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Unit 6

Segment 2 of 6 [#054]

Prophecy Will Overcome Stubborness

1 Nephi 20:1 - 1 Nephi 20:11

Duration: 1:59

contextual study / concordance



ישעיה מח:א
שִׁמְעוּ-זֹאת בֵּית-יַעֲקֹב
הַנִּקְרָאִים בְּשֵׁם יִשְֹרָאֵל
וּמִמֵּי יְהוּדָה יָצָאוּ
הַנִּשְׁבָּעִים | בְּשֵׁם יְהֹוָה
וּבֵאלֹהֵי יִשְֹרָאֵל יַזְכִּירוּ לֹא בֶאֱמֶת וְלֹא בִצְדָקָה:

1 Nephi 20:1

Hearken and hear this, O house of Jacob,

who are called by the name of Israel,

and are come forth out of the waters of Judah,

or out of the waters of baptism,

who swear by the name of the Lord,

and make mention of the God of Israel,

yet they swear not in truth nor in righteousness.


ישעיה מח:ב
כִּי-מֵעִיר הַקֹּדֶשׁ נִקְרָאוּ
וְעַל-אֱלֹהֵי יִשְֹרָאֵל נִסְמָכוּ
יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת שְׁמוֹ:

1 Nephi 20:2

Nevertheless, they call themselves of the holy city,

but they do not stay themselves upon the God of Israel,

who is the Lord of Hosts;

yea, the Lord of Hosts is his name.


ישעיה מח:ג
הָרִאשֹׁנוֹת מֵאָז הִגַּדְתִּי
וּמִפִּי יָצְאוּ
וְאַשְׁמִיעֵם פִּתְאֹם עָשִֹיתִי וַתָּבֹאנָה:

1 Nephi 20:3

Behold, I have declared the former things from the beginning;

and they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them.

I did show them suddenly.

ישעיה מח:ד
מִדַּעְתִּי כִּי קָשֶׁה אָתָּה
וְגִיד בַּרְזֶל עָרְפֶּךָ וּמִצְחֲךָ נְחוּשָׁה:

1 Nephi 20:4

And I did it because I knew that thou art obstinate,

and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

ישעיה מח:ה
וָאַגִּיד לְךָ מֵאָז
בְּטֶרֶם תָּבוֹא הִשְׁמַעְתִּיךָ
פֶּן-תֹּאמַר
עָצְבִּי עָשָֹם
וּפִסְלִי
וְנִסְכִּי צִוָּם:

1 Nephi 20:5

And I have even from the beginning declared to thee;

before it came to pass I showed them thee;

and I showed them for fear lest thou shouldst say —

Mine idol hath done them,

and my graven image, and my molten image hath commanded them.

ישעיה מח:ו
שָׁמַעְתָּ חֲזֵה כֻּלָּהּ
וְאַתֶּם הֲלוֹא תַגִּידוּ
הִשְׁמַעְתִּיךָ חֲדָשׁוֹת מֵעַתָּה
וּנְצֻרוֹת
וְלֹא יְדַעְתָּם:

1 Nephi 20:6

Thou hast seen and heard all this;

and will ye not declare them?

And that I have showed thee new things from this time,

even hidden things,

and thou didst not know them.

ישעיה מח:ז
עַתָּה נִבְרְאוּ
וְלֹא מֵאָז
וְלִפְנֵי-יוֹם וְלֹא שְׁמַעְתָּם
פֶּן-תֹּאמַר
הִנֵּה יְדַעְתִּין:

1 Nephi 20:7

They are created now, and not from the beginning,

even before the day when thou heardest them not

they were declared unto thee,

lest thou shouldst say —

Behold I knew them.

ישעיה מח:ח
גַּם לֹא-שָׁמַעְתָּ
גַּם לֹא יָדַעְתָּ
גַּם מֵאָז לֹא-פִתְּחָה אָזְנֶךָ
כִּי יָדַעְתִּי בָּגוֹד תִּבְגּוֹד
וּפֹשֵׁעַ מִבֶּטֶן קֹרָא לָךְ:

1 Nephi 20:8

Yea, and thou heardest not;

yea, thou knewest not;

yea, from that time thine ear was not opened;

for I knew that thou wouldst deal very treacherously,

and wast called a transgressor from the womb.

ישעיה מח:ט
לְמַעַן שְׁמִי אַאֲרִיךְ אַפִּי
וּתְהִלָּתִי אֶחֱטָם-לָךְ
לְבִלְתִּי הַכְרִיתֶךָ:

1 Nephi 20:9

Nevertheless, for my name's sake will I defer mine anger,

and for my praise will I refrain from thee,

that I cut thee not off.

ישעיה מח:י
הִנֵּה צְרַפְתִּיךָ
וְלֹא בְכָסֶף
בְּחַרְתִּיךָ בְּכוּר עֹנִי:

1 Nephi 20:10

For, behold, I have refined thee,

I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

ישעיה מח:יא
לְמַעֲנִי לְמַעֲנִי אֶעֱשֶֹה
כִּי אֵיךְ יֵחָל
וּכְבוֹדִי לְאַחֵר לֹא-אֶתֵּן:

1 Nephi 20:11

For mine own sake, yea, for mine own sake will I do this,

for I will not suffer my name to be polluted,

and I will not give my glory unto another.



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