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An account of the death of Lehi. Nephi's brethren rebel against him. The Lord warns Nephi to depart into the wilderness. His journeyings in the wilderness, and so forth.

2 Nephi 1 Chapter 1

2 Nephi 1:1

1 And now it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had made an end

of teaching my brethren, our father, Lehi, also spake many things

unto them, and rehearsed unto them, how great things the Lord had

done for them in bringing them out of the land of Jerusalem.

2 Nephi 1:2

2 And he spake unto them concerning their rebellions upon the

waters, and the mercies of God in sparing their lives, that they

were not swallowed up in the sea.

2 Nephi 1:3

3 And he also spake unto them concerning the land of promise,

which they had obtained—how merciful the Lord had been in

warning us that we should flee out of the land of Jerusalem.

2 Nephi 1:4

4 For, behold, said he, I have seen a vision, in which I know

that Jerusalem is destroyed; and had we remained in Jerusalem we

should also have perished.

2 Nephi 1:5

5 But, said he, notwithstanding our afflictions, we have

obtained a land of promise, a land which is choice above all

other lands; a land which the Lord God hath covenanted with me

should be a land for the inheritance of my seed. Yea, the Lord

hath covenanted this land unto me, and to my children forever,

and also all those who should be led out of other countries by

the hand of the Lord.

2 Nephi 1:6

6 Wherefore, I, Lehi, prophesy according to the workings of the

Spirit which is in me, that there shall none come into this land

save they shall be brought by the hand of the Lord.

2 Nephi 1:7

7 Wherefore, this land is consecrated unto him whom he shall

bring. And if it so be that they shall serve him according to

the commandments which he hath given, it shall be a land of

liberty unto them; wherefore, they shall never be brought down

into captivity; if so, it shall be because of iniquity; for if

iniquity shall abound cursed shall be the land for their sakes,

but unto the righteous it shall be blessed forever.

2 Nephi 1:8

8 And behold, it is wisdom that this land should be kept as yet

from the knowledge of other nations; for behold, many nations

would overrun the land, that there would be no place for an

inheritance.

2 Nephi 1:9

9 Wherefore, I, Lehi, have obtained a promise, that inasmuch as

those whom the Lord God shall bring out of the land of Jerusalem

shall keep his commandments, they shall prosper upon the face of

this land; and they shall be kept from all other nations, that

they may possess this land unto themselves. And if it so be that

they shall keep his commandments they shall be blessed upon the

face of this land, and there shall be none to molest them, nor to

take away the land of their inheritance; and they shall dwell

safely forever.

2 Nephi 1:10

10 But behold, when the time cometh that they shall dwindle in

unbelief, after they have received so great blessings from the

hand of the Lord—having a knowledge of the creation of the

earth, and all men, knowing the great and marvelous works of the

Lord from the creation of the world; having power given them to

do all things by faith; having all the commandments from the

beginning, and having been brought by his infinite goodness into

this precious land of promise—behold, I say, if the day shall

come that they will reject the Holy One of Israel, the true

Messiah, their Redeemer and their God, behold, the judgments of

him that is just shall rest upon them.

2 Nephi 1:11

11 Yea, he will bring other nations unto them, and he will give

unto them power, and he will take away from them the lands of

their possessions, and he will cause them to be scattered and

smitten.

2 Nephi 1:12

12 Yea, as one generation passeth to another there shall be

bloodsheds, and great visitations among them; wherefore, my sons,

I would that ye would remember; yea, I would that ye would

hearken unto my words.

2 Nephi 1:13

13 O that ye would awake; awake from a deep sleep, yea, even

from the sleep of hell, and shake off the awful chains by which

ye are bound, which are the chains which bind the children of

men, that they are carried away captive down to the eternal gulf

of misery and woe.

2 Nephi 1:14

14 Awake! and arise from the dust, and hear the words of a

trembling parent, whose limbs ye must soon lay down in the cold

and silent grave, from whence no traveler can return; a few more

days and I go the way of all the earth.

2 Nephi 1:15

15 But behold, the Lord hath redeemed my soul from hell; I have

beheld his glory, and I am encircled about eternally in the arms

of his love.

2 Nephi 1:16

16 And I desire that ye should remember to observe the statutes

and the judgments of the Lord; behold, this hath been the anxiety

of my soul from the beginning.

2 Nephi 1:17

17 My heart hath been weighed down with sorrow from time to

time, for I have feared, lest for the hardness of your hearts the

Lord your God should come out in the fulness of his wrath upon

you, that ye be cut off and destroyed forever;

2 Nephi 1:18

18 Or, that a cursing should come upon you for the space of many

generations; and ye are visited by sword, and by famine, and are

hated, and are led according to the will and captivity of the

devil.

2 Nephi 1:19

19 O my sons, that these things might not come upon you, but

that ye might be a choice and a favored people of the Lord. But

behold, his will be done; for his ways are righteousness forever.

2 Nephi 1:20

20 And he hath said that: Inasmuch as ye shall keep my

commandments ye shall prosper in the land; but inasmuch as ye

will not keep my commandments ye shall be cut off from my

presence.

2 Nephi 1:21

21 And now that my soul might have joy in you, and that my heart

might leave this world with gladness because of you, that I might

not be brought down with grief and sorrow to the grave, arise

from the dust, my sons, and be men, and be determined in one mind

and in one heart, united in all things, that ye may not come down

into captivity;

2 Nephi 1:22

22 That ye may not be cursed with a sore cursing; and also, that

ye may not incur the displeasure of a just God upon you, unto the

destruction, yea, the eternal destruction of both soul and body.

2 Nephi 1:23

23 Awake, my sons; put on the armor of righteousness. Shake off

the chains with which ye are bound, and come forth out of

obscurity, and arise from the dust.

2 Nephi 1:24

24 Rebel no more against your brother, whose views have been

glorious, and who hath kept the commandments from the time that

we left Jerusalem; and who hath been an instrument in the hands

of God, in bringing us forth into the land of promise; for were

it not for him, we must have perished with hunger in the

wilderness; nevertheless, ye sought to take away his life; yea,

and he hath suffered much sorrow because of you.

2 Nephi 1:25

25 And I exceedingly fear and tremble because of you, lest he

shall suffer again; for behold, ye have accused him that he

sought power and authority over you; but I know that he hath not

sought for power nor authority over you, but he hath sought the

glory of God, and your own eternal welfare.

2 Nephi 1:26

26 And ye have murmured because he hath been plain unto you. Ye

say that he hath used sharpness; ye say that he hath been angry

with you; but behold, his sharpness was the sharpness of the

power of the word of God, which was in him; and that which ye

call anger was the truth, according to that which is in God,

which he could not restrain, manifesting boldly concerning your

iniquities.

2 Nephi 1:27

27 And it must needs be that the power of God must be with him,

even unto his commanding you that ye must obey. But behold, it

was not he, but it was the Spirit of the Lord which was in him,

which opened his mouth to utterance that he could not shut it.

2 Nephi 1:28

28 And now my son, Laman, and also Lemuel and Sam, and also my

sons who are the sons of Ishmael, behold, if ye will hearken unto

the voice of Nephi ye shall not perish. And if ye will hearken

unto him I leave unto you a blessing, yea, even my first

blessing.

2 Nephi 1:29

29 But if ye will not hearken unto him I take away my first

blessing, yea, even my blessing, and it shall rest upon him.

2 Nephi 1:30

30 And now Zoram, I speak unto you: Behold, thou art the servant

of Laban; nevertheless, thou hast been brought out of the land of

Jerusalem, and I know that thou art a true friend unto my son,

Nephi, forever.

2 Nephi 1:31

31 Wherefore, because thou hast been faithful thy seed shall be

blessed with his seed, that they dwell in prosperity long upon

the face of this land; and nothing, save it shall be iniquity

among them, shall harm or disturb their prosperity upon the face

of this land forever.

2 Nephi 1:32

32 Wherefore, if ye shall keep the commandments of the Lord, the

Lord hath consecrated this land for the security of thy seed with

the seed of my son.

2 Nephi 2 Chapter 2

2 Nephi 2:1

1 And now, Jacob, I speak unto you: Thou art my first-born in

the days of my tribulation in the wilderness. And behold, in thy

childhood thou hast suffered afflictions and much sorrow, because

of the rudeness of thy brethren.

2 Nephi 2:2

2 Nevertheless, Jacob, my first-born in the wilderness, thou

knowest the greatness of God; and he shall consecrate thine

afflictions for thy gain.

2 Nephi 2:3

3 Wherefore, thy soul shall be blessed, and thou shalt dwell

safely with thy brother, Nephi; and thy days shall be spent in

the service of thy God. Wherefore, I know that thou art

redeemed, because of the righteousness of thy Redeemer; for thou

hast beheld that in the fulness of time he cometh to bring

salvation unto men.

2 Nephi 2:4

4 And thou hast beheld in thy youth his glory; wherefore, thou

art blessed even as they unto whom he shall minister in the

flesh; for the Spirit is the same, yesterday, today, and forever.

And the way is prepared from the fall of man, and salvation is

free.

2 Nephi 2:5

5 And men are instructed sufficiently that they know good from

evil. And the law is given unto men. And by the law no flesh is

justified; or, by the law men are cut off. Yea, by the temporal

law they were cut off; and also, by the spiritual law they perish

from that which is good, and become miserable forever.

2 Nephi 2:6

6 Wherefore, redemption cometh in and through the Holy Messiah;

for he is full of grace and truth.

2 Nephi 2:7

7 Behold, he offereth himself a sacrifice for sin, to answer the

ends of the law, unto all those who have a broken heart and a

contrite spirit; and unto none else can the ends of the law be

answered.

2 Nephi 2:8

8 Wherefore, how great the importance to make these things known

unto the inhabitants of the earth, that they may know that there

is no flesh that can dwell in the presence of God, save it be

through the merits, and mercy, and grace of the Holy Messiah, who

layeth down his life according to the flesh, and taketh it again

by the power of the Spirit, that he may bring to pass the

resurrection of the dead, being the first that should rise.

2 Nephi 2:9

9 Wherefore, he is the first-fruits unto God, inasmuch as he

shall make intercession for all the children of men; and they

that believe in him shall be saved.

2 Nephi 2:10

10 And because of the intercession for all, all men come unto

God; wherefore, they stand in the presence of him to be judged of

him according to the truth and holiness which is in him.

Wherefore, the ends of the law which the Holy One hath given,

unto the inflicting of the punishment which is affixed, which

punishment that is affixed is in opposition to that of the

happiness which is affixed, to answer the ends of the atonement—

2 Nephi 2:11

11 For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all

things. If not so, my first-born in the wilderness,

righteousness could not be brought to pass, neither wickedness,

neither holiness nor misery, neither good nor bad. Wherefore,

all things must needs be a compound in one; wherefore, if it

should be one body it must needs remain as dead, having no life

neither death, nor corruption nor incorruption, happiness nor

misery, neither sense nor insensibility.

2 Nephi 2:12

12 Wherefore, it must needs have been created for a thing of

naught; wherefore there would have been no purpose in the end of

its creation. Wherefore, this thing must needs destroy the

wisdom of God and his eternal purposes, and also the power, and

the mercy, and the justice of God.

2 Nephi 2:13

13 And if ye shall say there is no law, ye shall also say there

is no sin. If ye shall say there is no sin, ye shall also say

there is no righteousness. And if there be no righteousness

there be no happiness. And if there be no righteousness nor

happiness there be no punishment nor misery. And if these things

are not there is no God. And if there is no God we are not,

neither the earth; for there could have been no creation of

things, neither to act nor to be acted upon; wherefore, all

things must have vanished away.

2 Nephi 2:14

14 And now, my sons, I speak unto you these things for your

profit and learning; for there is a God, and he hath created all

things, both the heavens and the earth, and all things that in

them are, both things to act and things to be acted upon.

2 Nephi 2:15

15 And to bring about his eternal purposes in the end of man,

after he had created our first parents, and the beasts of the

field and the fowls of the air, and in fine, all things which are

created, it must needs be that there was an opposition; even the

forbidden fruit in opposition to the tree of life; the one being

sweet and the other bitter.

2 Nephi 2:16

16 Wherefore, the Lord God gave unto man that he should act for

himself. Wherefore, man could not act for himself save it should

be that he was enticed by the one or the other.

2 Nephi 2:17

17 And I, Lehi, according to the things which I have read, must

needs suppose that an angel of God, according to that which is

written, had fallen from heaven; wherefore, he became a devil,

having sought that which was evil before God.

2 Nephi 2:18

18 And because he had fallen from heaven, and had become

miserable forever, he sought also the misery of all mankind.

Wherefore, he said unto Eve, yea, even that old serpent, who is

the devil, who is the father of all lies, wherefore he said:

Partake of the forbidden fruit, and ye shall not die, but ye

shall be as God, knowing good and evil.

2 Nephi 2:19

19 And after Adam and Eve had partaken of the forbidden fruit

they were driven out of the garden of Eden, to till the earth.

2 Nephi 2:20

20 And they have brought forth children; yea, even the family of

all the earth.

2 Nephi 2:21

21 And the days of the children of men were prolonged, according

to the will of God, that they might repent while in the flesh;

wherefore, their state became a state of probation, and their

time was lengthened, according to the commandments which the Lord

God gave unto the children of men. For he gave commandment that

all men must repent; for he showed unto all men that they were

lost, because of the transgression of their parents.

2 Nephi 2:22

22 And now, behold, if Adam had not transgressed he would not

have fallen, but he would have remained in the garden of Eden.

And all things which were created must have remained in the same

state in which they were after they were created; and they must

have remained forever, and had no end.

2 Nephi 2:23

23 And they would have had no children; wherefore they would

have remained in a state of innocence, having no joy, for they

knew no misery; doing no good, for they knew no sin.

2 Nephi 2:24

24 But behold, all things have been done in the wisdom of him

who knoweth all things.

2 Nephi 2:25

25 Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might

have joy.

2 Nephi 2:26

26 And the Messiah cometh in the fulness of time, that he may

redeem the children of men from the fall. And because that they

are redeemed from the fall they have become free forever, knowing

good from evil; to act for themselves and not to be acted upon,

save it be by the punishment of the law at the great and last

day, according to the commandments which God hath given.

2 Nephi 2:27

27 Wherefore, men are free according to the flesh; and all

things are given them which are expedient unto man. And they are

free to choose liberty and eternal life, through the great

Mediator of all men, or to choose captivity and death, according

to the captivity and power of the devil; for he seeketh that all

men might be miserable like unto himself.

2 Nephi 2:28

28 And now, my sons, I would that ye should look to the great

Mediator, and hearken unto his great commandments; and be

faithful unto his words, and choose eternal life, according to

the will of his Holy Spirit;

2 Nephi 2:29

29 And not choose eternal death, according to the will of the

flesh and the evil which is therein, which giveth the spirit of

the devil power to captivate, to bring you down to hell, that he

may reign over you in his own kingdom.

2 Nephi 2:30

30 I have spoken these few words unto you all, my sons, in the

last days of my probation; and I have chosen the good part,

according to the words of the prophet. And I have none other

object save it be the everlasting welfare of your souls. Amen.

2 Nephi 3 Chapter 3

2 Nephi 3:1

1 And now I speak unto you, Joseph, my last-born. Thou wast

born in the wilderness of mine afflictions; yea, in the days of

my greatest sorrow did thy mother bear thee.

2 Nephi 3:2

2 And may the Lord consecrate also unto thee this land, which is

a most precious land, for thine inheritance and the inheritance

of thy seed with thy brethren, for thy security forever, if it so

be that ye shall keep the commandments of the Holy One of Israel.

2 Nephi 3:3

3 And now, Joseph, my last-born, whom I have brought out of the

wilderness of mine afflictions, may the Lord bless thee forever,

for thy seed shall not utterly be destroyed.

2 Nephi 3:4

4 For behold, thou art the fruit of my loins; and I am a

descendant of Joseph who was carried captive into Egypt. And

great were the covenants of the Lord which he made unto Joseph.

2 Nephi 3:5

5 Wherefore, Joseph truly saw our day. And he obtained a

promise of the Lord, that out of the fruit of his loins the Lord

God would raise up a righteous branch unto the house of Israel;

not the Messiah, but a branch which was to be broken off,

nevertheless, to be remembered in the covenants of the Lord that

the Messiah should be made manifest unto them in the latter days,

in the spirit of power, unto the bringing of them out of darkness

unto light—yea, out of hidden darkness and out of captivity unto

freedom.

2 Nephi 3:6

6 For Joseph truly testified, saying: A seer shall the Lord my

God raise up, who shall be a choice seer unto the fruit of my

loins.

2 Nephi 3:7

7 Yea, Joseph truly said: Thus saith the Lord unto me: A choice

seer will I raise up out of the fruit of thy loins; and he shall

be esteemed highly among the fruit of thy loins. And unto him

will I give commandment that he shall do a work for the fruit of

thy loins, his brethren, which shall be of great worth unto them,

even to the bringing of them to the knowledge of the covenants

which I have made with thy fathers.

2 Nephi 3:8

8 And I will give unto him a commandment that he shall do none

other work, save the work which I shall command him. And I will

make him great in mine eyes; for he shall do my work.

2 Nephi 3:9

9 And he shall be great like unto Moses, whom I have said I

would raise up unto you, to deliver my people, O house of Israel.

