Nephi Quotes Isaiah: the Latter-Days

Event 27

Reference: 2 Ne. 11:1-8; 12:1-22; 13:1-26; 14:1-6; 15:1-30;16:1-13; See Isa. 2:1-22; 3:1-26; 4:1-6; 5:1-30;6:1-13

AND now, Jacob spake many more things to my people atthat time; nevertheless only these things have I caused to bewritten, for the things which I have written sufficeth me. 2And now I, Nephi, write more of the words of Isaiah, formy soul delighteth in his words. For I will liken his wordsunto my people, and I will send them forth unto all mychildren, for he verily saw my Redeemer, even as I haveseen him. 3 And my brother, Jacob, also has seen him as Ihave seen him; wherefore, I will send their words forth untomy children to prove unto them that my words are true.NephiSee Isa. 52:1-2Land of Nephi560 to 546 B.C.Wherefore, by the words of three,GodGod hath said,NephiI will establish my word.GodNevertheless, God sendeth more witnesses, and he provethall his words. 4 Behold, my soul delighteth in proving untomy people the truth of the coming of Christ; for, for this endhath the law of Moses been given; and all things whichhave been given of God from the beginning of the world,unto man, are the typifying of him. 5 And also my souldelighteth in the covenants of the Lord which he hath madeto our fathers; yea, my soul delighteth in his grace, and inhis justice, and power, and mercy in the great and eternalplan of deliverance from death. 6 And my soul delighteth inproving unto my people that save Christ should come allmen must perish. 7 For if there be no Christ there be noGod; and if there be no God we are not, for there couldhave been no creation. But there is a God, and he is Christ,and he cometh in the fulness of his own time. 8 And now Iwrite some of the words of Isaiah, that whoso of my peopleshall see these words may lift up their hearts and rejoice forall men. Now these are the words, and ye may liken themunto you and unto all men.Nephi1 THE word that Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw concerning Judahand Jerusalem:IsaiahSee Isa. 2:1-222 And it shall come to pass in the last days, when the mountain ofthe Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains,and shall be exalted above the hills, and all nations shall flow untoit. 3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to thehouse of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, andwe will walk in his paths; for out of Zion shall go forth the law,and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.PeopleSee Isa. 2:1-22Land of Nephi560 to 546 B.C.4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke manypeople: and they shall beat their swords into plow-shares, and theirspears into pruning-hooks—nation shall not lift up sword againstnation, neither shall they learn war any more. 5 O house of Jacob,come ye and let us walk in the light of the Lord; yea, come, for yehave all gone astray, every one to his wicked ways. 6 Therefore, OLord, thou hast forsaken thy people, the house of Jacob, becausethey be replenished from the east, and hearken unto soothsayerslike the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children ofstrangers. 7 Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither isthere any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses,neither is there any end of their chariots. 8 Their land is also full ofidols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which theirown fingers have made. 9 And the mean man boweth not down,and the great man humbleth himself not, therefore, forgive himnot.Isaiah10 O ye wicked ones, enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust,for the fear of the Lord and the glory of his majesty shall smitethee. 11 And it shall come to pass that the lofty looks of man shallbe humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, andthe Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. 12 For the day of theLord of Hosts soon cometh upon all nations, yea, upon every one;yea, upon the proud and lofty, and upon every one who is lifted up,and he shall be brought low. 13 Yea, and the day of the Lord shallcome upon all the cedars of Lebanon, for they are high and liftedup; and upon all the oaks of Bashan; 14 And upon all the highmountains, and upon all the hills, and upon all the nations whichare lifted up, and upon every people; 15 And upon every hightower, and upon every fenced wall; 16 And upon all the ships ofthe sea, and upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasantpictures. 17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and thehaughtiness of men shall be made low; and the Lord alone shall beexalted in that day. 18 And the idols he shall utterly abolish. 19And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves ofthe earth, for the fear of the Lord shall come upon them and theglory of his majesty shall smite them, when he ariseth to shaketerribly the earth. 20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver,and his idols of gold, which he hath made for himself to worship,to the moles and to the bats; 21 To go into the clefts of the rocks,and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for the fear of the Lord shallcome upon them and the majesty of his glory shall smite them,when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. 