55 But thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.
56 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh: they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Savior and thy Redeemer, the mighty one of Jacob.
1 Nephi 7 1 And now it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had read these things which were engraven upon the plates of brass, my brethren came unto me and said unto me, What meaneth these things which ye have read?
2 Behold, are they to be understood according to the things which are spiritual, which shall come to pass according to the spirit and not the flesh?
3 And I, Nephi, said unto them, Behold, they were made manifest unto the prophet, by the voice of the Spirit:
4 For by the Spirit are all things made known unto the prophets, which shall come upon the children of men according to the flesh.
5 Wherefore, the things of which I have read, are things pertaining to things both temporal and spiritual:
6 For it appears that the house of Israel, sooner or later, will be scattered upon all the face of the earth, and also among all nations,
7 And behold there are many who are already lost from the knowledge of those who are at Jerusalem.
8 Yea, the more part of all the tribes have been led away;
9 And they are scattered to and fro upon the isles of the sea;
