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the colleague of the prophet Micah, son of Imla (see II Chronicles 18:7–8), as it is written: “And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his colleague by the word of YHWH: Strike me, please. And the man refused to strike him” (I Kings 20:35). And it is written: “Then he said to him: B
The Mishnah lists among those liable to receive death at the hand of Heaven: And a prophet who violated his own statement. The Talmud comments: For example, Iddo the prophet, who, according to tradition, prophesied the punishment of Jeroboam in Bethel, as it is written: “I will neither eat bread
§ A tanna taught a baraita before Rav Ḥisda: One who suppresses his prophecy is flogged. Rav Ḥisda said a parable to him: Is one who eats dates in a sieve flogged? How can he be flogged? Who forewarns him if he eats dates infested with worms that no one sees? Likewise, as no one knows whether the
The Talmud asks: From where do they know that he received a prophecy? Abaye says: They know, as it is written: “For YHWH God will do nothing, unless He reveals His counsel to His servants the prophets” (Amos 3:7). The Talmud challenges: And perhaps the heavenly court reconsidered with regard to the
The Talmud challenges: But in the case of Jonah, they reconsidered it and did not inform them that the people of Nineveh had repented for their sins and were therefore spared the foretold destruction. The Talmud explains: In the case of Jonah, from the outset, the heavenly court told him to say: “N