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1908 2 Nephi 1
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2 Nephi 1
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1 And now it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had made an end of teaching my brethren, our father, Lehi, also spake many things unto them, and rehearsed unto them, how great things the Lord had done for them, in bringing them out of the land of Jerusalem.
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1 AND now it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had made an end of teaching my brethren, our father, Lehi, also spake many things unto them, and rehearsed unto them, how great things the Lord had done for them in bringing them out of the land of Jerusalem.
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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.
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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.
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5 And had hwe remained in Jerusalem, we should also have perished.
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5 But, said whe, notwithstanding our afflictions, we have obtained a land of promise, a land which is choice above all other lands; a land which the Lord God hath covenanted with me should be a land for the inheritance of my seed. Yea, the Lord hath covenanted this land unto me, and to my children forever, and also all those who should be led out of other countries by the hand of the Lord.
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6 But, said he, notwithstanding our afflictions, we have obtained a hland of promise, a land Wherefore, I, Lehi, prophesy according to the workings of the Spirit which is choice above all othere lands;
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6 Wherefore, I, Lehi, prophesy according to the workings of the Spirit which is in me, that othere shall none come into this land save they shall be brought by the lhand of the Lord.
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7 A land which the Lord God hath covenanted with me should be a land for the inheritance of my seed.
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7 Wherefore, this land is consecrated unto him whom he shall bring. And if it so be that they shall serve him according to the commandments which he hath given, it shall be a land of liberty unto them; wherefore, they shall never be brought down into captivity; if so, it shall be because of iniquity; for if iniquity shall abound cursed shall be the land for their sakes, but unto the righteous it shall be blessed forever.
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8 Yea, the Lord hath covenanted this land unto me, and to my children for ever;
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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.
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9 And also all those who should be led out of other countries, by the lhand of the inheritance; and they shall dwell safely forever. Lord.
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9 Wherefore, I, Lehi, have obtained a promise, that inasmuch as those whom the Lord God shall bring out of the land of Jerusalem shall keep his commandments, they shall prosper upon the face of this land; and they shall be kept from all other nations, that they may possess this land unto themselves. And if it also 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 hland of their inheritance; and they shall dwell safely forever.
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10 Wherefore, I, Lehi, prophesy according to the workings of the Spirit which is in me, that theire shall none cometh into this land, save they shall be brought by the hand of the Lord. --having a knowledge
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10 But behold, when the time cometh that they shall dwindle in unbelief, after they have received so great blessings from the hand of the Lord--having a knowledge of the creation of the earth, and all men, knowing the great and marvelous works of the Lord from the creation of the world; having power given them to do all things by faith; having all the commandments from the beginning, and having been brought by his infinite goodness into this precious land of promise--behold, I say, if the day shall come that they will reject the Holy nOne of Israel, the true Messiah, theire Redeemer and their God, behold, the judgments of him that is just shall rest upon them.
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11 Wherefore, this lands is consecrated unto him whom he shall bring.
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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.
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12 And if it so be that they shall serve him according to the commandments which there hath given, it shall be a land of liberty unto them; wherefore, my sons, I would
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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.
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13 Wherefore, they shall never be brought down into the eternal gulf of misery and woe. captiveity: if so, it shall be because of iniquity:
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13 O that ye would awake; awake from a deep sleep, yea, even from the sleep of hell, and shake off the awful chains by which ye are bound, which are the chains which bind the children of men, that they are carried away captiveity down into the eternal gulf of misery and woe.
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14 For if iniquity shall abound, cursed shall hbear the land mfore their sakes;
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14 Awake! and arise from their dust, and bhear 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 fmore days and I go the way of all the earth.
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15 But unto the righteous, itn shall be blessed Lford ever.
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15 But behold, the fLord hath redeemed my soul from hell; I have beheld his glory, and I am encircled about eternally itn the arms of his love.
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16 And behold, it is wisdom that this land should be kept as yet from the knowledge of other nations;
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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.
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17 I have feared, lest For, behold, many nations would overrun the land, that there would be tno place for an inheritance.
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17 My heart hath been weighed down with sorrow from time nto time, for I have feared, lest for , behold, many nations would overrun the hardness of your hearts the Lord your God should come out in the fulness of his wrath upon you, that ye be cut off and destroyed forever;
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18 Wherefore, I, Lehi, hatved obtained a promise, that inasmuch as those whom the Lord God shall bring out of the land of Jerusalem shall keep his commandments, they shall prosper upon the face of this land;
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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 havted, and are led according to the will and captivity of the devil.
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19 And they shall be kept from all other nations, that they may possess theise land unto themselves.
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19 untO my sons, that thiese 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.
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20 And if it soaid be that they shall keep his commandments, they shall be blessed upon the face of this land,
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20 And he hath soaid that: Inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments ye shall prosper in the face of this land; but inasmuch as ye will not keep my commandments ye shall be cut off from my presence.
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21 And there shall be none to molest them, nor to take away the land of their inheritance; and they shall dwell safely for ever.
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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 their dust, my sons, and be men, and be determined in none mind and in one heart, united in all things, that ye may not come down into captivity;
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22 But behold, when the time cometh that they shall dwindle in unbelief, after they have received so great blessings from the hand of the Lord; having a knowledge of the creation of the earth, and all men, knowing the great and marvelous works of the Lord from the creation of the world; having power given them to do all things by faith; having all the commandments from the beginning, and having been brought by his infinite goodness into this precious land of promise;
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22 But behold, when the time cometh That ye may not been cursed with a sore cursing; and also, that ye may not incur the displeasure of a just God upon you, unto the destruction, yea, the eternal destruction of both soul and body.
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23 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 djust, shall rest upon them;
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23 Awake, my sons; put upon Behold, I say, If the armor of righteousness. Shake off the chains with which ye are bound, and come forth out of obscurity, and arise from the jdust.
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24 Yea, he will bringing other nations unto them, and he will give unto them power, and he will take away from them the hlands of their possessions, and he will cause them to be scattered and smitten.
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24 Rebel no more against your brother, whose views have been glorious, and who hath kept the commandments from their time that we left Jerusalem; and who hath been an instrument in the lhands of God, in bringing us forth into the land of promise; for were it not for him, we must have perished with hunger in the wilderness; nevertheless, ye sought to take away his life; yea, and he hath suffered much sorrow because of you.
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25 Yea, as one generation passeth ytou another, there shall beut bloodsheds and great visitations among them;
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25 And I exceedingly fear and tremble because of tyou, lest he shall suffer again; for behold, ye have accused him that he sought power and authority over you; beut I know that he hath not sought for power nor authority over you, but he hath sought the glory of God, and your own eternal welfare.
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26 Wherefore, my sons, I would that ye would remember; yea, I would that ye cwould hearken unto my words.
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26 And ye have murmured because he hath been plain unto you. Ye say that he hath used sharpness; ye say that he hath been angry with you; but behold, his sharpness was the sharpness of the power of the words of God, which was in him; and that which ye call anger was the truth, according to that which is in God, which he wcould not restrain, manifesting boldly concerning your iniquities.
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27 O that ye cwould awake; awake from a deep sleep, yea, even from the sleep of hell, and shake off the awful chains by which ye are bound, which are the chains which bind the children of men, that they are carried away captive down to the eternal gulf of misery and wo!
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27 And it must needs be that the power of God must be with him, even unto his commanding you that ye must obey. But behold, it was not hell, but it was the Spirit of the Lord which was in him, which opened his mouth to utterance that he wcould not shut it.
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28 Awake! and rise from the dust, and hearken the words of a trembling parent, whose limbs ye must soons 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.
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28 Awake! And now my son, Laman, and also Lemuel and Sam, and also my sons whose are the soons of Ishmael, behold, if ye will hearken unto the voice of Nephi ye shall not perish. And if ye will hearken unto him I leave unto you a blessing, yea, even my first blessing.
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29 But behold, the Lord hath redeemed my soul from hell: I have beheld his glory, and I am encircled about eternally int the arms of his love.
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29 But if ye will not hearken unto him I take away my first blessing, yea, even my blessing, and int shall rest upon him.
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30 And I desire that ye should remember to observe the statutes and the judgments of the Lord: behold, this hasth been the anxiety of my soul, from the beginning.
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30 And now, Zoram, I speak unto you: Behold, thou art the servant of Laban; nevertheless, thou hasth been brought out of the land of Jerusalem, and I know that thou art a true friend unto my son, Nephi, forever.
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31 My heart hasth 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 fullness of his wrath upon you, that ye be cut off and destroyed for ever;
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31 Wherefore, because thou hasth been faithful thy seed shall be blessed with his seed, that they dwell in prosperity long upon the face of this land; and nothing, save it shall be iniquity among them, shall harm or disturb their prosperity upon the face of this land forever.
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32 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 hathed, and are led according to the will and captivity of the devil.
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32 Wherefore, if ye shall keep the commandments of the Lord, the Lord hathed consecrated this land for the security of thy seed with the seed of my son.
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1908 2 Nephi 2
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2 Nephi 2
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1 And now , Jacob, I speak unto you, Joseph, my hlast born.
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1 AND now, Jacob, I speak unto you: Thou art my first-born in the days of my tribulation in the wilderness. And behold, in thy childhood thou lhast suffered afflictions and much sorrow, because of the rudeness of thy brethren.
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2 Thou wast born in the wilderness of mine afflictions; yea, in the days of my greatnests sorrow did thy mother bear thee.
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2 Nevertheless, Jacob, my first-born in the wilderness, thou knowest the greatnests of God; and he shall consecrate thine afflictions for thy gain.
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3 And may the Lord consecrate also unto thee this land, which is a most precious land, for thine inheritance and the inheritance of thy seed with thy brethren, for thy security for ever, if it so be that ye shall keep the commandments of the Holy One of Israel.
