In a very interesting textual note, Nephi tells the reader that in order to explain "my proceedings, and my reign and ministry" (1 Nephi 10:1), he must comment on the teachings of his father. He then gives a summary of Lehi's teachings. Why are these teachings so interesting? And why is Nephi's comment so interesting? Because according to Garold Davis, Nephi's summary of Lehi's teachings is a rather precise outline for all the commentaries on Isaiah that follow in the Book of Mormon. 1 Nephi 10 indicates that:
(1) Jerusalem will be destroyed and the Jews will be carried away (v. 3);
(2) the Jews will return and "possess again the land of their inheritance" (v. 3)
(3) the Messiah will come and "take away the sins of the world," but he will be rejected and slain and will then "rise from the dead" (vv. 4-11);
(4) the house of Israel will then be scattered "upon all the face of the earth" (vv. 12-13);
(5) the gentiles will receive "the fulness of the Gospel,," and then the house of Israel will be gathered together and "come to the knowledge of the true Messiah, their Lord and their Redeemer" (v. 14).
[Garold N. Davis, "Pattern and Purpose of the Isaiah Commentaries in the Book of Mormon," in Davis Britton ed. Mormons, Scripture, and the Ancient World, F.A.R.M.S., pp. 281-282] [See the commentary on Words of Mormon 1:5]