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CHAPTER 22
In the last days, Zion and her stakes shall be established, and Israel
shall be gathered in mercy and tenderness—They shall
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1 AND then shall that which is written come
to pass: Sing, O abarren, thou that didst not bear; break
forth into bsinging, and cry aloud, thou that didst not
travail with child; for more are the children of the
cdesolate than the children of the married wife, saith the
Lord.
2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thy habitations; spare not, lengthen thy cords and strengthen thy astakes; 3 For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left, and thy seed shall ainherit the bGentilesa and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
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3a thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles Through the scattering of Israel has the blood of Israel been srpinkles among the Gentiles. And in the latter-days the gospel has been restored through they who are considered to be Gentiles though they be descendants of Joseph, even Ephraim. And the Lord will inherit the Gentiles as being the House of Israel, even the seed of the promise of the covenant of the fathers. |
1a
Isa. 54:1 (1-17) b TG Singing c Isa. 49:21 2a TG Stakes 3a Obad. 1:19 (19-21) b TG Gentiles
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4 Fear not, for thou shalt not be ashamed; neither be thou
confounded, for thou shalt not be put to ashame; for thou
shalt forget the bshame of thy youth, and shalt not
remember the creproach of thy youth, and shalt not remember
the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
5 For thy maker, thy ahusband, the Lord of Hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israela—the God of the whole earth shall he be called. 6 For the Lord hath called thee aas a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.
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5a thy maker, thy husband, the Lord of Host is his name; and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel While God the Father of Spirits is He who is the Father of us all, that is our spirits, it is Jehovah, the same as Jesus Christ, who created all things pertaining to this second estate, this temporal existance. He formed and made the heavens and the earth and all things in them are including temporal and physical man, that natural and temporal housing into which He did infuse our spirits into the human being we know as man of this estate. He is that Father of creation, the 'MAKER' and therefore father of man, not the spirit which is in man, but that living housing our body in which the spirit does exist. He is the Father of our body in a creation, in the maker of it. And it answers pertaining to mortal man which came first, the chicken or the egg, for Adam was formed out of the dust of the earth and the Lord breathed into what he had formed the breath of life and did place his spirit in that created body. |
4a
Joel 2:26-27;
2 Ne. 6:13 (7, 13) b TG Shame c TG Reproach 5a Hosea 3:5 (4-5) 6a Isa. 62:4
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7 For a small moment have I aforsaken thee, but
with great mercies will I gather thee.
8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment, but with everlasting akindness will I have bmercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer. 9 For this, the awaters of Noah unto me, for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee. 10 For the amountains shall depart and the hills be removed, but my bkindness shall not cdepart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.
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Jer. 46:27 (2-28);
3 Ne. 20:13 (11-13) 8a TG Kindness b TG God, Mercy of 9a Isa. 54:9 b Gen. 8:21; Matt. 24:37 (36-38); Alma 10:22; TG Earth, Cleansing of 10a Isa. 40:4-5; TG Earth, Renewal of b TG Israel, Blessing of c Ps. 94:14; D&C 35:25
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11 O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted! Behold,
I will lay thy astones with fair colors, and lay thy
foundations with sapphires.
12 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. 13 And aall thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the bpeace of thy children.
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Rev. 21:19 (18-21);
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Rock 13a Isa. 60:21; Jer. 31:34 (33-34) b 1 Ne. 22:17 (15-22); 2 Ne. 30:10; Moses 7:61
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14 In arighteousness shalt thou be established;
thou shalt be far from oppression for thou shalt not fear, and from terror
for it shall not come near thee.
15 Behold, they shall surely gather together aagainst thee, not by me; whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. 16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his worka; and I have created the waster to destroy.
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16a I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work Now the word 'smith' here refers to he who would be a worker of metal, and the fire is that fire in which the metal is tempered and molden. Is it of little coincidence that the prophet of the latter days name was 'Smith'? It is the English which does so refer to such as a 'blacksmith' or 'smith' and this is the origin of the name of the prophet. His full name being Joseph Smith or he who is of Joseph of Egypt the 'smith' that worketh an instrument for his work from plates that were metal, yea, even the Book of Mormon. Coincidence? Or planned and designed foreknowledge of all things? |
14a
TG
Righteousness 15a 1 Ne. 22:14
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17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall
prospera; and every
tongue that shall revile against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn.
This is the heritage of the aservants of the
Lordb, and their righteousness is
of me, saith the Lord.
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17a No weapon that is formed against thee
shall prosper In a day and age when the fear of man
runs rampant in the hearts of men, either for the sake of pride and face to
that of even physical endangerment. it is particularly reasuring that the
Lord had stated that 'No Weapon' that is formed, that is designed as either
a mental or physical attack, will prosper against the servants of the Lord.
All is in the hands of God and those who serve him need not fear man, nor the
things which men contrive against them.
17b this is the heritage of the servants of the Lord In the eternal perspective, noting will prevail agaist the servants of God. They will 'prevail in the Lord'. They are His Jerusalem, they who prevail with God, even Israel. They are His 'Israel' who are established forever in the peace of the Lord, even the city of peace, that Jerusalem, that New Jerusalem which is God's Kingdom come forever, that Zion, that Holy Celestial City of Heaven. |
17a
TG
Servant
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