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Prophet Definition

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Spokesperson for God, Hebrew word: Navi

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What is the job of a prophet?

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Accusation of covenant violations, call to repentance, proclaim coming of the Lord.

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Why aren’t profits fortunetellers?

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Fortune tellers can only predict the future, whereas profits know the future.

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Minor prophet definition

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Shorter Read (30 min)

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Major profit definition

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Long read (weeks)

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What are the five themes of a prophet?

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Enforcing + applying mosaic law, God‘s external covenant, inclusion of all nations, exile + restoration, and necessity of a messiah.

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Where was the story of Elijah and Elisha in?

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The northern kingdom (9th century BCE)

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Who was king when Elijah and Elisha were profits?

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Ahab + his wife Jezebel

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Why didn’t profits like rulers?

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They didn’t support YHWH

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What was the main thing Elijah did?

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Challenged ba’al on behalf of God

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What are the themes of Elijah and Elisha

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Monotheism, noise + drama, sanctity of Israel, and confrontation of monarchy.

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What does the name Elijah mean?

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My God is YHWH

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What was Elijah referred to as? (Hint-foreigner)

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Tishbite-stranger

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How many prophets did Elijah challenge to see what God was real?

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450

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Both believers of God and Ba’al build altars, but whose answers with fire?

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Elijah’s (Gods Altar)

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What does Elijah do after his altar lights on fire?

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He kills all 450 prophets

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How did Elijah keep a widow and her son alive?

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With flour + oil

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When the widow son dies, what does Elijah do?

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Raises him from the dead. (Set in zarephath)

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Where does Elijah flea after conflict with Ahab?

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Mount horeb/Sinai where he is present in peace/silence

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How does Elijah die?

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Him and Alicia go to the Jordan river, he takes off his mantel, smacks the river, and parts of it. A whirlwind of fire takes him to heaven, and Alicia gets 2x of his spirit.

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What do Jews await his Return of?

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Herald of the messiah.

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What do Jews await his Return of?

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Herald of the messiah.

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What does the name Elisha mean?

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God is my salvation- called by ELIJAH

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How is authority transferred from Elijah to Elisha?

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When the elisha parts the river.

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What are Elishas healing abilities

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Healing a leper (naaman) + raising a boy from the dead.

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What does the name Amos mean?

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Carried by god?

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If elisha + Elijah were an allegory, who would be who?

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Elijah- John the Baptist Elisha- Jesus

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Where and when does the story of Amos take place?

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Near border of Israel/Judah in 8th century BCE

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Was Amos and Minor or Major prophet?

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Minor

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What are the themes of Amos?

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Wealthy worshiping and neglecting the poor + injustice.

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What is righteousness?

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(Tzedakah) right, equitable relationships with people not matter status.

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What is Justice/

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(Mishpat) take combat justice+create righteusness

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What did the Israelites lack?

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Righteousness + they rejected God

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34
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Who is ruling isreal in the book of Amos?

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Jeroboam ll

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What is the day of the Lord?

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Day when god will punish enemies. Proper worship of God is how you do good.

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PEAK AMOS QUOTE!!

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Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like any ever flowing stream.

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What must be fulfilled in order to worship god correctly?

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The commandments!

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38
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How does Amos end? (Positive/negative)

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on a POSITIVE note.

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39
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What does the name Hosea mean?

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Salvation

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Where does Hosea take place?

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Northern kingdom, ministry 750 BCE

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Who is king during Hosea

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Jeroboam ll

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Who is gomer?

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Hosea wife described as a prostitute.

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Who are Gomer + hoseas kids?

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Jezreel, lo-Rohamah, and lo-ammi

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When does the ministry end?

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Before fall of Samaria (721 BCE)

45
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Hosea/God allegory

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Hosea=god gomer=isreal gomer isn’t faithful to Hosea=isreal not faithful to god.

46
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What Dow god want with isreal?

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A relationship!

47
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Prophet of doom

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Hosea

48
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Hebrew knowledge

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yadd

49
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What does the name Isaiah mean?

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Lord saves

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Is Isaiah a major or minor prophet?

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Major!

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Where is Isaiah set?

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8th century jerusalem

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Who is ruler during Isaiah?

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King Joshua

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What are Isaiah messages?

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Judgement + hope (covenant promises)

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What happens in Isaiah 1-12?

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Isaiah accuses Jewish leaders of rebellion against covenant, says God will se d nations to conquer isreal.

55
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What does burning fire show?

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Purification of people

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What happens in Isaiah 6?

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Angels give Isaiah Coal and put it on his tongue, his guilt is departed. Isaiah says that Israel and the people will be punished.

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Isaiah 6:10

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Make the mind of this people goal, and stop their ears, and shut their eyes, so they may not look with their eyes, and listen with their ears, and comprehend with their mind, and turn and be healed.

