What is the difference between speaking a prophecy and speaking an oath?
The prophet relies on special insight to predict events yet to come, an impressive act of temporally reversed causation.
The honorable, too, speaks of events yet to come, but lacking foresight must rely on commitment to their word and ordinary series of events to see their claim come to pass.
Both are soothsayers. The prophet sees fortune yet to pass and proclaims. The honorable proclaims, then sees to it that said fortune comes to be.
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