“Jarom speaks with no timidity on the manner in which the Nephite prophets delivered the message of the Lord. They ‘threaten the people’ in such a manner, he said, as to ‘prick their hearts.’ To the obedient the book of Jarom promised the blessings of protection; to the disobedient it prophesied destruction … .
“‘The word of God is quick and powerful, sharper than a two-edged sword, to the dividing asunder of both joints and marrow’ (D&C 6:2)” (McConkie and Millet, Doctrinal Commentary, 2:105–10).