Unit 83

the prophets

9 occurrences in 9 verses

3 Nephi 8:25,

3 Nephi 9:5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,

3 Nephi 10:11, 12

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 9:5

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 9:10

And behold, the city of Laman, and the city of Josh,

and the city of Gad, and the city of Kishkumen,

have I caused to be burned with fire,

and the inhabitants thereof,

because of their wickedness in casting out the prophets,

and stoning those whom I did send to declare unto them

concerning their wickedness and their abominations.

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 10:11

And thus far were the scriptures fulfilled

which had been spoken by the prophets.

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 —