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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.

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21 And he had caused the cursing to come upon them, yea, even a sore cursing, because of their iniquity. For behold, they had hardened their hearts against him, that they had become like unto

a flint; wherefore, as they were 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.

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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.

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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.

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24 And because of their cursing which was upon them they did become an idle people, full of mischief and subtlety, and did seek in the wilderness for beasts of prey.

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25 And the Lord God said unto me: They shall be a scourge unto thy seed, to stir them up in remembrance of me; and inasmuch as they will not remember me, and hearken unto my words, they shall scourge them even unto destruction.

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26 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did consecrate Jacob and Joseph, that they should be priests and teachers over the land of my people.

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

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

Jerusalem.

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

had made, of my people thus far.

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

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

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

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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.

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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.

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33 And if my people desire to know the more particular part of the history of my people they must search mine other plates.

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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

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

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2 Behold, my beloved brethren, I, Jacob, having been called of God, and ordained after the manner of his holy order, and having been consecrated by my brother Nephi, unto whom ye look as a king or a protector, and on whom ye depend for safety, behold ye know that I have spoken unto you exceedingly many things.

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3 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.

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4 And now, behold, I would speak unto you concerning things which are, and which are to come; wherefore, I will 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.

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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.

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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.

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7 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers; they shall bow down to thee with their faces towards the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou

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

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wait for me.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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11 Wherefore, after they are driven to and fro, for thus saith the angel, many shall be afflicted in the flesh, and shall not be suffered to perish, because of the prayers of the faithful; they shall be scattered, and smitten, and hated; nevertheless, the

Lord will be merciful unto them, that when they shall come to the knowledge of their Redeemer, they shall be gathered together again to the lands of their inheritance.

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

written; for behold, if it so be that they shall repent and fight not against Zion, and do not unite themselves to that great and abominable church, they shall be saved; for the Lord God will fulfil his covenants which he has made unto his children; and for this cause the prophet has written these things.

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13 Wherefore, they that fight against Zion and the covenant people of the Lord shall lick up the dust of their feet; and the people of the Lord shall not be ashamed. For the people of the Lord are they who wait for him; for they still wait for the coming of the Messiah.

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14 And behold, according to the words of the prophet, the Messiah will set himself again the second time to recover them; wherefore, he will manifest himself unto them in power and great glory, unto the destruction of their enemies, when that day

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

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15 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.

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

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17 But thus saith the Lord: Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; for the Mighty God shall deliver his covenant people.

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

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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

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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.

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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.

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3 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

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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.

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5 The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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10 Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness and hath no light?

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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

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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.

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2 Look unto Abraham, your father, and unto Sarah, she that bare you; for I called him alone, and blessed him.

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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.

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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.

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5 My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arm shall judge the people. The isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.

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6 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.

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7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart I have written my law, fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.

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8 For 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.

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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?

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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?

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11 Therefore, the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy and holiness shall be upon their heads; and they shall obtain gladness and joy; sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

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12 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?

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13 And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth, and hast feared continually every day, because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? And where is the fury of the oppressor?

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14 The captive exile hasteneth, that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.

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

Hosts is my name.

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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.

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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--

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18 And none to guide her among all the sons she hath brought forth; neither that taketh her by the hand, of all the sons she hath brought up.

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19 These two sons are come unto thee, who shall be sorry for thee--thy desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword--and by whom shall I comfort thee?

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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.

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

with wine:

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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.

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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.

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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.

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25 Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit down, O Jerusalem; loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

2 Nephi 9 Chapter 9

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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--

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2 That he has spoken unto the Jews, by the mouth of his holy prophets, even from the beginning down, from generation to

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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.

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3 Behold, my beloved brethren, I speak unto you these things that ye may rejoice, and lift up your heads forever, because of

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

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4 For I know that ye have searched much, many of you, to know of things to come; wherefore I know that ye know that our flesh must waste away and die; nevertheless, in our bodies we shall see God.

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5 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.

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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.

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7 Wherefore, it must needs be an infinite atonement--save it should be an infinite atonement this corruption could not put on incorruption. Wherefore, the first judgment which came upon man must needs have remained to an endless duration. And if so, this flesh must have laid down to rot and to crumble to its mother

earth, to rise no more.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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11 And because of the way of deliverance of our God, the Holy One of Israel, this death, of which I have spoken, which is the temporal, shall deliver up its dead; which death is the grave.

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12 And this death of which I have spoken, which is the spiritual death, shall deliver up its dead; which spiritual death is hell;

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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.

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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.

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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.

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15 And it shall come to pass that when all men shall have passed from this first death unto life, insomuch as they have become immortal, they must appear before the judgment-seat of the Holy One of Israel; and then cometh the judgment, and then must they be judged according to the holy judgment of God.

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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.

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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.

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

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

who have endured the crosses of the world, and despised the shame of it, they shall inherit the kingdom of God, which was prepared

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

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19 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.

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20 O how great the holiness of our God! For he knoweth all things, and there is not anything save he knows it.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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24 And if they will not repent and believe in his name, and be baptized in his name, and endure to the end, they must be damned; for the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has spoken it.

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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.

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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.

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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!

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28 O that cunning plan of the evil one! O the vainness, and the frailties, and the foolishness of men! When they are learned

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

of God, for they set it aside, supposing they know of themselves, wherefore, their wisdom is foolishness and it profiteth them not. And they shall perish.

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

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30 But wo unto the rich, who are rich as to the things of the world. For because they are rich they despise the poor, and they persecute the meek, and their hearts are upon their treasures; wherefore, their treasure is their God. And behold, their

treasure shall perish with them also.

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

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

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33 Wo unto the uncircumcised of heart, for a knowledge of their iniquities shall smite them at the last day.

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

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

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36 Wo unto them who commit whoredoms, for they shall be thrust down to hell.

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37 Yea, wo unto those that worship idols, for the devil of all devils delighteth in them.

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38 And, in fine, wo unto all those who die in their sins; for they shall return to God, and behold his face, and remain in their sins.

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39 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.

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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.

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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.

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42 And whoso knocketh, to him will he open; and the wise, and the learned, and they that are rich, who are puffed up because of their learning, and their wisdom, and their riches--yea, they are they whom he despiseth; and save they shall cast these things

away, and consider themselves fools before God, and come down in the depths of humility, he will not open unto them.

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43 But the things of the wise and the prudent shall be hid from them forever--yea, that happiness which is prepared for the saints.

