Advanced Chiasmus or Menorah Patterns in The Book of Second Nephi

✡ Book of 2 Nephi Chapter 1

✡ Book of 2 Nephi Chapter 2

✡ Book of 2 Nephi Chapter 3

✡ Book of 2 Nephi Chapter 4

✡Book of 2 Nephi Chapter 5

Book of 2 Nephi Chapter 6

✡ Book of 2 Nephi Chapter 7

✡ Book of 2 Nephi Chapter 8

✡ Book of 2 Nephi Chapter 9

✡ Book of 2 Nephi Chapter 10

✡ Book of 2 Nephi Chapter 11

✡ Book of 2 Nephi Chapter 12

✡ Book of 2 Nephi Chapter 13A

✡ Book of 2 Nephi Chapter 13B

✡ Book of 2 Nephi Chapter 14

✡ Book of 2 Nephi Chapter 15

✡ Book of 2 Nephi Chapter 16

✡ Book of 2 Nephi Chapter 17

✡ Book of 2 Nephi Chapter 18

✡ Book of 2 Nephi Chapter 19A

✡ Book of 2 Nephi Chapter 19B

✡ Book of 2 Nephi Chapter 20A

✡ Book of 2 Nephi Chapter 20B

✡ Book of 2 Nephi Chapter 21

✡ Book of 2 Nephi Chapter 22

✡ Book of 2 Nephi Chapter 23

✡ Book of 2 Nephi Chapter 24A

✡ Book of 2 Nephi Chapter 24B

✡ Book of 2 Nephi Chapter 25

✡ Book of 2 Nephi Chapter 26

✡ Book of 2 Nephi Chapter 27A

✡ Book of 2 Nephi Chapter 27B

✡ Book of 2 Nephi Chapter 28

✡ Book of 2 Nephi Chapter 29

✡ Book of 2 Nephi Chapter 30

✡ Book of 2 Nephi Chapter 31

✡ Book of 2 Nephi Chapter 32

✡ Book of 2 Nephi Chapter 33

Chapter 1 2 Nephi 1:1 1 And now it came to pass that after I, Nephi(נפחי), had made an end of teaching my brethren, our father, Lehi, also spake many things unto them, and rehearsed unto them, how great things the Lord had done for them in bringing them out of the land of Jerusalem.

2 Nephi 1:28 28 And now my son, Laman, and also Lemuel and Sam, and also my sons who are the sons of Ishmael, behold, if ye will hearken unto the voice of Nephi ye shall not perish.

2 Nephi 1:30 30 And now Zoram, I speak unto you: Behold, thou art the servant of Laban; nevertheless, thou hast been brought out of the land of Jerusalem, and I know that thou art a true friend unto my son, Nephi(נפחי), forever.

Chapter 2 2 Nephi 2:1 1 And now, Jacob, I speak unto you: Thou art my first-born in the days of my tribulation in the wilderness.

2 Nephi 2:14 14 And now, my sons, I speak unto you these things for your profit and learning; for there is a God, and he hath created all things, both the heavens and the earth, and all things that in them are, both things to act and things to be acted upon.

Chapter 3 2 Nephi 3:1 1 And now I speak unto you, Joseph, my last-born.

2 Nephi 3:25 25 And now, blessed art thou, Joseph.

2 Nephi 3:3 3 And now, Joseph, my last-born, whom I have brought out of the wilderness of mine afflictions, may the Lord bless thee forever, for thy seed shall not utterly be destroyed.

2 Nephi 3:22 22 And now, behold, my son Joseph, after this manner did my father of old prophesy.

2 Nephi 3:11 11 But a seer will I raise up out of the fruit of thy loins; and unto him will I give power to bring forth my word unto the seed of thy loins--and not to the bringing forth my word only, saith the Lord, but to the convincing them of my word, which shall have already gone forth among them.

2 Nephi 3:17 17 And the Lord hath said: I will raise up a Moses; and I will give power unto him in a rod; and I will give judgment unto him in writing.

✡  2 Nephi 3:14 14 And thus prophesied Joseph, saying: Behold, that seer will the Lord bless; and they that seek to destroy him shall be confounded; for this promise, which I have obtained of the Lord, of the fruit of my loins, shall be fulfilled.

Chapter 4 2 Nephi 4:1 1 And now, I, Nephi(נפחי), speak concerning the prophecies of which my father hath spoken, concerning Joseph, who was carried into Egypt.

2 Nephi 4:15 15 And upon these I write the things of my soul, and many of the scriptures which are engraven upon the plates of brass.

2 Nephi 4:28 28 Awake, my soul!

No longer droop in sin.

2 Nephi 4:17 17 Nevertheless, notwithstanding the great goodness of the Lord, in showing me his great and marvelous works, my heart exclaimeth: O wretched man that I am!

Yea, my heart sorroweth because of my flesh; my soul grieveth because of mine iniquities.

2 Nephi 4:26 26 O then, if I have seen so great things, if the Lord in his condescension unto the children of men hath visited men in so much mercy, why should my heart weep and my soul linger in the valley of sorrow, and my flesh waste away, and my strength slacken, because of mine afflictions?

✡  2 Nephi 4:20 20 My God hath been my support; he hath led me through mine afflictions in the wilderness; and he hath preserved me upon the waters of the great deep.

Chapter 5 2 Nephi 5:1 1 Behold, it came to pass that I, Nephi(נפחי), did cry much unto the Lord my God, because of the anger of my brethren.

2 Nephi 5:30 30 And it came to pass that the Lord God said unto me:

• Make other plates; and thou shalt
• engraven many things upon them which are
• good in my sight, for the
• profit of thy people.

2 Nephi 5:6 6 Wherefore, it came to pass that I, Nephi(נפחי), did take my family, and also Zoram and his family, and Sam, mine elder brother and his family, and Jacob and Joseph, my younger brethren, and also my sisters, and all those who would go with me.

2 Nephi 5:26 26 And it came to pass that I, Nephi(נפחי), did consecrate Jacob and Joseph, that they should be priests and teachers over the land of my people.

2 Nephi 5:13 13 And it came to pass that we began to prosper exceedingly, and to multiply in the land.

2 Nephi 5:19 19 And behold, the words of the Lord had been fulfilled unto my brethren, which he spake concerning them, that I should be their ruler and their teacher.

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2 Nephi 5:14 14 And I, Nephi(נפחי), did take the sword of Laban, and after the manner of it did make many swords, lest by any means the people who were now called Lamanites should come upon us and destroy us; for I knew their hatred towards me and my children and those who were called my people.	2 Nephi 5:18 18 And it came to pass that they would that I should be their king. But I, Nephi(נפחי), was desirous that they should have no king; nevertheless, I did for them according to that which was in my power.
2 Nephi 5:15 15 And I did teach my people to build buildings, and to work in all manner of wood, and of iron, and of copper, and of brass, and of steel, and of gold, and of silver, and of precious ores, which were in great abundance.	2 Nephi 5:17 17 And it came to pass that I, Nephi(נפחי), did cause my people to be industrious, and to labor with their hands.

✡  2 Nephi 5:16 16 And I, Nephi(נפחי), did build a temple; and I did construct it after the manner of the temple of Solomon save it were not built of so many precious things; for they were not to be found upon the land, wherefore, it could not be built like unto Solomon's temple. But the manner of the construction was like unto the temple of Solomon; and the workmanship thereof was exceedingly fine.

• Nephi 7:1 1 Yea, for thus saith the Lord: Have I put thee away, or have I cast thee off forever? For thus saith the Lord: Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement? To whom have I put thee away, or to which of my creditors have I sold you? Yea, to whom have I sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
• 2 Nephi 7:2 2 Wherefore, when I came, there was no man; when I called, yea, there was none to answer. O house of Israel, is my hand shortened at all that it cannot redeem, or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make their rivers a wilderness and their fish to stink because the waters are dried up, and they die because of thirst.
• 2 Nephi 7:3 3 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

• 2 Nephi 7:9 9 For the Lord God will help me. And all they who shall condemn me, behold, all they shall wax old as a garment, and the moth shall eat them up.
• 2 Nephi 7:10 10 Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness and hath no light?
• 2 Nephi 7:11 11 Behold all ye that kindle fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks, walk in the light of your fire and in the sparks which ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand--ye shall lie down in sorrow.

• 2 Nephi 7:4 4 The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season unto thee, O house of Israel. When ye are weary he waketh morning by morning. He waketh mine ear to hear as the learned.
• 2 Nephi 7:5 5 The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.
• 2 Nephi 7:6 6 I gave my back to the smiter, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair. I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

• 2 Nephi 7:7a 7a For the Lord God will help me, therefore shall I not be confounded.
• 2 Nephi 7:7b 7b Therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
• 2 Nephi 7:8 8 And the Lord is near, and he justifieth me. Who will contend with me? Let us stand together. Who is mine adversary? Let him come near me, and I will smite him with the strength of my mouth.

ט הן אדני יהוה יעזר-לי, מי-הוא ירשיעני; הן כלם כבגד יבלו, עש יאכלם. ט

א כה אמר יהוה, אי זה ספר כריתות אמכם אשר שלחתיה, או מי מנושי, אשר-מכרתי אתכם לו; הן בעונתיכם נמכרתם, ובפשעיכם שלחה אמכם. א

ז ואדני יהוה יעזר-לי, על-כן לא נכלמתי; על-כן שמתי פני, כחלמיש, ואדע, כי-לא אבוש. ז

ד אדני יהוה, נתן לי לשון למודים, לדעת לעות את-יעף, דבר; יעיר בבקר בבקר, יעיר לי אזן, לשמע, כלמודים. ד

• 2 Nephi 8:1 1 Hearken unto me, ye that follow after righteousness. Look unto the rock from whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit from whence ye are digged.
• 2 Nephi 8:2 2 Look unto Abraham, your father, and unto Sarah, she that bare you; for I called him alone, and blessed him.
• 2 Nephi 8:3 3 For the Lord shall comfort Zion, he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving and the voice of melody.

• 2 Nephi 8:24 24 Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
• 2 Nephi 8:25 25 Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit down, O Jerusalem; loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

• 2 Nephi 8:4 4 Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation; for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light for the people.
• 2 Nephi 8:5 5 My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arm shall judge the people. The isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
• 2 Nephi 8:6 6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner. But my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

• 2 Nephi 8:17 17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his fury--thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling wrung out--
• 2 Nephi 8:18 18 And none to guide her among all the sons she hath brought forth; neither that taketh her by the hand, of all the sons she hath brought up.
• 2 Nephi 8:19 19 These two sons are come unto thee, who shall be sorry for thee--thy desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword--and by whom shall I comfort thee?
• 2 Nephi 8:20 20 Thy sons have fainted, save these two; they lie at the head of all the streets; as a wild bull in a net, they are full of the fury of the Lord, the rebuke of thy God.
• 2 Nephi 8:21 21 Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, and not with wine:
• 2 Nephi 8:22 22 Thus saith thy Lord, the Lord and thy God pleadeth the cause of his people; behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again.
• 2 Nephi 8:23 23 But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; who have said to thy soul: Bow down, that we may go over--and thou hast laid thy body as the ground and as the street to them that went over.

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  2 Nephi 8:7 7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart I have written my law, fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.

• 2 Nephi 8:8 8 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool.

  But my righteousness shall be forever, and my salvation from generation to generation.

• 2 Nephi 8:9 9 Awake, awake! Put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake as in the ancient days. Art thou not he that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
• 2 Nephi 8:10 10 Art thou not he who hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?
• 2 Nephi 8:11 11 Therefore, the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy and holiness shall be upon their heads; and they shall obtain gladness and joy; sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
• 2 Nephi 8:12 12 I am he; yea, I am he that comforteth you. Behold, who art thou, that thou shouldst be afraid of man, who shall die, and of the son of man, who shall be made like unto grass?
• 2 Nephi 8:13 13 And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth, and hast feared continually every day, because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? And where is the fury of the oppressor?
• 2 Nephi 8:14 14 The captive exile hasteneth, that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.
• 2 Nephi 8:15 15 But I am the Lord thy God, whose waves roared; the Lord of Hosts is my name. 2 Nephi 8:16 16 And I have put my words in thy mouth, and have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion: Behold, thou art my people.

