“Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.”
The promise that the LORD has hewn Israel by the prophets and slain them with the words of his mouth suggests that the prophetic indictments have been intended as instruments of divine judgment, designed to kill the old self so that transformation can occur. The imagery of hewing and slaying indicates the violence of the prophetic word, that transformation requires a kind of death of the old covenant-breaking self. This verse establishes that prophecy is not merely proclamation but divine action, that the prophetic word carries the power to effect judgment and transformation.
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