bible exam 3
The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah saying, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as prophet to the nations." In response Jeremiah said, _____
"Ah Soveriegn Lord, I do not know how to speak; I am only a child."
What does Zechariah say about Assyria's attitude?
"I am and there is none beside me."
What was God's response to Habakkuk's first complaint?
"I am raising up the Babylonians, that ruthless and impetuous people."
Which of the following shows the content of Zechariah best?
"I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there my house will be rebuilt."
What was Habakkuk's first complaint?
"The law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails."
God declared, his people have committed two sins. What were the two sins?
"They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns."
. Ezekiel's prophecy explains why Jerusalem was destroyed: "I will execute judgement on you at the borders of Israel. And you will know I am the Lord..."
"for you have not followed my decrees or kept my laws but conformed to the standards of the nations around you."
Which of the following is NOT described in Ezekiel 8?
120 Gentiles marched into the inner court of the Temple to massacre Jews.
Haggai's prophetic message was given in ...
520 BC
The main theme of Jeremiah 31-34 is ____
A new covenant
According to Longman, the following are correct EXCEPT...
After conquering Judah Nebuchadnezzar installed Josiah as his puppet king in Judah.
The following descriptions are correct EXCEPT
After the fall of Jerusalem Jeremiah fled to Egypt
Zephaniah shares similarities with _____ in its oracles against the foreign nations.
Amos
According to Longman, the following is true EXCEPT...
Amos did not have any positive word for Israel but judgement speeches only.
According to Longman, the following are correct EXCEPT...
Amos warned Babylon would come to punish Israel's sins.
According to Longman, the following are correct EXCEPT...
Amos was a rich shepherd who did not have to get paid for what he was doing, that is prophesying.
Hosea is one of the earliest prophets along with...
Amos, Micah, and Isaiah
Which of the following is NOT one of the visions Amos received?
Angels of death
According to Hosea 2:1-13, the Israelites misunderstood by thinking ___
Baal is the one who gives them daily sustenance, such as, wine, oil, etc.
According to Hosea, the Israelites misunderstood by thinking _____
Baal is the one who gives them daily sustenance, such as, wine, oil, etc.
How did the seamen show they were more spiritually sensitive than Jonah?
Before they threw him overboard, they prayed to God.
How have people, according to Malachi, "wearied the Lord with their words"?
By saying, "Where is God of justice?"
Which of the following is NOT one of the symbolic acts Ezekiel performed in Ezekiel 4-5?
Destroy idols in the Jerusalem Temple, grind them, and spread them on the River Jordan.
In Malachi God's expressed his love for the Israelites by saying, "I have loved you," but they doubted by saying, "How have you loved us?" How did God respond to their doubt?
Esau I have hated, and I have turned his mountain into a wasteland.
How did the seamen show they were more humane than Jonah?
Even after they found out Jonah was the culprit for the storm, they did their best to row to shore.
What does Nahum end his prophecy with, and why does "everyone" react that way?
Everyone who hears the news about Assyria claps his hands at Assyria's fall.
The phrase "then they will know that I am the Lord" appears repeatedly in Ezekiel, and it is reminiscent of...
Exodus
The phrase that appears repeatedly in Ezekiel 6 is reminiscent of...
Exodus
The following statements concerning the book of Ezekiel are true EXCEPT...
Ezekiel ends with clear messianic prophecies.
Which of the following is INCORRECT?
Ezekiel prophesied the Lord would break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon.
According to Longman, which of the following is INCORRECT?
Ezekiel's words and ideas frequently appear in Paul's letters.
Jeremiah describes God challenging the inhabitants of Jerusalem to______. Then God would forgive the city.
Find one person who deals with honesty and seeks the truth
Which of the following sayings appears frequently in Amos?
For three sins of ..., and even for four, I will not turn back my wrath.
What is Amaziah say to Amos?
Get out, you seer. Go back to the land of Judah. Earn your bread there. Don't prophesy anymore in Bethel.
