Unit 12

because

5 occurrences in 4 verses

2 Nephi 6:5, 11,

2 Nephi 7:2,

2 Nephi 8:13

2 Nephi 6:5

And now, the words which I shall read are they

which Isaiah spake concerning all the house of Israel;

wherefore, they may be likened unto you,

for ye are of the house of Israel.

And there are many things which have been spoken by Isaiah

which may be likened unto you,

because ye are of the house of Israel.

2 Nephi 6:11

Wherefore, after they are driven to and fro,

for thus saith the angel,

many shall be afflicted in the flesh,

and shall not be suffered to perish, because of the prayers of the faithful;

they shall be scattered, and smitten, and hated;

nevertheless, the Lord will be merciful unto them,

that when they shall come to the knowledge of their Redeemer,

they shall be gathered together again to the lands of their inheritance.

2 Nephi 7:2

Wherefore, when I came, there was no man;

when I called, yea, there was none to answer.

O house of Israel, is my hand shortened at all that it cannot redeem,

or have I no power to deliver?

Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea,

I make their rivers a wilderness and their fish to stink

because the waters are dried up, and they die because of thirst.

2 Nephi 8:13

And forgettest the Lord thy maker,

that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth,

and hast feared continually every day, because of the fury of the oppressor,

as if he were ready to destroy?

And where is the fury of the oppressor?