Unit 83
of the
55 occurrences in 37 verses
3 Nephi 8:3, 5, 9, 10, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25,
3 Nephi 9:1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 18, 22,
3 Nephi 10:1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18
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 8:5
And it came to pass in the thirty and fourth year,
in the first month, on the fourth day of the month,
there arose a great storm,
such an one as never had been known in all the land.
3 Nephi 8:9
And the city of Moroni did sink into the depths of the sea,
and the inhabitants thereof were drowned.
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 8:17
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 8:21
And there could be no light, because of the darkness,
neither candles, neither torches;
neither could there be fire kindled with their fine and exceedingly dry wood,
so that there could not be any light at all;
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 8:23
And it came to pass that it did last for the space of three days
that there was no light seen;
and there was great mourning and howling and weeping
among all the people continually;
yea, great were the groanings of the people,
because of the darkness and the great destruction
which had come upon them.
3 Nephi 8:25
And in another place they were heard to cry and mourn, saying:
O that we had repented before this great and terrible day,
and had not killed and stoned the prophets, and cast them out;
then would our mothers and our fair daughters, and our children have been spared,
and not have been buried up in that great city Moronihah.
And thus were the howlings of the people great and terrible.
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 9:4
And behold, that great city Moroni have I caused
to be sunk in the depths of the sea,
and the inhabitants thereof to be drowned.
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 9:7
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 9:18
I am the light and the life of the world.
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end.
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 10:1
And now behold, it came to pass that
all the people of the land did hear these sayings, and did witness of it.
And after these sayings there was silence in the land for the space of many hours;
3 Nephi 10:2
For so great was the astonishment of the people
that they did cease lamenting and howling
for the loss of their kindred which had been slain;
therefore there was silence in all the land for the space of many hours.
3 Nephi 10:4
O ye people of these great cities which have fallen,
who are descendants of Jacob,
yea, who are of the house of Israel,
how oft have I gathered you
as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings,
and have nourished you.
3 Nephi 10:5
And again, how oft would I have gathered you
as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings,
yea, O ye people of the house of Israel, who have fallen;
yea, O ye people of the house of Israel,
ye that dwell at Jerusalem, as ye that have fallen;
yea, how oft would I have gathered you
as a hen gathereth her chickens,
and ye would not.
3 Nephi 10:7
But if not, O house of Israel, the places of your dwellings shall become desolate
until the time of the fulfilling of the covenant to your fathers.
3 Nephi 10:8
And now it came to pass that after the people had heard these words,
behold, they began to weep and howl again
because of the loss of their kindred and friends.
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 10:12
And it was the more righteous part of the people who were saved,
and it was they who received the prophets and stoned them not;
and it was they who had not shed the blood of the saints, who were spared —
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.
3 Nephi 10:17
Behold, our father Jacob also testified concerning a remnant of the seed of Joseph.
And behold, are not we a remnant of the seed of Joseph?
And these things which testify of us,
are they not written upon the plates of brass
which our father Lehi brought out of Jerusalem?
3 Nephi 10:18
And it came to pass that in the ending of the thirty and fourth year,
behold, I will show unto you that the people of Nephi who were spared,
and also those who had been called Lamanites, who had been spared,
did have great favors shown unto them,
and great blessings poured out upon their heads,
insomuch that soon after the ascension of Christ into heaven
he did truly manifest himself unto them —
