But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded; and he went out before the army that came to Samaria, and said to them: "Look, because the LORD God of your fathers was angry with Judah, He has delivered them into your hand; but you have killed them in a rage that reaches up to heaven.—2 Chronicles 28:9
This is the only mention of the prophet Oded that I could find but I bet the people of Judah and Jerusalem thanked God for his ministry and his courage to speak for them. Amazingly, the Israelites complied with the prophet’s warning. (Vs 12-15)
For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?"—Esther 4:14
Open your mouth, judge righteously,
And plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Open your mouth for the speechless,
In the cause of all who are appointed to die.fn
9 Open your mouth, judge righteously,
And plead the cause of the poor and needy.—Proverbs 31:8-9
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