is not a reminiscence, a report, hearsay. The prophet not only conveys; he reveals. He almost does unto others what God does unto him. In speaking, the prophet reveals God. This is the marvel of a prophet’s work: in his words the invisible God becomes audible” (Heschel, The Prophets, 22). “Dan to Beer-sheba” is the usual Old Testament idiom for “the whole country.” Dan was on the northern border of Palestine and Beer-sheba on the southern.
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