Unit 24

the Lord

18 occurrences in 16 verses -

Jacob 2:4, 11, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33,

Jacob 3:4, 5, 6

Jacob 2:4

For behold, as yet, ye have been obedient

unto the word of the Lord, which I have given unto you.

Jacob 2:11

Wherefore, I must tell you the truth

according to the plainness of the word of God.

For behold, as I inquired of the Lord,

thus came the word unto me, saying:

Jacob, get thou up into the temple on the morrow,

and declare the word which I shall give thee unto this people.

Jacob 2:23

But the word of God burdens me because of your grosser crimes.

For behold, thus saith the Lord:

This people begin to wax in iniquity;

they understand not the scriptures,

for they seek to excuse themselves in committing whoredoms,

because of the things which were written concerning David, and Solomon his son.

Jacob 2:24

Behold, David and Solomon truly had many wives and concubines,

which thing was abominable before me, saith the Lord.

Jacob 2:25

Wherefore, thus saith the Lord,

I have led this people forth out of the land of Jerusalem,

by the power of mine arm,

that I might raise up unto me a righteous branch

from the fruit of the loins of Joseph.

Jacob 2:26

Wherefore, I the Lord God will not suffer

that this people shall do like unto them of old.

Jacob 2:27

Wherefore, my brethren, hear me, and hearken to the word of the Lord:

For there shall not any man among you have save it be one wife;

and concubines he shall have none;

Jacob 2:28

For I, the Lord God, delight in the chastity of women.

And whoredoms are an abomination before me; thus saith the Lord of Hosts.

Jacob 2:29

Wherefore, this people shall keep my commandments, saith the Lord of Hosts,

or cursed be the land for their sakes.

Jacob 2:30

For if I will, saith the Lord of Hosts, raise up seed unto me,

I will command my people;

otherwise they shall hearken unto these things.

Jacob 2:31

For behold, I, the Lord, have seen the sorrow, and heard the mourning

of the daughters of my people in the land of Jerusalem,

yea, and in all the lands of my people,

because of the wickedness and abominations of their husbands.

Jacob 2:32

And I will not suffer, saith the Lord of Hosts,

that the cries of the fair daughters of this people,

which I have led out of the land of Jerusalem,

shall come up unto me against the men of my people, saith the Lord of Hosts.

Jacob 2:33

For they shall not lead away captive the daughters of my people

because of their tenderness,

save I shall visit them with a sore curse, even unto destruction;

for they shall not commit whoredoms,

like unto them of old, saith the Lord of Hosts.

Jacob 3:4

And the time speedily cometh, that except ye repent

they shall possess the land of your inheritance,

and the Lord God will lead away the righteous out from among you.

Jacob 3:5

Behold, the Lamanites your brethren, whom ye hate

because of their filthiness and the cursing which hath come upon their skins,

are more righteous than you;

for they have not forgotten the commandment of the Lord,

which was given unto our father —

that they should have save it were one wife,

and concubines they should have none,

and there should not be whoredoms committed among them.

Jacob 3:6

And now, this commandment they observe to keep;

wherefore, because of this observance, in keeping this commandment,

the Lord God will not destroy them, but will be merciful unto them;

and one day they shall become a blessed people.