2 Nephi 3:10

10 And Moses will I raise up, to deliver thy people out of the

land of Egypt.

2 Nephi 3:11

11 But a seer will I raise up out of the fruit of thy loins; and

unto him will I give power to bring forth my word unto the seed

of thy loins—and not to the bringing forth my word only, saith

the Lord, but to the convincing them of my word, which shall have

already gone forth among them.

2 Nephi 3:12

12 Wherefore, the fruit of thy loins shall write; and the fruit

of the loins of Judah shall write; and that which shall be

written by the fruit of thy loins, and also that which shall be

written by the fruit of the loins of Judah, shall grow together,

unto the confounding of false doctrines and laying down of

contentions, and establishing peace among the fruit of thy loins,

and bringing them to the knowledge of their fathers in the latter

days, and also to the knowledge of my covenants, saith the Lord.

2 Nephi 3:13

13 And out of weakness he shall be made strong, in that day when

my work shall commence among all my people, unto the restoring

thee, O house of Israel, saith the Lord.

2 Nephi 3:14

14 And thus prophesied Joseph, saying: Behold, that seer will

the Lord bless; and they that seek to destroy him shall be

confounded; for this promise, which I have obtained of the Lord,

of the fruit of my loins, shall be fulfilled. Behold, I am sure

of the fulfilling of this promise;

2 Nephi 3:15

15 And his name shall be called after me; and it shall be after

the name of his father. And he shall be like unto me; for the

thing, which the Lord shall bring forth by his hand, by the power

of the Lord shall bring my people unto salvation.

2 Nephi 3:16

16 Yea, thus prophesied Joseph: I am sure of this thing, even as

I am sure of the promise of Moses; for the Lord hath said unto

me, I will preserve thy seed forever.

2 Nephi 3:17

17 And the Lord hath said: I will raise up a Moses; and I will

give power unto him in a rod; and I will give judgment unto him

in writing. Yet I will not loose his tongue, that he shall speak

much, for I will not make him mighty in speaking. But I will

write unto him my law, by the finger of mine own hand; and I will

make a spokesman for him.

2 Nephi 3:18

18 And the Lord said unto me also: I will raise up unto the

fruit of thy loins; and I will make for him a spokesman. And I,

behold, I will give unto him that he shall write the writing of

the fruit of thy loins, unto the fruit of thy loins; and the

spokesman of thy loins shall declare it.

2 Nephi 3:19

19 And the words which he shall write shall be the words which

are expedient in my wisdom should go forth unto the fruit of thy

loins. And it shall be as if the fruit of thy loins had cried

unto them from the dust; for I know their faith.

2 Nephi 3:20

20 And they shall cry from the dust; yea, even repentance unto

their brethren, even after many generations have gone by them.

And it shall come to pass that their cry shall go, even according

to the simpleness of their words.

2 Nephi 3:21

21 Because of their faith their words shall proceed forth out of

my mouth unto their brethren who are the fruit of thy loins; and

the weakness of their words will I make strong in their faith,

unto the remembering of my covenant which I made unto thy

fathers.

2 Nephi 3:22

22 And now, behold, my son Joseph, after this manner did my

father of old prophesy.

2 Nephi 3:23

23 Wherefore, because of this covenant thou art blessed; for thy

seed shall not be destroyed, for they shall hearken unto the

words of the book.

2 Nephi 3:24

24 And there shall rise up one mighty among them, who shall do

much good, both in word and in deed, being an instrument in the

hands of God, with exceeding faith, to work mighty wonders, and

do that thing which is great in the sight of God, unto the

bringing to pass much restoration unto the house of Israel, and

unto the seed of thy brethren.

2 Nephi 3:25

25 And now, blessed art thou, Joseph. Behold, thou art little;

wherefore hearken unto the words of thy brother, Nephi, and it

shall be done unto thee even according to the words which I have

spoken. Remember the words of thy dying father. Amen.

2 Nephi 4 Chapter 4

2 Nephi 4:1

1 And now, I, Nephi, speak concerning the prophecies of which my

father hath spoken, concerning Joseph, who was carried into

Egypt.

2 Nephi 4:2

2 For behold, he truly prophesied concerning all his seed. And

the prophecies which he wrote, there are not many greater. And

he prophesied concerning us, and our future generations; and they

are written upon the plates of brass.

2 Nephi 4:3

3 Wherefore, after my father had made an end of speaking

concerning the prophecies of Joseph, he called the children of

Laman, his sons, and his daughters, and said unto them: Behold,

my sons, and my daughters, who are the sons and the daughters of

my first-born, I would that ye should give ear unto my words.

2 Nephi 4:4

4 For the Lord God hath said that: Inasmuch as ye shall keep my

commandments ye shall prosper in the land; and inasmuch as ye

will not keep my commandments ye shall be cut off from my

presence.

2 Nephi 4:5

5 But behold, my sons and my daughters, I cannot go down to my

grave save I should leave a blessing upon you; for behold, I know

that if ye are brought up in the way ye should go ye will not

depart from it.

2 Nephi 4:6

6 Wherefore, if ye are cursed, behold, I leave my blessing upon

you, that the cursing may be taken from you and be answered upon

the heads of your parents.

2 Nephi 4:7

7 Wherefore, because of my blessing the Lord God will not suffer

that ye shall perish; wherefore, he will be merciful unto you and

unto your seed forever.

2 Nephi 4:8

8 And it came to pass that after my father had made an end of

speaking to the sons and daughters of Laman, he caused the sons

and daughters of Lemuel to be brought before him.

2 Nephi 4:9

9 And he spake unto them, saying: Behold, my sons and my

daughters, who are the sons and the daughters of my second son;

behold I leave unto you the same blessing which I left unto the

sons and daughters of Laman; wherefore, thou shalt not utterly be

destroyed; but in the end thy seed shall be blessed.

2 Nephi 4:10

10 And it came to pass that when my father had made an end of

speaking unto them, behold, he spake unto the sons of Ishmael,

yea, and even all his household.

2 Nephi 4:11

11 And after he had made an end of speaking unto them, he spake

unto Sam, saying: Blessed art thou, and thy seed; for thou shall

inherit the land like unto thy brother Nephi. And thy seed shall

be numbered with his seed; and thou shalt be even like unto thy

brother, and thy seed like unto his seed; and thou shalt be

blessed in all thy days.

2 Nephi 4:12

12 And it came to pass after my father, Lehi, had spoken unto

all his household, according to the feelings of his heart and the

Spirit of the Lord which was in him, he waxed old. And it came

to pass that he died, and was buried.

2 Nephi 4:13

13 And it came to pass that not many days after his death, Laman

and Lemuel and the sons of Ishmael were angry with me because of

the admonitions of the Lord.

2 Nephi 4:14

14 For I, Nephi, was constrained to speak unto them, according

to his word; for I had spoken many things unto them, and also my

father, before his death; many of which sayings are written upon

mine other plates; for a more history part are written upon mine

other plates.

2 Nephi 4:15

15 And upon these I write the things of my soul, and many of the

scriptures which are engraven upon the plates of brass. For my

soul delighteth in the scriptures, and my heart pondereth them,

and writeth them for the learning and the profit of my children.

2 Nephi 4:16

16 Behold, my soul delighteth in the things of the Lord; and my

heart pondereth continually upon the things which I have seen and

heard.

2 Nephi 4:17

17 Nevertheless, notwithstanding the great goodness of the Lord,

in showing me his great and marvelous works, my heart exclaimeth:

O wretched man that I am! Yea, my heart sorroweth because of my

flesh; my soul grieveth because of mine iniquities.

2 Nephi 4:18

18 I am encompassed about, because of the temptations and the

sins which do so easily beset me.

2 Nephi 4:19

19 And when I desire to rejoice, my heart groaneth because of my

sins; nevertheless, I know in whom I have trusted.

2 Nephi 4:20

20 My God hath been my support; he hath led me through mine

afflictions in the wilderness; and he hath preserved me upon the

waters of the great deep.

2 Nephi 4:21

21 He hath filled me with his love, even unto the consuming of

my flesh.

2 Nephi 4:22

22 He hath confounded mine enemies, unto the causing of them to

quake before me.

2 Nephi 4:23

23 Behold, he hath heard my cry by day, and he hath given me

knowledge by visions in the nighttime.

2 Nephi 4:24

24 And by day have I waxed bold in mighty prayer before him;

yea, my voice have I sent up on high; and angels came down and

ministered unto me.

2 Nephi 4:25

25 And upon the wings of his Spirit hath my body been carried

away upon exceedingly high mountains. And mine eyes have beheld

great things, yea, even too great for man; therefore I was bidden

that I should not write them.

2 Nephi 4:26

26 O then, if I have seen so great things, if the Lord in his

condescension unto the children of men hath visited men in so

much mercy, why should my heart weep and my soul linger in the

valley of sorrow, and my flesh waste away, and my strength

slacken, because of mine afflictions?

2 Nephi 4:27

27 And why should I yield to sin, because of my flesh? Yea, why

should I give way to temptations, that the evil one have place in

my heart to destroy my peace and afflict my soul? Why am I angry

because of mine enemy?

2 Nephi 4:28

28 Awake, my soul! No longer droop in sin. Rejoice, O my

heart, and give place no more for the enemy of my soul.

2 Nephi 4:29

29 Do not anger again because of mine enemies. Do not slacken

my strength because of mine afflictions.

2 Nephi 4:30

30 Rejoice, O my heart, and cry unto the Lord, and say: O Lord,

I will praise thee forever; yea, my soul will rejoice in thee, my

God, and the rock of my salvation.

2 Nephi 4:31

31 O Lord, wilt thou redeem my soul? Wilt thou deliver me out

of the hands of mine enemies? Wilt thou make me that I may shake

at the appearance of sin?

2 Nephi 4:32

32 May the gates of hell be shut continually before me, because

that my heart is broken and my spirit is contrite! O Lord, wilt

thou not shut the gates of thy righteousness before me, that I

may walk in the path of the low valley, that I may be strict in

the plain road!

2 Nephi 4:33

33 O Lord, wilt thou encircle me around in the robe of thy

righteousness! O Lord, wilt thou make a way for mine escape

before mine enemies! Wilt thou make my path straight before me!

Wilt thou not place a stumbling block in my way—but that thou

wouldst clear my way before me, and hedge not up my way, but the

ways of mine enemy.

2 Nephi 4:34

34 O Lord, I have trusted in thee, and I will trust in thee

forever. I will not put my trust in the arm of flesh; for I know

that cursed is he that putteth his trust in the arm of flesh.

Yea, cursed is he that putteth his trust in man or maketh flesh

his arm.

2 Nephi 4:35

35 Yea, I know that God will give liberally to him that asketh.

Yea, my God will give me, if I ask not amiss; therefore I will

lift up my voice unto thee; yea, I will cry unto thee, my God,

the rock of my righteousness. Behold, my voice shall forever

ascend up unto thee, my rock and mine everlasting God. Amen.

2 Nephi 5 Chapter 5

2 Nephi 5:1

1 Behold, it came to pass that I, Nephi, did cry much unto the

Lord my God, because of the anger of my brethren.

2 Nephi 5:2

2 But behold, their anger did increase against me, insomuch that

they did seek to take away my life.

2 Nephi 5:3

3 Yea, they did murmur against me, saying: Our younger brother

thinks to rule over us; and we have had much trial because of

him; wherefore, now let us slay him, that we may not be afflicted

more because of his words. For behold, we will not have him to

be our ruler; for it belongs unto us, who are the elder brethren,

to rule over this people.

2 Nephi 5:4

4 Now I do not write upon these plates all the words which they

murmured against me. But it sufficeth me to say, that they did

seek to take away my life.

2 Nephi 5:5

5 And it came to pass that the Lord did warn me, that I, Nephi,

should depart from them and flee into the wilderness, and all

those who would go with me.

2 Nephi 5:6

6 Wherefore, it came to pass that I, Nephi, did take my family,

and also Zoram and his family, and Sam, mine elder brother and

his family, and Jacob and Joseph, my younger brethren, and also

my sisters, and all those who would go with me. And all those

who would go with me were those who believed in the warnings and

the revelations of God; wherefore, they did hearken unto my

words.

2 Nephi 5:7

7 And we did take our tents and whatsoever things were possible

for us, and did journey in the wilderness for the space of many

days. And after we had journeyed for the space of many days we

did pitch our tents.

2 Nephi 5:8

8 And my people would that we should call the name of the place

Nephi; wherefore, we did call it Nephi.

2 Nephi 5:9

9 And all those who were with me did take upon them to call

themselves the people of Nephi.

2 Nephi 5:10

10 And we did observe to keep the judgments, and the statutes,

and the commandments of the Lord in all things according to the

law of Moses.

2 Nephi 5:11

11 And the Lord was with us; and we did prosper exceedingly; for

we did sow seed, and we did reap again in abundance. And we

began to raise flocks, and herds, and animals of every kind.

2 Nephi 5:12

12 And I, Nephi, had also brought the records which were

engraven upon the plates of brass; and also the ball, or compass,

which was prepared for my father by the hand of the Lord,

according to that which is written.

2 Nephi 5:13

13 And it came to pass that we began to prosper exceedingly, and

to multiply in the land.

2 Nephi 5:14

14 And I, Nephi, did take the sword of Laban, and after the

manner of it did make many swords, lest by any means the people

who were now called Lamanites should come upon us and destroy us;

for I knew their hatred towards me and my children and those who

were called my people.

2 Nephi 5:15

15 And I did teach my people to build buildings, and to work in

all manner of wood, and of iron, and of copper, and of brass, and

of steel, and of gold, and of silver, and of precious ores, which

were in great abundance.

2 Nephi 5:16

16 And I, Nephi, did build a temple; and I did construct it

after the manner of the temple of Solomon save it were not built

of so many precious things; for they were not to be found upon

the land, wherefore, it could not be built like unto Solomon's

temple. But the manner of the construction was like unto the

temple of Solomon; and the workmanship thereof was exceedingly

fine.

2 Nephi 5:17

17 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did cause my people to be

industrious, and to labor with their hands.

2 Nephi 5:18

18 And it came to pass that they would that I should be their

king. But I, Nephi, was desirous that they should have no king;

nevertheless, I did for them according to that which was in my

power.

2 Nephi 5:19

19 And behold, the words of the Lord had been fulfilled unto my

brethren, which he spake concerning them, that I should be their

ruler and their teacher. Wherefore, I had been their ruler and

their teacher, according to the commandments of the Lord, until

the time they sought to take away my life.

2 Nephi 5:20

20 Wherefore, the word of the Lord was fulfilled which he spake

unto me, saying that: Inasmuch as they will not hearken unto thy

words they shall be cut off from the presence of the Lord. And

behold, they were cut off from his presence.

2 Nephi 5:21

21 And he had caused the cursing to come upon them, yea, even a

sore cursing, because of their iniquity. For behold, they had

hardened their hearts against him, that they had become like unto

a flint; wherefore, as they were white, and exceedingly fair and

delightsome, that they might not be enticing unto my people the

Lord God did cause a skin of blackness to come upon them.

2 Nephi 5:22

22 And thus saith the Lord God: I will cause that they shall be

loathsome unto thy people, save they shall repent of their

iniquities.

2 Nephi 5:23

23 And cursed shall be the seed of him that mixeth with their

seed; for they shall be cursed even with the same cursing. And

the Lord spake it, and it was done.

2 Nephi 5:24

24 And because of their cursing which was upon them they did

become an idle people, full of mischief and subtlety, and did

seek in the wilderness for beasts of prey.

2 Nephi 5:25

25 And the Lord God said unto me: They shall be a scourge unto

thy seed, to stir them up in remembrance of me; and inasmuch as

they will not remember me, and hearken unto my words, they shall

scourge them even unto destruction.

2 Nephi 5:26

26 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did consecrate Jacob and

Joseph, that they should be priests and teachers over the land of

my people.

2 Nephi 5:27

27 And it came to pass that we lived after the manner of

happiness.

2 Nephi 5:28

28 And thirty years had passed away from the time we left

Jerusalem.

2 Nephi 5:29

29 And I, Nephi, had kept the records upon my plates, which I

had made, of my people thus far.

2 Nephi 5:30

30 And it came to pass that the Lord God said unto me: Make

other plates; and thou shalt engraven many things upon them which

are good in my sight, for the profit of thy people.

2 Nephi 5:31

31 Wherefore, I, Nephi, to be obedient to the commandments of

the Lord, went and made these plates upon which I have engraven

these things.

2 Nephi 5:32

32 And I engraved that which is pleasing unto God. And if my

people are pleased with the things of God they will be pleased

with mine engravings which are upon these plates.

2 Nephi 5:33

33 And if my people desire to know the more particular part of

the history of my people they must search mine other plates.

2 Nephi 5:34

34 And it sufficeth me to say that forty years had passed away,

and we had already had wars and contentions with our brethren.

2 Nephi 6 Chapter 6

2 Nephi 6:1

1 The words of Jacob, the brother of Nephi, which he spake unto

the people of Nephi:

2 Nephi 6:2

2 Behold, my beloved brethren, I, Jacob, having been called of

God, and ordained after the manner of his holy order, and having

been consecrated by my brother Nephi, unto whom ye look as a king

or a protector, and on whom ye depend for safety, behold ye know

that I have spoken unto you exceedingly many things.

