I spoke to the prophets; I myself revealed many visions; I spoke in parables through the prophets.”

The Lord brought Israel out of Egypt by a prophet, and due to a prophet Israel was preserved alive.

You stumble day and night, and the false prophets stumble with you; You have destroyed your own people!

Therefore, I will certainly cut you into pieces at the hands of the prophets; I will certainly kill you in fulfillment of my oracles of judgment; for my judgment will come forth like the light of the dawn.

The time of judgment is about to arrive! The time of retribution is imminent! Let Israel know!The prophet is considered a fool – the inspired man is viewed as a madman – because of the multitude of your sins and your intense animosity.

The prophet is a watchman over Ephraim on behalf of God, yet traps are laid for him along all of his paths; animosity rages against him in the land of his God.