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Continued From Above
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(2 Nephi 4 (cont.))
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(Isaiah 11)
(** 2 Nephi 21 **) |
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for behold, I know that if ye
are brought up |
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1 And there shall come forth a
rod |
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in the way ye should go
[AI am the way, the truth, the life@] |
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out of the stem of Jesse,
[AI am the vine, ye are the branches@] |
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ye
[AI, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.@ (Ezk. 34:11.)] |
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and a branch
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will not depart
[Ago ye out of the midst of her;@ cleave unto
the Lord.]
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shall grow out
[ Aif it shall so be that they shall believe these things then shall
the greater things be made manifest unto them.@ (3 Ne.
26:9.) AYe have taken away the key of knowledge, the fulness of
the scriptures.@ (JST-Luke 11:52.)] |
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from it. [the way] |
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of his roots. [see Aroots@ below] |
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6 Wherefore, if ye are cursed,
[e.g. condemnation: 3 Ne. 26:10; D&C
84:55]
behold, I leave my blessing upon you,
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2 And the Spirit of the Lord
[ Athe word of the Lord is truth, ...is light, ...is Spirit@ (D&C
84:45)]
shall rest upon him,
[Aby his stripes we are healed@] |
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that the cursing may be taken from you
and be answered |
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the spirit of wisdom |
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upon the heads of your parents. |
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and understanding,
[answering the tree of knowledge of good
& evil?] |
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7 Wherefore, because of my blessing |
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the spirit of counsel [interceding
covenant] |
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the Lord God will not suffer that ye shall
perish; |
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and might, [power of
deliverance] |
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wherefore, he will be merciful unto you and
unto your seed forever. |
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the spirit of knowledge and [spirit] of the fear
of the Lord; |
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8 And it came to pass that after my father had made an end
of speaking to the sons and daughters of Laman, he caused the sons and
daughters of Lemuel to be brought before him.
[you would have to be on your toes for this
one] |
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3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear
of the Lord;
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9 And he spake unto them, saying: Behold, my sons and my
daughters, who are the sons and the daughters of my second son; behold I
leave unto you the same blessing which I left unto the sons
and daughters of Laman; |
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and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes,
neither reprove after the hearing of his ears.
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wherefore, thou shalt not utterly be destroyed; |
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4 But with righteousness shall he judge the
poor, |
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but in the end thy seed shall be blessed. |
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and reprove with equity for the meek
of the earth; |
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10 And it came to pass that when my father had made an end
of speaking unto them,
behold, he spake unto the sons of Ishmael, yea, and
even all his household. |
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and he shall smite the earth with the rod
of his mouth,
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11 And after he had made an end of speaking
unto them, he spake unto Sam, saying: |
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and with the breath of his lips shall
he slay the wicked. |
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Blessed art thou,
and thy seed; |
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5 And righteousness
shall be the girdle of his loins,
and faithfulness
the girdle of his reins. |
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for thou shall inherit the land like unto thy
brother Nephi. |
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6 The wolf also shall dwell with
the lamb, |
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And thy seed shall be numbered with his
seed; |
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and the leopard shall lie down
with the kid, |
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and thou shalt be even like unto thy
brother, |
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and the calf and the young lion
and fatling together; |
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and thy seed like unto his seed; |
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and a little child |
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and thou shalt be blessed in all thy days. |
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shall lead them. |
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12 And it came to pass after my father, Lehi, had spoken
unto all his household,
[the great council at Adam-Ondi-Ahman] |
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7 And the cow and the bear
shall feed;
[nourished by word of God] |
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according to the feelings of his heart |
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their young ones shall lie down together; |
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[no enmity]and the Spirit of the
Lord which was in him, |
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and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
[millennial new heart not limited to man] |
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a he waxed old.
b And it came to pass that he died, and was buried.
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a 8 And the suckling child
b shall play on the hole of the asp,
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[In the millennium, there shall be no death, but man
shall be changed in the twinkling of an eye] |
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a and the weaned child
b shall put his hand on the cockatrice's den.
[with no harm]
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13 And it came to pass that not many days after his death,
Laman and Lemuel and the sons of Ishmael were angry with me |
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9 They shall not hurt nor destroy
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because of the admonitions of the Lord. |
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in all my holy mountain, |
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14 For I, Nephi, was constrained to speak unto
them, according to his word;
for I had spoken many things unto them,
and also my father, before his death;
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for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters
cover the sea.