הב:א עורי עורי לבשי עזך, ציון: לבשי בגדי תפארתך, ירושלם עיר הקדש--כי לא יוסיף יבא-בך עוד, ערל וטמא. א

הא:א שמעו אלי רדפי צדק, מבקשי יהוה; הביטו אל-צורחצבתם, ואל-מקבת בור נקרתם. א

הא:יז התעוררי התעוררי, קומי ירושלם, אשר שתית מיד יהוה, את-כוס חמתו; את-קבעת כוס התרעלה, שתית--מצית. יז

הא:ד הקשיבו אלי עמי, ולאומי אלי האזינו: כי תורה, מאתי תצא, ומשפטי, לאור עמים ארגיע. ד

הא:ט עורי עורי לבשי-עז, זרוע יהוה--עורי כימי קדם, דרות עולמים; הלוא את-היא המחצבת רהב, מחוללת תנין. ט

הא:ז שמעו אלי ידעי צדק, עם תורתי בלבם: אל-תיראו חרפת אנוש, ומגדפתם אל-תחתו. ז

Chapter 9 2 Nephi 9:1 1 And now, my beloved brethren, I have read these things that ye might know concerning the covenants of the Lord that he has covenanted with all the house of Israel-- 2 Nephi 9:2 2 That he has spoken unto the Jews, by the mouth of his holy prophets, even from the beginning down, from generation to generation, until the time comes that they shall be restored to the true church and fold of God; when they shall be gathered home to the lands of their inheritance, and shall be established in all their lands of promise.

• 2 Nephi 9:52 52 Behold, my beloved brethren, remember the words of your God; pray unto him continually by day, and give thanks unto his holy name by night. Let your hearts rejoice.
• 2 Nephi 9:53 53 And behold how great the covenants of the Lord, and how great his condescensions unto the children of men; and because of his greatness, and his grace and mercy, he has promised unto us that our seed shall not utterly be destroyed, according to the flesh, but that he would preserve them; and in future generations they shall become a righteous branch unto the house of Israel.
• 2 Nephi 9:54 54 And now, my brethren, I would speak unto you more; but on the morrow I will declare unto you the remainder of my words. Amen.

• 2 Nephi 9:3 3 Behold, my beloved brethren, I speak unto you these things that ye may rejoice, and lift up your heads forever, because of the blessings which the Lord God shall bestow upon your children.
• 2 Nephi 9:4 4 For I know that ye have searched much, many of you, to know of things to come; wherefore I know that ye know that our flesh must waste away and die; nevertheless, in our bodies we shall see God.
• 2 Nephi 9:5 5 Yea, I know that ye know that in the body he shall show himself unto those at Jerusalem, from whence we came; for it is expedient that it should be among them; for it behooveth the great Creator that he suffereth himself to become subject unto man in the flesh, and die for all men, that all men might become subject unto him.
• 2 Nephi 9:6 6 For as death hath passed upon all men, to fulfil the merciful plan of the great Creator, there must needs be a power of resurrection, and the resurrection must needs come unto man by reason of the fall; and the fall came by reason of transgression; and because man became fallen they were cut off from the presence of the Lord.
• 2 Nephi 9:7 7 Wherefore, it must needs be an infinite atonement--save it should be an infinite atonement this corruption could not put on incorruption. Wherefore, the first judgment which came upon man must needs have remained to an endless duration. And if so, this flesh must have laid down to rot and to crumble to its mother earth, to rise no more.

• 2 Nephi 9:47 47 But behold, my brethren, is it expedient that I should awake you to an awful reality of these things? Would I harrow up your souls if your minds were pure? Would I be plain unto you according to the plainness of the truth if ye were freed from sin?
• 2 Nephi 9:48 48 Behold, if ye were holy I would speak unto you of holiness; but as ye are not holy, and ye look upon me as a teacher, it must needs be expedient that I teach you the consequences of sin.
• 2 Nephi 9:49 49 Behold, my soul abhorreth sin, and my heart delighteth in righteousness; and I will praise the holy name of my God.
• 2 Nephi 9:50 50 Come, my brethren, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters; and he that hath no money, come buy and eat; yea, come buy wine and milk without money and without price.
• 2 Nephi 9:51 51 Wherefore, do not spend money for that which is of no worth, nor your labor for that which cannot satisfy. Hearken diligently unto me, and remember the words which I have spoken; and come unto the Holy One of Israel, and feast upon that which perisheth not, neither can be corrupted, and let your soul delight in fatness.

2 Nephi 9:8 8 O the wisdom of God, his mercy and grace!

For behold, if the flesh should rise no more our spirits must become subject to that angel who fell from before the presence of the Eternal God, and became the devil, to rise no more.

2 Nephi 9:9 9 And our spirits must have become like unto him, and we become devils, angels to a devil, to be shut out from the presence of our God, and to remain with the father of lies, in misery, like unto himself; yea, to that being who beguiled our first parents, who transformeth himself nigh unto an angel of light, and stirreth up the children of men unto secret combinations of murder and all manner of secret works of darkness.

2 Nephi 9:10 10 O how great the goodness of our God, who prepareth a way for our escape from the grasp of this awful monster; yea, that monster, death and hell, which I call the death of the body, and also the death of the spirit.

2 Nephi 9:11 11 And because of the way of deliverance of our God, the Holy One of Israel,

this death, of
which I have spoken, which is the
temporal, shall
deliver up its dead;
which death is the grave.

2 Nephi 9:12 12 And

this death of
which I have spoken, which is the
spiritual death, shall
deliver up its dead;
which spiritual death is hell;
wherefore, death and hell must deliver up their dead, and hell must deliver up its captive spirits, and the grave must deliver up its captive bodies, and the bodies and the spirits of men will be restored one to the other; and it is by the power of the resurrection of the Holy One of Israel.
2 Nephi 9:13 13 O how great the plan of our God!

For on the other hand, the paradise of God must deliver up the spirits of the righteous, and the grave deliver up the body of the righteous; and the spirit and the body is restored to itself again, and all men become incorruptible, and immortal, and they are living souls, having a perfect knowledge like unto us in the flesh, save it be that our knowledge shall be perfect.

2 Nephi 9:14 14 Wherefore, we shall have a perfect knowledge of all our guilt, and our uncleanness, and our nakedness; and the righteous shall have a perfect knowledge of their enjoyment, and their righteousness, being clothed with purity, yea, even with the robe of righteousness.

( ✹ ) 2 Nephi 9:15 15 And it shall come to pass that when all men shall have passed from this first death unto life, insomuch as they have become immortal, they must appear before the judgment-seat of the Holy One of Israel; and then cometh the judgment, and then must they be judged according to the holy judgment of God.

2 Nephi 9:16 16 And assuredly, as the Lord liveth, for the Lord God hath spoken it, and it is his eternal word, which cannot pass away, that they who are righteous shall be righteous still, and they who are filthy shall be filthy still; wherefore, they who are filthy are the devil and his angels; and they shall go away into everlasting fire; prepared for them; and their torment is as a lake of fire and brimstone, whose flame ascendeth up forever and ever and has no end.

2 Nephi 9:17 17 O the greatness and the justice of our God!

For he executeth all his words, and they have gone forth out of his mouth, and his law must be fulfilled.

2 Nephi 9:18 18 But, behold, the righteous, the saints of the Holy One of Israel, they who have believed in the Holy One of Israel, they who have endured the crosses of the world, and despised the shame of it, they shall inherit the kingdom of God, which was prepared for them from the foundation of the world, and their joy shall be full forever.

2 Nephi 9:19 19 O the greatness of the mercy of our God, the Holy One of Israel!

For he delivereth his saints from that awful monster the devil, and death, and hell, and that lake of fire and brimstone, which is endless torment.

2 Nephi 9:20 20 O how great the holiness of our God!

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

2 Nephi 9:21 21 And he cometh into the world that he may save all men if they will hearken unto his voice; for behold, he suffereth the pains of all men, yea, the pains of every living creature, both men, women, and children, who belong to the family of Adam.

2 Nephi 9:22 22 And he suffereth this that the resurrection might pass upon all men, that all might stand before him at the great and judgment day.

2 Nephi 9:23 23 And he commandeth all men that they must repent, and be baptized in his name, having perfect faith in the Holy One of Israel, or they cannot be saved in the kingdom of God.

2 Nephi 9:24 24 And if they will not repent and believe in his name, and be baptized in his name, and endure to the end, they must be damned; for the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has spoken it.

2 Nephi 9:25 25 Wherefore, he has given a law; and where there is no law given there is no punishment; and where there is no punishment there is no condemnation; and where there is no condemnation the mercies of the Holy One of Israel have claim upon them, because of the atonement; for they are delivered by the power of him.

2 Nephi 9:26 26 For the atonement satisfieth the demands of his justice upon all those who have not the law given to them, that they are delivered from that awful monster, death and hell, and the devil, and the lake of fire and brimstone, which is endless torment; and they are restored to that God who gave them breath, which is the Holy One of Israel.

2 Nephi 9:39 39 O, my beloved brethren, remember the awfulness in transgressing against that Holy God, and also the awfulness of yielding to the enticings of that cunning one. Remember, to be carnally-minded is death, and to be spiritually-minded is life eternal.
2 Nephi 9:40 40 O, my beloved brethren, give ear to my words. Remember the greatness of the Holy One of Israel. Do not say that I have spoken hard things against you; for if ye do, ye will revile against the truth; for I have spoken the words of your Maker. I know that the words of truth are hard against all uncleanness; but the righteous fear them not, for they love the truth and are not shaken.
2 Nephi 9:41 41 O then, my beloved brethren, come unto the Lord, the Holy One. Remember that his paths are righteous. Behold, the way for man is narrow, but it lieth in a straight course before him, and the keeper of the gate is the Holy One of Israel; and he employeth no servant there; and there is none other way save it be by the gate; for he cannot be deceived, for the Lord God is his name.

2 Nephi 9:42 42 And whoso knocketh, to him

will he open; and the wise, and the learned, and they that are rich, who are
puffed up because of
their learning, and their wisdom,
and their riches
--yea, they are they whom he despiseth; and save they shall cast
these things away, and consider
themselves fools before God, and come down in the
depths of humility,
he will not open unto them.

2 Nephi 9:43 43 But the things of the wise and the prudent shall be hid from them forever--yea, that happiness which is prepared for the saints.

2 Nephi 9:44 44 O, my beloved brethren, remember my words. Behold, I take off my garments, and I shake them before you; I pray the God of my salvation that he view me with his all-searching eye; wherefore, ye shall know at

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

2 Nephi 9:45 45 O, my beloved brethren, turn away from your sins;

shake off the chains of him that would bind you fast; come unto that
God who is the rock of your salvation. 2 Nephi 9:46 46 Prepare your souls for that glorious day when
justice shall be administered unto the righteous, even
the day of judgment, that ye may not shrink with awful fear; that ye may not remember your awful guilt in perfectness, and be constrained to exclaim: Holy, holy are thy judgments,

O Lord God Almighty--but I know my guilt; I transgressed thy law, and my transgressions are mine; and the devil hath obtained me, that I am a prey to his awful misery.

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2 Nephi 9:27 27 But wo unto him that has the law given, yea, that has all the commandments of God, like unto us, and that transgresseth them, and that wasteth the days of his probation, for awful is his state!

Chapter 10 2 Nephi 10:1 1 And now I, Jacob, speak unto you again, my beloved brethren, concerning this righteous branch of which I have spoken.

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 10:2 2 For behold, the promises which we have obtained are promises unto us according to the flesh; wherefore, as it has been shown unto me that many of our children shall perish in the flesh because of unbelief, nevertheless, God will be merciful unto many; and our children shall be restored, that they may come to that which will give them the true knowledge of their Redeemer.
• 2 Nephi 10:3 3 Wherefore, as I said unto you, it must needs be expedient that Christ--for in the last night the angel spake unto me that this should be his name--should come among the Jews, among those who are the more wicked part of the world; and they shall crucify him--for thus it behooveth our God, and there is none other nation on earth that would crucify their God.
• 2 Nephi 10:4 4 For should the mighty miracles be wrought among other nations they would repent, and know that he be their God.
• 2 Nephi 10:5 5 But because of priestcrafts and iniquities, they at Jerusalem will stiffen their necks against him, that he be crucified.
• 2 Nephi 10:6 6 Wherefore, because of their iniquities, destructions, famines, pestilences, and bloodshed shall come upon them; and they who shall not be destroyed shall be scattered among all nations.

