Sentence examples for prophet of old from inspiring English sources

On that shining, hopeful day in 1993, Yitzhak Rabin stood on the White House lawn and spoke like a prophet of old when he said, "We are today giving peace a chance, and saying again to you, enough".

"And like the prophets of old, he stood at first almost alone".

But like the prophets of old, Mr. Trossi has had a vision: God in pinstripes.

"You can't do what the prophets of old did, which was to stand on the hills and the mountains and address people," he said.

Like the prophets of old, he was assailed for embarrassing the president, for choosing the wrong platform, and more.

Its implications are deeper, its claims greater than any which the Prophets of old were allowed to advance.

Like the prophets of old, they are calling on the Israeli people to reject the dangerous fallacy behind the Prime Minister's argument.

Today's prophets no longer wander the city streets with their messages, but whenever we use our voice in solidarity with others -- whether by talking to a neighbor, calling or writing to our Congressional leaders encouraging a friend to take action on Facebook or joining the 60,000 around the world as a "Global Citizen" -- we echo these prophets of old.

The apocalyptic writers saw themselves as taking over and carrying on the prophetic task, but they went beyond the prophets in their use of old mythological motifs.

He was a prophet, like Amos, Isaiah and Jeremiah of old, calling kings and plutocrats to account -- speaking truth to power.

They have heaps of old Moogs, Arps and Prophets kicking around over there.