▁and ▁speaking ▁God ' s ▁words , ▁Jer em iah ▁was ▁attacked ▁by ▁his ▁own ▁brothers , ▁be aten ▁and ▁put ▁into ▁the ▁stock s ▁by ▁a ▁priest ▁and ▁false ▁proph et , ▁imprison ed ▁by ▁the ▁king , ▁threatened ▁with ▁death , ▁thrown ▁into ▁a ▁c is tern ▁by ▁Jud ah ' s ▁officials , ▁and ▁opposed ▁by ▁a ▁false ▁proph et . ▁Like wise , ▁Isa iah ▁was ▁told ▁by ▁his ▁hear ers ▁who ▁rejected ▁his ▁message , ▁" Le ave ▁the ▁way ! ▁Get ▁off ▁the ▁path ! ▁Let ▁us ▁hear ▁no ▁more ▁about ▁the ▁Holy ▁One ▁of ▁Israel !" ▁The ▁life ▁of ▁Mos es ▁being ▁threatened ▁by ▁Ph ara oh ▁is ▁another ▁example . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁I ▁Samuel ▁ 9 : 9 , ▁the ▁old ▁name ▁for ▁nav i ▁is ▁ro ' eh , ▁ ר ֹ א ֶ ה , ▁which ▁literally ▁means ▁" Se er ". ▁That ▁could ▁document ▁an ▁ancient ▁shift , ▁from ▁view ing ▁proph ets ▁as ▁se ers ▁for ▁h ire ▁to ▁view ing ▁them ▁as ▁moral ▁teachers . ▁L . C . ▁Allen ▁( 1 9 7 1 ) ▁comments ▁that ▁in ▁the ▁First ▁Temple ▁Era , ▁there ▁were ▁essentially ▁se er - p ri ests , ▁who ▁formed ▁a ▁gu ild , ▁div ined , ▁performed ▁rit uals ▁and ▁sacrific es , ▁and ▁were ▁scri bes , ▁and ▁then ▁there ▁were ▁canonical ▁proph ets , ▁who ▁did ▁none ▁of ▁these ▁( and ▁were ▁against ▁div ination ) ▁and ▁had ▁instead ▁a