• 2 Nephi 10:22a 22a For behold, the Lord God has led away from time to time from the house of Israel, according to his will and pleasure.
• 2 Nephi 10:22b 22b And now behold, the Lord remembereth all them who have been broken off, wherefore he remembereth us also.
• 2 Nephi 10:23 23 Therefore, cheer up your hearts, and remember that ye are free to act for yourselves--to choose the way of everlasting death or the way of eternal life.
• 2 Nephi 10:24 24 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, reconcile yourselves to the will of God, and not to the will of the devil and the flesh; and remember, after ye are reconciled unto God, that it is only in and through the grace of God that ye are saved.
• 2 Nephi 10:25 25 Wherefore, may God raise you from death by the power of the resurrection, and also from everlasting death by the power of the atonement, that ye may be received into the eternal kingdom of God, that ye may praise him through grace divine. Amen.

2 Nephi 10:7 7 But behold, thus saith the Lord God: When the day cometh that they shall believe in me, that I am Christ, then have I covenanted with their fathers that they shall be restored in the flesh, upon the earth, unto the lands of their inheritance.

2 Nephi 10:20 20 And now, my beloved brethren, seeing that our merciful God has given us so great knowledge concerning these things, let us remember him, and lay aside our sins, and not hang down our heads, for we are not cast off; nevertheless, we have been driven out of the land of our inheritance; but we have been led to a better land, for the Lord has made the sea our path, and we are upon an isle of the sea.

( ✹ ) 2 Nephi 10:8 8 And it shall come to pass that they shall be gathered in from their long dispersion, from the isles of the sea, and from the four parts of the earth; and the nations of the Gentiles shall be great in the eyes of me, saith God, in carrying them forth to the lands of their inheritance.

2 Nephi 10:17 17 For I will fulfil my promises which I have made unto the children of men, that I will do unto them while they are in the flesh-- 2 Nephi 10:18 18 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, thus saith our God: I will afflict thy seed by the hand of the Gentiles; nevertheless, I will soften the hearts of the Gentiles, that they shall be like unto a father to them; wherefore, the Gentiles shall be blessed and numbered among the house of Israel.

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

2 Nephi 11:2 2 And now I, Nephi(נפחי), write more of the words of Isaiah, for my soul delighteth in his words.

2 Nephi 11:8 8 And now I write some of the words of Isaiah, that whoso of my people shall see these words may lift up their hearts and rejoice for all men.

✡  2 Nephi 11:4 4 Behold, my soul delighteth in proving unto my people the truth of the coming of Christ; for, for this end hath the law of Moses been given; and all things which have been given of God from the beginning of the world, unto man, are the typifying of him.

• 2 Nephi 12:1 1 The word that Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem: ( ✹ ) 2 Nephi 12:2 2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, when the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills, and all nations shall flow unto it.
• 2 Nephi 12:3 3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths; for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
• 2 Nephi 12:4 4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plow-shares, and their spears into pruning-hooks--nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

2 Nephi 12:22 22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for wherein is he to be accounted of?

2 Nephi 12:5-10

• 5 O house of Jacob, come ye and let us walk in the light of the Lord; yea, come, for ye have all gone astray, every one to his wicked ways. 6 Therefore, O Lord, thou hast forsaken thy people, the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and hearken unto soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.
• 7 Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots. 8 Their land is also full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made. 9 And the mean man boweth not down, and the great man humbleth himself not, therefore, forgive him not.
• 2 Nephi 12:10 10 O ye wicked ones, enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for the fear of the Lord and the glory of his majesty shall smite thee.

2 Nephi 12:19-21

• 19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for the fear of the Lord shall come upon them and the glory of his majesty shall smite them, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
• 20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which he hath made for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
• 21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for the fear of the Lord shall come upon them and the majesty of his glory shall smite them, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

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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.
• 12-16 For the day of the Lord of Hosts soon cometh upon all nations,
• yea, upon every one;
• , upon the proud and lofty,
• upon every one who is lifted up, and he shall be brought low.
• 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;
• And upon all the high mountains,
• and upon all the hills,
• and upon all the nations which are lifted up,
• and upon every people;
• And upon every high tower,
• and upon every fenced wall;
• And upon all the ships of the sea,
• and upon all the ships of Tarshish,
• and upon all pleasant pictures.
• 17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low; and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. 18 And the idols he shall utterly abolish.

כב חדלו לכם מן-האדם, אשר נשמה באפו: כי-במה נחשב, הוא. כב

א הדבר אשר חזה, ישעיהו בן-אמוץ, על-יהודה, וירושלם. א

ב והיה באחרית הימים, נכון יהיה הר בית-יהוה בראש ההרים, ונשא, מגבעות; ונהרו אליו, כל-הגוים. ב

ג והלכו עמים רבים, ואמרו לכו ונעלה אל-הר-יהוה אל-בית אלהי יעקב, וירנו מדרכיו, ונלכה בארחתיו: כי מציון תצא תורה, ודבר-יהוה מירושלם. ג

ד ושפט בין הגוים, והוכיח לעמים רבים; וכתתו חרבותם לאתים, וחניתותיהם למזמרות--לא-ישא גוי אל-גוי חרב, ולא-ילמדו עוד מלחמה. ד

יח והאלילים, כליל יחלף. יח

ה בית, יעקב--לכו ונלכה, באור יהוה. ה

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יא עיני גבהות אדם, שפל, ושח, רום אנשים; ונשגב יהוה לבדו, ביום ההוא. יא

• 2 Nephi 13:1 1 For behold, the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem, and from Judah, the stay and the staff, the whole staff of bread, and the whole stay of water--
• 2 Nephi 13:2 2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient; 2 Nephi 13:3 3 The captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counselor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
• 2 Nephi 13:4 4 And I will give children unto them to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
• 2 Nephi 13:5a 5a And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor;
• 2 Nephi 13:5b 5b the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honorable.
• 2 Nephi 13:6 6 When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, and shall say: Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let not this ruin come under thy hand-- 2 Nephi 13:7 7 In that day shall he swear, saying: I will not be a healer; for in my house there is neither bread nor clothing; make me not a ruler of the people.
• 2 Nephi 13:8 8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen, because their tongues and their doings have been against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of his glory. 2 Nephi 13:9A 9A The show of their countenance doth witness against them, and doth declare their sin to be even as Sodom, and they cannot hide it.

• Nephi 13:12 12 And my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they who lead thee cause thee to err and destroy the way of thy paths.
• 2 Nephi 13:13 13 The Lord standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.
• 2 Nephi 13:14 14 The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people and the princes thereof; for ye have eaten up the vineyard and the spoil of the poor in your houses.
• 2 Nephi 13:15 15 What mean ye? Ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor, saith the Lord God of Hosts.

• 2 Nephi 13:9B 9B Wo unto their souls, for they have rewarded evil unto themselves!

• 2 Nephi 13:11 11 Wo unto the wicked, for they shall perish; for the reward of their hands shall be upon them!

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• 2 Nephi 13:10 10 Say unto the righteous that it is well with them; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

יב עמי נגשיו מעולל, ונשים משלו בו; עמי מאשריך מתעים, ודרך ארחתיך בלעו. יב

א כי הנה האדון יהוה צבאות, מסיר מירושלם ומיהודה, משען, ומשענה: כל, משען-לחם, וכל, משען-מים. א

יא אוי, לרשע רע: כי-גמול ידיו,יעשה לו. יא

ט הכרת פניהם ענתה בם, וחטאתם כסדם הגידו לא כחדו; אוי לנפשם, כי-גמלו להם רעה. ט

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י אמרו צדיק, כי-טוב: כי-פרי מעלליהם, יאכלו. י

• 2 Nephi 13:16 16 Moreover, the Lord saith: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched-forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet--
• 2 Nephi 13:17 17 Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will discover their secret parts.
• 2 Nephi 13:18 18 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments, and cauls, and round tires like the moon; 2 Nephi 13:19 19 The chains and the bracelets, and the mufflers; 2 Nephi 13:20 20 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the ear-rings; 2 Nephi 13:21 21 The rings, and nose jewels; 2 Nephi 13:22 22 The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping-pins; 2 Nephi 13:23 23 The glasses, and the fine linen, and hoods, and the veils.
• ( ✹ ) 2 Nephi 13:24 24 And it shall come to pass, instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle, a rent; and instead of well set hair, baldness; and instead of a stomacher, a girding of sackcloth; burning instead of beauty.
• 2 Nephi 13:25 25 Thy men shall fall by the sword and thy mighty in the war. 2 Nephi 13:26 26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate, and shall sit upon the ground.

• 2 Nephi 14:2 2 In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious; the fruit of the earth excellent and comely to them that are escaped of Israel.
• ( ✹ ) 2 Nephi 14:3 3 And it shall come to pass, they that are left in Zion and remain in Jerusalem shall be called holy, every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem--
• 2 Nephi 14:4 4 When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning.
• 2 Nephi 14:5 5 And the Lord will create upon every dwelling-place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for upon all the glory of Zion shall be a defence.
• 2 Nephi 14:6 6 And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and a covert from storm and from rain.

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• f 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.

ד:ב ביום ההוא, יהיה צמח יהוה, לצבי, ולכבוד; ופרי הארץ לגאון ולתפארת, לפליטת ישראל. ב

ג:טז ויאמר יהוה, יען כי גבהו בנות ציון, ותלכנה נטוות (נטויות) גרון, ומשקרות עינים; הלוך וטפף תלכנה, וברגליהם תעכסנה. טז

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ד:א והחזיקו שבע נשים באיש אחד, ביום ההוא לאמר, לחמנו נאכל, ושמלתנו נלבש: רק, יקרא שמך עלינו--אסף, חרפתנו. א

• 2 Nephi 15:1 1 And then will I sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved, touching his vineyard. My well-beloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill. 2 Nephi 15:2 2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a wine-press therein; and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
• 2 Nephi 15:3 3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
• 2 Nephi 15:4 4 What could have been done more to my vineyard that I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes it brought forth wild grapes.

• 2 Nephi 15:26 26 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth; and behold, they shall come with speed swiftly; none shall be weary nor stumble among them.
• 2 Nephi 15:27 27 None shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken; 2 Nephi 15:28 28 Whose arrows shall be sharp, and all their bows bent, and their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind, their roaring like a lion.
• 2 Nephi 15:29 29 They shall roar like young lions; yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry away safe, and none shall deliver.
• 2 Nephi 15:30 30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea; and if they look unto the land, behold, darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.

• 2 Nephi 15:5 5 And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard--
• I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and I will break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down;
• 2 Nephi 15:6 6 And I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
• 2 Nephi 15:7 7 For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant; and he looked for judgment, and behold, oppression; for righteousness, but behold, a cry.

• 2 Nephi 15:24 24 Therefore, as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, their root shall be rottenness, and their blossoms shall go up as dust;
• because they have cast away the law of the Lord of Hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
• 2 Nephi 15:25 25 Therefore, is the anger of the Lord kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them; and the hills did tremble, and their carcasses were torn in the midst of the streets.
• For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

✡  2 Nephi 15:8 8 Wo unto them that join house to house, till there can be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!

2 Nephi 15:9 9 In mine ears, said the Lord of Hosts, of a truth many houses shall be desolate, and great and fair cities without inhabitant.

כו ונשא-נס לגוים מרחוק, ושרק לו מקצה הארץ; והנה מהרה, קל יבוא. כו

א אשירה נא לידידי, שירת דודי לכרמו: כרם היה לידידי, בקרן בן-שמן. א

כד לכן כאכל קש לשון אש, וחשש להבה ירפה, שרשם כמק יהיה, ופרחם כאבק יעלה: כי מאסו, את תורת יהוה צבאות, ואת אמרת קדוש-ישראל, נאצו. כד

ה ועתה אודיעה-נא אתכם, את אשר-אני עשה לכרמי: הסר משוכתו והיה לבער, פרץ גדרו והיה למרמס. ה

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ח הוי, מגיעי בית בבית--שדה בשדה, יקריבו: עד אפס מקום, והושבתם לבדכם בקרב הארץ. ח

Chapter 16 2 Nephi 16:1 1 In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.

