2 Nephi 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 —
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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;
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
17 And the man shall say: I cannot bring the book, for it is sealed.
18 Then shall the learned say: I cannot read it.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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 —
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 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?
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.
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.
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.
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;
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.
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.
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.
35 They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that
murmured shall learn doctrine.