Around the World He was putting the trust of Judah and Jerusalem in whom Isaiah calls Rahab-Hem-Shebeth; a reference to Rahab the sea monster who is identified with chaos, confusion, noise and powerlessness. Rahab is used for Egypt in Psalms 87:4, and also in Psalms 89:10. A helpful listing is found in LeGrande Davies’s “Chart of Isaiah Citations in the Book of Mormon,” in Daniel H. Ludlow, ed., For a verse-by-verse comparison of most of the Book of Mormon Isaiah texts with five modern translations highlighting differences, see H. Clay Gorton, It should be noted that the terms “house of Israel” and “Gentile” occur only where Isaiah is being quoted; that is, only in 1 Nephi, 2 Nephi, Jacob, and beginning again with 3 Nephi 10. Nephi’s major commentary on these 13 chapters comes by way of summary and conclusion in 2 Nephi 25, the chapter immediately following the long Isaiah quotation.Nephi tells us in 2 Nephi 25 that Isaiah’s metaphoric and poetic language is difficult to understand (see An important part of Nephi’s commentary is to identify the time of the fulfillment of Isaiah’s prophecies:“In the days that the prophecies of Isaiah shall be fulfilled men shall know of a surety, at the times when they shall come to pass. …“… For I know that they shall be of great worth unto [mine own people] Nephi then gives his own prophecy “in plainness,” which is also his commentary on the 13 chapters of Isaiah he has just quoted. Nephi’s prophecy follows the familiar pattern of the rejection of Christ and the scattering and restoration of the house of Israel (see Using as a guide Nephi’s commentary on Isaiah in 2 Nephi 11 and 25, especially verses 9–17, we can make our way more confidently through these 13 chapters of Isaiah. Again we read that the house of Israel will be scattered and that they will be gathered again in the last days by a Gentile nation:“And then will I remember my covenant which I have made unto my people, O house of Israel, and I will bring my gospel unto them. …“… I will remember my covenant unto you, O house of Israel, and ye shall come unto the knowledge of the fulness of my gospel.“But if the Gentiles will repent and return unto me, saith the Father, behold they shall be numbered among my people, O house of Israel” (The Savior then turns to a familiar quotation from Isaiah 52:8–10 [The Savior indicates a sequence of events for Israel’s gathering in 3 Nephi 20 and especially 21, which he introduces by saying, “I give unto you a sign, that ye may know the time when these things shall be about to take place—that I shall gather in, from their long dispersion, my people, O house of Israel, and shall establish again among them my Zion” (Then in 3 Nephi 22 the Savior quotes Isaiah 54 in its entirety. LOG IN

An expression used symbolically in the books of Job, Psalms, and Isaiah (not to be confused with the woman Rahab in the book of Joshua). It might have Egyptian origins that were accommodated to the Hebrew language. Rahab is a poetical name for Egypt. (Isaiah 51:9). Marriage & Family 1450. The name רהב (Rahab the primeval serpent) comes from the verb רהב (rahab), meaning to behave proudly in the sense of arrogant: Share In the book of Job, the context helps to identify Rahab as a sea monster; in other contexts this sea monster is used as a symbol for Egypt.​—
One writer translated the name as “A big-mouth, a do-nothing.”


And they are the words which my brother has desired that I should speak unto you … because ye are of the house of Israel” (see “Those who were at Jerusalem” had been scattered (see Christ would be born among them but they would reject and crucify him (see Those at Jerusalem would be scattered again, “driven to and fro” (see The Lord would remember the covenant and “set himself again the second time to recover” the house of Israel (quoting from After this preparatory outline, Jacob quotes Isaiah 50 and 51 (2 Ne. Glossary It differs from earlier commentaries by providing not only introductory and summarizing remarks but also the most specific scriptural intertextual commentary on the matter.The first 11 verses of 2 Nephi 26 prophesy of the eventual destruction of the Nephite nation, a branch of the house of Israel, concluding with, “And when these things have passed away a speedy destruction cometh unto my people” (Nephi begins: “But behold, I prophesy unto you concerning the last days; concerning the days when the Lord God shall bring these things forth unto the children of men.“After my seed and the seed of my brethren shall have dwindled in unbelief, and shall have been smitten by the Gentiles …” (Nephi continues this methodical explication throughout 2 Nephi 26 and 27 (Isa.

These terms do not occur in the books of Mosiah, Alma, Helaman, or in the first part of 3 Nephi.“Offer Up Thy Sacraments upon My Holy Day” (D&C 59:9)President Hinckley Meets Members in Maine and Europe It is here that the Savior tells of visiting his other sheep, then turns his attention to the destiny of the house of Israel. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. Thus, its reference to Rahab cannot be of the exodus. Isaiah 29:10 [In addition to the fact that this duplication of Isaiah in the Book of Mormon corrects textual errors—some minor, some major—a second benefit for this duplication of Isaiah is that the Book of Mormon Isaiah text comes complete with a number of specific commentaries about that text, an advantage the biblical Isaiah does not have. Prophetic commentary by Lehi, Nephi, Jacob, and the Lord himself helps us understand Isaiah passages in the Book of Mormon.The Book of Mormon tells us that in the last days the “Gentiles” will have a “record of the Jews” containing the “covenants of the Lord” and “many of the prophecies of the holy prophets” (see To one who believes in the divine stewardship of the production, transmission, and translation of the Nephite records, the inclusion of these writings from the prophet Isaiah must surely be attributed to a divine purpose.