| Names of Books |
Abbreviation |
Author |
Synopsis |
Main Theme / Key Thought |
| Hosea |
Hos |
Hosea |
The apostasy of Israel, characterized as spiritual adultery. Message directed to the Northern Kingdom. |
Formal call to repentance and promises of future blessings. |
| Joel |
Joel |
Joel |
National repentance and its blessings. |
Day of the Lord |
| Amos |
Am |
Amos |
Impending judgments on surrounding nations; Threatening discourses against Judah and Israel; The call to Israel to see God in sincerity. |
Denouncement of selfishness and sin |
| Obadiah |
Ob |
Unknown |
The doom of Edom and final deliverance of Israel. |
God’s special providential care over the Jews, and the certainty of punishment of those who persecute them. |
| Jonah |
Jnh |
Jonah |
Obedience and the depth of divine mercy. |
The peril of running away from duty and religious bigotry; employment of imperfect men as channels of truth; the wideness of God’s mercy. |
| Micah |
Mic |
Micah |
Coming judgments; promises of deliverance; particular sins condemned; future hopes of a righteous kingdom, Messiah King, and Divine grace. |
A dark picture of the moral condition of Israel and Judah, but foretelling the establishment of a messianic kingdom in which righteousness will prevail. |
| Nahum |
Na |
Unknown |
The Destruction of Nineveh. Judah is promised deliverance from Assyria. |
Divine vengeance for those who turn away from God. |
| Habakkuk |
Hab |
Unknown |
The prophet’s perplexity over the mystery of unpunished evil in the world. |
The mysteries of providence. |
| Zephaniah |
Zep |
Zephaniah |
Threatening of God with a vision of the future glory of Israel. |
The coming of a glad day |
| Haggai |
Hag |
Haggai |
People rebuked for slackness in building the second temple, but promised a return of God’s glory when the building was completed. |
Sharp rebukes for neglecting the rebuilding of the temple. |
| Zechariah |
Zec |
Zechariah |
The ultimate triumph of God’s kingdom. |
The coming of the Messiah King and the dawning of a brighter day for Zion. |
| Malachi |
Mal |
Malachi |
The robbing of God through the sins of a dishonest, ungrateful people, and an unfaithful priesthood. |
A graphic picture of the closing period of Old Testament history, showing the necessity of reforms before the coming of the Messiah. |
