Max Weber on Prophet

“It is characteristic of the prophets that they do not receive their mission from any human agency, but seize it.”

“The prophets ... hurled their "woe be unto you" against those who oppressed and enslaved the poor, those who joined field to field, and those who deflected justice by bribes. These were the typical actions leading to class stratification everywhere in the ancient world, and were everywhere intensified by the development of the city-state (polis).”