2 Nephi 5:19

And behold, the words of the Lord had been fulfilled unto my brethren,

which he spake concerning them, that I should be their ruler and their teacher.

Wherefore, I had been their ruler and their teacher,

according to the commandments of the Lord,

until the time they sought to take away my life.

2 Nephi 5:20

Wherefore, the word of the Lord was fulfilled

which he spake unto me,

saying that: Inasmuch as they will not hearken unto thy words

they shall be cut off from the presence of the Lord.

And behold, they were cut off from his presence.

2 Nephi 5:21

And he had caused the cursing to come upon them,

yea, even a sore cursing, because of their iniquity.

For behold, they had hardened their hearts against him,

that they had become like unto a flint;

wherefore, as they were white, and exceedingly fair and delightsome,

that they might not be enticing unto my people

the Lord God did cause a skin of blackness to come upon them.

2 Nephi 5:22

And thus saith the Lord God:

I will cause that they shall be loathsome unto thy people,

save they shall repent of their iniquities.

2 Nephi 5:23

And cursed shall be the seed of him that mixeth with their seed;

for they shall be cursed even with the same cursing.

And the Lord spake it, and it was done.

2 Nephi 5:24

And because of their cursing which was upon them

they did become an idle people, full of mischief and subtlety,

and did seek in the wilderness for beasts of prey.

2 Nephi 5:25

And the Lord God said unto me:

They shall be a scourge unto thy seed, to stir them up in remembrance of me;

and inasmuch as they will not remember me, and hearken unto my words,

they shall scourge them even unto destruction.

2 Nephi 5:26

And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did consecrate Jacob and Joseph,

that they should be priests and teachers over the land of my people.

2 Nephi 5:27

And it came to pass that we lived after the manner of happiness.

2 Nephi 5:28

And thirty years had passed away from the time we left Jerusalem.