'By the Prophets' in the Bible

So I have cut them down by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth. And your judgments were as the light that goes forth.

I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions and have used parables by the hand of the prophets.

And he came and lived in a city called Nazareth, so that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, "He shall be called a Nazarene."

And He took the Twelve and said to them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be accomplished.

God, who at many times and in many ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets,