Lecture 11_Habakkuk and Zephaniah (pt 2)

Question 1

Micah was a contemporary of

Answer 1

Isaiah and shares many similarities (for example compare Isaiah 2:2-4 with Micah 4:1-3).

Question 2

Throughout the book Habakkuk, and thus God’s people,

Answer 2

learn to increasingly trust in the faithfulness of God

Question 3

Habakkuk is similar to Job in that like Job

Answer 3

Habakkuk pours out a lament to God for perceived injustice.

Question 4

Habakkuk’s first complaint is that

Answer 4

the Law is powerless in the face of the corruption of the people.

Question 5

In his second complaint Habakkuk

Answer 5

does not understand why God continues to allow evil (i.e. theodicy).

Question 6

An essential theme of Nahum is

Answer 6

fall of Assyria and truth that God punishes evil aggression against His people

Question 7

Zephaniah largely concerns

Answer 7

the Day of the Lord

i.e. God’s coming in judgment upon universal false worship