Minor Prophets

Question 1

Which prophet told of shaking the nations and the gold and silver are mine?

Answer 1

Haggai

Question 2

Which prophet foretold of a coming “plague of locusts”?

Answer 2

Joel

Question 3

What is the meaning of Zephaniah’s name, which also suggests the way the repentant might survive the coming judgement?

Answer 3

Jehovah hides

Question 4

Which prophet focused on the “lack of knowledge”?

Answer 4

Hosea

Question 5

What two acts of worship became infeasible during the time of Joel?

Answer 5

The grain offering and the drink offering

Question 6

Which prophet saw “The Accuser” (Satan) accusing Joshua the High Priest?

Answer 6

Zechariah

Question 7

Which prophet compared the behavior of the leaders to cannibalism?

Answer 7

Micah

Question 8

Describe the famine Amos predicted

Answer 8

A famine of hearing the words of the Lord

Question 9

Which prophet is faced with problems he asks God to answer?

Answer 9

Habakkuk

Question 10

Which minor prophet book is in narrative form?

Answer 10

Jonah

Question 11

Which prophet used the pattern: “For three transgressions, and for four…”?

Answer 11

Amos

Question 12

Which prophet pronounced judgment on the Jews, and also enumerated the sins and coming judgment on Tyre, Sidon, and Philistia.

Answer 12

Joel

Question 13

Which prophet foretells an end to unclean spirits?

Answer 13

Zechariah

Question 14

Which prophet had the message that pollution is more easily communicated than sanctification?

Answer 14

Haggai

Question 15

Which word has a double meaning “sow/scatter”, with the negative meaning applied to the house of Jehu?

Answer 15

Jezreel

Question 16

Who did Joel say would not pass through the future “holy” Jerusalem?

Answer 16

Strangers

Question 17

Which prophet’s ministry was on foreign soil?

Answer 17

Jonah

Question 18

Who was the outsider from Judah who prophesied to Israel?

Answer 18

Amos

Question 19

Which prophet portrays God as the Loving Husband and Gentle Father?

Answer 19

Hosea

Question 20

Which prophet discussed the judgment and deliverance coming to the Jews, but didn’t mention the sins they were guilty of?

Answer 20

Joel

Question 21

Which prophetic book is difficult in part due to the poor condition of manuscripts?

Answer 21

Hosea

Question 22

Which prophet equated divorce with “violence” or “bloodshed”?

Answer 22

Malachi

Question 23

What was the 8 word sermon of Jonah?

Answer 23

Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown

Question 24

Which prophet mentions the sending of “Elijah the prophet”?

Answer 24

Malachi

Question 25

Which prophet focused heavily on "The Day of the Lord"?

Answer 25

Zephaniah

Question 26

What two things did Amos say about justice?

Answer 26

1) Establish it in the gate 2) Let it roll down like mighty waters

Question 27

Which prophet started by blasting all the surrounding nations, then focused in on Israel?

Answer 27

Amos

Question 28

Which prophet had poetry second only to Isaiah and presented God alternating verdicts between Nineveh and Judah?

Answer 28

Nahum

Question 29

Who is credited with ultimately "conquering" Edom?

Answer 29

John Hyrcanus

Question 30

What city was "ripe for the picking" and merely shaking their fortresses would "drop figs into your mouth"?

Answer 30

Nineveh

Question 31

Which prophet argued with the people's prioritization of their own paneled houses?

Answer 31

Haggai

Question 32

Which prophet mentions the foal of a donkey, 30 pieces of silver, the one they pierced, and the striking of the shepherd and scattered sheep?

Answer 32

Zechariah

Question 33

Which prophet depicted Jehovah searching Jerusalem with lamps to find those where were complacent?

Answer 33

Zephaniah

Question 34

Which prophet has three sections marked by "hear/listen"?

Answer 34

Micah

Question 35

Which prophet used puns such as Gath/tell, and Beth-le-aphra/house of dust?

Answer 35

Micah

Question 36

Jeremiah tells us that Israel seemed to have a short-lived repentance during the reign of Hezekiah due to which prophet's message.

Answer 36

Micah

Question 37

About which prophet has been said: "No hotter book lies in all the Old Testament"?

Answer 37

Zephaniah

Question 38

Which book presents six "disputes"?

Answer 38

Malachi

Question 39

Which minor prophet book consists of only one chapter?

Answer 39

Obadiah

Question 40

Who has been called "The Hebrew Socrates"?

Answer 40

Malachi

Question 41

Who tried to shut up the prophets and compromise the Nazirites? And in what book?

Answer 41

Israel / Amos

Question 42

Which prophet struggled with God using the Assyrians to judge Judah?

Answer 42

Habakkuk

Question 43

Who is "the prophet of Pentecost"?

Answer 43

Joel

Question 44

What were the three components of Joel's Pentecost prophecy?

Answer 44

1) Spirit poured out, 2) Wonders shown, 3) Salvation / escape ("the promise")

Question 45

Which minor prophet has an extended section about the Mountain of the Lord's house?

Answer 45

Micah

Question 46

Which prophet saw 8 visions, including "Wickedness" in a basket?

Answer 46

Zechariah

Question 47

Which prophet spoke of the valley of Jehoshaphat?

Answer 47

Joel

Question 48

Which prophet gave the requirements of justice and kindness with a humble walk?

Answer 48

Micah

Question 49

Which prophet is the most Messianic, the most truly apocalyptic and eschatological?

Answer 49

Zechariah

Question 50

Which prophet had visions of a plumb line and a basket of summer fruit?

Answer 50

Amos

Question 51

Which prophet: "The Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him."

Answer 51

Habakkuk

Question 52

Which prophet spoke of the "well fed and pampered" cows of Bashan?

Answer 52

Amos

Question 53

Who said: "But as for me, I am filled with power, with the Spirit of the Lord, and with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin."?

Answer 53

Micah

Question 54

Which nation was guilty of relishing in and assisting in the downfall of Judah?

Answer 54

Edom [Obadiah]

Question 55

What nation is "Mount Seir"?

Answer 55

Edom

Question 56

Which prophet primarily addressed the nation of Edom?

Answer 56

Obadiah

Question 57

Which prophet said: "Prepare to meet your God!"

Answer 57

Amos

Question 58

Which prophet contains the suggestion to offer blind, lame, and sick animals to their governor?

Answer 58

Malachi

Question 59

Which prophetic book has been described as: "One great 'At Last!'"?

Answer 59

Nahum

Question 60

Which prophet said "Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord!"?

Answer 60

Amos

Question 61

What are the two reasons Jonah wanted to die?

Answer 61

1) God's forgiveness was available to the Ninevites, 2) The shade plant had withered

Question 62

Which prophet focused extensively on "The Branch"?

Answer 62

Zechariah

Question 63

Which prophet foretold the destruction of Nineveh and refrained from judging Judah?

Answer 63

Nahum

Question 64

Which prophet had nothing negative to say about Israel or Judah?

Answer 64

Obadiah