Ether 13:1

And now I, Moroni, proceed to finish my record

concerning the destruction of the people of whom I have been writing.

Ether 13:2

For behold, they rejected all the words of Ether;

for he truly told them of all things, from the beginning of man;

and that after the waters had receded from off the face of this land

it became a choice land above all other lands, a chosen land of the Lord;

wherefore the Lord would have that all men should serve him

who dwell upon the face thereof;

Ether 13:3

And that it was the place of the New Jerusalem,

which should come down out of heaven,

and the holy sanctuary of the Lord.

Ether 13:4

Behold, Ether saw the days of Christ,

and he spake concerning a New Jerusalem upon this land.

Ether 13:5

And he spake also concerning the house of Israel,

and the Jerusalem from whence Lehi should come —

after it should be destroyed

it should be built up again, a holy city unto the Lord;

wherefore, it could not be a new Jerusalem

for it had been in a time of old;

but it should be built up again, and become a holy city of the Lord;

and it should be built unto the house of Israel.

Ether 13:6

And that a New Jerusalem should be built up upon this land,

unto the remnant of the seed of Joseph,

for which things there has been a type.

Ether 13:7

For as Joseph brought his father down into the land of Egypt,

even so he died there;

wherefore, the Lord brought a remnant of the seed of Joseph

out of the land of Jerusalem,

that he might be merciful unto the seed of Joseph

that they should perish not,

even as he was merciful unto the father of Joseph

that he should perish not.

Ether 13:8

Wherefore, the remnant of the house of Joseph shall be built upon this land;

and it shall be a land of their inheritance;

and they shall build up a holy city unto the Lord, like unto the Jerusalem of old;

and they shall no more be confounded, until the end come

when the earth shall pass away.

Ether 13:9

And there shall be a new heaven and a new earth;

and they shall be like unto the old

save the old have passed away, and all things have become new.

Ether 13:10

And then cometh the New Jerusalem;

and blessed are they who dwell therein,

for it is they whose garments are white through the blood of the Lamb;

and they are they who are numbered among the remnant of the seed of Joseph,

who were of the house of Israel.

Ether 13:11

And then also cometh the Jerusalem of old;

and the inhabitants thereof, blessed are they,

for they have been washed in the blood of the Lamb;

and they are they who were scattered and gathered in

from the four quarters of the earth, and from the north countries,

and are partakers of the fulfilling of the covenant

which God made with their father, Abraham.

Ether 13:12

And when these things come,

bringeth to pass the scripture which saith,

there are they who were first, who shall be last;

and there are they who were last, who shall be first.