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3 Wherefore, thy soul shall be blessed, and thou shalt dwell safely with thy brother, Nephi; and thy days shall be spent in the service of thy God. Wherefore, I know that thou art redeemed, because of the righteousness of thy Redeemer; for thou hast beheld that in the fulness of time he cometh to bring salvation unto men.
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4 And now, Joseph, my hlast born, whom I have brought out of the wilderness of mine afflictions, may the Lord blessed thee for ever, for thy seed shall not utterly be destroyed.
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4 And thou lhast 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.
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5 For behold, thou art the fruit of my loins; and I am a descendant of Joseph, who was carried captive into Egypt.
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5 And men are instructed sufficiently that they know good from evil. And the law is given unto men. And by the law no flesh is justified; or, by the law men are cut off. Yea, by the temporal law they were cut off; and also, by the spiritual law they perish from that which is good, and become miserable forever.
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6 And great were the covenants of the Lord, which he made unto Joseph; wherefore, Joseph truly saw our day.
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6 Wherefore, redemption cometh in and through the Holy Messiah; for he is full of grace and truth.
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7 And Behold, 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 none else can the house of Israel;
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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.
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8 Not the Messiah, but a branch which was to be broken off; nevertheless, to be remembered in the covenants of the Lord,
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8 Wherefore, how great the importance to make these things known unto the inhabitants of the earth, that they may know that there is no flesh that can dwell in the presence of God, save it be through the merits, and mercy, and grace of the Holy Messiah, who layeth down his life according to the flesh, and taketh it again by the power of the Spirit, that he may bring to pass the resurrection of the dead, being the first that should rise.
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9 That Wherefore, he is the Messiah should be makde 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.
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9 Wherefore, he is the firstfruits unto God, inasmuch as he shall madke intercession for all the children of men; and they that believe in him shall be saved.
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10 And because of the intercession 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.
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10 And because of the intercession for all, all men come unto God; wherefore, they stand in the presence of him, to be judged of him according to the truth and holiness which is in him. Wherefore, the ends of the law which the Holy One hath given, unto the inflicting of the punishment which is affixed, which punishment that is affixed is in opposition to that of the happiness which is affixed, to answer the ends of the atonement--
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11 Yea, Joseph truly said, Thus saith the Lord unto me: A choice seer will If raise up out sof the fruit of thy loins; and he shall be esteemed highly among the fruit nof thy loins.
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11 For fruit must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things. If not sof, my first-born in the wilderness, righteousness could not be brought unto pass, neither wickedness, neither holiness nor misery, neither good nor bad. Wherefore, all things must needs be a compound in one; wherefore, if fruit should be one body it must needs remain as dead, having nof life neither death, nor corruption nor incorruption, happiness nor misery, neither sense nor insensibility.
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12 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 tohis the bringing of them to the knowledge of the covenants which I have made with thy fathers.
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12 Wherefore, fruit must needs have been created for a thing of naught; wherefore there would have been no purpose in the end of its creation. Wherefore, tohis thing must needs destroy the wisdom of God and his eternal purposes, and also the power, and the mercy, and the justice of God.
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13 And I will give unto him a commandment, that he shall do none othere work save the work which I shall command him.
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13 And if ye shall say there is no law, ye shall also say othere is none sin. If ye shall say there is no sin, ye shall also say there is no righteousness. And if there be no righteousness there be no happiness. And if there be no righteousness nor happiness there be no punishment nor misery. And if these things are not there is no God. And if there is no God we are not, neither the earth; for there could have been no creation of things, neither unto act nor to be acted upon; wherefore, all things must have vanished away.
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14 And I will make him great in mine eyes: for your profit and learning; for there is a God, and he shall bdoth my work.
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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, dboth the heavens and the earth, and all things that in them are, both things to act and things to be acted upon.
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15 And he shall be great lifke unto Moses, whom I have said I would raise up unto you, to deliver my people, O house of Israel.
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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 unto the tree of likfe; the one being sweet and the other bitter.
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16 And Moses will I raise up, to deliver thy people out of the land of Egypt.
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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.
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17 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 nseeds of thy loins;
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17 thy loins; And unto him will I, Lehi, according unto the things which I have read, must sneeds 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.
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18 And not to the bringing forth my word only, saith the Lord, but to the convincing them of my word, which shall heaven already gone forth among them.
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18 And because he had fallen from heaven, and had become miserable forever, he sought also the misery of all mankind. Wherefore, he said unto Eve, yea, even that old serpent, who is the devil, who is the father of all lies, wherefore he said: Partake of the forbidden fruit, and ye shall not die, but ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil.
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19 Wherefore, the fruit of thy loins shall write; and the fruit of the loins of Judah shall write;
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19 And after Adam and Eve had partaken of the forbidden fruit they were driven out of Judah shall write; the garden of Eden, to till the earth.
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20 And that which shall ybea written by the fruit of thy loins, and also that which shall be written by the fruit of the loins of Judah, shall grow together,
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20 And they have brought forth children; byea, even the family of all the earth.
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21 their time was lengthened, according to the commandments which the Lord God gave Unto the confounding of false doctrines, and laying down of contentions, and establishing peace among the fruit of thy loins,
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21 false doctrines, And the days of the children of men were prolonged, according to the will of God, that they might repent while in the flesh; wherefore, their state became a state of probation, and their time was lengthened, according to the commandments which the Lord God gave unto the children of men. For he gave commandment that all men must repent; for he showed unto all men that they were lost, because of the transgression of their parents.
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22 And bringing them to the knowledge of their fathers in the latter days;
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22 And now, behold, if Adam had not transgressed he would not have fallen, but he would have remained in the garden of Eden. And all things which were created must have remained in the same state in which they were after they were created; and they must have remained forever, and had no end.
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23 And also nto the knowledge of my covenants, saith the Lord.
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23 And they would have had tno 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.
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24 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.
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24 But behold, all things have been done in the wisdom of him who knoweth all things.
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25 Adam fell that men might be; And thus prophesied Joseph, saying: Behold, that seer will the Lord bless;
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25 Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy.
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26 And they that seek to destroy him, shall be confounded:
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26 And the Messiah cometh in the fulness of time, that he may redeem the children of men from the fall. And because that they are redeemed from the fall they have become free forever, knowing good from evil; to act for themselves and not to be acted upon, save it be by the punishment of the law at the great and last day, according to the commandments which God hath given.
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27 For this promise, of which I have obtained of the Lord, of the fruit of thy loins, shall be fulfilled.
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27 Wherefore, men are free according to the flesh; and all things are given them which are expedient unto man. And they are free to choose liberty and eternal life, through the great Mediator of all men, or to choose captivity and death, according to the captivity and power of the devil; for he seeketh that all men might be miserable like unto himself.
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28 Behold, I am sure of the fulfilling of this promise.
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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;
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29 And his name shall be called after me; and it shall be after the name of his father.
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29 And not choose eternal death, according to the will of the flesh and it shall be after 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.
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30 And he shall be like unto me; for the thing which the Lord shall bring forth by his hand, by the power of the Lord shall bring my preophlet unto salvation;
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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 unto the words of the peroplhet. And I have none other object save it be the everlasting welfare of your souls. Amen.
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1908 2 Nephi 3
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2 Nephi 3
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1 And now I, Nephi, speak concerning the prophecies of which my father hath spoken, concerning Joseph, who was carried into Egypt:
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1 AND now I , Nephi, speak unto you, Joseph, my last-born. Thou wast born in the wilderness of mine afflictions; yea, in the days of my greatest sorrow did thy mother bear thee.
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2 And may the Lord consecrate also unto thee this land, which is a most precious land, For behold, he truly prophesied concerning all his seed with thy brethren, for thy security forever, if it so be that ye shall keep the commandments of the Holy One of Israel.
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2 And may the Lord consecrate also unto thee this land, which is a most precious land, for thine inheritance and the inheritance of thy seed with thy brethren, for thy security forever, if it so be that ye shall keep the commandments of the Holy One of Israel.
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3 And now, Joseph, my last-born, whom I have brought out of the prophecies which thee wrote, there are not many greater.
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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.
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4 I am a descendant of Joseph who was carried captive into Egypt. And he prophesied concerning us, and our future generations;
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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.
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5 Wherefore, Joseph truly saw our day. And they are written upon a righteous branch unto the house of Israel; not the Messiah, but a branch which was to be broken off, nevertheless, to be remembered in the covenants of the Lord that the Messiah should be made manifest unto them in the latter days, in the spirit of power, unto the bringing of them out of darkness unto light--yea, out of hidden darkness and out of captivity unto freedom. the plates of brass.
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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 upon a righteous branch unto the house of Israel; not the Messiah, but a branch which was to be broken off, nevertheless, to be remembered in the covenants of the Lord that the Messiah should be made manifest unto them in the latter days, in the spirit of power, unto the bringing of them out of darkness unto light--yea, out of hidden darkness and out of captivity unto freedom.
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6 Wherefore, after my father had made an end of speaking concerning the prophecies of Joseph, he called the children of Laman, his sons, and his daughters, and said unto them,
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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.
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7 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:
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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.
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8 For the Lord God hath said, That inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall prosper in the land;
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8 And I will give unto him a commandments 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.
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9 And inasmuch as ye will not keep my commandments, ye shall be cut off from my presence.
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9 And he shall be great like unto Moses, whom I have said I would raise up unto you, to deliver my people, O house of Israel.
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10 But behold, my sons and my daughters, I can not go down to my grave, save I should leave a blessing upon you:
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10 But behold, my sons And Moses will I raise upon, to deliver thy people out of the land of Egypt.
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11 For behold, I know that if ye are brought up in the way ye should go, ye will not depart from it.
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11 But a seer will I raise up out of the fruit of thy loins; and unto him will I give power to bring forth my word unto the seed of thy loins--and not to the bringing forth my word only, saith the Lord, but to the convincing them of my word, which shall have already gone forth among them.
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12 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.
