PROPHETS · o Jeremiah – “Ah, Lord, I do not know how to speak. I am too young!” (Jer 1) o...

PROPHETS (Isaiah to Malachi)

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Lamentations

Baruch

Ezekiel

Daniel

Hosea

Joel

Amos

Obadiah

Jonah

Micah

Nahum

Habakkuk

Zephaniah

Haggai

Zechariah

Malachi

Place your Prophets bookmark on the last page of the book of Malachi (the last page of the Old Testament).

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The Prophets were not concerned with foretelling the future.

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Rather, their purpose was to call the People of Israel to return to their past faithfulness to God or else face serious consequences.

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And when the People of Israel found themselves in Exile, the Prophets held out hope for the future.

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For Christians, the highlight of the Prophets section is the promise of a Savior.

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HIGHLIGHTS:

Major Prophets o Isaiah – “The virgin shall be with child and will give birth to a son and will call him Emmanuel, which means ‘God is with us.’” (Is 7)

o Jeremiah – “Ah, Lord, I do not know how to speak. I am too young!” (Jer 1) o Ezekiel – “I will sprinkle clean water on you and you will be clean.” (Ez 36) o Daniel – in the Lion’s Den (Dn 6)

Minor Prophets o Hosea – “When Israel was a child, I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.” (Hos 11)

o Joel – “Yet, even now, return to me with your whole heart.” (Jl 2) o Amos – “Let justice flow like a river and righteousness like an ever flowing stream.” (Am 5)

o Jonah – swallowed by the whale (Jon 1)