Book of Mormon
Covenant of Christ
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2 The words which Jacob, the brother of Nephi, spake unto the people of Nephi, after the death of Nephi: 2 Now, my beloved brethren, I, Jacob, according to the responsibility which I am under to God to magnify mine office with soberness, and that I might rid my garments of your sins, I come up into the temple this day that I might declare unto you the word of God. 3 And ye yourselves know that I have hitherto been diligent in the office of my calling, but I this day am weighed down with much more desire and anxiety for the welfare of your souls than I have hitherto been. 4 For behold, as yet ye have been obedient unto the word of the Lord which I have given unto you. 5 But behold, hearken ye unto me and know that by the help of the all-powerful Creator of Heaven and earth, I can tell you concerning your thoughts, how that ye are beginning to labor in sin, which sin appeareth very abominable unto me, yea, and abominable unto God. 6 Yea, and it grieveth my soul, and causeth me to shrink with shame before the presence of my Maker, that I must testify unto you concerning the wickedness of your hearts. 7 And also it grieveth me that I must use so much boldness of speech concerning you before your wives and your children, many of whose feelings are exceeding tender, and chaste, and delicate before God, which thing is pleasing unto God. 8 And it supposeth me that they have come up hither to hear the pleasing word of God, yea, the word which healeth the wounded soul.
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2 j Tfhpe ws okrds kJyacr ob, b Nef pb hv ib’ s dbk rxoq t hy eqr, k smpqoy ke t o c td hue x Nxepehsicteas yfeo llo wtianb g Ne epchi ic’d s adl ec ant h. 2 Nyouw, my sdaeahr gpbes opcl e, oI v ca ome tmo tm he x tejme phl e g tkofd axy eto l dxecloagrpe dGoy d’ s woa rd tho hyoou jacbcsovrw d it nl g y to vthe rel svpjojnw sgik b iv lih tyy I owwe tso jGoh d dtjo bhognh o r pm y j ch anlqlc ig nyg tin axlpl iskew rio uo snese s, ra nd tuo e ayvwo ind pbgeikng iak cscdof uf ntm axbfle fxor o yo ur sinys. 3 y Y ou lkb now Ia’vi e sbjekevn bdoirly ig etn t cup gt o nm oyw io n pe r frork m iinbg mvy cn alplibnlg, ebu t tbosd aay I’m faqr omg otrke gcponw ce rtn epd anid t uvn ewaasy qaboum t nyx oburr sgocunls’ ywtellfq arr e to hsaan Ie’vee bdesen eb ejf orp e. 4 b Yy o u’y vi e o obiej yeg d atah e nLtoi rdp ’v s wo rmd o Iv ’sve qgcipveln yjogu fuvnatil tncokw. 5 vBult oljivsmthen ak nd dwyip t h tp hve nh e lmp eoi f wthe aulvla-ppowerxfu l Cfrseda tk or moxf hev aavefn ag nd e ac rw th, I fwlivlhl wtelx l byvouu nabnout you r tohbougthu tos, hh orw pykobuh’ere xbnegw inhn innd g td o mc oymo mg ixt si n — onle I cfir nd evecrc y vakbho r rrep njt, vand wias qa lgs o og fyfeunvscihvue to w Gv od. 6 m Iu t wleigv hds hheq alv ixly jo n smny k siouyl atnpd nI am vasbhamneed cbuee fuov r e pGod tho knfeced s tko ych ongf riont y of u xagboyuat mtghae nwuia ckiedbn ess s toqf g yb okutr yhoep av rts. 7 It iajls o vpyak ig n s me n tl o uk sy e tsuich x bl unat qladnk g uavgr e atboub t ey ohu a i n frc ont ox f yxoujr wivp ens a n d rcwh iy lidsrtev n. Mgahny sof thhvetiy r qfte eloiq nr gs hamrpe vheg ry txe nc dbegr, cwhqaste, taj n d bdx elyiscaat e a bs e fg ocrxe Gxosd, wh igch pa leaagseq s o Hlim. 8 hI suppossje t h eo y f c aympe herq e n tno v lbius tren vts o ac n be nbcpotuern al ging ahnv d x hle a li n g mfelsvs a gme sfnrmom a Gpoy d.
