Minor Prophets 2:

Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah

 

 

1. Read the Bible Dictionary entry, "Nahum." What does Nahum's name mean? On whom did Nahum pronounce judgment? Read Nahum 1:7-15 with the chapter heading. Give one promise, one warning, and one message of comfort from these verses.

 

 

2. Read Nahum 2:1-4, Nahum 3:12-19, with both chapter headings. If you had to rewrite these passages in one sentence, what would you write? What is the warning for us today?

 

 

3. Read the Bible Dictionary entry, "Habakkuk," and Habakkuk 1:1-17 (with footnotes 4a, 7a, 9a, 15a,b). See also D&C 82:3. There are two questions posed by the prophet in the first chapter of Habakkuk. The first is in Habakkuk 1:1-4. The second is in Habakkuk 1:12-17. What are the prophet's two questions for the Lord? How did the Lord answer? [NOTE: Chaldeans are Babylonians. This is a prophecy of things to come.]

 

 

4. Read Habakkuk 2:12-14, Habakkuk 3:6-19 (with footnotes 4a, 5a). Habakkuk 2:14 gave Israel hope that the earth would be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord. Find hopeful phrases or thoughts in Habakkuk 3:6-14. 

 

 

5. Read Bible Dictionary entry, "Zephaniah," and Zephaniah 1:7-18 (with footnotes 9a, 10b, 11a, 12a). What kinds of people will not be tolerated by the Lord? How might we become "settled on our lees"?

 

 

6. Read Zephaniah 2:1-3, 8-15 (with footnote 9b). Is there any hope for covenant Israel to escape judgment? From Zephaniah 2:3, what are we to seek?

 

 

7. Read Zephaniah 3:1-3, 14-20. List four steps to apostasy in Zephaniah 3:2. List six promises to the faithful in Zephaniah 3:14-20.