According to Amos, which of the following is NOT what the Israelites were doing?
Go to Bethel and Gilgal, their national sanctuaries, but do not bring their tithes.
What does Haggai prophesy about Zerubbabel?
God declared, "I will make you like my signet ring, for I have chosen you."
What does Zechariah emphasize?
God is with the remnant community of people who have returned from exile.
The main theme of Hosea 1-3 is ______
God's steadfast love for unfaithful Israel
According to Longman, the following are true EXCEPT...
Gomer was a cultic prostitute.
Which of the following statements concerning Habakkuk is correct?
Habakkuk began with complaints to God but ended with praising God.
The following are correct EXCEPT...
Habakkuk begins his book with a complaint against God and ends with it.
Which of the following describes the book of Habakkuk best?
Habakkuk begins with complaints to God but ends with praise to God, which shows that his complaints are not acts of unfaith.
The following are correct EXCEPT...
Habakkuk complained to God because he was being persecuted by the evil people.
The following statement s concerning Haggai are correct EXCEPT...
Haggai, like Jeremiah, performed some symbolic actions.
Which of the following describes what Ezekiel did in Ezekiel 3?
He ate the scroll God gave him, and it tasted as sweet as honey in his mouth.
Which of the following statements describes Habakkuk best?
He deals with the topic of theodicy.
What did Amos mean by sating that he is not a prophet?
He did not make a living by prophesying.
The following descriptions concerning Jeremiah are correct EXCEPT
He encouraged the Israelites/Judeans to trust God and fight against the Babylonians.
Jeremiah's symbolic actions include...
He placed a linen loincloth in a cave near the Euphrates River.
After his deliverance from the fish's stomach, Jonah finally went to Nineveh. How do we know, according to Longman, Jonah went to Nineveh reluctantly?
His message doesn't include the possibility of avoiding the judgement by repentance.
Which of the following describes the Assyrian's attitude best?
I am, and there is none besides me.
What was Amos's response to Amaziah?
I was neither a prophet nor a prophet's son.
In Amos 3, he writes "You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth; therefore..."
I will punish you for all your sins.
Which of the following is spoken by a different speaker?
I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts.
In Jeremiah 12 Jeremiah complained to God saying, "Why does the way of the wicked prosper?" God responded saying, _____
I'll forsake my house, abandon my inheritance; I'll giver her into the hands of her enemies.
How did people, according to Malachi, "rob" God?
In tithes and offerings
Nahum taunts Nineveh whose inhabitants thought it ...
Invulnerable
According to Longman, the list of charges climaxes with...
Israel
What was wrong with Israel's policies in 8:1-14?
Israel/Ephraim sold herself to lovers, i.e. political alliance.
Which of the following explains Ezekiel's vision in Ezekiel 1 best?
It describes of those what looked like four living creatures with wheels, i.e., mobility.
Which of the following summarizes the content of Haggai best?
It is time to rebuild the Jerusalem Temple.
According to Longman, many find the book of Nahum irrelevant and even repulsive because...
It rejoices in the destruction of Nineveh.
According to Longman, what is unique about Nahum's prophesy?
It was written down from the start.
The fall of Jerusalem is mention in ...
Jeremiah 39
According to Longman, the following are correct EXCEPT
Jeremiah wrote every word of the book as it now stands as the superscription (1:1-3) clearly informs the reader that the book contains the words of Jeremiah.
Who is (are) portrayed in the book of Jonah as least spiritually sensitive?
Jonah
Which of the following does NOT occur in the book of Jonah?
Jonah said he was angry enough to die when a great fish swallowed him.
According to Hosea 4:1-14, 5:1-7 and 6:1-3, the major theme of the book is ___
Knowledge of God
The following statements are true EXCEPT...
Like Isaiah Ezekiel receives a magnificent vision of God in the temple.
The following ar correct EXCEPT...
Like the book of Jonah, Zephaniah consists of extensive prophetic oracles against Nineveh.
Nahum repeatedly describes Nineveh as a(n)...
