En Jacob, Vol. 4

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Excerpt from En Jacob, Vol. 4: Agada of the Babylonian TalmudHe who prophesies what was not said to him Chananyah ben Azzur, for he found Jeremiah standing in the upper mar ket saying (jer. 49) Thus hath said the Lord. Behold I will break the bow of Elam. Chananyah drew an a fortiori con clusion: If concerning Elam, who merely came to assist Babylon, nevertheless, the Holy One, praised be He! Said (ih. 49) Thus hath said the Lord behold, I will break the bow of Elam, how much more should it be aapplied to the Chaldeans, who themselves came to destroy the kingdom of Juda? Thereupon he went in the lower market and said (ih. 28) Thus hath said the Lord. I have broken the yoke. R. Papa said to Abaye But this illustration does not apply, as such a prophecy was not given to any one? And he answered: For if such an a fortiori conclusion were to be drawn, it is equal to its having been said to someone else, however', it was not said to him directly. He who prophesied in the name of an idol the prophets of Baal. He who does not proclaim the prophecy e.g., Jonah b. Amitthai. He who disobeys a prophet out of mere soft-heartedness (ib. B) e.g., the colleague of Michah, as it is written (i Kings, 20, 35, 36) And a cer tain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his companion, by the word of the Lord, smite me, I pray thee, but the man refused to smite. Then said he unto him, For as much as thou hast not obeyed the voice of the Lord. And a prophet who acted against that wherein he himself was instruct ed by Heaven Edah the Prophet, of whom it is written (ib. 13, 9) For so was it charged me by the word of the Lord, and (ih., ib. 18) And he said unto him, I also am a prophet like thee. And further it is written: So he returned with him, ending 'and when he was gone, a lion met him on the way and slew him.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.