The Lord's condemnation of the Jews continues. Verses 8 and 9 pretty well sum things up. Jerusalem is ruined. The Jews have fallen completely away into wickedness. Everything they do and say is against the Lord. Verse 9 has an important principle that people who deliberately live in in sin never seem to understand. "The show of their countenance doth witness against them..." It's similar to a child who has done something wrong. You don't even have to ask them, their face shows it. The opposite is true for righteous people, their goodness shows in their countenance. There is something about them that can't quite be explained.
The Lord's warning that the Jews will be killed and led into captivity, his condemnation of their wickedness, their sexual sins, their pride, their fixation with fashion and appearance, all of this must have given comfort to Nephi and his people and made them grateful to have escaped. It's also a good warning for our day. Sin is sin and no more acceptable today than any other time in history. The sins of mankind do not seem to every change. There is only one verse for the righteous in this chapter and the Lord says it will be well with them and they will see and enjoy the fruits of the righteousness.
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