People can be offended by prophets. Prophets can rub people the wrong way. Some people hate truth. They don’t like what prophets say. Remember, Jesus offended the people in His hometown. He offended the Pharisees and the religious leaders of His day. He did not “butter them up,” but He spoke the truth.

If you don’t want to offend anyone, you cannot be a prophet.

And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house.”
-MATTHEW 13:57

Then His disciples came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended after they heard this saying?”
-MATTHEW 15:12

J. Eckhardt - "The Prophet's Manual"