Unit 17

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15 occurrences in 11 verses

2 Nephi 23:5, 10, 11, 13, 22,

2 Nephi 24:1, 2, 11, 19, 30, 32

2 Nephi 23:5

They come from a far country, from the end of heaven,

yea, the Lord, and the weapons of his indignation,

to destroy the whole land.

2 Nephi 23:10

For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light;

the sun shall be darkened in his going forth,

and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.

2 Nephi 23:11

And I will punish the world for evil, and the wicked for their iniquity;

I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease,

and will lay down the haughtiness of the terrible.

2 Nephi 23:13

Therefore, I will shake the heavens,

and the earth shall remove out of her place,

in the wrath of the Lord of Hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

2 Nephi 23:22

and the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses,

and dragons in their pleasant palaces;

and her time is near to come,

and her day shall not be prolonged.

For I will destroy her speedily;

yea, for I will be merciful unto my people,

but the wicked shall perish.

2 Nephi 24:1

For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob,

and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land;

and the strangers shall be joined with them,

and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

2 Nephi 24:2

and the people shall take them and bring them to their place;

yea, from far unto the ends of the earth;

and they shall return to their lands of promise.

and the house of Israel shall possess them,

and the land of the Lord shall be for servants and handmaids;

and they shall take them captives unto whom they were captives;

and they shall rule over their oppressors.

2 Nephi 24:11

Thy pomp is brought down to the grave;

the noise of thy viols is not heard;

the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.

2 Nephi 24:19

But thou art cast out of thy grave

like an abominable branch,

and the remnant of those that are slain,

thrust through with a sword,

that go down to the stones of the pit;

as a carcass trodden under feet.

2 Nephi 24:30

and the firstborn of the poor shall feed,

and the needy shall lie down in safety;

and I will kill thy root with famine,

and he shall slay thy remnant.

2 Nephi 24:32

What shall then answer the messengers of the nations?

That the Lord hath founded Zion,

and the poor of his people shall trust in it.