As announced at the outset of his book, Micah lived during the reign of Hezekiah, making him a contemporary of Isaiah, Amos, and Hosea. He was from a town in southwest Judah. He comes down to us as a rural prophet critiquing the immoral life of the city. The text…
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The Reckoning of Edom in Obadiah
The book of Obadiah is a text that claims to record a vision of Obadiah; a vision of the downfall of Edom (the kingdom that is descended from Esau), a mountainous kingdom located just south of Moab and Israel, or Judah. The book is a single chapter lasting twenty-one verses, and…
Plague and Drought in Joel
The name Joel can be loosely translated to mean “YHWH is God.” The Book of Joel is one of the shorter books of the “minor prophets” (named for their length, not their significance). In it, Joel preaches the “word of the Lord” to the “old men” and “inhabitants of the land”…
Notes on Amos
Amos lived during the same epoch as Hosea, as both prophets were active in the Northern Kingdom of Israel (“Samaria”), during the reign of Jeroboam II, though Amos is not explicitly described as a prophet in the text (neither he nor his father are described as prophets). He is believed…