2 Nephi 16:13 13 But yet there shall be a tenth, and they shall return, and shall be eaten, as a teil-tree, and as an oak whose substance is in them when they cast their leaves; so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.

2 Nephi 16:3 3 And one cried unto another, and said: Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of Hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.

2 Nephi 16:11 11 Then said I: Lord, how long?

2 Nephi 16:4 4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.

2 Nephi 16:8 8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?

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

2 Nephi 16:5 5 Then said I: Wo is unto me!

for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips; and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of Hosts.

2 Nephi 16:6 6 Then flew one of the seraphim unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar; 2 Nephi 16:7 7 And he laid it upon my mouth, and said: Lo, this has touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.

יג ועוד בה עשריה, ושבה והיתה לבער: כאלה וכאלון, אשר בשלכת מצבת בם--זרע קדש, מצבתה. יג

א בשנת-מות המלך עזיהו, ואראה את-אדני ישב על-כסא רם ונשא; ושוליו, מלאים את-ההיכל. א

יא ואמר, עד-מתי אדני; ויאמר עד אשר אם-שאו ערים מאין יושב, ובתים מאין אדם, והאדמה, תשאה שממה. יא

ג וקרא זה אל-זה ואמר, קדוש קדוש קדוש יהוה צבאות; מלא כל-הארץ, כבודו. ג

ח ואשמע את-קול אדני, אמר, את-מי אשלח, ומיילך-לנו; ואמר, הנני שלחני. ח

ד וינעו אמות הספים, מקול הקורא; והבית, ימלא עשן. ד

ו ויעף אלי, אחד מן-השרפים, ובידו, רצפה; במלקחים--לקח, מעל המזבח. ו

ה ואמר אוי-לי כי-נדמיתי, כי איש טמא-שפתים אנכי, ובתוך עם-טמא שפתים, אנכי יושב: כי, את-המלך יהוה צבאות--ראו עיני. ה

• Chapter 17 2 Nephi 17:1 1 And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin, king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
• 2 Nephi 17:2 2 And it was told the house of David, saying: Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.
• 2 Nephi 17:3 3 Then said the Lord unto Isaiah: Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field;
• 2 Nephi 17:4 4 And say unto him: Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be faint-hearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
• 2 Nephi 17:5 5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee,
• saying: 2 Nephi 17:6 6 Let us go up against Judah and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, yea, the son of Tabeal.
• ( ✹ ) 2 Nephi 17:7 7 Thus saith the Lord God: It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
• 2 Nephi 17:8 8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus, Rezin; and within three score and five years shall Ephraim be broken that it be not a people.
• 2 Nephi 17:9 9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe surely ye shall not be established.

• ( ✹ ) 2 Nephi 17:23 23 And it shall come to pass in that day, every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, which shall be for briers and thorns.
• 2 Nephi 17:24 24 With arrows and with bows shall men come thither, because all the land shall become briers and thorns.
• 2 Nephi 17:25 25 And all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and the treading of lesser cattle.

• 2 Nephi 17:10 10 Moreover, the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying: 2 Nephi 17:11 11 Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depths, or in the heights above.
• 2 Nephi 17:12 12 But Ahaz said: I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord.
• 2 Nephi 17:13 13 And he said: Hear ye now, O house of David; is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?
• 2 Nephi 17:14 14 Therefore, the Lord himself shall give you a sign--Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
• 2 Nephi 17:15 15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil and to choose the good.
• 2 Nephi 17:16 16 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.
• 2 Nephi 17:17 17 The Lord shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah, the king of Assyria.

• ( ✹ ) 2 Nephi 17:21 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, a man shall nourish a young cow and two sheep;
• ( ✹ ) 2 Nephi 17:22 22 And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk they shall give he shall eat butter; for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.

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• ( ✹ ) 2 Nephi 17:18 18 And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
• 2 Nephi 17:19 19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.
• 2 Nephi 17:20 20 In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the beard.

כג והיה, ביום ההוא--יהיה כל-מקום אשר יהיה-שם אלף גפן, באלף כסף: לשמיר ולשית, יהיה. כג

א ויהי בימי אחז בן-יותם בן-עזיהו מלך יהודה, עלה רצין מלך-ארם ופקח בן-רמליהו מלך-ישראל ירושלם, למלחמה, עליה; ולא יכל, להלחם עליה. א

כא והיה, ביום ההוא; יחיה-איש עגלת בקר, ושתי-צאן. כא

י ויוסף יהוה, דבר אל-אחז לאמר. י

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יח והיה ביום ההוא, ישרק יהוה לזבוב, אשר בקצה, יארי מצרים; ולדבורה--אשר, בארץ אשור. יח

• 2 Nephi 18:1 1 Moreover, the word of the Lord said unto me: Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen, concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
• 2 Nephi 18:2 2 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
• 2 Nephi 18:3a 3a And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived and bare a son.
• 2 Nephi 18:3b 3b Then said the Lord to me: Call his name, Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
• 2 Nephi 18:4 4 For behold, the child shall not have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, before the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.

• 2 Nephi 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 18:5 5 The Lord spake also unto me again, saying: 2 Nephi 18:6 6 Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;


• 2 Nephi 18:7 7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria and all his glory; and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks.
• 2 Nephi 18:8 8 And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.

• 2 Nephi 18:16 16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. 2 Nephi 18:17 17 And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
• 2 Nephi 18:18 18 Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of Hosts, which dwelleth in Mount Zion.
• 2 Nephi 18:19 19 And when they shall say unto you: Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep and mutter--should not a people seek unto their God for the living to hear from the dead?
• 2 Nephi 18:20 20 To the law and to the testimony; and if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

• 2 Nephi 18:21 21 And they shall pass through it hardly bestead and hungry; ( ✹ ) and it shall come to pass that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.
• 2 Nephi 18:22 22 And they shall look unto the earth and behold trouble, and darkness, dimness of anguish, and shall be driven to darkness.
• 2 Nephi 19:1 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 18:9 9 Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear all ye of far countries; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. 2 Nephi 18:10 10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to naught; speak the word, and it shall not stand; for God is with us.

• 2 Nephi 18:11 11 For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying: 2 Nephi 18:12 12 Say ye not, A confederacy, to all to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
• 2 Nephi 18:13 13 Sanctify the Lord of Hosts himself, and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
• 2 Nephi 18:14 14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling, and for a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 2 Nephi 18:15 15 And many among them shall stumble and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

יט:א העם ההלכים בחשך, ראו אור גדול: ישבי בארץ צלמות, אור נגה עליהם. א

יח:א ויאמר יהוה אלי, קח-לך גליון גדול; וכתב עליו בחרט אנוש, למהר שלל חש בז. א

יח:טז צור, תעודה; חתום תורה, בלמדי. טז

יח:ה ויסף יהוה, דבר אלי עוד לאמר. ה

יח:יא כי כה אמר יהוה אלי, כחזקת היד; ויסרני, מלכת בדרך העם-הזה לאמר. יא

יח:ט רעו עמים, וחתו, והאזינו, כל מרחקי-ארץ; התאזרו וחתו, התאזרו וחתו. ט

• 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 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 19:13 13 For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the Lord of Hosts.
• 2 Nephi 19:14 14 Therefore will the Lord cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush in one day.
• 2 Nephi 19:15 15 The ancient, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
• 2 Nephi 19:16 16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
• 2 Nephi 19:17 17 Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows; for every one of them is a hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly.

For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

• 2 Nephi 19:18 18 For wickedness burneth as the fire; it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forests, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
• 2 Nephi 19:19 19 Through the wrath of the Lord of Hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire; no man shall spare his brother.
• 2 Nephi 19:20 20 And he shall snatch on the right hand and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand and they shall not be satisfied; they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm--
• 2 Nephi 19:21 21 Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh; they together shall be against Judah.

For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

י:א הוי החקקים, חקקי-און; ומכתבים עמל, כתבו. א

ט:ז דבר שלח אדני, ביעקב; ונפל, בישראל. ז

ט:יז כי-בערה כאש רשעה, שמיר ושית תאכל; ותצת בסבכי היער, ויתאבכו גאות עשן. יז

ט:יב והעם לא-שב, עד-המכהו; ואת-יהוה צבאות, לא דרשו. יב

• 2 Nephi 20:5 5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is their indignation.
• 2 Nephi 20:6 6 I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
• 2 Nephi 20:7 7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but in his heart it is to destroy and cut off nations not a few. 2 Nephi 20:8 8 For he saith: Are not my princes altogether kings? 2 Nephi 20:9 9 Is not Calno as Carchemish? Is not Hamath as Arpad? Is not Samaria as Damascus?
• 2 Nephi 20:10 10 As my hand hath founded the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
• 2 Nephi 20:11 11 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and to her idols?

• 2 Nephi 20:33 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 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 20:28 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 20:15 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 20:24 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.

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• ( ✹ ) 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.

לג הנה האדון יהוה צבאות, מסעף פארה במערצה; ורמי הקומה גדועים, והגבהים ישפלו. לג

ה הוי אשור, שבט אפי; ומטה-הוא בידם, זעמי. ה

כח בא על-עית, עבר במגרון; למכמש, יפקיד כליו. כח

יב והיה, כי-יבצע אדני את-כל-מעשהו, בהר ציון, ובירושלם--אפקד, על-פרי-גדל לבב מלך-אשור, ועל-תפארת, רום עיניו. יב

כד לכן, כה-אמר אדני יהוה צבאות, אל-תירא עמי ישב ציון, מאשור; בשבט יככה, ומטהו ישא-עליך בדרך מצרים. כד

טו היתפאר, הגרזן, על, החצב בו: אם-יתגדל המשור, על-מניפו, כהניף שבט ואת-מרימיו, כהרים מטה לא-עץ. טו

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כ והיה ביום ההוא, לא-יוסיף עוד שאר ישראל ופליטת בית-יעקב, להשען, על-מכהו; ונשען, על-יהוה קדוש ישראל--באמת. כ

• 2 Nephi 21:1 1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots.
• 2 Nephi 21:2 2 And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;
• 2 Nephi 21:3 3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears.
• 2 Nephi 21:4 4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
• 2 Nephi 21:5 5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

• 2 Nephi 21:10 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.

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• 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.

י והיה, ביום ההוא, שרש ישי אשר עמד לנס עמים, אליו גוים ידרשו; והיתה מנחתו, כבוד. י

יא והיה ביום ההוא, יוסיף אדני שנית ידו, לקנות, את-שאר עמו--אשר ישאר מאשור וממצרים ומפתרוס ומכוש, ומעילם ומשנער ומחמת, ומאיי, הים. יא

יב ונשא נס לגוים, ואסף נדחי ישראל; ונפצות יהודה יקבץ, מארבע כנפות הארץ. יב

יג וסרה קנאת אפרים, וצררי יהודה יכרתו: אפרים לא-יקנא את-יהודה, ויהודה לא-יצר את-אפרים. יג

יד ועפו בכתף פלשתים ימה, יחדו יבזו את-בני-קדם; אדום ומואב משלוח ידם, ובני עמון משמעתם. יד

טו והחרים יהוה, את לשון ים-מצרים, והניף ידו על-הנהר, בעים רוחו; והכהו לשבעה נחלים, והדריך בנעלים. טו

טז והיתה מסלה--לשאר עמו, אשר ישאר מאשור: כאשר היתה לישראל, ביום עלתו מארץ מצרים. טז

א ויצא חטר, מגזע ישי; ונצר, משרשיו יפרה. א

ב ונחה עליו, רוח יהוה--רוח חכמה ובינה, רוח עצה וגבורה, רוח דעת, ויראת יהוה. ב

ג והריחו, ביראת יהוה; ולא-למראה עיניו ישפוט, ולא-למשמע אזניו יוכיח. ג

ד ושפט בצדק דלים, והוכיח במישור לענוי-ארץ; והכה-ארץ בשבט פיו, וברוח שפתיו ימית רשע. ד

ה והיה צדק, אזור מתניו; והאמונה, אזור חלציו. ה

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ו וגר זאב עם-כבש, ונמר עם-גדי ירבץ; ועגל וכפיר ומריא יחדו, ונער קטן נהג בם. ו

ז ופרה ודב תרעינה, יחדו ירבצו ילדיהן; ואריה, כבקר יאכל-תבן.ז

ח ושעשע יונק, על-הר פתן; ועל מאורת צפעוני, גמול ידו הדה. ח

ט לא-ירעו ולא-ישחיתו, בכל-הר קדשי: כי-מלאה הארץ, דעה את-יהוה, כמים, לים מכסים. ט

• f 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 22:3 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 22:2 2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid; for the Lord JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also has become my salvation.

