| 6:1 And now, behold, my brethren, as I said unto
you that I would prophesy, behold, this is my
prophecy--that the things which this prophet Zenos spake,
concerning the house of Israel, in the which he likened
them unto a tame olive-tree, must surely come to pass. |
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| 6:2 And the day that he shall set his hand again
the second time to recover his people, is the day, yea,
even the last time, that the servants of the Lord shall
go forth in his power, to nourish and prune his vineyard;
and after that the end soon cometh. |
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| 6:3 And how blessed are they who have labored
diligently in his vineyard; and how cursed are they who
shall be cast out into their own place! And the world
shall be burned with fire. |
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| 6:4 And how merciful is our God unto us, for he
remembereth the house of Israel, both roots and branches;
and he 1stretches forth his hands unto them all the day
long; and they are a stiffnecked and a gainsaying people;
but as many as will not harden their hearts shall be
saved in the kingdom of God. |
Topics: New Testament
Paraphrases [1]
Isaiah 65:2 I have spread out my hands all the day unto a
rebellious people...
This quotation of Isaiah 65:2 is actually a quote from
Romans 10, which paraphrases Isaiah.
Romans 10:20-21 But Esaias is very bold...But to
Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my
hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people. 
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| 6:5 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, I beseech of
you in words of soberness that ye would repent, and come
with full purpose of heart, and cleave unto God as he
cleaveth unto you. And while his arm of mercy is extended
towards you in the light of the day, harden not your
hearts. |
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| 6:6 Yea, 1today, if ye will hear his voice, harden not
your hearts; for why will ye die? |
[1] Hebrews 3:7-8: ...To day if ye will hear his
voice, harden not your hearts... (See
Jacob 1:7. That this verse is quoted from Hebrews, and
not Psalms, is evident from that fact that Hebrews 3:8
has ‘hearts’ (plural), while Psalms 95:8 has
‘heart’ (singular). The Book of Mormon follows
the New Testament Hebrews rendering.)
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| 6:7 For behold, after ye have been nourished by the
good word of God all the day long, will ye bring forth
evil fruit, that ye must be 1hewn down and cast into the fire? |
[1] Matthew 3:10: ...therefore every tree which
bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into
the fire. |
| 6:8 Behold, will ye reject these words? Will ye
reject the words of the prophets; and will ye reject all
the words which have been spoken concerning Christ, after so many have spoken concerning him; and 1deny
the good word of Christ, and the power of God, and the
gift of the Holy Ghost, and 2quench the Holy Spirit, and make a mock of the
great plan of redemption, which hath been laid for you? |
[1] Hebrews 6:4-5: ... and have tasted of the
heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
And have tasted the good word of God...
[2] I Thessalonians
5:19: Quench not the Spirit. |
| 6:9 Know ye not that if ye will do these things,
that the power of the redemption and the resurrection,
which is in Christ, will bring you to stand with shame and awful
guilt before the bar of God? |
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| 6:10 And according to the power of justice, for
justice cannot be denied, ye must go away into that 1lake of fire and
brimstone, 2whose
flames are unquenchable, and 3whose smoke ascendeth up forever and ever, which
lake of fire and brimstone is endless torment. |
[1] Revelation 21:8: ...shall have their part in
the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone...
[2] Matthew 3:12: ...but he will burn up the chaff
with unquenchable fire.
[3] Revelation 14:11:
And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and
ever... |
| 6:11 O then, my beloved brethren, repent ye, and 1enter
in at the strait gate, and continue in the 2way
which is narrow, until ye shall obtain eternal life. |
[1] Matthew 7:13: Enter ye in at the strait
gate...
[2] Ibid 7:14:
Because...narrow is the way, which leadeth unto
life... |
| 6:12 O be wise; what can I say more? |
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| 6:13 Finally, I bid you farewell, until I shall meet
you before the pleasing bar of God, which bar striketh
the wicked with awful dread and fear. Amen. |
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