Names of Books |
Abbreviation |
Author |
Synopsis |
Main Theme / Key Thought |
Isaiah |
Isa |
Isaiah |
Events leading up to captivity (chapters 1-39), and predictions, warnings, promises to events beyond captivity to the Christian dispensation. |
Isaiah is known as the prophet of redemption. This book is full of messianic prophecies and the woes pronounced on sinful nations. |
Jeremiah |
Jer |
Jeremiah |
Rebukes, warnings, and promises to the Jews. Predictions of divine judgments, the overthrow of Jerusalem, and the seventy years of captivity. |
The backsliding, bondage, and restoration of the Jews |
Lamentations |
La |
Jeremiah |
Ruin of Jerusalem. Jeremiah’s grief over the afflictions of his people, and his trust in God. The former glory of Israel contrasted with their misery |
A series of dirges in the form of an acrostic, written as if for a national funeral, portraying the capture and destruction of Jerusalem. |
Ezekiel |
Eze |
Ezekiel |
A portrayal of the apostate condition of Judah, and predictions and promises concerning the means by which the glory of the nation is to be restored. |
I am the Sovereign Lord. |
Daniel |
Da |
Daniel |
Six moral conflicts of Daniel. The controlling hand of God moving the scenes in the panorama of history. |
The sovereignty of God over the affairs of men in all ages. |