ג ושאבתם-מים, בששון, ממעיני, הישועה. ג

א ואמרת, ביום ההוא, אודך יהוה, כי אנפת בי; ישב אפך, ותנחמני. א

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ב הנה אל ישועתי אבטח, ולא אפחד: כי-עזי וזמרת יה יהוה, ויהי-לי לישועה. ב

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 23:17 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 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;
• 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 23:15 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 23:9 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 23:13 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.

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• 2 Nephi 23:12 12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.

יז הנני מעיר עליהם, את-מדי, אשר-כסף לא יחשבו, וזהב לא יחפצו-בו. יז

א משא, בבל--אשר חזה, ישעיהו בן-אמוץ. א

טו כל-הנמצא, ידקר; וכל-הנספה, יפול בחרב. טו

ו הילילו, כי קרוב יום יהוה; כשד, משדי יבוא. ו

יג על-כן שמים ארגיז, ותרעש הארץ ממקומה--בעברת יהוה צבאות, וביום חרון אפו. יג

ט הנה יום-יהוה בא, אכזרי ועברה וחרון אף--לשום הארץ לשמה, וחטאיה ישמיד ממנה. ט

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יב אוקיר אנוש, מפז; ואדם, מכתם אופיר. יב

• 2 Nephi 24:1 1 For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land; and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
• 2 Nephi 24:2 2 And the people shall take them and bring them to their place; yea, from far unto the ends of the earth; and they shall return to their lands of promise. And the house of Israel shall possess them, and the land of the Lord shall be for servants and handmaids; and they shall take them captives unto whom they were captives; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
• ( ✹ ) 2 Nephi 24:3 3 And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall give thee rest, from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve.

• 2 Nephi 24:24 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 24:4 4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say: How hath the oppressor ceased, the golden city ceased!
• 2 Nephi 24:5 5 The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, the scepters of the rulers.
• 2 Nephi 24:6 6 He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
• 2 Nephi 24:7 7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet; they break forth into singing.
• 2 Nephi 24:8 8 Yea, the fir-trees rejoice at thee, and also the cedars of Lebanon, saying: Since thou art laid down no feller is come up against us.
• 2 Nephi 24:9 9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming; it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
• 2 Nephi 24:10 10 All they shall speak and say unto thee: Art thou also become weak as we? Art thou become like unto us?
• 2 Nephi 24:11 11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave; the noise of thy viols is not heard; the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.

• 2 Nephi 24:21 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.

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• 2 Nephi 24:12 12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! Art thou cut down to the ground, which did weaken the nations!
• 2 Nephi 24:13 13 For thou hast said in thy heart: I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north; 2 Nephi 24:14 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.
• 2 Nephi 24:15 15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
• 2 Nephi 24:16 16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and shall consider thee, and shall say: Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms? 2 Nephi 24:17 17 And made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof, and opened not the house of his prisoners?
• 2 Nephi 24:18 18 All the kings of the nations, yea, all of them, lie in glory, every one of them in his own house.
• 2 Nephi 24:19 19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and the remnant of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcass trodden under feet.
• 2 Nephi 24:20 20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land and slain thy people; the seed of evil-doers shall never be renowned.

כד נשבע יהוה צבאות, לאמר: אם-לא כאשר דמיתי, כן היתה, וכאשר יעצתי, היא תקום. כד

א כי ירחם יהוה את-יעקב, ובחר עוד בישראל, והניחם, על-אדמתם; ונלוה הגר עליהם, ונספחו על-בית יעקב. א

כא הכינו לבניו מטבח, בעון אבותם; בל-יקמו וירשו ארץ, ומלאו פני-תבל ערים. כא

ד ונשאת המשל הזה, על-מלך בבל--ואמרת: איך שבת נגש, שבתה מדהבה. ד

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יב איך נפלת משמים, הילל בן-שחר; נגדעת לארץ, חולש על-גוים. יב

✡  2 Nephi 24:28 28 In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.

• 2 Nephi 24:29 29 Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken; for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
• 2 Nephi 24:30 30 And the first-born of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety; and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.
• 2 Nephi 24:31 31 Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved; for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.
• 2 Nephi 24:32 32 What shall then answer the messengers of the nations? That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.

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כח בשנת-מות, המלך אחז, היה, המשא הזה. כח

• Chapter 25 2 Nephi 25:1 1 Now I, Nephi(נפחי), do speak somewhat concerning the words which I have written, which have been spoken by the mouth of Isaiah. For behold, Isaiah spake many things which were hard for many of my people to understand; for they know not concerning the manner of prophesying among the Jews.
• 2 Nephi 25:2 2 For I, Nephi(נפחי), 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(נפחי), 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 25:30 30 And, inasmuch as it shall be expedient, ye must keep the performances and ordinances of God until the law shall be fulfilled which was given unto Moses. Chapter 26 2 Nephi 26:1 1 And after Christ shall have risen from the dead he shall show himself unto you, my children, and my beloved brethren; and the words which he shall speak unto you shall be the law which ye shall do.

• ( ✹ ) 2 Nephi 25:7 7 But behold, I proceed with mine own prophecy, according to my plainness; in the which I know that no man can err; nevertheless, in the days that the prophecies of Isaiah shall be fulfilled men shall know of a surety, at the times when they shall come to pass.
• 2 Nephi 25:8 8 Wherefore, they are of worth unto the children of men, and he that supposeth that they are not, unto them will I speak particularly, and confine the words unto mine own people; for I know that they shall be of great worth unto them in the last days; for in that day shall they understand them; wherefore, for their good have I written them.
• 2 Nephi 25:9 9 And as one generation hath been destroyed among the Jews because of iniquity, even so have they been destroyed from generation to generation according to their iniquities; and never hath any of them been destroyed save it were foretold them by the prophets of the Lord.
• 2 Nephi 25:10 10 Wherefore, it hath been told them concerning the destruction which should come upon them, immediately after my father left Jerusalem; nevertheless, they hardened their hearts; and according to my prophecy they have been destroyed, save it be those which are carried away captive into Babylon.
• 2 Nephi 25:11 11 And now this I speak because of the spirit which is in me. And notwithstanding they have been carried away they shall return again, and possess the land of Jerusalem; wherefore, they shall be restored again to the land of their inheritance.
• 2 Nephi 25:12 12 But, behold, they shall have wars, and rumors of wars; and when the day cometh that the Only Begotten of the Father, yea, even the Father of heaven and of earth, shall manifest himself unto them in the flesh, behold, they will reject him, because of their iniquities, and the hardness of their hearts, and the stiffness of their necks.
• 2 Nephi 25:13 13 Behold, they will crucify him; and after he is laid in a sepulchre for the space of three days he shall rise from the dead, with healing in his wings; and all those who shall believe on his name shall be saved in the kingdom of God. Wherefore, my soul delighteth to prophesy concerning him, for I have seen his day, and my heart doth magnify his holy name.
• ( ✹ ) 2 Nephi 25:14 14 And behold it shall come to pass that after the Messiah hath risen from the dead, and hath manifested himself unto his people, unto as many as will believe on his name, behold, Jerusalem shall be destroyed again; for wo unto them that fight against God and the people of his church.
• 2 Nephi 25:15 15 Wherefore, the Jews shall be scattered among all nations; yea, and also Babylon shall be destroyed; wherefore, the Jews shall be scattered by other nations.
• 2 Nephi 25:16 16 And after they have been scattered, and the Lord God hath scourged them by other nations for the space of many generations, yea, even down from generation to generation until they shall be persuaded to believe in Christ, the Son of God, and the atonement, which is infinite for all mankind--and when that day shall come that they shall believe in Christ, and worship the Father in his name, with pure hearts and clean hands, and look not forward any more for another Messiah, then, at that time, the day will come that it must needs be expedient that they should believe these things.
• 2 Nephi 25:17 17 And the Lord will set his hand again the second time to restore his people from their lost and fallen state. Wherefore, he will proceed to do a marvelous work and a wonder among the children of men.
• 2 Nephi 25:18 18 Wherefore, he shall bring forth his words unto them, which words shall judge them at the last day, for they shall be given them for the purpose of convincing them of the true Messiah, who was rejected by them; and unto the convincing of them that they need not look forward any more for a Messiah to come, for there should not any come, save it should be a false Messiah which should deceive the people; for there is save one Messiah spoken of by the prophets, and that Messiah is he who should be rejected of the Jews.
• 2 Nephi 25:19 19 For according to the words of the prophets, the Messiah cometh in six hundred years from the time that my father left Jerusalem; and according to the words of the prophets, and also the word of the angel of God, his name shall be Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

• 2 Nephi 25:29 29 And now behold, I say unto you that the right way is to believe in Christ, and deny him not; and Christ is the Holy One of Israel; wherefore ye must bow down before him, and worship him(HIM, that is the FATHER in His name) with all your might, mind, and strength, and your whole soul; and if ye do this ye shall in nowise be cast out.

• 2 Nephi 25:20 20 And now, my brethren, I have spoken plainly that ye cannot err. And as the Lord God liveth that brought Israel up out of the land of Egypt, and gave unto Moses power that he should heal the nations after they had been bitten by the poisonous serpents, if they would cast their eyes unto the serpent which he did raise up before them, and also gave him power that he should smite the rock and the water should come forth; yea, behold I say unto you, that as these things are true, and as the Lord God liveth, there is none other name given under heaven save it be this Jesus Christ, of which I have spoken, whereby man can be saved.
• 2 Nephi 25:21 21 Wherefore, for this cause hath the Lord God promised unto me that these things which I write shall be kept and preserved, and handed down unto my seed, from generation to generation, that the promise may be fulfilled unto Joseph, that his seed should never perish as long as the earth should stand.
• 2 Nephi 25:22 22 Wherefore, these things shall go from generation to generation as long as the earth shall stand; and they shall go according to the will and pleasure of God; and the nations who shall possess them shall be judged of them according to the words which are written.
• 2 Nephi 25:23 23 For we labor diligently to write, to persuade our children, and also our brethren, to believe in Christ, and to be reconciled to God; for we know that it is by grace that we are saved, after all we can do.
• 2 Nephi 25:24 24 And, notwithstanding we believe in Christ, we keep the law of Moses, and look forward with steadfastness unto Christ, until the law shall be fulfilled.

• 2 Nephi 25:28 28 And now behold, my people, ye are a stiffnecked people; wherefore, I have spoken plainly unto you, that ye cannot misunderstand. And the words which I have spoken shall stand as a testimony against you; for they are sufficient to teach any man the right way; for the right way is to believe in Christ and deny him not; for by denying him ye also deny the prophets and the law.

• 2 Nephi 25:25 25 For, for this end was the law given; wherefore the law hath become dead unto us, and we are made alive in Christ because of our faith; yet we keep the law because of the commandments.

• 2 Nephi 25:27 27 Wherefore, we speak concerning the law that our children may know the deadness of the law; and they, by knowing the deadness of the law, may look forward unto that life which is in Christ, and know for what end the law was given. And after the law is fulfilled in Christ, that they need not harden their hearts against him when the law ought to be done away.

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• 2 Nephi 25:26 26 And we talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ, and we write according to our prophecies, that our children may know to what source they may look for a remission of their sins.

