The Book of Mormon Part 19

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, G.o.d 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 G.o.d, and there is none other nation on earth that would crucify their G.o.d.

2 Nephi 10:4 4 For should the mighty miracles be wrought among other nations they would repent, and know that he be their G.o.d.

2 Nephi 10:5 5 But because of priestcrafts and iniquities, they at Jerusalem will stiffen their necks against him, that he be crucified.

2 Nephi 10:6 6 Wherefore, because of their iniquities, destructions, famines, pestilences, and bloodshed shall come upon them; and they who shall not be destroyed shall be scattered among all nations.

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

2 Nephi 10:8 8 And it shall come to pa.s.s 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 G.o.d, in carrying them forth to the lands of their inheritance.

2 Nephi 10:9 9 Yea, the kings of the Gentiles shall be nursing fathers unto them, and their queens shall become nursing mothers; wherefore, the promises of the Lord are great unto the Gentiles, for he hath spoken it, and who can dispute?

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

2 Nephi 10:11 11 And this land shall be a land of liberty unto the Gentiles, and there shall be no kings upon the land, who shall raise up unto the Gentiles.

2 Nephi 10:12 12 And I will fortify this land against all other nations.

2 Nephi 10:13 13 And he that fighteth against Zion shall perish, saith G.o.d.

2 Nephi 10:14 14 For he that raiseth up a king against me shall perish, for I, the Lord, the king of heaven, will be their king, and I will be a light unto them forever, that hear my words.

2 Nephi 10:15 15 Wherefore, for this cause, that my covenants may be fulfilled which I have made unto the children of men, that I will do unto them while they are in the flesh, I must needs destroy the secret works of darkness, and of murders, and of abominations.

2 Nephi 10:16 16 Wherefore, he that fighteth against Zion, both Jew and Gentile, both bond and free, both male and female, shall perish; for they are they who are the wh.o.r.e of all the earth; for they who are not for me are against me, saith our G.o.d.

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 G.o.d: I will afflict thy seed by the hand of the Gentiles; nevertheless, I will soften the hearts of the Gentiles, that they shall be like unto a father to them; wherefore, the Gentiles shall be blessed and numbered among the house of Israel.

2 Nephi 10:19 19 Wherefore, I will consecrate this land unto thy seed, and them who shall be numbered among thy seed, forever, for the land of their inheritance; for it is a choice land, saith G.o.d unto me, above all other lands, wherefore I will have all men that dwell thereon that they shall wors.h.i.+p me, saith G.o.d.

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

2 Nephi 10:21 21 But great are the promises of the Lord unto them who are upon the isles of the sea; wherefore as it says isles, there must needs be more than this, and they are inhabited also by our brethren.

2 Nephi 10:22 22 For behold, the Lord G.o.d has led away from time to time from the house of Israel, according to his will and pleasure. And now behold, the Lord remembereth all them who have been broken off, wherefore he remembereth us also.

2 Nephi 10:23 23 Therefore, cheer up your hearts, and remember that ye are free to act for yourselves--to choose the way of everlasting death or the way of eternal life.

2 Nephi 10:24 24 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, reconcile yourselves to the will of G.o.d, and not to the will of the devil and the flesh; and remember, after ye are reconciled unto G.o.d, that it is only in and through the grace of G.o.d that ye are saved.

2 Nephi 10:25 25 Wherefore, may G.o.d 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 G.o.d, that ye may praise him through grace divine. Amen.

2 Nephi 11 Chapter 11

2 Nephi 11:1 1 And now, Jacob spake many more things to my people at that time; nevertheless only these things have I caused to be written, for the things which I have written sufficeth me.

2 Nephi 11:2 2 And now I, Nephi, write more of the words of Isaiah, for my soul delighteth in his words. For I will liken his words unto my people, and I will send them forth unto all my children, for he verily saw my Redeemer, even as I have seen him.

2 Nephi 11:3 3 And my brother, Jacob, also has seen him as I have seen him; wherefore, I will send their words forth unto my children to prove unto them that my words are true. Wherefore, by the words of three, G.o.d hath said, I will establish my word. Nevertheless, G.o.d sendeth more witnesses, and he proveth all his words.

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

2 Nephi 11:5 5 And also my soul delighteth in the covenants of the Lord which he hath made to our fathers; yea, my soul delighteth in his grace, and in his justice, and power, and mercy in the great and eternal plan of deliverance from death.

2 Nephi 11:6 6 And my soul delighteth in proving unto my people that save Christ should come all men must perish.

2 Nephi 11:7 7 For if there be no Christ there be no G.o.d; and if there be no G.o.d we are not, for there could have been no creation. But there is a G.o.d, and he is Christ, and he cometh in the fulness of his own time.

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

2 Nephi 12 Chapter 12

2 Nephi 12:1 1 The word that Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:

2 Nephi 12:2 2 And it shall come to pa.s.s 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 G.o.d of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths; for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

2 Nephi 12:4 4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plow-shares, and their spears into pruning-hooks--nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

2 Nephi 12:5 5 O house of Jacob, come ye and let us walk in the light of the Lord; yea, come, for ye have all gone astray, every one to his wicked ways.

2 Nephi 12:6 6 Therefore, O Lord, thou hast forsaken thy people, the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and hearken unto soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.

2 Nephi 12:7 7 Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots.

2 Nephi 12:8 8 Their land is also full of idols; they wors.h.i.+p the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.

2 Nephi 12:9 9 And the mean man boweth not down, and the great man humbleth himself not, therefore, forgive him not.

2 Nephi 12:10 10 O ye wicked ones, enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for the fear of the Lord and the glory of his majesty shall smite thee.

2 Nephi 12:11 11 And it shall come to pa.s.s that the lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

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

2 Nephi 12:13 13 Yea, and the day of the Lord shall come upon all the cedars of Lebanon, for they are high and lifted up; and upon all the oaks of Bashan;

2 Nephi 12:14 14 And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills, and upon all the nations which are lifted up, and upon every people;

2 Nephi 12:15 15 And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall;

2 Nephi 12:16 16 And upon all the s.h.i.+ps of the sea, and upon all the s.h.i.+ps of Tars.h.i.+sh, and upon all pleasant pictures.