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What Does messiah mean?

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Anointed one of God

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Isaiah 7:14

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Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign, the young woman is with child and Shall bear a son named Emmanuel.

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What is young woman?

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Almah (virgin)

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What does Emmanuel mean?

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God is with us.

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Who does Isaiah confront?

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Call confronts Anaz ( king of jerusalem) what says God was in the new king Emmanuel does at the kingdom free.

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Who is the suffering servant?

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Mysterious man who will suffer even though he’s innocent (Moses, Jeremiah, Elijah, Messiah, Israel, Jesus?) ISAIAH 53!!!

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Deuterio Isaiah=

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Return from exile

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When is Isaiah set?

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626-586 bce

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Where was Jeremiah set?

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Southern kingdom

67
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How many kings did Jeremiah span the reigns of?

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5

68
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What was Jeremiah’s nickname?

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Weeping prophet

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How was Jeremiah called by god?

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He was told to get himself ready, don’t be afraid, stand up to speak, speak as told, go were sent.

70
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What kind of prophets did Jeremiah speak against/

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Fake prophets

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Why didn’t people like Jeremiah’s message?

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Because it was true, he got beaten up for it.

72
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What was the Yoke?

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Was worn to symbolize captivity/slavery + false prophecy

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What was the prophecy against Jerusalem?

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No repentance, city would be destroyed

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Where is Jeremiah taken during exile?

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To Egypt and placed into cistern until fall of Jerusalem.

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What does the name Ezekiel mean?

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Gods strength

76
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Was Ezekiel a major or minor prophet

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Major

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When was Ezekiel set?

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After 1st Babylonian invasion

78
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Who preserves prophecies

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Ezekiel

79
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What is the book of ezekiel known for?

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Providing a vision of isreal

80
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What is Ezekiel’s 1st vision?

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Via Riverchase bar, vision of God in Babylon, Litten fire, four creatures, human, lion, ox, eagle, each had wings + move together, four wheels with creatures.

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What does Ezekiel’s first vision symbolize/

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Glory of god

82
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What had driven god away?

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Idolatry

83
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Glory of god?

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Kavod (hebrew) doxa (Greek) physical manifestation of god.

84
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When was Jonah set?

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786-746

85
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Who is king in Jonah?

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Jeroboams reign

86
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When was Jonah written?

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After exile

87
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Where was Jonah sent?

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Sent to Nineveh, goes to tarshish

88
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What does Jonah mean?

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Dove

89
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Jonah story explained..

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Refuses gods call, god sends storm, sailors tossed him overboard, swallowed by fish (three days), vomited out, delivers prophecy, people wear sackcloth (repent), god relents, bush+worm incident, god sets him straight.

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Who does Jonah represent in his story?

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Isreal

91
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Which prophet said this: The word of the Lord came to me: before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I dedicated you, A profit to the nations I appointed you. Ah lord god, I don’t know how to speak for I am to young.

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JEREMIAH

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Which prophet said this: accuse your mother, accuse! For she is not my wife, and I’m not her husband. Let her remove her prostitution from her face. her adultery from her breasts or I will strip her naked. Leaving her as on the day of her birth.

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HOSEA

93
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Which prophet said: then he said to me, prophecy over these bones, and say to them dry bones hear the word of the Lord! That says the Lord God to these phones listen! I will make breath enter you so you can come to life.

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EZEKIEL

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Northern kingdom after Solomon?

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Isreal

95
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Southern kingdom after Solomon?

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Judah

96
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Capital of northern kingdom?

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Samaria

97
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Capital of southern kingdom?

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Jerusalem

98
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Nation southwest of isreal?

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Egypt

99
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Empire that demolished kingdom of isreal in 721 BCE

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Assyria

100
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Nation that demolished southern kingdom 589 bce

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Babylon

101
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Southern king/ Solomon’s son

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Rehoboam

102
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Northern kingdom king

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Jeroboam

103
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Who wrote suffering servant songs?

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Isaiah

104
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Which prophet said this: take away from your noisy songs, the melodies of your harps, I will not listen to them. rather let justice surge like waters, and registers like an unfailing stream.

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PEAK AMOS!!

105
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Which prophet said this: here is my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one with whom I am please. Upon him I have put my spirit, he shall bring forth justice to the nations. A bruised reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will not quench.

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Isaiah

106
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Which prophet said this: what was me, I am doomed for I am a man of unclean lips, living among the people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the king, the Lord of hosts.

A

Isaiah

107
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Which prophet said this: I am banished from your site how old are you again look up on your holy temple? The water source surround me up to my neck, the deep envelope to me, seaweed wrapped around my head.

A

Jonah

108
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Which prophet said this: Put the pot on, put it on, poor and some water, and add it pieces of meat, all choice pieces, with thigh and shoulder, with choice cuts Fill it.

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Ezekiel.

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