Latter Prophets (using book) Flashcards
Which prophet described the imminent destruction of Jerusalem at the hands of the Babylonians and warned the remaining Israelites not to go to Egypt?
Jeremiah
Which prophet came during a time of relative prosperity (during Jereoboam II’s reign) and married a prostitute named Gomer?
Hosea
Which prophet came during a time of relative prosperity (during Uzziel’s and Jeroboam II’s reigns) and condemned the people for their poor treatment of the vulnerable in society?
Amos
Which prophets predicted that Israel would fall to the Assyrians?
Amos and Hosea
Which prophet predicted an Elijah-like figure as a messenger of the covenant (John the Baptist)?
Malachi
Which prophet shows that God deals with the nations using a balance of good and evil, and when a certain amount of evil has been accumulated, judgement must occur?
Habakkuk
Which prophet pronounced doom on the Assyrians at Nineveh a century after Jonah?
Nahum
Which prophet predicted that a deliverer would be born in Bethlehem and that the Israelites would eventually be rescued from the Assyrians?
Micah
Which prophet focused on the coming day of the Lord and tried to call people back to righteousness, as well as prophesying judgment on Philistia, moab, Ammon, Cush, and Assyria?
Zephaniah
Which prophet focused on getting the post-exilic people of Jerusalem spiritually ready for the temple’s completion?
Zechariah
Which two prophets encouraged the post-exilic community to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem?
Haggai and Zechariah
Which prophet’s book is structured through a series of questions and answers with God?
Habakkuk
Which prophet addressed the plague of locusts and spoke of the pouring out of the Spirit before judgment?
Joel
Which post-exilic prophet had many visions, used apocalyptic writing, and spoke of the shepherd king to come?
Zechariah
Which prophet called the post-exilic people to consider their ways and question whether they should live in comfort before the temple was constructed?
Haggai
