the Revised Version margin of such passages as Isaiah 13:1, "oracle" is used in the titles of certain special prophecies as a substitute for BURDEN (which see) (massa'), with considerable advantage (especially in Lamentations 2:14). The use in this passage seems to indicate that at an early period oracular utterances were sought from Yahweh by the Israelites, but the practice certainly fell into disuse at the rise of prophecy, and there are no illustrations of the means employed ( 1 Samuel 14:18,19,36-42, etc., belong rather to DIVINATION (which see)). So in 2 Samuel 16:23 for dabhar ("word," as in the Revised Version margin). (1) A divine utterance delivered to man, usually in answer to a request for guidance.
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