A People in Bondage: King Limhi's Proclamation

From Mosiah chapter 7:

20 “And…it is because of our iniquities and abominations that he has brought us into bondage."

25 “For if this people had not fallen into transgression the Lord would not have suffered that this great evil should come upon them."

29 “For behold, the Lord hath said: I will not succor my people in the day of their transgression; but I will hedge up their ways that they prosper not; and their doings shall be as a stumbling block before them.

30 “And again, he saith: If my people shall sow filthiness they shall reap the chaff thereof in the whirlwind; and the effect thereof is poison.

31 “And again he saith: If my people shall sow filthiness they shall reap the east wind, which bringeth immediate destruction.

32 “And now, behold, the promise of the Lord is fulfilled, and ye are smitten and afflicted.

33 “But if ye will turn to the Lord with full purpose of heart, and put your trust in him, and serve him with all diligence of mind, if ye do this, he will, according to his own will and pleasure, deliver you out of bondage."

See also 2 Chronicles 7:14