  be  afraid. 
13.  Sanctify  the  Lord  of  Hosts 
himself,  and  let  him  be  your  fear, 
and  let  him  be  your  dread, 
14.  And  he  shall  be  for  a  sanc- 
tuary; but  for  a  ^stone  of  stum- 
bling, and  for  a  rock  of  offense  to 
both  the  houses  of  Israel,  for  a 
gin  and  a  snare  to  the  inhabitants 
of  Jerusalem. 
15.  And  many  among  them 
shall  *stumble  and  fall,  and  be 
broken,  and  be  snared,  and  be 
taken. 
16.  Bind  up  the  testimony,  seal 
the  law  among  my  disciples. 
17.  And  I  will  wait  upon  the 
Lord,  that  'hideth  his  face  from 
the  house  of  Jacob,  and  I  will 
look  for  him. 
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. 
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? 
20.  To  "the  law  and  to  the  tes- 
timony; and  if  they  speak  not 
according  to  this  word,  it  is  be- 
cause there  is  no  light  in  them. 
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. 
22.  And  they  shall  look  unto 
the  earth  and  behold  trouble,  and 
darkness,  ""dimness  of  anguish, 
and  shall  be  driven  to  darkness. 
&,  Isa.  7:16.  c,  2  Kings  15:29,  30.  d,  Neh.  3:15.  John  9:7.  e.  Isa.  7:1 — 6. 
/,  Isa.  10:12.  j/,  Isa.  30  :28.  ft,  Isa.  7:14.  i,  Joel  3  : 9. — 14.  /,  Isa.  28:16.  Luke  2  :34. 
Bom.  9:33.  1  Pet.  2:8.  k.  Matt.  21:44.  Luke  20:18.  Rom.  9:32.  1,  Isa.  64:8. 
tn,  1  Sam.  28  :8.  Isa.  19  :8.  n,  Isa.  29.  See  c,  2  Ne.  27.  o,  Luke  16  :29 — 31.  p,  Isa. 
6 :30.     9  :i.  BirrwmtN  B.  C.  559  and  646. 
82 
2  NEPHI,   19. 
CHAPTER  19. 
Scriptures  from  the  brass  plates  con- 
tinued— Compare  Isaiah  9. 
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  after- 
wards did  more  grievously  afflict 
by  the  way  of  the  Red  Sea  beyond 
Jordan  in  Galilee  of  the  nations. 
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. 
3.  Thou  hast  multiplied  the 
nation,  and  increased  the  joy — 
they  joy  before  thee  according  to 
the  joy  in  harvest,  and  as  men  re- 
joice when  they  divide  the  spoil. 
4.  For  thou  hast  broken  the 
yoke  of  his  burden,  and  the  staff 
of  his  shoulder,  the  rod  of  his 
oppressor. 
5.  For  every  battle  of  the  war- 
rior is  with  confused  noise,  and 
garments  rolled  in  blood;  but  this 
shall  be  with  burning  and  fuel  of 
fire. 
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  Everlast- 
ing Father,  'The  Prince  of  Peace. 
7.  Of  the  Increase  of  govern- 
ment 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. 
8.  The  Lord  sent  his  word  unto 
Jacob  and  it  hath  lighted  upon 
Israel. 
9.  And  all  the  people  shall 
know,  even  Ephraim  and  the  in- 
habitants of  Samaria,  that  say  in 
the  pride  and  stoutness  of  heart: 
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. 
11.  Therefore  the  Lord  shall 
set  up  the  adversaries  of  Rezin 
against  him,  and  join  his  enemies 
together; 
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. 
13.  For  the  people  turneth  not 
unto  him  that  smiteth  them, 
neither  do  they  seek  the  Lord  of 
Hosts. 
14.  Therefore  will  the  Lord 
cut  off  from  Israel  *head  and  tall, 
branch  and  rush  Mn  one  day. 
15.  *The  ancient,  he  is  the 
head;  and  the  prophet  that  teach- 
eth  lies,  he  Is  the  tail. 
16.  'For  the  leaders  of  this 
people  cause  them  to  err;  and 
they  that  are  led  of  them  are 
destroyed. 
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  speak- 
eth  folly.  "For  all  this  his  anger 
Is  not  turned  away,  but  his  hand 
Is  stretched  out  still. 
18.  For  wickedness  'burneth 
as  the  fire;  it  shall  devour  the 
briers  and  thorns,  and  shall  kin- 
a.  Iia.  8:22.  b.  Matt.  4  :16.  10.  o.  Iita.  7:14.  Luke  2:11.  d.  Matt.  28 :  18.  1  Cor. 
16:25—28.  «,  Tit.  2:18,  m-c  26,  Moa.  7.  /,  Kph.  2:14—17.  g,  Dan.  2:44.  *,  Tera. 
17,  21.  laa.  6:25.  10:4.  Jt-r.  4:8.  i,  vvr.  16.  ),  laa.  10:17.  k,  ver.  14.  /,  Ua.  8:12. 
m.  I'a.  147:10.  11.     n,  Mic.  7:2,  8.     o,  aee  k.     p,  laa.  10:17.     Mai.  4:1. 
BrrwMN  B.  C.  600  and  646. 
2  NEPHI,   20. 
88 
die  in  the  thickets  of  the  forests, 
and  they  shall  mount  up  like  the 
lifting  up  of  smoke. 
19.  Through  the  wrath  of  the 
Lord  of  Hosts  is  the  'land  dark- 
ened, and  the  people  shall  be  as 
the  fuel  of  the  fire;  "^no  man  shall 
spare  his  brother. 
