Old Testament minor prophets

Nahum

name means "comfort"; prophesied during reigns of Josiah; contemporary with Zephaniah and Jeremiah; prophesies actual fall of Nineveh

Malachai

name means "messenger"; condemns sins of Israel; may be the last Old Testament prophet

Joel

only mentioned in his book and the book of Acts; locust plague and drought; restoration will only come after judgment and repentence

Haggai

prophesied during reign of Darius; contemporary of Zechariah; chastizes people for living in fancy houses when the temple was in ruins; encourages exiles to rebuild temple

Micah

prophesied during reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah; from Judah; contemporary of Isaiah; predicts downfall of Samaria and Judea; alternates between gloom and hope

Obadiah

shortest book of the minor prophets; possible contemporary of Jeremiah; "cup of wrath"

Amos

was a shepherd and fig tree farmer from Judah; prophesied during reign of Uzziah in Judah and Jeroboam II in Israel; contemporary with Hosea and Jonah; social justice=true piety

Hosea

wrote during the reign of Hoshea; told by God to take an adulterous wife; kids' names were Jezreel, Lo-Ammi (not my people), and L0-Ruhamah (without compassion)

Jonah

book is a narrative about him; prophesied during reign of Jeroboam II; contemporary of Amos; mission was to prophesy coming destruction to Nineveh; angry when Nineveh repented and was spared

Zechariah

born in Babylonia; went to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel; contemporary of Haggai; has vision for God's plan to rebuild temple; makes oracles against Hadrach, Hamath, Tyre, and Gaza

Habakkuk

contemporary of Jeremiah and maybe Zephaniah; predicts Babylonian invasion; directly spoke to and asked questions to God

Zephaniah

descendant of Hezekiah; prophesied during reign of Josiah; contemporary with Jeremiah, Nahum, and maybe Habakkuk; prophesies approaching judgment on all nations and Day of the Lord