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my mouth, and I showed them. I did

       show them suddenly.

      1 Nephi 20:4

       4 And I did it because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy

       neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

      1 Nephi 20:5

       5 And I have even from the beginning declared to thee; before it

       came to pass I showed them thee; and I showed them for fear lest

       thou shouldst say—mine idol hath done them, and my graven image,

       and my molten image hath commanded them.

      1 Nephi 20:6

       6 Thou hast seen and heard all this; and will ye not declare

       them? And that I have showed thee new things from this time,

       even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.

      1 Nephi 20:7

       7 They are created now, and not from the beginning, even before

       the day when thou heardest them not they were declared unto thee,

       lest thou shouldst say—Behold I knew them.

      1 Nephi 20:8

       8 Yea, and thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from

       that time thine ear was not opened; for I knew that thou wouldst

       deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the

       womb.

      1 Nephi 20:9

       9 Nevertheless, for my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and

       for my praise will I refrain from thee, that I cut thee not off.

      1 Nephi 20:10

       10 For, behold, I have refined thee, I have chosen thee in the

       furnace of affliction.

      1 Nephi 20:11

       11 For mine own sake, yea, for mine own sake will I do this, for

       I will not suffer my name to be polluted, and I will not give my

       glory unto another.

      1 Nephi 20:12

       12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called, for I am he;

       I am the first, and I am also the last.

      1 Nephi 20:13

       13 Mine hand hath also laid the foundation of the earth, and my

       right hand hath spanned the heavens. I call unto them and they

       stand up together.

      1 Nephi 20:14

       14 All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; who among them hath

       declared these things unto them? The Lord hath loved him; yea,

       and he will fulfill his word which he hath declared by them; and

       he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall come upon

       the Chaldeans.

      1 Nephi 20:15

       15 Also, saith the Lord; I the Lord, yea, I have spoken; yea, I

       have called him to declare, I have brought him, and he shall make

       his way prosperous.

      1 Nephi 20:16

       16 Come ye near unto me; I have not spoken in secret; from the

       beginning, from the time that it was declared have I spoken; and

       the Lord God, and his Spirit, hath sent me.

      1 Nephi 20:17

       17 And thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of

       Israel; I have sent him, the Lord thy God who teacheth thee to

       profit, who leadeth thee by the way thou shouldst go, hath done

       it.

      1 Nephi 20:18

       18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments—then had thy

       peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the

       sea.

      1 Nephi 20:19

       19 Thy seed also had been as the sand; the offspring of thy

       bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut

       off nor destroyed from before me.

      1 Nephi 20:20

       20 Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a

       voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter to the end of the

       earth; say ye: The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob.

      1 Nephi 20:21

       21 And they thirsted not; he led them through the deserts; he

       caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; he clave the

       rock also and the waters gushed out.

      1 Nephi 20:22

       22 And notwithstanding he hath done all this, and greater also,

       there is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.

      1 Nephi 21 Chapter 21

      1 Nephi 21:1

       1 And again: Hearken, O ye house of Israel, all ye that are

       broken off and are driven out because of the wickedness of the

       pastors of my people; yea, all ye that are broken off, that are

       scattered abroad, who are of my people, O house of Israel.

       Listen, O isles, unto me, and hearken ye people from far; the

       Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother

       hath he made mention of my name.

      1 Nephi 21:2

       2 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of

       his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his

       quiver hath he hid me;

      1 Nephi 21:3

       3 And said unto me: Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I

       will be glorified.

      1 Nephi 21:4

       4 Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength

       for naught and in vain; surely my judgment is with the Lord, and

       my work with my God.

      1 Nephi 21:5

       5 And now, saith the Lord—that formed me from the womb that I

       should be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him—though Israel

       be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord,

       and my God shall be my strength.

      1 Nephi 21:6

       6 And he said: It is a light thing that thou shouldst be my

       servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the

       preserved of Israel. I will also give thee for a light to the

       Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the ends of the

       earth.

      1 Nephi 21:7

       7 Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to

       him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to

       servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall

       worship, because of the Lord that is faithful.

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