Unit 83

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15 occurrences in 14 verses



3 Nephi 8:3, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22,

3 Nephi 9:1, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11,

3 Nephi 10:9



3 Nephi 8:3

And the people began to look with great earnestness for the sign

which had been given by the prophet Samuel, the Lamanite,

yea, for the time that there should be darkness

for the space of three days over the face of the land.



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 8:17

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 8:20

And it came to pass that there was thick darkness upon all the face of the land,

insomuch that the inhabitants thereof who had not fallen

could feel the vapor of darkness;



3 Nephi 8:22

And there was not any light seen,

neither fire, nor glimmer,

neither the sun, nor the moon, nor the stars,

for so great were the mists of darkness

which were 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 9:5

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 9:7

Yea, and the city of Onihah and the inhabitants thereof,

and the city of Mocum and the inhabitants thereof,

and the city of Jerusalem and the inhabitants thereof;

and waters have I caused to come up in the stead thereof,

to hide their wickedness and abominations from before my face,

that the blood of the prophets and the saints

shall not come up any more unto me against them.



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 9:11

And because they did cast them all out,

that there were none righteous among them,

I did send down fire and destroy them,

that their wickedness and abominations might be hid from before my face,

that the blood of the prophets and the saints whom I sent among them

might not cry unto me from the ground against them.



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.