Chapter I: Front Matter

STORIES OF THE PROPHETS

COMMISSION ON JEWISH EDUCATION

of the

UNION OF AMERICAN HEBREW CONGREGATIONS

and the

CENTRAL CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN RABBIS

DAVID PHILIPSON, Chairman

JOSEPH L. BARON DAVID MARX
EDWARD N. CALISCH S. FELIX MENDELSOHN
H. G. ENELOW JULIAN MORGENSTERN
HARRY W. ETTELSON JOSEPH RAUCH
MAX HELLER WILLIAM ROSENAU
SAMUEL KOCH SAMUEL SCHULMAN
GERSON B. LEVI ABBA H. SILVER
HARRY LEVI ABRAM SIMON
LOUIS L. MANN LOUIS WITT
LOUIS WOLSEY

GEORGE ZEPIN, Secretary

STORIES OF THE PROPHETS

(Before the Exile)

BY ISAAC LANDMAN

To
My Parents

Who first introduced me to the Prophets,
this book is dedicated with
love and devotion.

CONTENTS.

I. THE SHEPHERD OF TEKOAH.
1. An End to War
2. In the Days of Prosperity
3. The Man Who Dared
4. Treason and a Fight
5. Priest Against Prophet
6. The Prophet in Tekoah

II. THE MAN WHO LEARNED HIS LESSON.
1. An Eventful Night
2. The Tragedy with a Purpose
3. The Repentant Returns

III. THE STATESMAN PROPHET.
1. The Vision in the Temple
2. The Parable of the Vineyard
3. A Coward on the Throne
4. On Deaf Ears
5. The Survival of the Fittest
6. Working with the Remnant
7. Like Father, Like Son
8. The Prophet Triumphs
9. The Fruit of His Labor

IV. THE COMMONER.
1. His Awakening
2. The Cause of the Common People
3. When Samaria Fell
4. Judah Learns Its Lesson

V. THE PROPHET OF WOE AND HOPE.
1. The Escape
2. The Boy King
3. Jeremiah's Call
4. The Seething Caldron
5. The Great Discovery
6. A New Covenant
7. To the Fore Again
8. The Shadow of a King
9. The Temple of the Lord
10. A Narrow Escape
11. A Taste of Martyrdom
12. The Woe of the Prophet
13. Teacher and Pupil
14. Baruch's First Venture
15. The King Hears and Acts
16. Beginning of the End
17. The First Deportation
18. In Exile and in the Homeland
19. A Friend in Need
20. In the Midst of Despair
21. Lamentations and a Vain Hope
22. Cowardice and Treachery
23. Jeremiah, the Martyred

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"_The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz._"--Isaiah I, 1

"_Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel._"--Amos IV, 12

"_Yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving kindness, and in mercy._"--Hosea II, 21

"_Here am I, send me._"--Isaiah VI, 8

"_And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks._"--Isaiah II, 4

"_For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel._"--Micah I, 5

"_I sat alone because of Thy hand._"--Jeremiah XV, 17

"_And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thy house shall go into captivity._"--Jeremiah XX, 6