In the prophetic literature, vision descriptions (which are not to be equated with ‘vision reports’) have certain temporal and deictic orientations. Temporally, they are either past, as the vision itself is presented as past from the speech time, or present, meaning that it is described as if were occurring before the prophet’s eyes at the speech time. The spatial orientation of the text is also affected in vision descriptions as the location is in the world of the vision. Identifying a text as a vision description offers a much more coherent and meaningful interpretation of the text and fosters a deeper understanding of the text’s significance in its literary context. To that end, this study identifies two linguistic expressions that function as vision signals, that is, they indicate that the text is describing a vision. This study fills gaps in the commentary literature on the relevant texts and the literature on prophetic visions.

在预言文学中，视觉描述（不等同于“视觉报告”）具有一定的时间和方向性取向。暂时地，它们要么过去了，因为视觉本身就从讲话时间开始呈现为过去，还是现在存在，这意味着它被描述为好像发生在讲话时先知的眼前。文本的空间方向也会在视觉描述中受到影响，因为位置在视觉世界中。将文本识别为视觉描述，可以对文本提供更加连贯和有意义的解释，并有助于加深对文本在文学语境中意义的理解。为此，本研究确定了两种语言表达，它们充当视觉信号，也就是说，它们表明文本在描述视觉。