Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Jeremiah, & Lamentations

Question 1

What time period does the book of Nahum cover?

Answer 1

c. 640-609 B.C.

Question 2

Nahum is called by God to go to ___ to proclaim to them their impending ___ because of turning from the Lord.

Answer 2

Nineveh, destruction

Question 3

What is the time period during which Habakkuk ministered?

Answer 3

c. 640-609 B.C.

Question 4

dialogue

Answer 4

conversation between one or more persons

Question 5

Habakkuk complains to God about the ___ he sees around him, and God replies by revealing his plan to ___ Judah through Babylon.

Answer 5

injustice; punish

Question 6

Habakkuk wonders how God can use an ___ to judge His people, and God explains that He judges all sin ___.

Answer 6

evil nation, at the right time

Question 7

What is the time period during which Zephaniah ministered?

Answer 7

c. 640-609 B.C.

Question 8

Day of the Lord

Answer 8

the final day of judgment

Question 9

Zephaniah declares the coming ___ of all nations.

Answer 9

final judgment

Question 10

Those who ___ will be blessed and not be destroyed.

Answer 10

turn back to God

Question 11

What is the time period during which Jeremiah ministered?

Answer 11

c. 627-586 B.C.

Question 12

repent

Answer 12

feeling remorse for one’s sins and changing one’s behavior

Question 13

Jeremiah pleads with ___ to repent from their sins but foresees Jerusalem’s destruction at ___.

Answer 13

Judah; the hand of Babylon

Question 14

Jeremiah assures the people of God that He will ___ them after the ___ and fulfill His ___ to David.

Answer 14

restore; judgement; promise

Question 15

Jeremiah witnesses the ___ and the ___.

Answer 15

fall of Jerusalem; destruction of the temple

Question 16

Who is the author of Lamentations?

Answer 16

Jeremiah

Question 17

lament

Answer 17

an expression of grief or sorrow

Question 18

Lamentations was written as a song to seek ___

Answer 18

God’s forgiveness