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This prophet ran from God's call, revealing Israel’s resistance to God's mercy toward outsiders.
Jonah
Nahum opens with a hymn to God’s character, emphasizing that He is jealous, avenging, and also this.
Slow to anger
The Edomites felt secure because they lived in these naturally fortified areas.
Mountains or clefts of rock/caves
The Edomites were descendants of this biblical figure.
Esau
What city was Jonah told to go to so that he can call for their repentance?
Nineveh
The fall of Nineveh fulfilled this aspect of God’s covenant character.
Justice
According to Obadiah, the Edomites struggled with these two sins: one led them to boast in their high position, and the other caused them to stand by when their brother was attacked.
Pride and Betrayal
In Malachi, God’s love is shown through His covenant with this ancestor of Israel.
Jacob
What city does Jonah try to flee to instead?
“But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish…” (Jonah 1:3)
Nahum's prophecy foretells the fall of this powerful Assyrian city.
Nineveh
Obadiah condemns Edom not just for what they did, but for this during Judah’s destruction
They were also condemned for standing by and not helping their brother nation
In Malachi, God rebukes who for offering what?
God rebukes the priests for offering lame, defiled sacrifices.
++ also for disrespecting priestly duties
God used this to teach Jonah about compassion.
A leafy plant
God provides a plant to give Jonah shade, but then sends a worm to wither it. Jonah is upset about the plant’s destruction. God uses this situation to teach Jonah a lesson about compassion, pointing out that if he can care for a plant, Jonah should be more concerned about the people of Nineveh, who are unaware of the way of God.
The destruction of Nineveh fulfills God’s promise to protect and deliver this group.
The people of Judah
According to Obadiah, this day will come for all nations as it did for Edom.
The Day of the Lord
Malachi closes with a prophecy that this figure will come before the Day of the Lord, restoring hearts.
Elijah