something about it. He did not come with great eloquence or superior wisdom (see 1 Corinthians 2:1); indeed his prophecy lacks the beautiful poetry of the ‘great’ prophets. But he had a real concern and he came at the right time, to the right place, and spoke the words that God had given to him. Unlike many biblical prophecies his four messages are all dated, so we know the exact time when he delivered them. They were given between the end of August and the end of December in the year 520 B.C. (i.e.