{"id":4335,"date":"2021-09-27T13:37:26","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T11:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/minor-prophets-of-the-bible\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T18:33:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T16:33:47","slug":"minor-prophets-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/en\/minor-prophets-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Minor prophets in the Bible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you know who the minor prophets were and what importance they have in Christianity today? If you want to answer this question with a resounding yes, this is the article for you.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" 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class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/en\/minor-prophets-bible\/#Hosea_minor_prophet\" >Hosea minor prophet<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/en\/minor-prophets-bible\/#Joel_minor_prophet\" >Joel minor prophet<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/en\/minor-prophets-bible\/#Amos_minor_prophet\" >Amos minor prophet<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/en\/minor-prophets-bible\/#Obadiah_minor_prophet\" >Obadiah minor prophet<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/en\/minor-prophets-bible\/#Jonah_minor_prophet\" >Jonah minor prophet<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/en\/minor-prophets-bible\/#Micah_minor_prophet\" >Micah minor prophet<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/en\/minor-prophets-bible\/#The_prophet_Nahum\" >The prophet Nahum<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/en\/minor-prophets-bible\/#Habakkuk_minor_prophet\" >Habakkuk minor prophet<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/en\/minor-prophets-bible\/#Zephaniah_minor_prophet\" >Zephaniah minor prophet<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/en\/minor-prophets-bible\/#Haggai_minor_prophet\" >Haggai minor prophet<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/en\/minor-prophets-bible\/#Zechariah_minor_prophet\" >Zechariah minor prophet<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/en\/minor-prophets-bible\/#The_prophet_Malachi\" >The prophet Malachi<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/en\/minor-prophets-bible\/#The_minor_prophets_explained_for_children\" >The minor prophets explained for children<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_12_minor_prophets_of_the_Bible\"><\/span><b>The 12 minor prophets of the Bible<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the history of religion there are many important people who in one way or another contributed to lay the foundations for our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/en\/faith-according-bible\/\">faith<\/a>. <\/span><b>the foundations for our Christian faith.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Christian faith.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A very important group was that of the Old Testament prophets. The prophets were people who were able to see the future <\/span><b>thanks to the visions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that the Lord provided for them. After seeing what was about to happen, his mission was to spread the message to his fellow citizens and warn them if necessary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Christians and Jews there are two groups of prophets <\/span><b>two groups of prophets<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/en\/major-prophets-bible\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the major prophets <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the minor prophets. We have already talked about the first ones <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/en\/major-prophets-bible\/\">another Your Online Bible article<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> we recommend you to read if you want to know more about them. These were Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/en\/book-daniel-bible\/\">Daniel<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other hand, there are the minor prophets, people who created works of lesser extent but no less important than those of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/en\/major-prophets-bible\/\">major prophets<\/a>. In all there were twelve of them and their books are arranged as follows in the Bible: <\/span><b>Hosea<\/b><b>, <\/b><b>Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi.<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" title=\"The Minor Prophets - Quick Summary\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_4oh0gCNN3yI\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F4oh0gCNN3yI%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4oh0gCNN3yI\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT17M44S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-05-18T16:12:26Z\" \/><\/div><meta itemprop=\"accessibilityFeature\" content=\"captions\" \/><div id=\"lyte_4oh0gCNN3yI\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F4oh0gCNN3yI%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">The Minor Prophets - Quick Summary<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/4oh0gCNN3yI\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F4oh0gCNN3yI%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"The Minor Prophets - Quick Summary\" width=\"640\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Brief overview of the twelve minor prophets in biblical history. This video presentation covers a basic summary and history of the minor prophets and their messages. Story of the Old Testament - https:\/\/bible-history.com\/old-testament\/the-prophets\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Names_of_the_12_minor_prophets\"><\/span><b>Names of the 12 minor prophets<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today in Your Online Bible we are going to explain what were the contributions of these 12 prophets to Christianity and how their legacy affects us today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Will you join us?