- Period Covered: Approximately 400 years (1800-400 B.C.)
- Books and Writers:
- 17 books of the prophets
- 16 writers (Jeremiah wrote both Jeremiah and Lamentations)
- Major vs. Minor Prophets:
- Classifications based on the size of the books
- Major Prophets:
- Isaiah
- Jeremiah
- Ezekiel
- Daniel
- Minor Prophets:
- Hosea
- Joel
- Amos
- Obadiah
- Jonah
- Micah
- Nahum
- Habakkuk
- Zephaniah
- Haggai
- Zechariah
- Malachi
- Book Sizes:
- Either Isaiah, Jeremiah, or Ezekiel is larger than all 12 Minor Prophet books combined
- The book of Daniel is about the combined size of Hosea and Zechariah
- Connection to Events:
- 13 prophets were connected with the destruction of the Hebrew nation
- 3 prophets were connected with Judah’s restoration:
- Haggai
- Zechariah
- Prophets During the Southern Kingdom’s Fall (606-586 B.C.):
- Jeremiah
- Ezekiel
- Daniel
- Obadiah
- Nahum
- Habakkuk
- Zephaniah
- Messages and Recipients:
- To Israel:
- Amos
- Hosea
- Isaiah
- Micah
- To Nineveh:
- Jonah
- Nahum
- To Babylon:
- Daniel
- To Captives in Babylon:
- Ezekiel
- To Edom:
- Obadiah
- To Judah:
- Joel
- Isaiah
- Micah
- Jeremiah
- Habakkuk
- Zephaniah
- Haggai
- Zechariah
- Malachi
Interesting Facts About the Prophets
Faith & Reason Nexus 
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