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12 Wherefore, the fruit of thy loins shall write; and the fruit of the loins of Judah shall write; and that which shall be written by the fruit of thy loins, and also that which shall be written by the fruit of the loins of Judah, shall grow together, unto the confounding of false doctrines and laying down of contentions, and establishing peace among the fruit of thy loins, and bringing them to the knowledge of their fathers in the latter days, and also to the knowledge of my covenants, saith the Lord.
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13 Wherefore, because of my blessing, the Lord God will not suffer that ye shall perish; wherefore, he will be merciful unto you, and unto your seed for ever.
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13 you, 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, untO house of Israel, saith the Lord.
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14 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.
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14 And thus prophesied Joseph, saying: Behold, that seer will the Lord bless; and they that seek to destroy him shall be confounded; for this promise, which I have obtained of the Lord, of the fruit of my loins, shall be fulfilled. Behold, I am sure of the fulfilling of this promise;
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15 And he spake unto them, saying: Behold, my sons and my daughters, who are the sons and the daughters of my second son;
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15 And his name shall be called after me; and it shall be after the name of his father. And he shall be like unto me; for the thing, which the Lord shall bring forth by his hand, by the power of the Lord shall bring my people unto salvation.
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16 Behold, I leave unto you the same blessing which I left unto the sons and daughters of Laman; wherefore, thous shall not utterly be destroyed; but in the end thy seed shall be blessed.
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16 Yea, thous prophesied Joseph: I am sure of this thing, even as I am sure of the promise of Moses; for the Lord hath said unto me, I will preserve thy seed forever.
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17 And it came to pass that when my father hadd makde an end of speaking unto them, behold, he speake unto the sons of Ishmael, yea, and even all his household.
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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 speake much, for I will not make him mighty in speaking. But I will write unto him my law, by the finger of mine own hand; and I will madke a spokesman for him.
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18 And after he had makde an end of speaking unto them, he spake unto Sam, saying:
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18 And the Lord said unto me also: I will raise up unto the fruit of thy loins; and I will madke 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.
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19 Blessed are thou, and thy seed: for sthould shalt inherit the land, like unto thy brother Nephi.
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19 And the words which he shall write shall be the words which are expedient in my wisdom tshould 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.
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20 And thyy seed shall ybea numbered with his seed;
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20 And they shall cry from the dust; byea, even repentance unto their brethren, even after many generations have gone by them. And it shall come to pass that their cry shall go, even according to the simpleness of their words.
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21 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.
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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.
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22 And it came ntow pass after this manner did 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 prophesy.
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22 And tnow, behold, my son Joseph, after this manner did 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 prophesy.
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23 And it came to pass that he died, and was buried.
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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.
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24 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 wLord:
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24 And there shall rise up one mighty among them, who shall do much good, both in Lword and in deed, being angry 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.
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25 For I, Nephi, was constrained to speak unto them, according to his words. which
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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.
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1908 2 Nephi 4
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2 Nephi 4
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1 Behold, it came ntow pass that I, Nephi, did cry much unto the Lord my God, because of the anger of my brethren.
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1 AND tnow, I, Nephi, speak concerning the prophecies of which my father hath spoken, concerning Joseph, who was carried into Egypt.
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2 But behold, their anger did increase against hme; insomuch that they did seekd to take away my life.
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2 For behold, he truly prophesied concerning all his seekd. And their prophecies which mhe wrote, there are not many greater. And he prophesied concerning us, and our future generations; and they are written upon the plates of brass.
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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.
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3 Wherefore, after my father had made an end of speaking concerning the prophecies of Joseph, he called the children of Laman, his sons, and his daughters, and said unto them: Behold, my sons, and my daughters, who are the sons and the daughters of my first-born, I would that ye should give ear unto my words.
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4 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.
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4 For the Lord God hath said that: Inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments ye shall prosper in the land; and inasmuch as ye will not keep my commandments ye shall be cut off from my presence.
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5 Now But behold, my sons and my daughters, I cannot go do not write upon these plates, all the words which they murmured against me.
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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.
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6 But it sufficeth me ytou say, that they did seek to taken away my life.
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6 Wherefore, if ye are cursed, behold, I leave my blessing upon tyou, that the cursing may be taken from you and be answered upon the heads of your parents.
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7 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.
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7 Wherefore, because of my blessing the Lord God will not suffer that ye shall perish; wherefore, he will be merciful unto you and all those who would go with me. unto your seed forever.
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8 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 gof with me.
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8 And Wherefore, 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 gof Lemuel to be brought before him.
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9 And all those who would go with me, were thouse who believed in the warnings and the revelations of God; wherefore, they did hearken unto my words.
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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, thouse shalt not utterly be destroyed; but in the end thy seed shall be blessed.
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10 And we did take our tents and whatsoever things were possible for us, and did journey in the wilderness for the spakce of many days.
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10 And it came to pass that when my father had made an end of speaking unto them, behold, he spacke unto the sons of Ishmael, yea, and even all his household.
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11 And after hwe had journeyed for the spakce of many days, we did pitch our tents.
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11 And after whe had made an end of speaking unto them, he spacke unto Sam, saying: Blessed art thou, and thy seed; for thou shalt inherit the land like unto thy brother Nephi. And thy seed shall be numbered with his seed; and thou shalt be even like unto thy brother, and thy seed like unto his seed; and thou shalt be blessed in all thy days , we did pitch our tents.
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12 And it came to pass after my people would that we should call his household, according to the feelings of his heart and the name of the place Nephi; wherefore, hwe did call it Nephi.
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12 And it came to pass after my father, Lehi, had spoken unto call his household, according to the feelings of his heart and the Spirit of the Lord which was in him, whe waxed old. And it came to pass that he died, and was buried.
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13 And all those who were angry with me, did take upon them to call themselves the people of Nephi.
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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.
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14 And Nwephi did observe to keep the judgments, and the statutes, and the commandments of the wLord, in all things, according to the law of Moses.
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14 For I, wNephi, was constrained to speak unto them, according to his Lword; for I had spoken many things unto them, and also my father, before his death; many of which sayings are written upon mine other plates; for a more history part are written upon mine other plates.
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15 my heart pondereth them, and writeth them for the learning And the Lord was with uspon; and we did prosper exceedingly: for we did sow seed, and we did reap again in abundance.
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15 And uspon these I write the things of my soul, and many of the scriptures which are engraven upon the plates of brass. For my soul delighteth in the scriptures, and my heart pondereth them, and writeth them for the learning and the profit of my children.
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16 And sween began to raise flocks, and heards, and animals of every kind.
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16 Behold, my soul delighteth in the things of the Lord; and my heart pondereth continually upon the things which I have wseen and heards.
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17 And I, Nephi, had also brought the records which were engraven upon the plates of brass; and also the ball, or compass, which was prepared for my father, by the hand of the Lord, according to that which is written.
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17 Nevertheless, notwithstanding the great goodness of the Lord, in showing me his great and marvelous works, my heart exclaimeth: alsO wretched man that And I am! Yea, my heart sorroweth because of my flesh; my soul grieveth because of mine iniquities.
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18 And it came to pass that we began to prosper exceedingly, and to multiply in the land.
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18 I am encompassed about, because of the temptations and to multiply in the sins which do so easily beset came.
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19 And when I, Nephi, did take the sword of Laban, and after the manner of it did make many swords, lest by any means the people who were now called Lamanites, should come upon us and desitreoy us:
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19 And when I destireoy to rejoice, my heart groaneth because of my sins; nevertheless, I know in whom I have trusted.
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20 For I knew their hatred towards me and my children, and those who were called my people.
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20 My God hath been my support; he hath called me through mine afflictions in their wilderness; and he hath preserved me upon the waters of the great deep.
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21 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.
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21 He hath filled me with his love, even unto the consuming of And I did teach 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. my flesh.
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22 And I, Nephi, did build aath temple; and I did construct it after the manner of the temple of Solomon, save it were not built of tso many precious things:
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22 He hath confounded mine enemies, unto the causing of them sto quake before me.
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23 For they were not to hbeard found upon the land;
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23 Behold, he hath bheard my cry by day, and he hath given me knowledge by visions in the night-time.
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24 Wherefore, itn could not be built like unto Solomon's temple.
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24 And by day have I waxed bold itn mighty prayer before him; yea, my voice have I sent up on high; and angels came down and ministered unto me.
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25 But the manner of the construction was like unto the temple of Solomon; and the workmanship therefofre was exceedingly mfine.
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25 And upon the wings of his Spirit hath my body been carried away upon exceedingly high mountains. And fmine eyes have beheld great things, yea, even too great for manner; therefofre I was bidden that I should not write them.
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26 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did cause my people to be industrious, and to labor with their hands.
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26 tO then, if I have seen so great things, if the Lord in his condescension unto their children of men hath visited men in so much mercy, why should my heart weep and my soul linger in the valley of sorrow, and my flesh waste away, and my strength slacken, because of mine afflictions?
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27 And it came to pass that they swould that I should be their king.
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27 And why should I yield to sin, because of my flesh? Yea, why should I give way to temptations, that their evil one have place in my heart to destroy my peace and afflict my wsould? Why am I angry because of mine enemy?
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28 But I, Nephi, was desirous that they should have no king; nevertheless, I did for them according to that which was in my power.
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28 Awake, my should! have No longer droop in sin. Rejoice, O my heart, and give place no more for the enemy of my soul.
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29 And behold, the words of the Lord had been fulfilled unto my brethren, which he spake concerning them, that I should be their ruler and their teacher;
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29 Do not anger again because of mine enemies. Do not slacken my strength because of mine afflictions.
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30 Wherefore, I had been their ruler and their teacher, according to the commandment of the Lord, until the time they sought to take away my life.
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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 their rock of my salvation.
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31 Wherefore, the word of the Lord was fulfilled which he shpake unto me, saying: That inasmuch as they will not hearken unto thy words, they shall be cut off from the presence of the Lord.
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31 untO Lord, wilt thou redeem my soul? Wilt thou deliver me out of the hands of mine enemies? Wilt thou make me that I may sphake at the appearance of sin?
