OVERVIEW OF THE MAJOR PROPHETS

Isaiah

Setting

100+ years prior

to the exile

Audience

Judah and
Jerusalem

Theme

Date

Jeremiah

Lamentations

Ezekiel

Daniel

Shortly before Immediately Before and after Before and after

the fall of
following the
the fall of
the fall of
Jerusalem
fall of Jerusalem
Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Judah and the

nations

Judah and the

nations

Jews captive in
Babylon

Jews captive in
Babylon and
Gentile nations

Mourning over
Judgment for Gods power as
Judgment for
the just
Salvation is of
sin and
the Ruler to
sin and hope for punishment for
Yahweh
consolation for whom all must
restoration
sin and call to
the future
submit.
repent
740-680 BC

627-585 BC

586-585 BC

592-570 BC

605-536 BC