Lion
Zephaniah's description of Judah's idolatry includes the following EXCEPT...
Marduk
According to Longman, Zephaniah was a ...
Member of the extended royal family
The following are true EXCEPT...
Nahum reflects a narrow-minded nationalistic attitude.
Who made Jehoiahkim king of Judah?
Neco
In 587 BC...
Neduchadnezzar completely subdued Judah, destroyed the Jerusalem temple, and deported a large number of people, including his puppet king Zedekiah who rebelled against him.
Nahum prophesied concerning _____
Nineveh
Jonah was angry and depressed over God's compassion toward the Ninevites. Which of the following is NOT what Longman says about it?
Perhaps Jonah worried his countrymen would consider him a traitor.
Which of the following New Testament books use Ezekiel extensively?
Revelation
Which of the following describes best the characteristics of Habakkuk's prophesy?
Righteous indignation
One of the kew terms that are strategically repeated in the book of Jonah to show its rhetoric is ...
Rise up
Haggai's oracle teaches ...
Ritual uncleanness or defilement is contagious.
In the second taunt Nahum calls Nineveh a(n)...
Sorceress and harlot
What does Amos 4 say about the Israelites' sacrifices?
That is what they "love to do"
The following statements about the book of Jonah are correct EXCEPT...
The Book of Jonah portrays the Gentile characters in a very negative light.
Nahum describes Nineveh as ...
The City of Blood
What happens in Ezekiel 10 and 11?
The Glory of God leaves Jerusalem.
According to Hosea what was Israel's main problem?
The Israelites deserted the Lord to give themselves to prostitution.
Which of the following is from Habakkuk?
The Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth be silent before him.
At the time of judgement, according to Zephaniah, God will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish those who are complacent, who think, ...
The Lord will no nothing, either good or bad.
Zechariah's visions teach the following EXCEPT ...
The angel of the Lord informs Zechariah the lack of the walls shows weakness.
Hosea talks about the following EXCEPT...
The cows of Bashan get drunk because they participate in cultic rituals.
According to Longman, the following are correct EXCEPT...
The final editor of the book of Jeremiah wanted the readers to end with the triumphant note of God's punishment of the pagan nations.
The following comes from Hosea EXCEPT...
The holy God is in his temple. Let the whole earth be silent before him.
Amos says the following in chapter 5 EXCEPT
The lord is in his temple. Let the whole earth be silent before him!
Zephaniah prophesies ...
The nations on every shore will worship him [Yahweh], every one in its own land.
According to Longman, the following are true EXCEPT...
The restoration of the Jerusalem wall was not complete at the time of Malachi.
Habakkuk prophesied the following EXCEPT...
The righteous who meditates on the Torah will prosper.
The following are Habakkuk's speeches to God EXCEPT...
The righteous will live by his faith.
What is God's response to Habakkuk's second complaint?
The righteous will live by his faith.
When the Lord sent a great wind on the sea, and a violent storm arose, the following happened EXCEPT ...
The sailors sacrificed to their gods.
According to Longman, the Day of Judgement is coming for Jerusalem in which ___ are singled out in particular.
The wealthy
Which of the following explains Haggai and Zechariah's ministry correctly?
Their prophetic message was surprisingly well received by their audience.
In Ezekiel 6 Ezekiel spoke about God's judgement? Which of the following phrases appears repeatedly in this chapter as well as in the entire book?
Then they will know I am the Lord.
Amos indicted the Israelites for the following EXCEPT...
They did not bring enough sacrifices to God and offered blemished sacrifices only.
Why does Longman think Malachi's time was a difficult time for God's people?
They may have expected a more robust restoration than they experienced at the time.
According to Malachi, how did the priests show contempt for God's name?
They placed defied food on God's alter.
What does Amos 2 say about Israel's sins?
They sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals.
According to Hosea 2 the ancient Israelites worshipped foreign gods because...
They thought those gods provide necessities of life.