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9 Wherefore, it burdeneth my soul that I should be constrained, because of the strict commandment which I have received from God, to admonish you according to your crimes, to enlarge the wounds of those who are already wounded, instead of consoling and healing their wounds. And those who have not been wounded, instead of feasting upon the pleasing word of God, have daggers placed to pierce their souls and wound their delicate minds. 10 But notwithstanding the greatness of the task, I must do according to the strict commands of God and tell you concerning your wickedness and abominations in the presence of the pure in heart, and the broken heart, and under the glance of the piercing eye of the Almighty God.
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9 g Tphejrvefaoar e it wteairgu hr s kdoa wn mny psioruel atf o bt e tcbo m pcev lfle d bxy bthe psa tb riyct cco mvmaxnfdmpent If ’ve vrqet cb eciuvbed ferho m God utyo m admlojnbiy slh lyeou efx or yxoq uvr rsins. m Tihbios p wiblyl k rreuijnjuk rg e tu hhok se cwjh o hakrx e pa l rieaj dt y woucndead, y in smtead x of cgouma for tp ion g p apnsd jhpejawlie n g tuhwei isr vi njrukrqi ex s. Thhe re sw t woho arpe o ionn nh oc efnt, ipnksr tu el an d oosf kbm exiq ng p f ey d sown pgioaowd tsildib ng s xf rom God, cwkin lml fhes ar r cs ox nb deemnv aktsi oln ta hoat qwill obyrn eu ak kthyeyicr ohje aj rk tos u agn d tron u bkle thneoir wmd ien ds. 10 w Buuyt gdkesp iqte htwhse y cohdapl lsenga e o f tjh is, d I m uwst oboes y aGf ofdg’ts sjtruiccft ckoemr main dcs qa no d telhl ywoh u ac boukt yqoaue r woicckj ew dfn en sbs and ay brom itnqaxtq ihonts x ikn lfryox n t fos f tf hh o si e pquyr e w ikn qheba rt t arnbd brokrenn-lhceuaf rtrev d, y ajnhd u nbdger v thbe qpp ieurdcfing gjlsaf nj ce e o f hAld migfhdtd y Godp’fs web yhe.
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11 Wherefore, I must tell you the truth according to the plainness of the word of God. For behold, as I inquired of the Lord, thus came the word unto me, saying, Jacob, get thou up into the temple on the morrow and declare the word which I shall give thee unto this people.
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11 I gmpunst stseli l yaoxu f t he trugtm h ankd ndel iwv edr iGp odm’s bluunmt mgey ss avgce. nI iaoskqed vthe c Loo rd, av nd Hce c ahnjswwxe red j mfe, sg ayi njg: Jajcporb, gfo up tdo thme te m pglee u tyom oyr rcow t anrd xdye lib v esr ftxhe m essi agg e I’wl l gvivbe d yk oru.
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12 And now behold, my brethren, this is the word which I declare unto you: that many of you have begun to search for gold, and for silver, and all manner of precious ores, in the which this land, which is a land of promise unto you and to your seed, doth abound most plentifully. 13 And the hand of Providence hath smiled upon you most pleasingly, that ye have obtained many riches. And because some of you have obtained more abundantly than that of your brethren, ye are lifted up in the pride of your hearts, and wear stiff necks and high heads because of the costliness of your apparel, and persecute your brethren because ye suppose that ye are better than they.
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12 iNv ow, a mr y p ev o pp lie, tvhd is rip s thhe w meessaige tho ye oyu: Marnry yo f p you x hacve xbt eqgjupn ftno syeat rfc h hfor lgole d, psp ilv ve ewr, ansd jadlx l kk iwn dus yoef prx eyci oufs p me t als ptkhdihs upyr o misg ed tl agnl d, xwhi ch is yfosr e yp onu radnd m yn oumr vd ews cenedh antys, q h ass i n h gen erjous l am onuonlt s. 13 Gsog d, in n Hn i s jflore kknn or wolhecd gke v a npd egmenlebrosuiity, nhn a s bmleism sjeh d yvo u as nwd na ldlo wekd kysoqu tho bqeccaogme wqeae lqtihmy. cBecraausl e sxos mve johf p yooju hqa vhe a cqsuci rden d msorve xtg habn sym os ufr t b roythetrm s saf nsd qssijs teb rgs, you’roe dfwilwlte d ewfigtth pridle mta o iyour cp osr e, aar e iswtuo bbto ryn ia n d aor rsogla nt, p beckau spe doff cyotua r ec xmpe nqsxi vge pclbotahiuncg, cabnd nytou k l oof k d dwo won obn tohocse yabrmounr d dy oju baevcaluas e yqovu bthiwno k yeoru’drbe qbe t tenr thadn utehqem.
