Pisqa’ 177199H:202-203; JN2:55 1. “Now, as for the person who does not obey my words” (Dt.18:19)— there are three who are condemned to death at the hands of Heaven: [A prophet] who suppresses his prophetic message, like Jonah b. Amitai (Jon.1:1-3); one who adds his words to the words of a prophet, like the companions of Micah (Jud.17:1ff.); and a prophet who violates his own prophetic message, like Ido200=T. San.14:15; cf. M. San. 11:5.(1Ki.13:11-19). And there are three who are condemned to death at the hands of the court: One who prophesies what he never heard, like Zedekiah b. Chenaanah (1Ki.22:24-28); one who said what was not said to him, like Hananiah b. Azzur (Jer.28:1-17)— who heard things from Jeremiah’s mouth as Jeremiah delivered prophecy in the Upper Market, and Hananiah b. Azzur went and prophesied in the Lower Market;201=T. San.14:14. and one who prophesies in the name of a foreign cult, saying: thus says [the god of] a foreign cult! [And he is condemned to death by the court]— even if his words confirm the [sages’] tradition regarding what is unclean and what is clean.202=M. San. 11:6.
(דברים יח יט) וְהָיָה הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִשְׁמַע אֶל דְּבָרַי – שְׁלֹשָׁה מִיתָתָם בִּידֵי שָׁמַיִם: הַכּוֹבֵשׁ נְבוּאָתוֹ, כְּיוֹנָה בֶן אֲמִתַּי, וְהַמְּוַתֵּר עַל דִּבְרֵי נָבִיא, כַּחֲבֵירוֹ שֶׁל מִיכָה, וְנָבִיא שֶׁעוֹבֵר עַל דִּבְרֵי עַצְמוֹ כְּעִידּוֹא. וּשְׁלֹשָׁה מִיתָתָם בְּבֵית דִּין: הַמִּתְנַבֵּא מַה שֶּׁלֹּא שָׁמַע, כְּצִדְקִיָּה בֶן כְּנַעֲנָה; וּמַה שֶּׁלֹּא נֶאֱמַר לוֹ, כַּחֲנַנְיָה בֶן עַזּוּר, שֶׁהָיָה שׁוֹמֵעַ דְּבָרִים מִפִּי יִרְמְיָה שֶׁהָיָה מִתְנַבֵּא בַּשּׁוּק הָעֶלְיוֹן וְחוֹזֵר וּמִתְנַבֵּא בַּשּׁוּק הַתַּחְתּוֹן; וְהַמִּתְנַבֵּא בְּשֵׁם עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה וְאוֹמֵר: כָּךְ אָמְרָה עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה, אֲפִלּוּ כִּוֵּן אֶת הַהֲלָכָה לְטַמֵּא אֶת הַטָּמֵא וּלְטַהֵר אֶת הַטָּהוֹר!
Pisqa’ 177199H:202-203; JN2:55
1. “Now, as for the person who does not obey my words” (Dt.18:19)—
there are three
who are condemned to death
at the hands of Heaven:
[A prophet] who suppresses his prophetic message,
like Jonah b. Amitai (Jon.1:1-3);
one who adds his words to the words of a prophet,
like the companions of Micah (Jud.17:1ff.);
and a prophet who violates his own prophetic message,
like Ido200=T. San.14:15; cf. M. San. 11:5. (1Ki.13:11-19).
And there are three
who are condemned to death
at the hands of the court:
One who prophesies what he never heard,
like Zedekiah b. Chenaanah (1Ki.22:24-28);
one who said what was not said to him,
like Hananiah b. Azzur (Jer.28:1-17)—
who heard things from Jeremiah’s mouth
as Jeremiah delivered prophecy
in the Upper Market,
and Hananiah b. Azzur went and prophesied
in the Lower Market;201=T. San.14:14.
and one who prophesies in the name of a foreign cult,
saying: thus says [the god of] a foreign cult!
[And he is condemned to death by the court]—
even if his words confirm the [sages’] tradition
regarding what is unclean and what is clean.202=M. San. 11:6.