Unit 104

of

192 occurrences in 84 verses

Ether 13:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31,

Ether 14:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31,

Ether 15:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34

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 13:10

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 13:13

And I was about to write more, but I am forbidden;

but great and marvelous were the prophecies of Ether;

but they esteemed him as naught, and cast him out;

and he hid himself in the cavity of a rock by day,

and by night he went forth

viewing the things which should come upon the people.

Ether 13:14

And as he dwelt in the cavity of a rock

he made the remainder of this record,

viewing the destructions which came upon the people,

by night.

Ether 13:15

And it came to pass that in that same year

in which he was cast out from among the people

there began to be a great war among the people,

for there were many who rose up, who were mighty men,

and sought to destroy Coriantumr

by their secret plans of wickedness, of which hath been spoken.

Ether 13:16

And now Coriantumr, having studied, himself,

in all the arts of war and all the cunning of the world,

wherefore he gave battle unto them who sought to destroy him.

Ether 13:17

But he repented not, neither his fair sons nor daughters;

neither the fair sons and daughters of Cohor;

neither the fair sons and daughters of Corihor;

and in fine, there were none of the fair sons and daughters

upon the face of the whole earth

who repented of their sins.

Ether 13:18

Wherefore, it came to pass that

in the first year that Ether dwelt in the cavity of a rock,

there were many people who were slain by the sword

of those secret combinations, fighting against Coriantumr

that they might obtain the kingdom.

Ether 13:19

And it came to pass that the sons of Coriantumr fought much and bled much.

Ether 13:20

And in the second year the word of the Lord came to Ether,

that he should go and prophesy unto Coriantumr

that, if he would repent, and all his household,

the Lord would give unto him his kingdom and spare the people —

Ether 13:21

Otherwise they should be destroyed,

and all his household save it were himself.

And he should only live to see the fulfilling of the prophecies

which had been spoken concerning another people

receiving the land for their inheritance;

and Coriantumr should receive a burial by them;

and every soul should be destroyed save it were Coriantumr.

Ether 13:22

And it came to pass that Coriantumr repented not,

neither his household, neither the people;

and the wars ceased not;

and they sought to kill Ether,

but he fled from before them and hid again in the cavity of the rock.

Ether 13:24

And the sons of Coriantumr, in the fourth year, did beat Shared,

and did obtain the kingdom again unto their father.

Ether 13:25

Now there began to be a war upon all the face of the land,

every man with his band fighting for that which he desired.

Ether 13:26

And there were robbers,

and in fine, all manner of wickedness upon all the face of the land.

Ether 13:27

And it came to pass that Coriantumr was exceedingly angry with Shared,

and he went against him with his armies to battle;

and they did meet in great anger,

and they did meet in the valley of Gilgal;

and the battle became exceedingly sore.

Ether 13:28

And it came to pass that Shared fought against him for the space of three days.

And it came to pass that Coriantumr beat him, and did pursue him

until he came to the plains of Heshlon.

Ether 13:29

And it came to pass that Shared gave him battle again upon the plains;

and behold, he did beat Coriantumr,

and drove him back again to the valley of Gilgal.

Ether 13:30

And Coriantumr gave Shared battle again in the valley of Gilgal,

in which he beat Shared and slew him.

Ether 13:31

And Shared wounded Coriantumr in his thigh,

that he did not go to battle again for the space of two years,

in which time all the people upon the face of the land

were shedding blood,

and there was none to restrain them.

Ether 14:1

And now there began to be a great curse upon all the land

because of the iniquity of the people,

in which, if a man should lay his tool or his sword upon his shelf,

or upon the place whither he would keep it,

behold, upon the morrow, he could not find it,

so great was the curse upon the land.

Ether 14:2

Wherefore every man did cleave

unto that which was his own,

with his hands,

and would not borrow neither would he lend;

and every man kept the hilt of his sword in his right hand,

in the defence of his property

and his own life and of his wives and children.

Ether 14:3

And now, after the space of two years, and after the death of Shared,

behold, there arose the brother of Shared

and he gave battle unto Coriantumr,

in which Coriantumr did beat him

and did pursue him to the wilderness of Akish.

Ether 14:4

And it came to pass that

the brother of Shared did give battle unto him in the wilderness of Akish;

and the battle became exceedingly sore,

and many thousands fell by the sword.

Ether 14:5

And it came to pass that Coriantumr did lay siege to the wilderness;

and the brother of Shared did march forth out of the wilderness by night,

and slew a part of the army of Coriantumr,

as they were drunken.

Ether 14:6

And he came forth to the land of Moron,

and placed himself upon the throne of Coriantumr.

Ether 14:7

And it came to pass that

Coriantumr dwelt with his army in the wilderness for the space of two years,

in which he did receive great strength to his army.

