2 Nephi 8: 9

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THE SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI

CHAPTER 8

9 ^aAwake, awake! Put on ^bstrength, O arm of the Lord; awake as in the ancient days. Art thou not he that hath cut ^cRahab, and wounded the ^ddragon?

Footnotes

9a	Isa. 52: 1. 1 ^aAwake, awake; put on thy ^bstrength, O ^cZion; put on thy ^dbeautiful ^egarments, O ^fJerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
b	D&C 113: 8 (7-8). 8 He had reference to those whom God should call in the last days, who should hold the ^apower of ^bpriesthood to bring again ^cZion, and the redemption of Israel; and to put on her ^dstrength is to put on the ^eauthority of the ^fpriesthood, which she, Zion, has a ^gright to by lineage; also to return to that power which she had lost. TG Israel, Restoration of.
c	Ps. 89: 10. 10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine ^aenemies with thy strong arm. Isa. 27: 1. 1 In that day the Lord with his ^asore and great and strong ^bsword shall punish ^cleviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked ^dserpent; and he shall slay the ^edragon that is in the sea.
d	Ezek. 29: 3. 3 Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great ^adragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, ^bMy river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.