Isaiah and Jeremiah were both godly prophets, messengers of the Lord. Both were major prophets in the Old Testament, called to proclaim the will and word of God. Although each prophet lived a similar prophetic life, each spoke a different message. The life of the great prophet Isaiah goes like so. Isaiah was born unto Amoz. His name, meaning ‘Jehovah is Salvation’ was of great importance alone. He comes from a line of royalty. Isaiah married a prophetess and together they conceived of two sons, Shear-Jashub and Maher-shalal-hash-baz. The prior means ‘a remnant shall return’, while the latter means ‘speed the spoil, hasten the booty.’ In chapter one of Isaiah, we read that he received visions from God during the reigns of the four kings …show more content…
Pashhur, a priest sought to harm Jeremiah, had Jeremiah beaten and put in the stocks. The king allowed malicious men to arrest Jeremiah for prophesying of disaster. Even then, Jeremiah knew that he had to speak the message that God so commanded him to do. His hardships increased as his life drew on. Tradition even has it that horses dragged him all the way to Egypt, where Jewish exiles stoned him to death.
In his life, Jeremiah spoke as a ministering prophet because he would preach God’s word of warning to the tribe of Judah. He prophesied in Jerusalem in order to warn them to repent for their idolatry before the Babylonians would take them captive. They had begun to worship pagan gods, such as Baal.
Jeremiah spoke a message of warning to Judah. He spoke to them of their oncoming destruction if they did not repent. Jeremiah continually tells them to turn to God. God’s people broke God’s covenant with Him and outrightly forsook the correct worship of God and began worshipping idols. Jeremiah 9:4 says, “Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods… Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that this place shall be called the valley of slaughter.” Judah was being immoral, adulterous, unrepentant in their idolatry, breaking the Sabbath, and being lying and