23 Bible Verses about Oracles

Balaam answered: I am here now. But now, what power do I have? I can say only what God tells me to say.

Balaam answered Balak's servants: Even if Balak gave me his palace filled with silver and gold, I could not disobey the command of Jehovah my God no matter whether the request was important or not. Now, please stay here tonight, as the others did, and I will find out what else Jehovah may have to tell me.

Balak responded to Balaam: What have you done to me? I brought you here to curse my enemies, but all you have done is bless them! Balaam answered: I must say what Jehovah tells me to say.

Balaam replied to Balak: Did I not tell the messengers whom you sent to me: Even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything contrary to the command of Jehovah either good or bad, of my own accord. What Jehovah speaks, that I will speak!

There he saw the people of Israel camped tribe by tribe. The Spirit of God took control of him. He uttered this prophecy: The message of Balaam son of Beor. These are the words of the man who can see clearly. The oracle of him who hears the words of God and who sees the vision of the Almighty. Falling down, yet having his eyes open.

Then Balaam said to Balak: Stand here by your burnt offering. I will go to see whether or not Jehovah will meet me. I will tell you what he reveals to me. So he went alone to the top of a hill. God met him and Balaam said to God: I have built the seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each. Jehovah told Balaam: Go back to Balak and give him my message.

He began his discourse by saying: The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor. The oracle of the man, whose eye is opened, The oracle of him who hears the words of God, knows the knowledge of the Most High, and sees the vision of the Almighty. Falling down, yet having his eyes uncovered.

He went back to Balak and found him standing beside his burnt offering with all the princes of Moab. Balaam delivered this message: Balak brought me from Aram. The king of Moab summoned me from the eastern mountains. Come and curse Jacob for me, he said. 'Come and condemn Israel. How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I condemn those whom Jehovah has not condemned?read more.
I see them from the top of rocky cliffs. I look at them from the hills. I see a nation that lives by itself! These are people who do not consider themselves to be like other nations. The descendants of Jacob are like specks of dust. Who can count them or number even one-fourth of the people of Israel? Let me die the death of innocent people. Let my end be like theirs.'

Balaam uttered this prophecy: Come, Balak son of Zippor, and listen to what I have to say. God is a not man that he should lie. He is not a son of man who changes his mind. Does he ever promise and not fulfill? Does he ever speak and not act? I have been instructed to bless. And when God blesses, I cannot call it back.read more.
He has not observed wickedness in Jacob. Nor has he seen trouble in Israel! Jehovah his God is with him and the shout of a king is among them. God brings them out of Egypt. He is for them like the horns of the wild bull. For there is omen (spell) against Jacob, Nor is there any divination against Israel. At the proper time it will be said to Jacob and Israel: What God has done! Behold, the nation of Israel! It is like a mighty lion: It will rise and not lie down again until it has torn and devoured it's pray. It will drink the blood of those it has killed.

There he saw the people of Israel camped tribe by tribe. The Spirit of God took control of him. He uttered this prophecy: The message of Balaam son of Beor. These are the words of the man who can see clearly. The oracle of him who hears the words of God and who sees the vision of the Almighty. Falling down, yet having his eyes open.read more.
How good are your tents, O Jacob, Your dwellings, O Israel! They are like valleys that stretch out, like gardens beside the river, like aloes planted by Jehovah, like cedars beside the waters. Water will flow from his buckets and his seed will be by many waters. His king shall be higher than Agag. And his kingdom shall be exalted. God brings him out of Egypt. He is for him like the horns of the wild bull. He will devour the nations who are his adversaries. He will crush their bones in pieces and shatter them with his arrows. He bows down and he lies down like a lion. Like a lion, who dares rouse him? Blessed is everyone who blesses you! Cursed is everyone who curses you!

This is Jehovah's (YHWH) Word, a divine revelation to Israel through His Messenger, Malachi:

The pronouncement Isaiah the son of Amoz saw in vision.

