The Major Prophets

The "Major Prophets" are the longer prophetic books that stand at the head of the prophetic corpus in the Christian Old Testament — Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel (with Lamentations traditionally joined to Jeremiah). The label refers to length, not importance: these books are simply more extensive than the twelve Minor Prophets. They span the Assyrian crisis, the fall of Jerusalem, and the Babylonian exile, holding out both judgment and the hope of restoration (Isaiah 40:1–2).

The major prophets

Isaiah — prophesied in Judah during the Assyrian threat, foretelling the Immanuel and the suffering Servant (Isaiah 53).

Jeremiah — the "weeping prophet" of Jerusalem’s last days, who promised a new covenant written on the heart (Jeremiah 31:31–34).

Ezekiel — prophesied among the exiles in Babylon, seeing the glory depart and return and the valley of dry bones revived (Ezekiel 37:1–14).

Daniel — a faithful exile in the Babylonian and Persian courts whose visions unveil the rise and fall of kingdoms and the everlasting kingdom of God (Daniel 7:13–14).