30:1 And now behold, my beloved brethren, I would speak unto you; for
I, Nephi, would not suffer that ye should suppose that ye are more
righteous than the Gentiles shall be. For behold, except ye shall keep
the commandments of God ye shall all likewise perish; and because of
the words which have been spoken ye need not suppose that the Gentiles
are utterly destroyed.
30:2 For behold, I say unto you that as many of the Gentiles as will
repent are the covenant people of the Lord; and as many of the Jews as
will not repent shall be cast off; for the Lord covenanteth with none
save it be with them that repent and believe in his Son, who is the
Holy One of Israel.
30:3 And now, I would prophesy somewhat more concerning the Jews and
the Gentiles. For after the book of which I have spoken shall come
forth, and be written unto the Gentiles, and sealed up again unto the
Lord, there shall be many which shall believe the words which are
written; and they shall carry them forth unto the remnant of our seed.
30:4 And then shall the remnant of our seed know concerning us, how
that we came out from Jerusalem, and that they are descendants of the
Jews.
30:5 And the gospel of Jesus Christ shall be declared among them;
wherefore, they shall be restored unto the knowledge of their fathers,
and also to the knowledge of Jesus Christ, which was had among their
fathers.
30:6 And then shall they rejoice; for they shall know that it is a
blessing unto them from the hand of God; and their scales of darkness
shall begin to fall from their eyes; and many generations shall not
pass away among them, save they shall be a pure and delightsome people.
30:7 And it shall come to pass that the Jews which are scattered also
shall begin to believe in Christ; and they shall begin to gather in
upon the face of the land; and as many as shall believe in Christ shall
also become a delightsome people.
30:8 And it shall come to pass that the Lord God shall commence his
work among all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people, to bring about
the restoration of his people upon the earth.
30:9 And with righteousness shall the Lord God judge the poor, and
reprove with equity for the meek of the earth. And he shall smite the
earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips shall
he slay the wicked.
30:10 For the time speedily cometh that the Lord God shall cause a
great division among the people, and the wicked will he destroy; and he
will spare his people, yea, even if it so be that he must destroy the
wicked by fire.
30:11 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and
faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
30:12 And then shall the wolf dwell with the lamb; and the leopard
shall lie down with the kid, and the calf, and the young lion, and the
fatling, together; and a little child shall lead them.
30:13 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie
down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
30:14 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the
weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’s den.
30:15 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the
earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover
the sea.
30:16 Wherefore, the things of all nations shall be made known; yea,
all things shall be made known unto the children of men.
30:17 There is nothing which is secret save it shall be revealed; there
is no work of darkness save it shall be made manifest in the light; and
there is nothing which is sealed upon the earth save it shall be
loosed.
30:18 Wherefore, all things which have been revealed unto the children
of men shall at that day be revealed; and Satan shall have power over
the hearts of the children of men no more, for a long time. And now, my
beloved brethren, I make an end of my sayings.