Unit 99

this

25 occurrences in 22 verses

Ether 1:1, 3, 6, 42, 43,

Ether 2:8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 22, 25,

Ether 3:3, 5, 9, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,

Ether 4:1, 17

Ether 1:1

And now I, Moroni, proceed to give an account

of those ancient inhabitants who were destroyed by the hand of the Lord

upon the face of this north country.

Ether 1:3

And as I suppose that the first part of this record,

which speaks concerning the creation of the world, and also of Adam,

and an account from that time even to the great tower,

and whatsoever things transpired among the children of men until that time,

is had among the Jews —

Ether 1:6

And on this wise do I give the account.

He that wrote this record was Ether,

and he was a descendant of Coriantor.

Ether 1:42

And when thou hast done this

thou shalt go at the head of them down into the valley which is northward.

And there will I meet thee,

and I will go before thee into a land

which is choice above all the lands of the earth.

Ether 1:43

And there will I bless thee and thy seed,

and raise up unto me of thy seed,

and of the seed of thy brother, and they who shall go with thee,

a great nation.

And there shall be none greater than the nation

which I will raise up unto me of thy seed,

upon all the face of the earth.

And thus I will do unto thee

because this long time ye have cried unto me.

Ether 2:8

And he had sworn in his wrath unto the brother of Jared,

that whoso should possess this land of promise,

from that time henceforth and forever,

should serve him, the true and only God,

or they should be swept off

when the fulness of his wrath should come upon them.

Ether 2:9

And now, we can behold the decrees of God concerning this land,

that it is a land of promise;

and whatsoever nation shall possess it shall serve God,

or they shall be swept off

when the fulness of his wrath shall come upon them.

And the fulness of his wrath cometh upon them

when they are ripened in iniquity.

Ether 2:10

For behold, this is a land which is choice above all other lands;

wherefore he that doth possess it shall serve God or shall be swept off;

for it is the everlasting decree of God.

And it is not until the fulness of iniquity among the children of the land,

that they are swept off.

Ether 2:11

And this cometh unto you, O ye Gentiles,

that ye may know the decrees of God —

that ye may repent, and not continue in your iniquities until the fulness come,

that ye may not bring down the fulness of the wrath of God upon you

as the inhabitants of the land have hitherto done.

Ether 2:12

Behold, this is a choice land,

and whatsoever nation shall possess it

shall be free from bondage, and from captivity,

and from all other nations under heaven,

if they will but serve the God of the land, who is Jesus Christ,

who hath been manifested by the things which we have written.

Ether 2:22

And he cried again unto the Lord saying:

O Lord, behold I have done even as thou hast commanded me;

and I have prepared the vessels for my people,

and behold there is no light in them.

Behold, O Lord, wilt thou suffer that we shall cross this great water in darkness?

Ether 2:25

And behold, I prepare you against these things;

for ye cannot cross this great deep

save I prepare you against the waves of the sea,

and the winds which have gone forth,

and the floods which shall come.

Therefore what will ye that I should prepare for you

that ye may have light when ye are swallowed up in the depths of the sea?

Ether 3:3

Behold, O Lord, thou hast smitten us because of our iniquity,

and hast driven us forth,

and for these many years we have been in the wilderness;

nevertheless, thou hast been merciful unto us.

O Lord, look upon me in pity,

and turn away thine anger from this thy people,

and suffer not that they shall go forth across this raging deep in darkness;

but behold these things which I have molten out of the rock.

Ether 3:5

Behold, O Lord, thou canst do this.

We know that thou art able to show forth great power,

which looks small unto the understanding of men.

Ether 3:9

And the Lord said unto him:

Because of thy faith thou hast seen

that I shall take upon me flesh and blood;

and never has man come before me with such exceeding faith as thou hast;

for were it not so ye could not have seen my finger.

Sawest thou more than this?

Ether 3:16

Behold, this body, which ye now behold, is the body of my spirit;

and man have I created after the body of my spirit;

and even as I appear unto thee to be in the spirit

will I appear unto my people in the flesh.

Ether 3:17

And now, as I, Moroni, said

I could not make a full account of these things which are written,

therefore it sufficeth me to say

that Jesus showed himself unto this man in the spirit,

even after the manner and in the likeness of the same body

even as he showed himself unto the Nephites.

Ether 3:18

And he ministered unto him

even as he ministered unto the Nephites;

and all this, that this man might know that he was God,

because of the many great works which the Lord had showed unto him.

Ether 3:19

And because of the knowledge of this man

he could not be kept from beholding within the veil;

and he saw the finger of Jesus,

which, when he saw, he fell with fear;

for he knew that it was the finger of the Lord;

and he had faith no longer,

for he knew, nothing doubting.

Ether 3:20

Wherefore, having this perfect knowledge of God,

he could not be kept from within the veil;

therefore he saw Jesus; and he did minister unto him.

Ether 4:1

And the Lord commanded the brother of Jared

to go down out of the mount from the presence of the Lord,

and write the things which he had seen;

and they were forbidden to come unto the children of men

until after that he should be lifted up upon the cross;

and for this cause did king Mosiah keep them,

that they should not come unto the world

until after Christ should show himself unto his people.

Ether 4:17

Therefore, when ye shall receive this record

ye may know that the work of the Father has commenced

upon all the face of the land.