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Book of Mormon Commentary
Jacob Chapter 2
Jac 2:64 O my brethren, hearken unto my word; arouse the faculties of your soul; shake yourselves, that
ye may awake from the slumber of death;
2:64 Jacob pleads with his people to change their ways. Their spiritual faculties have been starved
to death. "Loose yourselves from the pains of hell, that ye may not become angels to the devil"
(65).
Jac 2:67 And a hundredth part of the proceedings of this people, which now began to be numerous, can
not be written upon these plates;
2:67 According to the Malthusian law, the population will always press against the food supply. It
is checked only by weakness, disease, and war. Doubtless the population increased very rapidly
here in this choice land of America. No census figures are given, but soon we read of wars
involving not just hundreds, but thousands in great battles (W .M. 1: 21).
Jacob was writing on the smaller plates of Nephi (Jb. 1:1). Their wars, contentions, and reigns of
their kings are written on the larger plates (2:68).