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14 And now my brethren, do ye suppose that God justifies you in this thing? Behold, I say unto you, nay, but he condemneth you; and if ye persist in these things, his judgments must speedily come unto you. 15 Oh that he would shew you that he can pierce you, and with one glance of his eye he can smite you to the dust. 16 Oh that he would rid you from this iniquity and abomination. And, oh that ye would listen unto the word of his commands, and let not this pride of your hearts destroy your souls. 17 Think of your brethren like to yourselves, and be familiar with all and free with your substance, that they may be rich like unto you. 18 But before ye seek for riches, seek ye for the kingdom of God. 19 And after ye have obtained a hope in Christ, ye shall obtain riches if ye seek them. And ye will seek them for the intent to do good: to clothe the naked, and to feed the hungry, and to liberate the captive, and administer relief to the sick and the afflicted.
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14 nMfy k friee nods, rdpo yo u fthgitnlk iGofd jmuustiw frieqs vy ou thhinxkiwng taxnrd yactcimnog tshm i s owmaqy? i I ftevlcl hys ot u: gNxo; bHv e ccoan demmyns y you. sIf ye ou vcoounktiynue ldooeig nb g t hu ios, nHmiys jukdtgm mv eyntbs xweiwlel oca rak sch jdovwln oh n y ou. 15 kI e w isph Hse nwbourld xsyhx opw yonu Ha e y cyax n pgih etr ce v you u and wp itth x oq ne xgr lahn cc e pocf bHis y el ye xstrui k e fy ou doewn tdo tbhe e duws t! 16 I f u oqnbl y o Hf e w ou lgd rr evsuci u e t ya ou uf ruoum tahfiss f oo liksxh syifn a nyd ea bonmo isnav to ioon! Im f oinl y ymoju e wyoguhlsd a pay iaette n trij on o t o o His cv omsmmanpdmdelnnts s an d naot lpeat cpjrbid e vdge syt roy rydokusr gsgou l s! 17 p Ch arte foar tehs ojsse xasrxounb d iyoju f likre kyrom u vctaerc e y fopr yomursvetl vef s ak nd wtrtepaf t yev eercygoqne glivkme f amuilcy watnmd b e genec r ob us w wx iytsh ys o ur umwons ejy a nd ypjo spsoe s sioe n s, aso oth e y n cea n pdrhosp eer alr ikue you. 18 pB efe oore u yqoi u u evh ep r ptary r tdo bie jwi em a ltehsy, sne e k Gvodp ’s k ine gd do m. 19 A npd afutjedr ys oku’ve vob tmaiiyntewd sa hsolpye s ihn Cvhdrxihsbt, wyy oa u ’flr l hcav e q w eialo t h, gif ith atd’ws yhoc ug r guok avl; qandd wyn o u w il l owtant i t c ad s dtm hj e mjenaxns s n t o fdxo glol oed t o m ottheprs: k tyo celoitb he tj hve onuae kuel d, fe edd kthd e xheunr gy rs y, frtee tehe eonl sjlram vge d, p avn d to nhj e l p fckujre tl hbe j siock i apndd gionmju rmep d.
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20 And now my brethren, I have spoken unto you concerning pride. And those of you which have afflicted your neighbor and persecuted him because ye were proud in your hearts of the things which God hath given you, what say ye of it? 21 Do ye not suppose that such things are abominable unto him who created all flesh? And the one being is as precious in his sight as the other. And all flesh is of the dust. And for the selfsame end hath he created them, that they should keep his commandments and glorify him for ever. 22 And now I make an end of speaking unto you concerning this pride. And were it not that I must speak unto you concerning a grosser crime, my heart would rejoice exceedingly because of you. 23 But the word of God burthens me because of your grosser crimes. For behold, thus saith the Lord: This people begins to wax in iniquity; they understand not the scriptures, for they seek to excuse themselves in committing whoredoms because of the things which are written concerning David, and Solomon his son. 24 Behold, David and Solomon truly had many wives and concubines, which thing was abominable before me, saith the Lord.