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44 O, my beloved brethren, remember my words. Behold, I take off my garments, and I shake them before you; I pray the God of my salvation that he view me with his all-searching eye;

wherefore, ye shall know at the last day, when all men shall be judged of their works, that the God of Israel did witness that I shook your iniquities from my soul, and that I stand with brightness before him, and am rid of your blood.

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45 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.

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46 Prepare your souls for that glorious day when justice shall be administered unto the righteous, even the day of judgment, that ye may not shrink with awful fear; that ye may not remember your awful guilt in perfectness, and be constrained to exclaim:

Holy, holy are thy judgments, O Lord God Almighty--but I know my guilt; I transgressed thy law, and my transgressions are mine;

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

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47 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?

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48 Behold, if ye were holy I would speak unto you of holiness; but as ye are not holy, and ye look upon me as a teacher, it must needs be expedient that I teach you the consequences of sin.

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49 Behold, my soul abhorreth sin, and my heart delighteth in righteousness; and I will praise the holy name of my God.

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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.

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51 Wherefore, do not spend money for that which is of no worth, nor your labor for that which cannot satisfy. Hearken diligently unto me, and remember the words which I have spoken; and come unto the Holy One of Israel, and feast upon that which perisheth not, neither can be corrupted, and let your soul delight in

fatness.

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

pray unto him continually by day, and give thanks unto his holy name by night. Let your hearts rejoice.

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53 And behold how great the covenants of the Lord, and how great his condescensions unto the children of men; and because of his greatness, and his grace and mercy, he has promised unto us that

our seed shall not utterly be destroyed, according to the flesh, but that he would preserve them; and in future generations they shall become a righteous branch unto the house of Israel.

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54 And now, my brethren, I would speak unto you more; but on the morrow I will declare unto you the remainder of my words. Amen.

2 Nephi 10 Chapter 10

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1 And now I, Jacob, speak unto you again, my beloved brethren, concerning this righteous branch of which I have spoken.

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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

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that which will give them the true knowledge of their Redeemer.

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3 Wherefore, as I said unto you, it must needs be expedient that

Christ--for in the last night the angel spake unto me that this

should be his name--should come among the Jews, among those who are the more wicked part of the world; and they shall crucify

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

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

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5 But because of priestcrafts and iniquities, they at Jerusalem

will stiffen their necks against him, that he be crucified.

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6 Wherefore, because of their iniquities, destructions, famines, pestilences, and bloodshed shall come upon them; and they who shall not be destroyed shall be scattered among all nations.

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7 But behold, thus 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.

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8 And it shall come to pass that they shall be gathered in from their long dispersion, from the isles of the sea, and from the four parts of the earth; and the nations of the Gentiles shall be great in the eyes of me, saith God, in carrying them forth to the lands of their inheritance.

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9 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?

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

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11 And this land shall be a land of liberty unto the Gentiles, and there shall be no kings upon the land, who shall raise up unto the Gentiles.

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12 And I will fortify this land against all other nations.

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13 And he that fighteth against Zion shall perish, saith God.

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14 For he that raiseth up a king against me shall perish, for I, the Lord, the king of heaven, will be their king, and I will be a light unto them forever, that hear my words.

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15 Wherefore, for this cause, that my covenants may be fulfilled which I have made unto the children of men, that I will do unto them while they are in the flesh, I must needs destroy the secret works of darkness, and of murders, and of abominations.

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16 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

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who are not for me are against me, saith our God.

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17 For I will fulfil my promises which I have made unto the children of men, that I will do unto them while they are in the flesh--

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18 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.

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19 Wherefore, I will consecrate this land unto thy seed, and

them who shall be numbered among thy seed, forever, for the land of their inheritance; for it is a choice land, saith God unto me, above all other lands, wherefore I will have all men that dwell thereon that they shall worship me, saith God.

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20 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.

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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.

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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.

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

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24 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.

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25 Wherefore, may God raise you from death by the power of the resurrection, and also from everlasting death by the power of the atonement, that ye may be received into the eternal kingdom of God, that ye may praise him through grace divine. Amen.

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

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people, and I will send them forth unto all my children, for he verily saw my Redeemer, even as I have seen him.

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3 And my brother, Jacob, also has seen him as I have seen him;

wherefore, I will send their words forth unto my children to

prove unto them that my words are true. Wherefore, by the words of three, God hath said, I will establish my word. Nevertheless, God sendeth more witnesses, and he proveth all his words.

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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.

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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.

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6 And my soul delighteth in proving unto my people that save

Christ should come all men must perish.

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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.

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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:

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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.

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3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, 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.

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4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plow-shares, and their spears into pruning-hooks--nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

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5 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.

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6 Therefore, O Lord, thou hast forsaken thy people, the house of

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Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and hearken unto soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.

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7 Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots.

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8 Their land is also full of idols; they worship the work of

their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.

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9 And the mean man boweth not down, and the great man humbleth himself not, therefore, forgive him not.

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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.

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11 And it shall come to pass that the lofty looks of man shall

be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

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12 For the day of the Lord of Hosts soon cometh upon all nations, yea, upon every one; yea, upon the proud and lofty, and upon every one who is lifted up, and he shall be brought low.

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13 Yea, 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;

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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;

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15 And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall;

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16 And upon all the ships of the sea, and upon all the ships of

Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.

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17 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.

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18 And the idols he shall utterly abolish.

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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.

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20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his

idols of gold, which he hath made for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

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21 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.

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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--

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2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient;

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3 The captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counselor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.

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4 And I will give children unto them to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

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5 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.

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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--

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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.

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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.

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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!

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10 Say unto the righteous that it is well with them; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

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11 Wo unto the wicked, for they shall perish; for the reward of their hands shall be upon them!

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12 And 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.

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13 The Lord standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.

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14 The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people and the princes thereof; for ye have eaten up the vineyard and the spoil of the poor in your houses.

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15 What mean ye? Ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor, saith the Lord God of Hosts.

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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--

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17 Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will discover their secret parts.

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18 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments, and cauls, and round tires like the moon;

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19 The chains and the bracelets, and the mufflers;

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20 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the ear-rings;

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21 The rings, and nose jewels;

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22 The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping-pins;

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23 The glasses, and the fine linen, and hoods, and the veils.

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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.

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25 Thy men shall fall by the sword and thy mighty in the war.

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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.

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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.

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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--

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.

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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.

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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;

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6 And I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor digged;

but there shall come up briers and thorns; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

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7 For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant; and he looked for judgment, and behold, oppression; for righteousness, but behold, a cry.

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8 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!

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9 In mine ears, said the Lord of Hosts, of a truth many houses shall be desolate, and great and fair cities without inhabitant.

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10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah.

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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!

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12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine are in their feasts; but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands.

