Doctrine and Covenants 87: 6

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

SECTION 87

6 And thus, with the ^asword and by bloodshed the inhabitants of the earth shall ^bmourn; and with ^cfamine, and plague, and earthquake, and the thunder of heaven, and the fierce and vivid lightning also, shall the inhabitants of the earth be made to feel the wrath, and indignation, and ^dchastening ^ehand of an Almighty God, until the consumption decreed hath made a full ^fend of all ^gnations;

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6a	Deut. 32: 41. 41 If I whet my glittering ^asword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. 2 Ne. 1: 12. 12 Yea, as one generation passeth to another there shall be ^abloodsheds, and great visitations among them; wherefore, my sons, I would that ye would remember; yea, I would that ye would hearken unto my words.
b	D&C 29: 15 (14-21) 15 And there shall be weeping and ^awailing among the hosts of men; D&C 45: 49. 49 And the Lord shall utter his voice, and all the ends of the earth shall hear it; and the nations of the earth shall ^amourn, and they that have ^blaughed shall see their ^cfolly. TG Mourning.
c	Joel 1: 10. 10 The field is wasted, the ^aland mourneth; for the ^bcorn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. D&C 43: 25 (24-25) 25 How oft have I ^acalled upon you by the mouth of my ^bservants, and by the ^cministering of angels, and by mine own voice, and by the voice of ^dthunderings, and by the voice of lightnings, and by the voice of tempests, and by the voice of earthquakes, and great hailstorms, and by the voice of ^efamines and pestilences of every kind, and by the great sound of a ^ftrump, and by the voice of judgment, and by the voice of ^gmercy all the day long, and by the voice of glory and honor and the ^hriches of eternal life, and would have saved you with an ⁱeverlasting salvation, but ye would not! JS-M 1: 29. 29 Behold I speak for mine elect’s sake; for nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there shall be ^afamines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. TG Drought. TG Famine. TG Plague.
d	TG Chastening.
e	Ether 1: 1. 1 And now I, Moroni, proceed to give an ^aaccount of those ancient inhabitants who were destroyed by the ^bhand of the Lord upon the face of this north country.
f	TG World, End of.
g	Mark 13: 8. 8 For ^anation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows. 1 Ne. 14: 15. 15 And it came to pass that I beheld that the wrath of God was ^apoured out upon that great and abominable church, insomuch that there were wars and rumors of wars among all the ^bnations and kindreds of the earth.