• 2 Nephi 26:2 2 For behold, I say unto you that I have beheld that many generations shall pass away, and there shall be great wars and contentions among my people.
• 2 Nephi 26:3 3 And after the Messiah shall come there shall be signs given unto my people of his birth, and also of his death and resurrection; and great and terrible shall that day be unto the wicked, for they shall perish; and they perish because they cast out the prophets, and the saints, and stone them, and slay them; wherefore the cry of the blood of the saints shall ascend up to God from the ground against them.
• 2 Nephi 26:4 4 Wherefore, all those who are proud, and that do wickedly, the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of Hosts, for they shall be as stubble.
• 2 Nephi 26:5 5 And they that kill the prophets, and the saints, the depths of the earth shall swallow them up, saith the Lord of Hosts; and mountains shall cover them, and whirlwinds shall carry them away, and buildings shall fall upon them and crush them to pieces and grind them to powder.
• 2 Nephi 26:6 6 And they shall be visited with thunderings, and lightnings, and earthquakes, and all manner of destructions, for the fire of the anger of the Lord shall be kindled against them, and they shall be as stubble, and the day that cometh shall consume them, saith the Lord of Hosts.

2 Nephi 26:12 12 And as I spake concerning the convincing of the Jews, that Jesus is the very Christ, it must needs be that the Gentiles be convinced also that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God; 2 Nephi 26:13 13 And that he manifesteth himself unto all those who believe in him, by the power of the Holy Ghost; yea, unto every nation, kindred, tongue, and people, working mighty miracles, signs, and wonders, among the children of men according to their faith. 2 Nephi 26:14 14 But behold, I prophesy unto you concerning the last days; concerning the days when the Lord God shall bring these things forth unto the children of men. 2 Nephi 26:15 15 After my seed and the seed of my brethren shall have dwindled in unbelief, and shall have been smitten by the Gentiles; yea, after the Lord God shall have camped against them round about, and shall have laid siege against them with a mount, and raised forts against them; and after they shall have been brought down low in the dust, even that they are not, yet the words of the righteous shall be written, and the prayers of the faithful shall be heard, and all those who have dwindled in unbelief shall not be forgotten.

2 Nephi 26:20 20 And the Gentiles are lifted up in the pride of their eyes, and have stumbled, because of the greatness of their stumbling block, that they have built up many churches; nevertheless, they put down the power and miracles of God, and preach up unto themselves their own wisdom and their own learning, that they may get gain and grind upon the face of the poor. 2 Nephi 26:21 21 And there are many churches built up which cause envyings, and strifes, and malice. 2 Nephi 26:22 22 And there are also secret combinations, even as in times of old, according to the combinations of the devil, for he is the founder of all these things; yea, the founder of murder, and works of darkness; yea, and he leadeth them by the neck with a flaxen cord, until he bindeth them with his strong cords forever. 2 Nephi 26:23 23 For behold, my beloved brethren, I say unto you that the Lord God worketh not in darkness. 2 Nephi 26:24 24 He doeth not anything save it be for the benefit of the world; for he loveth the world, even that he layeth down his own life that he may draw all men unto him. Wherefore, he commandeth none that they shall not partake of his salvation. 2 Nephi 26:25 25 Behold, doth he cry unto any, saying: Depart from me? Behold, I say unto you, Nay; but he saith: Come unto me all ye ends of the earth, buy milk and honey, without money and without price. 2 Nephi 26:26 26 Behold, hath he commanded any that they should depart out of the synagogues, or out of the houses of worship? Behold, I say unto you, Nay. 2 Nephi 26:27 27 Hath he commanded any that they should not partake of his salvation? Behold I say unto you, Nay; but he hath given it free for all men; and he hath commanded his people that they should persuade all men to repentance. 2 Nephi 26:28 28 Behold, hath the Lord commanded any that they should not partake of his goodness? Behold I say unto you, Nay; but all men are privileged the one like unto the other, and none are forbidden. 2 Nephi 26:29 29 He commandeth that there shall be no priestcrafts; for, behold priestcrafts are that men preach and set themselves up for a light unto the world, that they may get gain and praise of the world; but they seek not the welfare of Zion. 2 Nephi 26:30 30 Behold, the Lord hath forbidden this thing; wherefore, the Lord God hath given a commandment that all men should have charity, which charity is love, and except they should have charity they were nothing. Wherefore, if they should have charity they would not suffer the laborer in Zion to perish. 2 Nephi 26:31 31 But the laborer in Zion shall labor for Zion; for if they labor for money they shall perish. 2 Nephi 26:32 32 And again, the Lord God hath commanded that men should not murder; that they should not lie; that they should not steal; that they should not take the name of the Lord their God in vain; that they should not envy; that they should not have malice; that they should not contend one with another; that they should not commit whoredoms; and that they should do none of these things; for whoso doeth them shall perish. 2 Nephi 26:33 33 For none of these iniquities come of the Lord; for he doeth that which is good among the children of men; and he doeth nothing save it be plain unto the children of men; and he inviteth them all to come unto him and partake of his goodness; and he denieth none that come unto him, black and white, bond and free, male and female; and he remembereth the heathen; and all are alike unto God, both Jew and Gentile.

2 Nephi 26:16 16 For those who shall be destroyed shall speak unto them out of the ground, and their speech shall be low out of the dust, and their voice shall be as one that hath a familiar spirit; for the Lord God will give unto him power, that he may whisper concerning them, even as it were out of the ground; and their speech shall whisper out of the dust.

2 Nephi 26:18 18 Wherefore, as those who have been destroyed have been destroyed speedily; and the multitude of their terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away--yea, thus saith the Lord God: It shall be at an instant, suddenly-- ( ✹ ) 2 Nephi 26:19 19 And it shall come to pass, that those who have dwindled in unbelief shall be smitten by the hand of the Gentiles.

✡  2 Nephi 26:17 17 For thus saith the Lord God: They shall write the things which shall be done among them, and they shall be written and sealed up in a book, and those who have dwindled in unbelief shall not have them, for they seek to destroy the things of God.

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• 2 Nephi 26:7 7 O the pain, and the anguish of my soul for the loss of the slain of my people! For I, Nephi(נפחי), have seen it, and it well nigh consumeth me before the presence of the Lord; but I must cry unto my God: Thy ways are just.
• 2 Nephi 26:8 8 But behold, the righteous that hearken unto the words of the prophets, and destroy them not, but look forward unto Christ with steadfastness for the signs which are given, notwithstanding all persecution--behold, they are they which shall not perish.
• 2 Nephi 26:9 9 But the Son of righteousness shall appear unto them; and he shall heal them, and they shall have peace with him, until three generations shall have passed away, and many of the fourth generation shall have passed away in righteousness.
• ( ✹ ) 2 Nephi 26:10 10 And when these things have passed away a speedy destruction cometh unto my people; for, notwithstanding the pains of my soul, I have seen it; wherefore, I know that it shall come to pass; and they sell themselves for naught; for, for the reward of their pride and their foolishness they shall reap destruction; for because they yield unto the devil and choose works of darkness rather than light, therefore they must go down to hell.
• 2 Nephi 26:11 11 For the Spirit of the Lord will not always strive with man. And when the Spirit ceaseth to strive with man then cometh speedy destruction, and this grieveth my soul.

• Chapter 27 2 Nephi 27:1 1 But, behold, in the last days, or in the days of the Gentiles--yea, behold all the nations of the Gentiles and also the Jews, both those who shall come upon this land and those who shall be upon other lands, yea, even upon all the lands of the earth, behold, they will be drunken with iniquity and all manner of abominations--
• 2 Nephi 27:2 2 And when that day shall come they shall be visited of the Lord of Hosts, with thunder and with earthquake, and with a great noise, and with storm, and with tempest, and with the flame of devouring fire.
• 2 Nephi 27:3 3 And all the nations that fight against Zion, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision; yea, it shall be unto them, even as unto a hungry man which dreameth, and behold he eateth but he awaketh and his soul is empty; or like unto a thirsty man which dreameth, and behold he drinketh but he awaketh and behold he is faint, and his soul hath appetite; yea, even so shall the multitude of all the nations be that fight against Mount Zion.
• 2 Nephi 27:4 4 For behold, all ye that doeth iniquity, stay yourselves and wonder, for ye shall cry out, and cry; yea, ye shall be drunken but not with wine, ye shall stagger but not with strong drink.
• 2 Nephi 27:5 5 For behold, the Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep. For behold, ye have closed your eyes, and ye have rejected the prophets; and your rulers, and the seers hath he covered because of your iniquity.

• c 2 Nephi 27:20 20 Then shall the Lord God say unto him: The learned shall not read them, for they have rejected them, and I am able to do mine own work; wherefore thou shalt read the words which I shall give unto thee.
• 2 Nephi 27:21 21 Touch not the things which are sealed, for I will bring them forth in mine own due time; for I will show unto the children of men that I am able to do mine own work.
• 2 Nephi 27:22 22 Wherefore, when thou hast read the words which I have commanded thee, and obtained the witnesses which I have promised unto thee, then shalt thou seal up the book again, and hide it up unto me, that I may preserve the words which thou hast not read, until I shall see fit in mine own wisdom to reveal all things unto the children of men.
• 2 Nephi 27:23 23 For behold, I am God; and I am a God of miracles; and I will show unto the world that I am the same yesterday, today, and forever; and I work not among the children of men save it be according to their faith.
• ( ✹ ) 2 Nephi 27:24 24 And again it shall come to pass that the Lord shall say unto him that shall read the words that shall be delivered him:
• 2 Nephi 27:25 25 Forasmuch as this people draw near unto me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their hearts far from me, and their fear towards me is taught by the precepts of men--
• 2 Nephi 27:26 26 Therefore, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, yea, a marvelous work and a wonder, for the wisdom of their wise and learned shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent shall be hid.

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• ( ✹ ) 2 Nephi 27:6 6 And it shall come to pass that the Lord God shall bring forth unto you the words of a book, and they shall be the words of them which have slumbered.
• 2 Nephi 27:7 7 And behold the book shall be sealed; and in the book shall be a revelation from God, from the beginning of the world to the ending thereof.
• 2 Nephi 27:8 8 Wherefore, because of the things which are sealed up, the things which are sealed shall not be delivered in the day of the wickedness and abominations of the people. Wherefore the book shall be kept from them.
• 2 Nephi 27:9 9 But the book shall be delivered unto a man, and he shall deliver the words of the book, which are the words of those who have slumbered in the dust, and he shall deliver these words unto another;
• 2 Nephi 27:10 10 But the words which are sealed he shall not deliver, neither shall he deliver the book. For the book shall be sealed by the power of God, and the revelation which was sealed shall be kept in the book until the own due time of the Lord, that they may come forth; for behold, they reveal all things from the foundation of the world unto the end thereof.
• 2 Nephi 27:11 11 And the day cometh that the words of the book which were sealed shall be read upon the house tops; and they shall be read by the power of Christ; and all things shall be revealed unto the children of men which ever have been among the children of men, and which ever will be even unto the end of the earth.
• 2 Nephi 27:12 12 Wherefore, at that day when the book shall be delivered unto the man of whom I have spoken, the book shall be hid from the eyes of the world, that the eyes of none shall behold it save it be that three witnesses shall behold it, by the power of God, besides him to whom the book shall be delivered; and they shall testify to the truth of the book and the things therein.
• 2 Nephi 27:13 13 And there is none other which shall view it, save it be a few according to the will of God, to bear testimony of his word unto the children of men; for the Lord God hath said that the words of the faithful should speak as if it were from the dead.
• 2 Nephi 27:14 14 Wherefore, the Lord God will proceed to bring forth the words of the book; and in the mouth of as many witnesses as seemeth him good will he establish his word; and wo be unto him that rejecteth the word of God!
• ( ✹ ) 2 Nephi 27:15 15 But behold, it shall come to pass that the Lord God shall say unto him to whom he shall deliver the book: Take these words which are not sealed and deliver them to another, that he may show them unto the learned, saying: Read this, I pray thee. And the learned shall say: Bring hither the book, and I will read them.
• 2 Nephi 27:16 16 And now, because of the glory of the world and to get gain will they say this, and not for the glory of God.
• 2 Nephi 27:17 17 And the man shall say: I cannot bring the book, for it is sealed.
• 2 Nephi 27:18 18 Then shall the learned say: I cannot read it.
• ( ✹ ) 2 Nephi 27:19 19 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that the Lord God will deliver again the book and the words thereof to him that is not learned; and the man that is not learned shall say: I am not learned.

