“A Fruitful Field”

Church Educational System
As he opens the subject in his twenty-ninth chapter, Isaiah describes a [Nephite] nation which would be destroyed suddenly, but which would speak in modern times, literally from the grave, by means of a book [the Book of Mormon].

Elder Petersen pointed out how Isaiah said the event would take place “before Palestine regains its fertility. Palestine is now the fruitful field [Isaiah] envisioned, and the book has been published.

(Mark E. Petersen, Ensign, Nov. 1977, p. 16, 12)

Book of Mormon Student Manual (1996 Edition)

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