The Bible · Church word
Prophet
In plain words
Someone God sends to speak his word to the people, often calling them back to justice.
The fuller definition
Someone God sends to speak God’s word to the people, often calling them back to justice and faithfulness, and often unwelcome for it. Isaiah, Jeremiah and Amos are among the prophets whose words fill much of the Old Testament.
Where it comes from
Jeremiah 1:4–10; Amos 5:24
In The Bible: Its books, its translations, and how Lutherans read it.