JOEL


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Chapter 1
The plague of locust. Joel, declaring various judgments of God, exhorts Judah (1:1-7)
And to mourn (1:8-13)
He prescribes fasting and calling on God (1:14-20)


Chapter 2
He shows God's judgment of Zion (2:1-11)
He exhorts Judah to repent (2:12-14)
Prescribes a fast (2:15-17)
Promises a blessing (2:18-20)
He comforts Zion with present (2:21-27)
And future blessings (2:28-32)


Chapter 3
God's judgments on the enemies of His people (3:1-8)
God will be known in His judgment (3:9-17)
His blessing upon the church (3:18-21)



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AMOS


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Chapter 1
Amos foretells God's judgment upon Syria (1:1-5)
Upon the Philistines (1:6-8)
Upon Tyrus (Tyre) (1:9-10)
Upon Edom (1:11-12)
Upon Ammon (1:13-15)


Chapter 2
God's wrath against Moab (2:1-3)
Against Judah (2:4-5)
And against Israel (2:6-8)
God complains of their unthankfulness (2:9-16)


Chapter 3
The necessity of God's judgment against Israel (3:1-8)
Its proclamation (3:9-15)


Chapter 4
He reproves Israel for oppression (4:1-3)
For idolatry (4:4-5)
And for faithlessness (4:6-13)


Chapter 5
A lamentation for Israel (5:1-3)
An exhortation to repentance (5:4-15)
The first woe of judgment (5:16-20)
God rejects their hypocritical service (5:21-27)


Chapter 6
The second woe of judgment. The wantonness of Israel (6:1-14)


Chapter 7
The judgments of the grasshoppers (7:1-3)
And of the fire, are averted by the prayer of Amos (7:4-6)
The rejection of Israel is signified by the plumb line along the wall (7:7-9)
Amaziah complains of Amos (7:10-13)
Amos shows his calling (7:14-15)
And Amaziah's judgment (7:16-17)


Chapter 8
A basket of summer fruit shows Israel's end is near (8:1-3)
Oppression is reproved (8:4-7)
Mourning is promised (8:8-10)
A famine of the word threatened (8:11-14)


Chapter 9
The certainty of the desolation (9:1-10)
Restoration of David's tabernacle (9:11-15)



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OBADIAH


The destruction of Edom (1:1-2)
For their pride (1:3-9)
And for their wrongs (1:10-16)
The salvation and victory of Jacob (1:17-21)



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JONAH


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Chapter 1
Disobedient to the first call, Jonah flees to Tarshish (1:1-3)
He is overtaken by a tempest (1:4-10)
He is thrown into the sea (1:11-16)
And swallowed by a great fish (1:17)


Chapter 2
The prayer of Jonah (2:1-9)
He is delivered from the fish (2:10)


Chapter 3
Obededient to the second call, Jonah, sent again, preaches to the Ninevites (3:1-4)
Upon their repentance (3:5-9)
God relents and does not destroy them (3:10)


Chapter 4
Jonah is angered by God's unexpected mercy (4:1-3)
And is reproved by the sign of a gourd (4:4-11)



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MICAH


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Chapter 1
Micah shows the wrath of God against Jacob for idolatry (1:1-9)
He exhorts them to mourn (1:10-16)


Chapter 2
Against oppression (2:1-3)
A lamentation (2:4-6)
A reproof of injustice and idolatry (2:7-11)
A promise to restore Jacob (2:12-13)


Chapter 3
The cruelty of the princes (3:1-4)
The false leadership of the prophets (3:5-7)
The false security of both (3:8-12)


Chapter 4
The glory (4:1-2)
Peace (4:3-7)
Kingdom (4:8-10)
And victory of the church (4:11-13)


Chapter 5
The birth of Christ (5:1-3)
His kingdom (5:4-7)
His conquest (5:8-15)


Chapter 6
God's controversy with Israel, for unkindness (6:1-5)
For ignorance (6:6-9)
For injustice (6:10-15)
And idolatry (6:16)


Chapter 7
The church, complaining of her small number (7:1-2)
And the general corruption (7:3-4)
Puts her confidence not in man, but in God (7:5-7)
She triumphs over her enemies (7:8-13)
God comforts her by His promises (7:14-15)
By confusion of her enemies (7:16-17)
And by His mercies (7:18-20)



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NAHUM


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Chapter 1
The majesty of God, in goodness to His people, and severity against His enemies (1:1-15)


Chapter 2
The fearful and victorious armies of God against Nineveh (2:1-13)


Chapter 3
The miserable ruin of Nineveh (3:1-19)



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HABAKKUK


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Chapter 1
Habakkuk, complaining of the iniquity of the land (1:1-4)
Is shown that God's vengeance will come through the Chaldeans (1:5-11)
He complains that the Chaldeans are worse than those they punish (1:12-17)


