"_Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel._"--Amos IV, 12

"_Yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in
judgment, and in loving kindness, and in mercy._"--Hosea II, 21

"_Here am I, send me._"--Isaiah VI, 8

"_And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears
into pruning-hooks._"--Isaiah II, 4

"_For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of
the house of Israel._"--Micah I, 5

"_I sat alone because of Thy hand._"--Jeremiah XV, 17

"_And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thy house shall go into
captivity._"--Jeremiah XX, 6




FOREWORD


The company of inspired men, commonly known as the prophets of Israel,
were the unique product of the Jewish religious genius. They were
pre-eminently preachers of righteousness. Fearless and undaunted, they
told the house of Israel their sins and the house of Jacob their
transgressions. They contemplated the facts of life from the highest