It is interesting that when Nephi told the people that they would be destroyed if they did not repent the destruction started without even having an external source. The Lord did not have to send in a Lamanite army because the Nephites began killing each other. I’m sure that when the Lord told Nephi that he would have the power to declare famines he expected that he would never do such a thing. It was when he saw the people killing each other that the idea of a famine actually seemed like an improvement.
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