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 — 
21.  Manasseh,  Ephraim;  and 
Ephraim,  Manasseh;  they  to- 
gether shall  be  against  Judah. 
'For  all  this  his  anger  is  not 
turned  away,  but  his  hand  is 
stretched  out  still. 
CHAPTER  20. 
Scriptures  from  the  brass  plates  con- 
tinued— Compare  Isaiah   10. 
1.  Wo  unto  them  that  "decree 
unrighteous  decrees,  and  that 
write  grievousness  which  they 
have  prescribed; 
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! 
3.  And  *what  will  ye  do  in  'the 
day  of  visitation,  and  in  the  deso- 
lation which  shall  come  from  far? 
to  whom  will  ye  flee  for  help?  and 
where  will  ye  leave  your  glory? 
4.  Without  me  they  shall  bow 
down  under  the  prisoners,  and 
they  shall  fall  under  the  slain. 
■Tor  all  this  his  anger  is  not 
turned  away,  but  his  hand  is 
stretched  out  still. 
5.  O  Assyrian,  the  rod  of  mine 
anger,  and  the  staff  in  their  hand 
Is  their  indignation. 
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. 
7.  Howbelt  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. 
8.  For  he  saith:  'Are  not  my 
princes  altogether  kings? 
9.  Is  not  "Calno  as  *Carchem- 
ish?  Is  not  Hamath  as  Arpad? 
Is  not  Samaria  *as  Damascus? 
10.  As  my  hand  hath  founded 
the  kingdoms  of  the  Idols,  and 
whose  graven  Images  did  excel 
them  of  Jerusalem  and  of  Sa- 
maria; 
11.  Shall  I  not,  as  I  have  done 
unto  Samaria  and  her  idols,  so  do 
to  Jerusalem  and  to  her  Idols? 
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. 
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  inhabi- 
tants like  a  valiant  man; 
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. 
15.  Shall  the  ax  boast  Itself 
against  him  that  heweth  there- 
q,  Isa.  8:22.  r,  Mic.  7:2— C.  «,  Ley.  26:26.  t,  see  ft.  Chap.  20:  a,  Ps.  68:2. 
04:20.  6,  Job  31:14.  c,  Hos.  9:7.  d,  see  h,  2  N«.  19.  e,  Jer.  34:22.  /,  2  Kings 
18:24,  33 — 35.  19:10 — 13.  g,  Amos  6:2.  h,  2  Chron.  35:20.  i,  2  Kings  16:0.  i,  2 
Kings  19:31.     k,  Jer.  50:18.     I,  Isa.  37:24 — 38.  Between  B.  C.  659  and  645. 
84 
2  NEPHI,   20 
with?  Shall  the  saw  magnify  it- 
self 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! 
16.  Therefore  shall  the  Lord, 
the  Lord  of  Hosts,  send  among 
his  fat  ones,  leanness;  and  under 
his  glory  he  shall  kindle  a  burn- 
ing like  the  burning  of  a  fire. 
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; 
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  stand- 
ard-bearer fainteth. 
19.  And  the  rest  of  the  trees  of 
his  forest  shall  be  few,  that  a 
child  may  write  them. 
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. 
21.  'The  remnant  shall  return, 
yea,  even  the  remnant  of  Jacob, 
unto  the  mighty  God. 
22.  For  "though  thy  people 
Israel  be  as  the  sand  of  the  sea, 
«yet  a  remnant  of  them  shall  re- 
turn; the  "^consumption  decreed 
shall  overflow  with  righteousness. 
23.  For  the  Lord  God  of  Hosts 
shall  make  a  consumption,  even 
determined  in  all  the  land. 
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. 
25.  For  yet  a  very  little  while, 
and  the  "indignation  shall  cease, 
and  mine  anger  in  their  destruc- 
tion. 
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  man- 
ner of  Egypt. 
27.  And  it  shall  come  to  pass 
in  that  day  that  "his  burden  shall 
be  taken  away  from  off  thy  shoul- 
der, and  his  yoke  from  off  thy 
neck,  and  the  yoke  shall  be  de- 
stroyed because  of  the  'anointing. 
28.  He  is  come  to  Aiath,  he  is 
passed  to  Migron;  at  Michmash 
he  hath  laid  up  his  carriages. 
29.  They  are  ^"gone  over  the 
passage;  they  have  taken  up 
their  lodging  at  Geba;  Ramath  is 
afraid;  ^"Gibeah  of  Saul  is  fled. 
30.  Lift  up  the  voice,  O  daugh- 
ter of  ^'Gallim;  cause  it  to  be 
heard  unto  ^"Laish,  O  poor  *'Ana- 
thoth. 
31.  ^'Madmenah  is  removed; 
the  inhabitants  of  Gebim  gather 
themselves  to  flee. 
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  Jeru- 
salem. 
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. 
34.  And  he  shall  cut  down  the 
m.  IM.  9:18.  10.  37:30.  n.  2  Klnn  16:7—9.  2  Chron.  28:20,  21.  o,  Isa.  11:11. 
JmI  2:82.  p.  Rom.  U:27.  q,  Isa.  6:13.  r,  Im.  28.22.  a,  Isa.  37:6.  7.  t,  Kz.  14. 
«,  Dan.  11:86.  v,  2  KIokh  1U:36.  w,  Jndg.  7:2S.  laa.  0:4.  tr,  Kx.  14:26.  27.  v,  loa. 
