Even though Israel is steeped in wickedness, the Lord tells Isaiah that in the last days the temple (mountain) of Lord will be built and Israel will come to it from all parts of the world. And there will come a time when peace will be in the place of war. This would have particular meaning for Nephi's people as they had to flee Jerusalem because of its wickedness and are now thousands of miles from their true promised land and must wonder if the promises and covenants of the Lord will ever apply to them again. You can see why Nephi would quote so much Isaiah to remind them that they are not forgotten. And now we have a literal fulfillment of that prophecy of the temple and it will probably be fulfilled again when the Lord comes. I think we forget how many prophecies of the scriptures have been fulfilled with the restoration of the gospel.
Isaiah then describes the wickedness in his times and there are parallels to the wickedness in our days. For example, rather than follow the Lord's commandments, the people listened to the false religions that came from other countries like Babylon, they were rich and had many weapons of war, but were morally weak easily lost the battles when invaded, they were worshipping idols, and were full of pride. The last part of the chapter talks about how the Lord will end these things and destroy the wickedness of his people. This was fulfilled in Isaiah's time and will apply to wickedness in our time als
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