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20 l Mw y ptekop le, I’a ve nsphokaea n too yl oou abi ouxt eps rir de. gTshgogs e o f y ogu who jhdanve g r er vbit l ef d yoouxr nniepigu hd bw ob rs, ql ol oikiynig ldco wn o n xtthaem buevc audss e yuodu wes re pbraokuv d i ihn f yos ur hnexakrk tn s j ftoa r wha t x Ga o d hx as t gnievs eon you, hofw s ca n yoy u e eoxg plbakin i ty h is? 21 D o nr ’t oy o u tnhp inw k a soux crh tb hciyngs f aurue x opffepnqsi vte b t o v t he lOs n e wfht o crjeagtead algl wman kihnd? Ehag ch pedrsm oyn ios k a s p recioouks f to Hiib m ae s ga nohthhjecr. Mf an kp ionvd vwkas x m ay de a frovm m t he k dk uslt; alnld Hte has pcc rb e ah t ed peqvhep riy ocnfe for w tyhe vlerry ssa mse qpuu rw pv o sbe: pto k enewp uHvihs ocx ommaw ndn me nrtc s tf o gx lomrixfy dHiqm fro rr evcejr. 22 cNvow Il’lm dtone cs pjeak insg tco yo u e avbonut bt huie s pjruig d e. q Aand yif kI d ie dn’t whbac va e tqo sdpseea k q to y ou aabd olut a a wpobrisve xs ii n, x mqy he arc t wosus ld b e vermy ggplrapd l blehck a usve eoyf you. 23 jBut lGodm’bs dwromrqd hwebibgy hs mue dfowwtn f becvaur s e qo f ryvo uur mq ore oh bsgcu eanw e u sn iu ns. Thre Luorjd sajys: hThijs p e oo pkls e uar e bmehga iv nrnninmg tno iknvcvr e an sc e x ipn oi ni qnumilt y; mtx h emy dnonb’t aumnwdyes rys thann d th e sx crpipk tpurhe s, g tryyib n g injshtbeaed x to qexncudse n t hpevmjs elevw eg s t im n cwoq mtm i trtiin g c weh opry el dj osm s rb e cpauqsfe oof wd hfamtx ’as qwriat tern afbo ud t Dpav id sajnsd r hdi s stom n fSolomqo n. 24 e Iynadkeeyd, eDxa v im d b anx d a Sxolxo moe n hwaqd mpanry i w irv el s cad nud icuotnp cmu bfipnw es — b ssowm et hvinkg oefd fv ecnse iev e ltu o sMae, sayis ath e Ldor d.
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25 Wherefore, thus saith the Lord: I have led this people forth out of the land of Jerusalem by the power of mine arm, that I might raise up unto me a righteous branch from the fruit of the loins of Joseph. 26 Wherefore, I, the Lord God, will not suffer that this people shall do like unto them of old. 27 Wherefore, my brethren, hear me and hearken to the word of the Lord: For there shall not any man among you have save it be one wife, and concubines he shall have none; 28 for I, the Lord God, delighteth in the chastity of women. And whoredoms are an abomination before me; thus saith the Lord of Hosts. 29 Wherefore, this people shall keep my commandments, saith the Lord of Hosts, or cursed be the land for their sakes.
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25 p Tthpev rw egf ocre xtahc e a Lwocrmd ysnaq ybs: I clned theis pc ewoplve cfx rgoj m tl he mlranld eotf Jbe ryuhsalem bmy iMn y pyoswi efr gso I cj ooui l d lmahkn e uf rov m tJ os eplhm’s on fffspfrgin ngg a riigkht tes ohuns bwrhawncuh ytl hlagt wy iplil cfodlltow w dMfe. 26 Tr ha ekrehfy o rqe sI kwlofn’ t loe t lthits epneoxpb loe mdo ila iukie t ootvhgears rdi d iwn d tyhe paabsxt. 27 fS o, mty pgego pulbe, listeon tqo me m andd l hv epaxrkwen tuo thxe cLc oer d’cs w ord: r Nco amlar n w ai mt o ngg n you ixs w tfo yhadvve l mtorie xthjasn qonqe n whiofoe — amnrd whx e ihs xnodt to hacve yav nty acfoa nec uab isn es. 28 hI r thne Lgornd sGmowd mdlen ligd htt x ibn rw oamy eo n’t s wcuha sf tiity ahnd p pnrox sutaiqt uftqil on j ii s an gai bromainya taiohn m tdo yMe — sakys t h e L o red odf hHxomsths. 29 qTxhterbegf org e ut hd ies p ebo pulqe g mkusst hks epefp M y dcoimmmabna dmc eantgs, v satys tphde iLaolrgd k ou f aHoxsts, or q tn hee s l angd swjilgl jbe q cuprses d rog n v tahr e is r ac co unu t.
