Psalms 65:4; D&C 133:10-13; 2 Ne. 30:15; Micah 4:1-2; Zech.6:12-15; Conference Report, Oct. 1975, p. 77
“The expression ‘the mountain of the Lord’s house,’ as here indicated, was undoubtedly to be referred to as a place as well as a definition of a righteous people… . And then the ancient prophet said, ‘And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths; for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.’ (2 Nephi 12:3). With the coming of the pioneers to establish the Church in the tops of the mountains, our early leaders declared this to be the beginning of the fulfillment of that prophecy… . Years ago I went with the brethren to the Idaho Falls Temple [dedication], and I heard in that inspired prayer of the First Presidency a definition of the meaning of that term ‘out of Zion shall go forth the law.’ Note what they said; ‘We thank thee that thou hast revealed to us that those who gave us our constitutional form of government were men wise in thy sight and that thou didst raise them up for the very purpose of putting forth that sacred document… . We pray that kings and rulers and the peoples of all nations under heaven may be persuaded of the blessings enjoyed by the people of this land by reason of their freedom and under thy guidance and be constrained to adopt similar governmental systems, thus to fulfill the ancient prophecy of Isaiah and Micah that ‘… out of Zion shall go forth the law and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.’ (Improvement Era, Oct. 1945, p. 564).” (Harold B. Lee, Ensign, Nov. 1971, p. 15})
“All of the holy temples of our God in the latter days shall be built in the mountains of the Lord, for his mountains—whether the land itself is a hill, a valley, or a plain—are the places where he comes, personally and by the power of his Spirit, to commune with his people.” (Bruce R. McConkie, Millennial Messiah, p. 275)
“This has specific reference to the Salt Lake Temple and to the other temples built in the top of the Rocky Mountains, and it has a general reference to temple yet to be built in the New Jerusalem in Jackson County, Missouri. Those in all nations, be it noted, shall flow to the houses of the Lord in the tops of the mountains, there to make the covenants out of which eternal life comes.” (Bruce R. McConkie, Another Witness For The Articles of Faith, p. 539)
“Traditionally the world has supposed that Isaiah’s reference to the law going forth from Zion and the word of the Lord going forth from Jerusalem was a Hebrew parallelism and that both references pointed to the Old World. That such was not Isaiah’s intent is illustrated in a revelation given to Joseph Smith wherein it was announced that the Gentiles (meaning non-Jewish nations) were to flee to Zion of the New World while those who are of Judah were to flee to Jerusalem ‘unto the mountains of the Lord’s house (D&C 133:12-13).” (R. Millet and J. F. McConkie, Doct. Commentary on the Book of Mormon, 1:278)
“The word mountain is used in the scriptures in different allegorical or figurative senses. In 2 Nephi 12:1-4 the word mountain refers to a high place of God, a place of revelation, even the temple of the Lord.” (G. Reynolds and J. Sjodahl, Book of Mormon Commentary, 1:323)
“It will be noted that the words of the above verses from the Book of Mormon are identical with the King James translation of Isaiah 2:1-4 except for the change of one word. In the second verse the word ‘that’ (an italicized word) in the King James translation is changed to ‘when.’ … If the word ‘when’ is used, time is indicated and not place. Thus the Book of Mormon supplies a key to understanding these passages by saying that when the mountain of the Lord’s house is established in the top of the mountains, then certain events will follow.” (Ross Warner, The Fulfillment of Book of Mormon Prophecies, p. 175)
[The dedicatory prayer of the Salt Lake Temple, Apr. 6, 1893] “In past ages Thou didst inspire with Thy Holy Spirit Thy servants, the prophets, to speak of the time in the latter days when the mountain of the Lord’s house should be established in the tops of the mountains, and should be exalted above the hills. We thank Thee that we have had the glorious opportunity of contributing to the fulfillment of these visions of Thine ancient seers… .” (Discourses of Wilford Woodruff, p. 337)