blown apocalyptic text, some have used the term proto-apocalyptic to describe the mixing of prophetic and apocalyptic themes. Although some prophets communicated their messages from God in prose (parts of Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi), most other prophecies were presented in poetic style. The prophets never explained why they used prose, but if a prophet wanted to describe his setting and the dialogue between himself and his audience, a prose narrative