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32 May the gates of hell be shut continually before me, because that my heart is broken And behold they were cut off from his presence.
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32 May the gates of hell be shut continually before me, because that my heart is broken and my spirit is contrite! Off 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!
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33 way for mine escape before mine enemies! Wilt thou make my path straight before me! Wilt thou not place a stumbling block in my way--but that thou wouldst clear my way before me, And he had caused the cursing to come upon them, yea, even a sore cursing, because of their iniquity.
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33 tO Lord, wilt thou encircle come around in the robe of thy righteousness! O Lord, wilt thou make a way for mine escape before mine enemies! Wilt thou make my path straight before me! Wilt thou not place a stumbling block in my way--but that thou wouldst clear my way before me, and hedge not upon my way, but their ways of mine enemy.
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34 For behold, they had hardened their hearts against him, that they had become like unto a flint;
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34 untO Lord, I have trusted in thee, and I will trust in thee forever. I will not put my trust in their arm of flesh; for I know that cursed is he that putteth his trust in the arm of flesh. Yea, cursed is he that putteth his trust in man or maketh flesh his arm.
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35 tWherefore, 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.
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35 Yea, I know that God will give liberally to him that asketh. Yea, my God will give come, if I ask not amiss; Wtherefore I will lift upon 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.
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1908 2 Nephi 5
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2 Nephi 5
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1 The Lword of Jacob, the brother of Behold, it came to pass that I, Nephi, which he spake unto the people of Nephi.
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1 Behold, it came to pass that I, Nephi, did cry much unto the wLord my God, because of Nephi. the anger of my brethren.
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2 But Behold, my beloved brethren, I, Jacob, having been called of God, and ordained after the manner of his holy order,
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2 But behold, their anger did increase against me, insomuch that they did seek to take away my life.
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3 And shayving been consecrated by my brother, Nephi, unto whom ye look as a king or a protector, and on whom ye depend for safety,
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3 Yea, they did murmur against me, hsavying: 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 been afflicted more because of his words. For behold, we will not have him to be our ruler; for it belongs unto us, whom are the elder brethren, to rule over this people.
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4 Behold, ye know that I have spoken unto you exceeding many things;
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4 Behold, ye kNow I do not write upon these plates all the words which they murmured against me. But it sufficeth me unto say, that they did seek to take away my life.
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5 Nevertheless, I speak unto you again; for I came desirous for the welfare of your souls.
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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.
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6 Yea, mine anxiety is great for you; and mye yourselves know that it ever has been.
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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, mye younger brethren, and also my sisters, and all those who would go with me. And all those who would go with me were those who believed in the warnings and the revelations of God; wherefore, they did hearken unto my words.
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7 For I have exhorted your with all diligence; and I have taught you the words of myany father;
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7 And we did take your tents and whatsoever things were possible for us, and did journey in the wilderness for the space of myany days. And after we had journeyed for the space of many days we did pitch our tents.
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8 And I have spoken unto you concerning all things which are written from the creation of the place Nephi; wherefore, we did call it Nephi. wourld.
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8 And my people woruld that we should call things which are written from the name of the place Nephi; wherefore, we did call it Nephi.
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9 And now, behold, I would speak unto you concerning things which are, and which are to come;
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9 And all those who were with come did take upon them to call themselves the people of Nephi.
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10 Wherefore, I will read you the words of Isaiah.
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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.
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11 And they are the words which my brother whas desired that I should speak unto you.
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11 And they are the Lord hwas with us; and we did prosper exceedingly; for we did sow seed, and we did reap again in abundance. And we began unto raise flocks, and herds, and animals of every kind.
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12 And I speak them unto you for your sakes, that ye may learn and glorify the name of your God.
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12 And I, Nephi, had also brought the records which were engraven upon the plates of brass; and also the ball, or compass, which was prepared for my father by the hand of the Lord, according unto that which is written.
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13 And now the words which I shall read, are they which Isaiah spake concerning all the house of Israel;
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13 And it came to pass that we began to prosper exceedingly, and to multiply in the land.
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14 Wherefore, they may be likened unto you; for Nyephi are of Laban, and after the house of Israel.
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14 And I, yNephi, did take the sword of Laban, and after the manner of it did make many swords, lest by any means the people who were now called Lamanites should come upon us and destroy us; for I knew their hatred towards me and my children and those who were called my people.
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15 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.
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15 And I did teach my people to build buildings, and unto 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.
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16 And now, these are the words:
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16 And I, Nephi, did build a temple; and I did construct it after the manner of the temple of Solomon save it were not built of so many precious things; for they were not to be found upon the land, wherefore, it could not be built like unto Solomon's temple. But the manner of the construction was like unto the temple of Solomon; and the workmanship thereof was exceedingly fine.
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17 Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will lift up mine hands to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to labor with the people;
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17 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did cause my people to be industrious, and set up my standard to labor with their hands.
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18 And it came to pass that they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their king. But I, Nephi, was desirous that they shoulders.
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18 And it came to pass that they would that I should be carried upon their king. But I, Nephi, was desirous that they shoulders have no king; nevertheless, I did for them according to that which was in my power.
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19 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thyy nursing mothers:
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19 And behold, the words of the Lord had been fulfilled unto my brethren, which he spake concerning them, that I should be their ruler and their teacher. Wherefore, I had been their ruler and their teacher, according to the commandments of the Lord, until the time they sought to take away my life.
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20 words They shall bow down to thee with their faces towards the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet;
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20 Wherefore, the word of their 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.
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21 And thou shalt know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that whaite for me.
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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 wahite, and exceedingly fair and delightsome, that they might not be enticing unto my people the Lord God did cause a skin of blackness to come upon them.
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22 And now I, Jacob, would speak somewhat concerning these words: For behold, the Lord has shewn me that thuose who were at Jerusalem, from whence we came, have been slain and carried away captive;
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22 And thouse saith the Lord God: I will cause that they shall been loathsome unto thy people, save they shall repent of their iniquities.
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23 Nevertheless, the Lord whas shewn unto smeed that they should return again.
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23 And cursed shall be the mseed of him that mixeth with their seed; for they shall be cursed even with the same cursing. And the Lord spake it, and it hwas done.
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24 And he also has shewn unto me, that the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, should manifest himself unto them in the flesh;
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24 And because of their cursing which was upon them they did become an idle people, full of mischief and subtlety, and did seek in the wilderness for beasts of prey.
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25 And after he should manifest himself, they should scourge him and crucify him, according to the words of the angel, who spake it unto me.
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25 And the Lord God said unto me: They shall be a scourge unto thy seed, to stir them up in remembrance of me; and inasmuch as they will not remember me, and hearken unto my words, they shall scourge them even unto destruction.
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26 And after they have hardened their hearts and stiffened their necks against the Holy One of Israel, behold the judgments of the Holy One of Israel shall come upon them.
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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.
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27 And the day cometh that they shall wbe smitten and afflicted.
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27 And it came to pass that bwe lived after the manner of happiness.
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28 Wherefore, after they are driven to and thirty years had passed away fro, for thus saith the angel, many shall wbe afflicted in the flesh and shall not lbeft suffered toime perish, because of the prayers of the faithful, they shall be scattered, and smitten, and hated;
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28 Wherefore, after they are driven to And thirty years had passed away from , for thus saith the toime bwe bleft Jerusalem.
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29 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 tohus the lands of their inheritance.
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29 And I, Nephi, had kept the records upon my plates, which I had made, of my people tohus far.
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30 And blessed are good in my sight, for the Gentiles, they of whom the peroplhet has written:
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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 preophlet.
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31 For behold, if it so be that they shall repent and fight not against Zion, and do not unite themselves to that great and abominable church, they shall be hsaved: engraven these things.
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31 Wherefore, If, Nephi, to be obedient to the commandments of the Lord, went and made these plates upon which I shaved engraven these things.
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32 For the Lord God will fulfill his covenants which he has made unto his children: and for this cause the peroplhet has written these things.
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32 And I engraved that which is pleasing unto God. And if my preophlet are pleased with the things of God they will be pleased with mine engravings which are upon these plates.
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33 Wherefore, they that fight against Zion and the covenant people of the Lord, shall lick up the mdust of their feet;
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33 that fight against Zion And if my people desire to know the more particular part of the history of my people they dmust search mine other plates.
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34 And the people of the Lord shall not wbe ashamed.
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34 And it sufficeth me to say that forty years had passed away, and bwe had already had wars and contentions with our brethren.
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1908 2 Nephi 6
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2 Nephi 6
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1 And now, my beloved brethren, I have read these things that ye might know concerning the covenants of Nephi: the Lord; that he has covenanted with the house of Israel;
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1 THE words of Jacob, the brother of Nephi, which he spake unto the people of Nephi:
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2 That he has spoken unto the Jews, by the mouth of his holy prophets, even from the beginning down, from generation to generation, until the time comes that they shall be restored to the true church and fold of God;
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2 Behold, my beloved brethren, I, Jacob, having been called of God, and ordained after the manner of his holy order, and having been consecrated by my brother Nephi, unto whom ye look as a king or a protector, and on whom ye depend for safety, behold ye know that I have spoken unto you exceedingly many things.
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3 When they shall be gathered home to the lands of their inheritance, and shall be established in all their lands of promise.
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3 Nevertheless, I speak unto you again; for I am desirous for their welfare of your souls. Yea, mine anxiety is great for you; and ye yourselves know that it ever has been. For I have exhorted you with all diligence; and I have taught you the words of my father; and I have spoken unto you concerning all things which are written, from the creation of their world.
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4 And now, Behold, my beloved brethren, I speak unto you these things that ye may rejoice, and lift up your rheads for ever, because of the blessings which the Lord God shall bestow upon your children.
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4 And now, behold, I would speak unto you concerning things which are, and which are to come; wherefore, I will hreads 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.
