4  For, behold, said he, I have ^aseen a vision, in which I know that Jerusalem is destroyed; and had we remained in Jerusalem we should also have perished.

  2  And now, behold, this shall you say unto him—he who spake unto you, said unto you: I, the Lord, am God, and have given these things unto you, my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., and have commanded you that you should stand as a witness of these things;