יג ויאמר אדני, יען כי נגש העם הזה, בפיו ובשפתיו כבדוני, ולבו רחק ממני--ותהי יראתם אתי, מצות אנשים מלמדה. יג

א הוי אריאל אריאל, קרית חנה דוד; ספו שנה על-שנה, חגים ינקפו. א

ט התמהמהו ותמהו, השתעשעו ושעו; שכרו ולא-יין, נעו ולא שכר. ט

ו מעם יהוה צבאות תפקד, ברעם וברעש וקול גדול; סופה, וסערה, ולהב, אש אוכלה. ו

• 2 Nephi 27:27 27 And wo unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord!
• And their works are in the dark; and they say: Who seeth us, and who knoweth us?
• And they also say: Surely, your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay.
• But behold, I will show unto them, saith the Lord of Hosts, that I know all their works.
• For shall the work say of him that made it, he made me not?
• Or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, he had no understanding?

• 2 Nephi 27:33 33 Therefore, thus saith the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.
• 2 Nephi 27:34 34 But when he seeth his children, the work of my hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.
• 2 Nephi 27:35 35 They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.

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• 2 Nephi 27:28 28 But behold, saith the Lord of Hosts: I will show unto the children of men that it is yet a very little while and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field; and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest.
• 2 Nephi 27:29 29 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness.
• 2 Nephi 27:30 30 And the meek also shall increase, and their joy shall be in the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
• 2 Nephi 27:31 31 For assuredly as the Lord liveth they shall see that the terrible one is brought to naught, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off;
• 2 Nephi 27:32 32 And they that make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of naught.

כב לכן, כה-אמר יהוה אל-בית יעקב, אשר פדה, את-אברהם: לא-עתהיבוש יעקב, ולא עתה פניו יחורו. כב

טו הוי המעמיקים מיהוה, לסתר עצה; והיה במחשך, מעשיהם, ויאמרו, מי ראנו ומי ידענו. טו

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יז הלוא-עוד מעט מזער, ושב לבנון לכרמל; והכרמל, ליעריחשב. יז

( ✹ ) Chapter 28 2 Nephi 28:1 1 And now, behold, my brethren, I have spoken unto you, according as the Spirit hath constrained me; wherefore, I know that they must surely come to pass.

• 2 Nephi 29:1 1 But behold, there shall be many--at that day when I shall proceed to do a marvelous work among them, that I may remember my covenants which I have made unto the children of men, that I may set my hand again the second time to recover my people, which are of the house of Israel;
• 2 Nephi 29:2 2 And also, that I may remember the promises which I have made unto thee, Nephi(נפחי), and also unto thy father, that I would remember your seed; and that the words of your seed should proceed forth out of my mouth unto your seed; and my words shall hiss forth unto the ends of the earth, for a standard unto my people, which are of the house of Israel;
• 2 Nephi 29:3 3 And because my words shall hiss forth--many of the Gentiles shall say: A Bible! A Bible! We have got a Bible, and there cannot be any more Bible. 2 Nephi 29:4 4 But thus saith the Lord God: O fools, they shall have a Bible; and it shall proceed forth from the Jews, mine ancient covenant people. And what thank they the Jews for the Bible which they receive from them? Yea, what do the Gentiles mean? Do they remember the travails, and the labors, and the pains of the Jews, and their diligence unto me, in bringing forth salvation unto the Gentiles?
• 2 Nephi 29:5 5 O ye Gentiles, have ye remembered the Jews, mine ancient covenant people? Nay; but ye have cursed them, and have hated them, and have not sought to recover them. But behold, I will return all these things upon your own heads; for I the Lord have not forgotten my people. 2 Nephi 29:6 6 Thou fool, that shall say: A Bible, we have got a Bible, and we need no more Bible. Have ye obtained a Bible save it were by the Jews?
• 2 Nephi 29:7 7 Know ye not that there are more nations than one? Know ye not that I, the Lord your God, have created all men, and that I remember those who are upon the isles of the sea; and that I rule in the heavens above and in the earth beneath; and I bring forth my word unto the children of men, yea, even upon all the nations of the earth? 2 Nephi 29:8 8 Wherefore murmur ye, because that ye shall receive more of my word? Know ye not that the testimony of two nations is a witness unto you that I am God, that I remember one nation like unto another? Wherefore, I speak the same words unto one nation like unto another. And when the two nations shall run together the testimony of the two nations shall run together also. 2 Nephi 29:9 9 And I do this that I may prove unto many that I am the same yesterday, today, and forever; and that I speak forth my words according to mine own pleasure. And because that I have spoken one word ye need not suppose that I cannot speak another; for my work is not yet finished; neither shall it be until the end of man, neither from that time henceforth and forever. 2 Nephi 29:10 10 Wherefore, because that ye have a Bible ye need not suppose that it contains all my words; neither need ye suppose that I have not caused more to be written. 2 Nephi 29:11 11 For I command all men, both in the east and in the west, and in the north, and in the south, and in the islands of the sea, that they shall write the words which I speak unto them; for out of the books which shall be written I will judge the world, every man according to their works, according to that which is written. 2 Nephi 29:12 12 For behold, I shall speak unto the Jews and they shall write it; and I shall also speak unto the Nephites and they shall write it; and I shall also speak unto the other tribes of the house of Israel, which I have led away, and they shall write it; and I shall also speak unto all nations of the earth and they shall write it. ( ✹ ) 2 Nephi 29:13 13 And it shall come to pass that the Jews shall have the words of the Nephites, and the Nephites shall have the words of the Jews; and the Nephites and the Jews shall have the words of the lost tribes of Israel; and the lost tribes of Israel shall have the words of the Nephites and the Jews.
• ( ✹ ) 2 Nephi 29:14 14 And it shall come to pass that my people, which are of the house of Israel, shall be gathered home unto the lands of their possessions; and my word also shall be gathered in one. And I will show unto them that fight against my word and against my people, who are of the house of Israel, that I am God, and that I covenanted with Abraham that I would remember his seed forever.

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✡  2 Nephi 28:15 15 O the wise, and the learned, and the rich, that are puffed up in the pride of their hearts, and all those who preach false doctrines, and all those who commit whoredoms, and pervert the right way of the Lord, wo, wo, wo be unto them, saith the Lord God Almighty, for they shall be thrust down to hell!

Chapter 30 2 Nephi 30:1 1 And now behold, my beloved brethren, I would speak unto you; for I, Nephi(נפחי), would not suffer that ye should suppose that ye are more righteous than the Gentiles shall be.

2 Nephi 30:18B 18B And now, my beloved brethren, I make an end of my sayings.

2 Nephi 30:3 3 And now, I would prophesy somewhat more concerning the Jews and the Gentiles.

2 Nephi 30:16 16 Wherefore, the things of all nations shall be made known; yea, all things shall be made known unto the children of men.

✡  2 Nephi 30:12 12 And then shall the wolf dwell with the lamb; and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf, and the young lion, and the fatling, together; and a little child shall lead them.

( explains verse 12-15 above

Isaiah 11:6-9 (This part is not in the Book of Mormon as Nephi uses Isaiah to prophesy)

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 the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. 7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. 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.

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• ( ✹ ) Chapter 31 2 Nephi 31:1 1 And now I, Nephi(נפחי), make an end of my prophesying unto you, my beloved brethren. And I cannot write but a few things, which I know must surely come to pass; neither can I write but a few of the words of my brother Jacob.
• 2 Nephi 31:2 2 Wherefore, the things which I have written sufficeth me, save it be a few words which I must speak concerning the doctrine of Christ; wherefore, I shall speak unto you plainly, according to the plainness of my prophesying.
• 2 Nephi 31:3 3 For my soul delighteth in plainness; for after this manner doth the Lord God work among the children of men. For the Lord God giveth light unto the understanding; for he speaketh unto men according to their language, unto their understanding.
• 2 Nephi 31:4 4 Wherefore, I would that ye should remember that I have spoken unto you concerning that prophet which the Lord showed unto me, that should baptize the Lamb of God, which should take away the sins of the world.
• 2 Nephi 31:5 5 And now, if the Lamb of God, he being holy, should have need to be baptized by water, to fulfil all righteousness, O then, how much more need have we, being unholy, to be baptized, yea, even by water!

• 2 Nephi 31:19 19 And now, my beloved brethren, after ye have gotten into this strait and narrow path, I would ask if all is done? Behold, I say unto you, Nay; for ye have not come thus far save it were by the word of Christ with unshaken faith in him, relying wholly upon the merits of him who is mighty to save.
• 2 Nephi 31:20 20 Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life.
• 2 Nephi 31:21 21 And now, behold, my beloved brethren, this is the way; and there is none other way nor name given under heaven whereby man can be saved in the kingdom of God. And now, behold, this is the doctrine of Christ, and the only and true doctrine of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, which is one God, without end.

  Amen.

• 2 Nephi 31:6 6 And now, I would ask of you, my beloved brethren, wherein the Lamb of God did fulfil all righteousness in being baptized by water?
• 2 Nephi 31:7 7 Know ye not that he was holy? But notwithstanding he being holy, he showeth unto the children of men that, according to the flesh he humbleth himself before the Father, and witnesseth unto the Father that he would be obedient unto him in keeping his commandments.
• 2 Nephi 31:8 8 Wherefore, after he was baptized with water the Holy Ghost descended upon him in the form of a dove.
• 2 Nephi 31:9 9 And again, it showeth unto the children of men the straightness of the path, and the narrowness of the gate, by which they should enter, he having set the example before them.
• 2 Nephi 31:10 10 And he said unto the children of men: Follow thou me. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, can we follow Jesus save we shall be willing to keep the commandments of the Father?

• 2 Nephi 31:16 16 And now, my beloved brethren, I know by this that unless a man shall endure to the end, in following the example of the Son of the living God, he cannot be saved.
• 2 Nephi 31:17 17 Wherefore, do the things which I have told you I have seen that your Lord and your Redeemer should do; for, for this cause have they been shown unto me, that ye might know the gate by which ye should enter. For the gate by which ye should enter is repentance and baptism by water; and then cometh a remission of your sins by fire and by the Holy Ghost.
• 2 Nephi 31:18 18 And then are ye in this strait and narrow path which leads to eternal life; yea, ye have entered in by the gate; ye have done according to the commandments of the Father and the Son; and ye have received the Holy Ghost, which witnesses of the Father and the Son, unto the fulfilling of the promise which he hath made, that if ye entered in by the way ye should receive.

2 Nephi 31:11 11 And the Father said: Repent ye, repent ye, and be baptized in the name of my Beloved Son.

2 Nephi 31:15 15 And I heard a voice from the Father, saying: Yea, the words of my Beloved are true and faithful.

2 Nephi 31:12 12 And also, the voice of the Son came unto me, saying: He that is baptized in my name, to him will the Father give the Holy Ghost, like unto me; wherefore, follow me, and do the things which ye have seen me do.

2 Nephi 31:14 14 But, behold, my beloved brethren, thus came the voice of the Son unto me, saying: After ye have repented of your sins, and witnessed unto the Father that ye are willing to keep my commandments, by the baptism of water, and have received the baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost, and can speak with a new tongue, yea, even with the tongue of angels, and after this should deny me, it would have been better for you that ye had not known me.

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2 Nephi 31:13 13 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, I know that if ye shall follow the Son, with full purpose of heart, acting no hypocrisy and no deception before God, but with real intent, repenting of your sins, witnessing unto the Father that ye are willing to take upon you the name of Christ, by baptism--yea, by following your Lord and your Savior down into the water, according to his word, behold, then shall ye receive the Holy Ghost; yea, then cometh the baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost; and then can ye speak with the tongue of angels, and shout praises unto the Holy One of Israel.

Chapter 32 2 Nephi 32:1 1 And now, behold, my beloved brethren, I suppose that ye ponder somewhat in your hearts concerning that which ye should do after ye have entered in by the way.

