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Chapter 10
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1 And now behold, it came to pass that all the people of
the land did hear these sayings, and did witness of it. And after these sayings
there was silence in the land for the space of many hours;
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2 For so great was the astonishment of the people that
they did cease lamenting and howling for the loss of their kindred which had
been slain; therefore there was silence in all the land for the space of many
hours.
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3 And it came to pass that there came a voice again unto
the people, and all the people did hear, and did witness of it, saying:
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4 O ye people of these great cities which have fallen, who
are descendants of Jacob, yea, who are of the house of Israel, how oft
have I gathered you as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and
have nourished you.
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3 Ne 10:4-6
This chicken simile would make no sense to these people.
There were no chickens in the Americas until maybe the 1300s CE.
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5 And again, how oft would I have gathered you as a hen
gathereth her chickens under her wings, yea, O ye people of the house of
Israel, who have fallen; yea, O ye people of the house of Israel, ye that
dwell at Jerusalem, as ye that have fallen; yea, how oft would I have
gathered you as a hen gathereth her chickens, and ye would not.
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Annotation for 3 Ne 10:4-6 above
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6 O ye house of Israel whom I have spared, how oft will
I gather you as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, if ye will
repent and return unto me with full purpose of heart.
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Annotation for 3 Ne 10:4-6 above
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7 But if not, O house of Israel, the places of your
dwellings shall become desolate until the time of the fulfilling of the
covenant to your fathers.
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8 And now it came to pass that after the people had heard
these words, behold, they began to weep and howl again because of the loss of
their kindred and friends.
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9 And it came to pass that thus did the three days pass
away. And it was in the morning, and the darkness dispersed from off the face
of the land, and the earth did cease to tremble, and the rocks did cease to
rend, and the dreadful groanings did cease, and all the tumultuous noises did
pass away.
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10 And the earth did cleave together again, that it stood;
and the mourning, and the weeping, and the wailing of the people who were
spared alive did cease; and their mourning was turned into joy, and their
lamentations into the praise and thanksgiving unto the Lord Jesus Christ,
their Redeemer.
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11 And thus far were the scriptures fulfilled which had
been spoken by the prophets.
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12 And it was the more righteous part of the people who
were saved, and it was they who received the prophets and stoned them not;
and it was they who had not shed the blood of the saints, who were spared—
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13 And they were spared and were not sunk and buried up in
the earth; and they were not drowned in the depths of the sea; and they were
not burned by fire, neither were they fallen upon and crushed to death; and
they were not carried away in the whirlwind; neither were they overpowered by
the vapor of smoke and of darkness.
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14 And now, whoso readeth, let him understand; he that
hath the scriptures, let him search them, and see and behold if all these
deaths and destructions by fire, and by smoke, and by tempests, and by
whirlwinds, and by the opening of the earth to receive them, and all these
things are not unto the fulfilling of the prophecies of many of the holy
prophets.
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15 Behold, I say unto you, Yea, many have testified of
these things at the coming of Christ, and were slain because they testified
of these things.
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16 Yea, the prophet Zenos did testify of these things, and
also Zenock spake concerning these things, because they testified
particularly concerning us, who are the remnant of their seed.
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17 Behold, our father Jacob also testified concerning a
remnant of the seed of Joseph. And behold, are not we a remnant of the seed
of Joseph? And these things which testify of us, are they not written upon
the plates of brass which our father Lehi brought out of Jerusalem?
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18 And it came to pass that in the ending of the thirty
and fourth year, behold, I will show unto you that the people of Nephi who
were spared, and also those who had been called Lamanites, who had been
spared, did have great favors shown unto them, and great blessings poured out
upon their heads, insomuch that soon after the ascension of Christ into
heaven he did truly manifest himself unto them—
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19 Showing his body unto them, and ministering unto them;
and an account of his ministry shall be given hereafter. Therefore for this
time I make an end of my sayings.
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