Unit 17

of

68 occurrences in 38 verses

2 Nephi 23:1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 21, 22,

2 Nephi 24:1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 29, 30, 32

2 Nephi 23:1

The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.

2 Nephi 23:2

Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain,

exalt the voice unto them,

shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.

2 Nephi 23:4

The noise of the multitude in the mountains like as of a great people,

a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together,

the Lord of Hosts mustereth the hosts of the battle.

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 23:6

Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is at hand;

it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

2 Nephi 23:8

And they shall be afraid;

pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them;

they shall be amazed one at another;

their faces shall be as flames.

2 Nephi 23:9

Behold, the day of the Lord cometh,

cruel both with wrath and fierce anger,

to lay the land desolate;

and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.

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 23:12

I will make a man more precious than fine gold;

even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.

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 23:18

Their bows shall also dash the young men to pieces;

and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb;

their eyes shall not spare children.

2 Nephi 23:19

And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency,

shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

2 Nephi 23:21

But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there;

and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures;

and owls shall dwell there,

and satyrs shall dance there.

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 24:4

And it shall come to pass in that day,

that thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say:

How hath the oppressor ceased,

the golden city ceased!

2 Nephi 24:5

The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked,

the scepters of the rulers.

2 Nephi 24:8

Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee,

and also the cedars of Lebanon, saying:

Since thou art laid down

no feller is come up against us.

2 Nephi 24:9

Hell from beneath is moved for thee

to meet thee at thy coming;

it stirreth up the dead for thee,

even all the chief ones of the earth;

it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

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 24:12

How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!

Art thou cut down to the ground, which did weaken the nations!

2 Nephi 24:13

For thou hast said in thy heart:

I will ascend into heaven,

I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;

I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north;

2 Nephi 24:14

I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;

I will be like the Most High.

2 Nephi 24:15

Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

2 Nephi 24:17

And made the world as a wilderness,

and destroyed the cities thereof,

and opened not the house of his prisoners?

2 Nephi 24:18

All the kings of the nations, yea, all of them, lie in glory,

every one of them in his own house.

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 24:20

Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial,

because thou hast destroyed thy land and slain thy people;

the seed of evil-doers shall never be renowned.

2 Nephi 24:21

Prepare slaughter for his children

for the iniquities of their fathers,

that they do not rise, nor possess the land,

nor fill the face of the world with cities.

2 Nephi 24:22

For I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of Hosts,

and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant,

and son, and nephew, saith the Lord.

2 Nephi 24:23

I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water;

and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of Hosts.

2 Nephi 24:24

The Lord of Hosts hath sworn, saying:

Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass;

and as I have purposed, so shall it stand —

2 Nephi 24:27

For the Lord of Hosts hath purposed,

and who shall disannul?

And his hand is stretched out,

and who shall turn it back?

2 Nephi 24:29

Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina,

because the rod of him that smote thee is broken;

for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice,

and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

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.