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
Which prophet pronounced judgment on Edom for assisting the Babylonians in conquering Judah, and assured the Israelites of a day when they would be restored?
Obadiah
Which prophet prophesies God’s punishment of Judah using Babylon, questions God, and hears from God that Babylon will be punished in turn?
Habakkuk
Who was Baruch?
Jeremiah’s scribe, who also read Jeremiah’s prophesies at the temple during the time of Jehoakim
Which prophet indicated that God had revoked Jeremiah’s curse on the Davidic line by calling Zerubbabel a “signet of the Lord”?
Haggai
Which prophet railed against easy divorce, drawing a parallel between marriage and covenant keeping with God?
Malachi
Which prophet indicated that proper conduct rather than appeasement with sacrifices and rituals would please God?
Micah
Which prophet was sent by God to prophesy to the Assyrians in Nineveh, but whose prophesy did not come true since they repented?
Jonah