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13 Therefore, my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge; and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.

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14 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.

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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.

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16 But the Lord of Hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God

that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

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17 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

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18 Wo unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope;

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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.

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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!

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21 Wo unto the wise in their own eyes and prudent in their own sight!

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22 Wo unto the mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink;

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23 Who justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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27 None shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken;

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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.

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29 They shall roar like young lions; yea, they shall roar, and

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lay hold of the prey, and shall carry away safe, and none shall deliver.

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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.

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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.

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3 And one cried unto another, and said: Holy, holy, holy, is the

Lord of Hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.

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4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that

cried, and the house was filled with smoke.

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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.

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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;

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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.

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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.

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9 And he said: Go and tell this people--Hear ye indeed, but they understood not; and see ye indeed, but they perceived not.

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10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes--lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted and be healed.

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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;

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12 And the Lord have removed men far away, for there shall be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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;

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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.

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5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying:

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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.

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7 Thus saith the Lord God: It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.

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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.

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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.

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10 Moreover, the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying:

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11 Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depths, or in the heights above.

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12 But Ahaz said: I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord.

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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?

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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.

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15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil and to choose the good.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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21 And it shall come to pass in that day, a man shall nourish a young cow and two sheep;

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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.

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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.

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24 With arrows and with bows shall men come thither, because all the land shall become briers and thorns.

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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.

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2 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

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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.

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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.

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5 The Lord spake also unto me again, saying:

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6 Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;

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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.

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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.

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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.

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10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to naught; speak the word, and it shall not stand; for God is with us.

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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:

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12 Say ye not, A confederacy, to all to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.

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13 Sanctify the Lord of Hosts himself, and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

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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.

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15 And many among them shall stumble and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

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16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.

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17 And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

evildoers 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 firstborn 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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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law.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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9 But the Son of righteousness shall appear unto them; and he

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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;

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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--

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19 And it shall come to pass, that those who have dwindled in unbelief shall be smitten by the hand of the Gentiles.

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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.

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21 And there are many churches built up which cause envyings, and strifes, and malice.

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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.

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23 For behold, my beloved brethren, I say unto you that the Lord

God worketh not in darkness.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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31 But the laborer in Zion shall labor for Zion; for if they labor for money they shall perish.

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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.

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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--

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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8 Wherefore, because of the things which are sealed up, the things which are sealed shall not be delivered in the day of the

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wickedness and abominations of the people. Wherefore the book shall be kept from them.

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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;

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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17 And the man shall say: I cannot bring the book, for it is sealed.

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18 Then shall the learned say: I cannot read it.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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:

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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--

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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31 For assuredly as the Lord liveth they shall see that the terrible one is brought to naught, and the scorner is consumed,

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and all that watch for iniquity are cut off;

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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2 And the things which shall be written out of the book shall be of great worth unto the children of men, and especially unto our seed, which is a remnant of the house of Israel.

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3 For it shall come to pass in that day that the churches which are built up, and not unto the Lord, when the one shall say unto the other: Behold, I, I am the Lord's; and the 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--

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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.

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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;

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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10 And the blood of the saints shall cry from the ground against them.

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11 Yea, they have all gone out of the way; they have become corrupted.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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;

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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.

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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,

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and leadeth them away carefully down to hell.

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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.

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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.

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24 Therefore, wo be unto him that is at ease in Zion!

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25 Wo be unto him that crieth: All is well!

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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!

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27 Yea, wo be unto him that saith: We have received, and we need no more!

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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;

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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?

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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11 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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16 Wherefore, the things of all nations shall be made known;

yea, all things shall be made known unto the children of men.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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?

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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.

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8 Wherefore, after he was baptized with water the Holy Ghost descended upon him in the form of a dove.

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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.

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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?

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11 And the Father said: Repent ye, repent ye, and be baptized in the name of my Beloved Son.

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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.

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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

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Israel.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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?

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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3 But I, Nephi, have written what I have written, and I esteem it as of great worth, and especially unto my people. 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.

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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.

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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.

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6 I glory in plainness; I glory in truth; I glory in my Jesus, for he hath redeemed my soul from hell.

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7 I have charity for my people, and great faith in Christ that I

shall meet many souls spotless at his judgment-seat.

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8 I have charity for the Jew--I say Jew, because I mean them from whence I came.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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15 For what I seal on earth, shall be brought against you at the judgment bar; for thus hath the Lord commanded me, and I must obey. Amen.

THE BOOK OF JACOB THE BROTHER OF NEPHI

The words of his preaching unto his brethren. He confoundeth a man who seeketh to overthrow the doctrine of Christ. A few words concerning the history of the people of Nephi.

Jacob 1 Chapter 1

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1 For behold, it came to pass that fifty and five years had passed away from the time that Lehi left Jerusalem; wherefore, Nephi gave me, Jacob, a commandment concerning the small plates, upon which these things are engraven.

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2 And he gave me, Jacob, a commandment that I should write upon these plates a few of the things which I consider to be most precious; that I should not touch, save it were lightly,

concerning the history of this people which are called the people of Nephi.

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3 For he said that the history of his people should be engraven upon his other plates, and that I should preserve these plates

and hand them down unto my seed, from generation to generation. Jacob 1:4

4 And if there were preaching which was sacred, or revelation which was great, or prophesying, that I should engraven the heads

of them upon these plates, and touch upon them as much as it were possible, for Christ's sake, and for the sake of our people.

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5 For because of faith and great anxiety, it truly had been made manifest unto us concerning our people, what things should happen unto them.

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6 And we also had many revelations, and the spirit of much prophecy; wherefore, we knew of Christ and his kingdom, which should come.

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7 Wherefore we labored diligently among our people, that we might persuade them to come unto Christ, and partake of the goodness of God, that they might enter into his rest, lest by any means he should swear in his wrath they should not enter in, as in the provocation in the days of temptation while the children of Israel were in the wilderness.

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8 Wherefore, we would to God that we could persuade all men not to rebel against God, to provoke him to anger, but that all men

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would believe in Christ, and view his death, and suffer his cross and bear the shame of the world; wherefore, I, Jacob, take it upon me to fulfil the commandment of my brother Nephi. Jacob 1:9

9 Now Nephi began to be old, and he saw that he must soon die; wherefore, he anointed a man to be a king and a ruler over his people now, according to the reigns of the kings.

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10 The people having loved Nephi exceedingly, he having been a great protector for them, having wielded the sword of Laban in their defence, and having labored in all his days for their welfare--

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11 Wherefore, the people were desirous to retain in remembrance his name. And whoso should reign in his stead were called by the people, second Nephi, third Nephi, and so forth, according to the reigns of the kings; and thus they were called by the people, let them be of whatever name they would.