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5 For I know that ye have searched much, many of you, to know of things to come;
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5 And know, the words which I shall read are they which Isaiah spake concerning all the house of Israel; wherefore, they may be likened unto come; 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.
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6 Wherefore I And know that ye know that our flesh must waste away and die;
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6 And know, these are the words: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people; and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.
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7 Nevertheless, kings our bodies we shall fseet God.
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7 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers; they shall bow down to thee with their faces towards the earth, and lick up the dust of thy sfeet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord; for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
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8 Yea, I And know that ye know, that in the body heas shall shoewn himself unto those who were at Jerusalem, from whence we came;
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8 And know I, Jacob, would speak somewhat concerning these words. For behold, the Lord heas sheown me that those who were at Jerusalem, from whence we came, have been slain and carried away captive.
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9 LFord it is expedient that it should be among them;
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9 Nevertheless, the FLord has shown unto me that they should return again. And he also has shown unto me that the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, should manifest himself unto them in the flesh; and after he should manifest himself they should scourge him and crucify him, according to the words of the angel who spake it unto me.
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10 For it behooveth the great Creator that he suffereth himself Htoly become subject unto man Oine the flesh, and die for all men, that all men might become subject unto him.
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10 And after they have hardened their hearts and stiffened their necks against the tHoly iOne of Israel, behold, the judgments of the Holy One of Israel shall become upon them. And the day cometh that they shall be smitten and afflicted.
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11 For as death has passed upon all men, to fulfill the merciful plan of the great Creator, theire must needs be a power of resurrection,
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11 Wherefore, after they are driven to and fro, for thus saith the angel, many shall be afflicted in the flesh, and shall not be suffered to perish, because of the prayers of the faithful; they shall be scattered, and smitten, and hated; nevertheless, the Lord will be merciful unto them, that when they shall come to the knowledge of theire Redeemer, they shall be gathered together again to the lands of their inheritance.
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12 And blessed are the resurrection must needs come unto man by reason of whom the fall;
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12 And blessed are the Gentiles, they of whom the prophet has written; for behold, if it so be that they shall repent and fight not against Zion, and do not unite themselves to that great and abominable church, they shall be saved; for the Lord God will fulfil his covenants which he has made unto his children; and for this cause the prophet has written these things.
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13 Wherefore, they that fight against Zion And the fall came by reason of transgression;
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13 Wherefore, they that fight against Zion and the covenant people of the Lord shall lick up the dust of their feet; and the people of the Lord shall not be ashamed. For the people of the Lord are they who wait for him; for they still wait for the coming of the Messiah.
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14 And because man became fallen, they were cut off from the presence of the Lord;
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14 And behold, according to the words of the prophet, the Messiah will set himself again the second time to recover them; wherefore, he will manifest himself unto them in power and great glory, unto the destruction of their enemies, when that day cometh when they shall believe in him; and none will he destroy that believe in him.
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15 Wherefore, itn must needs be and infinite atonement;
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15 And they that believe not itn 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.
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16 Save it should be an infinite atonement, this corruption could not put onr incorruption.
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16 For shall the prey be taken from the mighty, onr the lawful captive delivered?
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17 Wherefore, the first judgment which came upon man, must needs have remained to and endless duration.
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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--
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18 And if so, this flesh must have lain down to rot and to crumble to its mother earth, to rise no more.
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18 And I will feed them that oppress thee, with their down flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood as with sweet wine; and all flesh shall know that Its the Lord am thy Savior and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
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1908 2 Nephi 8
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2 Nephi 8
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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 written; for the things which I have written sufficeth me.
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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.
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2 Look unto Abraham, your father, And now I, Nephi, write more of the words of Isaiah; for my soul delighteth in his words.
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2 Look unto Abraham, your father, and unto Sarah, she that bare you; for my soul delighteth in his words. I called him alone, and blessed him.
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3 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 For the Lord shall comfort Zion, he will comfort all her waste places; and he verily saw my Redeemer, even as I have seen him. will make her wilderness liken Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving and the voice of melody.
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4 And my brother Jacob also, has seen him as I have seen him; wherefore, I will send their words forth unto my children, to procveed unto them that my words are true.
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4 Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, untO my nation; for a law shall provceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest forth a light for their people.
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5 Wherefore, by the words of three, God hath said, I will establish my word.
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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.
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6 Nevertheless, God sendeth more witnesses; and he proveth all his words.
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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 all garment; and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner. But my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
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7 Behold, my soul delighteth in proving unto my people the truth of the coming of Christ:
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7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart I have written my law, fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
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8 For, for this end hath the law of Moses been given:
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8 For , for this end hath the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool. But my righteousness shall been forever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
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9 thou not he that hath cut Rahab, And all things which have been given of God from the beginning of the world, unto man, are the typifying of him.
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9 Awake, awake! Put on strength, untO arm of the Lord; awake as in the ancient days. Art thou not he that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
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10 And also, my soul delighteth in the covenants of the Lord which he hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to our wfathers;
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10 Art thou not he who hath dried the sea, the fwathers of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?
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11 Yea, my soul delighteth in his grace, and his justice, and power, and mercy, in the great and eternal plan of deliverance from death.
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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.
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12 be afraid of man, who shall die, And myan soul delighteth in proving unto my people, that save Christ shouldst come, all men must perish.
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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 myan, who shall be made like unto grass?
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13 And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched For if there be no Christ, there be no God; and laid the foundations of the earth, and hast feared continually every day, because of the fury of the oppressor, as if there be no God, we are not, for wthere could heavens been no creation.
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13 And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth, and hast feared continually every day, because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? And twhere is the fury of the oppressor?
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14 But there is a God, and he is Christ; and that he cometh in the fullness of his own time.
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14 The captive exile hasteneth, that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.
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15 And now I write some of the words of Isaiah, that whosoe of Hosts is my people shall see these words, may lift up their hearts and rejoice for all men.
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15 But I am the Lord thy God, whosoe waves roared; their Lord of Hosts is my name.
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16 Now, these are the words; and ye may liken them unto you, and unto all men.
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16 And I have put my words in thy mouth, and have covered these 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.
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17 The Lword that Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw, concerning Judah and up, O Jerusalem:
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17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the wLord that Isaiah, the cup of his fury--thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling wrung out--
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18 And it shall come to pass in the last days, when the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hill, and all nations shall flow unto it,
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18 And none to guide her among all the sons she hath brought forth; neither that taketh her by the hand, of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hill, and all nations shall flow unto it, the sons she hath brought up.
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19 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 sword of the Lord from Jerusalem.
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19 These two sons are come unto thee, who shall be sorry for thee--thy desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword-- of the Lord from Jerusalem. and by whom shall I comfort thee?
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20 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.
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20 Thy sons have fainted, save these two; they lie beat their head of all the streets; as a wild bull into a net, they are full of their fury of the Lord, the rebuke of thy God.
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21 O house of Jacob, come hyear and let us walk wine the light of the Lord; yea, come, for ye have all gone astray, every one to his wicked ways.
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21 Therefore yhear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, and not with wine:
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22 Therefore, O Lord, thou hast forsaken thy people, the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and hearken unto soothsayers like the Philistines, and they pleadseth themselves in the children of strangers.
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22 Thus saith thy Lord, the Lord and thy God pleasdeth the because 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.
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23 But I will put it into Their hland also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their laind is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots;
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23 But I will put it into their lhand also is full of them that afflict thee; who have said to thy soul: Bow down, that we may gold over--and thou hast lanid thy body as their ground and as their street to them that went over.
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24 Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands,-that which their own fingers have made:
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24 Awake, awake, put on thy strength, alsO Zion; put on they beautiful garments, Of Jerusalem, the holy city; for henceforth there shall no more come into thee their uncircumcised and their unclean.
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25 And the mean man boweth not down, and the great man humbleth himself not: therefore forgive him not.
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25 Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit down, O Jerusalem; loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
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1908 2 Nephi 9
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2 Nephi 9
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1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, mhight and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
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1 AND now, my beloved brethren, I have read these things that year hmight know concerning the covenants of the Lord that he has covenanted with all the house of Israel--
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2 Above it stood the seraphims; each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain their did fly.
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2 That he has spoken unto the Jews, by the mouth of his holy prophets, even from the beginning down, from generation to generation, until the time comes that they shall be restored to the true church and fold of God; when they shall be gathered home to the lands of their inheritance, and shall be established twain all their lands of promise.
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3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.
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3 Behold, my beloved brethren, I speak unto you these things that ye may rejoice, and lift up your heads forever, because of the blessings which the Lord God shall bestow upon your children.
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4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
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4 For I know that ye have searched much, many of you, to know of things to come; wherefore I know that ye know that our flesh must waste away and die; nevertheless, in our bodies we shall see God.
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5 wThence said I, wo is unto me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips; and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.
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5 Yea, I know that ye know that in the body he shall show himself unto those at Jerusalem, from Twhence we came; for it is expedient that it should be among them; for it behooveth the great Creator that he suffereth himself to become subject unto man in the flesh, and die for all men, that all men might become subject unto him.
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6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
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6 For as death hath passed upon all men, tongs fulfil the merciful plan of the great Creator, there must needs be a power of resurrection, and the resurrection must needs come unto man by reason of the fall; and the fall came by reason of transgression; and because man became fallen they were cut off from the presence of the Lord.
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7 And he laid Wherefore, it upon my mouther, and said, Lo, this has touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
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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 mouther earth, to rise no more.
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8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and became the devil, to rise no more. who will go for us? Then I said, Here am I; send me.
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8 AlsO 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.
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9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, hear wye indeed, obut they understood not; and see ye indeed, but they perceived not.
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9 And our spirits must have become like unto him, and ywe become devils, angels to a devil, to be shut bout from the presence of our God, and to remain with the father of lies, in misery, like unto himself; yea, to that being who beguiled our first parents, who transformeth himself nigh unto an angel of light, and stirreth up the children of men unto secret combinations of murder and all manner of secret works of darkness.
