Behold, can you suppose that the Lord will spare you and come out in judgment against the Lamanites, when it is the tradition of their fathers that has caused their hatred, yea, and it has been redoubled by those who have dissented from us, while your iniquity is for the cause of your love of glory and the vain things of the world?
Ye know that ye do transgress the laws of God, and ye do know that ye do trample them under your feet.
Behold, the Lord saith unto me:
“If those whom ye have appointed your governors do not repent of their sins and iniquities, ye shall go up to battle against them.”