14:2S.  f.  Pa.  100:16.  2a,  1  Sam.  18:23.  2b,  1  Sam.  11:4.  2c,  1  8nm.  25:44.  2d, 
J«dg.  18:7.  20,  Joab.  21:18.  2/,  Joab.  15:81.  iff,  1  8am.  21:1.  22:10.  Neb.  11:32. 
2k,  Isa.  18 :2,    2i,  Amoa  2 :9.  Bitwbkn  B.  C.  SSO  and  646. 
2   NEPHI,    21. 
85 
thickets  of  the  forests  with  iron, 
and  Lebanon  shall  fall  by  a 
mighty  one. 
CHAPTER   21. 
Scriptures  from  the  brass  plates  con- 
tinued— Compare  Isaiah  11. 
1.  And  "there  shall  come  forth 
a  rod  out  of  the  stem  of  Jesse, 
and  a  branch  shall  grow  out  of 
his  roots. 
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^ 
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. 
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. 
5.  And  'righteousness  shall  be 
the  girdle  of  his  loins,  and  faith- 
fulness the  girdle  of  his  reins. 
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. 
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. 
8.  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. 
9.  "They  shall  not  hurt  nor  de- 
stroy in  all  my  holy  mountain, 
for  *the  earth  shall  be  full  of  the 
knowledge  of  the  Lord,  as  the 
waters  cover  the  sea. 
10.  And  in  that  day  Hhere  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. 
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  Blam,  and  from  Shinar, 
and  from  Hamath,  and  from  the 
islands  of  the  sea. 
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. 
13.  «The  envy  of  Ephraim  also 
shall  depart,  and  the  adversaries 
of  Judah  shall  be  cut  off;  Eph- 
raim shall  not  envy  Judah,  and 
Judah  shall  not  vex  Ephraim. 
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. 
15.  And  the  Lord 'shall  utterly 
destroy  the  tongue  of  the  Egyp- 
tian 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. 
a.  ver.  10.  Isa.  53:2.  Jer.  23  :S,  6.  Acts  13:23.  Rev.  5:5.  6,  Isa.  61:1 — 3. 
c.  Ps.  72:2,  4.  Rev.  19:11.  d.  Job  4:9.  Mai.  4:6.  2  Thess.  2:8.  Rev.  1:16.  2:16. 
19:15.  e,  Eph.  6:14.  /,  Isa.  05  :25.  Ezek.  34  :25.  Hos.  2:18.  p.  Job  5  :23.  Isa.  2  :4. 
35:9.  ft,  Hab.  2:14.  i,  ver.  1.  Rom.  15:12.  /,  ver.  12.  See  p,  2  Ne.  15.  fc,  D.  &  C. 
45:9,  10.  I,  see  t,  2  Ne.  6.  m,  Zecb.  10:10.  n,  see  p,  2  Ne.  15.  o,  see  p,  3  Ne.  16. 
p.  see  e,  1  Ne.  16.     q,  Jer.  3:18.     r,  Zech.  10:11.     «,  Rev.  16:12. 
Betwsbn  B.  C.  659  AND  545. 
86 
2   NEPHI,   22,   23. 
16.  'And  there  shall  be  a  high- 
way 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. 
CHAPTER   22. 
Scriptures  from  the  brass  plates  con- 
tinued— Compare  Isaiah  IS. 
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  comfortedest  me. 
2.  Behold,  God  is  my  salva- 
tion; I  will  trust,  and  not  be 
afraid;  for  the  Lord  "Jehovah  is 
my  'strength  and  my  song;  he 
also  has  become  my  salvation. 
3.  Therefore,  with  joy  shall  ye 
'draw  water  out  of  the  wells  of 
salvation. 
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. 
5.  Sing  unto  the  Lord;  'for  he 
hath  done  excellent  things;  this 
Is  known  in  all  the  earth. 
6.  'Cry  out  and  shout,  thou  in- 
habitant of  Zion;  for  great  is  the 
Holy  One  of  Israel  in  the  midst 
of  thee. 
CHAPTER   23. 
Scriptures  from  the  brass  plates  con- 
tinued-— Compare  Isaiah  IS. 
1.  The  burden  of  Babylon, 
which  Isaiah  the  son  of  Amos  did 
see. 
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, 
3.  I  have  commanded  "my  sanc- 
tified ones,  I  have  also  called  my 
mighty  ones,  for  mine  anger  is 
not  upon  them  that  rejoice  in  my 
highness. 
4.  The  noise  of  the  multitude 
in  the  mountains  like  as  of  a 
great  people,  a  tumultuous  noise 
of  "the  kingdoms  of  nations  gath- 
ered together,  the  Lord  of  Hosts 
mustereth  the  hosts  of  the  battle. 
5.  They  come  from  a  far  coun- 
try, from  the  end  of  heaven,  yea, 
'the  Lord,  and  the  weapons  of  his 
indignation,  to  destroy  the  whole 
land. 
6.  Howl  ye,  for  the  'day  of  the 
Lord  is  at  hand;  it  shall  come  as 
a  destruction  from  the  Almighty. 
7.  Therefore  shall  all  hands  be 
faint,  every  man's  heart  shall 
melt; 
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. 
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. 
10.  "For  the  stars  of  heaven 
and  the  constellations  thereof 
shall  not  give  their  light;  the 
sun  shall  be  darkened  In  her 
going  forth,  and  the  moon  shall 
not  cause  her  light  to  shine. 
