The ProphetsProphets, religious sages and charismatic figures, seen as endowed with the divine gift of revelation, preached during the period of the monarchy until a century after the destruction of Jerusalem (586 BCE ). Whether as advisors to kings on matters of religion, ethics and politics, or as critics, under the primacy of the relationship between the individual and God, the prophets were guided by the need for justice and published powerful commentaries on the morality of the Jewish nation. life. Their eye-opening experiences were recorded in books of inspired prose and poetry, many of which were incorporated into the Bible. The enduring and universal appeal of the prophets stems from their appeal to a fundamental consideration of human values, such as those of Isaiah (1:17) -- “Be good, devote yourselves to righteousness; help the wronged, defend the rights of the orphan; defend the cause of the widow” -- continue to nourish humanity's quest for social justice. The main job of a prophet was to inspire the people and the government to repentance and observance. The traditional view is that the prophecy was removed from the world after the destruction of the First Temple. The prophets mentioned next were alive at the time of the destruction. Several explanations are proposed to explain why the prophets no longer exist:1. The Jews' failure to heed the prophets' calls for repentance showed that they were not worthy. When most of the Jews remained in exile after Ezra's return, they showed that they were still not worthy of this level of holiness. The second temple did not have the level of kedushah [holiness] of the first temple, even from the beginning.2. It was actually a sign of G-d's mercy. If the Jews had had a prophet and continued to disobey (as was probably the case based on behavior in later centuries) even after the punishment of exile, they would have deserved complete destruction. Now they might say that if a prophet had come, they would have obeyed and thus lessened the punishment (although some consider the current exile (i.e. diaspora) to be harsh enough).3. After the destruction of the first Temple, the sages prayed for the elimination of the "evil inclination" of idolatry..