It is actually neither of the two suggestions.
'Prophecies' are man made and man-fullfilled.
Prophecy is probably the least spectacular of the bible gimmicks because they are completely impossible to support.
I can state quite confidently that there has not been a single 'prophecy' in the entire Bible that has been fulfilled.
Look at a couple of 'prophecies' and you can see how inane the concept is, and how totally blown out of reality it is.
First, look at the prophecy about a Davidic dynasty. There will always be a son of David on the throne of Israel. So, how is this a wonderful prophecy when we consider that anyone subsequent to David HAS to be a son of his or they wouldn't be considered for the throne! It is a self fulfilling prophecy. God says there's always going to be a son of David on the throne, thus, anyone who isn't descended form David isn't considered!
Here's another one, a bit closer to the modern day world.
How many Christians wet themselves when they see 'Israel back in the promised land'?
Forget for a minute that they actually aren't, but they forget that it was humans who worked their asses off to force Palestinians out of 'Israel' to help this little 'prophecy' along.
Christians were becoming bored with Jesus' time keeping and wanted to help the 'prophecy' along a little. It is nothing to do with God, prophecy is nothing other than self fulfilling.
Brian.