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10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and be healed.
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10 O how great their goodness of our God, who prepareth a way for our escape from the grasp of this awful monster; yea, that monster, death and hell, which I call their death of their body, and also their death of their spirit.
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11 Then said I, Lord, how long? And he said, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitants, and the houses without man, and the land dbead utterly desolate;
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11 And because of the way of deliverance of our God, the Holy One of Israel, this death, of which I have spoken, which is the temporal, shall deliver up its bdead; which death is the grave.
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12 And the Lord have removed men far away, for othere shall be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
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12 And this death of which I have spoken, which is the spiritual death, shall deliver up its dead; which spiritual death is hell; wherefore, death and hell must deliver up their dead, and hell must deliver up its captive spirits, and the grave must deliver up its captive bodies, and the bodies and the spirits of men will be restored one to the othere; and it is by the power of the resurrection of the Holy One of Israel.
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13 But yet in it othere 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 perfect. the substance thereof.
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13 O how great the plan of our God! For on the othere hand, the paradise of God must deliver up the spirits of the righteous, and the grave deliver up the body of their righteous; and the spirit and the body is restored to itself again, and all men become incorruptible, and immortal, and they are living souls, having a perfect knowledge like unto us in the flesh, save it be that our knowledge shall be perfect.
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14 And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin, king of Syria, and Pekah, the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up towards Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
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14 Wherefore, went shall have ahaz 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.
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15 And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.
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15 And it shall come to pass that when all men shall have passed from this first death unto life, insomuch as they have become immortal, they must appear before the judgment-seat of the Holy One of Israel; and then cometh the judgment, and then must they be judged according told the holy judgment of God.
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16 Then said the Lord unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jasub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's fireld;
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16 And assuredly, as the Lord liveth, forth the Lord God hath spoken it, and it is his eternal word, which cannot pass away, that they who are righteous shall be righteous still, and they who are filthy shall be filthy still; wherefore, they who are filthy are the devil and his angels; and they shall go away into everlasting fireld, prepared for them; and their torment is as ahaz lake of fire and brimstone, whose flame ascendeth upper forever and ever and has no end.
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17 And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking fire-brands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and the son of Remaliah.
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17 untO the greatness and the justice of our God! For heed executeth all his words, and they have gone forth out of his mouth, and his law must be fulfilled.
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18 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
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18 But, behold, the righteous, the saints of the Holy One of Israel, they who have believed in the Holy One of Israel, they who have endured the crosses of the world, and despised the shame of it, they shall inherit the kingdom of God, which was prepared for them from the foundation of the world, and their joy shall be full forever.
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19 Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us lmake a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, yea, the son of Tabeal:
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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 mlake of fire and brimstone, which is endless torment.
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20 Thus saith the Lord God, it shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
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20 O how great the holiness of our God! For he knoweth all things, stand there is not anything save he knows it come to pass.
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21 For the head of Syria, is Damascus; and the head of Damascus, Rezin: and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.
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21 And head cometh into the world that head may save all men if they will hearken unto his voice; for behold, he suffereth the pains of all men, years, the pains of every living creature, both men, women, and children, who belong to the family of Adam people.
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22 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.
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22 And head suffereth this that the resurrection might pass upon all men, that all might stand before him at the great and judgment day.
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23 Moreover, the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, hsavying,
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23 And he commandeth all men that they must repent, and be baptized in his name, shayving perfect faith again Moreover, the Holy One of Israel, or they cannot be saved in the kingdom of God.
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24 Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depths, or in the heights above.
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24 And if they will not repent and believe in his name, and be baptized in his name, and endure to the end, they must be damned; for the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, has spoken it.
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25 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I thempt the Lord.
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25 Wherefore, he has given ahaz 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 thempt, because of the atonement; for they are delivered by the power of him.
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26 And he said: Hear dyevil now, O house of David; is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?
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26 For the atonement satisfieth the demands of his justice upon small those who have not the law given to them, that they are delivered from that awful monster, death and hell, and the ydevil, and the lake of fire and brimstone, which is endless torment; and they are restored to that God who gave them breath, which is the Holy One of Israel.
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27 Therefore the Lord himself shall given you a sign: Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
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27 But wo unto him that has the law given, yea, that has call the commandments of God, like unto us, and that transgresseth them, and that wasteth the days of his probation, for awful is his state!
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28 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and to choose the good.
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28 O that cunning plan of the evil one! O the vainness, and the frailties, and the foolishness of men! When they are learned they think they are wise, and they hearken not unto the counsel of God, for they set it aside, supposing they know of themselves, wherefore, their wisdom is foolishness and it profiteth them not. And they shall perish.
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29 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.
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29 But to be learned is good if they hearken unto the counsels of God.
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30 But wo unto 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.
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30 But wo unto the rich, who are rich as to the things of the world. For because they are rich they despise the poor, and they persecute the meek, and their hearts are upon their treasures; wherefore, their treasure is their God. And behold, their treasure shall perish with them also.
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31 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
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31 And wo unto the deaf that will not hear; for they shall perish.
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32 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all the thorns, and upon all bushes.
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32 Wo unto the blind that will not see; for they shall perish also.
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33 uInto the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the headrt, and the hair of the feet, and it shall also consume the beard.
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33 Wo Iunto the uncircumcised of Assyria, the headrt, for a knowledge of their iniquities shall smite them at the last day.
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34 And it shall come to pass in that day, a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;
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34 Wo unto the liar, for he shall be thrust down to hell.
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35 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.
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35 Wo unto the murderer who deliberately killeth, for he shall die.
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36 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 thorunst. down
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36 Wo unto them who commit whoredoms, for they shall be thornust down to hell.
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37 With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all devils delighteth in them. the land shall become briers and thorns.
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37 Yea, wo unto those that worship idols, for the devil of all devils delighteth in them.
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38 And , in fine, wo unto 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.
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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.
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39 Moreover, the word of the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalal-hash-baz.
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39 untO, my beloved brethren, remember the awfulness in transgressing against that Holy God, and also the awfulness of yielding to the enticings of that cunning one. Remember, to be carnally-minded is death, and to be spiritually-minded is life eternal.
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40 And I took unto mey faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
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40 took untO, mey beloved brethren, give ear to my words. Remember the greatness of the Holy One of Israel. Do not say that I have spoken hard things against you; for if ye do, ye will revile against the truth; for I have spoken the words of your Maker. I know that the words of truth are hard against all uncleanness; but the righteous fear them not, for they love the truth and are not shaken.
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41 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived and bare a son. Then said the Lord to me, Call his name Mahershalal-hash-baz.
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41 O then, my beloved brethren, come unto the Lord, the Holy One. Remember that his paths bare righteous. Behold, the way for man is narrow, but it lieth in a straight course before him, and the keeper of the gate is the Holy One of Israel; and he employeth no servant there; and there is none other way save it be by the gate; for he cannot be deceived, for the Lord God is his name Mahershalal-hash-baz.
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42 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 , and consider themselves fools before God, and come down in the king of Assyria.
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42 And whoso knocketh, to him will he open; and the wise, and the learned, and they that are rich, who are puffed up because of their learning, and their wisdom, and their riches--yea, they are they whom he despiseth; and save they shall cast these things away, and consider themselves fools before God, and come down in the depths of humility, he will not open unto them.
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43 But The Lord spake also unto ymea again, saying,
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43 But the things of the wise and the prudent shall be hid from them forever--myea, that happiness which is prepared for the saints.
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44 Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;
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44 O, my beloved brethren, remember my words. Behold, I take off my garments, and I shake them before you; I pray the God of my salvation that he view me with his all-searching eye; wherefore, ye shall know at the last day, when all men shall be judged of their works, that the God of Israel did witness that I shook your iniquities from my soul, and that I stand with brightness before him, and am rid of your blood.
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45 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:
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45 Over, my beloved brethren, turn away from your sins; shake off the chains of him that would bind you fast; come unto that God who is the rock of your salvation.
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46 And he shall pass through Judah; and 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.
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46 Prepare your souls for that glorious day when justice shall be administered unto the righteous, even the day of judgment, that ye may not shrink with awful fear; that ye may not remember your awful guilt in perfectness, and be constrained to exclaim: Holy, holy are thy judgments, O Lord God Almighty--but I know my guilt; I transgressed thy law, and my transgressions are mine; and the devil hath obtained me, that I am a prey to his awful misery.
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47 Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear all ye were freed from sin? of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
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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 Associate yourselves, unto you according to the plainness of the truth if ye were freed from sin?
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48 Take counsel together and it shall come to naught; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
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48 Behold, if ye were holy I would speak unto you of holiness; but as ye are not holy, and ye look upon come as a teacher, it must needs be expedient that I teach you the consequences of sin.
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49 For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,
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49 Behold, my should abhorreth sin, and my heart delighteth in righteousness; and instructed me that I will praise the holy name of my God.
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50 Say ye not, a confederacy, to all to whom this people shall say, a confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor ybea afraid.
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50 Come, my brethren, every one that thirsteth, come ye not, a confederacy, to all to whom this people shall say, a confederacy; neither fear ye their waters; and he that hath nor money, come buy and eat; byea, come buy wine and milk without money and without price.
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51 Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself, and let him be your fearst, and let him be your dread.
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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 fearst upon that which perisheth not, neither can be corrupted, and let him be your soul delight in fatness.
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52 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
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52 Behold, my beloved brethren, remember the words of your God; pray unto him continually by day, and give thanks unto his holy name by night. Let your hearts rejoice.
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53 And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
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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 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
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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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1908 2 Nephi 10
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2 Nephi 10
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1 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
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1 AND now I, Jacob, speak unto you again, my beloved brethren, concerning this righteous branch of Amoz did see. which I have spoken.
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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.
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2 For behold, the promises which we have obtained are promises unto us according into 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 have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my nmighty nones, for mine angerl is not upon them that rejoice in my highness.
