Kai Winn makes a huge statement in this episode: One that speaks directly to her lack of qualification to actually be the Kai of The Bajora: she has never spoken to The Prophets.
In the first episode where we meet this Bajoran version of a television evangelist, "In the hands of The Prophets", she claims visions from the "Orb" justify her persecution of Keiko O'Brien.
We can now officially ascribe this as a LIE.
She has never seen nor spoken to The Prophets, and in this episode that continues: they basically ignore her completely.
Lies from religious figureheads is certainly nothing new, it is something that we see on this planet constantly especially with the so-called spiritual advisor in the "orange" house (in 2019). A verse from Jeremiah comes to mind:
Jeremiah 23:21
I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
And Kai Winn embodies this type of hypocrisy where people dare claim to be speaking for a God that does not speak to them. Jeremiah was not the only one who spoke against this kind of hypocrisy, it is all through the Old Testament. And the New Testament.
This episode reveals some of the religious aspects of The Bajoran Religion, also the topic of prophecy. Who are we to say what something actually means? And The Sisko, who had a direct line to The Prophets and spoke to them constantly, doesn't really understand until the last minute what The Prophets were actually saying.
The Bajorans are either going to be destroyed, or they will eat fruit.
Kai Winn interferes with The Prophets, once again.
Of Course, there are going to be some residents of Reddit to come here to IMDb Who are going to start babbling on about filler episodes. In deep space nine, there was no such thing, and one of the aspects of this episode becomes an important figure in the final episode of this season and also of the final season: Kosst Amojan/Amoran: The prophet that was kicked out of the celestial temple.