2 Nephi 26:18

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18 Wherefore, as those who have been destroyed have been destroyed speedily; and the multitude of their terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away—yea, thus saith the Lord God: It shall be at an instant, suddenly—

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At an instant, suddenly”

These predictions of Isaiah could not refer to Ariel, or Jerusalem, because their speech has not been “out of the ground,” or “low out of the dust,” but it refers to the remnant of Joseph who were destroyed in America….The Book of Mormon describes their downfall, and truly it was great and terrible. At the crucifixion of Christ, “the multitude of their terrible ones,” as Isaiah predicted “became as chaff that passeth away,” and it took place, as he further predicts, “at an instant suddenly.” Many of their great and magnificent cities were destroyed by fire, others by earthquakes, others by being sunk and buried in the depths of the earth. This sudden destruction came upon them because they had stoned and killed the prophets sent among them. Between three and four hundred years after Christ, they again fell into great wickedness, and the principal nation fell in battle. Forts were raised in all parts of the land, the remains of which may be seen at the present day. Millions of people perished in battle and they suffered just as they Lord foretold by Isaiah.

Orson Pratt, Orson Pratt’s Works: The Light of Understanding [salt Lake News Press, 1945], 270-71