<P> The Major Prophets is a grouping of books in the Christian Old Testament . These books are centred on a prophet, traditionally regarded as the author of the respective book . The term "major" refers to their length, in distinction to the Twelve Minor Prophets, whose books are much shorter and grouped together as a single book in the Hebrew Bible . </P> <P> The books, in order of their occurrence in the Christian Old Testament, are: </P> <Ul> <Li> Book of Isaiah </Li> <Li> Book of Jeremiah </Li> <Li> Book of Lamentations (in the Ketuvim (Writings) section of the Tanakh, ascribed to Jeremiah) </Li> <Li> Book of Baruch (not in Protestant Bibles, ascribed to Baruch ben Neriah, scribe of Jeremiah) <Ul> <Li> Letter of Jeremiah (Chapter 6 of Baruch in most Catholic Bibles, its own book in Eastern Orthodox Bibles) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Book of Ezekiel </Li> <Li> Book of Daniel (in the Ketuvim of the Hebrew Bible). </Li> </Ul> <Li> Book of Isaiah </Li>

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