Nephi finally explains his feelings after his great vision. We might suppose that he would be ecstatic (in all senses of that word) with the vision’s power and scope. But what he felt was its weight. Probably Nephi had mixed emotions ranging from the great joy of understanding better the role of the Atoning Messiah to the anguish of seeing his people’s dark future. His feelings become melancholy as he heard his brothers quarrel. Nephi knew that the answers were available, for he had just received them—and more. With crystal-clear spiritual acuity, Nephi saw his brothers’ hardheartedness and understood precisely how and why that future of conflict and annihilation will be realized. This understanding hit him with tremendous impact, and his sorrow is reflected in his conversation with them.