Nephi Quotes Isaiah: Christ’S Return

Event 29

Reference: 2 Ne. 20:1-34; 21:1-16; 22:1-6; 23:1-22; 24:1-32;See Isa. 10:1-34; 11:1-16; 12:1-6; 13:1-22; 14:1-32

WO unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that writegrievousness which they have prescribed; 2 To turn away theneedy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poorof my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they mayrob the fatherless! 3 And what will ye do in the day ofvisitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? towhom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?4 Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and theyshall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turnedaway, but his hand is stretched out still. 5 O Assyrian, the rod ofmine anger, and the staff in their hand is their indignation. 6 Iwill send him against a hypocritical nation, and against thepeople of my wrath will I give him a charge to take the spoil,and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of thestreets. 7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heartthink so; but in his heart it is to destroy and cut off nations not afew. 8 For he saith:The LordSee Isa. 10:1-34Land of Nephi560 to 546 B.C.Are not my princes altogether kings? 9 Is not Calno asCarchemish? Is not Hamath as Arpad? Is not Samaria asDamascus? 10 As my hand hath founded the kingdoms of theidols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalemand of Samaria; 11 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samariaand her idols, so do to Jerusalem and to her idols?Assyrian12 Wherefore it shall come to pass that when the Lord hathperformed his whole work upon Mount Zion and uponJerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king ofAssyria, and the glory of his high looks. 13 For he saith:The LordBy the strength of my hand and by my wisdom I have donethese things; for I am prudent; and I have moved the bordersof the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have putdown the inhabitants like a valiant man; 14 And my handhath found as a nest the riches of the people; and as onegathereth eggs that are left have I gathered all the earth; andthere was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, orpeeped.Assyrian15 Shall the ax boast itself against him that heweth therewith?Shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? As if therod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staffshould lift up itself as if it were no wood! 16 Therefore shall theLord, the Lord of Hosts, send among his fat ones, leanness; andunder his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for aflame, and shall burn and shall devour his thorns and his briers inone day; 18 And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of hisfruitful field, both soul and body; and they shall be as when aIsaiah standard-bearer fainteth. 19 And the rest of the trees of his forestshall be few, that a child may write them. 20 And it shall come topass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escapedof the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him thatsmote them, but shall stay upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel,in truth. 21 The remnant shall return, yea, even the remnant ofJacob, unto the mighty God. 22 For though thy people Israel be asthe sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return; theconsumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness. 23 For theLord God of Hosts shall make a consumption, even determined inall the land. 24 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God of Hosts:IsaiahSee Isa. 10:1-34Land of Nephi560 to 546 B.C.O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian;he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff againstthee, after the manner of Egypt. 25 For yet a very little while,and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in theirdestruction.The Lord26 And the Lord of Hosts shall stir up a scourge for him accordingto the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and as his rod wasupon the sea so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt. 27 Andit shall come to pass in that day that his burden shall be takenaway from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, andthe yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing. 28 He iscome to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laidup his carriages. 29 They are gone over the passage; they havetaken up their lodging at Geba; Ramath is afraid; Gibeah of Saul isfled. 30 Lift up the voice, O daughter of Gallim; cause it to beheard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth. 31 Madmenah is removed; theinhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee. 32 As yet shall heremain at Nob that day; he shall shake his hand against the mountof the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. 33 Behold, the Lord,the Lord of Hosts shall lop the bough with terror; and the highones of stature shall be hewn down; and the haughty shall behumbled. 34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forests withiron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.Isaiah1 AND there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and abranch shall grow out of his roots. 2 And the Spirit of the Lordshall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, thespirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fearof the Lord; 3 And shall make him of quick understanding in thefear of the Lord; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes,neither reprove after the hearing of his ears. 4 But withrighteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity forthe meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod ofhis mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, andfaithfulness the girdle of his reins. 6 The wolf also shall dwell withthe lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calfand the young lion and fatling together; and a little child shall leadthem. 7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shalllie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 8 AndSee Isa. 11:1-16 the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weanedchild shall put his hand on the cockatrice’s den. 9 They shall nothurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, for the earth shall be fullof the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. 10 Andin that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for anensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek; and his rest shallbe glorious. 11 And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lordshall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant ofhis people which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, andfrom Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar,and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. 12 And he shallset up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts ofIsrael, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the fourcorners of the earth. 13 The envy of Ephraim also shall depart, andthe adversaries of Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not envyJudah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim. 14 But they shall fly uponthe shoulders of the Philistines towards the west; they shall spoilthem of the east together; they shall lay their hand upon Edom andMoab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them. 15 And theLord shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and withhis mighty wind he shall shake his hand over the river, and shallsmite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dry shod. 16And there shall be a highway for the remnant of his people whichshall be left, from Assyria, like as it was to Israel in the day that hecame up out of the land of Egypt.IsaiahSee Isa. 11:1-16Land of Nephi560 to 546 B.C.1 AND in that day thou shalt say:See Isa. 12:1-6O Lord, I will praise thee; though thou wast angry with methine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me. 2 Behold,God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid; for the LordJehovah is my strength and my song; he also has become mysalvation. 3 Therefore, with joy shall ye draw water out of thewells of salvation.People4 And in that day shall ye say:IsaiahPraise the Lord, call upon his name, declare his doings amongthe people, make mention that his name is exalted. 5 Sing untothe Lord; for he hath done excellent things; this is known in allthe earth. 