[160]. I do not state this date definitely because authorities differ in respect to it; some fixing it at 588, another at 590, and still others as in the text. The difference which is not material, arose no doubt from some giving the date at which the king of Babylon began his siege and others when it ended.
[161]. Fifty-six, according to some historians.
[162]. See Part I, p. 27.
[163]. Matt. xxiv: 2.
[164]. Deut. xxviii:15-68. The student should read this passage in Deuteronomy. It is without exception the most terrible warning and prophecy on record. Yet terrible as it is, it hath all overtaken Israel.
[165]. Amos ix: 9.
[166]. Jeremiah xxxi:10-12. See also verses 7, 8, 9.
[167]. Jeremiah xvi:14, 15.
[168]. See the verses preceding this quotation for an explanation of the time of this occurrence, Isaiah xi:1-10. This is one of the passages quoted to Joseph Smith by the angel Moroni, who said also that "it was about to be fulfilled." See Pearl of Great Price, p. 90.
[169]. Isaiah xi:10-12, 16.