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12 And it came to pass that Nephi died. Jacob 1:13

13 Now the people which were not Lamanites were Nephites; nevertheless, they were called Nephites, Jacobites, Josephites, Zoramites, Lamanites, Lemuelites, and Ishmaelites.

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14 But I, Jacob, shall not hereafter distinguish them by these names, but I shall call them Lamanites that seek to destroy the people of Nephi, and those who are friendly to Nephi I shall call Nephites, or the people of Nephi, according to the reigns of the kings.

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15 And now it came to pass that the people of Nephi, under the reign of the second king, began to grow hard in their hearts, and indulge themselves somewhat in wicked practices, such as like unto David of old desiring many wives and concubines, and also Solomon, his son.

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16 Yea, and they also began to search much gold and silver, and began to be lifted up somewhat in pride.

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17 Wherefore I, Jacob, gave unto them these words as I taught them in the temple, having first obtained mine errand from the Lord.

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18 For I, Jacob, and my brother Joseph had been consecrated priests and teachers of this people, by the hand of Nephi. Jacob 1:19

19 And we did magnify our office unto the Lord, taking upon us the responsibility, answering the sins of the people upon our own heads if we did not teach them the word of God with all diligence; wherefore, by laboring with our might their blood

might not come upon our garments; otherwise their blood would come upon our garments, and we would not be found spotless at the last day.

Jacob 2 Chapter 2

Jacob 2:1

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

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people of Nephi, after the death of Nephi: Jacob 2:2

2 Now, my beloved brethren, I, Jacob, according to the responsibility which I am under to God, to magnify mine office with soberness, and that I might rid my garments of your sins, I come up into the temple this day that I might declare unto you the word of God.

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3 And ye yourselves know that I have hitherto been diligent in the office of my calling; but I this day am weighed down with much more desire and anxiety for the welfare of your souls than I have hitherto been.

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4 For behold, as yet, ye have been obedient unto the word of the

Lord, which I have given unto you. Jacob 2:5

5 But behold, hearken ye unto me, and know that by the help of the all-powerful Creator of heaven and earth I can tell you concerning your thoughts, how that ye are beginning to labor in sin, which sin appeareth very abominable unto me, yea, and abominable unto God.

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6 Yea, it grieveth my soul and causeth me to shrink with shame before the presence of my Maker, that I must testify unto you concerning the wickedness of your hearts.

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7 And also it grieveth me that I must use so much boldness of speech concerning you, before your wives and your children, many of whose feelings are exceedingly tender and chaste and delicate before God, which thing is pleasing unto God;

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8 And it supposeth me that they have come up hither to hear the pleasing word of God, yea, the word which healeth the wounded soul.

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9 Wherefore, it burdeneth my soul that I should be constrained, because of the strict commandment which I have received from God, to admonish you according to your crimes, to enlarge the wounds

of those who are already wounded, instead of consoling and healing their wounds; and those who have not been wounded, instead of feasting upon the pleasing word of God have daggers placed to pierce their souls and wound their delicate minds.

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10 But, notwithstanding the greatness of the task, I must do according to the strict commands of God, and tell you concerning your wickedness and abominations, in the presence of the pure in heart, and the broken heart, and under the glance of the piercing eye of the Almighty God.

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11 Wherefore, I must tell you the truth according to the plainness of the word of God. For behold, as I inquired of the Lord, thus came the word unto me, saying: Jacob, get thou up

into the temple on the morrow, and declare the word which I shall give thee unto this people.

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12 And now behold, my brethren, this is the word which I declare unto you, that many of you have begun to search for gold, and for silver, and for all manner of precious ores, in the which this

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land, which is a land of promise unto you and to your seed, doth abound most plentifully.

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13 And the hand of providence hath smiled upon you most pleasingly, that you have obtained many riches; and because some of you have obtained more abundantly than that of your brethren ye are lifted up in the pride of your hearts, and wear stiff

necks and high heads because of the costliness of your apparel, and persecute your brethren because ye suppose that ye are better than they.

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14 And now, my brethren, do ye suppose that God justifieth you in this thing? Behold, I say unto you, Nay. But he condemneth you, and if ye persist in these things his judgments must

speedily come unto you. Jacob 2:15

15 O that he would show you that he can pierce you, and with one glance of his eye he can smite you to the dust!

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16 O that he would rid you from this iniquity and abomination. And, O that ye would listen unto the word of his commands, and let not this pride of your hearts destroy your souls!

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17 Think of your brethren like unto yourselves, and be familiar with all and free with your substance, that they may be rich like unto you.

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18 But before ye seek for riches, seek ye for the kingdom of

God.

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19 And after ye have obtained a hope in Christ ye shall obtain riches, if ye seek them; and ye will seek them for the intent to do good--to clothe the naked, and to feed the hungry, and to liberate the captive, and administer relief to the sick and the afflicted.

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20 And now, my brethren, I have spoken unto you concerning pride; and those of you which have afflicted your neighbor, and persecuted him because ye were proud in your hearts, of the things which God hath given you, what say ye of it?

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21 Do ye not suppose that such things are abominable unto him who created all flesh? And the one being is as precious in his sight as the other. And all flesh is of the dust; and for the selfsame end hath he created them, that they should keep his commandments and glorify him forever.

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22 And now I make an end of speaking unto you concerning this pride. And were it not that I must speak unto you concerning a grosser crime, my heart would rejoice exceedingly because of you. Jacob 2:23

23 But the word of God burdens me because of your grosser crimes. For behold, thus saith the Lord: This people begin to wax in iniquity; they understand not the scriptures, for they

seek to excuse themselves in committing whoredoms, because of the things which were written concerning David, and Solomon his son. Jacob 2:24

24 Behold, David and Solomon truly had many wives and

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concubines, which thing was abominable before me, saith the Lord. Jacob 2:25

25 Wherefore, thus saith the Lord, I have led this people forth out of the land of Jerusalem, by the power of mine arm, that I might raise up unto me a righteous branch from the fruit of the loins of Joseph.

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26 Wherefore, I the Lord God will not suffer that this people shall do like unto them of old.

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27 Wherefore, my brethren, hear me, and hearken to the word of the Lord: For there shall not any man among you have save it be one wife; and concubines he shall have none;

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28 For I, the Lord God, delight in the chastity of women. And whoredoms are an abomination before me; thus saith the Lord of Hosts.