2 Nephi 6:3

3 Nevertheless, I speak unto you again; for I am desirous for

the welfare of your souls. Yea, mine anxiety is great for you;

and ye yourselves know that it ever has been. For I have

exhorted you with all diligence; and I have taught you the words

of my father; and I have spoken unto you concerning all things

which are written, from the creation of the world.

2 Nephi 6:4

4 And now, behold, I would speak unto you concerning things

which are, and which are to come; wherefore, I will read you the

words of Isaiah. And they are the words which my brother has

desired that I should speak unto you. And I speak unto you for

your sakes, that ye may learn and glorify the name of your God.

2 Nephi 6:5

5 And now, the words which I shall read are they which Isaiah

spake concerning all the house of Israel; wherefore, they may be

likened unto you, for ye are of the house of Israel. And there

are many things which have been spoken by Isaiah which may be

likened unto you, because ye are of the house of Israel.

2 Nephi 6:6

6 And now these are the words: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold,

I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard

to the people; and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and

thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.

2 Nephi 6:7

7 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy

nursing mothers; they shall bow down to thee with their faces

towards the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou

shalt know that I am the Lord; for they shall not be ashamed that

wait for me.

2 Nephi 6:8

8 And now I, Jacob, would speak somewhat concerning these words.

For behold, the Lord has shown me that those who were at

Jerusalem, from whence we came, have been slain and carried away

captive.

2 Nephi 6:9

9 Nevertheless, the Lord has shown unto me that they should

return again. And he also has shown unto me that the Lord God,

the Holy One of Israel, should manifest himself unto them in the

flesh; and after he should manifest himself they should scourge

him and crucify him, according to the words of the angel who

spake it unto me.

2 Nephi 6:10

10 And after they have hardened their hearts and stiffened their

necks against the Holy One of Israel, behold the judgments of the

Holy One of Israel shall come upon them. And the day cometh that

they shall be smitten and afflicted.

2 Nephi 6:11

11 Wherefore, after they are driven to and fro, for thus saith

the angel, many shall be afflicted in the flesh, and shall not be

suffered to perish, because of the prayers of the faithful; they

shall be scattered, and smitten, and hated; nevertheless, the

Lord will be merciful unto them, that when they shall come to the

knowledge of their Redeemer, they shall be gathered together

again to the lands of their inheritance.

2 Nephi 6:12

12 And blessed are the Gentiles, they of whom the prophet has

written; for behold, if it so be that they shall repent and fight

not against Zion, and do not unite themselves to that great and

abominable church, they shall be saved; for the Lord God will

fulfil his covenants which he has made unto his children; and for

this cause the prophet has written these things.

2 Nephi 6:13

13 Wherefore, they that fight against Zion and the covenant

people of the Lord shall lick up the dust of their feet; and the

people of the Lord shall not be ashamed. For the people of the

Lord are they who wait for him; for they still wait for the

coming of the Messiah.

2 Nephi 6:14

14 And behold, according to the words of the prophet, the

Messiah will set himself again the second time to recover them;

wherefore, he will manifest himself unto them in power and great

glory, unto the destruction of their enemies, when that day

cometh when they shall believe in him; and none will he destroy

that believe in him.

2 Nephi 6:15

15 And they that believe not in him shall be destroyed, both by

fire, and by tempest, and by earthquakes, and by bloodsheds, and

by pestilence, and by famine. And they shall know that the Lord

is God, the Holy One of Israel.

2 Nephi 6:16

16 For shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful

captive delivered?

2 Nephi 6:17

17 But thus saith the Lord: Even the captives of the mighty

shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be

delivered; for the Mighty God shall deliver his covenant people.

For thus saith the Lord: I will contend with them that contendeth

with thee—

2 Nephi 6:18

18 And I will feed them that oppress thee, with their own flesh;

and they shall be drunken with their own blood as with sweet

wine; and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Savior and

thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

2 Nephi 7 Chapter 7

2 Nephi 7:1

1 Yea, for thus saith the Lord: Have I put thee away, or have I

cast thee off forever? For thus saith the Lord: Where is the

bill of your mother's divorcement? To whom have I put thee away,

or to which of my creditors have I sold you? Yea, to whom have I

sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves,

and for your transgressions is your mother put away.

2 Nephi 7:2

2 Wherefore, when I came, there was no man; when I called, yea,

there was none to answer. O house of Israel, is my hand

shortened at all that it cannot redeem, or have I no power to

deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make their

rivers a wilderness and their fish to stink because the waters

are dried up, and they die because of thirst.

2 Nephi 7:3

3 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth

their covering.

2 Nephi 7:4

4 The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I

should know how to speak a word in season unto thee, O house of

Israel. When ye are weary he waketh morning by morning. He

waketh mine ear to hear as the learned.

2 Nephi 7:5

5 The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious,

neither turned away back.

2 Nephi 7:6

6 I gave my back to the smiter, and my cheeks to them that

plucked off the hair. I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

2 Nephi 7:7

7 For the Lord God will help me, therefore shall I not be

confounded. Therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I

know that I shall not be ashamed.

2 Nephi 7:8

8 And the Lord is near, and he justifieth me. Who will contend

with me? Let us stand together. Who is mine adversary? Let him

come near me, and I will smite him with the strength of my mouth.

2 Nephi 7:9

9 For the Lord God will help me. And all they who shall condemn

me, behold, all they shall wax old as a garment, and the moth

shall eat them up.

2 Nephi 7:10

10 Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the

voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness and hath no light?

2 Nephi 7:11

11 Behold all ye that kindle fire, that compass yourselves about

with sparks, walk in the light of your fire and in the sparks

which ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand—ye shall

lie down in sorrow.

2 Nephi 8 Chapter 8

2 Nephi 8:1

1 Hearken unto me, ye that follow after righteousness. Look

unto the rock from whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit

from whence ye are digged.

2 Nephi 8:2

2 Look unto Abraham, your father, and unto Sarah, she that bare

you; for I called him alone, and blessed him.

2 Nephi 8:3

3 For the Lord shall comfort Zion, he will comfort all her waste

places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert

like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness shall be found

therein, thanksgiving and the voice of melody.

2 Nephi 8:4

4 Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation;

for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to

rest for a light for the people.

2 Nephi 8:5

5 My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine

arm shall judge the people. The isles shall wait upon me, and on

mine arm shall they trust.

2 Nephi 8:6

6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth

beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the

earth shall wax old like a garment; and they that dwell therein

shall die in like manner. But my salvation shall be forever, and

my righteousness shall not be abolished.

2 Nephi 8:7

7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in

whose heart I have written my law, fear ye not the reproach of

men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.

2 Nephi 8:8

8 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm

shall eat them like wool. But my righteousness shall be forever,

and my salvation from generation to generation.

2 Nephi 8:9

9 Awake, awake! Put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake as in

the ancient days. Art thou not he that hath cut Rahab, and

wounded the dragon?

2 Nephi 8:10

10 Art thou not he who hath dried the sea, the waters of the

great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the

ransomed to pass over?

2 Nephi 8:11

11 Therefore, the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come

with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy and holiness shall be

upon their heads; and they shall obtain gladness and joy; sorrow

and mourning shall flee away.

2 Nephi 8:12

12 I am he; yea, I am he that comforteth you. Behold, who art

thou, that thou shouldst be afraid of man, who shall die, and of

the son of man, who shall be made like unto grass?

2 Nephi 8:13

13 And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth

the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth, and hast

feared continually every day, because of the fury of the

oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? And where is the fury

of the oppressor?

2 Nephi 8:14

14 The captive exile hasteneth, that he may be loosed, and that

he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.

2 Nephi 8:15

15 But I am the Lord thy God, whose waves roared; the Lord of

Hosts is my name.

2 Nephi 8:16

16 And I have put my words in thy mouth, and have covered thee

in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens and lay

the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion: Behold, thou art

my people.

2 Nephi 8:17

17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the

hand of the Lord the cup of his fury—thou hast drunken the dregs

of the cup of trembling wrung out—

2 Nephi 8:18

18 And none to guide her among all the sons she hath brought

forth; neither that taketh her by the hand, of all the sons she

hath brought up.

2 Nephi 8:19

19 These two sons are come unto thee, who shall be sorry for

thee—thy desolation and destruction, and the famine and the

sword—and by whom shall I comfort thee?

2 Nephi 8:20

20 Thy sons have fainted, save these two; they lie at the head

of all the streets; as a wild bull in a net, they are full of the

fury of the Lord, the rebuke of thy God.

2 Nephi 8:21

21 Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, and not

with wine:

2 Nephi 8:22

22 Thus saith thy Lord, the Lord and thy God pleadeth the cause

of his people; behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of

trembling, the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more

drink it again.

2 Nephi 8:23

23 But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee;

who have said to thy soul: Bow down, that we may go over—and

thou hast laid thy body as the ground and as the street to them

that went over.

2 Nephi 8:24

24 Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy

beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for henceforth

there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the

unclean.

2 Nephi 8:25

25 Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit down, O Jerusalem;

loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of

Zion.

2 Nephi 9 Chapter 9

2 Nephi 9:1

1 And now, my beloved brethren, I have read these things that ye

might know concerning the covenants of the Lord that he has

covenanted with all the house of Israel—

2 Nephi 9:2

2 That he has spoken unto the Jews, by the mouth of his holy

prophets, even from the beginning down, from generation to

generation, until the time comes that they shall be restored to

the true church and fold of God; when they shall be gathered home

to the lands of their inheritance, and shall be established in

all their lands of promise.

2 Nephi 9:3

3 Behold, my beloved brethren, I speak unto you these things

that ye may rejoice, and lift up your heads forever, because of

the blessings which the Lord God shall bestow upon your children.

2 Nephi 9:4

4 For I know that ye have searched much, many of you, to know of

things to come; wherefore I know that ye know that our flesh must

waste away and die; nevertheless, in our bodies we shall see God.

2 Nephi 9:5

5 Yea, I know that ye know that in the body he shall show

himself unto those at Jerusalem, from whence we came; for it is

expedient that it should be among them; for it behooveth the

great Creator that he suffereth himself to become subject unto

man in the flesh, and die for all men, that all men might become

subject unto him.

2 Nephi 9:6

6 For as death hath passed upon all men, to fulfil the merciful

plan of the great Creator, there must needs be a power of

resurrection, and the resurrection must needs come unto man by

reason of the fall; and the fall came by reason of transgression;

and because man became fallen they were cut off from the presence

of the Lord.

2 Nephi 9:7

7 Wherefore, it must needs be an infinite atonement—save it

should be an infinite atonement this corruption could not put on

incorruption. Wherefore, the first judgment which came upon man

must needs have remained to an endless duration. And if so, this

flesh must have laid down to rot and to crumble to its mother

earth, to rise no more.

2 Nephi 9:8

8 O the wisdom of God, his mercy and grace! For behold, if the

flesh should rise no more our spirits must become subject to that

angel who fell from before the presence of the Eternal God, and

became the devil, to rise no more.

2 Nephi 9:9

9 And our spirits must have become like unto him, and we become

devils, angels to a devil, to be shut out from the presence of

our God, and to remain with the father of lies, in misery, like

unto himself; yea, to that being who beguiled our first parents,

who transformeth himself nigh unto an angel of light, and

stirreth up the children of men unto secret combinations of

murder and all manner of secret works of darkness.

2 Nephi 9:10

10 O how great the goodness of our God, who prepareth a way for

our escape from the grasp of this awful monster; yea, that

monster, death and hell, which I call the death of the body, and

also the death of the spirit.

2 Nephi 9:11

11 And because of the way of deliverance of our God, the Holy

One of Israel, this death, of which I have spoken, which is the

temporal, shall deliver up its dead; which death is the grave.

2 Nephi 9:12

12 And this death of which I have spoken, which is the spiritual

death, shall deliver up its dead; which spiritual death is hell;

wherefore, death and hell must deliver up their dead, and hell

must deliver up its captive spirits, and the grave must deliver

up its captive bodies, and the bodies and the spirits of men will

be restored one to the other; and it is by the power of the

resurrection of the Holy One of Israel.

2 Nephi 9:13

13 O how great the plan of our God! For on the other hand, the

paradise of God must deliver up the spirits of the righteous, and

the grave deliver up the body of the righteous; and the spirit

and the body is restored to itself again, and all men become

incorruptible, and immortal, and they are living souls, having a

perfect knowledge like unto us in the flesh, save it be that our

knowledge shall be perfect.

2 Nephi 9:14

14 Wherefore, we shall have a perfect knowledge of all our

guilt, and our uncleanness, and our nakedness; and the righteous

shall have a perfect knowledge of their enjoyment, and their

righteousness, being clothed with purity, yea, even with the robe

of righteousness.

2 Nephi 9:15

15 And it shall come to pass that when all men shall have passed

from this first death unto life, insomuch as they have become

immortal, they must appear before the judgment-seat of the Holy

One of Israel; and then cometh the judgment, and then must they

be judged according to the holy judgment of God.

2 Nephi 9:16

16 And assuredly, as the Lord liveth, for the Lord God hath

spoken it, and it is his eternal word, which cannot pass away,

that they who are righteous shall be righteous still, and they

who are filthy shall be filthy still; wherefore, they who are

filthy are the devil and his angels; and they shall go away into

everlasting fire; prepared for them; and their torment is as a

lake of fire and brimstone, whose flame ascendeth up forever and

ever and has no end.

2 Nephi 9:17

17 O the greatness and the justice of our God! For he executeth

all his words, and they have gone forth out of his mouth, and his

law must be fulfilled.

2 Nephi 9:18

18 But, behold, the righteous, the saints of the Holy One of

Israel, they who have believed in the Holy One of Israel, they

who have endured the crosses of the world, and despised the shame

of it, they shall inherit the kingdom of God, which was prepared

for them from the foundation of the world, and their joy shall be

full forever.

2 Nephi 9:19

19 O the greatness of the mercy of our God, the Holy One of

Israel! For he delivereth his saints from that awful monster the

devil, and death, and hell, and that lake of fire and brimstone,

which is endless torment.

2 Nephi 9:20

20 O how great the holiness of our God! For he knoweth all

things, and there is not anything save he knows it.

2 Nephi 9:21

21 And he cometh into the world that he may save all men if they

will hearken unto his voice; for behold, he suffereth the pains

of all men, yea, the pains of every living creature, both men,

women, and children, who belong to the family of Adam.

2 Nephi 9:22

22 And he suffereth this that the resurrection might pass upon

all men, that all might stand before him at the great and

judgment day.

2 Nephi 9:23

23 And he commandeth all men that they must repent, and be

baptized in his name, having perfect faith in the Holy One of

Israel, or they cannot be saved in the kingdom of God.

2 Nephi 9:24

24 And if they will not repent and believe in his name, and be

baptized in his name, and endure to the end, they must be damned;

for the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has spoken it.

2 Nephi 9:25

25 Wherefore, he has given a law; and where there is no law

given there is no punishment; and where there is no punishment

there is no condemnation; and where there is no condemnation the

mercies of the Holy One of Israel have claim upon them, because

of the atonement; for they are delivered by the power of him.

2 Nephi 9:26

26 For the atonement satisfieth the demands of his justice upon

all those who have not the law given to them, that they are

delivered from that awful monster, death and hell, and the devil,

and the lake of fire and brimstone, which is endless torment; and

they are restored to that God who gave them breath, which is the

Holy One of Israel.

2 Nephi 9:27

27 But wo unto him that has the law given, yea, that has all the

commandments of God, like unto us, and that transgresseth them,

and that wasteth the days of his probation, for awful is his

state!

2 Nephi 9:28

28 O that cunning plan of the evil one! O the vainness, and the

frailties, and the foolishness of men! When they are learned

they think they are wise, and they hearken not unto the counsel

of God, for they set it aside, supposing they know of themselves,

wherefore, their wisdom is foolishness and it profiteth them not.

And they shall perish.

2 Nephi 9:29

29 But to be learned is good if they hearken unto the counsels

of God.

2 Nephi 9:30

30 But wo unto the rich, who are rich as to the things of the

world. For because they are rich they despise the poor, and they

persecute the meek, and their hearts are upon their treasures;

wherefore, their treasure is their God. And behold, their

treasure shall perish with them also.

2 Nephi 9:31

31 And wo unto the deaf that will not hear; for they shall

perish.

2 Nephi 9:32

32 Wo unto the blind that will not see; for they shall perish

also.

2 Nephi 9:33

33 Wo unto the uncircumcised of heart, for a knowledge of their

iniquities shall smite them at the last day.

2 Nephi 9:34

34 Wo unto the liar, for he shall be thrust down to hell.

2 Nephi 9:35

35 Wo unto the murderer who deliberately killeth, for he shall

die.

2 Nephi 9:36

36 Wo unto them who commit whoredoms, for they shall be thrust

down to hell.

2 Nephi 9:37

37 Yea, wo unto those that worship idols, for the devil of all

devils delighteth in them.

2 Nephi 9:38

38 And, in fine, wo unto all those who die in their sins; for

they shall return to God, and behold his face, and remain in

their sins.

2 Nephi 9:39

39 O, my beloved brethren, remember the awfulness in

transgressing against that Holy God, and also the awfulness of

yielding to the enticings of that cunning one. Remember, to be

carnally-minded is death, and to be spiritually-minded is life

eternal.