11.  "And  I  will  punish  the 
world  for  evil,  and  the  wicked  for 
their  iniquity;   I  will  cause  the 
<,  D.  &  Q.  133  :27.  7.«cb.  10:11.  Un.  36:8— 10.  «,  Ex.  14:20.  Isa.  61 :10.  63:12, 
18.  Chap.  22:  a,  iHa.  2:11.  6,  I'».  K3:18.  c,  Rx.  16:2.  Ps.  118:14.  d,  John 
4:10.  14.  7:37.  38.  e,  I  Chron.  16:8.  I'h.  105:1—6.  146:4—6.  /,  Va.  68:32—86. 
O,  lu.  64:1.  Zopb.  3:14 — 20.  Z»'cli.  2:10 — 13.  Chap.  23:  o,  nee  p.  2  Ne.  16. 
6,  Im.  10:82.  c.  Jwl  8:11.  d,  Joel  3:14.  Zoph.  8:8.  Zech.  12:2—0.  14:2.  8. 
0,  Joel  8:11.  Zeph.  3:8.  Zech.  12:4,  8.  0.  14:8,  6,  0.  /.  vpr.  0.  Zi>pb.  1:14—18. 
ZiKh.  14:1.  6.  a,  Im.  24:23.  Rsek.  82:7,  8.  Joel  2:31.  8:16.  Matt.  24:20.  Mark 
18:24.     Lake  21:26.     B«t.  6:12.     h.   Im.  2:17.     24:6.     Mai.   4:1. 
BnWMN  B.  C.  660  AND  645. 
2  NEPHI,   24. 
87 
arrogancy  of  the  proud  to  cease, 
and  will  lay  down  the  haughti- 
ness of  the  terrible. 
12.  I  will  <make  a  man  more 
precious  than  fine  gold;  even  a 
man  than  the  golden  wedge  of 
Ophir. 
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. 
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  peo- 
ple, and  flee  every  one  Into  his 
own  land. 
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. 
16.  Their  children  also  shall 
be  'dashed  to  pieces  before  their 
eyes;  their  houses  shall  be  spoiled 
and  their  wives  ravished. 
17.  Behold,  I  will  "stir  up  the 
Medes  against  them,  which  shall 
not  regard  silver  and  gold,  nor 
shall  they  delight  in  It. 
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. 
19.  "And  Babylon,  the  glory  of 
kingdoms,  the  beauty  of  the  Chal- 
dees'  excellency,  shall  be  as 
when  God  overthrew  "Sodom  and 
Gomorrah. 
20.  »It  shall  never  be  Inhab- 
ited, 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. 
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. 
22.  And  the  wild  beasts  of  the 
Islands  shall  cry  In  their  deso- 
late houses,  and  dragons  In  their 
pleasant  palaces;  and  'her  time 
is  near  to  come,  and  her  day  shall 
not  be  prolonged.  For  I  will  de- 
stroy her  speedily;  yea,  for  I  will 
be  merciful  unto  my  people,  but 
the  wicked  shall  perish. 
CHAPTER  24. 
Scriptures  from  the  brass  plates  con- 
tinued^—Compare  Isaiah  H. 
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.  And  the  people  shall  take 
them  and  bring  them  to  their 
place;  yea,  from  far  unto  the  ends 
of  the  earth;  and  they  shall  re- 
turn to  their  lands  of  promise. 
And  the  house  of  Israel  shall  pos- 
sess 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. 
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. 
4.  And  it  shall  come  to  pass 
In  that  day,  that  thou  "shalt  take 
i,  Isa.  4:1 — 4.  /,  Isa.  24:17—20.  Hag.  2:6.  7.  Heb.  12:26.  See  c,  3  Ne.  26. 
k,  Jer.  50:16.  51:9.  i,  Ps.  137:8,  9.  Nah.  3:10.  m.  Isa.  21:2.  n,  Isa.  14:4 — 27. 
o.  Gen.  19:24,  25.  Deut.  29:23.  Jer.  49:18.  60:40.  p,  Jer.  60:3,  39.  61:29,  62. 
g,  Isa.  34:11—15.  Rev.  18:2.  r,  Jer.  51:83.  Chap,  24:  a,  Zech.  1:17.  2:12. 
6,  Isa.  60:4,  6,  10.  c,  Isa.  60:10—12,  14.  61:6.  d,  Isa.  13:19.  Hab.  2:6 — 8.  Rey. 
18  :16— 17.  Bbtwbkn  B.  0.  669  and  646. 
88 
2  NEPHI,   24. 
up  this  proverb  against  the  king 
of  Babylon,  and  say:  How  hath 
the  oppressor  ceased,  the  golden 
city  ceased! 
5.  The  Lord  hath  broken  'the 
staff  of  the  wicked,  the  scepters 
of  the  rulers. 
6.  He  who  smote  the  people  in 
wrath  with  a  continual  stroke, 
he  that  ruled  the  nations  in  anger, 
is  persecuted,  and  none  hin- 
dereth. 
7.  The  whole  earth  is  at  rest, 
and  is  quiet;  they  break  forth 
into  singing. 
8.  Yea,  'the  fir-trees  rejoice  at 
thee,  and  also  the  cedars  of  Leb- 
anon, saying:  Since  thou  art 
laid  down  no  feller  Is  come  up 
against  us. 
9.  "Hell  from  beneath  is  moved 
for  thee  to  meet  thee  at  thy  com- 
ing; 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. 
10.  All  they  shall  speak  and 
say  unto  thee:  Art  thou  also 
become  weak  as  we?  Art  thou 
become  like  unto  us? 
