1 Ne 15:5 I
was overcome¡¦because of the destruction of my people, for I had beheld their
fall
Nephi mourned over the wickedness and
destruction of the Nephites. This anguish of soul comes from having a heart
full of charity such that the thought of any son or daughter of God suffering
the punishments decreed for the wicked brings a heaviness and godly sorrow.
This same emotion is seen in a couple of other scriptures. Of the repentant
sons of Mosiah, Mosiah records, Now they were desirous that salvation should be
declared to every creature, for they could not bear that any human soul should
perish; yea, even the very thoughts that any soul should endure endless torment
did cause them to quake and tremble (Mosiah 28:3). In an unusually plain and
precious record, Enoch saw the Lord God Almighty weep over his creations. After
the Father had shown Enoch the wickedness of the people, Enoch wept also. The
record is as follows:
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¡®And it came to pass
that the God of heaven looked upon the residue of the people, and he wept; and
Enoch bore record of it, saying: How is it that the heavens weep, and shed
forth their tears as the rain upon the mountains?
The Lord said unto
Enoch: Behold these thy brethren; they are the workmanship of mine own hands¡¦
Wherefore, I can
stretch forth mine hands and hold all the creations which I have made; and mine
eye can pierce them also, and among all the workmanship of mine hands there has
not been so great wickedness as among thy brethren.
But behold, their sins
shall be upon the heads of their fathers; Satan shall be their father, and
misery shall be their doom; and the whole heavens shall weep over them, even
all the workmanship of mine hands; wherefore should not the heavens weep,
seeing these shall suffer?
But behold, these which
thine eyes are upon shall perish in the floods; and behold, I will shut them
up; a prison have I prepared for them.
And That which I have
chosen hath pled before my face. Wherefore, he suffereth for their sins;
inasmuch as they will repent in the day that my Chosen shall return unto me,
and until that day they shall be in torment;
Wherefore, for this
shall the heavens weep, yea, and all the workmanship of mine hands.
And it came to pass that
the Lord spake unto Enoch, and told Enoch all the doings of the children of
men; wherefore Enoch knew, and looked upon their wickedness, and their misery,
and wept and stretched forth his arms, and his heart swelled wide as eternity;
and his bowels yearned; and all eternity shook.¡± (Moses
7:28-41)