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Letter "P" » prophesy
«Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.»
Author: Eric Hoffer
(Writer)
| About:
Lies,
Power
| Keywords:
absolute, Absolute Power, possession, Prophecies, prophesy
«Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, / This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.»
«The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, / Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day! / For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.»
«Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? / Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.»
«Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.»
«The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, / Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them; / And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity; / Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.»
«The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy? / Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.»
«The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?»
«Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions»
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