Abinadi continues the curse on Noah and his priests. In verse 18, Abinadi declares that “ye shall be hunted, and ye shall be taken by the hand of your enemies, and then ye shall suffer, as I suffer, the pains of death by fire.” In Alma 25:9 he shows the fulfillment of the prophecy: “And behold they are hunted at this day by the Lamanites. Thus the words of Abinadi were brought to pass, which he said concerning the seed of the priests who caused that he should suffer death by fire.”
As with other prophecies in the Book of Mormon, Mormon works the fulfillment into his narrative. He does not intend to leave any prophecy with an undetermined end, but rather intends that all understand that when a prophecy is declared by the power of God, its fulfilment is sure.
There is no chapter break at this point in the 1830 edition.