The Book of Mormon Part 22

2 Nephi 17:15 15 b.u.t.ter 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 a.s.syria.

2 Nephi 17:18 18 And it shall come to pa.s.s 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 a.s.syria.

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 a.s.syria, the head, and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the beard.

2 Nephi 17:21 21 And it shall come to pa.s.s in that day, a man shall nourish a young cow and two sheep;

2 Nephi 17:22 22 And it shall come to pa.s.s, for the abundance of milk they shall give he shall eat b.u.t.ter; for b.u.t.ter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.

2 Nephi 17:23 23 And it shall come to pa.s.s 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 18 Chapter 18

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 18:3 3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived and bare a son. 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 a.s.syria.

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 s.h.i.+loah 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 a.s.syria 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 pa.s.s 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 18:9 9 a.s.sociate 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 G.o.d 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.

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 G.o.d 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 pa.s.s through it hardly bestead and hungry; and it shall come to pa.s.s that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their G.o.d, 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 Chapter 19

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 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 s.h.i.+ned.

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 G.o.d, 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 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 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.