▁he ▁shall ▁speak ▁unto ▁them ▁all ▁that ▁I ▁shall ▁command ▁him ." ▁Thus , ▁the ▁nav i ▁was ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁" mouth " ▁of ▁God . ▁The ▁root ▁nun - bet - ale f ▁(" nav i ") ▁is ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁two - letter ▁root ▁nun - bet ▁which ▁denotes ▁h ollow ness ▁or ▁open ness ; ▁to ▁receive ▁trans c endent al ▁wisdom , ▁one ▁must ▁make ▁ones elf ▁" open ". ▁ ▁Abraham ic ▁relig ions ▁ ▁J uda ism ▁▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁writing ▁and ▁speaking ▁messages ▁from ▁God , ▁Israel ite ▁or ▁J ude an ▁ne vi ' im ▁(" sp okes pers ons ", ▁" pro ph ets ") ▁often ▁acted ▁out ▁proph etic ▁par ables ▁in ▁their ▁life . ▁For ▁example , ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁contrast ▁the ▁people ' s ▁dis ob ed ience ▁with ▁the ▁ob ed ience ▁of ▁the ▁Re ch ab ites , ▁God ▁has ▁Jer em iah ▁inv ite ▁the ▁Re ch ab ites ▁to ▁drink ▁wine , ▁in ▁dis ob ed ience ▁to ▁their ▁ancest or ' s ▁command . ▁The ▁Re ch ab ites ▁refuse , ▁for ▁which ▁God ▁comm ends ▁them . ▁Other ▁proph etic ▁par ables ▁acted ▁out ▁by ▁Jer em iah ▁include ▁b ury ing ▁a ▁lin en ▁bel t ▁so ▁that ▁it ▁gets ▁ru ined ▁to ▁illustrate ▁how ▁God ▁int ends ▁to ▁ru in ▁Jud ah ' s ▁pride . ▁Like wise , ▁Jer em iah ▁bu ys ▁a ▁cl ay ▁jar ▁and ▁sm