22 Cease ye from man,whose breath is in his nostrils; for wherein is he to be accountedof?1 FOR behold, the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, doth take away fromJerusalem, and from Judah, the stay and the staff, the whole staffSee Isa. 3:1-26 of bread, and the whole stay of water— 2 The mighty man, and theman of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and theancient; 3 The captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and thecounselor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.IsaiahSee Isa. 3:1-26Land of Nephi560 to 546 B.C.4 And I will give children unto them to be their princes, andbabes shall rule over them.The Lord5 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, andevery one by his neighbor; the child shall behave himself proudlyagainst the ancient, and the base against the honorable. 6 When aman shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, andshall say:IsaiahThou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let not this ruin comeunder thy hand—Man7 In that day shall he swear, saying:IsaiahI will not be a healer; for in my house there is neither bread norclothing; make me not a ruler of the people.Man8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen, because theirtongues and their doings have been against the Lord, to provokethe eyes of his glory. 9 The show of their countenance doth witnessagainst them, and doth declare their sin to be even as Sodom, andthey cannot hide it.IsaiahWo unto their souls, for they have rewarded evil untothemselves! 10 Say unto the righteous that it is well with them;for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. 11 Wo unto thewicked, for they shall perish; for the reward of their hands shallbe upon them! 12 And my people, children are their oppressors,and women rule over them. O my people, they who lead theecause thee to err and destroy the way of thy paths.The Lord13 The Lord standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.14 The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of hispeople and the princes thereof; for ye have eaten up the vineyardand the spoil of the poor in your houses.Isaiah15 What mean ye? Ye beat my people to pieces, and grind thefaces of the poor,The Lordsaith the Lord God of Hosts. 16 Moreover, the Lord saith:IsaiahBecause the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk withstretched-forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing asthey go, and making a tinkling with their feet—The Lord17 Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the headof the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will discover their secretparts. 18 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of theirtinkling ornaments, and cauls, and round tires like the moon; 19The chains and the bracelets, and the mufflers; 20 The bonnets, andthe ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, andIsaiah the ear-rings; 21 The rings, and nose jewels; 22 The changeablesuits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and thecrisping-pins; 23 The glasses, and the fine linen, and hoods, andthe veils. 24 And it shall come to pass, instead of sweet smell thereshall be stink; and instead of a girdle, a rent; and instead of wellset hair, baldness; and instead of a stomacher, a girding ofsackcloth; burning instead of beauty. 25 Thy men shall fall by thesword and thy mighty in the war. 26 And her gates shall lamentand mourn; and she shall be desolate, and shall sit upon theground.IsaiahSee Isa. 3:1-26Land of Nephi560 to 546 B.C.1 AND in that day, seven women shall take hold of one man,saying:See Isa. 4:1-6We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel; only letus be called by thy name to take away our reproach.Women2 In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious;the fruit of the earth excellent and comely to them that are escapedof Israel. 3 And it shall come to pass, they that are left in Zion andremain in Jerusalem shall be called holy, every one that is writtenamong the living in Jerusalem— 4 When the Lord shall havewashed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall havepurged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spiritof judgment and by the spirit of burning. 5 And the Lord willcreate upon every dwelling-place of mount Zion, and upon herassemblies, a cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a flamingfire by night; for upon all the glory of Zion shall be a defence. 6And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime fromthe heat, and for a place of refuge, and a covert from storm andfrom rain.Isaiah1 AND then will I sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved,touching his vineyard. My well-beloved hath a vineyard in a veryfruitful hill. 2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stonesthereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower inthe midst of it, and also made a wine-press therein; and he lookedthat it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.See Isa. 5:1-303 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah,judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. 4 What couldhave been done more to my vineyard that I have not done in it?Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes itbrought forth wild grapes. 5 And now go to; I will tell you whatI will do to my vineyard—I will take away the hedge thereof,and it shall be eaten up; and I will break down the wall thereof,and it shall be trodden down; 6 And I will lay it waste; it shallnot be pruned nor digged; but there shall come up briers andthorns; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rainupon it.The Lord7 For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel, andthe men of Judah his pleasant plant; and he looked for judgment,and behold, oppression; for righteousness, but behold, a cry.Isaiah 8 Wo unto them that join house to house, till there can be noplace, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! 