Plain Speaking

I'm not too disappointed to know that I don't have the spirit of prophecy.  Nephi in this chapter, 2Nephi 25
is saying that the words of Isaiah are hard for many to understand and the reason being, is that, "...they know not concerning the manner of prophesying among the Jews." v1  It may not seem easy for me to understand the words of Isaiah, it is easy however, for those who have the right spirit of prophecy to know in plain speaking what he is saying.

So in this chapter, Nephi is translating the meaning of the words of Isaiah according to his understanding and what the spirit is telling him.

*  v9 "And as one generation hath been ^adestroyed among the Jews because of iniquity, even so have they been destroyed from generation to generation according to their iniquities; and never hath any of them been destroyed save it were ^bforetold them by the prophets of the Lord."

*   Jews will reject the only "begotten of the Father" and they will crucify Him. 

*  After His body will be laid in the sepulchre for 3 days, he will rise from the dead and show Himself to
     His people.

*  Jerusalem will be destroyed again and the Jews will be scattered and scourged among nations from
    generations to generations until they...16 " ^bbelieve in Christ, the Son of God, and the atonement, which is infinite for all mankind—and when that day shall come that they shall believe in Christ, and worship the Father in his name, with pure hearts and ^cclean hands, and look not forward any more for ^danother Messiah, then, at that time, the day will come that it must needs be expedient that they should believe these things. 17 And the Lord will set his hand again the second time to ^arestore his people from their lost and fallen state."

*  Nephi saw that Jesus Christ will be born 600 years after his father Lehi, left Jerusalem

*  Nephi prophesied that the records which he had written will pass down from generation to generation.
23 For we labor diligently to write, to ^apersuade our children, and also our brethren, to believe in Christ, and to be reconciled to God; for we know that it is by ^bgrace that we are saved, after all we can ^cdo.
 
One of my personal favorite verses in the Book of Mormon is this one in 2Nep.
 26 And we ^atalk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we ^bprophesy of Christ, and we write according to our prophecies, that our ^cchildren may know to what source they may look for a ^dremission of their sins.

Nephi speaks plainly because he wanted everyone to understand exactly what he is talking about.  So that no one "misunderstands" him.

29 And now behold, I say unto you that the right way is to believe in Christ, and deny him not; and Christ is the Holy One of Israel; wherefore ye must bow down before him, and ^aworship him with all your ^bmight, mind, and strength, and your whole soul; and if ye do this ye shall in nowise be cast out.