For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer.
For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.
¶ O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee
Compassion and mercy always return and prevail in a most reassuring way. The mountains and the hills may disappear. The water of the great seas may dry up. The least likely things in the world may happen, but the Lord's kindness and peace will never be taken from his covenant people. He has sworn with a heavenly oath that he will not be wroth with them forever.
(Christ And The New Covenant, p. 290)
Isaiah 54:11
"Such scriptural language rivets my attention. In the midst of a troubling world, the foundations I rely on come by my covenants with the Lord. They are indeed like sapphires and are treasures beyond price. Through them I have eternal link to my loved ones and to God. They are the restored principles and ordinances of the gospel of Jesus Christ which are available to righteous women and men alike through the power of the holy priesthood of God. They include baptism, the gift of the Holy Ghost, the sacrament, and temple covenants. These are the ways given to us and freely chosen by us to vouchsafe our eternal lives."
~Jeffrey R. Holland
I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires
"'My kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed' (Isaiah 54:10; 3 Nephi 22:10) and 'Behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires' (3 Nephi 22:11; see also Isaiah 54:11).
"'My kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed' (Isaiah 54:10; 3 Nephi 22:10) and 'Behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires' (3 Nephi 22:11; see also Isaiah 54:11).
"Such scriptural language rivets my attention. In the midst of a troubling world, the foundations I rely on come by my covenants with the Lord. They are indeed like sapphires and are treasures beyond price. Through them I have eternal link to my loved ones and to God. They are the restored principles and ordinances of the gospel of Jesus Christ which are available to righteous women and men alike through the power of the holy priesthood of God. They include baptism, the gift of the Holy Ghost, the sacrament, and temple covenants. These are the ways given to us and freely chosen by us to vouchsafe our eternal lives."
(Aileen H. Clyde, "Covenant of Love," Ensign, May 1995, 28)
