Reference: Unlike Nephi’s use of Isaiah as the base text for his own expansions, here Nephi quotes Isaiah 11:4 as an integral part of his own text. It is a literary use, rather than a theological expression. Isaiah 11:4 reads: “But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.” Verse 10 provides Nephi’s commentary.