Doctrine and Covenants 112: 23

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

SECTION 112

23 Verily, verily, I say unto you, ^adarkness covereth the earth, and gross darkness the minds of the people, and all flesh has become ^bcorrupt before my face.

Footnotes

23a

Isa. 60: 2.

2 For, behold, the ^adarkness shall cover the earth, and gross ^bdarkness the people: but the Lord shall ^carise upon thee, and his ^dglory shall be seen upon thee.

Micah 3: 6.

6 Therefore ^anight shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not ^bdivine; and the ^csun shall go down over the ^dprophets, and the day shall be dark over them.

D&C 38: 11 (11-12).

11 For all ^aflesh is corrupted before me; and the powers of ^bdarkness prevail upon the earth, among the children of men, in the presence of all the hosts of heaven—

Moses 7: 61 (61-62).

61 And the day shall come that the earth shall ^arest, but before that day the heavens shall be ^bdarkened, and a ^cveil of darkness shall cover the earth; and the heavens shall shake, and also the earth; and great tribulations shall be among the children of men, but my people will I ^dpreserve;

TG Apostasy of the Early Christian Church.

TG Darkness, Spiritual.

Gen. 6: 11 (5-6, 11-13).

11 The earth also was ^acorrupt before God, and the earth was filled with ^bviolence.

Ps. 14: 1.

1 ^aThe ^bfool hath said in his heart, There is ^cno ^dGod. They are ^ecorrupt, they have done abominable works, there is ^fnone that doeth good.

D&C 10: 21 (20-23).

21 And their hearts are ^acorrupt, and ^bfull of wickedness and abominations; and they ^clove ^ddarkness rather than light, because their ^edeeds are evil; therefore they will not ask of me.