1 Nephi 20:19

We examine the text and possible meanings for verse 19:

"19 Thy ^aseed also had been as the sand; the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me."

Here we continue with a description of the blessing that the house of Israel would have received had they been faithful at the time Isaiah delivered this sermon. A very significant blessing is described here and with the footnote, we can find the origin of the blessing. It says that they would have also been part of the promise that their posterity would be as the sand of the sea.

This part of the Abrahamic Covenant is found in Genesis 22:17, which says:

"17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy ^aseed as the stars of the heaven, and as the ^bsand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the ^cgate of his enemies;"

I had a thought that was very interesting to me. If Abraham was promised that his posterity would be numberless, and we are partakers of the covenant and adopted into the house of Israel by obtaining the two priesthoods (and I believe baptism and the everlasting covenant of marriage, too), then we shall also have numberless posterity and be bound together in a never ending chain.

In the last part of the verse, I believe Isaiah is saying that the Lord is saying that His name should never have been destroyed, or forgotten, by them from before Him. Let us always remember the Lord and the great things He has done for us and for our fathers.