The prophet is a fool, a man of spirit

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The prophet is a fool, a man of spirit

The prophet is a fool, a man of spirit

A saying expressing the people's contempt for a spiritual person or someone who reproves them.

("In the days of reckoning, in the days of payment, Israel will know: the prophet is a fool, a man of spirit, for the abundance of your sins and great resentment" - Hosea 9:7, and also: "Those dwarfs 'of many sides'...call after him 'The prophet is a fool, a man of spirit,' and with pride and contempt they will look" - Ehad HaAm / Kohen and Prophet)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֱוִיל הַנָּבִיא מְשֻׁגָּע אִישׁ הָרוּחַ

Definition (Hebrew)

פִּתְגָּם הַמַּבִּיעַ אֶת זִלְזוּל הָעָם בְּאִישׁ רוּחָנִי אוֹ בְּמִי שֶׁמּוֹכִיחַ אוֹתוֹ.

("בָּאוּ יְמֵי הַפְּקֻדָּה בָּאוּ יְמֵי הַשִּׁלֻּם יֵדְעוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֱוִיל הַנָּבִיא מְשֻׁגָּע אִישׁ הָרוּחַ עַל רֹב עֲוֹנְךָ וְרַבָּה מַשְׂטֵמָה"- הוֹשֵׁעַ ט ז, וְכֵן:"אוֹתָם הַגַּמָּדִים "מְרֻבֵּי הַצְּדָדִים"...קוֹרְאִים אַחֲרָיו "אֱוִיל הַנָּבִיא מְשֻׁגָּע אִישׁ הָרוּחַ, וּבְגַאֲוָה וּבוּז יַבִּיטוּ"-אֶחָד הָעָם / כֹּהֵן וְנָבִיא)

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