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29 Wherefore, this people shall keep my commandments, saith the

Lord of Hosts, or cursed be the land for their sakes. Jacob 2:30

30 For if I will, saith the Lord of Hosts, raise up seed unto

me, I will command my people; otherwise they shall hearken unto these things.

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31 For behold, I, the Lord, have seen the sorrow, and heard the mourning of the daughters of my people in the land of Jerusalem, yea, and in all the lands of my people, because of the wickedness and abominations of their husbands.

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32 And I will not suffer, saith the Lord of Hosts, that the

cries of the fair daughters of this people, which I have led out

of the land of Jerusalem, shall come up unto me against the men of my people, saith the Lord of Hosts.

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33 For they shall not lead away captive the daughters of my people because of their tenderness, save I shall visit them with a sore curse, even unto destruction; for they shall not commit whoredoms, like unto them of old, saith the Lord of Hosts. Jacob 2:34

34 And now behold, my brethren, ye know that these commandments were given to our father, Lehi; wherefore, ye have known them

before; and ye have come unto great condemnation; for ye have done these things which ye ought not to have done.

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35 Behold, ye have done greater iniquities than the Lamanites, our brethren. Ye have broken the hearts of your tender wives, and lost the confidence of your children, because of your bad

examples before them; and the sobbings of their hearts ascend up to God against you. And because of the strictness of the word of God, which cometh down against you, many hearts died, pierced with deep wounds.

Jacob 3 Chapter 3

Jacob 3:1

1 But behold, I, Jacob, would speak unto you that are pure in heart. Look unto God with firmness of mind, and pray unto him with exceeding faith, and he will console you in your

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afflictions, and he will plead your cause, and send down justice

upon those who seek your destruction. Jacob 3:2

2 O all ye that are pure in heart, lift up your heads and

receive the pleasing word of God, and feast upon his love; for ye

may, if your minds are firm, forever.

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3 But, wo, wo, unto you that are not pure in heart, that are filthy this day before God; for except ye repent the land is cursed for your sakes; and the Lamanites, which are not filthy like unto you, nevertheless they are cursed with a sore cursing, shall scourge you even unto destruction.

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4 And the time speedily cometh, that except ye repent they shall possess the land of your inheritance, and the Lord God will lead away the righteous out from among you.

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5 Behold, the Lamanites your brethren, whom ye hate because of

their filthiness and the cursing which hath come upon their skins, are more righteous than you; for they have not forgotten the commandment of the Lord, which was given unto our father--that they should have save it were one wife, and concubines they should have none, and there should not be whoredoms committed among them.

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6 And now, this commandment they observe to keep; wherefore, because of this observance, in keeping this commandment, the Lord God will not destroy them, but will be merciful unto them; and

one day they shall become a blessed people. Jacob 3:7

7 Behold, their husbands love their wives, and their wives love their husbands; and their husbands and their wives love their children; and their unbelief and their hatred towards you is because of the iniquity of their fathers; wherefore, how much better are you than they, in the sight of your great Creator? Jacob 3:8

8 O my brethren, I fear that unless ye shall repent of your sins that their skins will be whiter than yours, when ye shall be brought with them before the throne of God.

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9 Wherefore, a commandment I give unto you, which is the word of

God, that ye revile no more against them because of the darkness of their skins; neither shall ye revile against them because of

their filthiness; but ye shall remember your own filthiness, and remember that their filthiness came because of their fathers. Jacob 3:10

10 Wherefore, ye shall remember your children, how that ye have grieved their hearts because of the example that ye have set

before them; and also, remember that ye may, because of your filthiness, bring your children unto destruction, and their sins be heaped upon your heads at the last day.

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11 O my brethren, hearken unto my words; arouse the faculties of your souls; shake yourselves that ye may awake from the slumber

of death; and loose yourselves from the pains of hell that ye may not become angels to the devil, to be cast into that lake of fire and brimstone which is the second death.

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12 And now I, Jacob, spake many more things unto the people of Nephi, warning them against fornication and lasciviousness, and every kind of sin, telling them the awful consequences of them. Jacob 3:13

13 And a hundredth part of the proceedings of this people, which now began to be numerous, cannot be written upon these plates; but many of their proceedings are written upon the larger plates, and their wars, and their contentions, and the reigns of their

kings. Jacob 3:14

14 These plates are called the plates of Jacob, and they were

made by the hand of Nephi. And I make an end of speaking these words.

Jacob 4 Chapter 4

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1 Now behold, it came to pass that I, Jacob, having ministered much unto my people in word, (and I cannot write but a little of my words, because of the difficulty of engraving our words upon plates) and we know that the things which we write upon plates must remain;

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2 But whatsoever things we write upon anything save it be upon plates must perish and vanish away; but we can write a few words upon plates, which will give our children, and also our beloved brethren, a small degree of knowledge concerning us, or concerning their fathers--

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3 Now in this thing we do rejoice; and we labor diligently to engraven these words upon plates, hoping that our beloved brethren and our children will receive them with thankful hearts, and look upon them that they may learn with joy and not with sorrow, neither with contempt, concerning their first parents. Jacob 4:4

4 For, for this intent have we written these things, that they

may know that we knew of Christ, and we had a hope of his glory many hundred years before his coming; and not only we ourselves had a hope of his glory, but also all the holy prophets which

were before us. Jacob 4:5

5 Behold, they believed in Christ and worshiped the Father in his name, and also we worship the Father in his name. And for this intent we keep the law of Moses, it pointing our souls to him; and for this cause it is sanctified unto us for

righteousness, even as it was accounted unto Abraham in the wilderness to be obedient unto the commands of God in offering up his son Isaac, which is a similitude of God and his Only Begotten Son.

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6 Wherefore, we search the prophets, and we have many revelations and the spirit of prophecy; and having all these witnesses we obtain a hope, and our faith becometh unshaken, insomuch that we truly can command in the name of Jesus and the very trees obey us, or the mountains, or the waves of the sea.

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7 Nevertheless, the Lord God showeth us our weakness that we may know that it is by his grace, and his great condescensions unto

the children of men, that we have power to do these things.

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8 Behold, great and marvelous are the works of the Lord. How unsearchable are the depths of the mysteries of him; and it is impossible that man should find out all his ways. And no man knoweth of his ways save it be revealed unto him; wherefore, brethren, despise not the revelations of God.

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9 For behold, by the power of his word man came upon the face of the earth, which earth was created by the power of his word. Wherefore, if God being able to speak and the world was, and to speak and man was created, O then, why not able to command the earth, or the workmanship of his hands upon the face of it, according to his will and pleasure?

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10 Wherefore, brethren, seek not to counsel the Lord, but to take counsel from his hand. For behold, ye yourselves know that he counseleth in wisdom, and in justice, and in great mercy, over all his works.