<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hosea_minor_prophet\"><\/span><b>Hosea minor prophet<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Book of Hosea is one of the most unconventional texts in the Bible. The main theme is the <\/span><b>loss of love<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the people of Israel towards <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/en\/god-accurate-bible\/\">God<\/a> during the 8th century BC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For this purpose, the Lord uses a very crude metaphor and instructs Hosea to marry a woman and have children in sin. Similarly, the people of<\/span> <b> Israel was being unfaithful<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to God by worshipping false gods.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For all these reasons, Hosea is considered the prophet of love. <\/span><b>Prophet of love,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> but also of poverty and frugality, since for him the reason for which the people of Israel turn away from God is the comfort brought by all that is material.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This book is a difficult text to interpret, and here we have only given you the main features. If you want to know a little more, we recommend you to read it on your own and look for biblical commentaries about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Joel_minor_prophet\"><\/span><b>Joel minor prophet<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the Book of Hosea comes the Book of Joel. This sacred text is considered a <\/span><b>manual of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/en\/meaning-repentance-bible\/\">repentance<\/a> and penance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and penance, since it places these two actions as the main axis to obtain God&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/en\/top-20-verses-on-forgiveness\/\">forgiveness<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The book begins as a historical account of a plague of locusts. <\/span><b>Plague of locusts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Israel. There is no consensus on the period in which it was written, although it is not very relevant to understand its meaning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Lord promises to restore order in Israel if believers will devote themselves to penance and prayer. <\/span><b>Penance and prayer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. On the other hand, the text ends with several half-apocalyptic prophecies, such as the restoration of Eden and a kind of Final Judgment:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Woe to the day, for the day of the LORD is near; and it shall come as destruction from the Almighty.&#8221; (Joel 1:15)<\/span><\/i><b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Amos_minor_prophet\"><\/span><b>Amos minor prophet<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Book of Amos was written during the eighth century B.C., although slightly earlier than Hosea. His prophecy is intended to teach his contemporaries that <\/span><b>the Lord rules the universe<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> above any law imposed by human beings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">God has the power to create catastrophes and to bring goodness to a starving people. This is used as a threat to Israel, although it can also be viewed as the <\/span><b>opportunity for redemption<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amos 5:4 makes clear the message that the Lord wants to transmit through him:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;But thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live&#8221; (Amos 5:4).<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The solution to all the world&#8217;s problems is to<\/span><b>\u00a0seek God<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and pray regularly. Only a life close to the Lord will be far from evil.<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Obadiah_minor_prophet\"><\/span><b>Obadiah minor prophet<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the Book of Obadiah we come to the <\/span><b>shortest text<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the Old Testament with only 21 verses compacted into one chapter. At present, there is discussion about the date when the book was written, since being so short, there is little information about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like the other prophetic books we have seen above, Obadiah also speaks about the apocalyptic &#8220;Day of Yahweh&#8221;. According to him, <\/span><b>his people will be judged<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/en\/7-deadly-sins-bible\/\">sins<\/a> committed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this book, we highlight the appearance of a toponym that you may not have known: Sefarad. This is the name that the Jews gave to the <\/span><b>Iberian Peninsula, and<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0it is in Obadiah that it appears for the first time in the Bible.<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Jonah_minor_prophet\"><\/span><b>Jonah minor prophet<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike the other minor prophetic books, Jonah has a different style. <\/span><b>Different style,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> since it narrates in a more biographical way the mission that God entrusted to the prophet of the same name.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although Jonah was reluctant to accept this mission, the Lord caused him to be thrown into the water and swallowed by a fish. <\/span><b>Swallowed by a fish<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for a few days. In there, Jonah prayed deeply and decided to accept the mission God was entrusting to him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This consisted of going to the city of Nineveh and prophesying times of judgment for them, which caused the whole city to repent. <\/span><b>The whole city to repent<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and take the right path.