(Isaiah 51)
(** 2 Nephi 8 **)

(**2 Nephi 26**)

[@shall be his sons and His daughters@ (Mosiah 5:7)]

[@that they might stumble@ (Jacob 4:14)]

[In contrast to and relief from the law of Moses]

[called to be the salt of the earth, the saviors of men]

[Elitist/racial intolerance]

[shall all the nations of the earth be blessed]

[Jealousy, pride, coveting]

[and they shall find rest]

[and they crucify him]

and her desert like the garden of the Lord.

and great and terrible shall that day be unto the wicked, for they shall perish;

[broken heart, contrite spirit]

[who trust in man and make flesh his arm]

establish His righteousness]

[by the law they are cut off]

and mine arm shall judge the people.

[@that day shall overtake the wicked as a thief in the night@]

[Lord shall make bare his arm]

grind him to powder" (Matt. 21:44)]

6 Lift up your eyes

6 And they shall be visited

and lightnings,

and look upon the earth beneath;

and earthquakes,

for the heavens shall vanish away

and all manner of destructions,

like smoke,

for the fire of the anger of the Lord shall be kindled against them,

and the earth shall wax old like a garment;

and they shall be as stubble,

and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner.

and the day that cometh shall consume them,

7 Hearken unto me,

saith the Lord of Hosts.

[Those whom the Lord loves he chasteneth]

the people in whose heart

of my soul for the loss of the slain of my people! [compassion/bowels of mercy]

I have written my law,

For I, Nephi, have seen it,

of men,

of their revilings.

unto my God:

Thy ways are just.

But my righteousness

8 But behold, the righteous

shall be forever,

and my salvation

but look forward unto Christ

from generation to generation.

9 Awake, awake!

for the signs which are given,

Put on strength,

notwithstanding all persecution--

O arm of the Lord;

behold, they are they which shall not perish.

awake as in the ancient days.

9 But the Son of righteousness shall appear unto them;

the dragon?

["peace, be still"]

and they shall have peace with him,

for the ransomed

in righteousness.

to pass over?

10 And when these things have passed away

11 Therefore, the redeemed of the Lord

a speedy destruction

and come

with singing

for, notwithstanding the pains of my soul, unto Zion;

I have seen it; wherefore, I know that it shall come to pass;

and everlasting joy

and they sell themselves for naught;

and holiness shall be upon their heads;

for, for the reward of their pride and their foolishness

and they shall obtain

they shall reap

gladness and joy;

destruction;

sorrow

for because they yield unto the devil

and mourning

and choose works of darkness rather than light,

shall flee away.

therefore they must go down to hell.

yea, I am he

that comforteth you.

will not always strive with man.

and this grieveth my soul.

13 And forgettest

12 And as I spake concerning the convincing of the Jews,

the Lord thy maker,

that Jesus

is the very Christ,

[@feared man more than God@ (D&C 3:7)]

it must needs be that the Gentiles be convinced also

with hell are we at agreement" (Isa. 28:15)]

[the arm of the Lord is not shortened at all that he cannot redeem (D&C 133:67)]

nor that his bread should fail.

whose waves roared;

working mighty
miracles,
signs,
and wonders,

the Lord of Hosts

among the children of men [Immanuel]

is my name.

according to their faith.

16 And I have put my words in thy mouth,

14 But behold, I prophesy unto you

concerning the days

when the Lord God shall bring these things forth

Behold, thou art my people.

unto the children of men.

a in unbelief,

which hast drunk

and shall have been smitten

at the hand

by the Gentiles;

of the Lord

yea, after the Lord God

the cup of his fury--

shall have camped against them round about,

thou hast drunken the dregs

and shall have laid siege against them with a mount,

of the cup of trembling wrung out--

a are not,

19 These two sons

yet the words of the righteous

are come unto thee,

shall be written,

who shall be sorry for thee--

and the prayers of the faithful shall be heard,

[a famine for hearing the word]

and by whom shall I comfort thee?

shall not be forgotten.

20 Thy sons

16 For those

have fainted,

who shall be destroyed

save these two;

shall speak unto them out of the ground,

they lie at the head of all the streets;

and their speech shall be low out of the dust,

[now will I cry like a travailing woman (Isa. 42:14)]

and their voice shall be as one that hath a familiar spirit;

even as it were out of the ground;

21 Therefore hear now this,

and their speech shall whisper
out of the dust.

a-3 shall not have them,

[Zion/Jerusalem]

[First shall be last, last shall be first]

behold, I have taken

for they seek to destroy the things of God.

out of thine hand

18 Wherefore, as those who have been destroyed

the cup of trembling,

have been destroyed speedily;

the dregs

and the multitude of their terrible ones

of the cup of my fury;

shall be as chaff that passeth away--

thou shalt no more drink it again.

yea, thus saith the Lord God: It shall be at an instant, suddenly--

23 But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee;

[Once native Americans, now modern Americans]

[chiastic arrangement of correlation reaffirms the Afirst shall be last; last shall be first@ paradigm.]

a because of the greatness of their stumbling block,

[clean hands & pure heart]

that they have built up many churches;  [&temples]
[great show; great statistics]

the holy city;

for henceforth there shall no more come into thee

and preach up unto themselves

the uncircumcised

their own wisdom

and the unclean.

and their own learning,

arise, sit down, O Jerusalem;

and grind upon the face of the poor.

a built up

(** 2 Nephi 9 **)

(2 Nephi 26 (cont.))

