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• Simeon and AnnaPeople

  Simeon and Anna are two devout Jews in Luke 2 who recognized the infant Jesus as the Messiah and bore witness to him when he was presented at the Temple in Jerusalem. Simeon left a hymn of praise and a prophecy, and Anna is called a prophetess.

• FuturismDoctrine & Theology

  Futurism is an interpretive approach holding that most of the end-time prophecies of Scripture, including those of the Book of Revelation, remain unfulfilled and will be fulfilled just before the second coming of Christ.

• HoseaBible

  Hosea is a prophetic book of the Old Testament in which Hosea, an eighth-century BC prophet of the northern kingdom of Israel, uses his own marriage to portray idolatrous Israel and the love of God, who will not finally abandon His people.

• BalaamPeople

  Balaam was a prophet from Mesopotamia who was hired by Balak, king of Moab, to curse Israel but instead blessed it. He is widely known for the story of the talking donkey.

• 2 Samuel 12Bible

  In this chapter the prophet Nathan exposes David's sin through a parable, and David confesses. The first child Bathsheba bore to David dies, Solomon is born, and David captures Rabbah, the royal city of the Ammonites.

• Isaiah 28Bible

  Isaiah 28 is a prophetic chapter that rebukes the pride of the drunken leaders of Ephraim and Judah and, through the image of a foundation stone laid in Zion and the parable of the farmer, proclaims God's judgment and wisdom.

• Ezekiel 13Bible

  Ezekiel 13 rebukes the prophets of Israel who prophesy on their own initiative though the LORD has not sent them, together with the women who practice divination. It likens false prophecy that proclaims peace when there is no peace to a wall daubed with untempered mortar.

• Zechariah 11Bible

  Zechariah 11 records the prophet's symbolic actions. He takes two staffs, "Beauty" and "Bands," feeds the flock of the slaughter, and then breaks the staffs. He also receives thirty pieces of silver as his wages and casts them to the potter.

• Eliezer (son of Dodavah)People

  Eliezer was a prophet in the reign of King Jehoshaphat of Judah and the son of Dodavah of Mareshah. He rebuked Jehoshaphat for joining with King Ahaziah of the northern kingdom of Israel to build ships, and he prophesied that the ships would be wrecked (2 Chronicles 20:37).

• MontanismHeresies & Cults

  Montanism was a prophetic movement begun by Montanus in Phrygia, Asia Minor, in the late second century. It claimed that the Paraclete, the Holy Spirit, was speaking anew through him, and the early church rejected it.

• Isaiah 35Bible

  Isaiah 35 is a prophetic poem presenting a vision of restoration in which the parched wilderness blossoms, those with disabilities are healed, and the people ransomed by the LORD return to Zion singing as they travel along "the way of holiness."

• Isaiah 47Bible

  Isaiah 47 is a prophetic poem announcing the fall of Babylon, portraying the city as a woman brought down from her throne to sit in the dust. It declares that Babylon, proud, cruel, and reliant on divination, will have no one to save her.

• Isaiah 55Bible

  Isaiah 55 is a prophetic chapter that opens with a free invitation to all who thirst, continues with an exhortation to seek the LORD and return to him, and closes with the promise that his word will surely accomplish its purpose.

• Jeremiah 1:5Bible Verses

  A verse from the call narrative of Jeremiah in which God declares that He knew Jeremiah before forming him in the womb, sanctified him before he came forth, and ordained him a prophet to the nations. It is a representative verse on vocation and divine foreknowledge and is also cited in discussions of predestination and bioethics.

• Numbers 11:29Bible Verses

  Numbers 11:29 records Moses' reply to Joshua, who had urged him to stop Eldad and Medad from prophesying in the camp. Moses answers that he wishes the LORD would put his Spirit on all the people so that all might be prophets. The verse is frequently cited in discussions of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, spiritual gifts, and lay ministry.

• Ezekiel 18:2-4Bible Verses

  A prophetic message delivered by Ezekiel to the exiles in Babylon that rejects a proverb blaming the fathers and declares each person's own responsibility: "the soul that sinneth, it shall die." The passage is frequently cited as a basis for individual responsibility and repentance, and in debates over the teaching of generational curses.

• Isaiah 1:16–17Bible Verses

  In this passage the prophet Isaiah commands the people of Judah to forsake their evil deeds, learn to do good, and defend the vulnerable, such as orphans and widows. Because it criticizes worship devoid of justice, it is frequently cited in discussions of repentance and social responsibility.

• Malachi 2:14–16Bible Verses

  In this passage the prophet Malachi rebukes the men of Israel who had abandoned the wives they married in their youth, and he speaks of marriage as a covenant before God. Because of the phrase "he hateth putting away," it is frequently cited in discussions of divorce and remarriage.

• Malachi 3:8–10Bible Verses

  In this passage the prophet Malachi rebukes the people for withholding tithes and offerings, charging that they have "robbed God," and urges them to bring all the tithes into the storehouse. It is among the passages most frequently cited in teaching on tithing, particularly in Korean churches, and how it should be applied today is a matter of debate.

• 1 Samuel 15:23-24Bible Verses

  In this passage the prophet Samuel tells King Saul, who had disobeyed God's command, that rebellion is comparable to divination and idolatry and that Saul has been rejected from the kingship. Saul then confesses his sin, saying that he feared the people. The passage is frequently cited in discussions of obedience and repentance.