<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Micah_minor_prophet\"><\/span><b>Micah minor prophet<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The book of Micah is once again a common book of prophecies of punishment for <\/span><b>punishment of his people<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> after the bad behavior of the previous years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Historically, Micah is dated to the end of the 8th century B.C., a time of war for the kingdom of Judah that Micah attributes to this punishment from God. Furthermore, Micah explains that this punishment has no other purpose than to<\/span> <b> renew the people of Israel<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the summit of this process being the arrival of the Messiah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We see this exemplified in verse Micah 7:11, among many others in chapter 7:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The day is coming when your walls will be built up; in that day the boundaries will be extended.&#8221; (Micah 7:11)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/i><b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_prophet_Nahum\"><\/span><b>The prophet Nahum<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nahum&#8217;s prophecy is again dedicated to the city of Nineveh. <\/span><b>City of Nineveh although<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0some 150 years later than the one made by Jonah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the previous case, the city had a happy ending and repented for the sins committed. In Nahum, the ending is certainly different. This prophet has visions about the <\/span><b>destruction of the city<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which means the abolition of the slave regime that existed there.<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Habakkuk_minor_prophet\"><\/span><b>Habakkuk minor prophet<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Book of Habakkuk was <\/span><b>one of the most influential texts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for Christianity from among all the minor prophets. It was written at the end of the 7th century BC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main theme of the book is the salvation of the <\/span><b>salvation of the righteous<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> through faith and prayer, something that Jesus affirmed many years later in his passage through the world. Habakkuk puts it this way in his book:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;He writes that the wicked are proud,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But the righteous shall live by their faithfulness to God.&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/en\/habacuc-2\/\">Habakkuk 2<\/a>:4)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The above verse is quoted up to three times in the New Testament, specifically in the Epistles of Romans and Galatians. <\/span><b>Romans and Galatians, hence<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0its importance for our religion.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Zephaniah_minor_prophet\"><\/span><b>Zephaniah minor prophet<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are indications to believe that Zephaniah lived at the same time as Jeremiah, because the mission of both of them was to convince King Josiah of the <\/span><b>imminent invasion<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of his people by the Babylonians. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is not much to say about this book, since it consists only of the prophecy of the Day of Yahweh. The day<\/span><b>\u00a0of Yahweh in<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0which the whole kingdom of Judah will be judged for all its sins committed.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Haggai_minor_prophet\"><\/span><b>Haggai minor prophet<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Haggai prophesied in the world together with Zechariah, of whom we will speak in the next section because their two books are found in a row in the Bible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both inhabited Judah after the Babylonian invasion, that is, around 500 BC. Thus, Haggai&#8217;s message is one of <\/span><b>reconstruction of his people<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the basis of faith and prayer, as had already been predicted by the previous prophets.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I made a covenant with you when you came out of Egypt, so my Spirit will be in the midst of you; do not be afraid.&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/en\/haggai-2\/\">Haggai 2<\/a>:5)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Zechariah_minor_prophet\"><\/span><b>Zechariah minor prophet<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As we have already told you, Zechariah lived at the same time as Haggai after the destruction of Judah. His book is more complete than the previous one and consists of <\/span><b>two distinct parts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the first, Zechariah narrates the eight visions the Lord gave him about the revival of Jerusalem. <\/span><b>Revival of Jerusalem<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the ashes of war. As Jeremiah did in his time, Zechariah also predicts the future condemnation of Babylon for its invasion of Judah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second part is made up of two oracles in which a prophecy is possibly made about the messiah. <\/span><b>Prophecy about the messiah<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In the first, Zechariah speaks of a king arriving in the city on a donkey, just as Jesus did on his arrival in Jerusalem.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Rejoice greatly, city of Zion!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sing for joy, O city of Jerusalem!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your king comes to you, righteous and victorious,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/en\/humility-biblical-meaning\/\">humble<\/a>, riding a donkey,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on a donkey, the offspring of a donkey.