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. 
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! 
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, 
Mn  the  sides  of  the  north; 
14.  I    will    ascend    above   the 
heights  of  the  clouds;  'I  will  be 
like  the  Most  High. 
15.  Yet  thou  Shalt  be  brought 
down  *to  hell,  to  the  sides  of 
the  pit. 
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? 
17.  And  made  the  world  as  a 
wilderness,  and  destroyed  the 
cities  thereof,  and  opened  not  the 
house  of  his  prisoners? 
18.  All  the  kings  of  the  na- 
tions, yea,  all  of  them,  lie  in 
glory,  every  one  of  them  In  his 
own  house, 
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. 
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. 
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. 
22.  For  I  will  rise  up  against 
them,  salth  the  Lord  of  Hosts, 
and  cut  off  from  Babylon  "the 
name,  and  remnant,  "and  son,  and 
nephew,  saith  the  Lord. 
23.  "I  will  also  make  it  a  pos- 
session for  the  bittern,  and  pools 
of  water;  and  I  will  sweep  it 
with  the  besom  of  destruction, 
salth  the  Lord  of  Hosts. 
24.  The  Lord  of  Hosts  hath 
sworn,  saying:     Surely  as  I  have 
e.  Ph.  126:8.  /,  Im.  r.5:12.  13.  Ewk.  31:10.  o.  Kapk.  32:21.  h,  D.  &  O.  70:26. 
«,  Pr  48:2.  j,  lu.  47:«.  2  Then*.  2:4.  k.  vor.  1>.  /,  Job  18:10 — 21.  Pb.  21:10. 
87:28.  10e:lS.  m,  Ex.  20:6.  Matt.  88:8G.  n,  Prov.  10:7.  Jer.  SI  :02.  o.  Job  18:19. 
9,  Im.  84  :11 — 16.  Bvtwibn  B.  O.  6o9  and  646. 
2   NBPHI,   25. 
89 
thought,  so  shall  it  come  to  pass; 
and  as  I  have  purposed,  so  shall 
It  stand — 
25.  That  I  will  bring  the  As- 
syrian 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. 
26.  This  is  the  purpose  that  is 
'purposed  upon  the  whole  earth; 
and  this  is  the  hand  that  is 
stretched  out   upon  all  nations. 
27.  For  the  Lord  of  Hosts  hath 
purposed,  and  who  shall  disannul? 
And  his  hand  is  stretched  out, 
and  who  shall  turn  it  back? 
28.  In  the  year  that  'king  Ahaz 
died  was  this  burden. 
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  ser- 
pent. 
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. 
31.  Howl,  O  gate;  cry,  O  city; 
thou,  whole  Palestina,  art  dis- 
solved; for  there  shall  come  from 
the  north  a  smoke,  and  none  shall 
be  alone  in  his  appointed  times. 
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. 
CHAPTER  25. 
Nephi'a  comments — His  prediction 
of  the  scattering  and  subsequent  gath- 
ering of  Israel — Titne  of  the  Messiah's 
advent  specified. 
1.  Now  I,  NephI,  do  speak  some- 
what concerning  the  words  which 
I  have  written,  which  have  been 
spoken  by  the  mouth  of  Isaiah. 
For  behold,  Isaiah  spake  many 
things  wliich  were  "hard  for  many 
of  my  people  to  understand;  for 
they  know  not  concerning  the 
manner  of  prophesying  among 
the  Jews. 
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. 
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,  ac- 
cording to  the  word  which  he 
hath  spoken. 
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  ac- 
cording 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. 
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 
q,  Isa.  10:27.  r,  Isa.  13:4 — 13.  s,  2  Kings  16:20.  *,  2  Chron.  26:6.  u,  2  Klnri 
18:8.  w.  Ps.  87:1.  5.  102:16.  Zeph.  3:12.  Zecli.  11:11.  Chap.  25:  a,  Jac.  4:14. 
t,  Ters.  7,  8.    Jac.  4:13.  Bxtwexn  B.  C.  559  and  646. 
90 
2  NEPHI,  25. 
be  that  they  are  taught  after  the 
manner  of  the  things  of  the  Jews. 
6.  But  behold  I,  Nephi,  have 
not  taught  my  children  after  the 
manner  of  the  Jews;  but  behold, 
I,  of  myself,  have  dwelt  at  Jeru- 
salem, wherefore  I  know  concern- 
ing the  regions  round  about;  and 
I  have  made  mention  unto  my  chil- 
dren concerning  the  judgments  of 
God,  which  hath  come  to  pass 
among  the  Jews,  unto  my  chil- 
dren, according  to  all  that  which 
Isaiah  hath  spoken,  and  I  do  not 
write  them. 
7.  But  behold,  I  proceed  with 
mine  own  prophecy,  according  to 
my  plainness;  in  the  which  I 
know  that  no  man  can  err;  never- 
theless, in  the  days  that  the  proph- 
ecies of  Isaiah  shall  be  fulfilled 
men  shall  know  of  a  surety,  at 
the  times  when  they  shall  come 
to  pass. 
8.  Wherefore,  they  are  of  worth 
unto  the  children  of  men,  and  he 
that  supposeth  that  they  are  not, 
unto  them  will  I  speak  particu- 
larly, 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. 
9.  And  as  one  generation  hath 
been  destroyed  among  the  Jews 
because  of  iniquity,  even  so  have 
they  been  destroyed  from  gener- 
ation 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. 
