| Book |
Type of literature |
Highlights |
| Joel |
Prophecy |
Message that genuine repentance precedes real
revival |
| Amos |
Prophecy |
Message of national punishment for national sins
according to the amount of understanding that nation has |
| Obadiah |
Prophecy |
Warning to Edom and to anyone who defies the
nation of Israel |
| Jonah |
Prophecy |
Prophecies against the city of Nineveh; Account
of Jonah swallowed by a whale; Nineveh repents and is spared |
| Micah |
Prophecy |
Prophecies to Samaria and Jerusalem, but mainly
to Judah that through present judgment future blessing appears |
| Nahum |
Prophecy |
Prophecies judgment against the city of Nineveh;
Nineveh is destroyed |
| Habakkuk |
Prophecy |
Habakkuk questions God why He lets sin go
unpunished and God answers him |
| Zephaniah |
Prophecy |
A survey of God's universal government, although
speaking of Judah and Jerusalem |
| Haggai |
Prophecy |
Message of encouragement to those restoring the
temple after the captivity |
| Zechariah |
Prophecy |
Zechariah was the prophet of the advent of the
Messiah |
| Malachi |
Prophecy |
Message to reform the Israelites moral and
spiritual life |
