27:1 But, behold, in the last days, or in the days of the Gentiles—yea,
behold all the nations of the Gentiles and also the Jews, both those
who shall come upon this land and those who shall be upon other lands,
yea, even upon all the lands of the earth, behold, they will be drunken
with iniquity and all manner of abominations—
27:2 And when that day shall come they shall be visited of the Lord of
Hosts, with thunder and with earthquake, and with a great noise, and
with storm, and with tempest, and with the flame of devouring fire.
27:3 And all the nations that fight against Zion, and that distress
her, shall be as a dream of a night vision; yea, it shall be unto them,
even as unto a hungry man which dreameth, and behold he eateth but he
awaketh and his soul is empty; or like unto a thirsty man which
dreameth, and behold he drinketh but he awaketh and behold he is faint,
and his soul hath appetite; yea, even so shall the multitude of all the
nations be that fight against Mount Zion.
27:4 For behold, all ye that doeth iniquity, stay yourselves and
wonder, for ye shall cry out, and cry; yea, ye shall be drunken but not
with wine, ye shall stagger but not with strong drink.
27:5 For behold, the Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep
sleep. For behold, ye have closed your eyes, and ye have rejected the
prophets; and your rulers, and the seers hath he covered because of
your iniquity.
27:6 And it shall come to pass that the Lord God shall bring forth unto
you the words of a book, and they shall be the words of them which have
slumbered.
27:7 And behold the book shall be sealed; and in the book shall be a
revelation from God, from the beginning of the world to the ending
thereof.
27:8 Wherefore, because of the things which are sealed up, the things
which are sealed shall not be delivered in the day of the wickedness
and abominations of the people. Wherefore the book shall be kept from
them.
27:9 But the book shall be delivered unto a man, and he shall deliver
the words of the book, which are the words of those who have slumbered
in the dust, and he shall deliver these words unto another;
27:10 But the words which are sealed he shall not deliver, neither
shall he deliver the book. For the book shall be sealed by the power of
God, and the revelation which was sealed shall be kept in the book
until the own due time of the Lord, that they may come forth; for
behold, they reveal all things from the foundation of the world unto
the end thereof.
27:11 And the day cometh that the words of the book which were sealed
shall be read upon the house tops; and they shall be read by the power
of Christ; and all things shall be revealed unto the children of men
which ever have been among the children of men, and which ever will be
even unto the end of the earth.
27:12 Wherefore, at that day when the book shall be delivered unto the
man of whom I have spoken, the book shall be hid from the eyes of the
world, that the eyes of none shall behold it save it be that three
witnesses shall behold it, by the power of God, besides him to whom the
book shall be delivered; and they shall testify to the truth of the
book and the things therein.
27:13 And there is none other which shall view it, save it be a few
according to the will of God, to bear testimony of his word unto the
children of men; for the Lord God hath said that the words of the
faithful should speak as if it were from the dead.
27:14 Wherefore, the Lord God will proceed to bring forth the words of
the book; and in the mouth of as many witnesses as seemeth him good
will he establish his word; and wo be unto him that rejecteth the word
of God!
27:15 But behold, it shall come to pass that the Lord God shall say
unto him to whom he shall deliver the book: Take these words which are
not sealed and deliver them to another, that he may show them unto the
learned, saying: Read this, I pray thee. And the learned shall say:
Bring hither the book, and I will read them.
27:16 And now, because of the glory of the world and to get gain will
they say this, and not for the glory of God.
27:17 And the man shall say: I cannot bring the book, for it is sealed.
27:18 Then shall the learned say: I cannot read it.
27:19 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that the Lord God will deliver
again the book and the words thereof to him that is not learned; and
the man that is not learned shall say: I am not learned.
27:20 Then shall the Lord God say unto him: The learned shall not read
them, for they have rejected them, and I am able to do mine own work;
wherefore thou shalt read the words which I shall give unto thee.
27:21 Touch not the things which are sealed, for I will bring them
forth in mine own due time; for I will show unto the children of men
that I am able to do mine own work.
27:22 Wherefore, when thou hast read the words which I have commanded
thee, and obtained the witnesses which I have promised unto thee, then
shalt thou seal up the book again, and hide it up unto me, that I may
preserve the words which thou hast not read, until I shall see fit in
mine own wisdom to reveal all things unto the children of men.
27:23 For behold, I am God; and I am a God of miracles; and I will show
unto the world that I am the same yesterday, today, and forever; and I
work not among the children of men save it be according to their faith.
27:24 And again it shall come to pass that the Lord shall say unto him
that shall read the words that shall be delivered him:
27:25 Forasmuch as this people draw near unto me with their mouth, and
with their lips do honor me, but have removed their hearts far from me,
and their fear towards me is taught by the precepts of men—
27:26 Therefore, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this
people, yea, a marvelous work and a wonder, for the wisdom of their
wise and learned shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent
shall be hid.
27:27 And wo unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the
Lord! And their works are in the dark; and they say: Who seeth us, and
who knoweth us? And they also say: Surely, your turning of things
upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay. But behold, I will
show unto them, saith the Lord of Hosts, that I know all their works.
For shall the work say of him that made it, he made me not? Or shall
the thing framed say of him that framed it, he had no understanding?
27:28 But behold, saith the Lord of Hosts: I will show unto the
children of men that it is yet a very little while and Lebanon shall be
turned into a fruitful field; and the fruitful field shall be esteemed
as a forest.
27:29 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and
the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness.
27:30 And the meek also shall increase, and their joy shall be in the
Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
27:31 For assuredly as the Lord liveth they shall see that the terrible
one is brought to naught, and the scorner is consumed, and all that
watch for iniquity are cut off;
27:32 And they that make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare
for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing
of naught.
27:33 Therefore, thus saith the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, concerning
the house of Jacob: Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his
face now wax pale.
27:34 But when he seeth his children, the work of my hands, in the
midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of
Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.
27:35 They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and
they that murmured shall learn doctrine.