Unit 83

earth

20 occurrences in 19 verses

3 Nephi 8:6, 10, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19,

3 Nephi 9:1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 15, 22,

3 Nephi 10:9, 10, 13, 14

3 Nephi 8:6

And there was also a great and terrible tempest;

and there was terrible thunder,

insomuch that it did shake the whole earth

as if it was about to divide asunder.

3 Nephi 8:10

And the earth was carried up upon the city of Moronihah,

that in the place of the city there became a great mountain.

3 Nephi 8:12

But behold, there was a more great and terrible destruction in the land northward;

for behold, the whole face of the land was changed,

because of the tempest and the whirlwinds,

and the thunderings and the lightnings,

and the exceedingly great quaking of the whole earth;

3 Nephi 8:14

And many great and notable cities were sunk,

and many were burned,

and many were shaken till the buildings thereof had fallen to the earth,

and the inhabitants thereof were slain,

and the places were left desolate.

3 Nephi 8:17

And thus the face of the whole earth became deformed,

because of the tempests, and the thunderings, and the lightnings,

and the quaking of the earth.

3 Nephi 8:18

And behold, the rocks were rent in twain;

they were broken up upon the face of the whole earth,

insomuch that they were found in broken fragments,

and in seams and in cracks, upon all the face of the land.

3 Nephi 8:19

And it came to pass that when the thunderings, and the lightnings,

and the storm, and the tempest, and the quakings of the earth did cease —

for behold, they did last for about the space of three hours;

and it was said by some that the time was greater;

nevertheless, all these great and terrible things were done

in about the space of three hours —

and then behold, there was darkness upon the face of the land.

3 Nephi 9:1

And it came to pass that there was a voice heard

among all the inhabitants of the earth, upon all the face of this land, crying:

3 Nephi 9:2

Wo, wo, wo unto this people;

wo unto the inhabitants of the whole earth except they shall repent;

for the devil laugheth, and his angels rejoice,

because of the slain of the fair sons and daughters of my people;

and it is because of their iniquity and abominations that they are fallen!

3 Nephi 9:5

And behold, that great city Moronihah have I covered with earth,

and the inhabitants thereof,

to hide their iniquities and their abominations from before my face,

that the blood of the prophets and the saints

shall not come any more unto me against them.

3 Nephi 9:6

And behold, the city of Gilgal have I caused to be sunk,

and the inhabitants thereof to be buried up in the depths of the earth;

3 Nephi 9:8

And behold, the city of Gadiandi, and the city of Gadiomnah,

and the city of Jacob, and the city of Gimgimno,

all these have I caused to be sunk,

and made hills and valleys in the places thereof;

and the inhabitants thereof have I buried up in the depths of the earth,

to hide their wickedness and abominations from before my face,

that the blood of the prophets and the saints

should not come up any more unto me against them.

3 Nephi 9:9

And behold, that great city Jacobugath,

which was inhabited by the people of king Jacob,

have I caused to be burned with fire

because of their sins and their wickedness,

which was above all the wickedness of the whole earth,

because of their secret murders and combinations;

for it was they that did destroy the peace of my people

and the government of the land;

therefore I did cause them to be burned,

to destroy them from before my face,

that the blood of the prophets and the saints

should not come up unto me any more against them.

3 Nephi 9:15

Behold, I am Jesus Christ the Son of God.

I created the heavens and the earth, and all things that in them are.

I was with the Father from the beginning.

I am in the Father, and the Father in me;

and in me hath the Father glorified his name.

3 Nephi 9:22

Therefore, whoso repenteth and cometh unto me as a little child,

him will I receive,

for of such is the kingdom of God.

Behold, for such I have laid down my life, and have taken it up again;

therefore repent, and come unto me ye ends of the earth, and be saved.

3 Nephi 10:9

And it came to pass that thus did the three days pass away.

And it was in the morning,

and the darkness dispersed from off the face of the land,

and the earth did cease to tremble,

and the rocks did cease to rend, and the dreadful groanings did cease,

and all the tumultuous noises did pass away.

3 Nephi 10:10

And the earth did cleave together again, that it stood;

and the mourning, and the weeping, and the wailing

of the people who were spared alive did cease;

and their mourning was turned into joy,

and their lamentations into the praise and thanksgiving

unto the Lord Jesus Christ, their Redeemer.

3 Nephi 10:13

And they were spared and were not sunk and buried up in the earth;

and they were not drowned in the depths of the sea;

and they were not burned by fire,

neither were they fallen upon and crushed to death;

and they were not carried away in the whirlwind;

neither were they overpowered by the vapor of smoke and of darkness.

3 Nephi 10:14

And now, whoso readeth, let him understand;

he that hath the scriptures, let him search them,

and see and behold if all these deaths and destructions

by fire, and by smoke, and by tempests, and by whirlwinds,

and by the opening of the earth to receive them,

and all these things are not unto the fulfilling

of the prophecies of many of the holy prophets.