Scenes from the Lives of the Prophets Elijah, Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, Jeremiah & Ezekiel

“Who do you say that I am?” Some say, one of the prophets." But who do you say that I am? Peter answered, "You are the Messiah.“ (Mk 8:28-29) “Eli, Eli, lema sabachtani?” (Mk 15:34) “"Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down." 15:36

Elijah stories: 1 Kg 17 – 2 Kg 2 Eli-yahu = "My God is Yahu“ Elijah the Tishbite said to Ahab, "As the Lord the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word." Ahab king of Israel reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years. Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord more than all who were before him.

Drought begins & ends (18:41)

Fed by the Widow of Zarephath "Go now to Zarephath, .. for I have directed a widow there to feed you.“ 1 Kg 17:18

Ba’al prophets destroyed 1Kg 18:20ff

Naboth’s Vineyard (1Kg 21)

Now let me die! "Get up and eat." He asked that he might die: "It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my ancestors." 5 Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. (1Kg 19:4-5) He looked, and there at his head was a cake baked on hot stones, and a jar of water. He ate and drank, and lay down again. 7 The angel of the Lord came a second time, touched him, and said, "Get up and eat, otherwise the journey will be too much for you."

Meets God at Mt Horeb 19:13

Taken to heaven (2Kg 1)

Shepherd and gardener Am 7:14 Amos Shepherd and gardener Am 7:14

Powerful voice for the poor Hear this, you who trample on the needy And bring ruin the poor of the land.. Shall not the land tremble on this account … I will turn your feasts into mourning… Am 8:4-10

Hosea Learning from his own marriage God’s mercy towards erring people

Your mother has played.. Shamefeully (2:5)

I will allure her; bring her into the wilderness 2:14 I will heal their disloyalty, I will love them freely 14:4

Isaiah, priest-prophet (Is 6)

Jeremiah: memorable moments In the potter’s shed (18:1ff)

Thrown into the cistern (Jr 37:16)

Jeremiah & the loincloth (13)

Jeremiah & new beginning (31:31-34) The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt - a covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, says the Lord. This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. No longer shall they teach one another, or say to each other, "Know the Lord," for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the Lord; for I will forgive their iniquity, and remember their sin no more.

Ezekiel’s vision (1)