If the reader is looking for a change of pace, it can always be found, shifting from the psalms, to the apocalyptic visions of Daniel, the spiritual journey of Job, the pithy proverbs, the novella of Joseph and his brothers, the diverse prophecies, lamentations, the farcical Esther, the Song of Songs, the (quite different) Song of Deborah, the tales of Samson, et cetera, etc.
The pact, he said, enhanced the euro's permanence "contrary to all the negative prophecies".
The specter of deflation has spread from their prophecies to the public square.
Of course no one can be expected to make correct prophecies all the time.
However, Israel now seems to have noticed the danger that its prophecies might become self-fulfilling.
It is that they actively try to fulfil their own apocalyptic prophecies in the hope of speeding up Christ's return.
Unmindful of such dark prophecies, the state government has moved determinedly ahead inviting bids to construct the second part of the freeway.
More alarming may be the self-fulfilling prophecies that this skepticism cultivates.
Astrologers, who use dates and times and the movement of the planets to make their prophecies, are especially annoyed.
And, the authors point out, there is the possibility of self-fulfilling prophecies.
The conversations were marked by phrases like "Internet time" and "customer-centric, " but fascinating as they were, no single peril emerged as the next Y2K. Instead, the experts veered from wild blue-sky prophecies to practical predictions of a more granular nature.
This being gold, the resurgence has brought forth all manner of alarming prophecies.
To that extent, ministers deserve some sympathy for having bowed to the fears of the security advisers who constantly bend their ears with prophecies of doom.
The problem is that many of these prejudices start to act as self-fulfilling prophecies.
Though the book is still packed with prescience, most of it reads 13 years later like a litany of gimmicky prophecies.
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