The Major Prophets, Daniel, Lamentations

Question 1

Isaiah

Answer 1

Author/Date: Isaiah (740-687 BC)
Theme: The Holy One of Israel prosecutes His people yet promises a righteous kingdom

1. Coming Judgment of God (1-39)
   A. Righteousness and Sinfulness (1-12)
   B. God’s Righteousness among nations (13-27)
   C. A Righteous King in Jerusalem (28-39)
2. Future Kingdom of God (40-66)
   A. Suffering Servant (40-55)
   B. Covenant Faithfulness (56-66)

Question 2

Jeremiah

Answer 2

Author/Date: Jeremiah (near the end of Judah, 600 BC)
Theme: A just God uproots covenant breakers but renews His promises to plant and build

1. Final Warning for Israel (1-25)
2. Judgement and Hope for Israel (26-45)
   A. Biography #1: Jeremiah rejected (26-29)
   B. Book of Comfort: Plant and Build (30-33)
   C. Biography #2: Jerusalem destroyed (34-45)
3. Judgment and Hope for Nations (46-53)

Question 3

Lamentations

Answer 3

Author/Date: Jeremiah (after Jerusalem’s Fall, 586 BC)
Theme: God’s judgment is the seedbed of hope for those who cry out to Him

1. Zion’s Mourning and the Wrath of God (1-2)
2. Lord’s compassion (3)
3. Zion’s Suffering and the prayer of God’s People (4-5)

Question 4

Ezekiel

Answer 4

Author/Date: Ezekiel (in Exile in Babylon, 570 BC)
Theme: God will restore His people for the glory of His name and the good of His creation

1. Throne and Watchman (1-3)
2. Judgment on Jerusalem (4-24)
3. Judgment on the Nations (25-32)
4. Hope for Judah and all people (33-39)
5. Remade Temple, Restored Creation (40-48)

36:22-23 - for my name’s sake

Question 5

Daniel

Answer 5

Author/Date: Daniel (in Exile in Babylon)
Theme: God’s sovereignty over the history and kingdoms of this world

1. Biographical Narratives (1-6)
   A. Daniel Fast (1)
   B. Neb’s Dream (2)
   C. Fiery Furnace (3)
   D. Beast Mode (4)
   E. Writing on the Wall (5)
   F. Lions’ Den (6)
2. Prophetic Visions (7-12)
   A. The Son of Man (7)
   B. Ram and Goat (8)
   C. Seventy Weeks (9)
   D. Man by the Tigris (10-12)