The Lord will lift up an ensign--will hiss unto (call) the enemy--from a far off nation. The enemy will come quickly, without getting tired and without a wrong step. The enemy's army will not stop to sleep nor to set up camps along the way. Their weapons will be ready as they come in swift, loud transports.
- Note: Compare this invasion description to 2 Nephi 17:18-20, 18:7, and 23:4-9.
They will capture those who would not flee to Zion, like a young lion capturing her prey, and no one will be able to free them.
- Note: The resurrected Savior told the Nephites of this "young lion warning" to the Gentiles in the last days...
- "...if the Gentiles do not repent after the blessing which they shall receive, after they have scattered my people—Then shall ye, who are a remnant of the house of Jacob, go forth among them....as a young lion among the flocks of sheep, who...teareth in places, and none can deliver (3 Nephi 20:15-16).
- This was actually the Savior’s second warning to the Gentiles. His first was about Gentiles being "trodden down" if they do not repent after sinning against the gospel, after rejecting its fulness because of pride (3 Nephi 16:10-15). The Savior warned the Gentiles yet a third time, again using the “young lion" analogy (3 Nephi 21:12).
These armies will come down against them like the roaring of the sea. Then darkness and sorrow will fill the land, and light from heaven will not be given.
Isaiah's own cleansing and commission...'
(compare 2 Nephi, chapter 16)
In the year king Uzziah died, one day I found myself in the temple. Therein I saw the Lord sitting upon an exalted throne. Angels stood nearby, each with his covering and with power to move about. They called out to each other,
“The Lord of Hosts is most holy, for the whole earth is full of His glory."
As the angels spoke, a door opened and the temple was filled with smoke and I could no longer see the Lord.
Then I realized I had seen the Lord and exclaimed,"I am cursed, for I have unclean speech and live among people with unclean speech, yet I've seen the King, the Lord of Hosts!"
