2 Nephi 8:24-25

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24 Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.

25 Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit down, O Jerusalem; loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

Quotes for Discussion

Beautiful Garments

What are those garments? Those garments are the garments of righteousness, the garments of devotion to the truth—the gospel in action.

Ezra Taft Benson, Teachings, 347

Who are the “uncircumcised and unclean”?

Circumcision was…a symbol of the covenant entered into between the Father of the Faithful and…the Hebrew people.

Sidney B. Sperry, Paul’s Life and Letters, 56

Doctrine and Covenants 82:14 also declares that “Zion must arise and put on her beautiful garments.” The putting on her beautiful garments probably has reference to the building of temples and being cleansed in the sight of the Lord. Jerusalem is to put on her beautiful garments and become a holy city. A temple will eventually be built in Jerusalem. The Prophet Joseph Smith said: “Judah must return, Jerusalem must be rebuilt, and the temple, and water come out from under the temple, and the waters of the Dead Sea be healed. It will take some time to rebuild the walls of the city and the temple, &c; and all these things must be done before the Son of Man will make His appearance” (TPJS, 286).

Monte S. Nyman, I, Nephi, Wrote This Record, p. 475