“Did Spread So Much Death and Carnage Throughout the Land”

“We cannot understand this period in Nephite history. It is a mystery. It may be likened to a night of horror. Its whole nature is but a composite of crime and cruelty. In the darkness thereof we are not surprised to find the plans of the evil one enmeshed with those of his servants…Its evil offspring were those of which we may imagine the devil and his servants were the legitimate parents.” (Reynolds and Sjodahl, Commentary on the Book of Mormon, vol. 7, p. 55)