Isaiah (B.C. 740-700)

• Isaiah the son of Amos is known as the greatest of the prophets of Israel.
• Isaiah Chapter 6 verse 1 to 7 tells about the vision of Isaiah, his humility, his confession, and about the purification he received.
• In answer to the question of the Lord "Who will go for us?", Isaiah said "Here I am, send me". He dedicated himself to God to be His instrument.
• He gave the hope of the coming redeemer, Messiah.

• Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah is also on the major prophets.
• The word of the Lord came to him in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah. Out of humility, he wanted to evade, but the Lord encouraged him and entrusted him to convert the minds of the people. God promised that He would be with the prophet at the time of protest and persecution.
• Jeremiah advised the people, but they refused his advice.
• The Books of Jeremiah and Lamentations belong to him.
• Jeremiah is known as a lamenting prophet weeping about the injustice of the people and the persecutions he had to face.
• Jeremiah foresees a new covenant which was fulfilled in Jesus Christ.

• Amos was a shepherd and a native of Tekoa, a place about twelve miles south of Jerusalem.
• He was also engaged as a dresser of sycamore.
• The Lord called Amos at a time when people of Israel had fallen down in their religious life.
• The central idea of his speech was that if the people did not give up their violence and injustice and turn to the true God, everybody including the King and the slaves would be destroyed.
• Amos is known as the spokesman of social justice.

• Hosea was a native of Israel and the son of Beeri
• He was known as the prophet of love and mercy.
• According to him, Israel left the true God and offered sacrifice to Baal on Mountain tops.
• It was adulterous to give up the Lord and worship other gods. But the love of God did not permit him to divorce his bride, Israel.
• Hosea taught the people about the love and mercy of God. He gave assurance that God is always willing to accept them provided that they would confess and return to Him.
• He was a contemporary of Isaiah and Micah.