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1 Nephi 5
126 "Behold, the Lord hath created the earth, that it should be inhabited;

127 And He hath created His children, that they should possess it.

128 "And He raiseth up a righteous nation, And destroyeth the nations of the wicked.

129 "And He leadeth away the righteous into precious lands; And the wicked He destroyeth, And curseth the land unto them for their sakes.

130 "He ruleth high in the heavens, for it is His throne and this earth is His footstool.

131 "And He loveth them which will have Him to be their God;

132 Behold, He loved our fathers, And He covenanted with them, yea, even Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, And He remembered the covenants which He had made;

133 Wherefore, He did bring them out of the Land of Egypt."And He did straiten them in the wilderness with His rod, for they hardened their hearts even as ye have; And the Lord straitened them because of their iniquity;

134 He sent flying fiery serpents among them; And after they were bitten, He prepared a way that they might be healed;

135 And the labor which they had to perform was to look; And because of the simpleness of the way, or the easiness of it, there were many which perished.

136 "And they did harden their hearts from time to time, And they did revile against Moses and also against God;

137 Nevertheless, ye know that they were led forth by His matchless power into the Land of Promise.

138 "And now after all these things, the time has come that they have become wicked, yea, nearly unto ripeness;

139 And I know not but they are at this day about to be destroyed,

140 For I know that the day must surely come that they must be destroyed, save a few only which shall be led away into captivity.

141 "Wherefore, the Lord commanded my father that he should depart into the wilderness;

142 And the Jews also sought to take away his life, yea, and ye also have sought to take away his life;

143 Wherefore, ye are murderers in your hearts and ye are like unto them.

144 "Ye are swift to do iniquity, but slow to remember the Lord your God;

145 Ye have seen an angel and he spake unto you; Yea, ye have heard His voice from time to time,

146 And He hath spoken unto you in a still small voice, but ye were past feeling that ye could not feel His words;

147 Wherefore, He hath spoken unto you like unto the voice of thunder which did cause the earth to shake as if it were to divide asunder.

148 "And ye also know that by the power of His almighty word He can cause the earth that it shall pass away;

149 Yea, and ye know that by His word He can cause that rough places be made smooth and smooth places shall be broken up;

150 O then, why is it that ye can be so hard in your hearts?

151 "Behold, my soul is rent with anguish because of you and my heart is pained; I fear lest ye shall be cast off forever;

152 Behold, I am full of the Spirit of God insomuch as if my frame had no strength."

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