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Habakkuk was the “wrestling prophet” who questioned God’s justice in the face of evil but ultimately moved from complaint to a historic declaration that the righteous shall live by faith.

Nahum was a prophet of Judah who delivered a vivid, poetic decree of doom against the brutal city of Nineveh, declaring that God’s justice would finally destroy the oppressor and bring comfort to Judah.

Micah was a rural prophet who championed the poor against the corrupt urban elite, summarized true religion as doing justice and walking humbly, and famously predicted the birth of the Messiah in Bethlehem.

Jonah was a patriotic Israelite prophet who tried to flee from God’s call to preach to his enemies, only to be swallowed by a great fish and brought back to lead the city of Nineveh to repentance, a mission he resented to the end.

Obadiah was the prophet who pronounced a singular, crushing judgment upon the nation of Edom for their pride and for betraying their brother nation, Israel, during the destruction of Jerusalem.

Amos was a shepherd-turned-prophet who fearlessly traveled from Judah to the Northern Kingdom to condemn the wealthy elite for their oppression of the poor and their empty religious rituals.

Joel was a prophet of Judah who used a catastrophic locust plague to warn of the coming Day of the Lord and prophesied the future outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon all flesh.

Hosea was a prophet of the Northern Kingdom who enacted a living parable of God’s relentless love by marrying an unfaithful woman and redeeming her from slavery, mirroring God’s relationship with Israel.