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The prophets
The prophets spoke God's word to kings, nations and ordinary people, usually when no one wanted to hear it. They called Israel back to God, warned of judgment, and promised a future King and a new covenant. Many of them paid a real price for saying it.
Elijah
The Challenger
Called down fire one day, asked to die the next.
Elisha
The Helper
Left the plow, took the cloak, and brought God's help to ordinary homes.
Amos
The Challenger
A shepherd and fig farmer sent north to tell the rich that God sees the poor.
Hosea
The Helper
A prophet told to love an unfaithful wife, so Israel could see how God loves them.
Gomer
A woman who left her husband, and was bought back and loved again.
Jonah
The Reformer
Ran from God's mercy, then sulked when he saw it.
Isaiah
The Reformer
Saw the King, felt undone, and said send me.
Micah
A country prophet who named Bethlehem as the birthplace of a coming ruler.
Habakkuk
The Loyalist
A prophet who asked God how long, climbed his watchtower, and waited for an answer.
Zephaniah
A prophet of royal blood who warned of the day of the LORD, then said God would sing over his people.
Nahum
A prophet who announced the fall of Nineveh, and called it good news for everyone it had crushed.
Jeremiah
The Individualist
Told the truth for forty years and wept the whole time.
Exile
Baruch
The Loyalist
A scribe who wrote down Jeremiah's words, watched the king burn them, and wrote them all again.
Obadiah
A prophet known only by name, who warned proud Edom for gloating over Jerusalem's fall.
Exile
Joel
A prophet who saw locusts strip the land, and promised God would pour out his Spirit.
Haggai
A prophet with four short messages who got a stalled people building again.
Exile
Zechariah
A young prophet whose night visions told a discouraged people that their king was coming.
Exile
Malachi
The last prophetic voice before four hundred years of silence, promising a messenger.
Exile