1 Ne 20:1-5
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Contents
Questions
Verse 3-4
- Do these verses help us understand why Nephi is reading from Isaiah?
Verse 4
- Is "thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass" Isaiah's way of saying "stiff-necked" and "hard-headed"?
Verse 5
- Who is Isaiah referring to when he says "before it came to pass I showed them thee"? Also what does Isaiah mean when he says that some will say that "mine idol hath done them, and my graven image"? What is being blamed on the graven images?
Lexical notes
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Exegesis
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Related links
- For a poetic attempt to think through the first Isaianic verse in the Book of Mormon, see User: Joe Spencer/Opening the Book of Mormon: 1 Nephi 20:1.
Verse 1
- Textual variation. See "The Waters of Judah" at the FPR blog for a discussion of the textual variation here of Isa 48:1.
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