10.  Wherefore,  It  hath  been 
told  them  concerning  the  destruc- 
tion which  should  come  upon 
them.  Immediately  after  my  fa- 
ther left  Jerusalem;  nevertheless, 
they  hardened  their  hearts;  and 
according  to  my  prophecy  they 
have  been  destroyed,  save  It  bo 
those  which  are  'carried  away 
captive  into  Babylon. 
11.  And  now  this  I  speak  be- 
cause of  the  spirit  which  is  in  me. 
And  notwithstanding  they  have 
been  carried  away  they  shall  re- 
turn again,  and  possess  the  land 
of  Jerusalem;  wherefore,  they 
shall  be  restored  again  to  the 
land  of  their  inheritance. 
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. 
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  king- 
dom of  God.  Wherefore,  my  soul 
delighteth  to  prophesy  concern- 
ing him,  for  I  have  ''seen  his  day, 
and  my  heart  doth  magnify  his 
holy  name. 
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  be- 
lieve on  his  name,  behold,  Jeru- 
salem shall  be  destroyed  again; 
for  wo  unto  them  that  fight 
against  God  and  the  people  of 
his  church. 
15.  Wherefore,  the  Jews  shall 
be  'scattered  among  all  nations; 
yea,  and  also   Babylon  shall  be 
c,  1  Ne.  1 :18.    10:3.     Be«  g,  1  Ne.  7.    d,  1  Ne.  11:18—84.     e.  1  Ne.  10:12.    10:13, 
14.    22 :6.    2  N«.  10 :0.  BnwuN  B.  C.  6S9  AMD  049. 
2  NEPHI,   25. 
91 
destroyed;    wherefore,   the  Jews 
shall  be  scattered  by  other  nations. 
16.  And  after  they  have  been 
scattered,  and  the  Lord  God  hath 
scourged  them  by  other  nations 
for  the  space  of  many  genera- 
tions, yea,  even  down  from  gen- 
eration 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. 
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. 
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  *con- 
vlnclng  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  Mes- 
siah is  he  who  should  be  rejected 
of  the  Jews. 
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. 
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  ser- 
pents, 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,  be- 
hold 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. 
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. 
22.  Wherefore,  these  things 
shall  go  from  generation  to  gen- 
eration as  long  as  the  earth  shall 
stand;  and  they  shall  go  accord- 
ing to  the  will  and  pleasure  of 
God;  and  the  nations  who  shall 
possess  them  shall  be  "judged  of 
/,  1  Ne.  10:14.  19:15—17.  2  Ne.  C:ll,  14.  10:7—9.  25:18.  26:12.  30:7. 
3Ne.  5:26.  20:30—33.  Morm.  3  :21.  5:14.  flr,  see /.  2  Ne.  2.  i,  2Ne.  6:14.  21:11. 
29:1.  Jae.  6:2.  <,  1  Ne.  14  :7.  1  Ne.  22  :8.  2  Ne.  2T  :26.  29:1.  3  Ne.  21 :9.  28:31 
— 33.  Morm.  8:34.  j,  1  Ne.  13:34.  35.  39,  40.  2  Ne.  27:6 — 26.  3  Ne.  16:4.  Morm. 
8:14—16,    25—34.      k.    1    Ne,    13:39—42.      2    Ne.    25:16,    17.      26:12.      Morm.    3:21. 
B:12 — 15.     I,  see  6,  1  Ne.  10.     m,  see  6. 
28:29—34.     Eth.  4  :8— 10. 
n,  Ter.  18.    2  Ne.  33:10 — 15.    3  Ne.  27  :23 — 27. 
BSTWKEN  B.  C.  559  AND  C4&. 
fS 
2  NEPHI,   26. 
them  according  to  the  words  which 
are  written. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
27.  Wherefore,  we  speak  con- 
cerning 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. 
28.  And  now  behold,  my  peo- 
ple, ye  are  a  stlffnecked  people; 
wherefore,  I  have  spoken  plainly 
unto  you,  that  ye  cannot  misun- 
derstand. 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. 
29.  And  now^  behold,!  say  unto 
you  that  the  right  way  is  to  be- 
lieve 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. 
30.  And,  inasmuch  as  it  shall 
be  expedient,  ye  must  keep  the 
performances  and  ordinances  of 
God  until  the  law  shall  be  ful- 
filled which  was  given  unto  Moses. 
CHAPTER   26. 
Nephi'a  predictions  continued  — 
Christ  to  come  to  the  Nephitea — 
Their  final  destruction — The  days  of 
the  Oentiles. 
1.  And  after  Christ  shall  have 
risen  from  the  dead  he  shall 
"show  himself  unto  you,  my  chil- 
dren, and  my  beloved  brethren; 
and  the  words  which  he  shall 
speak  unto  you  shall  be  the  law 
which  ye  shall  do. 
2.  For  behold,  I  say  unto  you 
that  I  have  beheld  that  many 
generations  shall  pass  away,  and 
there  shall  be  great  wars  and  con- 
tentions among  my  people. 
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  be- 
cause they  cast  out  the  prophets, 
and  the  saints,  and  stone  them, 
and  slay  them;  wherefore  the  "cry 
0,  rPM.  25—30.     1   Ne.  5:0.     2  Ne.  6:10.     20:1.     Jnc.  4:4.  B.     Jar.  6.     Mo*.  « :3. 
S:14 — 16.     12:28.20,81—37.     13.:27— 35.     10:14,15.     Al.  25:14— 16.     80:3.     81:0. 
