וַיִּֽהְי֤וּ מַלְעִבִים֙ בְּמַלְאֲכֵ֣י הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים וּבוֹזִ֣ים דְּבָרָ֔יו וּמִֽתַּעְתְּעִ֖ים בִּנְבִאָ֑יו עַ֠ד עֲל֧וֹת חֲמַת־יְהוָ֛ה בְּעַמּ֖וֹ עַד־לְאֵ֥ין מַרְפֵּֽא׃
Ngunit kinutya nila ang mga sugo ng Diyos, at hinamak ang Kanyang mga salita, at nilibak ang Kanyang mga propeta, hanggang sa mag-alab ang poot ng Walang-Hanggan laban sa Kanyang bayan, hanggang sa wala nang lunas.
Guide for the Perplexed
We have already shown (chap. vi.) that the term “angel” is homonymous, and denotes also “prophet,” as is the case in the following passages:—“And He sent an angel, and He hath brought us up out of Egypt” (Num. 20:16); “Then spake Haggai, the angel of the Lord, in the Lords message” (Hagg. 1:13); “But they mocked the angels of God” (2 Chron. 36:16). Comp. also the words of Daniel, “And the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation” (Dan. 9:11). All this passed in a prophetic vision. Do not imagine that an angel is seen or his word heard otherwise than in a prophetic vision or prophetic dream, according to the principle laid down:—“I make myself known unto him in a vision, and speak unto him in a dream” (Num. 12:6). The instances quoted may serve as an illustration of those passages which I do not mention.