2 Nephi 9:40

40 O, my beloved brethren, give ear to my words. Remember the

greatness of the Holy One of Israel. Do not say that I have

spoken hard things against you; for if ye do, ye will revile

against the truth; for I have spoken the words of your Maker. I

know that the words of truth are hard against all uncleanness;

but the righteous fear them not, for they love the truth and are

not shaken.

2 Nephi 9:41

41 O then, my beloved brethren, come unto the Lord, the Holy

One. Remember that his paths are righteous. Behold, the way for

man is narrow, but it lieth in a straight course before him, and

the keeper of the gate is the Holy One of Israel; and he

employeth no servant there; and there is none other way save it

be by the gate; for he cannot be deceived, for the Lord God is

his name.

2 Nephi 9:42

42 And whoso knocketh, to him will he open; and the wise, and

the learned, and they that are rich, who are puffed up because of

their learning, and their wisdom, and their riches—yea, they are

they whom he despiseth; and save they shall cast these things

away, and consider themselves fools before God, and come down in

the depths of humility, he will not open unto them.

2 Nephi 9:43

43 But the things of the wise and the prudent shall be hid from

them forever—yea, that happiness which is prepared for the

saints.

2 Nephi 9:44

44 O, my beloved brethren, remember my words. Behold, I take

off my garments, and I shake them before you; I pray the God of

my salvation that he view me with his all-searching eye;

wherefore, ye shall know at the last day, when all men shall be

judged of their works, that the God of Israel did witness that I

shook your iniquities from my soul, and that I stand with

brightness before him, and am rid of your blood.

2 Nephi 9:45

45 O, my beloved brethren, turn away from your sins; shake off

the chains of him that would bind you fast; come unto that God

who is the rock of your salvation.

2 Nephi 9:46

46 Prepare your souls for that glorious day when justice shall

be administered unto the righteous, even the day of judgment,

that ye may not shrink with awful fear; that ye may not remember

your awful guilt in perfectness, and be constrained to exclaim:

Holy, holy are thy judgments, O Lord God Almighty—but I know my

guilt; I transgressed thy law, and my transgressions are mine;

and the devil hath obtained me, that I am a prey to his awful

misery.

2 Nephi 9:47

47 But behold, my brethren, is it expedient that I should awake

you to an awful reality of these things? Would I harrow up your

souls if your minds were pure? Would I be plain unto you

according to the plainness of the truth if ye were freed from

sin?

2 Nephi 9:48

48 Behold, if ye were holy I would speak unto you of holiness;

but as ye are not holy, and ye look upon me as a teacher, it must

needs be expedient that I teach you the consequences of sin.

2 Nephi 9:49

49 Behold, my soul abhorreth sin, and my heart delighteth in

righteousness; and I will praise the holy name of my God.

2 Nephi 9:50

50 Come, my brethren, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the

waters; and he that hath no money, come buy and eat; yea, come

buy wine and milk without money and without price.

2 Nephi 9:51

51 Wherefore, do not spend money for that which is of no worth,

nor your labor for that which cannot satisfy. Hearken diligently

unto me, and remember the words which I have spoken; and come

unto the Holy One of Israel, and feast upon that which perisheth

not, neither can be corrupted, and let your soul delight in

fatness.

2 Nephi 9:52

52 Behold, my beloved brethren, remember the words of your God;

pray unto him continually by day, and give thanks unto his holy

name by night. Let your hearts rejoice.

2 Nephi 9:53

53 And behold how great the covenants of the Lord, and how great

his condescensions unto the children of men; and because of his

greatness, and his grace and mercy, he has promised unto us that

our seed shall not utterly be destroyed, according to the flesh,

but that he would preserve them; and in future generations they

shall become a righteous branch unto the house of Israel.

2 Nephi 9:54

54 And now, my brethren, I would speak unto you more; but on the

morrow I will declare unto you the remainder of my words. Amen.

2 Nephi 10 Chapter 10

2 Nephi 10:1

1 And now I, Jacob, speak unto you again, my beloved brethren,

concerning this righteous branch of which I have spoken.

2 Nephi 10:2

2 For behold, the promises which we have obtained are promises

unto us according to the flesh; wherefore, as it has been shown

unto me that many of our children shall perish in the flesh

because of unbelief, nevertheless, God will be merciful unto

many; and our children shall be restored, that they may come to

that which will give them the true knowledge of their Redeemer.

2 Nephi 10:3

3 Wherefore, as I said unto you, it must needs be expedient that

Christ—for in the last night the angel spake unto me that this

should be his name—should come among the Jews, among those who

are the more wicked part of the world; and they shall crucify

him—for thus it behooveth our God, and there is none other

nation on earth that would crucify their God.

2 Nephi 10:4

4 For should the mighty miracles be wrought among other nations

they would repent, and know that he be their God.

2 Nephi 10:5

5 But because of priestcrafts and iniquities, they at Jerusalem

will stiffen their necks against him, that he be crucified.

2 Nephi 10:6

6 Wherefore, because of their iniquities, destructions, famines,

pestilences, and bloodshed shall come upon them; and they who

shall not be destroyed shall be scattered among all nations.

2 Nephi 10:7

7 But behold, thus saith the Lord God: When the day cometh that

they shall believe in me, that I am Christ, then have I

covenanted with their fathers that they shall be restored in the

flesh, upon the earth, unto the lands of their inheritance.

2 Nephi 10:8

8 And it shall come to pass that they shall be gathered in from

their long dispersion, from the isles of the sea, and from the

four parts of the earth; and the nations of the Gentiles shall be

great in the eyes of me, saith God, in carrying them forth to the

lands of their inheritance.

2 Nephi 10:9

9 Yea, the kings of the Gentiles shall be nursing fathers unto

them, and their queens shall become nursing mothers; wherefore,

the promises of the Lord are great unto the Gentiles, for he hath

spoken it, and who can dispute?

2 Nephi 10:10

10 But behold, this land, said God, shall be a land of thine

inheritance, and the Gentiles shall be blessed upon the land.

2 Nephi 10:11

11 And this land shall be a land of liberty unto the Gentiles,

and there shall be no kings upon the land, who shall raise up

unto the Gentiles.

2 Nephi 10:12

12 And I will fortify this land against all other nations.

2 Nephi 10:13

13 And he that fighteth against Zion shall perish, saith God.

2 Nephi 10:14

14 For he that raiseth up a king against me shall perish, for I,

the Lord, the king of heaven, will be their king, and I will be a

light unto them forever, that hear my words.

2 Nephi 10:15

15 Wherefore, for this cause, that my covenants may be fulfilled

which I have made unto the children of men, that I will do unto

them while they are in the flesh, I must needs destroy the secret

works of darkness, and of murders, and of abominations.

2 Nephi 10:16

16 Wherefore, he that fighteth against Zion, both Jew and

Gentile, both bond and free, both male and female, shall perish;

for they are they who are the whore of all the earth; for they

who are not for me are against me, saith our God.

2 Nephi 10:17

17 For I will fulfil my promises which I have made unto the

children of men, that I will do unto them while they are in the

flesh—

2 Nephi 10:18

18 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, thus saith our God: I will

afflict thy seed by the hand of the Gentiles; nevertheless, I

will soften the hearts of the Gentiles, that they shall be like

unto a father to them; wherefore, the Gentiles shall be blessed

and numbered among the house of Israel.

2 Nephi 10:19

19 Wherefore, I will consecrate this land unto thy seed, and

them who shall be numbered among thy seed, forever, for the land

of their inheritance; for it is a choice land, saith God unto me,

above all other lands, wherefore I will have all men that dwell

thereon that they shall worship me, saith God.

2 Nephi 10:20

20 And now, my beloved brethren, seeing that our merciful God

has given us so great knowledge concerning these things, let us

remember him, and lay aside our sins, and not hang down our

heads, for we are not cast off; nevertheless, we have been driven

out of the land of our inheritance; but we have been led to a

better land, for the Lord has made the sea our path, and we are

upon an isle of the sea.

2 Nephi 10:21

21 But great are the promises of the Lord unto them who are upon

the isles of the sea; wherefore as it says isles, there must

needs be more than this, and they are inhabited also by our

brethren.

2 Nephi 10:22

22 For behold, the Lord God has led away from time to time from

the house of Israel, according to his will and pleasure. And now

behold, the Lord remembereth all them who have been broken off,

wherefore he remembereth us also.

2 Nephi 10:23

23 Therefore, cheer up your hearts, and remember that ye are

free to act for yourselves—to choose the way of everlasting

death or the way of eternal life.

2 Nephi 10:24

24 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, reconcile yourselves to the

will of God, and not to the will of the devil and the flesh; and

remember, after ye are reconciled unto God, that it is only in

and through the grace of God that ye are saved.

2 Nephi 10:25

25 Wherefore, may God raise you from death by the power of the

resurrection, and also from everlasting death by the power of the

atonement, that ye may be received into the eternal kingdom of

God, that ye may praise him through grace divine. Amen.

2 Nephi 11 Chapter 11

2 Nephi 11:1

1 And now, Jacob spake many more things to my people at that

time; nevertheless only these things have I caused to be written,

for the things which I have written sufficeth me.

2 Nephi 11:2

2 And now I, Nephi, write more of the words of Isaiah, for my

soul delighteth in his words. For I will liken his words unto my

people, and I will send them forth unto all my children, for he

verily saw my Redeemer, even as I have seen him.

2 Nephi 11:3

3 And my brother, Jacob, also has seen him as I have seen him;

wherefore, I will send their words forth unto my children to

prove unto them that my words are true. Wherefore, by the words

of three, God hath said, I will establish my word. Nevertheless,

God sendeth more witnesses, and he proveth all his words.

2 Nephi 11:4

4 Behold, my soul delighteth in proving unto my people the truth

of the coming of Christ; for, for this end hath the law of Moses

been given; and all things which have been given of God from the

beginning of the world, unto man, are the typifying of him.

2 Nephi 11:5

5 And also my soul delighteth in the covenants of the Lord which

he hath made to our fathers; yea, my soul delighteth in his

grace, and in his justice, and power, and mercy in the great and

eternal plan of deliverance from death.

2 Nephi 11:6

6 And my soul delighteth in proving unto my people that save

Christ should come all men must perish.

2 Nephi 11:7

7 For if there be no Christ there be no God; and if there be no

God we are not, for there could have been no creation. But there

is a God, and he is Christ, and he cometh in the fulness of his

own time.

2 Nephi 11:8

8 And now I write some of the words of Isaiah, that whoso of my

people shall see these words may lift up their hearts and rejoice

for all men. Now these are the words, and ye may liken them unto

you and unto all men.

2 Nephi 12 Chapter 12

2 Nephi 12:1

1 The word that Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah

and Jerusalem:

2 Nephi 12:2

2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, when the mountain

of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the

mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills, and all nations

shall flow unto it.

2 Nephi 12:3

3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to

the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and

he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths; for

out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from

Jerusalem.

2 Nephi 12:4

4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many

people: and they shall beat their swords into plow-shares, and

their spears into pruning-hooks—nation shall not lift up sword

against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

2 Nephi 12:5

5 O house of Jacob, come ye and let us walk in the light of the

Lord; yea, come, for ye have all gone astray, every one to his

wicked ways.

2 Nephi 12:6

6 Therefore, O Lord, thou hast forsaken thy people, the house of

Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and hearken

unto soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves

in the children of strangers.

2 Nephi 12:7

7 Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there

any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses,

neither is there any end of their chariots.

2 Nephi 12:8

8 Their land is also full of idols; they worship the work of

their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.

2 Nephi 12:9

9 And the mean man boweth not down, and the great man humbleth

himself not, therefore, forgive him not.

2 Nephi 12:10

10 O ye wicked ones, enter into the rock, and hide thee in the

dust, for the fear of the Lord and the glory of his majesty shall

smite thee.

2 Nephi 12:11

11 And it shall come to pass that the lofty looks of man shall

be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and

the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

2 Nephi 12:12

12 For the day of the Lord of Hosts soon cometh upon all

nations, yea, upon every one; yea, upon the proud and lofty, and

upon every one who is lifted up, and he shall be brought low.

2 Nephi 12:13

13 Yea, and the day of the Lord shall come upon all the cedars

of Lebanon, for they are high and lifted up; and upon all the

oaks of Bashan;

2 Nephi 12:14

14 And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills, and

upon all the nations which are lifted up, and upon every people;

2 Nephi 12:15

15 And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall;

2 Nephi 12:16

16 And upon all the ships of the sea, and upon all the ships of

Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.

2 Nephi 12:17

17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the

haughtiness of men shall be made low; and the Lord alone shall be

exalted in that day.

2 Nephi 12:18

18 And the idols he shall utterly abolish.

2 Nephi 12:19

19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the

caves of the earth, for the fear of the Lord shall come upon them

and the glory of his majesty shall smite them, when he ariseth to

shake terribly the earth.

2 Nephi 12:20

20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his

idols of gold, which he hath made for himself to worship, to the

moles and to the bats;

2 Nephi 12:21

21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the

ragged rocks, for the fear of the Lord shall come upon them and

the majesty of his glory shall smite them, when he ariseth to

shake terribly the earth.

2 Nephi 12:22

22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for

wherein is he to be accounted of?

2 Nephi 13 Chapter 13

2 Nephi 13:1

1 For behold, the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, doth take away from

Jerusalem, and from Judah, the stay and the staff, the whole

staff of bread, and the whole stay of water—

2 Nephi 13:2

2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the

prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient;

2 Nephi 13:3

3 The captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the

counselor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.

2 Nephi 13:4

4 And I will give children unto them to be their princes, and

babes shall rule over them.

2 Nephi 13:5

5 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and

every one by his neighbor; the child shall behave himself proudly

against the ancient, and the base against the honorable.

2 Nephi 13:6

6 When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his

father, and shall say: Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and

let not this ruin come under thy hand—

2 Nephi 13:7

7 In that day shall he swear, saying: I will not be a healer;

for in my house there is neither bread nor clothing; make me not

a ruler of the people.

2 Nephi 13:8

8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen, because their

tongues and their doings have been against the Lord, to provoke

the eyes of his glory.

2 Nephi 13:9

9 The show of their countenance doth witness against them, and

doth declare their sin to be even as Sodom, and they cannot hide

it. Wo unto their souls, for they have rewarded evil unto

themselves!

2 Nephi 13:10

10 Say unto the righteous that it is well with them; for they

shall eat the fruit of their doings.

2 Nephi 13:11

11 Wo unto the wicked, for they shall perish; for the reward of

their hands shall be upon them!

2 Nephi 13:12

12 And my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule

over them. O my people, they who lead thee cause thee to err and

destroy the way of thy paths.

2 Nephi 13:13

13 The Lord standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the

people.

2 Nephi 13:14

14 The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his

people and the princes thereof; for ye have eaten up the vineyard

and the spoil of the poor in your houses.

2 Nephi 13:15

15 What mean ye? Ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the

faces of the poor, saith the Lord God of Hosts.

2 Nephi 13:16

16 Moreover, the Lord saith: Because the daughters of Zion are

haughty, and walk with stretched-forth necks and wanton eyes,

walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their

feet—

2 Nephi 13:17

17 Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the

head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will discover their

secret parts.

2 Nephi 13:18

18 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their

tinkling ornaments, and cauls, and round tires like the moon;

2 Nephi 13:19

19 The chains and the bracelets, and the mufflers;

2 Nephi 13:20

20 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the

headbands, and the tablets, and the ear-rings;

2 Nephi 13:21

21 The rings, and nose jewels;

2 Nephi 13:22

22 The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the

wimples, and the crisping-pins;

2 Nephi 13:23

23 The glasses, and the fine linen, and hoods, and the veils.

2 Nephi 13:24

24 And it shall come to pass, instead of sweet smell there shall

be stink; and instead of a girdle, a rent; and instead of well

set hair, baldness; and instead of a stomacher, a girding of

sackcloth; burning instead of beauty.

2 Nephi 13:25

25 Thy men shall fall by the sword and thy mighty in the war.

2 Nephi 13:26

26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be

desolate, and shall sit upon the ground.

2 Nephi 14 Chapter 14

2 Nephi 14:1

1 And in that day, seven women shall take hold of one man,

saying: We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel; only

let us be called by thy name to take away our reproach.

2 Nephi 14:2

2 In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and

glorious; the fruit of the earth excellent and comely to them

that are escaped of Israel.

2 Nephi 14:3

3 And it shall come to pass, they that are left in Zion and

remain in Jerusalem shall be called holy, every one that is

written among the living in Jerusalem—

2 Nephi 14:4

4 When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the

daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem

from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment and by the

spirit of burning.

2 Nephi 14:5

5 And the Lord will create upon every dwelling-place of mount

Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day and the

shining of a flaming fire by night; for upon all the glory of

Zion shall be a defence.

2 Nephi 14:6

6 And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime

from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and a covert from storm

and from rain.

2 Nephi 15 Chapter 15

2 Nephi 15:1

1 And then will I sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved,

touching his vineyard. My well-beloved hath a vineyard in a very

fruitful hill.

2 Nephi 15:2

2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and

planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst

of it, and also made a wine-press therein; and he looked that it

should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

2 Nephi 15:3

3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge,

I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.

2 Nephi 15:4

4 What could have been done more to my vineyard that I have not

done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth

grapes it brought forth wild grapes.