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11 Wherefore, beloved brethren, be reconciled unto him through the atonement of Christ, his Only Begotten Son, and ye may obtain a resurrection, according to the power of the resurrection which

is in Christ, and be presented as the first-fruits of Christ unto God, having faith, and obtained a good hope of glory in him before he manifesteth himself in the flesh.

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12 And now, beloved, marvel not that I tell you these things; for why not speak of the atonement of Christ, and attain to a perfect knowledge of him, as to attain to the knowledge of a resurrection and the world to come?

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13 Behold, my brethren, he that prophesieth, let him prophesy to the understanding of men; for the Spirit speaketh the truth and lieth not. Wherefore, it speaketh of things as they really are,

and of things as they really will be; wherefore, these things are manifested unto us plainly, for the salvation of our souls. But behold, we are not witnesses alone in these things; for God also spake them unto prophets of old.

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14 But behold, the Jews were a stiffnecked people; and they despised the words of plainness, and killed the prophets, and sought for things that they could not understand. Wherefore, because of their blindness, which blindness came by looking beyond the mark, they must needs fall; for God hath taken away his plainness from them, and delivered unto them many things which they cannot understand, because they desired it. And because they desired it God hath done it, that they may stumble. Jacob 4:15

15 And now I, Jacob, am led on by the Spirit unto prophesying; for I perceive by the workings of the Spirit which is in me, that by the stumbling of the Jews they will reject the stone upon which they might build and have safe foundation.

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16 But behold, according to the scriptures, this stone shall become the great, and the last, and the only sure foundation, upon which the Jews can build.

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17 And now, my beloved, how is it possible that these, after

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having rejected the sure foundation, can ever build upon it, that it may become the head of their corner?

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18 Behold, my beloved brethren, I will unfold this mystery unto you; if I do not, by any means, get shaken from my firmness in the Spirit, and stumble because of my over anxiety for you.

Jacob 5 Chapter 5

Jacob 5:1

1 Behold, my brethren, do ye not remember to have read the words of the prophet Zenos, which he spake unto the house of Israel, saying:

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2 Hearken, O ye house of Israel, and hear the words of me, a prophet of the Lord.

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3 For behold, thus saith the Lord, I will liken thee, O house of Israel, like unto a tame olive-tree, which a man took and nourished in his vineyard; and it grew, and waxed old, and began to decay.

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4 And it came to pass that the master of the vineyard went forth, and he saw that his olive-tree began to decay; and he said: I will prune it, and dig about it, and nourish it, that perhaps it may shoot forth young and tender branches, and it perish not.

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5 And it came to pass that he pruned it, and digged about it, and nourished it according to his word.

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6 And it came to pass that after many days it began to put forth somewhat a little, young and tender branches; but behold, the main top thereof began to perish.

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7 And it came to pass that the master of the vineyard saw it, and he said unto his servant: It grieveth me that I should lose this tree; wherefore, go and pluck the branches from a wild

olive-tree, and bring them hither unto me; and we will pluck off those main branches which are beginning to wither away, and we will cast them into the fire that they may be burned.

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8 And behold, saith the Lord of the vineyard, I take away many of these young and tender branches, and I will graft them whithersoever I will; and it mattereth not that if it so be that

the root of this tree will perish, I may preserve the fruit thereof unto myself; wherefore, I will take these young and tender branches, and I will graft them whithersoever I will. Jacob 5:9

9 Take thou the branches of the wild olive-tree, and graft them in, in the stead thereof; and these which I have plucked off I

will cast into the fire and burn them, that they may not cumber

the ground of my vineyard. Jacob 5:10

10 And it came to pass that the servant of the Lord of the vineyard did according to the word of the Lord of the vineyard, and grafted in the branches of the wild olive-tree.

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11 And the Lord of the vineyard caused that it should be digged

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about, and pruned, and nourished, saying unto his servant: It grieveth me that I should lose this tree; wherefore, that perhaps I might preserve the roots thereof that they perish not, that I might preserve them unto myself, I have done this thing.

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12 Wherefore, go thy way; watch the tree, and nourish it, according to my words.

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13 And these will I place in the nethermost part of my vineyard, whithersoever I will, it mattereth not unto thee; and I do it

that I may preserve unto myself the natural branches of the tree;

and also, that I may lay up fruit thereof against the season, unto myself; for it grieveth me that I should lose this tree and the fruit thereof.

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14 And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard went his way, and hid the natural branches of the tame olive-tree in the nethermost parts of the vineyard, some in one and some in another, according to his will and pleasure.

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15 And it came to pass that a long time passed away, and the Lord of the vineyard said unto his servant: Come, let us go down into the vineyard, that we may labor in the vineyard.

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16 And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard, and also the servant, went down into the vineyard to labor. And it came to pass that the servant said unto his master: Behold, look here; behold the tree.

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17 And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard looked and beheld the tree in the which the wild olive branches had been grafted; and it had sprung forth and begun to bear fruit. And he beheld that it was good; and the fruit thereof was like unto the natural fruit.

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18 And he said unto the servant: Behold, the branches of the wild tree have taken hold of the moisture of the root thereof, that the root thereof hath brought forth much strength; and because of the much strength of the root thereof the wild branches have brought forth tame fruit. Now, if we had not grafted in these branches, the tree thereof would have perished. And now, behold, I shall lay up much fruit, which the tree thereof hath brought forth; and the fruit thereof I shall lay up against the season, unto mine own self.

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19 And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant: Come, let us go to the nethermost part of the vineyard, and behold if the natural branches of the tree have not brought forth much fruit also, that I may lay up of the fruit thereof against the season, unto mine own self.

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20 And it came to pass that they went forth whither the master had hid the natural branches of the tree, and he said unto the servant: Behold these; and he beheld the first that it had

brought forth much fruit; and he beheld also that it was good. And he said unto the servant: Take of the fruit thereof, and lay it up against the season, that I may preserve it unto mine own self; for behold, said he, this long time have I nourished it,

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and it hath brought forth much fruit. Jacob 5:21

21 And it came to pass that the servant said unto his master: How comest thou hither to plant this tree, or this branch of the tree? For behold, it was the poorest spot in all the land of thy vineyard.

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22 And the Lord of the vineyard said unto him: Counsel me not; I

knew that it was a poor spot of ground; wherefore, I said unto thee, I have nourished it this long time, and thou beholdest that it hath brought forth much fruit.