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3 Wherefore, as I said unto you, it must needs be expedient that Christ--for in the last mnighty the angerl spake unto me that this should be his name--should come among the Jews, among those who are the more wicked part of the world; and they shall crucify him--for thus it behooveth our God, and there is nones other nation upon earth that would crucify their God.
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4 The noise of the multitude in the mountains like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the Lord of hosts mustereth the hosts of the battle.
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4 For should the mighty miracles be wrought among other nations they would repent, and know that he be their God.
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5 iniquities, They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, yea, the Lord, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
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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 Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand: it shall come as and destructions from the Almighty.
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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 Therefore, shall all lhands be faint, every man's hearth But behold, thus saith the Lord God: When the day cometh that they shall believe in melt; , that I am Christ, then have I covenanted with their fathers that they
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7 But behold, thus saith the Lord God: When the day cometh that they shall believe in melt, that I am Christ, then have I covenanted with their fathers that they shall be restored in the flesh, upon the hearth, unto the hlands of their inheritance.
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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:
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8 And it shall come to pass that they shall be gathered in from their long dispersion, from the isles of the sea, and from the four parts of the earth; and the nations of the Gentiles shall be great in the eyes of me, saith God, in carrying them forth to the lands of their inheritance.
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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 theireof out of it.
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9 Yea, the kings of the Gentiles shall be nursing fathers unto them, and theireof queens shall become nursing mothers; wherefore, the promises of the Lord are great unto the Gentiles, for he hath spoken it, and who can dispute?
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10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to tshine.
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10 But behold, this land, said God, shall be a land of sthine inheritance, and the Gentiles shall be blessed upon the land.
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11 And I will punish the world for evil, and the wicked for theire iniquity; I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay down the haughtiness of the terrible;
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11 And this land shall be a land of liberty unto the Gentiles, and theire shall be no kings upon the land, who shall raise up unto cease, and will lay down the Gentiles.
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12 And I will make all man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
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12 And I will fortify this land against all other nations.
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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.
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13 Therefore, I will shake the heavens, And he that fighteth against Zion shall perish, saith God.
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14 And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.
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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.
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15 Every one that is proud shall be thrust through; yea, and everyone that is joined to the wicked, shall fall by the sword.
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15 Wherefore, for this cause, that my covenants may be fulfilled which I have made unto the children of men, that I will do unto them while they are in the flesh, I must needs destroy the secret works of darkness, and of murders, and of abominations.
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16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall Jbew spoiled and their wives ravished.
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16 Wherefore, he that fighteth against Zion, both bJew and Gentile, both bond and free, both male and female, shall perish; for they are they who are their whore of all their earth; for they who are not for me are against me, saith our God.
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17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver and gold, nor they shall not delight in it.
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17 For I will fulfil my promises which I have made unto the children of men, that I will do unto them while they are in the flesh--
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18 Their bows shall also dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have Gnod pity onur the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall not spare children.
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18 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, thus saith onur nGod: I will afflict thy seed by the hand of the Gentiles; nevertheless, I will soften the hearts of their Gentiles, that they shall be like unto a father to them; wherefore, their Gentiles shall be blessed and numbered among the house of Israel.
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19 Wherefore, I will consecrate this land unto thy seed, And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldee's excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom lands Gomorrah.
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19 Wherefore, I will consecrate this land unto thy seed, and them who shall be numbered among thy seed, forever, for the land of their inheritance; for it is a choice land, saith God unto me, above all other lands, wherefore I will have all men that dwell thereon that they shall worship me, saith God.
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20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds madke their fold there:
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20 And now, my beloved brethren, seeing that our merciful God has given us so great knowledge concerning these things, let us remember him, and lay aside our sins, and not hang down our heads, for we are not cast off; nevertheless, we have been driven out of the land of our inheritance; but we have been led to a better land, for the Lord has makde their sea our path, and we are upon an isle of the sea.
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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.
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21 But great are the promises of the Lord unto them who are upon their isles of the sea; wherefore as it says isles, there must needs be more than this, and they are inhabited also by our brethren.
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22 And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her day shall not be prolonged. For I will destroy her speedily; yea, for I will be merciful unto my people; but the wicked shall perish.
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22 For behold, the Lord God has led away from time unto time from the houses of Israel, according to his will and pleasure. And now behold, the Lord remembereth all them who have been broken off, wherefore he remembereth us also.
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23 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.
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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 everlasting death or the way of eternal life.
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24 And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place; yea, from far unto the ends of the earth; and they shall return to their lands of promise. And the house of Israel shall posses them, and through 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.
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24 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, reconcile yourselves to their will of God, and not to their will of the devil and the flesh; and remember, after ye are reconciled unto God, that it is only in and through the grace of God that ye are saved.
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25 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 through wast made to serve.
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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 kingdom of God, that ye may praise him through grace divine. Amen.
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1908 2 Nephi 12
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2 Nephi 12
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1 And now, behold, my brethren, I have spoken unto you according as the Spirit hath constrained me; wherefore, I know that they must surely come to pass.
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1 THE word that Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
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2 And the things which shall be written out of the book shall be of great worth unto the children of men, and especially unto our seed, which ist a remnant of the house of Israel.
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2 And it shall come unto pass in the last days, when the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills, and all nations shall flow unto ist.
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3 For it shall come to pass in that day, that the churches which are built up, and not unto the Lord, when the one shall say unto the other, Behold, I, I am the Lord's; and the other shall say, I, I am the Lord's from Jerusalem.
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3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, unto 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's from Jerusalem.
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4 And thus shall every one say, that hath built up churches, and not unto the Lord;
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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.
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5 And they shall contend one with another; and let us walk in their priests shall contend one with another; and they shall teach with their learning, and deny the Holy Ghost, which giveth utterance.
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5 O house of Jacob, come ye and let us walk in their light of the Lord; yea, come, for ye have all gone astray, every one to his wicked ways.
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6 And they deny the power of God, the Holy One of Israel; and they say unto the people, Hearken unto us, and hearken ye our precept;
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6 Therefore, untO Lord, thou hast forsaken thy people, the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and hearken ye our precept; unto soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.
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7 For behold, there Their land also is no God to-day, for the Lord and the Redeemer hath done his work, and he hath given his power unto men.
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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.
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8 Behold, hearken ye unto my precept: if they shall say theire is a miracle wrought, by the lhand of the Lord, believe it not; for this day he is not a God of miracles; he hath done his work.
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8 Their hland is also full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which theire own fingers have made.
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9 Yea, and there shall mbean many which shall say, Eat, drink, and be merry, for to-morrow we die: and it shall be well with us.
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9 Yea, And the bmean many boweth not down, and the great man humbleth himself not, therefore, forgive him not.
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10 And there shall also be many which shall say, Eat, drink, and be merry; nevertheless, fear God, he will justify in committing a little sin: yea, lie a little, take the advantage of one because of his words, dig a pit for thy neighbor; there is no harm in this.
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10 alsO 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.
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11 And do all these things, for to-morrow we die; and if it so be that we are guilty, God will beat us with a few stripes, and at last we shall be saved in that day. the kingdom of God.
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11 And it shall come to pass that the lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall beat bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
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12 Hosts soon cometh upon all nations, Yea, and there shall be many which shall teach after this manner, false, and vain, and foolish doctrines, and shall be puffed up in their hearts, and shall seek deep to hide their counsels from the Lord; and their works shall be in the dark; and the blood of the saints shall cry from the ground against them.
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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.
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13 Yea, they have all gone out of the way; they have become corrupted.
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13 Yea, and the day of the Lord shall become upon all the cedars of Lebanon, for they are high and lifted up; and upon all the oaks of Bashan;
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14 Because of pride, and because of false teachers, and false doctrine, their churches have become corrupted; and upon all their churches are lifted up; because of pride, they are puffed up. every people;
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14 Because of pride, And upon all the high mountains, and upon all their hills, and upon all their nations which are lifted up, and upon every people;
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15 They rob the poor, because of their fine sanctuaries; they rob the poor, because of their fine clothing; and they persecute the meek, and the poor in heart; because in their pride, they are puffed up. every fenced wall;
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15 And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall;
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16 They wear stiff necks and high heads; yea, and because of pride, and wickedness, and abominations, and whoredoms, they have all gone astray, save it be a few, who are the humble followers of Christ;
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16 They wear stiff necks And upon all the ships of the sea, and upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.
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17 Nevertheless, they are led, that in And the loftiness of many instances they do err, because they are taught by the precepts of men. shall be made low; and the Lord alone shall be exalted
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17 And the loftiness of many shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low; and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
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18 O the wise, and the learned, and the rich, that are puffed up in the pride of their hearts, and all those who preach false doctrines, and all those who commit whoredoms, and pervert the right way of the Lord; wo, wo, wo be unto them, saith the Lord God Almighty, for they shall be thrust down to hell.
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18 O the wise, And the idols hell shall utterly abolish.
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19 Wo unto them that turn aside the just for a thing of nought, and revile against that which is good, and say that it is of no worth:
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19 And they shall good Wo 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.
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20 For the day shall come that the Lord God will speedily visit the inhabitants of the earth; and in that day that they are fully ripe in iniquity, they shall perish.
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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;
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21 But behold, ifnto the inhabitants of the earth shall repent of their wickedness and abominations, they shall not be destroyed, saith the Lord of hosts.
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21 To go ifnto the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of their 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.
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22 But behold, that bgreath and abominable church, the whosre of all the earth, must tumble to the earth; and great must be the fall thereof:
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22 Cease ye from man, whorse gbreath is in his nostrils; for wherein is he to the earth; and great must be accounted of?
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1908 2 Nephi 13
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2 Nephi 13
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1 away from Jerusalem, And now I, Nephi, tmake an end of my prophesying unto you, my beloved brethren.
