Prophets hear from God in the secret of the soul and are called to proclaim from rooftops the truths they receive through no reason or knowledge based on evidence. It leads to death and martyrdom, the greatest suffering and being regarded as lunacy. God judges without the medium of evidence, for that would be petty for our Almighty Father and unreasonable and a contradiction to his nature as all-seeing. This is the effect of the prophet, to deliver God’s judgement to the people, but to be killed nevertheless.