Hosea, for example, used the metaphor of marriage and the prospect of a new exodus to exhort Israel to remain faithful to the relationship. Amos mercilessly exposed the social injustice of the people and revised the traditional notion of the Day of the Lord to mean that the lord might attack Israel rather than its enemies. Isaiah uncovered forgotten aspects of the Zion and Daivid traditions to show that the promises were demands for fidelity as well as assurances of divine help Jeremiah used the Exodus tradition and attemped to show that the divine judgment the people were experiencing could have a positive outcome if the people were obedient.
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