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2 Samuel 12
[Bible]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 29
[Bible]Isaiah 29 prophesies that Jerusalem, called "Ariel," will be besieged and then delivered. It rebukes a people who honor God only with their lips and promises a day of restoration when the deaf will hear and the blind will see.
Isaiah 28
[Bible]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.
Isaiah 35
[Bible]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 47
[Bible]Isaiah 47 is a prophetic poem announcing the fall of Babylon, portraying the city as a woman dragged down from her throne to sit in the dust. It declares that no one will save Babylon, who was proud and cruel and relied on divination.
Isaiah 55
[Bible]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.
Isaiah 57
[Bible]Isaiah 57 is a prophetic chapter that denounces a situation in which no one takes to heart the death of the righteous, indicts idolatry, and then conveys God's promise to dwell with the contrite and to heal them.
Isaiah 60
[Bible]Isaiah 60 prophesies that the glory of the LORD will rise upon Zion, which had lain in darkness, that nations and kings will come to its light, and that the LORD will be Zion's everlasting light.
Ezekiel 23
[Bible]Ezekiel 23 is a prophetic parable that likens Samaria, the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel, and Jerusalem, the capital of Judah, to two sisters, Oholah and Oholibah, who played the harlot. Through this image it indicts their alliances with foreign nations and their idolatry, and it pronounces judgment upon them.
Zechariah 11
[Bible]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.
John the Baptist
[People]John the Baptist was a Jewish prophet who preceded Jesus Christ, calling people to repentance and baptizing in the Jordan River. The New Testament presents him as the one who prepared the way for the Messiah.
Ezekiel 37:4–5
[Bible Verses]A command given in a vision to prophesy the word of the LORD to the dry bones, with God's promise: "Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live." A vision of Israel's restoration, the passage is also widely used as a symbol of resurrection and spiritual revival, and interpreters differ over what the vision's fulfillment is.
Amos 5:24
[Bible Verses]Amos 5:24 is the prophet Amos's call for justice to flow like water and righteousness like a stream that never runs dry. It is widely used as a representative biblical text on social justice and is cited with differing emphases on the relationship between worship and social responsibility.
Micah 6:8
[Bible Verses]A declaration that what God requires of people is to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with God. It is widely cited as a summary of prophetic faith, which places the conduct of life ahead of sacrifice.
Baruch
[People]Baruch was the scribe of the prophet Jeremiah in the final years of the southern kingdom of Judah. He wrote on a scroll the prophecies Jeremiah dictated and read them aloud to the people in the temple.
Gehazi
[People]Gehazi is the servant of the prophet Elisha in 2 Kings. He is known for lying to obtain the gifts that Naaman, the captain of the Syrian army, had intended for Elisha, and for being struck with leprosy as a result.
Gomer
[People]Gomer was the wife of the prophet Hosea and appears in Hosea 1 as the daughter of Diblaim. The marriage of Hosea and Gomer serves as a symbol of the relationship between God and Israel.
Jeremiah 17:5–10
[Bible Verses]A message delivered by the prophet Jeremiah that compares the one who trusts in man to a shrub in the desert and the one who trusts in the LORD to a tree planted by the waters. Verse 9, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked," is frequently cited to explain human sinfulness.
Joel 2:12-14
[Bible Verses]A passage in which the prophet Joel calls the people of Judah to return to God with fasting and weeping, and to rend their hearts rather than their garments. It is a classic text emphasizing inward repentance over outward show and is frequently read on Ash Wednesday and in sermons on repentance.
Lo-ruhamah
[People]Lo-ruhamah was the daughter of the prophet Hosea and his wife Gomer and appears in Hosea 1. Her name means "not having obtained mercy" and symbolizes God's judgment that He would no longer have mercy on the northern kingdom of Israel.