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I might persuade » And perhaps Lord have behold, | concerning shew unto and also, he did shew wherefore, it must needs be, did | ly them; art obstinate, and thy neck Was an iron sinew, and thy brow brass ; and I have, even from the beginning, declared to thee; [fo things. many, we know us; for theyware written upon the plates of brass. > ae VI. sim ma: (O CHAPTER | . ; ote P tie — is i" | ey! f ‘ 4 a LOE. ssal ak ye @ nm -. prophet, r sake, will I do this; for I will not suffer my name to be pol- } Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; for I am! he ; and Iam - ' ‘. hk saith the Lord: I the Lord, yea, I have spoken, yea, I have called him, to declare I have brought him; and he shall make as well hope have ye may that yourselves, it unto liken For broken off. your brethren, from whom ye have bee heat and dearken : written prophet the hath ter this manner Jacob, which are called by the name oi Is house of this) shots ae ~ Lyaelf his way prosperous. _. . iswear by the name of the Lord, and make mention of the God ome _~, “S k 4 * OL 4 ee ee 8 gm a 4. 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The Lord hath loved him: yea, and he will fulfil his word which he hath declared by them; and he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall come upon the Chaldeans. © Also, a | prophet, which was written unto all the House of Israel, and hear; : and yourselves, assemble ye, All together. stand up which among them hath declared these things unto them? tmanch of which have been broken off -thear ye the words 0! rhe f the /House of remnant are a which Israel, , I called unto them, and they © and hath spanned the heavens: Hear ye the words ol the of Mine hand- the last. also I am the first, and hath also laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand was that which 3 luted, and I will not give my glory unto another. written by the Prophet Isaiah; forI did liken all scriptures Whereunto Us, that it might be for our profit and learning. 4 os Deas e a ne 4 A Seuate oy nj hen aah Laetes ea K » Ses unto I did’ read wherefore fore, I spake unto them, saying: ad For, behold, I have refined thee; I have chosen thee in the| furnace of affliction. For mine own sake, yea, for mine own | they might know concerning the doings of the Lord in other And I did read many things unto?) lands, among people of eld. them. which were written in the Book of Moses; but that | might more fully persuade them to believe in the Lord their Redeemer, and thou didst not know for my praise will I refrain from thee, that I cut thee not off. | s Now it came to pass that I, Nephi, did teach my brethre things And it came to pass that | did read many fhese things. were engraven upon the plates of brass, that which to them, them andJ shewed idol hath done “ transgressor from the womb. Nevertheless, for my name sake will I defer mine anger, and | RDA. cc >--2.., o~-t— thee; Mine They are created now, and not from the beginning; them. even before the day when thou heardest them not, they were declared unto thee, lest thou shouldst say, Behold, | knew Yea, and thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; them. yea, from that time, thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a them, concerning them say, from this time, eyen hidden things, concerning concerning | shewed shouldst to it came them; and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them. ‘Thou hast seen and heard all this; and will ye not declare them? And thatI have shewed thee new things are at Jeru- things pass them for fear lest thou before to shew unto m unto that that thou the all old, of prophets the I did them; I did it because I knew remember of old: for he sure- even as he had prophets hem, And | shewed and mouth, forth out of my shew them suddenly. unto all the House been merciful, for had not the Lord salem; they but do not stay themselves upon the God of Israel, which is the Behold, Lord of hosts; yea, the Lord of hosts is his name. | have declared the former things from the beginning; and nation, kin- tor they which joints are weak, Jo Holy city, Nevertheless, they call themselves of the I have workings in the spirit, which doth weary me, —- even that all my NEPHI, that should obtain these they if it so be that of Israel, trom they went I speak @F people, would that they them wherefore, their Redeemer; Zenos, my unto things these written Nephi, aeit every saith the prophet; the salvation of the Lord, em yea, and all the earth shall see earth ; the four quarters ol the BOOK ef Isracl; yet they swear not in truth, nor in nighteousness.— a, ee “f mee i ~ FIRST s 5 é | i. 4 e, he eee as be Sao ong “he Bef, SRR — . 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