The first Chiasmus has a
center similar to Malichi 4:1-2 and thus it’s
inserted after the chiasmus for reference. Also Isaiah
29:6
The second Chiasmus is based
upon Isaiah 29: 3-5 thus it is also inserted.
It’s interesting that the Book of Mormon structure is larger and more
detailed than the one in Isaiah
The third Chiasmus is a
bit week, but I believe there is a structure there with a center focus on
Charity.
2 Nephi 26
A. 1) And after Christ shall
have risen from the dead he shall
show himself unto you, my children,
and my
beloved
brethren.
B.
and the words which he shall speak unto you shall be the law which ye shall do,
C. 2) For Behold, I say unto you that I have beheld that many
generations shall pass away,
D. and there shall be great wars and contentions among my people.
E. 3) And after the Messiah shall come there shall be signs
given unto my people of his birth,
and also of his death and resurrection; and great and
terrible shall that day be
unto the wicked,
F. for they shall perish; and they perish
G. because they cast out the
prophets, and the saints, and
stone them, and
slay them; wherefore the cry of the blood of the saints shall ascend up
to God from the ground against them.
H. 4) Wherefore, all those who are proud, and that do wickedly, the day that
cometh shall burn them up,
H' saith the Lord of Hosts, for they shall be as stubble.
G' 5) And they that kill the
prophets, and the saints,
F. the depths of the earth shall swallow them up, saith the
Lord of Hosts;
and mountains
shall cover them,
and whirlwinds
shall carry them away,
and buildings
shall fall upon them
and crush them to pieces
and grind them to powder.
E' 6) And they shall be visited with thunderings,
and lightnings,
and
earthquakes,
and all manner of destructions.
for the fire
of the anger of the Lord shall be kindled against them, and they shall
be as stubble, and the day that cometh
shall consume them, saith the Lord of Hosts.
D' 7) O the pain, and the anguish of my soul for the loss of the slain of
my people!
C' For I, Nephi, have seen it, and it well nigh consumeth me before the presence of the Lord;
but I
must cry unto my God: Thy ways are just.
B'
8) But behold, the righteous that hearken unto the words of the prophets, and destroy them not, but
look
forward unto Christ with steadfastness for signs which are given,
notwithstanding all
persecution--behold,
they are they which shall not perish.
A' 9) But the Son of
righteousness shall
appear unto them; and he shall heal them,
and they shall have peace with him, until three generations shall have passed
away, and many of the fourth generation shall have passed away in
righteousness.
Below are similarities to
Malachi, 1st are signs of 1st coming to Nephites, 2nd
are signs of 2nd coming to world.
Malachi/4:1 all
the proud
2 Nephi 26:4 all those who are proud
M/4:1 and
all that do wickedly
26:4 and that do wickedly
M/4:1 the
day that cometh shall burn them up
26:4 the day that cometh shall burn them up
26:6 the day that cometh shall
consume them
M/4:1 saith
the Lord of hosts
26:4 saith the Lord of Hosts
26:6 saith the Lord of Hosts
M/4:1 shall
be stubble
26:4 shall be as stubble
26:6 shall be as stubble
M/1:2 But unto you that
fear my name shall the Sun
of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall
go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
E’) Isaiah 29:6 Thou shalt be visited of the Lord of hosts with thunder,
and with earthquake,
and great noise,
with storm and tempest,
and the flame of devouring
fire.
A) 10 And when these things have passed away a speedy destruction
cometh unto my people;
for, notwithstanding the
pains of my soul, I have seen it;
wherefore, I know
that it shall come to pass; and they sell themselves for naught;
for, for the reward of their
pride and their foolishness they shall reap destruction;
for because they yield
unto the devil and choose works of darkness rather than light,
therefore they must go down to hell.
11 For the Spirit of the
Lord will not always strive with man.
And when the Spirit ceaseth to strive with man then cometh speedy destruction,
and this rieveth my soul.
B) a) 12 And as I spake concerning the convincing of the Jews,
b) that Jesus is the very Christ,
a) it must needs be that the Gentiles be convinced also
b) that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God;
13 And that he manifesteth
himself unto all those who believe in him, by the power of the Holy Ghost;
yea, unto every nation, kindred, tongue, and people,
working mighty miracles, signs, and wonders, among
the children of men according to their faith.
14 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.
