“But if they be prophets, and if the word of the Lord be with them, let them now make intercession to the Lord of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.”
The challenge to priests and prophets to intercede with God if they truly possess divine access introduces a testing mechanism for prophetic authenticity based on prayer's efficacy rather than mere claims of revelation. If these religious leaders could truly communicate with God, they would have already prayed to prevent the removal of Temple vessels, yet the vessels have indeed been removed despite their presumed prayers. This verse uses observable facts (the vessels are gone) to discredit the false prophets' claims to divine access.
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