Woe oracles

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Woe oracles are prophetic pronouncements of judgment and impending disaster, typically found in biblical texts as warnings against injustice, idolatry, and moral corruption.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Oracles of judgment 1
Oracles of salvation 1
Woe oracles canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical literary form
judgment oracle
prophetic genre
address covenant unfaithfulness
idolatry
injustice
moral corruption
religious hypocrisy
social oppression
aimTo call to repentance
warn of consequences
areAssociatedWith covenant lawsuit form
prophetic rhetoric
areFoundIn Book of Amos
Book of Ezekiel
Book of Habakkuk
Book of Isaiah
Book of Jeremiah
Book of Micah
Book of Nahum
Book of Revelation
Book of Zephaniah
Gospel of Luke
Gospel of Matthew
Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

New Testament
Old Testament
prophetic books
areUsedBy Jesus of Nazareth
linked to: Jesus

Old Testament prophets
linked to: Prophets
communicate divine displeasure
impending punishment
functionAs pronouncements of judgment
warnings of impending disaster
haveTypicalIntroductoryWord woe
literaryFunction moral critique
theological warning
oftenDirectedToward Israel
Judah
false prophets
foreign nations
leaders
scribes and Pharisees
the wealthy oppressors
oftenInclude announcement of specific judgments
curses
description of sins
originalLanguageTerm Greek ouai
Hebrew hoy

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Book of Isaiah contains Oracles of judgment
linked to: Woe oracles
Book of Isaiah contains Oracles of salvation
linked to: Woe oracles
Book of Amos contains Woe oracles