2 Nephi 15:5

5 And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my

vineyard—I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be

eaten up; and I will break down the wall thereof, and it shall be

trodden down;

2 Nephi 15:6

6 And I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor digged;

but there shall come up briers and thorns; I will also command

the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

2 Nephi 15:7

7 For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel,

and the men of Judah his pleasant plant; and he looked for

judgment, and behold, oppression; for righteousness, but behold,

a cry.

2 Nephi 15:8

8 Wo unto them that join house to house, till there can be no

place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!

2 Nephi 15:9

9 In mine ears, said the Lord of Hosts, of a truth many houses

shall be desolate, and great and fair cities without inhabitant.

2 Nephi 15:10

10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed

of a homer shall yield an ephah.

2 Nephi 15:11

11 Wo unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may

follow strong drink, that continue until night, and wine inflame

them!

2 Nephi 15:12

12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine

are in their feasts; but they regard not the work of the Lord,

neither consider the operation of his hands.

2 Nephi 15:13

13 Therefore, my people are gone into captivity, because they

have no knowledge; and their honorable men are famished, and

their multitude dried up with thirst.

2 Nephi 15:14

14 Therefore, hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth

without measure; and their glory, and their multitude, and their

pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.

2 Nephi 15:15

15 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man

shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled.

2 Nephi 15:16

16 But the Lord of Hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God

that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

2 Nephi 15:17

17 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste

places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

2 Nephi 15:18

18 Wo unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin

as it were with a cart rope;

2 Nephi 15:19

19 That say: Let him make speed, hasten his work, that we may

see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh

and come, that we may know it.

2 Nephi 15:20

20 Wo unto them that call evil good, and good evil, that put

darkness for light, and light for darkness, that put bitter for

sweet, and sweet for bitter!

2 Nephi 15:21

21 Wo unto the wise in their own eyes and prudent in their own

sight!

2 Nephi 15:22

22 Wo unto the mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to

mingle strong drink;

2 Nephi 15:23

23 Who justify the wicked for reward, and take away the

righteousness of the righteous from him!

2 Nephi 15:24

24 Therefore, as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame

consumeth the chaff, their root shall be rottenness, and their

blossoms shall go up as dust; because they have cast away the law

of the Lord of Hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of

Israel.

2 Nephi 15:25

25 Therefore, is the anger of the Lord kindled against his

people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and

hath smitten them; and the hills did tremble, and their carcasses

were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is

not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

2 Nephi 15:26

26 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and

will hiss unto them from the end of the earth; and behold, they

shall come with speed swiftly; none shall be weary nor stumble

among them.

2 Nephi 15:27

27 None shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of

their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken;

2 Nephi 15:28

28 Whose arrows shall be sharp, and all their bows bent, and

their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels

like a whirlwind, their roaring like a lion.

2 Nephi 15:29

29 They shall roar like young lions; yea, they shall roar, and

lay hold of the prey, and shall carry away safe, and none shall

deliver.

2 Nephi 15:30

30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring

of the sea; and if they look unto the land, behold, darkness and

sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.

2 Nephi 16 Chapter 16

2 Nephi 16:1

1 In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw also the Lord sitting

upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the

temple.

2 Nephi 16:2

2 Above it stood the seraphim; each one had six wings; with

twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet,

and with twain he did fly.

2 Nephi 16:3

3 And one cried unto another, and said: Holy, holy, holy, is the

Lord of Hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.

2 Nephi 16:4

4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that

cried, and the house was filled with smoke.

2 Nephi 16:5

5 Then said I: Wo is unto me! for I am undone; because I am a

man of unclean lips; and I dwell in the midst of a people of

unclean lips; for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of

Hosts.

2 Nephi 16:6

6 Then flew one of the seraphim unto me, having a live coal in

his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar;

2 Nephi 16:7

7 And he laid it upon my mouth, and said: Lo, this has touched

thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.

2 Nephi 16:8

8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: Whom shall I send,

and who will go for us? Then I said: Here am I; send me.

2 Nephi 16:9

9 And he said: Go and tell this people—Hear ye indeed, but they

understood not; and see ye indeed, but they perceived not.

2 Nephi 16:10

10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy,

and shut their eyes—lest they see with their eyes, and hear with

their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted and

be healed.

2 Nephi 16:11

11 Then said I: Lord, how long? And he said: Until the cities

be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the

land be utterly desolate;

2 Nephi 16:12

12 And the Lord have removed men far away, for there shall be a

great forsaking in the midst of the land.

2 Nephi 16:13

13 But yet there shall be a tenth, and they shall return, and

shall be eaten, as a teil-tree, and as an oak whose substance is

in them when they cast their leaves; so the holy seed shall be

the substance thereof.

2 Nephi 17 Chapter 17

2 Nephi 17:1

1 And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the

son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin, king of Syria, and

Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward

Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.

2 Nephi 17:2

2 And it was told the house of David, saying: Syria is

confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart

of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.

2 Nephi 17:3

3 Then said the Lord unto Isaiah: Go forth now to meet Ahaz,

thou and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the

upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field;

2 Nephi 17:4

4 And say unto him: Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither

be faint-hearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands,

for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of

Remaliah.

2 Nephi 17:5

5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken

evil counsel against thee, saying:

2 Nephi 17:6

6 Let us go up against Judah and vex it, and let us make a

breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, yea,

the son of Tabeal.

2 Nephi 17:7

7 Thus saith the Lord God: It shall not stand, neither shall it

come to pass.

2 Nephi 17:8

8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus,

Rezin; and within three score and five years shall Ephraim be

broken that it be not a people.

2 Nephi 17:9

9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is

Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe surely ye shall not be

established.

2 Nephi 17:10

10 Moreover, the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying:

2 Nephi 17:11

11 Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the

depths, or in the heights above.

2 Nephi 17:12

12 But Ahaz said: I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord.

2 Nephi 17:13

13 And he said: Hear ye now, O house of David; is it a small

thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?

2 Nephi 17:14

14 Therefore, the Lord himself shall give you a sign—Behold, a

virgin shall conceive, and shall bear a son, and shall call his

name Immanuel.

2 Nephi 17:15

15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the

evil and to choose the good.

2 Nephi 17:16

16 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil and choose

the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both

her kings.

2 Nephi 17:17

17 The Lord shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon

thy father's house, days that have not come from the day that

Ephraim departed from Judah, the king of Assyria.

2 Nephi 17:18

18 And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall

hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of Egypt, and for

the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

2 Nephi 17:19

19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the

desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all

thorns, and upon all bushes.

2 Nephi 17:20

20 In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is

hired, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the

head, and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the

beard.

2 Nephi 17:21

21 And it shall come to pass in that day, a man shall nourish a

young cow and two sheep;

2 Nephi 17:22

22 And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk they

shall give he shall eat butter; for butter and honey shall every

one eat that is left in the land.

2 Nephi 17:23

23 And it shall come to pass in that day, every place shall be,

where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings,

which shall be for briers and thorns.

2 Nephi 17:24

24 With arrows and with bows shall men come thither, because all

the land shall become briers and thorns.

2 Nephi 17:25

25 And all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there

shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns; but it

shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and the treading of

lesser cattle.

2 Nephi 18 Chapter 18

2 Nephi 18:1

1 Moreover, the word of the Lord said unto me: Take thee a great

roll, and write in it with a man's pen, concerning

Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

2 Nephi 18:2

2 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the

priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

2 Nephi 18:3

3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived and bare a

son. Then said the Lord to me: Call his name,

Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

2 Nephi 18:4

4 For behold, the child shall not have knowledge to cry, My

father, and my mother, before the riches of Damascus and the

spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.

2 Nephi 18:5

5 The Lord spake also unto me again, saying:

2 Nephi 18:6

6 Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that

go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;

2 Nephi 18:7

7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the

waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria

and all his glory; and he shall come up over all his channels,

and go over all his banks.

2 Nephi 18:8

8 And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go

over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of

his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.

2 Nephi 18:9

9 Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in

pieces; and give ear all ye of far countries; gird yourselves,

and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall

be broken in pieces.

2 Nephi 18:10

10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to naught; speak the

word, and it shall not stand; for God is with us.

2 Nephi 18:11

11 For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and

instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people,

saying:

2 Nephi 18:12

12 Say ye not, A confederacy, to all to whom this people shall

say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.

2 Nephi 18:13

13 Sanctify the Lord of Hosts himself, and let him be your fear,

and let him be your dread.

2 Nephi 18:14

14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of

stumbling, and for a rock of offense to both the houses of

Israel, for a gin and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

2 Nephi 18:15

15 And many among them shall stumble and fall, and be broken,

and be snared, and be taken.

2 Nephi 18:16

16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.

2 Nephi 18:17

17 And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the

house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

2 Nephi 18:18

18 Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are

for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of Hosts, which

dwelleth in Mount Zion.

2 Nephi 18:19

19 And when they shall say unto you: Seek unto them that have

familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep and mutter—should

not a people seek unto their God for the living to hear from the

dead?

2 Nephi 18:20

20 To the law and to the testimony; and if they speak not

according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

2 Nephi 18:21

21 And they shall pass through it hardly bestead and hungry; and

it shall come to pass that when they shall be hungry, they shall

fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look

upward.

2 Nephi 18:22

22 And they shall look unto the earth and behold trouble, and

darkness, dimness of anguish, and shall be driven to darkness.

2 Nephi 19 Chapter 19

2 Nephi 19:1

1 Nevertheless, the dimness shall not be such as was in her

vexation, when at first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun,

and the land of Naphtali, and afterwards did more grievously

afflict by the way of the Red Sea beyond Jordan in Galilee of the

nations.

2 Nephi 19:2

2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light;

they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them

hath the light shined.

2 Nephi 19:3

3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, and increased the joy—they

joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men

rejoice when they divide the spoil.

2 Nephi 19:4

4 For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of

his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor.

2 Nephi 19:5

5 For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and

garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel

of fire.

2 Nephi 19:6

6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the

government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name shall be

called, Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting

Father, The Prince of Peace.

2 Nephi 19:7

7 Of the increase of government and peace there is no end, upon

the throne of David, and upon his kingdom to order it, and to

establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth, even

forever. The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will perform this.

2 Nephi 19:8

8 The Lord sent his word unto Jacob and it hath lighted upon

Israel.

2 Nephi 19:9

9 And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the

inhabitants of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of

heart:

2 Nephi 19:10

10 The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn

stones; the sycamores are cut down, but we will change them into

cedars.

2 Nephi 19:11

11 Therefore the Lord shall set up the adversaries of Rezin

against him, and join his enemies together;

2 Nephi 19:12

12 The Syrians before and the Philistines behind; and they shall

devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not

turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

2 Nephi 19:13

13 For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them,

neither do they seek the Lord of Hosts.

2 Nephi 19:14

14 Therefore will the Lord cut off from Israel head and tail,

branch and rush in one day.

2 Nephi 19:15

15 The ancient, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth

lies, he is the tail.

2 Nephi 19:16

16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they

that are led of them are destroyed.

2 Nephi 19:17

17 Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men,

neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows; for

every one of them is a hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth

speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but

his hand is stretched out still.

2 Nephi 19:18

18 For wickedness burneth as the fire; it shall devour the

briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the

forests, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.

2 Nephi 19:19

19 Through the wrath of the Lord of Hosts is the land darkened,

and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire; no man shall

spare his brother.

2 Nephi 19:20

20 And he shall snatch on the right hand and be hungry; and he

shall eat on the left hand and they shall not be satisfied; they

shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm—

2 Nephi 19:21

21 Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh; they together shall

be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but

his hand is stretched out still.

2 Nephi 20 Chapter 20

2 Nephi 20:1

1 Wo unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write

grievousness which they have prescribed;

2 Nephi 20:2

2 To turn away the needy from judgment, and to take away the

right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey,

and that they may rob the fatherless!

2 Nephi 20:3

3 And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the

desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for

help? and where will ye leave your glory?

2 Nephi 20:4

4 Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they

shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned

away, but his hand is stretched out still.

2 Nephi 20:5

5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand

is their indignation.

2 Nephi 20:6

6 I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the

people of my wrath will I give him a charge to take the spoil,

and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the

streets.

2 Nephi 20:7

7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so;

but in his heart it is to destroy and cut off nations not a few.

2 Nephi 20:8

8 For he saith: Are not my princes altogether kings?

2 Nephi 20:9

9 Is not Calno as Carchemish? Is not Hamath as Arpad? Is not

Samaria as Damascus?

2 Nephi 20:10

10 As my hand hath founded the kingdoms of the idols, and whose

graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;

2 Nephi 20:11

11 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do

to Jerusalem and to her idols?

2 Nephi 20:12

12 Wherefore it shall come to pass that when the Lord hath

performed his whole work upon Mount Zion and upon Jerusalem, I

will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria,

and the glory of his high looks.

2 Nephi 20:13

13 For he saith: By the strength of my hand and by my wisdom I

have done these things; for I am prudent; and I have moved the

borders of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I

have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man;

2 Nephi 20:14

14 And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people;

and as one gathereth eggs that are left have I gathered all the

earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the

mouth, or peeped.

2 Nephi 20:15

15 Shall the ax boast itself against him that heweth therewith?

Shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? As if

the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as

if the staff should lift up itself as if it were no wood!

2 Nephi 20:16

16 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, send among his

fat ones, leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning

like the burning of a fire.

2 Nephi 20:17

17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One

for a flame, and shall burn and shall devour his thorns and his

briers in one day;

2 Nephi 20:18

18 And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his

fruitful field, both soul and body; and they shall be as when a

standard-bearer fainteth.

2 Nephi 20:19

19 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a

child may write them.

2 Nephi 20:20

20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of

Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no

more again stay upon him that smote them, but shall stay upon the

Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

2 Nephi 20:21

21 The remnant shall return, yea, even the remnant of Jacob,

unto the mighty God.

2 Nephi 20:22

22 For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a

remnant of them shall return; the consumption decreed shall

overflow with righteousness.

2 Nephi 20:23

23 For the Lord God of Hosts shall make a consumption, even

determined in all the land.

2 Nephi 20:24

24 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God of Hosts: O my people that

dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian; he shall smite

thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after

the manner of Egypt.

2 Nephi 20:25

25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease,

and mine anger in their destruction.

2 Nephi 20:26

26 And the Lord of Hosts shall stir up a scourge for him

according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and as

his rod was upon the sea so shall he lift it up after the manner

of Egypt.

2 Nephi 20:27

27 And it shall come to pass in that day that his burden shall

be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy

neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.

2 Nephi 20:28

28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he

hath laid up his carriages.

2 Nephi 20:29

29 They are gone over the passage; they have taken up their

lodging at Geba; Ramath is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.

2 Nephi 20:30

30 Lift up the voice, O daughter of Gallim; cause it to be heard

unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.

2 Nephi 20:31

31 Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather

themselves to flee.

2 Nephi 20:32

32 As yet shall he remain at Nob that day; he shall shake his

hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of

Jerusalem.

2 Nephi 20:33

33 Behold, the Lord, the Lord of Hosts shall lop the bough with

terror; and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down; and the

haughty shall be humbled.

2 Nephi 20:34

34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forests with iron,

and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

2 Nephi 21 Chapter 21

2 Nephi 21:1

1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and

a branch shall grow out of his roots.

2 Nephi 21:2

2 And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of

wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the

spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;

2 Nephi 21:3

3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the

Lord; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither

reprove after the hearing of his ears.

2 Nephi 21:4

4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove

with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the

earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips

shall he slay the wicked.

2 Nephi 21:5

5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and

faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

2 Nephi 21:6

6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall

lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion and

fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

2 Nephi 21:7

7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall

lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

2 Nephi 21:8

8 And the suckling child shall play on the hole of the asp, and

the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's den.

2 Nephi 21:9

9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, for

the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the

waters cover the sea.

2 Nephi 21:10

10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall

stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek;

and his rest shall be glorious.

2 Nephi 21:11

11 And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall set

his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his

people which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and

from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and

from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

2 Nephi 21:12

12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall

assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the

dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

2 Nephi 21:13

13 The envy of Ephraim also shall depart, and the adversaries of

Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah

shall not vex Ephraim.

2 Nephi 21:14

14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines

towards the west; they shall spoil them of the east together;

they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of

Ammon shall obey them.

2 Nephi 21:15

15 And the Lord shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian

sea; and with his mighty wind he shall shake his hand over the

river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go

over dry shod.

2 Nephi 21:16

16 And there shall be a highway for the remnant of his people

which shall be left, from Assyria, like as it was to Israel in

the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.

2 Nephi 22 Chapter 22

2 Nephi 22:1

1 And in that day thou shalt say: O Lord, I will praise thee;

though thou wast angry with me thine anger is turned away, and

thou comfortedst me.

2 Nephi 22:2

2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid;

for the Lord JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also has

become my salvation.

2 Nephi 22:3

3 Therefore, with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of

salvation.

2 Nephi 22:4

4 And in that day shall ye say: Praise the Lord, call upon his

name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his

name is exalted.

2 Nephi 22:5

5 Sing unto the Lord; for he hath done excellent things; this is

known in all the earth.

2 Nephi 22:6

6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion; for great is the

Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.

2 Nephi 23 Chapter 23

2 Nephi 23:1

1 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.

