The Northern Kingdom of Israel comprised of ten tribes rebelled under Jeroboam, while Judah and Benjamin became the Southern Kingdom of Judah. The Kingdom of Israel that was united under Kings David and Solomon became divided during the reign of Solomon's son Rehoboam beginning in 922 BC (First Kings 12). The name Isaiah - יְשַׁעְיָהוּ - means "the Lord is Salvation." He lived during the time of the prophets Amos, Hosea, and Micah, and received his call from God in the Temple of Jerusalem in the eighth century BC, a turbulent time for Israel. The true test of a prophet was first given by Moses: "when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word which the Lord has not spoken" (Deuteronomy 18:22). Jeremiah lived through the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple Ezekiel and Daniel wrote in Babylon during the Exile Īnd Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi served as Post-Exilic Prophets.Ī prophet (nabi) - נָבִיא - is one who speaks in the name of the Lord.
For example, Pre-exilic prophets who addressed the imminent punishment of Israel and Judah include Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, Micah, Zephaniah, and Habakkuk
The Babylonian Exile marks a watershed event in the history of the Jewish people, a period which serves as the point of division between the Pre-Exilic and Post-ExilicĮras. Their writings continued through the Babylonian Exile (586-516 BC) to the period of the Restoration. The Latter Prophets began their writings during the Divided Kingdom and foresaw theĬollapse of Israel and Judah because of disobedience to the Lord. The 16 comprise the four Major Prophets Isaiah,ĭaniel, and the twelve Prophets in the Book of the Twelve - the prophets Hosea,Īnd Malachi. Hebrew Scripture, our Old Testament of the Bible. The prophet Isaiah is the first of the 16 Latter Prophets in
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