6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion; for greatis the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.People1 THE burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.IsaiahSee Isa. 13:1-222 Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voiceunto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of thenobles. 3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have alsocalled my mighty ones, for mine anger is not upon them thatrejoice in my highness.The Lord4 The noise of the multitude in the mountains like as of a greatpeople, a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gatheredtogether, the Lord of Hosts mustereth the hosts of the battle. 5Isaiah They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, yea, theLord, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the wholeland. 6 Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come asa destruction from the Almighty. 7 Therefore shall all hands befaint, every man’s heart shall melt; 8 And they shall be afraid;pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be amazedone at another; their faces shall be as flames. 9 Behold, the day ofthe Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay theland desolate; and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. 10For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not givetheir light; the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and themoon shall not cause her light to shine.IsaiahSee Isa. 13:1-22Land of Nephi560 to 546 B.C.11 And I will punish the world for evil, and the wicked for theiriniquity; I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, andwill lay down the haughtiness of the terrible. 12 I will make aman more precious than fine gold; even a man than the goldenwedge of Ophir. 13 Therefore, I will shake the heavens,The Lordand the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of theLord of Hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger. 14 And it shall beas the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up; and theyshall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into hisown land. 15 Every one that is proud shall be thrust through; yea,and every one that is joined to the wicked shall fall by the sword.16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes;their houses shall be spoiled and their wives ravished.Isaiah17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall notregard silver and gold, nor shall they delight in it.The Lord18 Their bows shall also dash the young men to pieces; and theyshall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall notspare children. 19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beautyof the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrewSodom and Gomorrah. 20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shallit be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall theArabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make theirfold there. 21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and theirhouses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwellthere, and satyrs shall dance there. 22 And the wild beasts of theislands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in theirpleasant palaces; and her time is near to come, and her day shallnot be prolonged.IsaiahFor I will destroy her speedily; yea, for I will be merciful untomy people, but the wicked shall perish.The Lord1 FOR the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet chooseIsrael, and set them in their own land; and the strangers shall bejoined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. 2And the people shall take them and bring them to their place; yea,from far unto the ends of the earth; and they shall return to theirlands of promise. And the house of Israel shall possess them, andIsaiahSee Isa. 14:1-32 the land of the Lord shall be for servants and handmaids; and theyshall take them captives unto whom they were captives; and theyshall rule over their oppressors. 3 And it shall come to pass in thatday that the Lord shall give thee rest, from thy sorrow, and fromthy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made toserve. 4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that thou shalt takeup this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say:IsaiahSee Isa. 14:1-32Land of Nephi560 to 546 B.C.How hath the oppressor ceased, the golden city ceased!House of Israel5 The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, the scepters of therulers. 6 He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke,he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and nonehindereth. 7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet; they breakforth into singing. 8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and also thecedars of Lebanon, saying:IsaiahSince thou art laid down no feller is come up against us.Trees9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming;it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth;it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. 10All they shall speak and say unto thee:IsaiahArt thou also become weak as we? Art thou become like untous?Kings11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave; the noise of thy viols isnot heard; the worm is spread under thee, and the worms coverthee. 12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of themorning! Art thou cut down to the ground, which did weaken thenations! 13 For thou hast said in thy heart:IsaiahI will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the starsof God; I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, inthe sides of the north; 14 I will ascend above the heights of theclouds; I will be like the Most High.Lucifer15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. 16They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and shallconsider thee, and shall say:IsaiahIs this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shakekingdoms? 17 And made the world as a wilderness, anddestroyed the cities thereof, and opened not the house of hisprisoners?People18 All the kings of the nations, yea, all of them, lie in glory, everyone of them in his own house. 19 But thou art cast out of thy gravelike an abominable branch, and the remnant of those that are slain,thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit;as a carcass trodden under feet. 20 Thou shalt not be joined withthem in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land and slain thypeople; the seed of evil-doers shall never be renowned. 21 PrepareIsaiah slaughter for his children for the iniquities of their fathers, thatthey do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the worldwith cities.IsaiahSee Isa. 14:1-32Land of Nephi560 to 546 B.C.22 For I will rise up against them,The Lordsaith the Lord of Hosts,Isaiahand cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, andnephew,The Lordsaith the Lord.Isaiah23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools ofwater; and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction,The Lordsaith the Lord of Hosts. 24 The Lord of Hosts hath sworn, saying:IsaiahSurely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I havepurposed, so shall it stand— 25 That I will bring the Assyrian inmy land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot; thenshall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart fromoff their shoulders.The Lord26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth; andthis is the hand that is stretched out upon all nations. 27 For theLord of Hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul? And hishand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back? 28 In the yearthat king Ahaz died was this burden.Isaiah29 Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of himthat smote thee is broken; for out of the serpent’s root shallcome forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flyingserpent. 30 And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and theneedy shall lie down in safety; and I will kill thy root withfamine, and he shall slay thy remnant. 31 Howl, O gate; cry, Ocity; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved; for there shall comefrom the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in hisappointed times. 32 What shall then answer the messengers ofthe nations? That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor ofhis people shall trust in it.The Lord