2 Nephi 23:2

2 Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice

unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the

nobles.

2 Nephi 23:3

3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my

mighty ones, for mine anger is not upon them that rejoice in my

highness.

2 Nephi 23:4

4 The noise of the multitude in the mountains like as of a great

people, a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered

together, the Lord of Hosts mustereth the hosts of the battle.

2 Nephi 23:5

5 They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, yea, the

Lord, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole

land.

2 Nephi 23:6

6 Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as

a destruction from the Almighty.

2 Nephi 23:7

7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, every man's heart shall

melt;

2 Nephi 23:8

8 And they shall be afraid; pangs and sorrows shall take hold of

them; they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be

as flames.

2 Nephi 23:9

9 Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and

fierce anger, to lay the land desolate; and he shall destroy the

sinners thereof out of it.

2 Nephi 23:10

10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall

not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in his going

forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.

2 Nephi 23:11

11 And I will punish the world for evil, and the wicked for

their iniquity; I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease,

and will lay down the haughtiness of the terrible.

2 Nephi 23:12

12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man

than the golden wedge of Ophir.

2 Nephi 23:13

13 Therefore, I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall

remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of Hosts, and

in the day of his fierce anger.

2 Nephi 23:14

14 And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man

taketh up; and they shall every man turn to his own people, and

flee every one into his own land.

2 Nephi 23:15

15 Every one that is proud shall be thrust through; yea, and

every one that is joined to the wicked shall fall by the sword.

2 Nephi 23:16

16 Their children, also shall be dashed to pieces before their

eyes; their houses shall be spoiled and their wives ravished.

2 Nephi 23:17

17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall

not regard silver and gold, nor shall they delight in it.

2 Nephi 23:18

18 Their bows shall also dash the young men to pieces, and they

shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall not

spare children.

2 Nephi 23:19

19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the

Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and

Gomorrah.

2 Nephi 23:20

20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in

from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch

tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.

2 Nephi 23:21

21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their

houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell

there, and satyrs shall dance there.

2 Nephi 23:22

22 And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their

desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces; and her

time is near to come, and her day shall not be prolonged. For I

will destroy her speedily; yea, for I will be merciful unto my

people, but the wicked shall perish.

2 Nephi 24 Chapter 24

2 Nephi 24:1

1 For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose

Israel, and set them in their own land; and the strangers shall

be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

2 Nephi 24:2

2 And the people shall take them and bring them to their place;

yea, from far unto the ends of the earth; and they shall return

to their lands of promise. And the house of Israel shall possess

them, and the land of the Lord shall be for servants and

handmaids; and they shall take them captives unto whom they were

captives; and they shall rule over their oppressors.

2 Nephi 24:3

3 And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall give

thee rest, from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard

bondage wherein thou wast made to serve.

2 Nephi 24:4

4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that thou shalt take up

this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say: How hath the

oppressor ceased, the golden city ceased!

2 Nephi 24:5

5 The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, the scepters of

the rulers.

2 Nephi 24:6

6 He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he

that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none

hindereth.

2 Nephi 24:7

7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet; they break forth

into singing.

2 Nephi 24:8

8 Yea, the fir-trees rejoice at thee, and also the cedars of

Lebanon, saying: Since thou art laid down no feller is come up

against us.

2 Nephi 24:9

9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy

coming; it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones

of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings

of the nations.

2 Nephi 24:10

10 All they shall speak and say unto thee: Art thou also become

weak as we? Art thou become like unto us?

2 Nephi 24:11

11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave; the noise of thy viols

is not heard; the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover

thee.

2 Nephi 24:12

12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the

morning! Art thou cut down to the ground, which did weaken the

nations!

2 Nephi 24:13

13 For thou hast said in thy heart: I will ascend into heaven, I

will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will sit also upon

the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north;

2 Nephi 24:14

14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like

the Most High.

2 Nephi 24:15

15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the

pit.

2 Nephi 24:16

16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and shall

consider thee, and shall say: Is this the man that made the earth

to tremble, that did shake kingdoms?

2 Nephi 24:17

17 And made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities

thereof, and opened not the house of his prisoners?

2 Nephi 24:18

18 All the kings of the nations, yea, all of them, lie in glory,

every one of them in his own house.

2 Nephi 24:19

19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch,

and the remnant of those that are slain, thrust through with a

sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcass

trodden under feet.

2 Nephi 24:20

20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou

hast destroyed thy land and slain thy people; the seed of

evil-doers shall never be renowned.

2 Nephi 24:21

21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquities of

their fathers, that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor

fill the face of the world with cities.

2 Nephi 24:22

22 For I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of Hosts, and

cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew,

saith the Lord.

2 Nephi 24:23

23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools

of water; and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction,

saith the Lord of Hosts.

2 Nephi 24:24

24 The Lord of Hosts hath sworn, saying: Surely as I have

thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so

shall it stand—

2 Nephi 24:25

25 That I will bring the Assyrian in my land, and upon my

mountains tread him under foot; then shall his yoke depart from

off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.

2 Nephi 24:26

26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth;

and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all nations.

2 Nephi 24:27

27 For the Lord of Hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul?

And his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

2 Nephi 24:28

28 In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.

2 Nephi 24:29

29 Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him

that smote thee is broken; for out of the serpent's root shall

come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying

serpent.

2 Nephi 24:30

30 And the first-born of the poor shall feed, and the needy

shall lie down in safety; and I will kill thy root with famine,

and he shall slay thy remnant.

2 Nephi 24:31

31 Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art

dissolved; for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none

shall be alone in his appointed times.

2 Nephi 24:32

32 What shall then answer the messengers of the nations? That

the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall

trust in it.

2 Nephi 25 Chapter 25

2 Nephi 25:1

1 Now I, Nephi, do speak somewhat concerning the words which I

have written, which have been spoken by the mouth of Isaiah. For

behold, Isaiah spake many things which were hard for many of my

people to understand; for they know not concerning the manner of

prophesying among the Jews.

2 Nephi 25:2

2 For I, Nephi, have not taught them many things concerning the

manner of the Jews; for their works were works of darkness, and

their doings were doings of abominations.

2 Nephi 25:3

3 Wherefore, I write unto my people, unto all those that shall

receive hereafter these things which I write, that they may know

the judgments of God, that they come upon all nations, according

to the word which he hath spoken.

2 Nephi 25:4

4 Wherefore, hearken, O my people, which are of the house of

Israel, and give ear unto my words; for because the words of

Isaiah are not plain unto you, nevertheless they are plain unto

all those that are filled with the spirit of prophecy. But I

give unto you a prophecy, according to the spirit which is in me;

wherefore I shall prophesy according to the plainness which hath

been with me from the time that I came out from Jerusalem with my

father; for behold, my soul delighteth in plainness unto my

people, that they may learn.

2 Nephi 25:5

5 Yea, and my soul delighteth in the words of Isaiah, for I came

out from Jerusalem, and mine eyes hath beheld the things of the

Jews, and I know that the Jews do understand the things of the

prophets, and there is none other people that understand the

things which were spoken unto the Jews like unto them, save it be

that they are taught after the manner of the things of the Jews.

2 Nephi 25:6

6 But behold, I, Nephi, have not taught my children after the

manner of the Jews; but behold, I, of myself, have dwelt at

Jerusalem, wherefore I know concerning the regions round about;

and I have made mention unto my children concerning the judgments

of God, which hath come to pass among the Jews, unto my children,

according to all that which Isaiah hath spoken, and I do not

write them.

2 Nephi 25:7

7 But behold, I proceed with mine own prophecy, according to my

plainness; in the which I know that no man can err; nevertheless,

in the days that the prophecies of Isaiah shall be fulfilled men

shall know of a surety, at the times when they shall come to

pass.

2 Nephi 25:8

8 Wherefore, they are of worth unto the children of men, and he

that supposeth that they are not, unto them will I speak

particularly, and confine the words unto mine own people; for I

know that they shall be of great worth unto them in the last

days; for in that day shall they understand them; wherefore, for

their good have I written them.

2 Nephi 25:9

9 And as one generation hath been destroyed among the Jews

because of iniquity, even so have they been destroyed from

generation to generation according to their iniquities; and never

hath any of them been destroyed save it were foretold them by the

prophets of the Lord.

2 Nephi 25:10

10 Wherefore, it hath been told them concerning the destruction

which should come upon them, immediately after my father left

Jerusalem; nevertheless, they hardened their hearts; and

according to my prophecy they have been destroyed, save it be

those which are carried away captive into Babylon.

2 Nephi 25:11

11 And now this I speak because of the spirit which is in me.

And notwithstanding they have been carried away they shall return

again, and possess the land of Jerusalem; wherefore, they shall

be restored again to the land of their inheritance.

2 Nephi 25:12

12 But, behold, they shall have wars, and rumors of wars; and

when the day cometh that the Only Begotten of the Father, yea,

even the Father of heaven and of earth, shall manifest himself

unto them in the flesh, behold, they will reject him, because of

their iniquities, and the hardness of their hearts, and the

stiffness of their necks.

2 Nephi 25:13

13 Behold, they will crucify him; and after he is laid in a

sepulchre for the space of three days he shall rise from the

dead, with healing in his wings; and all those who shall believe

on his name shall be saved in the kingdom of God. Wherefore, my

soul delighteth to prophesy concerning him, for I have seen his

day, and my heart doth magnify his holy name.

2 Nephi 25:14

14 And behold it shall come to pass that after the Messiah hath

risen from the dead, and hath manifested himself unto his people,

unto as many as will believe on his name, behold, Jerusalem shall

be destroyed again; for wo unto them that fight against God and

the people of his church.

2 Nephi 25:15

15 Wherefore, the Jews shall be scattered among all nations;

yea, and also Babylon shall be destroyed; wherefore, the Jews

shall be scattered by other nations.

2 Nephi 25:16

16 And after they have been scattered, and the Lord God hath

scourged them by other nations for the space of many generations,

yea, even down from generation to generation until they shall be

persuaded to believe in Christ, the Son of God, and the

atonement, which is infinite for all mankind—and when that day

shall come that they shall believe in Christ, and worship the

Father in his name, with pure hearts and clean hands, and look

not forward any more for another Messiah, then, at that time, the

day will come that it must needs be expedient that they should

believe these things.

2 Nephi 25:17

17 And the Lord will set his hand again the second time to

restore his people from their lost and fallen state. Wherefore,

he will proceed to do a marvelous work and a wonder among the

children of men.

2 Nephi 25:18

18 Wherefore, he shall bring forth his words unto them, which

words shall judge them at the last day, for they shall be given

them for the purpose of convincing them of the true Messiah, who

was rejected by them; and unto the convincing of them that they

need not look forward any more for a Messiah to come, for there

should not any come, save it should be a false Messiah which

should deceive the people; for there is save one Messiah spoken

of by the prophets, and that Messiah is he who should be rejected

of the Jews.

2 Nephi 25:19

19 For according to the words of the prophets, the Messiah

cometh in six hundred years from the time that my father left

Jerusalem; and according to the words of the prophets, and also

the word of the angel of God, his name shall be Jesus Christ, the

Son of God.

2 Nephi 25:20

20 And now, my brethren, I have spoken plainly that ye cannot

err. And as the Lord God liveth that brought Israel up out of

the land of Egypt, and gave unto Moses power that he should heal

the nations after they had been bitten by the poisonous serpents,

if they would cast their eyes unto the serpent which he did raise

up before them, and also gave him power that he should smite the

rock and the water should come forth; yea, behold I say unto you,

that as these things are true, and as the Lord God liveth, there

is none other name given under heaven save it be this Jesus

Christ, of which I have spoken, whereby man can be saved.

2 Nephi 25:21

21 Wherefore, for this cause hath the Lord God promised unto me

that these things which I write shall be kept and preserved, and

handed down unto my seed, from generation to generation, that the

promise may be fulfilled unto Joseph, that his seed should never

perish as long as the earth should stand.

2 Nephi 25:22

22 Wherefore, these things shall go from generation to

generation as long as the earth shall stand; and they shall go

according to the will and pleasure of God; and the nations who

shall possess them shall be judged of them according to the words

which are written.

2 Nephi 25:23

23 For we labor diligently to write, to persuade our children,

and also our brethren, to believe in Christ, and to be reconciled

to God; for we know that it is by grace that we are saved, after

all we can do.

2 Nephi 25:24

24 And, notwithstanding we believe in Christ, we keep the law of

Moses, and look forward with steadfastness unto Christ, until the

law shall be fulfilled.

2 Nephi 25:25

25 For, for this end was the law given; wherefore the law hath

become dead unto us, and we are made alive in Christ because of

our faith; yet we keep the law because of the commandments.

2 Nephi 25:26

26 And we talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of

Christ, we prophesy of Christ, and we write according to our

prophecies, that our children may know to what source they may

look for a remission of their sins.

2 Nephi 25:27

27 Wherefore, we speak concerning the law that our children may

know the deadness of the law; and they, by knowing the deadness

of the law, may look forward unto that life which is in Christ,

and know for what end the law was given. And after the law is

fulfilled in Christ, that they need not harden their hearts

against him when the law ought to be done away.

2 Nephi 25:28

28 And now behold, my people, ye are a stiffnecked people;

wherefore, I have spoken plainly unto you, that ye cannot

misunderstand. And the words which I have spoken shall stand as

a testimony against you; for they are sufficient to teach any man

the right way; for the right way is to believe in Christ and deny

him not; for by denying him ye also deny the prophets and the

law.

2 Nephi 25:29

29 And now behold, I say unto you that the right way is to

believe in Christ, and deny him not; and Christ is the Holy One

of Israel; wherefore ye must bow down before him, and worship him

with all your might, mind, and strength, and your whole soul; and

if ye do this ye shall in nowise be cast out.

2 Nephi 25:30

30 And, inasmuch as it shall be expedient, ye must keep the

performances and ordinances of God until the law shall be

fulfilled which was given unto Moses.

2 Nephi 26 Chapter 26

2 Nephi 26:1

1 And after Christ shall have risen from the dead he shall show

himself unto you, my children, and my beloved brethren; and the

words which he shall speak unto you shall be the law which ye

shall do.

2 Nephi 26:2

2 For behold, I say unto you that I have beheld that many

generations shall pass away, and there shall be great wars and

contentions among my people.

2 Nephi 26:3

3 And after the Messiah shall come there shall be signs given

unto my people of his birth, and also of his death and

resurrection; and great and terrible shall that day be unto the

wicked, for they shall perish; and they perish because they cast

out the prophets, and the saints, and stone them, and slay them;

wherefore the cry of the blood of the saints shall ascend up to

God from the ground against them.

2 Nephi 26:4

4 Wherefore, all those who are proud, and that do wickedly, the

day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of Hosts, for

they shall be as stubble.

2 Nephi 26:5

5 And they that kill the prophets, and the saints, the depths of

the earth shall swallow them up, saith the Lord of Hosts; and

mountains shall cover them, and whirlwinds shall carry them away,

and buildings shall fall upon them and crush them to pieces and

grind them to powder.

2 Nephi 26:6

6 And they shall be visited with thunderings, and lightnings,

and earthquakes, and all manner of destructions, for the fire of

the anger of the Lord shall be kindled against them, and they

shall be as stubble, and the day that cometh shall consume them,

saith the Lord of Hosts.

2 Nephi 26:7

7 O the pain, and the anguish of my soul for the loss of the

slain of my people! For I, Nephi, have seen it, and it well nigh

consumeth me before the presence of the Lord; but I must cry unto

my God: Thy ways are just.

2 Nephi 26:8

8 But behold, the righteous that hearken unto the words of the

prophets, and destroy them not, but look forward unto Christ with

steadfastness for the signs which are given, notwithstanding all

persecution—behold, they are they which shall not perish.

2 Nephi 26:9

9 But the Son of righteousness shall appear unto them; and he

shall heal them, and they shall have peace with him, until three

generations shall have passed away, and many of the fourth

generation shall have passed away in righteousness.

2 Nephi 26:10

10 And when these things have passed away a speedy destruction

cometh unto my people; for, notwithstanding the pains of my soul,

I have seen it; wherefore, I know that it shall come to pass; and

they sell themselves for naught; for, for the reward of their

pride and their foolishness they shall reap destruction; for

because they yield unto the devil and choose works of darkness

rather than light, therefore they must go down to hell.

2 Nephi 26:11

11 For the Spirit of the Lord will not always strive with man.

And when the Spirit ceaseth to strive with man then cometh speedy

destruction, and this grieveth my soul.

2 Nephi 26:12

12 And as I spake concerning the convincing of the Jews, that

Jesus is the very Christ, it must needs be that the Gentiles be

convinced also that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God;

2 Nephi 26:13

13 And that he manifesteth himself unto all those who believe in

him, by the power of the Holy Ghost; yea, unto every nation,

kindred, tongue, and people, working mighty miracles, signs, and

wonders, among the children of men according to their faith.

2 Nephi 26:14

14 But behold, I prophesy unto you concerning the last days;

concerning the days when the Lord God shall bring these things

forth unto the children of men.

2 Nephi 26:15

15 After my seed and the seed of my brethren shall have dwindled

in unbelief, and shall have been smitten by the Gentiles; yea,

after the Lord God shall have camped against them round about,

and shall have laid siege against them with a mount, and raised

forts against them; and after they shall have been brought down

low in the dust, even that they are not, yet the words of the

righteous shall be written, and the prayers of the faithful shall

be heard, and all those who have dwindled in unbelief shall not

be forgotten.