Ether 14:8

Now the brother of Shared, whose name was Gilead,

also received great strength to his army, because of secret combinations.

Ether 14:10

And it came to pass that

one of the secret combinations murdered him in a secret pass,

and obtained unto himself the kingdom;

and his name was Lib;

and Lib was a man of great stature,

more than any other man among all the people.

Ether 14:11

And it came to pass that in the first year of Lib,

Coriantumr came up unto the land of Moron, and gave battle unto Lib.

Ether 14:12

And it came to pass that he fought with Lib,

in which Lib did smite upon his arm that he was wounded;

nevertheless, the army of Coriantumr did press forward upon Lib,

that he fled to the borders upon the seashore.

Ether 14:14

And it came to pass that Lib did smite the army of Coriantumr,

that they fled again to the wilderness of Akish.

Ether 14:15

And it came to pass that Lib did pursue him

until he came to the plains of Agosh.

And Coriantumr had taken all the people with him as he fled before Lib

in that quarter of the land whither he fled.

Ether 14:16

And when he had come to the plains of Agosh he gave battle unto Lib,

and he smote upon him until he died;

nevertheless, the brother of Lib did come against Coriantumr in the stead thereof,

and the battle became exceedingly sore,

in the which Coriantumr fled again before the army of the brother of Lib.

Ether 14:17

Now the name of the brother of Lib was called Shiz.

And it came to pass that Shiz pursued after Coriantumr,

and he did overthrow many cities,

and he did slay both women and children,

and he did burn the cities.

Ether 14:18

And there went a fear of Shiz throughout all the land;

yea, a cry went forth throughout the land —

Who can stand before the army of Shiz?

Behold, he sweepeth the earth before him!

Ether 14:19

And it came to pass that the people began to flock together in armies,

throughout all the face of the land.

Ether 14:20

And they were divided;

and a part of them fled to the army of Shiz,

and a part of them fled to the army of Coriantumr.

Ether 14:21

And so great and lasting had been the war,

and so long had been the scene of bloodshed and carnage,

that the whole face of the land was covered with the bodies of the dead.

Ether 14:22

And so swift and speedy was the war

that there was none left to bury the dead,

but they did march forth from the shedding of blood to the shedding of blood,

leaving the bodies of both men, women, and children

strewed upon the face of the land,

to become a prey to the worms of the flesh.

Ether 14:23

And the scent thereof went forth upon the face of the land,

even upon all the face of the land;

wherefore the people became troubled by day and by night,

because of the scent thereof.

Ether 14:24

Nevertheless, Shiz did not cease to pursue Coriantumr;

for he had sworn to avenge himself upon Coriantumr

of the blood of his brother, who had been slain,

and the word of the Lord which came to Ether

that Coriantumr should not fall by the sword.

Ether 14:25

And thus we see that the Lord did visit them in the fulness of his wrath,

and their wickedness and abominations had prepared a way

for their everlasting destruction.

Ether 14:26

And it came to pass that Shiz did pursue Coriantumr eastward,

even to the borders by the seashore,

and there he gave battle unto Shiz for the space of three days.

Ether 14:27

And so terrible was the destruction among the armies of Shiz

that the people began to be frightened,

and began to flee before the armies of Coriantumr;

and they fled to the land of Corihor,

and swept off the inhabitants before them,

all them that would not join them.

Ether 14:28

And they pitched their tents in the valley of Corihor;

and Coriantumr pitched his tents in the valley of Shurr.

Now the valley of Shurr was near the hill Comnor;

wherefore, Coriantumr did gather his armies together upon the hill Comnor,

and did sound a trumpet unto the armies of Shiz to invite them forth to battle.

Ether 14:31

Now the loss of men, women and children on both sides was so great

that Shiz commanded his people

that they should not pursue the armies of Coriantumr;

wherefore, they returned to their camp.

Ether 15:1

And it came to pass when Coriantumr had recovered of his wounds,

he began to remember the words which Ether had spoken unto him.

Ether 15:2

He saw that there had been slain by the sword

already nearly two millions of his people,

and he began to sorrow in his heart;

yea, there had been slain two millions of mighty men,

and also their wives and their children.

Ether 15:3

He began to repent of the evil which he had done;

he began to remember the words

which had been spoken by the mouth of all the prophets,

and he saw them that they were fulfilled thus far, every whit;

and his soul mourned and refused to be comforted.

Ether 15:4

And it came to pass that he wrote an epistle unto Shiz,

desiring him that he would spare the people,

and he would give up the kingdom for the sake of the lives of the people.

Ether 15:5

And it came to pass that when Shiz had received his epistle

he wrote an epistle unto Coriantumr,

that if he would give himself up, that he might slay him with his own sword,

that he would spare the lives of the people.

