A Roll Call Of The Prophets

- Dates not exact -

ELIJAH - 868-852 BC - Prophet to Israel under Ahab - I Kings 17

ELISHA - 852-798 BC - To Ahaziah, Jezoram, Jehu, Jeboahaz - I Kings 19:19 & II Kings 2

EARLY PROPHETS IN THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL BEFORE EXILE

OBADIAH - 887 BC? - God is to judge Edom for cruelty to Jews

JOHAN - 800-770 BC? - Spoke to Ninevah, who found salvation

PROPHETS TO THE TEN NORTHERN TRIBES OF ISRAEL

JOEL - 840-830 BC - God is sure to judge Israel

AMOS - 780-740 BC - God is sure to judge all the world

HOSEA - 760-720 BC - God's forgiving love to Israel

 PROPHETS TO THE SOUTHERN TRIBE - JUDAH

ISAIAH - 745-695 BC - CHRIST IS COMING to suffer and to reign

MICAH - 740-700 BC - God's judgment and mercy

THE NORTHERN KINGDOM FELL - 734-721 BC - CALLED ISRAEL

NAHUM - 630-610 BC - God to destroy Ninevah without chance

HABAKKUK - 606-586 BC - Why do the wicked prosper?

THE SOUTHERN KINGDOM FELL - 606-586 BC - CALLED JUDAH

ZEPHANIAH - 639-586 BC - The coming Day of the Lord

JEREMIAH - 626-586 BC - Weeping because of Judah's sin

PROPHETS DURING THE EXILE

EZEKIEL - 593-570 BC - Priest to Israel during captivity

DANIEL - 606-570 BC -True to God as leader of Gentiles

PROPHETS AFTER THE EXILE - RESTORATION WORK - 436-444 BC

HAGGAI - 520-516 BC - Leading God's people to action

ZECHARIAH - 520-516 BC - Leading God's people to new hope

MALACHI - 450-397 BC - Warning against dead formalism

Points to Ponder about the Prophets

Hebrew only has two tenses - Past for action completed, and future for action that will be completed.  The Prophets often used "Perfect of Prophetic Certitude" - future action so sure that it is spoke of in past tense.