Doctrine and Covenants 109: 49

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THE
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS
OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

SECTION 109

49 O Lord, ^ahow long wilt thou suffer this people to bear this affliction, and the ^bcries of their innocent ones to ascend up in thine ears, and their ^cblood come up in testimony before thee, and not make a display of thy testimony in their behalf?

Footnotes

49a	Ps. 13: 2 (1-6) 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having ^asorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? Ps. 74: 10 (10-23) 10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy ^ablaspheme thy name for ever?
b	Ex. 3: 9 (7, 9) 9 Now therefore, behold, the ^acry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. 2 Ne. 26: 15. 15 After my seed and the seed of my brethren shall have ^adwindled in unbelief, and shall have been smitten by the Gentiles; yea, after the Lord God shall have ^bcamped against them round about, and shall have laid siege against them with a mount, and raised forts against them; and after they shall have been brought down low in the dust, even that they are not, yet the words of the righteous shall be written, and the ^cprayers of the faithful shall be heard, and all those who have ^ddwindled in unbelief shall not be forgotten. Mosiah 21: 15. 15 And now the Lord was slow to ^ahear their cry because of their iniquities; nevertheless the Lord did hear their ^bcries, and began to soften the hearts of the Lamanites that they began to ease their burdens; yet the Lord did not see fit to deliver them out of bondage.
c	TG Martyrdom.