It needs to be emphasized that the Prophet Jeremiah, actually, made very few "prediction-prophecies," one of them being a warning about "a foe from the north," as well as the length of time for the exile in Babylonian captivity. Of course, even a moment's reflection on what the role of prophecy-predictions could be, would reveal immediately that, "God would not put a prophet on earth, solely and entirely for the purpose of making predictions" Putting a prophet on earth to simply make predictions would be, on the face of it, incredibly stupid.
From studying prophecy which focused on Jeremiah, my conclusion is that an appropriate analogy for prophecy might be a metaphor to horse drawing a cart or wagon filled with goods. In this metaphor the prophecy-prediction part "energizes" the prophecy. In the Old Testament the books of the prophets all include in one fashion or another the story or "narrative" of the prophet - what actions the prophets took and the prophetic 'displays especially relative to authority. A relatively new school of thought in psychology is Narrative Psychology. Studies show that early in childhood people learn to tell stories or narratives in communicating with others, and further, studies found that narratives are natural aspect of providing 'structure' for people and shaping the 'orientation' for an individual. In this metaphor the narrative would be the cart containing the goods. Finally, the "message" or "meaning" - usually the word of God - would be the goods being transported in the cart.
In view of the history Judaism, it would seem evident that prophecy did in fact shape human consciousness, collective consciousness, or state of mind - which in turn determines the general "orientation" or purpose and direction of 'the people.' The 'state of mind' or esprit de corps of the marines, for instance, in fighting at the battle of "Chosin Reservoir" in the Korean War when they were outnumbered ten to one, was vital for their survival. In fact, it could easily be argued that the Old Testament Prophets were responding to perceptions of threats to the group in that they all, one way or another, addressed 'deficiencies' in the 'state of mind' of the Jewish people - which, one way or the other, was vital to Jewish well-being and survival. On top of that prophecy which in that day and age was definitely a psychological weapon, was frequently used, as I see it as a way to intimidate enemies - and strengthen the Jewish esprit de corps.
Many 'Christians' seem to think somehow that 'prophecy' is dead. However, when you take prophecy as a function to shape human consciousness and provide 'orientation' it is clear that psychologists and social scientists in contemporary society, in that they are authorities on the human mind, human consciousness, and ways of thinking definitely shape human consciousness. In that sense, then psychologists are, in fact, prophets and what they write is 'prophecy' in one form or anther.
False Prophets:
Furthermore, while most Christians ignore psychology for all practical purposes, some psychologists, like Freud and Maslow, are, in truth, false prophets. First both Freud and Maslow, as the postivists point out, are entirely based on interpretation and anecdotal information. As such, Freud and Maslow's theories are complete "fabrications" that clearly distort the truth of human consciousness. In Freud's case, Freud used the Oedipal Complex as a foundation for his theory of religion. Though Freud hijacks the meaning as a son's instinctual urge to overthrow his father and sexual attraction to his mother, on the face of it, the Oedipal Complex is a story of a son who murders his father and fornicates with his mother. Has a psychic researcher published anything even remotely like that it would immediately have been publicly declared as a "Hoax."Even though it never had any place in a book of "science", every Psychology of Religion book I have seen still includes some discussion of Freud. Here is a link to The Demons of Freud: https://www.spirittruthandmeaning.com/demons-freud
Here is a link to a Refutation of Maslow: https://www.spirittruthandmeaning.com/refutation-of-maslow
Ironically - I, personally, have not seen The Synthesis of Frankl, Jung, James and Durkheim who have a consensus that spirit and spiritual processes create meaning and a sense of reality, and, in the end, reality and Truth itself. Nor have I seen the argument of Durkheim that religious beliefs and spiritual beliefs create norms, particularly in the form of creating social ideals such as compassion, justice, equality, and so forth. The bottom line, theologically is that the "shepherds" were supposed to guard against the false prophets and historically, it seems most Christian leaders did the reverse - rolled out the red carpet for them. The "good" psychologists are the ones who integrate "spirit" into their psychologies like Viktor Frankl, Carl Jung, William James, and many contemporary existential and positive psychologists.