(** 2 Nephi 3 **)

(Isaiah 9)
(2 Nephi 19 (cont.))

1 And now I speak unto you,

6 For unto us

Joseph, [Messiah ben David and Joseph: Afrom thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel@ (Gen. 49:24)]

my last-born.

is born,

Thou

unto us a son

wast born

is given;

in the wilderness of mine afflictions;

and the government [manchild]

yea, in the days of my greatest sorrow did thy mother bear thee.

shall be upon his shoulder;

2 And may the Lord

and his name

consecrate also unto thee

shall be called,

[kingdom of God on earth; the New Jersusalem]

The Everlasting

Father,

for thy security

The Prince of Peace.

of the Holy One of Israel.

upon the throne of David,

3 And now,

and

Joseph,

upon his kingdom

my last-born,

to order it,

whom I have brought out

and to establish it

of the wilderness

with judgment

of mine afflictions,

and with justice

may the Lord bless thee forever,

from henceforth, even forever.

for thy seed shall not utterly be destroyed.

The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will perform this.

4 For behold, thou

8 The Lord sent his word

art the fruit of my loins;

and I am

9 And all the people shall know,

a descendant of Joseph

even Ephraim

who was carried captive [condescension]

and the inhabitants [Immanuel]

into Egypt. [metaphor for U.S.A.]

of Samaria, [Gentiles]

And great

that say in the pride and stoutness of heart:

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

10 The bricks are fallen down,

5 Wherefore, Joseph truly saw our day.

11 Therefore

And he obtained a promise of the Lord,

the Lord

that out of the fruit of his loins the Lord God would raise up

shall set up

a righteous branch

the adversaries of Rezin against him, unto the house of Israel;

and join his enemies together;

nevertheless,

For all this

a is not turned away,

that the Messiah

but his hand [make bare his arm]

should be made manifest unto them

is stretched out

in the spirit of power,

[Athe people of the Lord are they who wait for him, for their still wait for the coming of the Messiah@ (2 Ne. 6)]

unto the bringing of them out of darkness

13 For the people turneth not

[those whom I love, I chasten]

yea, out of hidden

neither do they seek [and ye shall find]

darkness

the Lord of Hosts. [light]

and out of captivity unto freedom.

14 Therefore will the Lord cut off

6 For Joseph

from Israel

A seer

branch

shall the Lord my God raise up,

who shall be a choice seer

15 The ancient, [of days]

unto the fruit of my loins.

he is the head;

7 Yea, Joseph [e.g. Smith]

and the prophet [current]

truly said:

[A...that all (not just the head guy) might
speak in the name of the Lord@ (D&C 1);
would to God that all were prophets]

A choice seer

16 For the leaders [slothful shepherds]

will I raise up out of

of [by man]

the fruit of thy loins;

this people [this people]

and he shall be esteemed highly among the fruit of thy loins. [adoration]

cause them to err; [adulation]

And unto him will I give commandment

and they that are led [arm of flesh]

that he

of them

shall do a work for the fruit of thy loins, his brethren, [to build and to plant (Jer 18:9)]

[to pluck up, pull down, destroy (Jer 18:7)]

which shall be of great worth

17 Therefore the Lord shall have no joy

unto them,

in their young men,

even

neither

to the bringing of them to the knowledge of the covenants which I have made

shall have mercy

with thy fathers.

on their fatherless

8 And I will give

and widows;

unto him

for every one of them

a commandment

is a hypocrite

that he shall do none other work,
save the work which I shall command him.

and an evildoer,

for he shall do my work. [mediation]

For all this his anger

9 And he shall be great

is not turned away, [they having sinned against such great light and knowledge]

like unto Moses, [deliverance]

but his hand is stretched out [destruction]whom I have said [as in days of old]

still. [except humble themselves insackcloth and ashes and cry mightily to the Lord their God, he will not hear their cries (Mosiah 11).]

a burneth as the fire;

a shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.

10 And Moses [deliverance]

19 Through the wrath [destruction]

will I

of the Lord of Hosts

[(2) the Lord shall send strong delusion that they believe a lie (Isa 66; II Thes. 2); (3) shut their eyes (Isa. 6)]

[They shall be saved, even if it be so as by fire]

[when I called again there was none to answer (DC 133)]

will I raise up [and he shall be healed (3 Ne 21)]

shall spare

out of the fruit of thy loins;

his brother.

and unto him [whose right it is]

20 And he [the usurper]

will I give power

shall snatch [feeble]

my word  [filled]

[wherefore, come all ye that hunger... (Isa. 55)]

unto the seed of thy loinsB [natural branch]

and he [wild branch]

a on the left hand [e.g. l.h. column]

but to the convincing them

and they shall not be satisfied;

of my word,

they shall eat every man

which shall have already gone forth
[a Bible, a Bible, we have already got a Bible]

the flesh of his own [commentaries/traditions]

among them. [Immanuel]

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

A 21 Manasseh,

[Awhen Ephraim=s records I unfold, all things become divinely new.@ (Hymn #16, LDS.)]

[The structure of this set betokens the parallel relationship between Nephites and Mormons; and chiastic relationship between Jews and Mormons.]

A Manasseh;

shall grow together,

they together shall be against Judah.

[putting to rest]

[stirring up]

(2 Nephi 3 (cont.))

(Isaiah 10)
(** 2 Nephi 20 **)

of false doctrines

1 Wo unto them that decree unrighteous decrees,

and laying down

and that write

of contentions,

grievousness which they have prescribed;

the fruit of thy loins,

that widows

and bringing them to the knowledge

of their fathers

the fatherless!

in the latter days,

3 And what will ye do in the day of visitation,

and also to the knowledge

and in the desolation which shall come from far? of my covenants, saith the Lord.