Isaiah’s idea expressed in verses 9 – 10 that the gospel
would be preached to those who would not hear must have resonated familiar to
the struggling prophet Nephi. Despite
his best efforts to prevent it, association and commerce had been lost with
those of his family who followed his brother Laman (now collectively known as
Lamanites), and they had even become enemies with the Nephites (those who
followed Nephi). Their separation “far
away” must have seemed like “a great forsaking in the land” (see verse
12). Imagine Nephi’s joy as he read this
part of Isaiah’s writings to learn that the Lord’s covenants weren’t in vain;
that a tenth would return of the outcast, and that the substance would still be
in them” (see also Ezra 9:2).
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