Book of Mormon Haiku -1st Nephi 19

For a wise purpose

Until further commandments

One eternal Round

1 Nephi 19 - Nephi makes plates of ore and records the history of his people; The God of Israel will come six hundred years from the time Lehi left Jerusalem; Nephi tells of His sufferings and crucifixion; The Jews shall be despised and scattered until the latter days, when they shall return unto the Lord.

It may seem strange to select the first few verses of this chapter of testimony of the Messiah for the Haiku, seemingly focusing on the command to make two sets of plates. But it is precisely because of the preeminence of Nephi's testimony of our Savior that the making of the second set of plates was so vital to each of our lives.