2 Nephi 32:8 8 And now, my beloved brethren, I perceive that ye ponder still in your hearts; and it grieveth me that I must speak concerning this thing.

2 Nephi 32:2 2 Do ye not remember that I said unto you that after ye had received the Holy Ghost ye could speak with the tongue of angels?

2 Nephi 32:7 7 And now I, Nephi(נפחי), cannot say more; the Spirit stoppeth mine utterance, and I am left to mourn because of the unbelief, and the wickedness, and the ignorance, and the stiffneckedness of men; for they will not search knowledge, nor understand great knowledge, when it is given unto them in plainness, even as plain as word can be.

2 Nephi 32:3A 3A Angels speak by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore, they speak the words of Christ.

2 Nephi 32:6 6 Behold, this is the doctrine of Christ, and there will be no more doctrine given until after he shall manifest himself unto you in the flesh.

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2 Nephi 32:4 4 Wherefore, now after I have spoken these words, if ye cannot understand them it will be because ye ask not, neither do ye knock; wherefore, ye are not brought into the light, but must perish in the dark.

Chapter 33 2 Nephi 33:1 1 And now I, Nephi(נפחי), cannot write all the things which were taught among my people; neither am I mighty in writing, like unto speaking; for when a man speaketh by the power of the Holy Ghost the power of the Holy Ghost carrieth it unto the hearts of the children of men.

2 Nephi 33:13 13 And now, my beloved brethren, all those who are of the house of Israel, and all ye ends of the earth, I speak unto you as the voice of one crying from the dust: Farewell until that great day shall come.

2 Nephi 33:3B 3B For I pray continually for them by day, and mine eyes water my pillow by night, because of them; and I cry unto my God in faith, and I know that he will hear my cry. 2 Nephi 33:4A 4A And I know that the Lord God will consecrate my prayers for the gain of my people.

2 Nephi 33:12 12 And I pray the Father in the name of Christ that many of us, if not all, may be saved in his kingdom at that great and last day.

2 Nephi 33:4B 4B And the words which I have written in weakness will be made strong unto them; for it persuadeth them to do good; it maketh known unto them of their fathers; and it speaketh of Jesus, and persuadeth them to believe in him, and to endure to the end, which is life eternal.

2 Nephi 33:10 10 And now, my beloved brethren, and also Jew, and all ye ends of the earth, hearken unto these words and believe in Christ; and if ye believe not in these words believe in Christ.

✡  2 Nephi 33:6 6 I glory in plainness; I glory in truth; I glory in my Jesus, for he hath redeemed my soul from hell.

(FATHER) ( ✹ ) Chapter 31 2 Nephi 31:1 1 And now I, Nephi(נפחי), make an end of my prophesying unto you, my beloved brethren. And I cannot write but a few things, which I know must surely come to pass; neither can I write but a few of the words of my brother Jacob. 2 Nephi 31:2 2 Wherefore, the things which I have written sufficeth me, save it be a few words which I must speak concerning the doctrine of Christ; wherefore, I shall speak unto you plainly, according to the plainness of my prophesying. 2 Nephi 31:3 3 For my soul delighteth in plainness; for after this manner doth the Lord God work among the children of men. For the Lord God giveth light unto the understanding; for he speaketh unto men according to their language, unto their understanding. 2 Nephi 31:4 4 Wherefore, I would that ye should remember that I have spoken unto you concerning that prophet which the Lord showed unto me, that should baptize the Lamb of God, which should take away the sins of the world. 2 Nephi 31:5 5 And now, if the Lamb of God, he being holy, should have need to be baptized by water, to fulfil all righteousness, O then, how much more need have we, being unholy, to be baptized, yea, even by water!

2 Nephi 31:6 6 And now, I would ask of you, my beloved brethren, wherein the Lamb of God did fulfil all righteousness in being baptized by water? 2 Nephi 31:7 7 Know ye not that he was holy? But notwithstanding he being holy, he showeth unto the children of men that, according to the flesh he humbleth himself before the Father, and witnesseth unto the Father that he would be obedient unto him in keeping his commandments. 2 Nephi 31:8 8 Wherefore, after he was baptized with water the Holy Ghost descended upon him in the form of a dove. 2 Nephi 31:9 9 And again, it showeth unto the children of men the straightness of the path, and the narrowness of the gate, by which they should enter, he having set the example before them. 2 Nephi 31:10 10 And he said unto the children of men: Follow thou me. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, can we follow Jesus save we shall be willing to keep the commandments of the Father?

2 Nephi 31:11 11 And the Father said: Repent ye, repent ye, and be baptized in the name of my Beloved Son. 2 Nephi 31:12 12 And also, the voice of the Son came unto me, saying: He that is baptized in my name, to him will the Father give the Holy Ghost, like unto me; wherefore, follow me, and do the things which ye have seen me do. 2 Nephi 31:13 13 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, I know that if ye shall follow the Son, with full purpose of heart, acting no hypocrisy and no deception before God, but with real intent, repenting of your sins, witnessing unto the Father that ye are willing to take upon you the name of Christ, by baptism--yea, by following your Lord and your Savior down into the water, according to his word, behold, then shall ye receive the Holy Ghost; yea, then cometh the baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost; and then can ye speak with the tongue of angels, and shout praises unto the Holy One of Israel. 2 Nephi 31:14 14 But, behold, my beloved brethren, thus came the voice of the Son unto me, saying: After ye have repented of your sins, and witnessed unto the Father that ye are willing to keep my commandments, by the baptism of water, and have received the baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost, and can speak with a new tongue, yea, even with the tongue of angels, and after this should deny me, it would have been better for you that ye had not known me. 2 Nephi 31:15 15 And I heard a voice from the Father, saying: Yea, the words of my Beloved are true and faithful. He that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.

2 Nephi 31:16 16 And now, my beloved brethren, I know by this that unless a man shall endure to the end, in following the example of the Son of the living God, he cannot be saved. 2 Nephi 31:17 17 Wherefore, do the things which I have told you I have seen that your Lord and your Redeemer should do; for, for this cause have they been shown unto me, that ye might know the gate by which ye should enter. For the gate by which ye should enter is repentance and baptism by water; and then cometh a remission of your sins by fire and by the Holy Ghost. 2 Nephi 31:18 18 And then are ye in this strait and narrow path which leads to eternal life; yea, ye have entered in by the gate; ye have done according to the commandments of the Father and the Son; and ye have received the Holy Ghost, which witnesses of the Father and the Son, unto the fulfilling of the promise which he hath made, that if ye entered in by the way ye should receive.

2 Nephi 31:19 19 And now, my beloved brethren, after ye have gotten into this strait and narrow path, I would ask if all is done? Behold, I say unto you, Nay; for ye have not come thus far save it were by the word of Christ with unshaken faith in him, relying wholly upon the merits of him who is mighty to save. 2 Nephi 31:20 20 Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life. 2 Nephi 31:21 21 And now, behold, my beloved brethren, this is the way; and there is none other way nor name given under heaven whereby man can be saved in the kingdom of God. And now, behold, this is the doctrine of Christ, and the only and true doctrine of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, which is one God, without end.

(SON)

• Chapter 33 2 Nephi 33:1 1 And now I, Nephi(נפחי), cannot write all the things which were taught among my people; neither am I mighty in writing, like unto speaking; for when a man speaketh by the power of the Holy Ghost the power of the Holy Ghost carrieth it unto the hearts of the children of men. 2 Nephi 33:2 2 But behold, there are many that harden their hearts against the Holy Spirit, that it hath no place in them; wherefore, they cast many things away which are written and esteem them as things of naught. 2 Nephi 33:3A 3A But I, Nephi(נפחי), have written what I have written, and I esteem it as of great worth, and especially unto my people.

  For I pray continually for them by day, and mine eyes water my pillow by night, because of them; and I cry unto my God in faith, and I know that he will hear my cry.

• 2 Nephi 33:4B 4B And the words which I have written in weakness will be made strong unto them; for it persuadeth them to do good; it maketh known unto them of their fathers; and it speaketh of Jesus, and persuadeth them to believe in him, and to endure to the end, which is life eternal. 2 Nephi 33:5 5 And it speaketh harshly against sin, according to the plainness of the truth; wherefore, no man will be angry at the words which I have written save he shall be of the spirit of the devil.
• 2 Nephi 33:6 6 I glory in plainness; I glory in truth; I glory in my Jesus, for he hath redeemed my soul from hell. 2 Nephi 33:7 7 I have charity for my people, and great faith in Christ that I shall meet many souls spotless at his judgment-seat. 2 Nephi 33:8 8 I have charity for the Jew--I say Jew, because I mean them from whence I came. 2 Nephi 33:9A 9A I also have charity for the Gentiles. 2 Nephi 33:9B 9B But behold, for none of these can I hope except they shall be reconciled unto Christ, and enter into the narrow gate, and walk in the strait path which leads to life, and continue in the path until the end of the day of probation.
• 2 Nephi 33:10 10 And now, my beloved brethren, and also Jew, and all ye ends of the earth, hearken unto these words and believe in Christ; and if ye believe not in these words believe in Christ. And if ye shall believe in Christ ye will believe in these words, for they are the words of Christ, and he hath given them unto me; and they teach all men that they should do good. 2 Nephi 33:11 11 And if they are not the words of Christ, judge ye--for Christ will show unto you, with power and great glory, that they are his words, at the last day; and you and I shall stand face to face before his bar; and ye shall know that I have been commanded of him to write these things, notwithstanding my weakness.
• 2 Nephi 33:13 13 And now, my beloved brethren, all those who are of the house of Israel, and all ye ends of the earth, I speak unto you as the voice of one crying from the dust: Farewell until that great day shall come. 2 Nephi 33:14 14 And you that will not partake of the goodness of God, and respect the words of the Jews, and also my words, and the words which shall proceed forth out of the mouth of the Lamb of God, behold, I bid you an everlasting farewell, for these words shall condemn you at the last day. 2 Nephi 33:15 15 For what I seal on earth, shall be brought against you at the judgment bar; for thus hath the Lord commanded me, and I must obey.

  Amen.

✡  (HOLY GHOST)

• Chapter 32 2 Nephi 32:1 1 And now, behold, my beloved brethren, I suppose that ye ponder somewhat in your hearts concerning that which ye should do after ye have entered in by the way. But, behold, why do ye ponder these things in your hearts?
• 2 Nephi 32:2 2 Do ye not remember that I said unto you that after ye had received the Holy Ghost ye could speak with the tongue of angels?
• 2 Nephi 32:3A 3A Angels speak by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore, they speak the words of Christ. 2 Nephi 32:3B 3B Wherefore, I said unto you, feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do.
• 2 Nephi 32:4 4 Wherefore, now after I have spoken these words, if ye cannot understand them it will be because ye ask not, neither do ye knock; wherefore, ye are not brought into the light, but must perish in the dark. 2 Nephi 32:5 5 For behold, again I say unto you that if ye will enter in by the way, and receive the Holy Ghost, it will show unto you all things what ye should do.
• 2 Nephi 32:6 6 Behold, this is the doctrine of Christ, and there will be no more doctrine given until after he shall manifest himself unto you in the flesh. And when he shall manifest himself unto you in the flesh, the things which he shall say unto you shall ye observe to do.
• 2 Nephi 32:7 7 And now I, Nephi(נפחי), cannot say more; the Spirit stoppeth mine utterance, and I am left to mourn because of the unbelief, and the wickedness, and the ignorance, and the stiffneckedness of men; for they will not search knowledge, nor understand great knowledge, when it is given unto them in plainness, even as plain as word can be.
• 2 Nephi 32:8 8 And now, my beloved brethren, I perceive that ye ponder still in your hearts; and it grieveth me that I must speak concerning this thing. For if ye would hearken unto the Spirit which teacheth a man to pray ye would know that ye must pray; for the evil spirit teacheth not a man to pray, but teacheth him that he must not pray. 2 Nephi 32:9 9 But behold, I say unto you that ye must pray always, and not faint; that ye must not perform any thing unto the Lord save in the first place ye shall pray unto the Father in the name of Christ, that he will consecrate thy performance unto thee, that thy performance may be for the welfare of thy soul.