Who Am I?
It was I who criticized Israel for selling the innocent for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.
Who is Amos?
"Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!... Behold, your King is coming to you... lowly and riding on a donkey".
What is the book of Zechariah?
The wicked city Jonah was sent to, which eventually repented in sackcloth and ashes.
What is Nineveh?
Joel used an invasion of these insects to symbolize the coming "Day of the Lord".
What are locusts?
Malachi is the final book of this major section of the Bible.
What is the Old Testament?
God commanded me to marry an unfaithful woman named Gomer to illustrate Israel's spiritual adultery.
Who is Hosea?
“Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground, for it is time to seek the Lord until he comes and showers his righteousness on you”.
What is the book of Hosea?
The nation that Obadiah prophesied against because they gloated over the downfall of Jerusalem.
What is Edom?
Amos saw a vision of the Lord standing by a wall with this tool, used to show how "crooked" Israel had become.
What is a plumb line?
Malachi contains a prophecy about this "messenger" who would prepare the way for the Lord—later identified as John the Baptist.
Who is Elijah?
I am the "runaway prophet" who was swallowed by a great fish after trying to flee to Tarshish.
Who is Jonah?
"The righteous shall live by his faith"—a verse later famously quoted by the Apostle Paul in Romans.”
What is the book of Habakkuk?
This prophet’s entire message was the "burden" or oracle concerning the final destruction of Nineveh, the capital of Assyria.
Who is Nahum?
Zechariah had a series of eight "night visions," including four of these colored objects patrolling the earth.
What are horses (or chariots)?
The word "Minor" refers to this aspect of the books, not their importance.
What is their length (shorter word count)?
I am the shortest book in the Old Testament, consisting of only 21 verses focused on the judgment of Edom.
Who is Obadiah?
"Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say, ‘In what way have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings".
What is the book of Malachi?
Micah predicted that the Messiah would be born in this specific "small" town in Judah.
What is Bethlehem (Ephrathah)?
Jonah sat under this plant for shade until God sent a worm to wither it.
What is a gourd (or a Leafy Plant)?
In the Hebrew Bible, these 12 books are often grouped together as one single book known by this name.
What is The Twelve(Trei Asar)?
It is I who said, “you Bethlehem of Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel”
Who is Micah?
"I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy"—quoted by Peter on the Day of Pentecost.”
What is the book of Joel?
Haggai and Zechariah both prophesied to the exiles who had returned to this city to rebuild the Temple.
What is Jerusalem?
Zechariah saw a vision of a "flying" version of this object, which represented a curse going out over the land.
What is a scroll?
These are the three post-exilic Minor Prophets who wrote after the Jews returned from Babylonian captivity.
Who are Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi?