2 Nephi 24:1
For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose
Israel, and set them in their own land; and the strangers shall
be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
2 Nephi 24:2
And the people shall take them and bring them to their place;
yea, from far unto the ends of the earth; and they shall return
to their lands of promise. And the house of Israel shall possess
them, and the land of the Lord shall be for servants and
handmaids; and they shall take them captives unto whom they were
captives; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
2 Nephi 24:3
And it shall come to pa** in that day that the Lord shall give
thee rest, from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard
bondage wherein thou wast made to serve.
2 Nephi 24:4
And it shall come to pa** in that day, that thou shalt take up
this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say: How hath the
oppressor ceased, the golden city ceased!
2 Nephi 24:5
The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, the scepters of
the rulers.
2 Nephi 24:6
He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he
that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none
hindereth.
2 Nephi 24:7
The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet; they break forth
into singing.
2 Nephi 24:8
Yea, the fir-trees rejoice at thee, and also the cedars of
Lebanon, saying: Since thou art laid down no feller is come up
against us.
2 Nephi 24:9
Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy
coming; it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones
of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings
of the nations.
2 Nephi 24:10
All they shall speak and say unto thee: Art thou also become
weak as we? Art thou become like unto us?
2 Nephi 24:11
Thy pomp is brought down to the grave; the noise of thy viols
is not heard; the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover
thee.
2 Nephi 24:12
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the
morning! Art thou cut down to the ground, which did weaken the
nations!
2 Nephi 24:13
For thou hast said in thy heart: I will ascend into heaven, I
will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will sit also upon
the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north;
2 Nephi 24:14
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like
the Most High.
2 Nephi 24:15
Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the
pit.
2 Nephi 24:16
They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and shall
consider thee, and shall say: Is this the man that made the earth
to tremble, that did shake kingdoms?
2 Nephi 24:17
And made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities
thereof, and opened not the house of his prisoners?
2 Nephi 24:18
All the kings of the nations, yea, all of them, lie in glory,
every one of them in his own house.
2 Nephi 24:19
But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch,
and the remnant of those that are slain, thrust through with a
sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carca**
trodden under feet.
2 Nephi 24:20
Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou
hast destroyed thy land and slain thy people; the seed of
evil-doers shall never be renowned.
2 Nephi 24:21
Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquities of
their fathers, that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor
fill the face of the world with cities.
2 Nephi 24:22
For I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of Hosts, and
cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew,
saith the Lord.
2 Nephi 24:23
I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools
of water; and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction,
saith the Lord of Hosts.
2 Nephi 24:24
The Lord of Hosts hath sworn, saying: Surely as I have
thought, so shall it come to pa**; and as I have purposed, so
shall it stand—
2 Nephi 24:25
That I will bring the Assyrian in my land, and upon my
mountains tread him under foot; then shall his yoke depart from
off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
2 Nephi 24:26
This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth;
and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all nations.
2 Nephi 24:27
For the Lord of Hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul?
And his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
2 Nephi 24:28
In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.
2 Nephi 24:29
Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him
that smote thee is broken; for out of the serpent's root shall
come forth a co*katrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying
serpent.
2 Nephi 24:30
And the first-born of the poor shall feed, and the needy
shall lie down in safety; and I will k** thy root with famine,
and he shall slay thy remnant.
2 Nephi 24:31
Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art
dissolved; for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none
shall be alone in his appointed times.
2 Nephi 24:32
What shall then answer the messengers of the nations? That
the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall
trust in it.