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For behold a continual scene of wickedness and abominations has been before mine eyes ever since I have been sufficient to behold
the ways of man.
And wo is me because of their wickedness;
for my heart has been filled with sorrow because of their wickedness, all my days.
Stop!
I did cry unto this people, but it was in vain;
and they did not realize that it was the Lord that had spared them
and granted unto them a chance for repentance.
And it came to pass that the king of the Lamanites sent an epistle unto me that they were preparing to come again to battle against us. War again.
And we did beat them.
And now, because of this great thing which my people had done,
they began to boast in their own strength.
And I did utterly refuse from this time forth to be a commander and
a leader of this people, because of their wickedness and abomination.
I swear by the throne of God that we will cut our enemies off from the face of the land!
I had led them and had loved them, according to the love of God which was in me, with all my heart;
and my soul had been poured out in prayer unto my God all the day long for them.
Nevertheless, it was without faith, because of the hardness of their hearts.
And I did stand as an idle witness to manifest unto the world the things which
I saw and heard.
And it hath become expedient that I should make a small record of
the time that Lehi left Jerusalem, even down until the present time.
I do make my record from the accounts which have been given by those who were before me, until the commencement of my day.
I write unto you, Gentiles. Yea, I write unto all the ends of the earth; yea,
unto you, twelve tribes of Israel. And I write also unto the remnant of this people. I write unto you all that ye may know that ye must all stand before the judgment-seat of Christ, yea,
every soul must stand to be judged of your works, whether they be good or evil.
That ye may believe the gospel of Jesus Christ, which ye shall have among you.
And I would that I could persuade all ye ends of the earth to repent
and prepare to stand before the judgment-seat of Christ.
The Nephites did go up with their armies to battle against the Lamanites. And the armies of the Nephites were driven back.
There were thousands slain on both sides.
And yet the Nephites repented not, but persisted in their wickedness.
And from this time forth they did gain no power over the Lamanites,
but began to be swept off by them even as a dew before the sun.
And now seeing that the Lamanites were about to overthrow the land,
I did go to the hill Shim, and did take up all the records which Ammaron had hid up unto the Lord.