Book by Book
This book repeatedly follows a cycle of Israel doing evil, being oppressed, crying out to Jehovah, and being delivered by a judge.
Judges
"for where you go I will go, and where you spend the night, I will spend the night. Your people will be my people, and your God my God"
Ruth
This prophet challenged 450 prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel and called down fire from heaven.
Elijah
This book records the Isrealites conquest of Jericho and the division of the Promised Land among the tribes
Joshua
“Lord, whom shall we go away to? You have sayings of everlasting life."
Simon Peter
This prophet confronted David after his sin with Bathsheba and used a story about a rich man taking a poor man's lamb
Nathan
This book begins with a geneology and repeatedly emphasizes Jesus as the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy
Matthew
"Though he may slay me, I would still wait; I would argue my case before his face."
Job
This prophet was told to marry Gomer as a symbolic representation of Israel's unfaithfulness to Jehovah
Hosea
This New Testament book contains the parables of the Good Samaritan and the Prodigal Son
Luke
"I am innocent of the blood of this man. You yourselves must see to it"
Pontius Pilate
This prophet was thrown into a cistern after speaking against Jerusalem and was later rescued by Ebedmelech
Jeremiah
Which book opens up with these words:
"The word of Jehovah came to him in the days of Jo·siʹah the son of Aʹmon, the king of Judah, in the 13th year of his reign. It came also in the days of Je·hoiʹa·kim the son of Jo·siʹah, the king of Judah, until the completion of the 11th year of Zed·e·kiʹah the son of Jo·siʹah, the king of Judah, until Jerusalem went into exile in the fifth month"
Jeremiah
"It is because you are a bridegroom of blood to me"
Zipporah
This prophet was instructed to name his children Lo-ruhamah and Lo-ammi with their names carrying prophetic meanings.
Hosea