herald vs prophesy

herald

verb
  • To proclaim or announce an event. 

  • To greet something with excitement; to hail. 

noun
  • A harbinger, giving signs of things to come. 

  • A handbill consisting of an advertisement. 

  • An official whose speciality is heraldry, especially one between the ranks of pursuivant and king-of-arms. 

  • A messenger, especially one bringing important news. 

  • A moth of the species Scoliopteryx libatrix. 

prophesy

verb
  • To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure. 

  • To speak out on the Bible as an expression of holy inspiration; to preach. 

  • To predict, to foretell (with or without divine inspiration). 

  • To speak or write with divine inspiration; to act as prophet. 

How often have the words herald and prophesy occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )