Moroni has Ether commanded of the Lord to finish the record and hide it. Ether is to witness to the fulfillment of the prophecy. What Moroni does not tell us, nor explain, is that Ether only sees part of the fulfillment of the prophecy. He has seen the destruction of the people, which the point in which Moroni has the greatest interest. The final fulfillment of the prophecy is not known from Ether, but rather from the people of Zarahemla, among whom Coriantumr spends his final days (Omni 1:20-22).