3 Nephi 2:64 For they did suppose that if they should cut off the people of Nephi from their lands, and should hem them in on every side, and if they should cut them off from all their outward privileges, that they could cause them to yield themselves up according to their wishes.
3 Nephi 2:70 And thus it became the desire of the people of
Zemnarihah, to withdraw from their design, because of the great destruction which came upon them by night and by day.