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23 And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto his servant: Look hither; behold I have planted another branch of the tree also; and thou knowest that this spot of ground was poorer than the first. But, behold the tree. I have nourished

it this long time, and it hath brought forth much fruit; therefore, gather it, and lay it up against the season, that I may preserve it unto mine own self.

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24 And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said again unto his servant: Look hither, and behold another branch also, which I have planted; behold that I have nourished it also, and

it hath brought forth fruit. Jacob 5:25

25 And he said unto the servant: Look hither and behold the last. Behold, this have I planted in a good spot of ground; and I have nourished it this long time, and only a part of the tree hath brought forth tame fruit, and the other part of the tree

hath brought forth wild fruit; behold, I have nourished this tree like unto the others.

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26 And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant: Pluck off the branches that have not brought forth good fruit, and cast them into the fire.

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27 But behold, the servant said unto him: Let us prune it, and dig about it, and nourish it a little longer, that perhaps it may bring forth good fruit unto thee, that thou canst lay it up against the season.

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28 And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard and the servant of the Lord of the vineyard did nourish all the fruit of the vineyard.

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29 And it came to pass that a long time had passed away, and the Lord of the vineyard said unto his servant: Come, let us go down into the vineyard, that we may labor again in the vineyard. For behold, the time draweth near, and the end soon cometh; wherefore, I must lay up fruit against the season, unto mine own self.

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30 And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard and the servant went down into the vineyard; and they came to the tree whose natural branches had been broken off, and the wild branches had been grafted in; and behold all sorts of fruit did cumber the tree.

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31 And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard did taste of the fruit, every sort according to its number. And the Lord of the vineyard said: Behold, this long time have we nourished

this tree, and I have laid up unto myself against the season much fruit.

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32 But behold, this time it hath brought forth much fruit, and there is none of it which is good. And behold, there are all

kinds of bad fruit; and it profiteth me nothing, notwithstanding

all our labor; and now it grieveth me that I should lose this tree.

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33 And the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant: What shall we do unto the tree, that I may preserve again good fruit thereof unto mine own self ?

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34 And the servant said unto his master: Behold, because thou didst graft in the branches of the wild olive-tree they have nourished the roots, that they are alive and they have not perished; wherefore thou beholdest that they are yet good. Jacob 5:35

35 And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto his servant: The tree profiteth me nothing, and the roots thereof profit me nothing so long as it shall bring forth evil fruit.

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36 Nevertheless, I know that the roots are good, and for mine own purpose I have preserved them; and because of their much strength they have hitherto brought forth, from the wild branches, good fruit.

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37 But behold, the wild branches have grown and have overrun the roots thereof; and because that the wild branches have overcome

the roots thereof it hath brought forth much evil fruit; and because that it hath brought forth so much evil fruit thou beholdest that it beginneth to perish; and it will soon become ripened, that it may be cast into the fire, except we should do something for it to preserve it.

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38 And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto his servant: Let us go down into the nethermost parts of the vineyard, and behold if the natural branches have also brought forth evil fruit.

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39 And it came to pass that they went down into the nethermost parts of the vineyard. And it came to pass that they beheld that the fruit of the natural branches had become corrupt also; yea, the first and the second and also the last; and they had all

become corrupt. Jacob 5:40

40 And the wild fruit of the last had overcome that part of the tree which brought forth good fruit, even that the branch had withered away and died.

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41 And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard wept, and said unto the servant: What could I have done more for my vineyard?

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42 Behold, I knew that all the fruit of the vineyard, save it

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were these, had become corrupted. And now these which have once brought forth good fruit have also become corrupted; and now all the trees of my vineyard are good for nothing save it be to be

hewn down and cast into the fire.

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43 And behold this last, whose branch hath withered away, I did plant in a good spot of ground; yea, even that which was choice unto me above all other parts of the land of my vineyard.

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44 And thou beheldest that I also cut down that which cumbered this spot of ground, that I might plant this tree in the stead thereof.

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45 And thou beheldest that a part thereof brought forth good fruit, and a part thereof brought forth wild fruit; and because I plucked not the branches thereof and cast them into the fire, behold, they have overcome the good branch that it hath withered away.

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46 And now, behold, notwithstanding all the care which we have taken of my vineyard, the trees thereof have become corrupted, that they bring forth no good fruit; and these I had hoped to preserve, to have laid up fruit thereof against the season, unto mine own self. But, behold, they have become like unto the wild olive-tree, and they are of no worth but to be hewn down and cast into the fire; and it grieveth me that I should lose them.

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47 But what could I have done more in my vineyard? Have I slackened mine hand, that I have not nourished it, Nay, I have nourished it, and I have digged about it, and I have pruned it,

and I have dunged it; and I have stretched forth mine hand almost all the day long, and the end draweth nigh. And it grieveth me

that I should hew down all the trees of my vineyard, and cast them into the fire that they should be burned. Who is it that has corrupted my vineyard?

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48 And it came to pass that the servant said unto his master: Is it not the loftiness of thy vineyard--have not the branches thereof overcome the roots which are good? And because the

branches have overcome the roots thereof, behold they grew faster than the strength of the roots, taking strength unto themselves. Behold, I say, is not this the cause that the trees of thy

vineyard have become corrupted? Jacob 5:49

49 And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant: Let us go to and hew down the trees of the vineyard and cast them into the fire, that they shall not cumber the

ground of my vineyard, for I have done all. What could I have done more for my vineyard?

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50 But, behold, the servant said unto the Lord of the vineyard: Spare it a little longer.

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51 And the Lord said: Yea, I will spare it a little longer, for it grieveth me that I should lose the trees of my vineyard. Jacob 5:52

52 Wherefore, let us take of the branches of these which I have planted in the nethermost parts of my vineyard, and let us graft

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them into the tree from whence they came; and let us pluck from the tree those branches whose fruit is most bitter, and graft in

the natural branches of the tree in the stead thereof. Jacob 5:53

53 And this will I do that the tree may not perish, that,

perhaps, I may preserve unto myself the roots thereof for mine own purpose.

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54 And, behold, the roots of the natural branches of the tree which I planted whithersoever I would are yet alive; wherefore, that I may preserve them also for mine own purpose, I will take of the branches of this tree, and I will graft them in unto them. Yea, I will graft in unto them the branches of their mother tree, that I may preserve the roots also unto mine own self, that when they shall be sufficiently strong perhaps they may bring forth good fruit unto me, and I may yet have glory in the fruit of my vineyard.

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55 And it came to pass that they took from the natural tree which had become wild, and grafted in unto the natural trees, which also had become wild.

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56 And they also took of the natural trees which had become wild, and grafted into their mother tree.

