Nephi now returns to the imagery of Lehi's dream. The depths of the filthy water represent the depths of hell, the mists of darkness represent the temptations of the devil, the large and spacious building represents the vain imaginations and pride of the world, and the great and terrible gulf represents the word of the justice of the Eternal God. The relationship between these symbols and the history of the Nephites becomes clear in the next few verses. Nephi sees the destruction of the Nephites. How did this destruction come? It came because the Nephites had fallen prey to the temptations of the devil, they had become proud members of that great and spacious building, and they were about to fall headlong into the depths of hell.