Prophets
the canonical group of books that forms the second of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, comprising Joshua, Judges, 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.
- Compare Law of Moses, Hagiographa.
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How to use Prophets in a sentence
And like all Prophets, he was under-appreciated by his country, his community, and his party for far too long.
Ed Brooke: The Senate's Civil Rights Pioneer and Prophet of a Post-Racial America | John Avlon | January 4, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTMohammed, for example, in the Quran, made it clear that God “made no distinction between the revelations of any of the Prophets.”
Karen Armstrong’s New Rule: Religion Isn’t Responsible for Violence | Patricia Pearson | October 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThen, with a hearty laugh: “No one wanted to listen to the Prophets.”
Sarah and Susan Silverman: Comedian and Rabbi are Perfect Sisters | Kevin Fallon | March 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat do you think about that assessment, about “self-proclaimed Prophets.”
Susan Minot on Africa, Joseph Kony, and the Limits of Writing About Love | Lea Carpenter | February 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor these early Prophets the Kingdom of God was not to be a church, but a military and political kingdom on earth.
How the Tea Party’s Apocalyptic Politics Are Destroying the Republican Party | Joe McLean | November 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The Prophets had long been painting the visionary dawn with pigments of that glorious sunset.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature | Moncure Daniel ConwayAnd I have sent to you all my servants the Prophets, from day to day, rising up early and sending.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousThe Prophets have spoken in the wind, and there was no word of God in them: these things therefore shall befall them.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousHe inveighs against false Prophets preaching without being sent.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousAnd many false Prophets shall arise, and shall lead many astray.
His Last Week | William E. Barton
British Dictionary definitions for Prophets
/ (ˈprɒfɪts) /
the books constituting the second main part of the Hebrew Bible, which in Jewish tradition is subdivided into the Former Prophets, Joshua, Judges, I-II Samuel, and I-II Kings, and the Latter Prophets, comprising those books which in Christian tradition are alone called the Prophets and which are divided into Major Prophets and Minor Prophets: Compare Law of Moses, Hagiographa
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