Unit 78

land

12 occurrences in 10 verses

Helaman 11:1, 4, 5, 6, 12, 18, 20, 21, 32, 33

Helaman 11:1

And now it came to pass

in the seventy and second year of the reign of the judges

that the contentions did increase,

insomuch that there were wars throughout all the land

among all the people of Nephi.

Helaman 11:4

O Lord, do not suffer that this people shall be destroyed by the sword;

but O Lord, rather let there be a famine in the land,

to stir them up in remembrance of the Lord their God,

and perhaps they will repent and turn unto thee.

Helaman 11:5

And so it was done, according to the words of Nephi.

And there was a great famine upon the land, among all the people of Nephi.

And thus in the seventy and fourth year the famine did continue,

and the work of destruction did cease by the sword

but became sore by famine.

Helaman 11:6

And this work of destruction did also continue in the seventy and fifth year.

For the earth was smitten

that it was dry, and did not yield forth grain in the season of grain;

and the whole earth was smitten,

even among the Lamanites as well as among the Nephites,

so that they were smitten

that they did perish by thousands in the more wicked parts of the land.

Helaman 11:12

O Lord, wilt thou turn away thine anger, yea, thy fierce anger,

and cause that this famine may cease in this land.

Helaman 11:18

And behold, the people did rejoice and glorify God,

and the whole face of the land was filled with rejoicing;

and they did no more seek to destroy Nephi,

but they did esteem him as a great prophet, and a man of God,

having great power and authority given unto him from God.

Helaman 11:20

And thus it did come to pass that

the people of Nephi began to prosper again in the land,

and began to build up their waste places,

and began to multiply and spread,

even until they did cover the whole face of the land,

both on the northward and on the southward,

from the sea west to the sea east.

Helaman 11:21

And it came to pass that the seventy and sixth year did end in peace.

And the seventy and seventh year began in peace;

and the church did spread throughout the face of all the land;

and the more part of the people,

both the Nephites and the Lamanites,

did belong to the church; and they did have exceedingly great peace in the land;

and thus ended the seventy and seventh year.

Helaman 11:32

And it came to pass that thus ended this year.

And the robbers did still increase and wax strong,

insomuch that they did defy the whole armies of the Nephites,

and also of the Lamanites;

and they did cause great fear to come unto the people

upon all the face of the land.

Helaman 11:33

Yea, for they did visit many parts of the land,

and did do great destruction unto them;

yea, did kill many, and did carry away others captive into the wilderness,

yea, and more especially their women and their children.