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God called individuals from differing backgrounds to speak as prophets on his behalf, sometimes in difficult circumstances.
Ex 2:1-10 Moses was brought up in the Egyptian royal court; 1Sa 1:21-28 Samuel was a temple servant at Shiloh; 1Ki 19:19-21 Elisha was a farmer; Eze 1:3 Ezekiel was a priest living in exile in Babylonia. It is not entirely clear whether Amos was a wealthy sheep breeder and land owner or a poor migrant worker before his call to be a prophet. The Hebrew word translated “shepherd” could equally well be translated “sheep breeder”: Am 1:1; Am 7:14
Their initial encounter with God Isa 6:1-4 See also Ex 3:1-6; Eze 1:4-28
God communicating his call Jer 1:4-5 See also Isa 6:8-10; Eze 2:3-3:5; Jnh 1:1; Jnh 3:1
Their response to God’s call Jer 1:6-10 See also Ex 3:11-12
Jer 16:1-4 See also Isa 7:3; Isa 8:1-4; Eze 24:15-24; Hos 1:2-11; Hos 3:1-5
Persecution Heb 11:32-38 See also Ac 7:52
Reviling and beating Lk 6:22-23 pp Mt 5:11-12 See also Jer 20:1-2; Jas 5:10
Imprisonment Jer 37:11-16 See also 1Ki 22:26-27 pp 2Ch 18:25-26; 2Ch 16:10; Jer 37:21; Jer 38:6-13
Killing 1Ki 19:14 See also 1Ki 18:4,13; 1Ki 19:2; Jer 26:8-11,20-23; Mt 23:29-31,37 pp Lk 13:34; Lk 11:47-49; 1Th 2:4-15
Dt 34:1-8 Moses; 1Sa 28:3 Samuel; 2Ki 2:11-12 Elijah did not die but was taken up in a chariot of fire.
1421 | oracles |
1450 | signs, kinds of |
2318 | Christ as prophet |
5344 | imprisonment |
5420 | music |
5560 | suffering |
5893 | insults |
6620 | calling |
7712 | convincing |
7778 | school of prophets |
8794 | persecution |
9020 | death |