Unit 17

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24 occurrences in 21 verses

2 Nephi 23:5, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22,

2 Nephi 24:1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 19, 24

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 23:9

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 23:14

And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up;

and they shall every man turn to his own people,

and flee every one into his own land.

2 Nephi 23:15

Every one that is proud shall be thrust through;

yea, and every one that is joined to the wicked shall fall by the sword.

2 Nephi 23:16

Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes;

their houses shall be spoiled and their wives ravished.

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 23:20

It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in

from generation to generation:

neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there;

neither shall the shepherds make their fold 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 24:3

And it shall come to pass in that day

that the Lord shall give thee rest, from thy sorrow, and from thy fear,

and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve.

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 24:9

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 24:15

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

2 Nephi 24:16

They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee,

and shall consider thee, and shall say:

Is this the man that made the earth to tremble,

that did shake kingdoms?

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 24:24

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 —