Episode 14: Jarom writes a few words about the Lamanites

The Book of Jarom

Jarom writes a few words about the Lamanites

¹ My father, Enos, asked me to write a few words to keep our genealogy. ² I’m writing these small plates for the Lamanites. Because the plates are small I won’t include my prophecies or revelations.

³ We have become blind, deaf, stiff-necked, and hard of heart. God has exceedingly merciful by not killing us all by now. ⁴ But many of us aren’t stiff-necked and have had communion with the Holy Spirit.

⁵ It was now 400 BCE, and the Nephites waxed strong. They kept the law of Moses and the sabbath day. They weren’t profane, they didn’t blaspheme, and their laws were strict.

⁶ The Lamanites were more numerous than the Nephites. They loved to murder people and drink the blood of beasts. ⁷ They attacked our cities, but our kings and leaders were mighty men who protected us from their assaults.

⁸ We multiplied and were rich in gold, silver, and precious things. We had buildings, tools, weapons, and machinery made of iron, copper, brass, and steel. ⁹ So the Lamanites didn’t prevail against us.

^10-11 But the Lord’s prophets threatened the Nephites, saying that if they didn’t keep the commandments and look forward to the Messiah as though he was already present, they’d be destroyed. ¹² In this way, the prophets pricked the hearts of the Nephites with the word and caused them to repent.

^13-14 It is now the year 361 BCE, and I have stopped writing because the plates are small. But you can read more on the plates of Nephi, which records the wars of the kings. ¹⁵ Now I’m delivering these plates to my son, Omni,