9In mine ears,The LordSee Isa. 5:1-30Land of Nephi560 to 546 B.C.said the Lord of Hosts,Isaiahof a truth many houses shall be desolate, and great and faircities without inhabitant. 10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shallyield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah. 11Wo unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they mayfollow strong drink, that continue until night, and wine inflamethem!The Lord12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine are intheir feasts; but they regard not the work of the Lord, neitherconsider the operation of his hands.Isaiah13 Therefore, my people are gone into captivity, because theyhave no knowledge; and their honorable men are famished, andtheir multitude dried up with thirst. 14 Therefore, hell hathenlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure; andtheir glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he thatrejoiceth, shall descend into it. 15 And the mean man shall bebrought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and theeyes of the lofty shall be humbled.The Lord16 But the Lord of Hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and Godthat is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness. 17 Then shall thelambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat onesshall strangers eat.Isaiah18 Wo unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sinas it were with a cart rope; 19 That say:The LordLet him make speed, hasten his work, that we may see it; andlet the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come,that we may know it.People20 Wo unto them that call evil good, and good evil, that putdarkness for light, and light for darkness, that put bitter forsweet, and sweet for bitter! 21 Wo unto the wise in their owneyes and prudent in their own sight! 22 Wo unto the mighty todrink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink; 23 Whojustify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousnessof the righteous from him!The Lord24 Therefore, as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flameconsumeth the chaff, their root shall be rottenness, and theirblossoms shall go up as dust; because they have cast away the lawof the Lord of Hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One ofIsrael. 25 Therefore, is the anger of the Lord kindled against hispeople, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hathsmitten them; and the hills did tremble, and their carcasses weretorn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turnedaway, but his hand is stretched out still. 26 And he will lift up anIsaiah ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from theend of the earth; and behold, they shall come with speed swiftly;none shall be weary nor stumble among them. 27 None shallslumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed,nor the latchet of their shoes be broken; 28 Whose arrows shall besharp, and all their bows bent, and their horses’ hoofs shall becounted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind, their roaringlike a lion. 29 They shall roar like young lions; yea, they shall roar,and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry away safe, and none shalldeliver. 30 And in that day they shall roar against them like theroaring of the sea; and if they look unto the land, behold, darknessand sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.IsaiahSee Isa. 5:1-30Land of Nephi560 to 546 B.C.1 IN the year that king Uzziah died, I saw also the Lord sittingupon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. 2Above it stood the seraphim; each one had six wings; with twainhe covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and withtwain he did fly. 3 And one cried unto another, and said:See Isa. 6:1-13Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of Hosts; the whole earth is full ofhis glory.Seraphim4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried,and the house was filled with smoke. 5 Then said I:IsaiahWo is unto me! for I am undone; because I am a man of uncleanlips; and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; formine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of Hosts.6 Then flew one of the seraphim unto me, having a live coal in hishand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar; 7 Andhe laid it upon my mouth, and said:Lo, this has touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away,and thy sin purged.Seraphim8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying:IsaiahWhom shall I send, and who will go for us?The LordThen I said:IsaiahHere am I; send me.9 And he said:Go and tell this people—Hear ye indeed, but they understoodnot; and see ye indeed, but they perceived not. 10 Make theheart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shuttheir eyes—lest they see with their eyes, and hear with theirears, and understand with their heart, and be converted and behealed.The Lord11 Then said I:IsaiahLord, how long? And he said:IsaiahSee Isa. 6:1-13Land of Nephi560 to 546 B.C.Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houseswithout man, and the land be utterly desolate; 12 And the Lordhave removed men far away, for there shall be a great forsakingin the midst of the land. 13 But yet there shall be a tenth, andthey shall return, and shall be eaten, as a teil tree, and as an oakwhose substance is in them when they cast their leaves; so theholy seed shall be the substance thereof.The Lord