“It Grieveth My Soul and Causeth Me to Shrink with Shame”

Brant Gardner

Jacob describes his personal pain in being required to be so explicit about a subject he finds emotionally and spiritually distressing. Jacob is sufficiently righteous that he has seen a vision of the Messiah (2 Ne. 11:3). Thus, the contrast between Yahweh’s goodness and his listeners’ sins is tremendous: a gap that Jacob not only knows intellectually but keenly feels.

Second Witness: Analytical & Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 2

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