What's in a name?
His name means "Yahweh is God."
Joel
He was swallowed by a big fish.
He ran in the opposite direction when God told him to preach to enemies.
Jonah
He directly prophesied the birth of Israel’s Messiah, Immanuel.
Isaiah
The king imprisoned him in a cistern of mud as punishment for speaking God’s words.
Jeremiah
His name means 'comforter.'
Nahum
He got so angry when a worm ate a vine that he wanted to die.
Jonah
God told him that He had chosen him as a prophet before his birth.
Jeremiah
Centuries after he died, Herod and the Magi looked at his prophecy to determine where the Messiah would be born.
Micah
His marriage to an unfaithful spouse showed God’s faithfulness to wayward Israel.
Hosea
His name means 'salvation.'
Hosea
He prophesied an invasion of locusts.
Joel
God told him to marry an unfaithful woman, so he did.
Hosea
His words are quoted in the New Testament 66 times.
Isaiah
As the king heard God’s message read, the king cut the scroll into pieces and burned it in the fire.
Jeremiah
His children's names were 'Not Loved' and 'Not My People.'
Hosea
He prophesied a flood would destroy Nineveh.
Nahum
He was a shepherd and farmer.
Amos
When Pharisees asked Jesus for a sign, Jesus said that they will be given only the sign of _________ (a prophet's name).
Jonah
He prophesied judgment for Israel because of their treatment of the poor, their pride, and their idol worship.
Amos