Category: <span>Minor Prophets</span>

Malachi prophesied to the descendants of the exiles who returned to Judea following the decree of King Cyrus (Ezra 1:1-5). Haggai and Zachariah preached to those who had returned, exhorting…

Commentary Malachi Minor Prophets Old Testament

Zechariah preached to a discouraged audience. The returned exiles had traveled a great distance, labored in reconstructing the temple—done what they thought to be God’s will—only to experience opposition from…

Commentary Minor Prophets Old Testament Zechariah

God called Zechariah to preach to the exiles that had returned from captivity to build the temple in Jerusalem, according to the decree of Cyrus king of Persia (Ezra 1:1-5;…

Commentary Minor Prophets Old Testament Zechariah

Haggai and Zechariah preached to the exiles who returned to rebuild the temple when King Darius ruled the Persian Empire (Hag 1:1; Zech 1:1). Further historical details can be identified…

Commentary Haggai Minor Prophets Old Testament

Zephaniah ministered during the reign of Josiah. That pagan worship was practiced in Judah may indicate that Zephaniah prophesied just before Josiah’s more prominent reforms (Zeph 1:4-5; 2 Kgs 23:1-27).…

Commentary Minor Prophets Old Testament Zephaniah

The prophet Habakkuk did not indicate the names of those who reigned in Judah during his ministry, but the themes and tone of his writing parallel the events following the…

Commentary Habakkuk Minor Prophets Old Testament

Nahum’s name means “He comforted, took pity.” Like Jonah, Nahum referenced the city of Nineveh. Nineveh’s repentance was short lived. After revival during Jonah’s ministry, the Assyrian empire—whose capital city…

Commentary Minor Prophets Nahum Old Testament

Micah, a contemporary of Isaiah, preached in Judah during the reigns of Jotham (2 Kgs 15:32-38), Ahaz (2 Kgs 16:1-20), and Hezekiah (2 Kgs 18-20). During Micah’s ministry, Assyria had…

Commentary Micah Minor Prophets Old Testament

The book of Jonah poses a piercing question: What happens when God makes friends with your enemies? Jonah was called to preach to Nineveh at a time when the Assyrian…

Commentary Jonah Minor Prophets Old Testament

Obadiah prophesied of God’s wrath against the Edomites. The Edomites were the descendants of Esau, having settled apart from Jacob and the Promised Land (Gen 36:8). Edom denied Israel passage…

Commentary Minor Prophets Obadiah Old Testament