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1 FOR behold, the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, doth mtake away from Jerusalem, and from Judah, the stay and the staff, the whole staff of bread, and the whole stay of water--
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2 The mighty man, And I mcan not write but a few things, which I know must surely come to pass; neither can I write but a few of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the words of my brother Jacob.
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2 The mighty man, and the cman of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient;
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3 Wherefore the things which I have written, sufficeth me, save it be a few words which I must speak, concerning the doctrine of Christ; wherefore I shall speak unto you plainly, according to the plainness of my prophesying.
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3 Wherefore The captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counselor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
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4 For my soul delighteth in plainness: for after this manner doth the Lord God work among the children of men.
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4 And I will give children unto them to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
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5 For the Lord God giveth light unto the understanding: for he speaketh unto men according to their language, unto their understanding.
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5 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor; the child shall behave himself proudly against their ancient, and their base against the honorable.
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6 Wherefore, I would that ye should remember that I have spoken unto you, concerning that prophet which the Lord shewed unto me, that should baptize the Lamb of God, which should take away the sin of the world.
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6 When away 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--
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7 And now, if the Lamb of God, he being holy, should have need ntot be baptized by water to fulfill all righteousness, O then, how much more need have we, being unholy, to be baptized, yea, even by water.
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7 In that day shall he swear, saying: I will tnot be yea healer; for in my house there is neither bread nor clothing; make me not all ruler of the people.
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8 For Jerusalem is ruined, And now, I would ask of you, my beloved brethren, wherein the Lamb of God did fulfill all righteousness in beeing baptized by water? Know ye not that he was holy?
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8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen, because their tongues and their doings have beieng against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
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9 But notwithstanding he being holy, he sheweth unto the children of men, that according to the flesh, he humbleth himself before the Father, and witnesseth unto the Father that he would be obedient unto him in keeping his commandments;
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9 But notwithstanding he being holy, he sheweth unto The show of their countenance doth witnesseth against them, and doth declare their sin to be even as Sodom, and they cannot hide it. Would unto their souls, for they have rewarded evil unto themselves!
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10 Wherefore, after he was baptized with water, the Holy Ghost descended upon him in the form of a dove.
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10 Say unto the righteous that it is well with them; form they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
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11 And again: It sheweth unto the children of men the straightness of the path, and the narrowness of the gate, by which they should enter, he having set the example before them.
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11 Wo unto the wicked, for they shall perish; for the reward of their hands shall be upon them!
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12 And he said unto the children of thy paths. men, Follow thou me.
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12 And my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. untO my people, they who lead thee cause thee to err and destroy the way of thy paths.
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13 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, cand we follow Jesus, save we shall be willing to keep the commandments of the Father?
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13 The Lord standeth up to plead, cand standeth to judge the people.
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14 The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people And the Father said, Repent ye, repent ye, and be baptized in the name of my beloved Son.
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14 The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people and the princes thereof; for ye have eaten up the vineyard and the spoil of the poor in your houses.
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15 pieces, And also, the voice of the Son came unto me, saying, He that is baptized in my name, to him will the Father give the Holy Ghost, like unto me; wherefore, follow me, and do the things which ye have seen me do.
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15 What mean ye? Ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor, saith the Lord God of Hosts.
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16 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, I know that if ye shall follow the Son with full purpose of heart, acting no hypocrisy and no deception before God, but with real intent, repenting of your sins, witnessing unto the Father, that ye are wailkling to take upon you the name of Christ, by baptism; yea, by following your Lord and your Savior down into the water, according to his word; behold, then shall ye receive the Holy Ghost;
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16 Moreover, the Lord saith: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched-forth necks and wanton eyes, wiallking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet--
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17 Yea, then cometh the baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost; and then can ye speak with the tongue of angels, and shout praises unto the Holy One of Israel.
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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.
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18 But behold, my beloved brethren, thus came the voice of the Son unto me, saying, After ye have repented of your sins, and witnessed unto the Father that ye are willing to keep my commandments, by the baptism of water, and have received the baptism of tfires and of the Holy Ghost, and can speak with a new tongue, yea, even with the tongue of angels, and after this, should deny me, it would have been better for you, that ye had not known me.
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18 In that day the Lord willing take away But behold, my beloved brethren, thus came the bravery of their tinkling ornaments, and cauls, and round ftires like the moon;
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19 The chains And I heard a voice from the Father, saying, Yea, the words of my beloved, are true and faithful.
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19 The chains and the bracelets, and the mufflers;
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20 He that endureth to the end, the same shall lbegs saved.
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20 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the blegs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the ear-rings;
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21 rings, And now, my beloved brethren, I know by this, that unless a man shall endure ntose the end, in following the example of the Son of the living God, he can not be saved;
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21 The rings, and tnose jewels;
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22 Wherefore, do the things which I have told you I have seen, that your Lord and your Redeemer should do:
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22 Wherefore, do The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping-pins;
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23 For, for this cause have they been shewn unto me, that ye might know the gate by which vyeils should enter.
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23 The glasses, and the fine linen, and hoods, and the yveils.
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24 For the gate by which ye should enter is repentance and baptism by water: and then cometh a remission of your sins by fire, and by the Holy Ghost.
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24 For the gate by which ye should enter is repentance And it shall cometh to pass, instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle, a rent; and instead of well set hair, baldness; and instead of a stomacher, a girding of sackcloth; burning instead of beauty.
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25 And then are ye in this strait and narrow path which leads to eternal life; yea, myen have entered in by the gate; ye have done according to the commandments of the Father and the Son;
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25 Thy ymen shall fall by the sword and thy mighty in the war.
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26 And ye have received the Holy Ghost, which witnesses of the Father gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate, and the Son, unto the fulfilling of the promise which he hath made, that if ye enter in by the way, ye should receive.
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26 And ye have received the Holy Ghost, which witnesses of the Father gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate, and shall sit upon the ground.
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1908 2 Nephi 15
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2 Nephi 15
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1 And now I, Nephi, can not write all the things which were taught among my people; neither am I mighty in writing, like unto speaking: for when a man speaketh by the power of the Holy Ghost, the power of the Holy Ghost carrieth it unto the hearts of the children of men.
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1 AND then will I sing unto my well-beloved a song of my beloved, touching his vineyard. My well-beloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill.
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2 But behold, thereof are many that harden their hearts against the Holy Spirit, that it hath fnorth place in them; wherefore, they cast many things away which are written, and esteem them as things of nought.
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2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with their choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made away wine-press therein; and he looked that it should bring nforth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
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3 But I, Nephi, have written what I have written; and I esteem it as of great worth, and especially unto my people.
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3 And now, untO inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
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4 For I pray continually for them by day, and mine eyes water my pillow by night, because of them; and I cry unto my God in faith, and I know that he willd hear my cry; and I know that the Lord God will consecrate my prayers, for the gain of my people.
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4 What could have been done more unto my vineyard that I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes it brought forth the gain of my people. willd grapes.
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5 And the words which I have written in weakness, will he tmake strong unto them; for it persuadeth them to do good; it maketh known unto them of theireof fathers; and it speaketh of Jesus, and persuadeth them to believe in him, and to endure to the end, which is life eternal.
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5 And now good to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard--I will mtake away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and I will break down the wall theireof, fathers; and it shall be trodden down;
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6 And I will lay it speaketh harsh against sin, according to the plainness of the truth; wherefore, no man will be angry at the words which I have written, save he shall be of the spirit of the devil.
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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.
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7 I glory in plainness; I glory in truth; I glory in my Jesus, for For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant; and he hath redeemed my soul from hell.
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7 For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant; and he looked for judgment, and behold, oppression; for righteousness, but behold, a cry.
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8 I have charity for my people, and great faith in Christ, that I shall meet many souls spotless at his judgment seat.
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8 Wo unto them that join house to house, till there can be no place, that they many be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
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9 I have charity for the Jew: I say Jew, because I meany them from whence I came. I also have charity for the Gentiles.
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9 In mine ears, said the Lord of Hosts, of a truth meany houses shall be desolate, and great and fair cities without inhabitant.
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10 But behold, for none Yea, ten acres of these can I homper, except they shall be reconciled unto Christ, and enter into the narrow gate, and walk in the straight bpath, which leads to life, and continue in the path until the end of the day of probation.
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10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield none pbath, and the seed of a hopmer shall yield an ephah.
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11 And now, my beloved brethren, and also Jew, and all ye ends of the earth, hearken unto these words, and believe in Christ; and if ye believe not in these words, believe in Christ.
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11 Words unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink, that continue until night, and wine inflame them!
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12 And if ye shall believe in Christ, ye will believe in these words; for they are the words of Christ, and he hath given them unto me; and they teach all men that they should do good.
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12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine are in their feasts; but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands.
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13 And if they Therefore, my people are not the words of Christ, judge ye: for Christ will shew unto you, with power and great glory, that they are his words, at the last day.
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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.
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14 And you and I shall stand face to face before his bar; and ye shall know that I have been commanded of him to write these things, notwithstanding my weakness:
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14 Therefore, hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure; and their glory, and their multitude, stand their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
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15 And I pray the Father in the name of Christ, that many of us, if not all, may be saved in his kingdom, at that great and last day.
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15 And I pray the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty many shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled.
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16 And now, my beloved brethren, all those who are of But the house of Israel, and all ye ends of the earth, I speak unto you, as the voice of one crying from the dust: Farewell until that great day shall come;
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16 But the Lord of Hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
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17 And you that will not partake aofter the goodness of God, and respect the words of the Jews, and also my words, and the words which shall proceed forth out of the mouth of the lLambs of God, behold, I bid you an everlasting farewell, for these words shall condemn you at the wlaste day;
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17 Then shall the Llambs feed oafter their manner, and the lwaste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
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18 For what I seal on cearth, shall be brought against you at the judgment bar; for thus hath the cLords commanded me, and I must obey. Amen.
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18 Wo unto them that draw iniquity with Lcords of vanity, and sin as it were with amen ecarth rope;
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