RCE Verse Context

51 And then, O ye Gentiles, how can ye stand before the power of God except ye shall repent and turn from your evil ways?

52 Know ye not that ye are in the hands of God?

53 Know ye not that He hath all power and at His great command the earth shall be rolled together as a scroll?

54 Therefore, repent ye and humble yourselves before Him, lest He shall come out in justice against you - Lest a remnant of the seed of Jacob shall go forth among you as a lion and tear you in pieces and there is none to deliver!

1 And now I finish my record concerning the destruction of my people the Nephites.

2 And it came to pass that we did march forth before the Lamanites;

3 And I, Mormon, wrote an epistle unto the king of the Lamanites, And desired of him that he would grant unto us that we might gather together our people unto the Land of Cumorah, by a hill which was called Cumorah, And there we would give them battle.

4 And it came to pass that the king of the Lamanites did grant unto me the thing which I desired.

5 And it came to pass that we did march forth to the Land of Cumorah, And we did pitch our tents round about the Hill Cumorah; And it was in a land of many waters, rivers and fountains; And here we had hope to gain advantage over the Lamanites;

6 And when three hundred and eighty and four years had passed away, we had gathered in all the remainder of our people unto the Land Cumorah.

7 And it came to pass that when we had gathered in all our people in one to the Land of Cumorah, Behold, I, Mormon, began to be old; And knowing it to be the last struggle of my people, And having been commanded of the Lord that I should not suffer that the records which had been handed down by our fathers, which were sacred, to fall into the hands of the Lamanites - for the Lamanites would destroy them -