Were we to read only verse 3 and not verses 6-8, we might see the Nephites in a state of general apostasy. This is not the case, however, attested by those later verses. What we have is the recognition by a prophet that there is yet work to be done, and that there are those who are still hard in their hearts. That Jarom understands that this applies to only a portion of the Nephites is explicit in the next verse.