On the other hand, in the days of King Jehoiakim, Urijah the son of Shemaiah was so overcome with fear that he abandoned his service as a prophet of Jehovah and fled the country, only to be seized and killed anyway. ​ — Jeremiah 26: 20 - 23.
लेकिन प्रेरितों को आध्यात्मिक संतुलन फिर से प्राप्त करने के लिए मदद दी गयी ।