Ether 14

 (My highlights in orange, my thoughts in blue 2020) red type 7/20 orange 8/21 brown 22-2023)

The iniquity of the people brings a curse upon the land—Coriantumr engages in warfare against Gilead, then Lib, and then Shiz—Blood and carnage cover the land.

  1 And now there began to be a great ^acurse upon all the land because of the iniquity of the people, in which, if a man should lay his tool or his sword upon his shelf, or upon the place whither he would keep it, behold, upon the morrow, he could not find it, so great was the curse upon the land. The curse was there was no safety or security. All that they put their trust in would not support them. Was this as mysterious as it sounds? Or were people stealing?
  2 Wherefore every man did cleave unto that which was his own, with his hands, and would not borrow neither would he lend; and every man kept the hilt of his sword in his right hand, in the ^adefence of his property and his own life and of his wives and children. Sounds like they were living in fear and terror...but...not unto repentance. Did they like living this way? In constant threat of death? Also, the curse of things disappearing caused them to hold on to them even more instead of trusting in the Lord and turning to Him.
  3 And now, after the space of two years, and after the death of Shared, behold, there arose the brother of Shared and he gave battle unto Coriantumr, in which Coriantumr did beat him and did pursue him to the wilderness of Akish.
  4 And it came to pass that the brother of Shared did give battle unto him in the wilderness of Akish; and the battle became exceedingly sore, and many thousands fell by the sword.
  5 And it came to pass that Coriantumr did lay siege to the wilderness; and the brother of Shared did march forth out of the wilderness by night, and slew a part of the army of Coriantumr, as they were drunken. They hadn't learned not to drink alcohol and that it makes you stupid..
  6 And he came forth to the land of ^aMoron, and placed himself upon the throne of Coriantumr.
  7 And it came to pass that Coriantumr dwelt with his army in the wilderness for the space of two years, in which he did receive great strength to his army.
  8 Now the brother of Shared, whose name was Gilead, also received great strength to his army, because of secret combinations. SECRET COMBINATIONS
  9 And it came to pass that his high priest murdered him as he sat upon his throne. Interesting that they had high priests... was this a religious or a political title or both? And not a good sign when your own religious leader does the murdering!
 10 And it came to pass that one of the secret combinations SECRET COMBINATIONS murdered him in a secret pass, and obtained unto himself the kingdom; and his name was Lib; and Lib was a man of great stature, Nephi used this to describe himself. Did it mean tall? large of frame? popularity? position? more than any other man among all the people.
 11 And it came to pass that in the first year of Lib, Coriantumr came up unto the land of Moron, and gave battle unto Lib.
 12 And it came to pass that he fought with Lib, in which Lib did smite upon his arm that he was wounded; nevertheless, the army of Coriantumr did press forward upon Lib, that he fled to the borders upon the seashore.
 13 And it came to pass that Coriantumr pursued him; and Lib gave battle unto him upon the seashore.
 14 And it came to pass that Lib did smite the army of Coriantumr, that they fled again to the wilderness of Akish.
 15 And it came to pass that Lib did pursue him until he came to the plains of Agosh. And Coriantumr had taken all the people with him as he fled before Lib in that quarter of the land whither he fled.
 16 And when he had come to the plains of Agosh he gave battle unto Lib, and he smote upon him until he died; nevertheless, the brother of Lib did come against Coriantumr in the stead thereof, and the battle became exceedingly sore, in the which Coriantumr fled again before the army of the brother of Lib.
 17 Now the name of the brother of Lib was called Shiz. And it came to pass that Shiz pursued after Coriantumr, and he did overthrow many cities, and he did slay both women and children, had they refrained from this up to this point? and he did burn the cities. This sounds like Shiz was just determined to destroy. He didn't seem to care about occupying cities or taking them over. Maybe he didn't want those who escaped to have anywhere to come back to...
 18 And there went a fear of Shiz throughout all the land; rightly so... yea, a cry went forth throughout the land—Who can stand before the army of Shiz? Behold, he sweepeth the earth before him!
 19 And it came to pass that the people began to flock together in armies, throughout all the face of the land. It's a BIG country...why not just flee away?
 20 And they were divided; and a part of them fled to the army of Shiz, join or be destroyed...and a part of them fled to the army of Coriantumr.
 21 And so great and lasting had been the war, and so long had been the scene of bloodshed and carnage, that the whole face of the land was covered with the ^abodies of the ^bdead.
 22 And so swift and speedy was the war that there was none left to bury the dead, but they did march forth from the shedding of ^ablood to the shedding of blood, leaving the bodies of both men, women, and children strewed upon the face of the land, to become a prey to the ^bworms of the flesh. Absolutely NO MERCY! What an awful scene!
 23 And the ^ascent thereof went forth upon the face of the land, even upon all the face of the land; wherefore the people became troubled by day and by night, because of the scent thereof.
 24 Nevertheless, Shiz did ^anot cease to pursue Coriantumr; for he had sworn to avenge himself upon Coriantumr of the blood of his brother, who had been slain, and the word of the Lord which came to Ether that Coriantumr should not fall by the sword. Sounds like Shiz knew of the prophecy and was determined to prove God wrong...or that if the prophecy was wrong there was no God.
 25 And thus we see that the Lord did visit them in the fulness of his ^awrath, and their wickedness and abominations had prepared a way for their everlasting destruction.
 26 And it came to pass that Shiz did pursue Coriantumr eastward, even to the borders by the seashore, and there he gave battle unto Shiz for the space of three days.
 27 And so terrible was the destruction among the armies of Shiz that the people began to be frightened, and began to flee before the armies of Coriantumr; and they fled to the land of Corihor, and swept off the inhabitants before them, all them that would not join them.
 28 And they pitched their tents in the valley of Corihor; and Coriantumr pitched his tents in the valley of Shurr. Now the valley of Shurr was near the hill Comnor; wherefore, Coriantumr did gather his armies together upon the hill Comnor, and did sound a trumpet unto the armies of Shiz to invite them forth to battle. Sounds like war was just "what they did"...they "invited" it. It wasn't just for defense. 
 29 And it came to pass that they came forth, but were driven again; and they came the second time, and they were driven again the second time. And it came to pass that they came again the third time, and the battle became exceedingly sore.
 30 And it came to pass that Shiz smote upon Coriantumr that he gave him many deep wounds; and Coriantumr, having lost his blood, fainted, and was carried away as though he were dead. Shiz probably thought he had succeeded.
 31 Now the loss of men, women and children on both sides was so great that Shiz commanded his people that they should not pursue the armies of Coriantumr; wherefore, they returned to their camp. Why is it important that we have this account of their wars? Would it not have been sufficient to say that they warred continually, one king after another, taking control of the government from one another until they were all destroyed? Is it important that we see that year after year and war after war...there was no repentance? no spirit striving with man?