Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets; I killed them with the words of my mouth. Your judgments are like a flash of lightning.
"By the words of my mouth ..."  Note the power attributed here to the Word of God. As Myers said, "The Word of God had within it the power to carry out the intention of the Creator."[12]  "The oracles not only inform, but inaugurate and execute the judgment of which they tell."[13]