The document provides an overview of the four major prophets - Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel - as well as the twelve minor prophets. It summarizes the background, ministry, messages, and sins addressed of each prophet. Key themes across the prophets included warning of coming judgment if people did not repent from idolatry and injustice, promises of God's future blessings, and the hope of a Messiah who would save God's people.

1. The Four Major
Prophets

2. Isaiah
Prophet of the
Messiah

3.  Isaiah was a
Prophet of Judah
@740 BC
 He was educated
and had great faith.
 During his lifetime,
he advised many of
the kings of Judah.

4. Isaiah had a vision of the
Lord surrounded by angels.
The angels were
crying out,
“Holy, holy,
holy is the Lord;
all the earth is filled
with His glory!”

5. MINISTRY
Isaiah urged the people to fully trust
in God.
Isaiah understood that God ruled
the whole world, not just the chosen
people.

6. In the second Book of Isaiah, the
prophet speaks of one who would take
upon himself the sins of the people;
through his suffering the people would
be saved.
This was a prophesy about the Messiah
that was to come.

7. JEREMIAH
Prophet of the New
Covenant

8. At first Jeremiah
thought he was
too young to be
a prophet.

9. MINISTRY
Jeremiah warned the people to never go
back to idol worship and unjust treatment
to each other, if they did not stop breaking
God’s command, the Temple would be
destroyed and Jerusalem itself would burn.

10. Jerusalem was
captured by the
Babylonians and
the treasures of
the Temple were
taken.
Second attack:
the temple was
burned.

11. Promise
Jeremiah told the people that
God would make a new covenant
with them.

12. God said, “ I will place my law within them, and write
it upon their hearts. I will be their God and they will
be my people… everyone, from least to greatest, shall
know me, for I will forgive their inequity and no longer
remember their sin.”
-Jeremiah 31:33-34

13. EZEKIEL
Prophet during
the exile

14. •Ezekiel became a
prophet for those
who were in exile
in Babylon.
•He often had
symbolic visions.

15. Daniel
•Daniel was taken as a captive
from Jerusalem to Babylon
and placed in a training
school for captives who’d
shown abilities to be trained
in the knowledge and ways
of the Babylonians.

16. •The king of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, had a
dream which he couldn’t remember.
•All his wise men failed to bring the dream
back to his remembrance and also interpret
its meaning, so the king ordered execution
which included Daniel.
•Daniel prayed mightily to God to know the
king’s dream and its meaning.

17. •His prayer was answered and Daniel
went to the king, telling him his
dream and its meaning in front of
the whole court.
•This began Daniel’s life as a high
court official and advisor

18. The Minor
Prophets

19. The 12 minor prophets are so
named not because of
importance, but because of the
length. They are short but it
doesn’t mean that are of minor
consequence.

20. 1.Obadiah
2.Joel
3.Jonah
4.Hosea
5.Amos
6.Micah
7.Nahum
8.Zephaniah
9.Habakkuk
10.Haggai
11.Zechariah
12.Malachi

21. HOSEA
•Prophet of Israel
•Chapters 14
•The book of persevering love
•To illustrate Israel’s spiritual
adultery and warn of coming
destruction.

22. JOEL
•Prophet of Judah
•Chapter 3
•The book of the day of the
Lord
•To call to repentance in
order to avoid terrible
judgment

23. JOEL
•Meaning of the name: YHWH is God
•About: Israel (Ten tribes of Israel)
•Major Sins: Adultery, drunkenness,
idolatry and licentiousness.

24. AMOS
•Prophet to Israel
•Chapter 9
•The book of judgment
•To accuse and judge
Israel for injustice and
lack of Mercy

25. AMOS
•Meaning of the name: Burden Bearer
•About: Israel, Judah, Benjamin and all
nations
•Major Sins: Oppression of poor, sexual
immortality, wanton luxury, corrupt law
and men.

26. Obadiah
•Prophet of Judah
•Chapter 1
•The book of retribution
(Edom)
•To prophecy against Edom,
the ancient enemy of God’s
people.

27. OBADIAH
•Meaning of the name: Worshipper of
YHWH
•About: Against Edom
•Major Sins: Edom had continual
violence toward Jacob. Edom cheered
when Judah taken to captive

28. JONAH
•Prophet to Nations and Israel
•Chapter 4
•The book of mercy on the
Gentiles (Nineveh)
•To show that God is ever
merciful to the truly
repentant

29. JONAH
•Meaning of the name: Dove
•About: Nineveh, with implications to all
people
•Major Sins: Cruelty of Assyrians

30. MICAH
•Prophet of Judah and Israel
•Chapter 7
•The book of conviction
•To warn people of coming
judgment and to offer
hope for the future.

31. MICAH
•Meaning of the name: Who is like
YHWH
•About: Samaria, Jerusalem, all nations
•Major Sins: Lack of justice in land,
oppression

32. NAHUM
•Prophet to Nations and Judah
•Chapter 3
•The book of vengeance
(Nineveh)
•To pronounce judgment on
Nineveh and the Assyrian
empire.

33. NAHUM
•Meaning of the name: Consolation
•About: Assyrians, primarily city of
Nineveh
•Major Sins: Cruelty of the Assyrians,
overstepped boundaries

34. HABAKKUK
•Prophet of Judah
•Chapter 3
•The book of faith
•To affirm that wicked will not
prevail and remind Judah
God id in control.

35. HABAKKUK
•Meaning of the name: Embrace
•About: Babylon with implications for all
people
•Major Sins: Aggression and plunder,
greed, graft violence in building,
inhumanity and idolatry

36. ZEPHANIAH
•Prophet of Judah
•Chapter 3
•The book of the day of wrath
•To motivate repentance and
comfort the faithful remnant

37. ZEPHANIAH
•Meaning of the name: Hidden by
YHWH
•About: Judah, Jerusalem, all Israel, all
people about Day of the Lord
•Major Sins: Spiritual fornication

38. HAGGAI
•Prophet of Judah
•Chapter 2
•The book of the rebuilding of
the temple
•To urge the people to
complete rebuilding the
temple of God.

39. HAGGAI
•Meaning of the name: Festival
•About: Zerubbabel, Joshua and the
return remnant
•Major Sins: Neglect in building God’s
House, procrastination

40. ZECHARIAH
•Prophet of Judah
•Chapter 14
•The book of Messianic visions
•To give hope to the remnant
who had return to the land.

41. ZECHARIAH
•Meaning of the name: Remembered by
YHWH
•About: Zerubbabel, Joshua and the return of
remnant
•Major Sins: Joshua filthy garments, lack of
judgment, lack of mercy and peace, living in
evil ways

42. Malachai
•Prophet of Judah
•Chapter 4
•The boo of the Lord’s
messenger
•To examine Judah’s actions
and encourage the
prioritization of God.

43. MALACHI
•Meaning of the name: My Messenger
•About: Israel (twelve tribes) and Israel
of God today (the Church)
•Major Sins: Priests neglecting duties.
People chided for divorce, adultery,
robbing God and criticizing

44. Conclusions to our study
• When looked at collectively there are a number of
recurrent
ideas/themes in the smaller (minor) prophets, e.g.
– The coming day of the LORD
– The love of God for His erring people
– The need to repent and change, prior to
inevitable judgment
– The insidious dangers of human nature
– The blessings of the coming Kingdom of God

45. • These are all highly relevant topics for
us... here & now!
• May we in future reading/studies of these
prophets more
readily place the teaching in its context
and draw out the
exhortation