Verses 2 and 3 of this chapter turned to the salvation of the righteous through the burnings of the wicked in the last days. How shall they be righteous enough to deserve that final salvation? In verse 4 they are told to live the commandments as they know them.
Then, the Lord promises that Elijah will return and “turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers.” The house of Israel will be gathered not only from the four corners of the earth, but throughout time. The binding into a covenant family will be the means of final salvation.
This was not the end of a chapter in the 1830 edition of the Book of Mormon.