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==Prophetic Speech Formulas==
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In ''Prophecy in Early Christianity and the Ancient Mediterranean World'', biblical scholar David E. Aune sets forth the various formulaic expressions that characterize prophetic speech in the Old Testament.18 Often employed at the beginning of a prophetic speech, prophecy, or reve-lation, these expressions serve to formally introduce vital, sacred utterances and to announce that the Lord is the source behind them. The Book of Mormon prophets used the same formulas in their prophetic discourse. The formulas are as follows:

* ''The messenger formula''—"Thus saith the Lord . . ." (e.g., {{b||Amos|1:3,6}}). The purpose of the expression, found thirty-nine times in the Book of Mormon (e.g., {{s|1|Nephi|20|17}}; {{s||Mosiah|3|24}}; {{s||Alma|8|17}}), is to indicate the origin of the revelation. The revelation is directed to the messenger (i.e., a prophet) from the Lord himself.

* ''The proclamation formula''—"Hear the word of the Lord . . ." (e.g., {{b|1|Kings|22|19}}; {{b||Amos|7|16}}; {{b||Isaiah|49|1}}). The declaration is an emphatic summons to hear God's word. Book of Mormon instances of this formula include "hearken to the word of the Lord" ({{s||Jacob|2|27}}), "hear the words of Jesus" ({{s|3|Nephi|30|1}}), and "hearken unto the words which the Lord saith" ({{s||Helaman|13|21}}).

* ''The oath formula''—"The Lord God hath sworn . . ." (e.g., {{b||Amos|4|2}}; {{bv||Amos|8|7}}) or "as the Lord liveth" (e.g., {{b||Judges|8|19}}; {{b||Ruth|3|13}}). This formula presents an oath. The phrase As the Lord liveth is found in {{s|1|Nephi|3|15}} and {{sv|1|Nephi|4|32}} and elsewhere in the Book of Mormon.

* ''The revelation formula''—"The word of the Lord came to . . ." (e.g., {{b|1|Samuel|15|10}}; {{b||Zechariah|7|1}}). This expression indicates the origin of the message and the authority of the speaker. Of the Lamanite prophet Samuel, the Book of Mormon states, "Behold, the voice of the Lord came unto him" ({{s||Helaman|13|3}}; see also vv. {{sv||Helaman|13|5,7}}; {{s||Jacob|2|11}}; {{s||Alma|43|24}}).

* ''The woe oracle''—"Woe unto . . ." (e.g., {{b||Isaiah|5|8,11,20}}; {{b||Habakkuk|2|9,12,15}}). Approximately forty examples of this formula are found in the Book of Mormon (e.g., {{s|1|Nephi|1|13}}; {{s|2|Nephi|9|27}}; {{sv|2|Nephi|15|21}}). Often part of a judgment speech, it is used to pronounce anguish and distress upon a person or group of people.

It is not by chance that the Book of Mormon contains these formulas, and a writer who wished to imitate the Bible would likely have overlooked them, employed them in improper contexts, or failed to integrate them into the text in a natural manner.<ref>{{Book:Parry Peterson Welch:Echoes and Evidences of the Book of Mormon|pages=[http://publications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1082&index=7 Chapter 7], {{sofr}}|author=Donald W. Parry|article=Hebraisms and Other Ancient Peculiarities in the Book of Mormon}}</ref></blockquote></onlyinclude>

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