2 Nephi 24

1For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel,

2And the people shall take them and bring them to their place; yea,

3And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall give

4And it shall come to pass in that day, that thou shalt take up

5The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, the scepters of the

6He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that

7The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet; they break forth into

8Yea, the fir-trees rejoice at thee, and also the cedars of

9Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming; it

10All they shall speak and say unto thee: Art thou also become weak

11Thy pomp is brought down to the grave; the noise of thy viols is

12How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!

13For thou hast said in thy heart: I will ascend into heaven, I

14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the

15Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

16They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and shall

17And made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities

18All the kings of the nations, yea, all of them, lie in glory,

19But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and

20Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast

21Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquities of their

22For I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of Hosts, and cut

23I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of

24The Lord of Hosts hath sworn, saying: Surely as I have thought,

25That I will bring the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains

26This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth; and

27For the Lord of Hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul? And

28In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.

29Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that

30And the first-born of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall

31Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved;

32What shall then answer the messengers of the nations? That the