Mosiah 12:21-25
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Questions
- Why do Noah's priest choose to quote this part of Isaiah? How in quoting this part were they hoping to "cross [Abinidi], that therebey they might have herewith to accuse him" (verse 19)? What trap were they laying for Abinidi?
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Exegesis
It seems that the priests were using Isaiah’s praise here to justify their flattering of the people and their own debauched lifestyle Mosiah 11:7. In contrast, Abinadi has been telling the people that they were sinning and needed to repent (e.g. Mosiah 12:13).
In verse 25 Abinidi asks the priests why, since they are the priests, they are looking to Abinidi to explain the scriptures. Then in the next several chapters Abinidi provides his explanation culminating in Mosiah 15:10-14 where he says that those who prophesy of the coming of Lord and remission of sins are those Isaiah is talking about in verse 21.
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