The Major Prophets, Daniel, Lamentations

Question 1

Isaiah

Answer 1

• Author/Purpose: Isaiah (740-687 BC)
• Theme: Hope in Israel’s Restoration
• Outline:
o Overview of Isaiah’s Ministry: The Holiness of God and Sinfulness of Israel (1-12)
o A Response to Assyria: God’s Sovereign Purpose (13-39)
 God’s Righteousness established among the nations (13-27)
 A Righteous King in Jerusalem (28-35)
 God’s Salvation of Jerusalem (36-39)
o God’s Restoration Revealed in the Suffering Servant (40-55)
o A Call to Respond in Covenant Faithfulness (56-66)

Question 2

Jeremiah

Answer 2

• Author/Purpose: Jeremiah near the end of Judah (600 BC)
• Theme: The Strength of God’s Covenantal Love
• Outline:
o Oracles Concerning Jerusalem: Adultery and Sin (1-25)
o Biographical Narrative #1: Jeremiah’s Struggles (26-29)
o Book of Comfort: Restoration (30-33)
o Biographical Narrative #2: Judgement on Judah (34-45)
o Oracles Concerning Foreign Nations (46-51)
o Conclusion (52)

Question 3

Lamentations

Answer 3

•	Author/Purpose: Jeremiah after Jerusalem’s Fall (586 BC)
•	Theme: Lament and Hope in Jerusalem’s Destruction
•	Outline:
o	The Mourning of Jerusalem (1)
o	The Wrath of God (2)
o	The Compassion of God (3)
o	The Sins of All People (4)
o	The Prayer for Restoration (5)

Question 4

Ezekiel

Answer 4

•	Author/Purpose: Ezekiel in Exile in Babylon (570 BC)
•	Theme: Hope in Exile: God will not leave us
•	Outline:
o	The Beginning Vision (1-3)
o	Judgment against Judah (4-24)
o	Judgement against the Nations (25-32)
o	Judah Restored (33-39)
o	The Temple Remade (40-48)

Question 5

Daniel

Answer 5

• Author/Purpose: Daniel in Exile in Babylon
• Theme: God’s sovereignty amongst our Exile
• Outline:
o Narrative of Daniel’s Captivity (1-6)
 Daniel’s Faithfulness (1)
 Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar (2-4)
 Daniel and the other kings (5-6)
o Daniel’s Visions of Israel’s Future (7-12)
 The Son of Man (7)
 Visions and Prayer (8-12)