Unit 83

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28 occurrences in 17 verses

3 Nephi 8:16, 18, 19, 24, 25,

3 Nephi 9:2, 9, 11, 13, 20,

3 Nephi 10:2, 8, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17

3 Nephi 8:16

And there were some who were carried away in the whirlwind;

and whither they went no man knoweth,

save they know that they were carried away.

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 8:24

And in one place they were heard to cry, saying:

O that we had repented before this great and terrible day,

and then would our brethren have been spared,

and they would not have been burned in that great city Zarahemla.

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 9:2

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 9:9

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 9:13

O all ye that are spared because ye were more righteous than they,

will ye not now return unto me, and repent of your sins, and be converted,

that I may heal you?

3 Nephi 9:20

And ye shall offer for a sacrifice unto me a broken heart and a contrite spirit.

And whoso cometh unto me with a broken heart and a contrite spirit,

him will I baptize with fire and with the Holy Ghost,

even as the Lamanites,

because of their faith in me at the time of their conversion,

were baptized with fire and with the Holy Ghost,

and they knew it not.

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 10:8

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 10:12

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 10:15

Behold, I say unto you,

Yea, many have testified of these things at the coming of Christ,

and were slain because they testified of these things.

3 Nephi 10:16

Yea, the prophet Zenos did testify of these things,

and also Zenock spake concerning these things,

because they testified particularly concerning us,

who are the remnant of their seed.

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?