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Some important individuals are called “blank”, intermediaries between God and the community who are called to proc laim the Word of God. They are men of God and indicate-at a given time in the history of the Chosen People-the path that God wants for Israel
“Prophets”
MAJOR PROPHETS
Isaiah (Is)
Jeremiah (Jer)
Lamentations (Lam)
Baruch (Bar)
Ezekiel (Ez)
Daniel (Dn)
MINOR PROPHETS
Hosea (Hos)
Joel (Jl)
Amos (Am)
Obadiah (Ob)
Jonah (Jon)
Micah (Mi)
Nahum (Na)
Habakkuk (Hb)
Zephaniah (Zep)
Haggai (Hg)
Zechariah (Zec)
Malachi (Mal)
One of the greatest writers in the Bible, Isaiah proclaims the need for the Chosen People to have faith. He constantly calls his people back to a reliance on God’s promises and away from vain attempts to find security in human plans and intrigues. The vision also leads him to insist on the ethical behavior that is required of human beings who wish to live in the presence of such a holy God.
- 66 Chapters
Isaiah (Is)
The terms “blank” and “blank” refer merely to the length of the respective compositions and not to any distinction in the prophetic office.
“major” and “minor”
This book includes the four Songs of the Servant of the Lord, applied to Christ throughout Christian tradition.
- 66 Chapters
- Isaiah 42:1-9
- Isaiah 49:1-7
- Isaiah 50:4-9
- Isaiah 52:13-53:12
- 66 Chapters
A harsh messenger for penance, Jeremiah predicted the divine castigation of Israel and witnessed the destruction of the holy city of Jerusalem. Arrest, imprisonment, and public disgrace were his lot. In the nation’s apostasy Jeremiah saw the sealing of its doom. He gave voice to the suffering and the hope of the Chosen People.
- 52 Chapters
Jeremiah (Jer)
This book, set during the exile in Babylon, attempts to explain the trauma of the exile in terms of a cycle of sin, punishment, repentance, and return. The prayer of the exiles is a confession of sin and a request for mercy. Following a hymn in praise of Wisdom, a poetic text offers encouragement to the exiles in view of their eventual return. The book concludes with a polemic against idolatry.
- 6 Chapters
Baruch (Bar)
is a collection of five poems that serve as an anguished response to the destruction of Jerusalem in 587 BC, after a long siege by the invading Babylonian army. With its unsparing focus on destruction, pain, and suffering, the book serves an invaluable function as part of Scripture, witnessing to a biblical faith determined to express honestly the harsh realities of a violent world and providing contemporary readers with the language to do the same.
Lamentations (Lam)
- 5 Chapters
After Ezekiel was sent into exile, his first prophetic task was to prepare his fellow countrymen in Babylon for the final destruction of Jerusalem. Accordingly, the first part of the book reproaches Israel for past and present sins and predicts further devastation and a more general exile. After the destruction, Ezekiel’s prophecy is characterized by the promise of salvation in a New Covenant.
Ezekiel (Ez)
