“In writing of the Jews, who here symbolize all the house of Israel … ‘after they have hardened their hearts and stiffened their necks against the Holy One of Israel, behold, the judgments of the Holy One of Israel shall come upon them … ; they shall be scattered, and smitten, and hated’ (2 Nephi 6:9–11). … Of course the same result was prophesied for the Nephites. Nephi the son of Helaman predicted that, unless the Nephites repented of their wickedness, the God of Israel would, instead of gathering his people, scatter them (see Helaman 7:19)” (Millet, “Gathering of Israel,” 189).