2 Nephi 26:16

16 For those who shall be destroyed shall speak unto them out of

the ground, and their speech shall be low out of the dust, and

their voice shall be as one that hath a familiar spirit; for the

Lord God will give unto him power, that he may whisper concerning

them, even as it were out of the ground; and their speech shall

whisper out of the dust.

2 Nephi 26:17

17 For thus saith the Lord God: They shall write the things

which shall be done among them, and they shall be written and

sealed up in a book, and those who have dwindled in unbelief

shall not have them, for they seek to destroy the things of God.

2 Nephi 26:18

18 Wherefore, as those who have been destroyed have been

destroyed speedily; and the multitude of their terrible ones

shall be as chaff that passeth away—yea, thus saith the Lord

God: It shall be at an instant, suddenly—

2 Nephi 26:19

19 And it shall come to pass, that those who have dwindled in

unbelief shall be smitten by the hand of the Gentiles.

2 Nephi 26:20

20 And the Gentiles are lifted up in the pride of their eyes,

and have stumbled, because of the greatness of their stumbling

block, that they have built up many churches; nevertheless, they

put down the power and miracles of God, and preach up unto

themselves their own wisdom and their own learning, that they may

get gain and grind upon the face of the poor.

2 Nephi 26:21

21 And there are many churches built up which cause envyings,

and strifes, and malice.

2 Nephi 26:22

22 And there are also secret combinations, even as in times of

old, according to the combinations of the devil, for he is the

founder of all these things; yea, the founder of murder, and

works of darkness; yea, and he leadeth them by the neck with a

flaxen cord, until he bindeth them with his strong cords forever.

2 Nephi 26:23

23 For behold, my beloved brethren, I say unto you that the Lord

God worketh not in darkness.

2 Nephi 26:24

24 He doeth not anything save it be for the benefit of the

world; for he loveth the world, even that he layeth down his own

life that he may draw all men unto him. Wherefore, he commandeth

none that they shall not partake of his salvation.

2 Nephi 26:25

25 Behold, doth he cry unto any, saying: Depart from me?

Behold, I say unto you, Nay; but he saith: Come unto me all ye

ends of the earth, buy milk and honey, without money and without

price.

2 Nephi 26:26

26 Behold, hath he commanded any that they should depart out of

the synagogues, or out of the houses of worship? Behold, I say

unto you, Nay.

2 Nephi 26:27

27 Hath he commanded any that they should not partake of his

salvation? Behold I say unto you, Nay; but he hath given it free

for all men; and he hath commanded his people that they should

persuade all men to repentance.

2 Nephi 26:28

28 Behold, hath the Lord commanded any that they should not

partake of his goodness? Behold I say unto you, Nay; but all men

are privileged the one like unto the other, and none are

forbidden.

2 Nephi 26:29

29 He commandeth that there shall be no priestcrafts; for,

behold priestcrafts are that men preach and set themselves up for

a light unto the world, that they may get gain and praise of the

world; but they seek not the welfare of Zion.

2 Nephi 26:30

30 Behold, the Lord hath forbidden this thing; wherefore, the

Lord God hath given a commandment that all men should have

charity, which charity is love, and except they should have

charity they were nothing. Wherefore, if they should have

charity they would not suffer the laborer in Zion to perish.

2 Nephi 26:31

31 But the laborer in Zion shall labor for Zion; for if they

labor for money they shall perish.

2 Nephi 26:32

32 And again, the Lord God hath commanded that men should not

murder; that they should not lie; that they should not steal;

that they should not take the name of the Lord their God in vain;

that they should not envy; that they should not have malice; that

they should not contend one with another; that they should not

commit whoredoms; and that they should do none of these things;

for whoso doeth them shall perish.

2 Nephi 26:33

33 For none of these iniquities come of the Lord; for he doeth

that which is good among the children of men; and he doeth

nothing save it be plain unto the children of men; and he

inviteth them all to come unto him and partake of his goodness;

and he denieth none that come unto him, black and white, bond and

free, male and female; and he remembereth the heathen; and all

are alike unto God, both Jew and Gentile.

2 Nephi 27 Chapter 27

2 Nephi 27:1

1 But, behold, in the last days, or in the days of the

Gentiles—yea, behold all the nations of the Gentiles and also

the Jews, both those who shall come upon this land and those who

shall be upon other lands, yea, even upon all the lands of the

earth, behold, they will be drunken with iniquity and all manner

of abominations—

2 Nephi 27:2

2 And when that day shall come they shall be visited of the Lord

of Hosts, with thunder and with earthquake, and with a great

noise, and with storm, and with tempest, and with the flame of

devouring fire.

2 Nephi 27:3

3 And all the nations that fight against Zion, and that distress

her, shall be as a dream of a night vision; yea, it shall be unto

them, even as unto a hungry man which dreameth, and behold he

eateth but he awaketh and his soul is empty; or like unto a

thirsty man which dreameth, and behold he drinketh but he awaketh

and behold he is faint, and his soul hath appetite; yea, even so

shall the multitude of all the nations be that fight against

Mount Zion.

2 Nephi 27:4

4 For behold, all ye that doeth iniquity, stay yourselves and

wonder, for ye shall cry out, and cry; yea, ye shall be drunken

but not with wine, ye shall stagger but not with strong drink.

2 Nephi 27:5

5 For behold, the Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of

deep sleep. For behold, ye have closed your eyes, and ye have

rejected the prophets; and your rulers, and the seers hath he

covered because of your iniquity.

2 Nephi 27:6

6 And it shall come to pass that the Lord God shall bring forth

unto you the words of a book, and they shall be the words of them

which have slumbered.

2 Nephi 27:7

7 And behold the book shall be sealed; and in the book shall be

a revelation from God, from the beginning of the world to the

ending thereof.

2 Nephi 27:8

8 Wherefore, because of the things which are sealed up, the

things which are sealed shall not be delivered in the day of the

wickedness and abominations of the people. Wherefore the book

shall be kept from them.

2 Nephi 27:9

9 But the book shall be delivered unto a man, and he shall

deliver the words of the book, which are the words of those who

have slumbered in the dust, and he shall deliver these words unto

another;

2 Nephi 27:10

10 But the words which are sealed he shall not deliver, neither

shall he deliver the book. For the book shall be sealed by the

power of God, and the revelation which was sealed shall be kept

in the book until the own due time of the Lord, that they may

come forth; for behold, they reveal all things from the

foundation of the world unto the end thereof.

2 Nephi 27:11

11 And the day cometh that the words of the book which were

sealed shall be read upon the house tops; and they shall be read

by the power of Christ; and all things shall be revealed unto the

children of men which ever have been among the children of men,

and which ever will be even unto the end of the earth.

2 Nephi 27:12

12 Wherefore, at that day when the book shall be delivered unto

the man of whom I have spoken, the book shall be hid from the

eyes of the world, that the eyes of none shall behold it save it

be that three witnesses shall behold it, by the power of God,

besides him to whom the book shall be delivered; and they shall

testify to the truth of the book and the things therein.

2 Nephi 27:13

13 And there is none other which shall view it, save it be a few

according to the will of God, to bear testimony of his word unto

the children of men; for the Lord God hath said that the words of

the faithful should speak as if it were from the dead.

2 Nephi 27:14

14 Wherefore, the Lord God will proceed to bring forth the words

of the book; and in the mouth of as many witnesses as seemeth him

good will he establish his word; and wo be unto him that

rejecteth the word of God!

2 Nephi 27:15

15 But behold, it shall come to pass that the Lord God shall say

unto him to whom he shall deliver the book: Take these words

which are not sealed and deliver them to another, that he may

show them unto the learned, saying: Read this, I pray thee. And

the learned shall say: Bring hither the book, and I will read

them.

2 Nephi 27:16

16 And now, because of the glory of the world and to get gain

will they say this, and not for the glory of God.

2 Nephi 27:17

17 And the man shall say: I cannot bring the book, for it is

sealed.

2 Nephi 27:18

18 Then shall the learned say: I cannot read it.

2 Nephi 27:19

19 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that the Lord God will

deliver again the book and the words thereof to him that is not

learned; and the man that is not learned shall say: I am not

learned.

2 Nephi 27:20

20 Then shall the Lord God say unto him: The learned shall not

read them, for they have rejected them, and I am able to do mine

own work; wherefore thou shalt read the words which I shall give

unto thee.

2 Nephi 27:21

21 Touch not the things which are sealed, for I will bring them

forth in mine own due time; for I will show unto the children of

men that I am able to do mine own work.

2 Nephi 27:22

22 Wherefore, when thou hast read the words which I have

commanded thee, and obtained the witnesses which I have promised

unto thee, then shalt thou seal up the book again, and hide it up

unto me, that I may preserve the words which thou hast not read,

until I shall see fit in mine own wisdom to reveal all things

unto the children of men.

2 Nephi 27:23

23 For behold, I am God; and I am a God of miracles; and I will

show unto the world that I am the same yesterday, today, and

forever; and I work not among the children of men save it be

according to their faith.

2 Nephi 27:24

24 And again it shall come to pass that the Lord shall say unto

him that shall read the words that shall be delivered him:

2 Nephi 27:25

25 Forasmuch as this people draw near unto me with their mouth,

and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their hearts

far from me, and their fear towards me is taught by the precepts

of men—

2 Nephi 27:26

26 Therefore, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this

people, yea, a marvelous work and a wonder, for the wisdom of

their wise and learned shall perish, and the understanding of

their prudent shall be hid.

2 Nephi 27:27

27 And wo unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from

the Lord! And their works are in the dark; and they say: Who

seeth us, and who knoweth us? And they also say: Surely, your

turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's

clay. But behold, I will show unto them, saith the Lord of

Hosts, that I know all their works. For shall the work say of

him that made it, he made me not? Or shall the thing framed say

of him that framed it, he had no understanding?

2 Nephi 27:28

28 But behold, saith the Lord of Hosts: I will show unto the

children of men that it is yet a very little while and Lebanon

shall be turned into a fruitful field; and the fruitful field

shall be esteemed as a forest.

2 Nephi 27:29

29 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book,

and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of

darkness.

2 Nephi 27:30

30 And the meek also shall increase, and their joy shall be in

the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of

Israel.

2 Nephi 27:31

31 For assuredly as the Lord liveth they shall see that the

terrible one is brought to naught, and the scorner is consumed,

and all that watch for iniquity are cut off;

2 Nephi 27:32

32 And they that make a man an offender for a word, and lay a

snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just

for a thing of naught.

2 Nephi 27:33

33 Therefore, thus saith the Lord, who redeemed Abraham,

concerning the house of Jacob: Jacob shall not now be ashamed,

neither shall his face now wax pale.

2 Nephi 27:34

34 But when he seeth his children, the work of my hands, in the

midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy

One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.

2 Nephi 27:35

35 They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding,

and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.

2 Nephi 28 Chapter 28

2 Nephi 28:1

1 And now, behold, my brethren, I have spoken unto you,

according as the Spirit hath constrained me; wherefore, I know

that they must surely come to pass.

2 Nephi 28:2

2 And the things which shall be written out of the book shall be

of great worth unto the children of men, and especially unto our

seed, which is a remnant of the house of Israel.

2 Nephi 28:3

3 For it shall come to pass in that day that the churches which

are built up, and not unto the Lord, when the one shall say unto

the other: Behold, I, I am the Lord's; and the others shall say:

I, I am the Lord's; and thus shall every one say that hath built

up churches, and not unto the Lord—

2 Nephi 28:4

4 And they shall contend one with another; and their priests

shall contend one with another, and they shall teach with their

learning, and deny the Holy Ghost, which giveth utterance.

2 Nephi 28:5

5 And they deny the power of God, the Holy One of Israel; and

they say unto the people: Hearken unto us, and hear ye our

precept; for behold there is no God today, for the Lord and the

Redeemer hath done his work, and he hath given his power unto

men;

2 Nephi 28:6

6 Behold, hearken ye unto my precept; if they shall say there is

a miracle wrought by the hand of the Lord, believe it not; for

this day he is not a God of miracles; he hath done his work.

2 Nephi 28:7

7 Yea, and there shall be many which shall say: Eat, drink, and

be merry, for tomorrow we die; and it shall be well with us.

2 Nephi 28:8

8 And there shall also be many which shall say: Eat, drink, and

be merry; nevertheless, fear God—he will justify in committing a

little sin; yea, lie a little, take the advantage of one because

of his words, dig a pit for thy neighbor; there is no harm in

this; and do all these things, for tomorrow we die; and if it so

be that we are guilty, God will beat us with a few stripes, and

at last we shall be saved in the kingdom of God.

2 Nephi 28:9

9 Yea, and there shall be many which shall teach after this

manner, false and vain and foolish doctrines, and shall be puffed

up in their hearts, and shall seek deep to hide their counsels

from the Lord; and their works shall be in the dark.

2 Nephi 28:10

10 And the blood of the saints shall cry from the ground against

them.

2 Nephi 28:11

11 Yea, they have all gone out of the way; they have become

corrupted.

2 Nephi 28:12

12 Because of pride, and because of false teachers, and false

doctrine, their churches have become corrupted, and their

churches are lifted up; because of pride they are puffed up.

2 Nephi 28:13

13 They rob the poor because of their fine sanctuaries; they rob

the poor because of their fine clothing; and they persecute the

meek and the poor in heart, because in their pride they are

puffed up.

2 Nephi 28:14

14 They wear stiff necks and high heads; yea, and because of

pride, and wickedness, and abominations, and whoredoms, they have

all gone astray save it be a few, who are the humble followers of

Christ; nevertheless, they are led, that in many instances they

do err because they are taught by the precepts of men.

2 Nephi 28:15

15 O the wise, and the learned, and the rich, that are puffed up

in the pride of their hearts, and all those who preach false

doctrines, and all those who commit whoredoms, and pervert the

right way of the Lord, wo, wo, wo be unto them, saith the Lord

God Almighty, for they shall be thrust down to hell!

2 Nephi 28:16

16 Wo unto them that turn aside the just for a thing of naught

and revile against that which is good, and say that is of no

worth! For the day shall come that the Lord God will speedily

visit the inhabitants of the earth; and in that day that they are

fully ripe in iniquity they shall perish.

2 Nephi 28:17

17 But behold, if the inhabitants of the earth shall repent of

their wickedness and abominations they shall not be destroyed,

saith the Lord of Hosts.

2 Nephi 28:18

18 But behold, that great and abominable church, the whore of

all the earth, must tumble to the earth, and great must be the

fall thereof.

2 Nephi 28:19

19 For the kingdom of the devil must shake, and they which

belong to it must needs be stirred up unto repentance, or the

devil will grasp them with his everlasting chains, and they be

stirred up to anger, and perish;

2 Nephi 28:20

20 For behold, at that day shall he rage in the hearts of the

children of men, and stir them up to anger against that which is

good.

2 Nephi 28:21

21 And others will he pacify, and lull them away into carnal

security, that they will say: All is well in Zion; yea, Zion

prospereth, all is well—and thus the devil cheateth their souls,

and leadeth them away carefully down to hell.

2 Nephi 28:22

22 And behold, others he flattereth away, and telleth them there

is no hell; and he saith unto them: I am no devil, for there is

none—and thus he whispereth in their ears, until he grasps them

with his awful chains, from whence there is no deliverance.

2 Nephi 28:23

23 Yea, they are grasped with death, and hell; and death, and

hell, and the devil, and all that have been seized therewith must

stand before the throne of God, and be judged according to their

works, from whence they must go into the place prepared for them,

even a lake of fire and brimstone, which is endless torment.

2 Nephi 28:24

24 Therefore, wo be unto him that is at ease in Zion!

2 Nephi 28:25

25 Wo be unto him that crieth: All is well!

2 Nephi 28:26

26 Yea, wo be unto him that hearkeneth unto the precepts of men,

and denieth the power of God, and the gift of the Holy Ghost!

2 Nephi 28:27

27 Yea, wo be unto him that saith: We have received, and we need

no more!

2 Nephi 28:28

28 And in fine, wo unto all those who tremble, and are angry

because of the truth of God! For behold, he that is built upon

the rock receiveth it with gladness; and he that is built upon a

sandy foundation trembleth lest he shall fall.

2 Nephi 28:29

29 Wo be unto him that shall say: We have received the word of

God, and we need no more of the word of God, for we have enough!

2 Nephi 28:30

30 For behold, thus saith the Lord God: I will give unto the

children of men line upon line, precept upon precept, here a

little and there a little; and blessed are those who hearken unto

my precepts, and lend an ear unto my counsel, for they shall

learn wisdom; for unto him that receiveth I will give more; and

from them that shall say, We have enough, from them shall be

taken away even that which they have.

2 Nephi 28:31

31 Cursed is he that putteth his trust in man, or maketh flesh

his arm, or shall hearken unto the precepts of men, save their

precepts shall be given by the power of the Holy Ghost.

2 Nephi 28:32

32 Wo be unto the Gentiles, saith the Lord God of Hosts! For

notwithstanding I shall lengthen out mine arm unto them from day

to day, they will deny me; nevertheless, I will be merciful unto

them, saith the Lord God, if they will repent and come unto me;

for mine arm is lengthened out all the day long, saith the Lord

God of Hosts.