•4:18,  14.     He.  15:5.     3  Np.  1:24.  25.     0:17—10.     12:17,   18.     15:2—10. 
OmAT.  26:    a,  Tcr.  0.    INe.  11:7.    12:6.    See  6,  1  Nc.  12.     b,  Bee  a,  1  Ne.  12.    o,  see /. 
-    -     —      - '•    —       -  -46. 
S  Ma.  38.    8  Ne.  8 :38,  36.    7 :10,  14.  19. 
BrrwEEK  B.  0.  650  and  646 
2   NEPHI,   26. 
98 
of  the  blood  of  the  saints  shall 
ascend  up  to  God  from  the  ground 
against  them. 
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. 
5.  And  they  that  kill  the  proph- 
ets, and  the  saints,  the  depths  of 
the  earth  shall  swallow  them  up, 
salth  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. 
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  kin- 
dled against  them,  and  they  shall 
be  as  stubble,  and  the  day  that 
Cometh  shall  consume  them,  saith 
the  Lord  of  Hosts. 
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  con- 
sumeth  me  before  the  presence  of 
the  Lord;  but  I  must  cry  unto  my 
God:     Thy  ways  are  just. 
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. 
9.  But  the  Son  of  righteous- 
ness 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. 
10.  And  when  these  things  have 
passed  away  a  speedy  destruction 
Cometh  unto  my  people;  for,  not- 
withstanding 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. 
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  griev- 
eth  my  soul. 
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; 
13.  And  that  he  manlfesteth 
himself  unto  all  those  who  believe 
in  him,  by  the  power  of  the  Holy 
Ghost;  yea,  unto  every  nation, 
kindred,  tongue,  and  people,  work- 
ing mighty  miracles,  signs,  and 
wonders,  among  the  children  of 
men  according  to  their  faith. 
1 4 .  But  behold,  I  prophesy  unto 
you  concerning  the  last  days;  con- 
cerning the  days  when  the  Lord 
God  'shall  bring  these  things  forth 
unto  the  children  of  men. 
15.  After  my  seed  and  the  seed 
of  my  brethren  ^shall  have  dwin- 
dled In  unbelief,  and  shall  have 
been  smitten  by  the  Gentiles;  yea, 
after  *the  Lord  God  shall  have 
camped  against  them  round  about. 
rr  ^^J,^^-  ^''^^-  10:12,  13.  c,  see  6,  1  Ne.  12.  /,  1  Ne.  12:12.  Al.  45:10,  12. 
He.  13  :5,  9.  10.  3  Ne.  27  :32.  Morm.  6  :5— 22.  g,  see  /,  2  Ne.  25.  h.  see  a.  1  Ne.  13. 
See  1  Ne.  13  :34— 38,  42.  14:1—3.  Morm.  3:21.  i,  see  >,  2  Ne.  25.  i.  1  Ne.  12  :22.  23. 
15:13.     Mora.  5:15,  20.     8:27.     k,  Isa.  29:3.  BrrwBKN  B.  C.  669  and  545, 
94 
2  NEPHI,   26. 
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. 
16.  For  those  who  shall  be  de- 
stroyed 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. 
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. 
18.  Wherefore,  as  those  who 
have  been  destroyed  have  been 
destroyed  speedily;  and  the  "mul- 
titude of  their  terrible  ones  shall 
be  as  chaff  that  passeth  away — 
yea,  thus  saith  the  Lord  God:  It 
shall  be  at  an  instant,  suddenly — 
19.  And  it  shall  come  to  pass, 
that  those  who  have  "dwindled  in 
unbelief  shall  be  smitten  by  the 
hand  of  the  Gentiles. 
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. 
21.  And  thereare  many  churches 
built  up  which  cause  envyings, 
and  strifes,  and  malice. 
22.  And  there  are  also  "secret 
combinations,  even  as  in  times  of 
old,  according  to  the  combina- 
tions of  the  devil,  for  he  is  the 
foundation  of  all  these  things; 
yea,  the  foundation  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  for- 
ever. 
23.  For  behold,  my  beloved 
brethren,  I  say  unto  you  that  the 
Lord  God  worketh  not  In  dark- 
ness. 
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. 
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  with- 
out price. 
26.  Behold, hathhecommanded 
any  that  they  should  depart  out 
of  the  synagogues,  or  out  of  the 
houses  of  worship?  Behold,  I  say 
unto  you.  Nay. 
27.  Hath  he  commanded  any 
that  they  should  not  partake  of 
/,  IM.  2ft  :4.  m,  Knos  14.  Monn.  0:0.  n,  Isa.  20:6.  Mortn.  0:0 — 15.  o,  sec  /. 
V.  1  N«.  18:20,  84.  14:1—3.  q.  1  Nf.  14:0.  10.  22:23.  2  No.  2H.  Morm.  8:26 — 41. 
r,  2  Ne.  28:5,  0.  Morm.  8:2«.  0:7—20.  Moro,  7:83—38.  «,  2  No.  28:4.  t,  1  Ne. 
a3;8S.  2  Ne.  28:12,  18.  Morm.  8:28,  82,  88,  80 — 80.  u,  soo  i,  2  Ne.  10.  v,  see  o, 
9  N*.  9.     w,  Im.  00:1.  Bitwebn  B.  C.  660  and  640. 
2  NEPHl,  27. 
96 
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  re- 
pentance. 
28.  Behold,  hath  the  Lord  com- 
manded 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. 
29.  He  commandeth  that  there 
shall  be  no  priestcrafts;  for,  be- 
hold, '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. 