Chapter 2
Habakkuk, waiting for an answer, is shown that he must wait by faith (2:1-4)
The judgment upon the Chaldean for greed (2:5-8)
For covetousness (2:9-11)
For cruelty (2:12-14)
For drunkenness (2:15-17)
For idolatry (2:18-20)


Chapter 3
Habakkuk, in his prayer, trembles at God's majesty (3:1-16)
The confidence of his faith (3:17-19)



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ZEPHANIAH


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Chapter 1
God's severe judgment against Judah (1:1-3)
Causes of the judgment (1:4-13)
Description of the judgment (1:14-18)


Chapter 2
An exhortation to repentance (2:1-3)
The judgment of the Philistines (2:4-7)
Of Moab and Ammon (2:8-11)
Of Ethiopia and Assyria (2:12-15)


Chapter 3
A sharp reproof of Jerusalem (3:1-7)
An exhortation to wait for Israel's restoration (3:8-13)
And to rejoice at the people's salvation (3:14-20)



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HAGGAI


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Chapter 1
Haggai reproves the people for neglecting to build the Lord's house (1:1-6)
He urges them to the task (1:7-11)
He promises God's assistance (1:12-15)


Chapter 2
He encourages the people to work, by a promise of greater glory to the second temple (2:1-9)
In the figure of holy things and unclean, he shows that their sins hindered the work (2:10-19)
God's promise to Zerubbabel (2:20-23)



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ZECHARIAH


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Chapter 1
Zechariah exhorts the Jews to repent (1:1-6)
The vision of the horses (1:7-11)
At the prayer of the angel, comforting promises are made to Jerusalem (1:12-17)
The vision of the four horns and the four carpenters (1:18-21)


Chapter 2
God, in His care for Jerusalem, sends a man to measure it (2:1-5)
The redemption of Zion (2:6-9)
The promise of God's presence (2:10-13)


Chapter 3
Under the type of Joshua, the restoration of Zion is foretold (3:1-7)
Christ the Branch is promised (3:8-10)


Chapter 4
By the golden candlestick is foreshown the success of Zerubbabel's foundation (4:1-10)
And by the two olive trees, the two anointed ones (4:11-13)


Chapter 5
Visions of a flying scroll (5:1-4)
And of a woman sitting in a bushel measure (5:5-11)


Chapter 6
The vision of the four chariots (6:1-8)
By the double crown of Joshua are shown the temple and kingdom of Christ the Branch (6:9-15)


Chapter 7
The captives inquire concerning fasting (7:1-3)
Zechariah reproves their fasting (7:4-7)
The cause of their captivity (7:8-14)


Chapter 8
The restoration of Jerusalem (8:1-8)
The Jews are encouraged to build (8:9-17)
Joy and enlargement are promised (8:18-23)


Chapter 9
God defends His church (9:1-8)
Zion is exhorted to rejoice for the coming of Christ and His peaceable kingdom (9:9-11)
God's promises of victory and defense (9:12-17)


Chapter 10
God to be sought, and not idols (10:1-4)
As He punished his flock for sin, so will He save and restore them (10:5-12)


Chapter 11
The destruction of Jerusalem (11:1-2)
The elect being cared for, the rest are rejected (11:3-9)
The staves of Beauty and Bands broken by the rejection of Christ (11:10-14)
The example and curse of a foolish shepherd (11:15-17)


Chapter 12
The figure of a cup of trembling (12:1-2)
And a burdensome stone (12:3-5)
The victorious restoration of Judah (12:6-8)
The repentance of Jerusalem (12:9-14)


Chapter 13
The fountain of purging for Jerusalem (13:1)
From idolatry, and false prophecy (13:2-6)
The death of Christ, and the victorious trial of a third part of the land (13:7-9)


Chapter 14
The destroyers for Jerusalem will be destroyed (14:1-3)
The coming of Christ, and the graces of His kingdom (14:4-11)
The plague of Jerusalem's enemies (14:12-15)
The remnant shall turn to the Lord (14:16-19)
And their spoils shall be holy (14:20-21)



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MALACHI


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Chapter 1
God's complaint against Israel (1:1-5)
Of their disrespect for religion (1:6-11)
And profaning His name (1:12-14)


Chapter 2
He reproves the priests for neglecting their covenant (2:1-10)
And the people for idolatry (2:11-13)
For adultery and infidelity (2:14-17)


Chapter 3
Of the messenger, majesty, and grace of Christ (3:1-6)
And the people's rebellion (3:7)
Their robbing God of tithes and offerings (3:8-15)
The promise of blessing to those who fear God (3:16-18)


Chapter 4
God's judgment on the wicked (4:1)
And His blessing on the good (4:2-3)
He exhorts the people to the study of the law (4:4)
And tells of Elijah's coming (4:5-6)


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