C) 15 After my seed and the seed of my brethren shall have dwindled in unbelief, and
shall have been smitten by
the Gentiles;
D) yea, after the Lord God shall have camped
against them round about,
and shall have laid siege against them with a mount, and raised
forts against them;
and after they shall have been brought down low in the dust,
even that they are not,
yet the words of the righteous
shall be written,
and the prayers of the faithful
shall be heard,
E) a) and all those who have
dwindled in unbelief shall not be forgotten.
b) 16 For those who
shall be destroyed
F) shall speak unto them
G) a) out of the ground,
b) and their speech shall be low out of the dust,
H) and their voice
shall be as one that hath a familiar spirit;
for the Lord God will give
unto him power,
H) that he may whisper concerning them,
G) a) even as it were out of the ground;
b) and their speech shall whisper out of the
dust.
F) 17 For thus saith the Lord God:
They shall write the
things which shall be done among them,
and they shall be written and
sealed up in a book,
E) a) and those who have
dwindled in unbelief shall not have them,
b) for they seek to destroy
the things of God.
18 Wherefore, as those who have been destroyed
have been destroyed speedily;
D) 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—
C) 19 And it shall come to pass, that those who have dwindled in unbelief shall be smitten by the hand of the Gentiles.
Isaiah 29
3 And I
will camp against thee round
about,
and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.
4 And thou shalt be brought down,
and shalt speak out of
the ground,
and thy speech shall be low out of the dust,
and thy voice shall
be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit,
out of the ground,
and thy speech shall whisper
out of the dust.
5 Moreover the multitude
of thy strangers shall be like small dust,
and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away:
yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.
B) 20 And the Gentiles are lifted up in the pride
of their eyes,
and have stumbled,
because of the greatness
of their stumbling block,
that they have built up many
churches; nevertheless,
they put down the power
and miracles of God,
and preach up unto
themselves their own wisdom and their own learning,
that they may get gain and
grind upon the face of the poor.
21 And there are many
churches built up which cause envyings, and strifes, and malice.
A) 22 And there are also secret combinations, even as in
times of old,
according to the combinations
of the devil,
for he is the founder
of all these things;
yea, the founder of
murder, and works of darkness; yea,
and he leadeth them
by the neck with a flaxen cord,
until he bindeth them with his strong cords forever.
23 For behold, my beloved
brethren, I say unto you that the Lord God worketh not in darkness.
24 He doeth not anything save it be for the benefit of the world;
for he loveth the world,
even that he layeth down his own life that he may
draw call men unto him.
A) a) Wherefore, he commandeth none that they shall not partake of his salvation.
b) 25 Behold, doth he cry unto any,
saying: Depart from me?
c) Behold, I say unto
you, Nay;
b) but he
saith: Come unto me all ye ends of the
earth, buy
milk and honey, without money and without price.
a) 26 Behold, hath he commanded any that they should depart out of the synagogues, or out of the houses of worship?
Behold, I say unto you, Nay.
B) 27 Hath he commanded any that they should not partake of his salvation?
Behold I say unto you, Nay; but he hath given it free for all men;
and he hath commanded his
people that they should persuade all men to repentance.
C) 28 Behold, hath the Lord commanded any that they should not partake of his goodness?
Behold I say unto you, Nay;
but all men are privileged the one like unto the other, and none are
forbidden.
D) 29 He commandeth
that there shall be no priestcrafts;
for, behold, priestcrafts are
that men preach and set
themselves up for a light unto the world,
that they may get gain and praise of the world;
E) but they seek not the welfare of Zion.
30 Behold, the Lord hath forbidden this
thing; wherefore,
the Lord God hath given a
commandment
F) that all men should have charity,
which charity is love.
F) And except they should have charity they were nothing.
Wherefore, if they should
have charity
they would not suffer the laborer in Zion to perish.
E) 31 But the laborer in Zion shall labor for Zion;
D) for if they labor for money they shall
perish.
32 And again, the Lord God hath commanded
that men should not murder;
that they should not lie;
that they should not steal;
that they should not take the name of the Lord
their God in vain;
that they should not envy;
that they should not have malice;
that they should not contend one with another;
that they should not commit whoredoms;
and that they should do
none of these things;
for whoso doeth
them shall perish.
33 For none of these
iniquities come of the Lord;
for he doeth
that which is good among the children of men;
and he doeth nothing save it be plain unto the children of men;
C) and he inviteth them all
to come unto him and partake of his goodness;
B) and he denieth none that come unto him, black and white, bond and
free, male and female;
A) and he remembereth the heathen; and all are alike unto God, both Jew and Gentile.