Chiasmus Resources

1:20 - 2:1

A 1:20 And when the Jews heard these things they were angry with him; yea, even as with the prophets of old, whom they had cast out, and stoned, and slain; and they also sought his life, that they might take it away.

                B But behold, I, Nephi, will show unto you that the tender mercies of the Lord
                are over all those whom he hath chosen,
                because of their faith, to make them mighty even unto the power of deliverance.

19 - 20a

A 19. And it came to pass that the Jews did mock him because of the things which he testified of them;

                B for he truly testified of their wickedness and their abominations;

                                C and he testified that the things which he saw and heard,
                                and also the things which he read in the book,

A 18. Therefore, I would that ye should know, that after the Lord had shown so many marvelous things unto my father, Lehi, yea, concerning the destruction of Jerusalem,

                B behold he went forth among the people, and began to prophesy and to declare unto them

                concerning the things which he had both seen and heard.

                                C 19. And it came to pass that the Jews did mock him because of the things which he testified of them;

A that after the Lord had shown
                B so many marvelous things unto my father, Lehi, yea, concerning the
                 destruction of Jerusalem,
                                 C behold he went forth among the people,
                                                 D and began to prophesy
                                                 D' and to declare
                                C' unto them

A 17. But I shall make an account of my proceedings in my days.

                B Behold, I make an abridgment of the record of my father,

                                C upon plates which I have made with mine own hands;

                B' wherefore, after I have abridged the record of my father

A' then will I make an account of mine own life.

A 16. And now I, Nephi, do not make a full account

                B of the things which my father hath written,

                                C for he hath written many things

                                                D which he saw in visions and in dreams;

                                C' and he also hath written many things

                B' which he prophesied and spake unto his children,

A because of the things which he had seen,
                B yea, which the Lord had shown unto him.
                                16. C A And now I, Nephi, do not make a full account
                                                D B of the things which my father hath written,
                                                 C for he hath written many things
                                                 D which he saw in visions

 15. And after this manner was the language of my father in the praising of his God; for his soul did rejoice, and his whole heart was filled, because of the things which he had seen, yea, which the Lord had shown unto him.

 16. And now I, Nephi, do not make a full account of the things which my father hath written, for he hath written many things which he saw in visions and in dreams; and he also hath written many things which he prophesied and spake unto his children, of which I shall not make a full account.

A 14. And it came to pass that when my father had read and seen many great and marvelous things,

                B he did exclaim many things unto the Lord; such as:

 7. And it came to pass that he returned to his own house at Jerusalem; and he cast himself upon his bed, being overcome with the Spirit and the things which he had seen.

 8. And being thus overcome with the Spirit, he was carried away in a vision, even that he saw the heavens open, and he thought he saw God sitting upon his throne, surrounded with numberless concourses of angels in the attitude of singing and praising their God.