2 Ne 8:1-5
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- vv. 1-25: How would this speech, a speech of consolation to Israel, be an appropriate thing for Jacob to repeat to the Nephites?
- v. 1: What does it mean that the righteous should look to the pit (or quarry) from which they were cut?
- vv. 2-3: Does this verse explain the pit and the hole of v. 1? How? How would one “look unto Abraham [. . .] and unto Sarah"? What is the Lord commanding here? Isaiah mentions that Abraham was called “alone,” in other words, when he was the only one in Israel, and that he was blessed. Presumably the blessing referred to is that of numerous posterity. How is it relevant that he was alone? In v. 3 the comparison is to v. 2: just as Abraham and Sarah were blessed when she was barren and supposedly beyond hope, so will Israel be blessed and made fruitful. Why the reference to Eden? What does it mean that the new Eden will be filled with gladness, thanksgiving, and song? What is the comparison?
- vv. 4-6: These verses may help us understand 2 Ne 7:10-11 better: The Lord will give light to the earth by giving divine guidance, instruction, and salvation rather than that offered by the world. How do we distinguish between the two sources of light?
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