“A Great Destruction Such an One As Never Had Been Known Upon the Face of the Earth”

Bryan Richards

This great destruction came in the form of wars, contentions, famines, and pestilences. This terrible destruction was one in a series of punishments. The people had previously fought in a war which decimated almost the entire society (Ether 9:12). This was followed by the dearth and plague of serpents (Ether 9:30-31). Both were devastating, but neither compared to what Moroni briefly discusses in this verse. It was a destruction so great as to be overshadowed only by their final, brutal annihilation.

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