The Prophets
Jeremiah (626-586 B.C.) "yeremi yauw" (Yaweh will lift up).
Prophesied to Judah and against the surrounding nations. He
emphasized the folly of idolatry as God pleaded with His
people. He continually warned that Jerusalem would be
captured and the inhabitants would be exiled to Babylon. He
also prophesied against the pagan nations around (Jer ...
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Malachi (450-400 B.C.) "malachi" (My messenger).
A prophet who lived in the fifth century B.C. By this
time the Jews had become disillusioned and apathetic.
Things were not as good as they had hoped. Drought and
crop failures along with opposition from various enemies
had made life difficult. They were neglecting the things
of God and offeri...
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Nahum (630-610 B.C.) "nahum" (compassionate).
Nahum`s main message was the destruction of Nineveh as a
judgement on the Assyrians for their cruel treatment of
other nations. He revealed much about the majesty and
goodness of God as well as God`s anger and wrath. Nah 1:7
The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and
He knows those ...
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Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi were the prophets of the
Persian Period....
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Jonah (790-770 B.C.) "yonah" (dove).
Sent to warn the inhabitants of Nineveh (Capital of
Assyria) of God`s Judgement. Jonah fled his call because it
was the Assyrians who were destroying the Jews. As he was
escaping on a ship bound for Tarshish a great storm arose.
The sailors discovered that this tempest came on account of
Jonah so they thre...
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Joel (790-770 B.C.) "yo el" (Yaweh is God).
Joel prophesied during a devastating plague of locusts that
was unparalleled in history. He warned all of the
inhabitants of the land of Israel of devastation which
would sweep across the land in the days soon to come. He
called for a season of fasting, mourning, and repentance.
Joel seized upon th...
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Amos (780-740 B.C.) "amos" (burden).
Amos was born in Judah but prophesied in Israel during the
reign of Jeroboam II. He condemned Israel`s neighboring
countries for their cruelty, but mostly Israel for breaking
God`s laws. He prophesied at Bethel which became the center
of idol worship and the residence of king Jeroboam II. He
warned that t...
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Hosea (760-720 B.C.) "hoshea" (deliverer)
Israel`s continued unfaithfulness is dramatically
illustrated in brokenhearted Hosea`s relationship with his
unfaithful wife. God`s love is also illustrated in Hosea`s
willingness to buy back his wife after her harlotry had led
her to be sold at the slave block. In the years leading up
to the fall of ...
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Isaiah (745-695 B.C.) "yesha yahu" (Yaweh is salvation).
Isaiah lived in Jerusalem at the time Judah was threatened
by the Assyrians. He warned Jerusalem about idolatry and
foreign alliances, although he was usually scoffed at. He
spoke about the miraculous deliverance of Jerusalem from
the Assyrians. He also spoke of the destruction and
cap...
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Micah (740-700 B.C.) "mika yahu" (who is like Yaweh).
Warned of the Assyrian and Babylonian invasions and
predicted the fall of both Samaria and Jerusalem, the
capital cities of both the northern and southern kingdoms.
It is set forth in the form of a lawsuit by God with Micah
as the prosecuting attorney and the mountains and hills
(places o...
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