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57 And the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant: Pluck not the wild branches from the trees, save it be those which are most bitter; and in them ye shall graft according to that which I have said.

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58 And we will nourish again the trees of the vineyard, and we will trim up the branches thereof; and we will pluck from the trees those branches which are ripened, that must perish, and cast them into the fire.

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59 And this I do that, perhaps, the roots thereof may take strength because of their goodness; and because of the change of the branches, that the good may overcome the evil.

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60 And because that I have preserved the natural branches and the roots thereof, and that I have grafted in the natural

branches again into their mother tree, and have preserved the roots of their mother tree, that, perhaps, the trees of my vineyard may bring forth again good fruit; and that I may have joy again in the fruit of my vineyard, and, perhaps, that I may rejoice exceedingly that I have preserved the roots and the branches of the first fruit--

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61 Wherefore, go to, and call servants, that we may labor diligently with our might in the vineyard, that we may prepare the way, that I may bring forth again the natural fruit, which natural fruit is good and the most precious above all other fruit.

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62 Wherefore, let us go to and labor with our might this last time, for behold the end draweth nigh, and this is for the last time that I shall prune my vineyard.

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63 Graft in the branches; begin at the last that they may be first, and that the first may be last, and dig about the trees, both old and young, the first and the last; and the last and the first, that all may be nourished once again for the last time. Jacob 5:64

64 Wherefore, dig about them, and prune them, and dung them once more, for the last time, for the end draweth nigh. And if it be

so that these last grafts shall grow, and bring forth the natural fruit, then shall ye prepare the way for them, that they may grow.

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65 And as they begin to grow ye shall clear away the branches which bring forth bitter fruit, according to the strength of the good and the size thereof; and ye shall not clear away the bad thereof all at once, lest the roots thereof should be too strong for the graft, and the graft thereof shall perish, and I lose the trees of my vineyard.

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66 For it grieveth me that I should lose the trees of my vineyard; wherefore ye shall clear away the bad according as the good shall grow, that the root and the top may be equal in strength, until the good shall overcome the bad, and the bad be

hewn down and cast into the fire, that they cumber not the ground of my vineyard; and thus will I sweep away the bad out of my vineyard.

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67 And the branches of the natural tree will I graft in again into the natural tree;

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68 And the branches of the natural tree will I graft into the natural branches of the tree; and thus will I bring them together again, that they shall bring forth the natural fruit, and they

shall be one. Jacob 5:69

69 And the bad shall be cast away, yea, even out of all the land of my vineyard; for behold, only this once will I prune my vineyard.

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70 And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard sent his servant; and the servant went and did as the Lord had commanded him, and brought other servants; and they were few.

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71 And the Lord of the vineyard said unto them: Go to, and labor in the vineyard, with your might. For behold, this is the last

time that I shall nourish my vineyard; for the end is nigh at hand, and the season speedily cometh; and if ye labor with your might with me ye shall have joy in the fruit which I shall lay up unto myself against the time which will soon come.

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72 And it came to pass that the servants did go and labor with their mights; and the Lord of the vineyard labored also with them; and they did obey the commandments of the Lord of the vineyard in all things.

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73 And there began to be the natural fruit again in the vineyard; and the natural branches began to grow and thrive exceedingly; and the wild branches began to be plucked off and to be cast away; and they did keep the root and the top thereof

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equal, according to the strength thereof. Jacob 5:74

74 And thus they labored, with all diligence, according to the commandments of the Lord of the vineyard, even until the bad had been cast away out of the vineyard, and the Lord had preserved

unto himself that the trees had become again the natural fruit; and they became like unto one body; and the fruits were equal; and the Lord of the vineyard had preserved unto himself the natural fruit, which was most precious unto him from the beginning.

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75 And it came to pass that when the Lord of the vineyard saw that his fruit was good, and that his vineyard was no more corrupt, he called up his servants, and said unto them: Behold, for this last time have we nourished my vineyard; and thou beholdest that I have done according to my will; and I have preserved the natural fruit, that it is good, even like as it was

in the beginning. And blessed art thou; for because ye have been diligent in laboring with me in my vineyard, and have kept my commandments, and have brought unto me again the natural fruit, that my vineyard is no more corrupted, and the bad is cast away, behold ye shall have joy with me because of the fruit of my vineyard.

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76 For behold, for a long time will I lay up of the fruit of my vineyard unto mine own self against the season, which speedily cometh; and for the last time have I nourished my vineyard, and pruned it, and dug about it, and dunged it; wherefore I will lay

up unto mine own self of the fruit, for a long time, according to that which I have spoken.

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77 And when the time cometh that evil fruit shall again come into my vineyard, then will I cause the good and the bad to be gathered; and the good will I preserve unto myself, and the bad will I cast away into its own place. And then cometh the season and the end; and my vineyard will I cause to be burned with fire. Jacob 6 Chapter 6

Jacob 6:1

1 And now, behold, my brethren, as I said unto you that I would prophesy, behold, this is my prophecy--that the things which this prophet Zenos spake, concerning the house of Israel, in the which he likened them unto a tame olive-tree, must surely come to pass. Jacob 6:2

2 And the day that he shall set his hand again the second time to recover his people, is the day, yea, even the last time, that

the servants of the Lord shall go forth in his power, to nourish and prune his vineyard; and after that the end soon cometh. Jacob 6:3

3 And how blessed are they who have labored diligently in his vineyard; and how cursed are they who shall be cast out into their own place! And the world shall be burned with fire.

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4 And how merciful is our God unto us, for he remembereth the house of Israel, both roots and branches; and he stretches forth his hands unto them all the day long; and they are a stiffnecked and a gainsaying people; but as many as will not harden their hearts shall be saved in the kingdom of God.

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5 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, I beseech of you in words of soberness that ye would repent, and come with full purpose of heart, and cleave unto God as he cleaveth unto you. And while

his arm of mercy is extended towards you in the light of the day, harden not your hearts.

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6 Yea, today, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts;

for why will ye die? Jacob 6:7

7 For behold, after ye have been nourished by the good word of

God all the day long, will ye bring forth evil fruit, that ye

must be hewn down and cast into the fire?

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8 Behold, will ye reject these words? Will ye reject the words

of the prophets; and will ye reject all the words which have been spoken concerning Christ, after so many have spoken concerning him; and deny the good word of Christ, and the power of God, and the gift of the Holy Ghost, and quench the Holy Spirit, and make

a mock of the great plan of redemption, which hath been laid for you?

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9 Know ye not that if ye will do these things, that the power of the redemption and the resurrection, which is in Christ, will bring you to stand with shame and awful guilt before the bar of God?

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