Their curse was taken from them] The mark of God’s curse, the dark skin (see 1 Nephi 2:23; 2 Nephi 5:21-23) was taken away. This was consistent with the prophetic word which declared that when the Lamanites are restored to the knowledge of Jesus Christ and his gospel, “their scales of darkness shall begin to fall from their eyes; and many generations shall not pass away among them, save they shall be a pure and a delightsome people” (2 Nephi 30:6).