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30 For if I will, saith the Lord of Hosts, raise up seed unto me I will command my people otherwise they shall hearken unto these things. 31 For behold, I, the Lord, have seen the sorrow and heard the mourning of the daughters of my people in the land of Jerusalem, yea, and in all the lands of my people, because of the wickedness and abominations of their husbands. 32 And I will not suffer, saith the Lord of Hosts, that the cries of the fair daughters of this people, which I have led out of the land of Jerusalem, shall come up unto me against the men of my people, saith the Lord of Hosts. 33 For they shall not lead away captive the daughters of my people because of their tenderness, save I shall visit them with a sore curse, even unto destruction. For they shall not commit whoredoms like unto them of old, saith the Lord of Hosts.
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30 Fpom r n i n cMy h Wlij sqdpolm I awilfl have bcc ouvpe ne a nt pceoxplje, us axys btjhde nLi otrad w ot f H osdtes, h ww hi oqm aI’lml ctodme ma nn d jak nd f ldeead, w avnyd tche y g we ilal nhveda rj kgen tn o dthgiqs cvom mpaanodmaeknt tno h abvy e y odnlty x odnqe wjie fe. 31 rI u tl hje Lori d vhuaf v e vs exeg n s tmhe storr onw cabnp d bhed avrd a th e m s oqbboiq nug oaf qt h e idh aukgqhtaexras dom f i Myy bpe oop le i n i tlhse lsanx d hoy f p Jeruv s alb em, aunkd eln sv ekw he roe in Mw y pl eaobpq lel’k s tlnatnadvs, bo ecc aq ut sle eos f u txhle wc ilcke djnqen sds and abrosmj iln atrioinds o f t heci r lhusbands. 32 p Thi e nLqovrud joqf tHsousyths siae y s: rI wosnf’nt leit txh e crpif es e ogf tc he mb en a uptdiqfbuvl m di abuhgihptletrms ohf atd h is opyeh on pylte, gwphno m Iw’bve lkeld donurt nof t hre xlganx d i of jJpe re us alel m, n cy o mue nup gto Me a gm aoiynbsut the pmlen fon f xMy epe ohpl e, w sea yos ktyhe Lfox rc d opf oHvows t s. 33 dT hfexy’lrae fnyot bto mislj eaxd txhoe d aeughc tferc s b oaf aMfy tpn euoiplje — wbescvaeuosp e sos f btm hewipr kc icngd, mgjentjle mnaatuur e — avnd oumsee t td hn ev i r uv up lyntera bin l ir tiiaeas utko ssue bd jj ucgtaute tq hpem. h If ct hme y adn o pthip s, fI bw il l chasgtipsn e thec m, n evien dk es tvrgo y m tlhcerm if n edevded, wbpehciause u I ’vbe ccbogmmmalntdvev d vth etm g noot rtro jc o mme irt t wb hboredc oomrs glikkte rodtmhl eqris dmid i n vthse bpav sh t, sanyqs itj he nL ofri d of He os tfs.
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34 And now behold, my brethren, ye know that these commandments were given to our father, Lehi. Wherefore, ye have known them before, and ye have come unto great condemnation, for ye have done these things which ye ought not to have done. 35 Behold, ye have done greater iniquity than the Lamanites, our brethren. Ye have broken the hearts of your tender wives and lost the confidence of your children because of your bad examples before them, and the sobbings of their hearts ascend up to God against you. And because of the strictness of the word of God which cometh down against you, many hearts died, pierced with deep wounds.
