These verses should be read as a unified passage. Jacob had reminded his listeners that they were on “an isle” but uses here “isles,” thus saying that his people are part of a typical pattern, not an unusual one. There are other isles—therefore other locations to which Yahweh has led other Israelites. His listeners should understand that they are part of a great plan, inheritors of blessings and promises in a pattern Yahweh has established to benefit many of his children. (See commentary accompanying 1 Nephi 19:10 for more information on the phrase “isles of the sea.”)