Unit 1

be destroyed

4 occurrences in 4 verses



1 Nephi 1:4, 13,

1 Nephi 2:13,

1 Nephi 3:17



1 Nephi 1:4

For it came to pass in the commencement of the first year

of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah,

(my father, Lehi, having dwelt at Jerusalem in all his days);

and in that same year there came many prophets, prophesying unto the people

that they must repent, or the great city Jerusalem must be destroyed.



1 Nephi 1:13

And he read, saying: Wo, wo, unto Jerusalem,

for I have seen thine abominations!

Yea, and many things did my father read concerning Jerusalem —

that it should be destroyed, and the inhabitants thereof;

many should perish by the sword,

and many should be carried away captive into Babylon.



1 Nephi 2:13

Neither did they believe that Jerusalem, that great city,

could be destroyed according to the words of the prophets.

And they were like unto the Jews who were at Jerusalem,

who sought to take away the life of my father.



1 Nephi 3:17

For he knew that Jerusalem must be destroyed,

because of the wickedness of the people.