This book provides a comprehensive survey of the prophets of the Old Testament. It explores their lives, teachings, and messages, and provides historical context for their work. The author focuses on the prophets who lived during the Babylonian Captivity and the period that followed, up to the close of the Old Testament Canon. He shows how these prophets contributed to the development of Jewish religious thought and helped shape the ethical and moral values of the Jewish people. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.