The first complaint of Israel is that the Lord has forgotten his people. This is the accusation, and the final phrase indicates that it is the judge reviewing the case and noting that this accusation will be shown to be untrue.
For as much as it is true that the Lord is constant in his concern and care, it is equally obvious that there are times when it is difficult to see and understand that concern and care. For Laman and Lemuel as well as for Israel there had been ample evidence of hard times when it appeared that the Lord had abandoned them. In both cases, the brothers and Israel were more focused on the hard times than the evidence of the presence of the Lord in their behalf.
The selection of these passages from Isaiah as the subject of discourse to Nephi's family was not random, but piercingly applicable to their own situation, including some of the most common complaints fomented by Laman and Lemuel. It is a lesson that continues to stretch across time and space, for we also will find ourselves in times when we might feel that we have been abandoned, even in the face of our previous experiences with the goodness of the Lord. We, like Israel and the Lehites, must learn to see beyond the moment, and to trust in the Lord's care. As the Judge indicates in the following verses, the abandonment has emphatically not happened.