26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; they shall be drunken with their own blood as with sweet wine; and all flesh shall know that I, the Lord, am thy Savior and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
I wrote about a verse with a similar theme as this one back
in 1 Nephi 14: 3, where Nephi sees in vision that the “great pit which hath
been digged for the destruction of men shall be filled with those who digged
it.” The Lord will punish the wicked by
the wicked in many cases. This is a prophecy that can be found in a few places
in the scriptures, so I believe it will happen; I believe it is happening
today. How it will come about is an interesting thought. Obviously the wicked
will not obey the Lord’s command to destroy the wicked, but I doubt He will
need to command them. I think that if He simply removes His blessing or
protection from a nation or a group of people who are already wicked, their own
violent natures will take over. Remember that Satan will use you as a tool as
long as you are effective, but as soon as you are not, he abandons you to your
destruction, as he did with Korihor, for example (see Alma 30: 60). Left to
their own devices, the wicked will destroy; that is their natural tendency. All
the Lord needs to do is stop protecting the wicked, and they will turn on themselves.
It doesn’t take too many righteous among the wicked for the Lord to grant His
protection, however (see Alma 10: 23 and Genesis 18: 23–33 for examples). The
nature of God is life and protection; the nature of Satan is death and
destruction. When the protection of God is removed, all that is left is the
death and destruction of Satan. So for the fulfillment of this prophecy the
Lord doesn’t need to do anything. In fact, He just needs to stop doing something: protecting and
defending.
- 1 Nephi 14: 3
- 1 Nephi 14: 17 (15–17)
- 1 Nephi 22: 13 (13–14)
- 2 Nephi 6: 14 (14–18)
- Alma 10: 23
- Mormon 4: 5