30.  Behold,  the  Lord  hath  for- 
bidden this  thing;  wherefore,  the 
Lord  God  hath  given  a  command- 
ment that  all  men  should  have 
charity,  which  "charity  is  love. 
And  except  they  should  have 
charity  they  were  nothing.  Where- 
fore, if  they  should  have  charity 
they  would  not  suffer  the  laborer 
In  Zion  to  perish. 
31.  But  the  laborer  in  Zion 
shall  labor  for  Zion;  for  if  they 
labor  for  money  they  shall  perish. 
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. 
33.  For  none  of  these  iniqui- 
ties 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  remem- 
bereth  the  heathen;  and  all  are 
alike  unto  God,  both  Jew  and 
Gentile. 
CHAPTER  27. 
Nephi's  predictions  continued  — 
God's  judgments  upon  the  wicked — 
The  sealed  book — The  unlearned  man 
— The  three  witnesses — A  marvelous 
work  and  a  wonder. 
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,  be- 
hold, they  will  be  "drunken  with 
iniquity  and  all  manner  of  abom- 
inations— 
2.  And  when  that  day  shall 
come  they  shall  be  Msited  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. 
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  awak- 
eth and  behold  he  is  faint,  and  his 
soul  hath  appetite;  yea,  even  so 
shall  the  multitude  of  all  the  na- 
«,  3Ne.  16:10.     21:19 — 21.     Chap.  30.     y,  Moro.  7  :47,  48.     8:26.     2,  vers.  23,  24. 
Obap.  27 :   a,  Isa.  29 :9.    b,  Isa.  29 :6 — 10.  Bbtwbxn  B.  O.  659  and  645. 
96 
2  NEPHI,   21. 
tions  be  that  fight  against  Mount 
Zion. 
4.  For  behold,  all  ye  that  doeth 
iniquity,  stay  yourselves  and  won- 
der, for  ye  shall  cry  out,  and  cry; 
yea,  ye  shall  be  drunken  but  not 
with  wine,  ye  shall  stagger  but 
not  with  strong  drink. 
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  cov- 
ered because  of  your  iniquity. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
9.  But  the  book  shall  be  deliv- 
ered 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; 
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 
whirii  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. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
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  estab- 
lish his  word;  and  wo  be  unto  him 
that  "rejecteth  the  word  of  God! 
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 
fi.  1  N**.  13:34.  35.  30 — 42.  2  No.  8:6—28.  26:16.  17.  29:11.  KnoB  13—18. 
Morm.  5:12.  18.  8:14—10,  2(5 — 32.  rf,  I»a  2l):ll.  e.  Etb.  4:1—7.  /,  Ktli.  4:0,  7. 
i.  Btb.  4:7.  IR.  /,  Etb.  4:16.  k,  Eth.  4:0,  7,  18—17.  m ,  we  c,  2  No.  11.  n,  noe 
TetttlmoDr  of  WitneMMMi  In  forppart  of  Book.  o.  2  Ne.  8:10,  20.  20:10,  17.  27:0. 
88:18 — 16.  Mono.  0:80.  More.  10:27.  lia.  20:4.  p,  *cc  d,  2  Ne.  11.  a,  2  Ne. 
28:20,  80.     88:18 — 10.     Btb.  4:8.     r,  vera.  12,  10,  24.      BnwBiif  B.  0.  6S0  and  646. 
2  NEPHI,   27. 
97 
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. 
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. 
17.  And  the  man  shall  say:  I 
cannot  bring  the  book,  for  it  is 
sealed. 
18.  Then  shall  the  learned  say: 
I  cannot  read  it, 
19.  Wherefore  it  shall  come  to 
pass,  that  the  Lord  God  will  de- 
liver 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. 
20.  Then  shall  the  Lord  God 
say  unto  him:  The  learned  shall 
not  read  them,  for  they  have  re- 
jected them,  and  I  am  able  to  do 
mine  own  work;  wherefore  thou 
Shalt  read  the  words  which  I  shall 
give  unto  thee. 
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. 
22.  Wherefore,  when  thou  hast 
read  the  words  which  I  have  com- 
manded 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. 
23.  For  behold,  I  am  God;  and 
I  am  a  God  of  miracles;   and  I 
will  show  unto  the  world  that  I 
am  t^e  same  yesterday,  today,  and 
forever;  and  I  work  not  among 
the  children  of  men  save  it  be 
according  to  their  faith, 
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: 
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 — 
26.  Therefore,  I  will  proceed 
to  ^Mo  a  marvelous  work  among 
this  peoi)ie,yea,a  mai^elouswork 
and  a  wonder,  for  the  wisdom 
of  their  wise  and  learned  shall 
perish,  and  the  understanding  of 
their  prudent  shall  be  hid. 
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  unio  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? 
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. 
29.  '"'And  In  that  day  shall  the 
deaf  hear  the  words  of  the  book. 
«,  ver.  9.  t,  1  Cor.  1:19—21.  Hist,  of  the  Church,  Vol.  1,  p.  20.  u,  Isa.  29:11. 
V.  vers.  12,  15,  24.  w,  Eth.  5:1.  x,  see  c,  2  Ne.  11.  v,  2  Ne.  27:7,  8.  Eth.  4:6.  7, 
«,  vers.  12,  15.  19.     2a,  Isa.  29:13 — 24.     26,  see  (,  2  Ne.  25.     2c,  see  c. 
Bbtwbkn  B.  C.  559  AND  545, 
98 
2  NEPHI,  28. 