Ether 15:6

And it came to pass that the people repented not of their iniquity;

and the people of Coriantumr were stirred up to anger against the people of Shiz;

and the people of Shiz were stirred up to anger against the people of Coriantumr;

wherefore, the people of Shiz did give battle unto the people of Coriantumr.

Ether 15:7

And when Coriantumr saw that he was about to fall

he fled again before the people of Shiz.

Ether 15:8

And it came to pass that he came to the waters of Ripliancum,

which, by interpretation, is large, or to exceed all;

wherefore, when they came to these waters they pitched their tents;

and Shiz also pitched his tents near unto them;

and therefore on the morrow they did come to battle.

Ether 15:9

And it came to pass that they fought an exceedingly sore battle,

in which Coriantumr was wounded again,

and he fainted with the loss of blood.

Ether 15:10

And it came to pass that

the armies of Coriantumr did press upon the armies of Shiz

that they beat them,

that they caused them to flee before them;

and they did flee southward,

and did pitch their tents in a place which was called Ogath.

Ether 15:11

And it came to pass that

the army of Coriantumr did pitch their tents by the hill Ramah;

and it was that same hill

where my father Mormon did hide up the records unto the Lord,

which were sacred.

Ether 15:12

And it came to pass that they did gather together

all the people upon all the face of the land,

who had not been slain,

save it was Ether.

Ether 15:13

And it came to pass that Ether did behold all the doings of the people;

and he beheld that the people who were for Coriantumr

were gathered together to the army of Coriantumr;

and the people who were for Shiz

were gathered together to the army of Shiz.

Ether 15:14

Wherefore, they were for the space of four years gathering together the people,

that they might get all who were upon the face of the land,

and that they might receive all the strength

which it was possible that they could receive.

Ether 15:15

And it came to pass that when they were all gathered together,

every one to the army which he would,

with their wives and their children —

both men, women and children being armed with weapons of war,

having shields, and breastplates, and head-plates,

and being clothed after the manner of war —

they did march forth one against another to battle;

and they fought all that day, and conquered not.

Ether 15:16

And it came to pass that when it was night

they were weary, and retired to their camps;

and after they had retired to their camps

they took up a howling and a lamentation for the loss of the slain of their people;

and so great were their cries, their howlings and lamentations,

that they did rend the air exceedingly.

Ether 15:17

And it came to pass that on the morrow they did go again to battle,

and great and terrible was that day;

nevertheless, they conquered not,

and when the night came

again they did rend the air

with their cries, and their howlings, and their mournings,

for the loss of the slain of their people.

Ether 15:18

And it came to pass that Coriantumr wrote again an epistle unto Shiz,

desiring that he would not come again to battle,

but that he would take the kingdom, and spare the lives of the people.

Ether 15:19

But behold, the Spirit of the Lord had ceased striving with them,

and Satan had full power over the hearts of the people;

for they were given up unto the hardness of their hearts,

and the blindness of their minds

that they might be destroyed;

wherefore they went again to battle.

Ether 15:23

And on the morrow they fought again;

and when the night came they had all fallen by the sword

save it were fifty and two of the people of Coriantumr,

and sixty and nine of the people of Shiz.

Ether 15:25

And when the night came there were thirty and two of the people of Shiz,

and twenty and seven of the people of Coriantumr.

Ether 15:26

And it came to pass that they ate and slept,

and prepared for death on the morrow.

And they were large and mighty men as to the strength of men.

Ether 15:27

And it came to pass that they fought for the space of three hours,

and they fainted with the loss of blood.

Ether 15:28

And it came to pass that

when the men of Coriantumr had received sufficient strength

that they could walk,

they were about to flee for their lives;

but behold, Shiz arose, and also his men,

and he swore in his wrath that he would slay Coriantumr

or he would perish by the sword.

Ether 15:29

Wherefore, he did pursue them,

and on the morrow he did overtake them;

and they fought again with the sword.

And it came to pass that when they had all fallen by the sword,

save it were Coriantumr and Shiz,

behold Shiz had fainted with the loss of blood.

Ether 15:30

And it came to pass that when Coriantumr had leaned upon his sword,

that he rested a little,

he smote off the head of Shiz.

Ether 15:31

And it came to pass that after he had smitten off the head of Shiz,

that Shiz raised up on his hands and fell;

and after that he had struggled for breath, he died.

Ether 15:33

And the Lord spake unto Ether,

and said unto him:

Go forth.

And he went forth,

and beheld that the words of the Lord had all been fulfilled;

and he finished his record;

(and the hundredth part I have not written)

and he hid them in a manner that the people of Limhi did find them.

Ether 15:34

Now the last words which are written by Ether are these:

Whether the Lord will that I be translated,

or that I suffer the will of the Lord in the flesh,

it mattereth not, if it so be that I am saved in the kingdom of God.

Amen.