The Collected Works. Joseph Smith Jr.

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       Redeemer, going before them, leading them by day and giving light

       unto them by night, and doing all things for them which were

       expedient for man to receive, they hardened their hearts and

       blinded their minds, and reviled against Moses and against the

       true and living God.

      1 Nephi 17:31

       31 And it came to pass that according to his word he did destroy

       them; and according to his word he did lead them; and according

       to his word he did do all things for them; and there was not any

       thing done save it were by his word.

      1 Nephi 17:32

       32 And after they had crossed the river Jordan he did make them

       mighty unto the driving out of the children of the land, yea,

       unto the scattering them to destruction.

      1 Nephi 17:33

       33 And now, do ye suppose that the children of this land, who

       were in the land of promise, who were driven out by our fathers,

       do ye suppose that they were righteous? Behold, I say unto you,

       Nay.

      1 Nephi 17:34

       34 Do ye suppose that our fathers would have been more choice

       than they if they had been righteous? I say unto you, Nay.

      1 Nephi 17:35

       35 Behold, the Lord esteemeth all flesh in one; he that is

       righteous is favored of God. But behold, this people had

       rejected every word of God, and they were ripe in iniquity; and

       the fulness of the wrath of God was upon them; and the Lord did

       curse the land against them, and bless it unto our fathers; yea,

       he did curse it against them unto their destruction, and he did

       bless it unto our fathers unto their obtaining power over it.

      1 Nephi 17:36

       36 Behold, the Lord hath created the earth that it should be

       inhabited; and he hath created his children that they should

       possess it.

      1 Nephi 17:37

       37 And he raiseth up a righteous nation, and destroyeth the

       nations of the wicked.

      1 Nephi 17:38

       38 And he leadeth away the righteous into precious lands, and

       the wicked he destroyeth, and curseth the land unto them for

       their sakes.

      1 Nephi 17:39

       39 He ruleth high in the heavens, for it is his throne, and this

       earth is his footstool.

      1 Nephi 17:40

       40 And he loveth those who will have him to be their God.

       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; wherefore, he did bring them out of the land

       of Egypt.

      1 Nephi 17:41

       41 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. He sent fiery flying

       serpents among them; and after they were bitten he prepared a way

       that they might be healed; 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 who perished.

      1 Nephi 17:42

       42 And they did harden their hearts from time to time, and they

       did revile against Moses, and also against God; nevertheless, ye

       know that they were led forth by his matchless power into the

       land of promise.

      1 Nephi 17:43

       43 And now, after all these things, the time has come that they

       have become wicked, yea, nearly unto ripeness; and I know not but

       they are at this day about to be destroyed; for I know that the

       day must surely come that they must be destroyed, save a few

       only, who shall be led away into captivity.

      1 Nephi 17:44

       44 Wherefore, the Lord commanded my father that he should depart

       into the wilderness; and the Jews also sought to take away his

       life; yea, and ye also have sought to take away his life;

       wherefore, ye are murderers in your hearts and ye are like unto

       them.

      1 Nephi 17:45

       45 Ye are swift to do iniquity but slow to remember the Lord

       your God. Ye have seen an angel, and he spake unto you; yea, ye

       have heard his voice from time to time; and he hath spoken unto

       you in a still small voice, but ye were past feeling, that ye

       could not feel his words; wherefore, he has spoken unto you like

       unto the voice of thunder, which did cause the earth to shake as

       if it were to divide asunder.

      1 Nephi 17:46

       46 And ye also know that by the power of his almighty word he

       can cause the earth that it shall pass away; yea, and ye know

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