Jeremiah warned the Judeans to reform their ways and their actions. He also warned them not to trust in deceptive words. What were the deceptive words?
This is the temple of the Lord.
As the earliest of the writing prophets Amos repeatedly used the common messenger speech formula of his time, i.e., ...
This is what the Lord says...
The following are correct description of Jeremiah 30-33 EXCEPT
This section mentions the fall of Jerusalem
According to Longman, those scholars who think Zephaniah ministered after Josiah's reform (621 BC) base their position on the fact that...
Those who worship Baal are referred to as "remnant."
According to Longman, the following took place in 597 BC, EXCEPT ...
Trusting in Egypt's help, Jehoiachin rebelled against Babylon.
Typical of many prophets, Zephaniah looks beyond the horizon of judgement to see ...
Universal worship
God called Jeremiah specifically to _______
Uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant nations
Ezekiel 2-3 describes Ezekiel's call as a prophet, and he is compared to a _____
Watchman
According to Longman, the following statements are true EXCEPT...
When Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem, he killed Zedekiah, whom he made king of Judah about a decade earlier but rebelled against him later.
Which of the following reflects Longman's view best?
While the historicity of much of the Old Testament (the Exodus, for example) is crucial to its theological significance, Jonah is not such a book.
What is Habakkuk's response to God's first response?
Why are you silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
The followig explains Zechariah correctly EXCEPT...
With many messianic prophecies, this book is an easy read for Christians.
The following statements concerning Zechariah are correct EXCEPT ...
Zechariah was pre-exilic prophet.
The following are images of God Hosea uses EXCEPT...
a hot oven
In Hosea 1-3 God is pictured as...
a jealous husband
In Hosea 4-14 God is pictured as the following EXCEPT...
a jealous husband
Jonah's prayer in the fish's stomach was ...
a psalm of thanksgiving
Jeremiah 46-51 is ...
a series of oracles against foreign nations
Hosea describes Israel as following EXCEPT...
an ignorant ox
How did the Israelites profane the covenant of their fathers?
by breaking their marriage covenant
Nahum concludes with a ...
dirge
Malachi repeatedly employs ...
disputations
Woe oracles like Nahum 3 are the type of speech that is spoken at a ...
funeral
According to Longman, how does the book of Jonah anticipate the Gospel?
in its depiction of God's concern for Gentiles
Longman thinks many of the prophetic descriptions of the restored people of God are highly enigmatic because ...
in the actual return from the exile, a temple is rebuilt, but it did not fit Ezekiel's glorious description
Hosea prophesies that "the land mourns, and all who live in it waste away; the beasts of the field and birds of the air and fish of the sea are dying." This environmental disaster was tied to ...
lack of knowledge of God
In Amos 5 he says about Israelites' worship service that they should _______.
let justice roll on like a river and righteousness like a never-failing stream
Malachi means _____
my messenger
The following are Jeremiah's accusations against Israel EXCEPT
offering blemished sacrifices
What does Amos begin with?
oracles against foreign nations
In Zechariah four horns are ...
symbols of power that scattered God's people like Babylon
In Zechariah which vision(s) symbolically refer(s) to sin remaining within the restoration community that needs to be eradicated?
the 6th and 7th night visions
In Ezekiel 43 ...
the Glory of the Lord returns to Jerusalem.
Haggai's prophecy is dated to the second year of ...
the Persian king Darius
Who told their. husbands to bring drinks?
the cows of Bashan
In Zechariah the following appear EXCEPT...
the destruction of Babylon
Zephaniah calls ______ to seek the Lord.
the humble of the land
According to Jeremiah 9 which of the following is correct?
the one who boasts that they have the understanding to know God
The eschatological hopes of the book of Malachi find their fulfillment in ____
the pages of the Gospels
Amos charges the foreign nations with ...
war crimes
According to lecture/Longman, Habakkuk ...
was a contemporary of Jeremiah and Ezekiel
In Zechariah one vision shows a woman in a basket ...
which will be sent back to Babylon where it belongs