Isaiah, the granddaddy of the major prophets, is the first of seventeen prophetic writings found in the Old Testament. Isaiah 12:1 captures the book’s theme beautifully, “Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid ... he has become my salvation.”

While living under Babylonian captivity for seventy years, the Israelites had every reason to lose hope until God sent them a prophet named Jeremiah with a message full of hope about a New Covenant. 

The prophet Jeremiah, known as the weeping prophet, grieved the spiritual decline of God’s people that led to the destruction of Jerusalem by the ruthless Babylonians. However, he learned that God is faithful and His mercies are new every morning.

God’s glory is a central theme found in the Old Testament book of Ezekiel, which begins with a powerful vision of God’s glory, as seen by the prophet near his house by the Chebar canal in Babylonia. A valley of dry bones coming to life envisions Israel's glorious and prophetic future.

Daniel, a man of character and competence, was from a noble family and among the Hebrew “youths without blemish” that King Nebuchadnezzar took captive to Babylon. Exhibiting a strong faith in a pagan culture, he recorded many prophecies concerning Israel's future.