(2 Nephi 4 (cont.))

(Isaiah 11)
(** 2 Nephi 21 **)

for behold, I know that if ye are brought up

1 And there shall come forth a rod

[AI am the way, the truth, the life@]

[AI am the vine, ye are the branches@]

ye
[AI, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.@ (Ezk. 34:11.)]

[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.)]

from it. [the way]

of his roots. [see Aroots@ below]

[Aby his stripes we are healed@]

that the cursing may be taken from you and be answered

the spirit of wisdom

upon the heads of your parents.

[answering the tree of knowledge of good & evil?]

7 Wherefore, because of my blessing

the spirit of counsel [interceding covenant]

the Lord God will not suffer that ye shall perish;

and might, [power of deliverance]

wherefore, he will be merciful unto you and unto your seed forever.

[you would have to be on your toes for this one]

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;

wherefore, thou shalt not utterly be destroyed;

4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor,

but in the end thy seed shall be blessed.

and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth;

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.

11 And after he had made an end of speaking unto them, he spake unto Sam, saying:

and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

and thy seed;

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

for thou shall inherit the land like unto thy brother Nephi.

6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb,

And thy seed shall be numbered with his seed;

and the leopard shall lie down with the kid,

and thou shalt be even like unto thy brother,

and the calf and the young lion and fatling together;

and thy seed like unto his seed;

and a little child

and thou shalt be blessed in all thy days.

shall lead them.

[the great council at Adam-Ondi-Ahman]

[nourished by word of God]

according to the feelings of his heart

their young ones shall lie down together;

[no enmity]and the Spirit of the Lord which was in him,

[millennial new heart not limited to man]

[In the millennium, there shall be no death, but man shall be changed in the twinkling of an eye]

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

because of the admonitions of the Lord.

in all my holy mountain,

[Lost 116 manuscript pages from the large plates]

AAnd 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.)

15 And upon these [plates] I write the things of my soul, [the Book of Mormon]

which shall stand for an ensign of the people;

[(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.]

For my soul delighteth in the scriptures,

and the profit

AThe 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)

16 Behold, my soul delighteth in the things of the Lord;

which shall be left,

[which are recorded as scripture: namely the BofM]

12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations,

from the four corners of the earth.

in showing me his great and marvelous works,

my heart exclaimeth: O wretched man that I am! [that we all are!]

[nothing] [which is what we are by ourselves]

[1^st Messianic advent: to turns everyone from iniquity;   2^nd advent: to deliver world from temporal captivity  -- to fulfill covenant made to Abraham.]

AFor God hath concluded them all [Jews rejection of Messiah and then Gentiles=] in unbelief, that he might have mercy [spiritually (1^st) and temporally (2^nd)] upon all.@ (Rom. 11:32)

which do so easily beset me.

and the children of Ammon shall obey them.

19 And when I desire to rejoice,

15 And the Lord shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea;

my heart groaneth because of my sins;

and with his mighty wind he shall shake his hand over the river,

nevertheless, I know in whom I have trusted.

and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dry shod.

20 My God hath been my support;

16 And there shall be a highway for the remnant of his people

he hath led me through mine afflictions in the wilderness;

which shall be left, from Assyria,

and he hath preserved me upon the waters of the great deep.

like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.

(2 Nephi 4 (cont.))

(Isaiah 12)
(** 2 Nephi 22 **)

21 He hath filled me with his love, even unto the consuming of my flesh.

1 And in that day thou shalt say: O Lord, I will praise thee;

22 He hath confounded mine enemies,

though thou wast angry with me

unto the causing of them to quake before me.

thine anger is turned away,

23 Behold, he hath heard my cry by day,
and he hath given me knowledge by visions in the nighttime.

24 And by day have I waxed bold in mighty prayer before him;

[Mosiah 11:25: mighty prayer and deliverance]

yea, my voice have I sent up on high;

I will trust,

and angels came down and ministered unto me.

and not be afraid; [fear not...]

25 And upon the wings of his Spirit hath my body been carried away upon exceedingly high mountains.

And mine eyes have beheld great things,
yea, even too great for man;
therefore I was bidden
that I should not write them.

26 O then, if I have seen so great things,

and my song;

if the Lord in his condescension

he also has become my salvation.

unto the children of men

3 Therefore, with joy shall ye

hath visited men

draw water out of the wells

in so much mercy,

of salvation.

why should my heart weep

4 And in that day shall ye say: Praise the Lord,

and my soul linger

call upon his name,

in the valley of sorrow,

declare his doings among the people,

and my flesh waste away,

make mention that his name is exalted.

and my strength slacken,

5 Sing unto the Lord;

[confess his hands in all things, turned to glory]

this is known in all the earth.

27 And why should I yield to sin,

6 Cry out and shout, [call upon the Lord]

[must come in subjection to the spirit]

[Literal kingdom will come on earth]

[no temptation given but that a way be given for deliverance]

[(1) furnace; (2) Abrahamic trial]

that the evil one have place in my heart

is the Holy One of Israel

[stone of stumbling; rock of offense]
[peace: shilom; holy: heiro; = Herioshalom or Jerusalem]

[(1) In-dwelling of Holy Ghost;  (2) Lord resides in midst of Zion]

(2 Nephi 4 (cont.))

(Isaiah 13)
(** 2 Nephi 23 **)

Why am I angry

1 THE burden because of mine enemy?

of Babylon,

28 Awake, my soul!

which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.

No longer droop in sin.

2 Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain,

Rejoice, O my heart,

exalt the voice

and give place no more for the enemy of my soul.

unto them,

29 Do not anger again because of mine enemies.

shake the hand,

[take no thought what ye shall say...]

[ye shall testify before kings and rulers...]

and cry unto the Lord,

I have also called my mighty ones,

and say: O Lord, I will praise thee forever;

for mine anger is not upon them

yea, my soul will rejoice

that rejoice

in thee,
my God,
and the rock of my salvation.

in my highness.

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,

out of the hands

the Lord of Hosts mustereth

of mine enemies?

the hosts of the battle.

Wilt thou

5 They come from a far country,
from the end of heaven,
yea, the Lord,

make me [e.g. give cause]

and the weapons of his indignation,
to destroy the whole land.

that I may shake at the appearance of sin?

6 Howl ye,

32 May the gates of hell

be shut continually before me,

is at hand;

because that my heart is broken and my spirit is contrite!

it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

O Lord, wilt thou not shut the gates of thy righteousness before me, [= built on rock]

7 Therefore shall all hands be faint,
every man's heart shall melt;

that I may walk

8 And they shall be afraid;

in the path of the low valley,

pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them;

in the plain road!

their faces shall be as flames.

33 O Lord, wilt thou encircle me around in the robe of thy righteousness!

9 Behold, the day of the Lord cometh,

before mine enemies!

to lay the land desolate;

Wilt thou make my path straight

and he shall destroy the sinners thereof