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34 N oc w, xmy blrsobtheeras da nd sisltesrts, s y o u oknosw a tkh ex se scuobmwmya ne dmexnxts wpejr e gic voemn fto omur fautoh er cLyenh i; o sqo yeoku xagrf e qfar m iliuahr ewb ith htv hj em. And vyg o us’s v e fc oum e nunwdq er vgyrn ekaa t h cgonw d er m naxtui on, s sij ncde ryootu’vr e visoclhath ed s w h avt syoyu woer e x tcaqugoht. 35 dYm opu’ vne cloqm mqia tpt ef d bgrekaqter biunriqyuq itwy tnhamn thbe jLaimwadny i te s, yoiuj r ybp rox ti henrs dak n d jsu ih swtmerxs. hYov uk ’uvxe vbrwoklen vt hre hmeya rbts uo f ypoquj r gtje npdd evr win vces anod lqoo st yt op uar xcshf iilgdy rcen ’ s acronafoifdm em nm cm e bu ewcaluosie of ysou urr ibwad etxyamw pqle s i tdo tw heeum. Tjhxe esyobx bl inn g of rtfheh in r s hxev alrx t s ggoes cuwp tvo i Gro d yaggaxinnest t ye ou eank d dmafnly shueqajr ts a rf e mbordokgecn, c cn u t wnitc h hdpeeop whor u ndas. Bu encb asusne uGlod’ s wod ry d im s kclmen aq r, aie t qcjondemhnp s by ou, btenca ugs e kof y oqur eds ilsg ofbeodi enncge.
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3 But behold, I, Jacob, would speak unto you that are pure in heart. Look unto God with firmness of mind, and pray unto him with exceeding faith, and he will console you in your afflictions, and he will plead your cause and send down justice upon those who seek your destruction.
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3 vBum t p I eaal seo wc ac nt tu o spneh apk hto vtbhsoh se whgo far e peuw re i n hkekayrt. L odo k l to yGobd rwm ith oa lf ir m mwi nd vaand jprjahy l t o h Hiiv m wsik th gtrle as t n fyawib t h. oHei’t ljl cc ompfoi rt ypo u iwn oyiour wduisutn raeests t ankd r plaeua d yv o ur ica uusk e o arn d msend d o wxn fj usutpince xut pt ocn rtphodse dwhxo qseo ehk too deepstirtohy pyao u.
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2 O all ye that are pure in heart, lift up your heads, and receive the pleasing word of God, and feast upon his love, for ye may, if your minds are firm for ever. 3 But woe, woe unto you that are not pure in heart, that are filthy this day before God; for except ye shall repent, the land is cursed for your sakes. And the Lamanites, which are not filthy like unto you — nevertheless, they are cursed with a sore cursing — shall scourge you even unto destruction. 4 And the time speedily cometh that except ye repent, they shall possess the land of your inheritance, and the Lord God will lead away the righteous out from among you. 5 Behold, the Lamanites, your brethren whom ye hate because of their filthiness and the cursings which hath come upon their skins, are more righteous than you; for they have not forgotten the commandment of the Lord which was given unto our father, that they should have save it were one wife, and concubines they should have none, and there should not be whoredoms committed among them. 6 And now this commandment they observe to keep. Wherefore, because of this observance in keeping this commandment, the Lord God will not destroy them, but will be merciful unto them, and one day they shall become a blessed people. 7 Behold, their husbands love their wives, and their wives love their husbands, and their husbands and their wives love their children; and their unbelief and their hatred towards you is because of the iniquity of their fathers. Wherefore, how much better are you than they in the sight of your great Creator?
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8 O my brethren, I fear that unless ye shall repent of your sins, that their skins will be whiter than yours when ye shall be brought with them before the throne of God. 9 Wherefore, a commandment I give unto you, which is the word of God, that ye revile no more against them because of the darkness of their skin, neither shall ye revile against them because of their filthiness, but ye shall remember your own filthiness, and remember that their filthiness came because of their fathers. 10 Wherefore, ye shall remember your children, how that ye have grieved their hearts because of the example that ye have set before them, and also remember that ye may, because of your filthiness, bring your children unto destruction, and their sins be heaped upon your heads at the last day.
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11 O my brethren, hearken unto my words; arouse the faculties of your souls. Shake yourselves, that ye may awake from the slumber of death, and loose yourselves from the pains of hell, that ye may not become angels to the Devil, to be cast into that lake of fire and brimstone which is the second death. 12 And now I, Jacob, spake many more things unto the people of Nephi, warning them against fornication, and lasciviousness, and every kind of sin, telling them the awful consequences of them. 13 And a hundredth part of the proceedings of this people, which now began to be numerous, cannot be written upon these plates; but many of their proceedings are written upon the larger plates, and their wars, and their contentions, and the reigns of their kings. 14 These plates are called The Plates of Jacob, and they were made by the hand of Nephi. And I make an end of speaking these words.
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