And except they repent and turn to the Lord their God, behold, I will deliver them into the hands of their enemies; yea, and they shall be brought into bondage; and they shall be afflicted by the hand of their enemies.
The entire episode of Zeniff, Noah, Limhi, and Alma is not just a recounting of events in the lives of these people, their bondage, and their conversion, but it is also a magnificent extended metaphor for what happens in our individual lives. For example, in this verse we learn that if we do not repent of our sins, the Lord will let us feel the full weight of our sins, and we will find ourselves captives of our appetites and passions and addictions. Yet he does not abandon us. Just as Limhi and Alma were delivered, each in his own way, we can each be delivered from what binds us down and threatens to destroy us if we turn to Christ.
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