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3 Ne 10:1-5

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Verses 4-6

The Lord addresses three groups of people. First he addresses "ye people of these great cities which have fallen." The fallen are those the Lord has killed because of their wickedness (see 3 Ne 9:3-12). In verse 5 he addresses "ye that dwell at Jerusalem." Then in verse 6 he addresses those of the hose of Israel whom I have spared. The first two groups are, of course, not present to hear what is being said. So why is he addressing them?

Part of what seems to be going on is the Lord mourning for his people (similar to Moses 7:32-41). Here the Lord specifically seems to be mourning how easy it would have been for them to repent--and yet they did not.

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Verse 5

As ye that have fallen. This phrase compares those at Jerusalem who the Lord has not destroyed with those in the great cities of the Nephites and Lamanites that he has destroyed. With the phrase "as ye that have fallen" the Lord is comparing them to the wicked Nephites and Lamanites which teh Lord wanted to gather, but they would not.

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In verse 7, what is the covenant of their fathers?

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In verse 7 the covenant of their fathers is associated with the convenant Enos made with God in Enos 1:12-18. This covenant says that God will preserve the record of the Nephites and even after they are destroyed and bring forth the record in a future day unto the Lamanites that they will be brought unto salvation. It seems that this is the future day when there are so many missionaries in Central and South America and they are converting many people.

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