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many of which sayings are written
upon mine other plates;
for a more history part are written upon
mine other plates.
[Lost 116 manuscript pages from the large
plates] |
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10 And in that day there shall be a root
of Jesse, [Joseph Smith]
A I have told you the things
which I have sealed up [vision of the Brother of Jared of all things];
therefore[, Joseph,] touch them not in order that ye may translate;
for that thing is forbidden you, except by and by it shall be wisdom in
God.@ (Ether 5:1)
[conditioned upon...]
A And when they shall have received
this [Book of Mormon], which is expedient that they should have first, to
try their faith, and if it shall so be that they shall believe these
things then shall the greater things be made manifest unto them. And if it
so be that they will not believe these things, then shall the greater
things be withheld from them, unto their condemnation. (3 Ne. 26:10.) |
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15 And upon these [plates] I write the things of my soul, [the Book of Mormon] |
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which shall stand for an ensign of the people ; |
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and many of the scriptures which are
engraven upon the plates of brass.
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to it shall the Gentiles seek;
[(1) In a positive sense, a few enlightened Gentiles know
of the great treasure contained in the plates of brass. They therefore
look and pray earnestly for their coming forth; (2) in a negative sense,
the Gentile world embraces the Bible as we have it now as being
permanently sufficient, and will spurn at the coming forth of the plates
of brass, though they will further prove the validity of the Bible and
restore portions now lost.] |
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For my soul delighteth in the
scriptures, |
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and his rest shall be glorious.
and my heart pondereth
them,
and writeth them
for the learning
and the profit |
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11 And it shall come to pass in that day that
the Lord shall s e t . h i s . h a n d .
a g a i n . t h e . s e c o n d . t i m e
A The words and the way they are
used in the Book of Mormon by the Lord should become our source
of understanding and should be used by us in teaching
gospel principles.@ B Ezra Taft Benson (C.R. Apr. 1987) |
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of my children.
16 Behold, my soul delighteth in the things of the
Lord; |
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to recover the remnant of his people
which shall be left, |
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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.
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and my heart pondereth continually upon the things
which I have seen and heard.
[which are recorded as scripture: namely
the BofM] |
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12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, |
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17 Nevertheless, notwithstanding the great goodness
of the Lord,
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and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel,
and gather together the dispersed of Judah
from the four corners of the earth. |
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in showing me his great and marvelous
works,
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13 The envy of Ephraim also shall depart,
and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off;
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my heart exclaimeth: O wretched man
that I am! [that we all are!] |
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[nothing] [which is what we are by ourselves] |
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Yea, my heart sorroweth because of my flesh;
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Ephraim shall not envy Judah,
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my soul grieveth because of mine iniquities.
[1st Messianic advent: to turns
everyone from iniquity; 2nd advent: to
deliver world from temporal captivity -- to fulfill covenant made to
Abraham.] |
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and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
A For God hath concluded them all
[Jews rejection of Messiah and then Gentiles=] in
unbelief, that he might have mercy [spiritually (1st) and
temporally (2nd)] upon all.@ (Rom. 11:32) |
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18 I am encompassed about,
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14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the
Philistines towards the west;
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they shall spoil them of the east together; because
of
the temptations
and the sins [thorns in the flesh]
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they shall lay their hand upon
Edom
and Moab; [thorns in the flesh]
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which do so easily beset me. |
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and the children of Ammon shall obey them. |
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19 And when I desire to rejoice, |
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15 And the Lord shall utterly destroy the tongue of
the Egyptian sea; |
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my heart groaneth because of my sins; |
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and with his mighty wind he shall shake his hand
over the river, |
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nevertheless, I know in whom I have trusted. |
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and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men
go over dry shod. |
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20 My God hath been my support; |
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16 And there shall be a highway for the
remnant of his people |
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he hath led me through mine afflictions in
the wilderness; |
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which shall be left, from Assyria, |
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and he hath preserved me upon the waters of the
great deep. |
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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 4 (cont.))
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(Isaiah 12)
(** 2 Nephi 22 **) |
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21 He hath filled me
with his love, even unto the consuming of my flesh. |
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1 And in that day thou shalt say: O Lord, I will praise thee; |
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22 He hath confounded mine enemies, |
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though thou wast angry with me |
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unto the causing of them to quake before me. |
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thine anger is turned away, |
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23 Behold, he hath heard my cry by
day,
and he hath given me knowledge by visions in the
nighttime. |
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and thou comfortedst me.
