Scriptural Acquisition

“But behold, there shall be many— at that day when I shall proceed to do a marvelous work among them, that I may remember my covenants which I have made unto the children of men, that I may set my hand again the second time to recover my people, which are of the house of Israel;

“And also, that I may remember the promises which I have made unto thee, Nephi, and also unto thy father, that I would remember your seed; and that the words of your seed should proceed forth out of my mouth unto your seed; and my words shall hiss forth unto the ends of the earth, for a standard unto my people, which are of the house of Israel; And because my words shall hiss forth— many of the Gentiles shall say:

‘A Bible! A Bible!
we have got a Bible,
and there cannot be any more Bible.’”

But thus saith the Lord God:

“O fools, they shall have a Bible.

“And it shall proceed forth from the Jews,
mine ancient covenant people.
and what thank they the Jews for the Bible
which they receive from them?
yea, what do the Gentiles mean?

“Do they remember the travails,
and the labors, and the pains of the Jews,
and their diligence unto me,
in bringing forth salvation unto the Gentiles?

“O ye Gentiles,
have ye remembered the Jews,
mine ancient covenant people?

“Nay; but ye have cursed them,
and have hated them,
and have not sought to recover them.

“But behold, I will return all these things
upon your own heads.

“For I the Lord have not forgotten my people.

“Thou fool, that shall say:

‘A Bible, we have got a Bible,
and we need no more Bible.’

“Have ye obtained a Bible
save it were by the Jews?
know ye not that there are more nations than one?

“Know ye not that I,
the Lord your God, have created all men,
and that I remember those
who are upon the isles of the sea.

“And that I rule in the heavens above
and in the earth beneath.

“And I bring forth my word
unto the children of men,
yea, even upon all the nations of the earth?

“Wherefore murmur ye,
because that ye shall receive more of my word?

“Know ye not that the testimony of two nations
is a witness unto you that I am God,
that I remember one nation like unto another?
wherefore, I speak the same words
unto one nation like unto another.
and when the two nations shall run together
the testimony of the two nations
shall run together also.

And I do this that I may prove unto many
that I am the same yesterday, today, and forever;
and that I speak forth my words
according to mine own pleasure.

And because that I have spoken one word
ye need not suppose that I cannot speak another;

For my work is not yet finished;
neither shall it be until the end of man,
neither from that time henceforth and forever.

Wherefore, because that ye have a Bible
ye need not suppose that it contains all my words;
neither need ye suppose
that I have not caused more to be written.

For I command all men,
both in the east and in the west,
and in the north, and in the south,
and in the islands of the sea,
that they shall write the words
which I speak unto them;
for out of the books which shall be written
I will judge the world,
every man according to their works,
according to that which is written.

“For behold, I shall speak
unto the Jews
and they shall write it;

“And I shall also speak
unto the Nephites
and they shall write it;

“And I shall also speak
unto the other tribes of the house of Israel,
which I have led away,
and they shall write it;

“And I shall also speak
unto all nations of the earth
and they shall write it.

“And it shall come to pass
that the Jews shall have
the words of the Nephites,
and the Nephites shall have
the words of the Jews;

“And the Nephites and the Jews shall have
the words of the lost tribes of Israel;
and the lost tribes of Israel shall have
the words of the Nephites and the Jews.

“And it shall come to pass that my people,
which are of the house of Israel,
shall be gathered home
unto the lands of their possessions.

“And my word also shall be gathered in one.
and I will show unto them
that fight against my word
and against my people,
who are of the house of Israel,
that I am God,
and that I covenanted with Abraham
that I would remember his seed forever.”