This message was proclaimed in the year that King Ahaz died:

Like a whirlwind sweeping across the desert, disaster will come from a terrifying land. I have seen a vision of cruel events, a vision of betrayal and destruction. Army of Elam, attack! Army of Media, lay siege to the cities! God will put an end to the suffering that Babylon has caused. What I saw and heard in the vision has filled me with terror and pain. My hips are full of pain and convulsions like that of a woman in labor.read more.
My innermost being reels, horror overwhelms me. The twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling. They set the table, they spread out the cloth, they eat, they drink; Rise up, captains, oil the shields, For this is what Jehovah says to me: Go, station the lookout, and let him report what he sees. When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs, a train of donkeys, a train of camels, Let him pay close attention, very close attention. The watchman called out from the tower: Sir, I stand on the watchtower every day. Every night, I stand guard at my post. Look! Here come chariots and horsemen in pairs. Then he said: 'Babylon has fallen! She has fallen! All the idols they worship lie shattered on the ground.' You, my people, have been threshed and winnowed. I make known to you what I heard from Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel. This is the divine REVELATION ABOUT EDOM. He calls to me from Seir: Watchman, what of the night? How much of the night is left? Watchman, what of the night? The watchman replies: Morning is coming, but also the night. If you would ask, then ask; and come back yet again. You caravans of Dedanites, who camp in the thickets of Arabia, bring water for the thirsty. You who live in Tema, bring food for the fugitives. They flee from the sword, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow and from the heat of battle. This is what Jehovah says to me: Within one year, as a servant bound by contract would count it, all the pomp of Kedar will come to an end. The survivors of the bowmen, the warriors of Kedar, will be few. Jehovah, the God of Israel, has spoken!

THE PROPHESY ABOUT THE BEASTS OF THE NEGEV (southern land): The Negev is a land of distress and anguish. Lions and lionesses live there. Vipers and poisonous snakes live there. They carry their riches on the backs of young donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels to a nation that cannot help them. Egypt's help is completely useless. That is why I call her: Rahab, who sits still. (defamatory word for Egypt) (negative connotation) Write this on a tablet for them, and inscribe it in a book so that it will be there in the future as a permanent witness.read more.
These people are rebellious and deceitful children. They refuse to listen to Jehovah's Law. They say to the seers: Do not see the future. They say to those who have visions: 'Do not have visions that tell us what is right. Tell us what we want to hear. Prophesy illusions. Get out of our way! Stop blocking our path! Get the Holy One of Israel out of our sight.'

I did what I was ordered to do. During the day I brought out bags as if I were going into exile. In the evening I dug a hole through the wall. I brought out my bags in the dark. I let the people see me as I carried my bags on my shoulders. The next morning Jehovah spoke his word to me, He said: Son of man, did the rebellious nation of Israel ask you what you were doing?read more.
Tell them: This is what the Lord Jehovah says: 'This is the divine revelation about the prince from Jerusalem and about all the people of Israel who live there.' Tell them: 'I am your warning sign. What I have done will happen to you. You will go into exile and into captivity.

The oracle of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:

The visions your prophets have seen for you are false and foolish! They have not made you fully aware of your sin so your fate might be changed. They have seen for you false words, driving you away.

Jehovah said to me: Jeremiah, when one of my people or a prophet or a priest asks you, what is Jehovah's message? You are to say: 'You are a burden to Jehovah, and he is going to get rid of you.' If any of my people or a prophet or a priest even uses the words: 'Jehovah's infallable utterance,' I will punish them and their families. Each one of you should ask your friends and your relatives: What answer has Jehovah given? What has Jehovah said?read more.
So you must no longer use the words: 'Jehovah's infallable utterance,' because if any of you do, I will make my message a real utterance to you. The people have perverted the words of their God, the living God, the Lord Jehovah. Jeremiah, ask the prophets: 'What answer did Jehovah give you? What did Jehovah say?' If you disobey my command and use the words: 'Jehovah's utterance,' then hear this. I will certainly pick you up and throw you far away from me, both you and the city that I gave to you and your ancestors. I will bring on you everlasting shame and disgrace that will never be forgotten.'

The king speaks divine words. He does not transgress justice.

([Psalm of David]) Sin speaks to the ungodly deep within his heart. There is no reverence for God before his eyes.

These are the last words of David: Here is the declaration by David, son of Jesse. The declaration by the man whom God raised up, whom the God of Jacob anointed, the singer of Israel's psalms: The Spirit of Jehovah spoke through me. His word was on my tongue. The God of Israel has spoken. The protector of Israel said to me: 'The king who rules with justice, who rules in obedience to God.read more.
He is like the sun shining on a cloudless day. The sun that makes the grass sparkle after rain.