"...the word of God burdens me because of
your grosser crimes. For behold, thus saith the Lord: This people begin
to wax in iniquity; they understand not the scriptures, for they seek to
excuse themselves in committing whoredoms, because of the things which
were written concerning David, and Solomon his son. Behold, David and
Solomon truly had many wives and concubines, which thing was abominable
before me, saith the Lord.
"Wherefore, thus
saith the Lord, I have led this people forth out of the land of
Jerusalem, by the power of mine arm, that I might raise up unto me a
righteous branch from the fruit of the loins of Joseph. Wherefore, I the
Lord God will not suffer that this people shall do like unto them of
old.
"Wherefore, my
brethren, hear me, and hearken to the word of the Lord: For there shall
not any man among you have save it be one wife; and concubines he shall
have none; For I, the Lord God, delight in the chastity of women. And
whoredoms are an abomination before me; thus saith the Lord of Hosts.
Wherefore, this people shall keep my commandments, saith the Lord of
Hosts, or cursed be the land for their sakes.
"For if I will, saith the Lord of Hosts, raise up seed unto me, I will
command my people; otherwise they shall hearken unto these things.
"For behold, I,
the Lord, have seen the sorrow, and heard the mourning of the daughters
of my people in the land of Jerusalem, yea, and in all the lands of my
people, because of the wickedness and abominations of their husbands.
And I will not suffer, saith the Lord of Hosts, that the cries of the
fair daughters of this people, which I have led out of the land of
Jerusalem, shall come up unto me against the men of my people, saith the
Lord of Hosts. For they shall not lead away captive the daughters of my
people because of their tenderness, save I shall visit them with a sore
curse, even unto destruction; for they shall not commit whoredoms, like
unto them of old, saith the Lord of Hosts.
"And now behold,
my brethren, ye know that these commandments were given to our father,
Lehi; wherefore, ye have known them before; and ye have come unto great
condemnation; for ye have done these things which ye ought not to have
done. Behold, ye have done greater iniquities than the Lamanites, our
brethren. Ye have broken the hearts of your tender wives, and lost the
confidence of your children, because of your bad examples before them;
and the sobbings of their hearts ascend up to God against you. And
because of the strictness of the word of God, which cometh down against
you, many hearts died, pierced with deep wounds." (Jacob 2:23-35)