The size of the books defines the prophets as major and minor.
Jeremiah was a major prophet in the old testament , and is often called the weeping prophet.
More than any other prophet Jeremiah expressed grief at the unrepentant and stubborn nature of his people. He also saw the coming judgment and grieved over the great disaster this was to be for the nation and the destruction, heartache and pain and death involved. Mainly due to Jeremiah 9:1. Mainly Jeremiah warned the people repeatedly to repent from their sins, or god would punish them severally , But they refused to hear the warning of Jeremiah the prophet, and in the end the Jews-were taken as slaves again to Babylon.
Elijah was neither a Major Prophet nor a Minor Prophet. The Major Prophets are Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel. The Minor Prophets are Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi. Each of these prophets has a book in the Bible named for him. (The minor prophetic books also include Daniel, Baruch, and Lamentations. The Book of Daniel contains prophesy, but Daniel did not occupy a public prophetic office. Baruch served as an assistant to the prophet Jeremiah. Lamentations laments the loss of Jerusalem to Nebuchadnezzar.)Elijah, however, served prominently as prophet of God Most High. Although Elijah the prophet left no written records, the great and almost unparalleled miracles and other occurrences involving him did not go unrecorded but appear prominently in 1 Kings 17--21 and 2 Kings 1--3. Elijah also occurs by name or by reference throughout later books of the Old Testament and several times prominently in the Gospels.Open in Google Docs ViewerOpen link in new tabOpen link in new windowOpen link in new incognito windowDownload fileCopy link addressEdit PDF File on PDFescape.com
The major prophets in the bible are Isaiah, Daniel, Samuel, Jeremiah and Ezekiel. Note that Samuel is not considered a "major prophet" by most scholars and Daniel is not part of the Major Prophet books in the Hebrew Bible.
There exist five chapters in the book of Lamentations.
Because the human author was Jeremiah, who wrote the book of Jeremiah and is a major prophet.
the 5 major prophet books of the bible are isaiah,jeremiah,lamentations,ezekiel and daniel.
Lamentations (meaning: "Dirges; Laments" ) was not the name of a prophet, but a series of five lyrical poems written by Jeremiah, after Babylon destroyed rebellious Jerusalem in 607 B.C.E. These poems, called the 'book of Lamentations', lament the destruction of Jerusalem and express grief(Lamentations 1:5, 18), but also make a hopeful appeal to God to remember his people. (Lamentations 3:22-27; 5:1-3)
The prophet Jeremiah wrote Lamentations as well.
The book of lamentations is written by the prophet Jeremiah, also reffered to as the weeping prophet. It was written after the destruction of the city of Jericho.
The prophet Jeremiah who has the Books of Jeremiah and Lamentations. His prophecy is dual as are most meaning it was for that present timeframe and for the future end-times.
Genesis-Deuteronomy: Books of the law, Torah Joshua-Esther: Books of history Job-Songs of Soloman, Lamentations: Poetic Books Isaiah-Daniel (not Lamentations): Major Prophet Books Hosea-Malachi: Minor Prophet Books
Major Prophets have more chapters in the books of inspired, canonical sacred Scripture that bear their respective names. Each Minor Prophet has fewer chapters in his book that any Major Prophet has. Isaiah, for example, was a Major Prophet, whereas Micah was a Minor Prophet. The Major Prophets were Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel; the other twelve were Minor Prophets. (Daniel, Baruch, and Lamentations fit in neither category.)
Lamentations lised in the major prophets as it is written by Jeremiah.
The major prophets are regarded as Isaiah Jeremiah Ezekiel Daniel. Joel is classed as a minor prophet. Lamentations is regarded along with the above as one of the major prophetic books.
Tradition says it is the Prophet Jeremiah.
Jeremiah is a major prophet in the old testament, often called the weeping prophet.