2 Nephi 10:10-14

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10 But behold, this land, said God, shall be a land of thine inheritance, and the Gentiles shall be blessed upon the land.

11 And this land shall be a land of liberty unto the Gentiles, and there shall be no kings upon the land, who shall raise up unto the Gentiles.

12 And I will fortify this land against all other nations.

13 And he that fighteth against Zion shall perish, saith God.

14 For he that raiseth up a king against me shall perish, for I, the Lord, the king of heaven, will be their king, and I will be a light unto them forever, that hear my words.

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In the Book of Mormon, “The American volume of scripture,” the Lord has given us information pertaining to this land upon which we dwell and called it a land favored above all other lands. I recommend that not only you Latter-day Saints read the Book of Mormon, but that our Father’s other children read it. They will find it contains, in addition to what the Bible has said about the world, what the Lord has said about this Western Hemisphere—that this should be a land of liberty unto the Gentiles, and that no king should dwell upon this land, but that he, the God of heaven, would be our King and would fortify this land against all the nations, that this should be a land of peace and happiness, on condition that we would honor the God of this earth, the Father of us all. The factor controlling the promise is that we must keep the commandments of our Heavenly Father or it cannot be realized.

George Albert Smith, CR, April, 1937