&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/en\/zechariah-9\/\">Zechariah 9<\/a>:9)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_prophet_Malachi\"><\/span><b>The prophet Malachi<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The last of the 12 minor prophets is the prophet Malachi. His work is the least concrete of them all, being <\/span><b>difficult to situate temporally<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and giving very little information about the author. <\/span><i><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malaki <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Hebrew means &#8220;my angel&#8221;, so it is difficult to think that its author really had this name.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is no one central theme that is addressed in the Book of Malachi, but rather there are <\/span><b>several themes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that are already extensively discussed in the other prophetic books.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A good summary of the book is that it consists of <\/span><b>disputes between the inhabitants of Israel and God. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The law of Moses, trying to make all of them follow the law of Moses. The same process is followed as in the other books, in the end the righteous will be saved, and the sinners will be condemned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, we share with you an in-depth study on the minor prophets, which will surely make clear to you their origins and the reason for their existence.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" title=\"How to Read the 15 Prophetic Books in the Bible\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_edcqUu_BtN0\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FedcqUu_BtN0%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/edcqUu_BtN0\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT5M18S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-01-17T21:58:11Z\" \/><\/div><meta itemprop=\"accessibilityFeature\" content=\"captions\" \/><div id=\"lyte_edcqUu_BtN0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FedcqUu_BtN0%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">How to Read the 15 Prophetic Books in the Bible<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/edcqUu_BtN0\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FedcqUu_BtN0%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"How to Read the 15 Prophetic Books in the Bible\" width=\"640\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The books of the Old Testament prophets are packed with dense poetry and wild imagery. If you\u2019ve tried to read them, odds are you were both intrigued and confused. In this video, we\u2019ll learn how these prophetic books contribute to the storyline of the Bible and why it\u2019s worth learning how to read them more attentively. #Prophets #BibleProject #BibleVideo\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_minor_prophets_explained_for_children\"><\/span>The minor prophets explained for children<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" title=\"Who were the Prophets? Major and Minor Prophets | THE BIBLE EXPLAINED | Bible for Kids\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_5Izeoud5jwg\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F5Izeoud5jwg%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5Izeoud5jwg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M44S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-11-28T14:00:02Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_5Izeoud5jwg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F5Izeoud5jwg%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Who were the Prophets? Major and Minor Prophets | THE BIBLE EXPLAINED | Bible for Kids<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/5Izeoud5jwg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F5Izeoud5jwg%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Who were the Prophets? Major and Minor Prophets | THE BIBLE EXPLAINED | Bible for Kids\" width=\"640\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Who were the Prophets? Major and minor Prophets | THE BIBLE EXPLAINED | Bible for Kids In this episode of The Bible Explained we are going to answer the following questions: How could people know about the Saviour before His birth? Who were the Prophets? What does word prophet mean? Who were the Major and Minor Prophets? \u271d\ufe0f If You like our channel please subscribe. Help us to grow and to reach the kids from all over the world with the beautiful message of salvation. \u2764\u271dSUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL: http:\/\/bit.ly\/Subscribe_Bible_for_Kids \u25b6\ud83c\udf0f WATCH OLD TESTAMENT STORIES: http:\/\/bit.ly\/Old_Testament_for_Kids @BIBLEFORKIDS - great channel for children and whole families presenting stories from The Holy Bible. Starting from Old Testament, through the New Testament (life of Jesus Christ the Savior) and Acts of the Apostles, to the life of great Saints of the Church. All of these in form of beautiful animations. #BIBLEFORKIDS #BIBLEFORCHILDREN #THEBIBLEEXPLAINED\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These have been <\/span><b>the 12 minor prophets of the Bible<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">! Although it has been a brief introduction of each of them, we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/en\/bible-verses-hope\/\">hope<\/a> it has helped you to discover a part of the Bible that for many Christians is completely unknown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feel free to share this article with anyone you like so that everyone can discover the wonders hidden in the pages of the minor prophets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We say goodbye here, but not before thanking you for reading us. See you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tubibliaonline.com\/\">next<\/a> time!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you know who the minor prophets were and what importance they have in Christianity today? 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