Quiz: Minor Prophets

Habakkuk 1 predicts that God will raise up the _____ to punish the nation of Judah.

Babylonians

The Minor Prophets are called "minor" because they are less important than the "major" prophets.

False

When God saw that the Ninevites repented at Jonah's preaching, He destroyed them anyway.

False

God commanded Hosea to marry an _____ wife as a picture to the nation of Israel.

Unfaithful

God tells Hosea to give symbolic names to his three _____ that predict destruction on Israel.

Children

The big idea of the Old Testament is that it is all about _______.

Jesus

Amos compares the voice of the LORD to a _____.

Lion's roar

A major problem that Malachi addresses is the offering of inappropriate _______.

Sacrifices

Obadiah is the _______ book in the Old Testament.

Shortest

In the book of Haggai, the LORD tells Zerubbabel, the Davidic ruler, "I will make you like my _____."

Signet ring

The Minor Prophets predict the fall of both Samaria in the north and Jerusalem in the south.

True

Zechariah 14 foresees the day when the LORD Himself will be king over the whole earth.

True

The central message of the prophet Zephaniah is that the _______ is near.

Day of the LORD

Jonah's name in Hebrew means "_____."

Dove

The book of Nahum portrays the LORD as the Divine _____.

Warrior

One major problem addressed in the book of Micah is social _____.

Injustice

One of the main concerns in Amos 5 is social _______.

Justice

Zechariah's prophesies many things concerning Israel's future _______.

King

Micah 6 teaches that God requires His people to act justly and to love mercy and to walk _____ with their God.

Humbly

Joel predicts the coming invasion of an army of _____.

Locusts