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24 And by day have I waxed bold in mighty prayer
before him; |
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2 Behold, God is my salvation;
[Mosiah 11:25: mighty prayer and
deliverance] |
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yea, my voice have I sent up on high; |
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I will trust, |
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and angels came down and ministered unto
me. |
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and not be afraid; [fear
not...] |
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25 And upon the wings of his Spirit hath my body
been carried away upon exceedingly high mountains. |
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for the Lord JEHOVAH is my strength |
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And mine eyes have beheld great things,
yea, even too great for man;
therefore I was bidden
that I should not write them. |
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26 O then, if I have seen so great things, |
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and my song; |
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if the Lord in his condescension |
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he also has become my salvation. |
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unto the children of men |
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3 Therefore, with joy shall ye |
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hath visited men |
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draw water out of the wells |
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in so much mercy, |
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of salvation. |
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why should my heart weep |
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4 And in that day shall ye say: Praise the Lord, |
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and my soul linger |
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call upon his name, |
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in the valley of sorrow, |
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declare his doings among the people, |
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and my flesh waste away, |
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make mention that his name is exalted. |
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and my strength slacken, |
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5 Sing unto the Lord; |
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because of mine afflictions?
[confess his hands in all things, turned to
glory] |
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for he hath done excellent things;
this is known in all the earth. |
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27 And why should I yield to sin, |
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6 Cry out and shout, [call upon the Lord] |
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because of my flesh?
[must come in subjection to the spirit] |
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thou inhabitant of Zion;
[Literal kingdom will come on earth] |
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Yea, why should I give way to temptations,
[no temptation given but that a way be given for
deliverance] |
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for great
[(1) furnace; (2) Abrahamic trial] |
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that the evil one have place in my heart |
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is the Holy One of Israel |
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to destroy my peace and afflict my soul?
[stone of stumbling; rock of offense]
[peace: shilom; holy: heiro; = Herioshalom or
Jerusalem] |
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in the midst of thee. [Immanuel]
[(1) In-dwelling of Holy Ghost; (2) Lord resides in
midst of Zion] |
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(2 Nephi 4 (cont.))
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(Isaiah 13)
(** 2 Nephi 23 **) |
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Why am I angry |
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1 THE burden because of mine enemy? |
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of Babylon, |
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28 Awake, my
soul! |
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which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. |
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No longer droop in sin . |
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2 Lift ye up a banner
upon the high mountain, |
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Rejoice, O my heart, |
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exalt the voice |
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and give place no more for the enemy of my soul. |
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unto them, |
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29 Do not anger again because of mine enemies. |
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shake the hand, |
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Do not slacken my strength
because of mine afflictions.
[take no thought what ye shall say...] |
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that they may go
into the gates of the nobles.
[ye shall testify before kings and
rulers...] |
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30 Rejoice, O my heart,
and cry unto the Lord, |
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3 I have commanded my
sanctified ones,
I have also called my mighty ones, |
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and say: O Lord, I will praise thee forever; |
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for mine anger is not upon them |
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yea, my soul will rejoice |
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that rejoice |
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in thee,
my God,
and the rock of my salvation. |
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in my highness. |
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31 O Lord,
wilt thou redeem my soul?
Wilt thou deliver me
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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, |
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out of the hands |
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the Lord of Hosts mustereth |
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of mine enemies? |
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the hosts of the battle. |
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Wilt thou |
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5 They come from a far country,
from the end of heaven,
yea, the Lord, |
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make me [e.g. give cause] |
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and the weapons of his indignation,
to destroy the whole land. |
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that I may shake at the appearance of sin? |
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6 Howl ye, |
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32 May the gates of hell |
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for the day of the Lord |
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be shut continually before me, |
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is at hand; |
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because that my heart is broken and my spirit is
contrite! |
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it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. |
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O Lord, wilt thou not shut the gates of thy
righteousness before me, [= built on rock] |
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7 Therefore shall all hands be faint,
every man's heart shall melt; |
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that I may walk |
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8 And they shall be afraid; |
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in the path of the low valley, |
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pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; |
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that I may be strict
in the plain road! |
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they shall be amazed one at another;
their faces shall be as flames. |
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33 O Lord, wilt thou encircle me around
in the robe of thy righteousness! |
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9 Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, |
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O Lord, wilt thou make a way for mine escape
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cruel both
with wrath
and fierce anger,
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before mine enemies! |
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to lay the land desolate; |
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Wilt thou make my path straight |
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and he shall destroy the sinners thereof |
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