And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face.
Even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city - i:e, to pronounce God's word for its destruction: so completely did the prophets identify themselves with Him in whose name they spake.