vision, which sets it off dramatically, is illustrated by the vivid and colorful accounts from the prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Amos, and Zechariah. Sometimes it is difficult to be sure that the great vision narrated was in fact the first. In any case, the later experiences were probably not much different from the inaugural one, and did not need to be redescribed each time. It was enough to say, “The word of Yahweh came to me,” or the like. This phrase occurs only at the opening of Hosea.