1 Nephi 17:20-21

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Reference Search: 1 Nephi 17:20-21

20 And thou art like unto our father, led away by the foolish imaginations of his heart; yea, he hath led us out of the land of Jerusalem, and we have wandered in the wilderness for these many years; and our women have toiled, being big with child; and they have borne children in the wilderness and suffered all things, save it were death; and it would have been better that they had died before they came out of Jerusalem than to have suffered these afflictions.

21 Behold, these many years we have suffered in the wilderness, which time we might have enjoyed our possessions and the land of our inheritance; yea, and we might have been happy.

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At about the same time Laman and Lemuel said this, <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Jerusalem</st1:City></st1:place> and her people were being destroyed by the Babylonians (see Jeremiah 39:1-2). Jeremiah described it this way: “<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Jerusalem</st1:place></st1:City>…will…fall by the sword…and their carcasses will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth. And I will make this city desolate… [the inhabitants of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Jerusalem</st1:City></st1:place>] will…eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters” (Jeremiah 19:7-9).

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[prospectmom]

If they only knew..... How foolish they would have felt for all the murmuring. They essentially were saved because of their Fathers obediance to God.

[Batmanifestdestiny]

Wow, that's some dramatic irony, right there.

"I wish I were back in my nice little beach home!"

HURICANE!!!