“A lesson may be learned from the Nephites in their abandoning their quest for the remainder of the land (v. 19). Sometimes the making of restitution for sins committed is a long process. Had the Nephite nation been so wicked that the Lord required them not to be delivered until they had ‘paid the uttermost senine’ for their sins? Such may have been the case. Their living in great fear (v. 20) may have also been a part of that required payment” (Nyman, Record of Helaman, 290).