minor prophet

Small-book biblical foreteller

A minor prophet is one of twelve Old Testament prophets—Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi—whose books are shorter than those of the major prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel).

The designation refers to length, not importance.

By extension, a minor prophet is anyone whose insights or warnings go relatively unheeded: He was a minor prophet of the environmental movement, largely ignored in his time.

biblical

Hosea

Eighth-century Israelite prophet

JoelHebrew minor prophet
AmosHebrew prophetic name
ObadiahHebrew prophetic figure

Jonah · Micah · Habakkuk · Zephaniah · Zechariah · Malachi · Old Testament · Hebrew Bible · Tanakh · canon

prophetic

oracle

Authoritative wisdom source

judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
covenantBinding formal pledge

remnant · woe · vision · burden · lamentation · restoration · doom · warning · call · messenger

historical

Israel

Middle Eastern nation

JudahPatriarch and namesake tribe
AssyriaAncient Mesopotamian empire
BabylonAncient Mesopotamian capital

Nineveh · Moab · Tyre · exile · return · Hebrew · Aramaic · Samaria · Jerusalem · temple

themes

locusts

Swarming crop-destroying grasshoppers

famineSevere food shortage
droughtProlonged water scarcity
earthquakeSeismic ground movement

plumb line · vine · lion · shepherd · harvest · theodicy · suffering · hope · salvation · Messiah

Opposites

biblical canonical status

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Long-book Hebrew seer

Isaiah · Jeremiah · Ezekiel · Daniel · Moses

religious/spiritual authority

minor prophetmajor prophet

Long-book Hebrew seer

false prophet · patriarch · Moses · apostle · messiah

Family

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