1 AND now, my beloved brethren, I have read these things that ye might know concerning

22 And there are also

according to the combinations

of the Lord

of the devil,

that he has covenanted

for he is the founder

with all the house of Israel--

of all

by the mouth of his holy prophets,

these things;

even from the beginning

yea, the founder

down,

from generation to generation,

until the time comes that they shall be restored

until he bindeth them

[temporal]

and shall be established

forever.

in all their lands of promise.

23 For behold, my beloved brethren, I say unto you that the Lord God worketh not in darkness. [such as in secret oaths and covenants]

3 Behold, my beloved brethren, I speak unto you

24 He doeth

these things

not anything

that ye may rejoice,

save it be for the benefit of the world;

and lift up your heads forever,

for he loveth the world,

because of the blessings which the Lord God

even that he layeth down his own life

shall bestow upon your children.

that he may draw all men unto him.

d Behold, I say unto you, Nay;

nevertheless, in our bodies we shall see God.

but he saith: Come unto me all ye ends of the earth,

[by the manifestation of the Spirit]

that in the body he shall show himself unto

26 Behold, hath he commanded any that they should depart out of

those at Jerusalem, from whence we came;

[and they cast him out and any who should follow him]

[especially God!]

[he himself a willing sacrifice]

and die for all men,

that they should not partake of his salvation? Behold I say unto you, Nay;

6 For as death hath passed upon all men,

28 Behold, hath the Lord commanded any

to fulfil the merciful plan

that they should not partake

of the great Creator,

of his

and because man became fallen they were cut off from the presence of the Lord.

goodness?

7 Wherefore, it must needs be

Behold I say unto you, Nay;

and none are forbidden.

8 O the wisdom of God,

for, behold, priestcrafts are

mercy

for a light unto the world,

a to rise no more.

of the world;

like unto himself;

but in all things hath forbidden it.@ (Ether 8:19)]

10 O how great the goodness of our God,

wherefore, the Lord God hath given a commandment that all men should have charity, which charity is love.

[Wherefore, my beloved brethren, pray unto the Father with all the energy of heart, that ye may be filled with this love, which he hath bestowed upon all who are true followers of his Son, Jesus Christ; that ye may become the sons of God; that when he shall appear we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is; that we may have this hope; that we may be purified even as he is pure. Amen. (Moroni 7:48)]

[@And they had viewed themselves in their own carnal state, even less than the dust of the earth. And they all cried aloud with one voice, saying: O have mercy, and apply the atoning blood of Christ that we may receive forgiveness of our sins, and our hearts may be purified; for we believe in Jesus Christ.@ (Mosiah 4:2)]

[the following set of parallels seems to be a commentary on appropriate means of subsistence in the ministry]

11 And because of the way of deliverance

[reiteration of above connection]

[Awhoso receiveth not the words of Jesus and the words of those whom he hath sent receiveth not him@ (3 Nephi 28:34)]

[@though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God.@ (Job 19:26)]

31 But the laborer in Zion
shall labor for Zion;

12 And this death of which I have spoken,
which is the spiritual death,

which spiritual death is hell;

they shall perish.

wherefore, death and hell must deliver up their dead,

32 And again, the Lord God hath commanded that men should not murder;

and hell must deliver up its captive spirits,

that they should not lie; [play on words: lay, lie]

and the grave must deliver up its captive bodies,

that they should not steal;

and the bodies and the spirits of men will be restored one to the other;

[play on words: take]

of the resurrection

[shall they do many wonderful works]

of the Holy One of Israel.

of the Lord their God

[This next section was enigmatic to me. The matches were not immediately apparent. My estimation is that they allude to the dynamics of the resurrection as it pertains to the Spirit world or paradise.]

13 O how great

[vanity will fade in the light of God's greatness]]

their desires and their agency.]

and may be found more spiritually advanced at a given time, there is no room for jealousy in God=s plan.]

For on the other hand, [contrasting points]

that they should not have malice;

[Not all who inhabit paradise will come forth
in the first resurrection.]

[Those who are to tarry must be cautious of their behavior]

[Not all bodies are the same]

[It would be inappropriate to seek to resurrect into
a body that was not originally one=s own.]

of the righteous;

and that they should do none of these things;

and the spirit and the body is restored to itself again,

[A warning and admonition regarding the

and all men

33 For none

become incorruptible,

of these iniquities

and immortal,

come of the Lord;

and they

for he

are living [His righteousness]

doeth that which is good

among

souls,

the children of men;

having a perfect

and he

knowledge, [mind]

doeth [body & spirit]

like unto us in the flesh [carnal]

nothing [less than dust]

save it be that our knowledge

save it be plain unto the children of men;

shall be perfect. [in Christ (Moro. 10:32,33)]

and he inviteth

14 Wherefore, we

them all

[and the truth shall make you free]

to come unto him

of all [fulness]

and partake

our guilt,
and our uncleanness,
and our nakedness;

of his goodness;

and the righteous

and he denieth none

shall have a perfect knowledge

that come

and their righteousness,

of the fruit of the tree of life.]

being clothed with purity,

male and female; [yin/yang]

yea, even with

alike

the robe of righteousness.

Jew and Gentile.