2 Nephi 29 Chapter 29

2 Nephi 29:1

1 But behold, there shall be many—at that day when I shall

proceed to do a marvelous work among them, that I may remember my

covenants which I have made unto the children of men, that I may

set my hand again the second time to recover my people, which are

of the house of Israel;

2 Nephi 29:2

2 And also, that I may remember the promises which I have made

unto thee, Nephi, and also unto thy father, that I would remember

your seed; and that the words of your seed should proceed forth

out of my mouth unto your seed; and my words shall hiss forth

unto the ends of the earth, for a standard unto my people, which

are of the house of Israel;

2 Nephi 29:3

3 And because my words shall hiss forth—many of the Gentiles

shall say: A Bible! A Bible! We have got a Bible, and there

cannot be any more Bible.

2 Nephi 29:4

4 But thus saith the Lord God: O fools, they shall have a Bible;

and it shall proceed forth from the Jews, mine ancient covenant

people. And what thank they the Jews for the Bible which they

receive from them? Yea, what do the Gentiles mean? Do they

remember the travails, and the labors, and the pains of the Jews,

and their diligence unto me, in bringing forth salvation unto the

Gentiles?

2 Nephi 29:5

5 O ye Gentiles, have ye remembered the Jews, mine ancient

covenant people? Nay; but ye have cursed them, and have hated

them, and have not sought to recover them. But behold, I will

return all these things upon your own heads; for I the Lord have

not forgotten my people.

2 Nephi 29:6

6 Thou fool, that shall say: A Bible, we have got a Bible, and

we need no more Bible. Have ye obtained a Bible save it were by

the Jews?

2 Nephi 29:7

7 Know ye not that there are more nations than one? Know ye not

that I, the Lord your God, have created all men, and that I

remember those who are upon the isles of the sea; and that I rule

in the heavens above and in the earth beneath; and I bring forth

my word unto the children of men, yea, even upon all the nations

of the earth?

2 Nephi 29:8

8 Wherefore murmur ye, because that ye shall receive more of my

word? Know ye not that the testimony of two nations is a witness

unto you that I am God, that I remember one nation like unto

another? Wherefore, I speak the same words unto one nation like

unto another. And when the two nations shall run together the

testimony of the two nations shall run together also.

2 Nephi 29:9

9 And I do this that I may prove unto many that I am the same

yesterday, today, and forever; and that I speak forth my words

according to mine own pleasure. And because that I have spoken

one word ye need not suppose that I cannot speak another; for my

work is not yet finished; neither shall it be until the end of

man, neither from that time henceforth and forever.

2 Nephi 29:10

10 Wherefore, because that ye have a Bible ye need not suppose

that it contains all my words; neither need ye suppose that I

have not caused more to be written.

2 Nephi 29:11

11 For I command all men, both in the east and in the west, and

in the north, and in the south, and in the islands of the sea,

that they shall write the words which I speak unto them; for out

of the books which shall be written I will judge the world, every

man according to their works, according to that which is written.

2 Nephi 29:12

12 For behold, I shall speak unto the Jews and they shall write

it; and I shall also speak unto the Nephites and they shall write

it; and I shall also speak unto the other tribes of the house of

Israel, which I have led away, and they shall write it; and I

shall also speak unto all nations of the earth and they shall

write it.

2 Nephi 29:13

13 And it shall come to pass that the Jews shall have the words

of the Nephites, and the Nephites shall have the words of the

Jews; and the Nephites and the Jews shall have the words of the

lost tribes of Israel; and the lost tribes of Israel shall have

the words of the Nephites and the Jews.

2 Nephi 29:14

14 And it shall come to pass that my people, which are of the

house of Israel, shall be gathered home unto the lands of their

possessions; and my word also shall be gathered in one. And I

will show unto them that fight against my word and against my

people, who are of the house of Israel, that I am God, and that I

covenanted with Abraham that I would remember his seed forever.

2 Nephi 30 Chapter 30

2 Nephi 30:1

1 And now behold, my beloved brethren, I would speak unto you;

for I, Nephi, would not suffer that ye should suppose that ye are

more righteous than the Gentiles shall be. For behold, except ye

shall keep the commandments of God ye shall all likewise perish;

and because of the words which have been spoken ye need not

suppose that the Gentiles are utterly destroyed.

2 Nephi 30:2

2 For behold, I say unto you that as many of the Gentiles as

will repent are the covenant people of the Lord; and as many of

the Jews as will not repent shall be cast off; for the Lord

covenanteth with none save it be with them that repent and

believe in his Son, who is the Holy One of Israel.

2 Nephi 30:3

3 And now, I would prophesy somewhat more concerning the Jews

and the Gentiles. For after the book of which I have spoken

shall come forth, and be written unto the Gentiles, and sealed up

again unto the Lord, there shall be many which shall believe the

words which are written; and they shall carry them forth unto the

remnant of our seed.

2 Nephi 30:4

4 And then shall the remnant of our seed know concerning us, how

that we came out from Jerusalem, and that they are descendants of

the Jews.

2 Nephi 30:5

5 And the gospel of Jesus Christ shall be declared among them;

wherefore, they shall be restored unto the knowledge of their

fathers, and also to the knowledge of Jesus Christ, which was had

among their fathers.

2 Nephi 30:6

6 And then shall they rejoice; for they shall know that it is a

blessing unto them from the hand of God; and their scales of

darkness shall begin to fall from their eyes; and many

generations shall not pass away among them, save they shall be a

pure and delightsome people.

2 Nephi 30:7

7 And it shall come to pass that the Jews which are scattered

also shall begin to believe in Christ; and they shall begin to

gather in upon the face of the land; and as many as shall believe

in Christ shall also become a delightsome people.

2 Nephi 30:8

8 And it shall come to pass that the Lord God shall commence his

work among all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people, to bring

about the restoration of his people upon the earth.

2 Nephi 30:9

9 And with righteousness shall the Lord God judge the poor, and

reprove with equity for the meek of the earth. And he shall

smite the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of

his lips shall he slay the wicked.

2 Nephi 30:10

10 For the time speedily cometh that the Lord God shall cause a

great division among the people, and the wicked will he destroy;

and he will spare his people, yea, even if it so be that he must

destroy the wicked by fire.

2 Nephi 30:11

11 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and

faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

2 Nephi 30:12

12 And then shall the wolf dwell with the lamb; and the leopard

shall lie down with the kid, and the calf, and the young lion,

and the fatling, together; and a little child shall lead them.

2 Nephi 30:13

13 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall

lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

2 Nephi 30:14

14 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and

the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's den.

2 Nephi 30:15

15 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for

the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the

waters cover the sea.

2 Nephi 30:16

16 Wherefore, the things of all nations shall be made known;

yea, all things shall be made known unto the children of men.

2 Nephi 30:17

17 There is nothing which is secret save it shall be revealed;

there is no work of darkness save it shall be made manifest in

the light; and there is nothing which is sealed upon the earth

save it shall be loosed.

2 Nephi 30:18

18 Wherefore, all things which have been revealed unto the

children of men shall at that day be revealed; and Satan shall

have power over the hearts of the children of men no more, for a

long time. And now, my beloved brethren, I make an end of my

sayings.

2 Nephi 31 Chapter 31

2 Nephi 31:1

1 And now I, Nephi, make an end of my prophesying unto you, my

beloved brethren. And I cannot write but a few things, which I

know must surely come to pass; neither can I write but a few of

the words of my brother Jacob.

2 Nephi 31:2

2 Wherefore, the things which I have written sufficeth me, save

it be a few words which I must speak concerning the doctrine of

Christ; wherefore, I shall speak unto you plainly, according to

the plainness of my prophesying.

2 Nephi 31:3

3 For my soul delighteth in plainness; for after this manner

doth the Lord God work among the children of men. For the Lord

God giveth light unto the understanding; for he speaketh unto men

according to their language, unto their understanding.

2 Nephi 31:4

4 Wherefore, I would that ye should remember that I have spoken

unto you concerning that prophet which the Lord showed unto me,

that should baptize the Lamb of God, which should take away the

sins of the world.

2 Nephi 31:5

5 And now, if the Lamb of God, he being holy, should have need

to be baptized by water, to fulfil all righteousness, O then, how

much more need have we, being unholy, to be baptized, yea, even

by water!

2 Nephi 31:6

6 And now, I would ask of you, my beloved brethren, wherein the

Lamb of God did fulfil all righteousness in being baptized by

water?

2 Nephi 31:7

7 Know ye not that he was holy? But notwithstanding he being

holy, he showeth unto the children of men that, according to the

flesh he humbleth himself before the Father, and witnesseth unto

the Father that he would be obedient unto him in keeping his

commandments.

2 Nephi 31:8

8 Wherefore, after he was baptized with water the Holy Ghost

descended upon him in the form of a dove.

2 Nephi 31:9

9 And again, it showeth unto the children of men the

straightness of the path, and the narrowness of the gate, by

which they should enter, he having set the example before them.

2 Nephi 31:10

10 And he said unto the children of men: Follow thou me.

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, can we follow Jesus save we shall

be willing to keep the commandments of the Father?

2 Nephi 31:11

11 And the Father said: Repent ye, repent ye, and be baptized in

the name of my Beloved Son.

2 Nephi 31:12

12 And also, the voice of the Son came unto me, saying: He that

is baptized in my name, to him will the Father give the Holy

Ghost, like unto me; wherefore, follow me, and do the things

which ye have seen me do.

2 Nephi 31:13

13 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, I know that if ye shall

follow the Son, with full purpose of heart, acting no hypocrisy

and no deception before God, but with real intent, repenting of

your sins, witnessing unto the Father that ye are willing to take

upon you the name of Christ, by baptism—yea, by following your

Lord and your Savior down into the water, according to his word,

behold, then shall ye receive the Holy Ghost; yea, then cometh

the baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost; and then can ye speak

with the tongue of angels, and shout praises unto the Holy One of

Israel.

2 Nephi 31:14

14 But, behold, my beloved brethren, thus came the voice of the

Son unto me, saying: After ye have repented of your sins, and

witnessed unto the Father that ye are willing to keep my

commandments, by the baptism of water, and have received the

baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost, and can speak with a new

tongue, yea, even with the tongue of angels, and after this

should deny me, it would have been better for you that ye had not

known me.

2 Nephi 31:15

15 And I heard a voice from the Father, saying: Yea, the words

of my Beloved are true and faithful. He that endureth to the

end, the same shall be saved.

2 Nephi 31:16

16 And now, my beloved brethren, I know by this that unless a

man shall endure to the end, in following the example of the Son

of the living God, he cannot be saved.

2 Nephi 31:17

17 Wherefore, do the things which I have told you I have seen

that your Lord and your Redeemer should do; for, for this cause

have they been shown unto me, that ye might know the gate by

which ye should enter. For the gate by which ye should enter is

repentance and baptism by water; and then cometh a remission of

your sins by fire and by the Holy Ghost.

2 Nephi 31:18

18 And then are ye in this strait and narrow path which leads to

eternal life; yea, ye have entered in by the gate; ye have done

according to the commandments of the Father and the Son; and ye

have received the Holy Ghost, which witnesses of the Father and

the Son, unto the fulfilling of the promise which he hath made,

that if ye entered in by the way ye should receive.

2 Nephi 31:19

19 And now, my beloved brethren, after ye have gotten into this

strait and narrow path, I would ask if all is done? Behold, I

say unto you, Nay; for ye have not come thus far save it were by

the word of Christ with unshaken faith in him, relying wholly

upon the merits of him who is mighty to save.

2 Nephi 31:20

20 Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in

Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God

and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting

upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus

saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life.

2 Nephi 31:21

21 And now, behold, my beloved brethren, this is the way; and

there is none other way nor name given under heaven whereby man

can be saved in the kingdom of God. And now, behold, this is the

doctrine of Christ, and the only and true doctrine of the Father,

and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, which is one God, without

end. Amen.

2 Nephi 32 Chapter 32

2 Nephi 32:1

1 And now, behold, my beloved brethren, I suppose that ye ponder

somewhat in your hearts concerning that which ye should do after

ye have entered in by the way. But, behold, why do ye ponder

these things in your hearts?

2 Nephi 32:2

2 Do ye not remember that I said unto you that after ye had

received the Holy Ghost ye could speak with the tongue of angels?

And now, how could ye speak with the tongue of angels save it

were by the Holy Ghost?

2 Nephi 32:3

3 Angels speak by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore, they

speak the words of Christ. Wherefore, I said unto you, feast

upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will

tell you all things what ye should do.

2 Nephi 32:4

4 Wherefore, now after I have spoken these words, if ye cannot

understand them it will be because ye ask not, neither do ye

knock; wherefore, ye are not brought into the light, but must

perish in the dark.

2 Nephi 32:5

5 For behold, again I say unto you that if ye will enter in by

the way, and receive the Holy Ghost, it will show unto you all

things what ye should do.

2 Nephi 32:6

6 Behold, this is the doctrine of Christ, and there will be no

more doctrine given until after he shall manifest himself unto

you in the flesh. And when he shall manifest himself unto you in

the flesh, the things which he shall say unto you shall ye

observe to do.

2 Nephi 32:7

7 And now I, Nephi, cannot say more; the Spirit stoppeth mine

utterance, and I am left to mourn because of the unbelief, and

the wickedness, and the ignorance, and the stiffneckedness of

men; for they will not search knowledge, nor understand great

knowledge, when it is given unto them in plainness, even as plain

as word can be.

2 Nephi 32:8

8 And now, my beloved brethren, I perceive that ye ponder still

in your hearts; and it grieveth me that I must speak concerning

this thing. For if ye would hearken unto the Spirit which

teacheth a man to pray ye would know that ye must pray; for the

evil spirit teacheth not a man to pray, but teacheth him that he

must not pray.

2 Nephi 32:9

9 But behold, I say unto you that ye must pray always, and not

faint; that ye must not perform any thing unto the Lord save in

the first place ye shall pray unto the Father in the name of

Christ, that he will consecrate thy performance unto thee, that

thy performance may be for the welfare of thy soul.

2 Nephi 33 Chapter 33

2 Nephi 33:1

1 And now I, Nephi, cannot write all the things which were

taught among my people; neither am I mighty in writing, like unto

speaking; for when a man speaketh by the power of the Holy Ghost

the power of the Holy Ghost carrieth it unto the hearts of the

children of men.

2 Nephi 33:2

2 But behold, there are many that harden their hearts against

the Holy Spirit, that it hath no place in them; wherefore, they

cast many things away which are written and esteem them as things

of naught.

2 Nephi 33:3

3 But I, Nephi, have written what I have written, and I esteem

it as of great worth, and especially unto my people. For I pray

continually for them by day, and mine eyes water my pillow by

night, because of them; and I cry unto my God in faith, and I

know that he will hear my cry.

2 Nephi 33:4

4 And I know that the Lord God will consecrate my prayers for

the gain of my people. And the words which I have written in

weakness will be made strong unto them; for it persuadeth them to

do good; it maketh known unto them of their fathers; and it

speaketh of Jesus, and persuadeth them to believe in him, and to

endure to the end, which is life eternal.

2 Nephi 33:5

5 And it speaketh harshly against sin, according to the

plainness of the truth; wherefore, no man will be angry at the

words which I have written save he shall be of the spirit of the

devil.

2 Nephi 33:6

6 I glory in plainness; I glory in truth; I glory in my Jesus,

for he hath redeemed my soul from hell.

2 Nephi 33:7

7 I have charity for my people, and great faith in Christ that I

shall meet many souls spotless at his judgment-seat.

2 Nephi 33:8

8 I have charity for the Jew—I say Jew, because I mean them

from whence I came.

2 Nephi 33:9

9 I also have charity for the Gentiles. But behold, for none of

these can I hope except they shall be reconciled unto Christ, and

enter into the narrow gate, and walk in the strait path which

leads to life, and continue in the path until the end of the day

of probation.

2 Nephi 33:10

10 And now, my beloved brethren, and also Jew, and all ye ends

of the earth, hearken unto these words and believe in Christ; and

if ye believe not in these words believe in Christ. And if ye

shall believe in Christ ye will believe in these words, for they

are the words of Christ, and he hath given them unto me; and they

teach all men that they should do good.

2 Nephi 33:11

11 And if they are not the words of Christ, judge ye—for Christ

will show unto you, with power and great glory, that they are his

words, at the last day; and you and I shall stand face to face

before his bar; and ye shall know that I have been commanded of

him to write these things, notwithstanding my weakness.

2 Nephi 33:12

12 And I pray the Father in the name of Christ that many of us,

if not all, may be saved in his kingdom at that great and last

day.

2 Nephi 33:13

13 And now, my beloved brethren, all those who are of the house

of Israel, and all ye ends of the earth, I speak unto you as the

voice of one crying from the dust: Farewell until that great day

shall come.

2 Nephi 33:14

14 And you that will not partake of the goodness of God, and

respect the words of the Jews, and also my words, and the words

which shall proceed forth out of the mouth of the Lamb of God,

behold, I bid you an everlasting farewell, for these words shall

condemn you at the last day.

2 Nephi 33:15

15 For what I seal on earth, shall be brought against you at the

judgment bar; for thus hath the Lord commanded me, and I must

obey. Amen.