Hosea -- Translation And Commentary -- The Title And The Time (1:1) -- The Children's Names Presage Judgment (1:2-9) -- Israel's Restoration In Jezreel's Great Day (2:1-3[1:10--2:1]) -- Divorce Proceedings With A Surprise Ending (2:4-17 [2-15]) -- Images Of Restoration (2:18-25 [16-23]) -- Israel Loved And Therefore Chastened (3:1-5) -- Yahweh's Case Against Israel (4:1-19) -- An Unclean People Summoned To Judgment (5:1-7) -- Wrath, Return, Restoration (5:8-7:1a) -- Ephraim Mixed Up Among The Nations (7:1a-16) -- Israel Reaps The Storm For Its Sin (8:1-14) -- From Festival Days To Punishment Days (9:1-9) -- Ephraim Rejected, Exiled, Unloved (9:10-17) -- The End Of Cult, King, And Capital (10:1-8) -- War Against The Wicked Ones (10:9-15) -- Israel In And Out Of Egypt (11:1-11) -- Israel A Deceiver (12:1 [11:12]--13:1) -- I Will Destroy You, Israel (13:2--14:1 [13:16]) -- A Promise For The Remnant That Will Return (14:2-9 [1-8]) -- Challenge To The Wise Reader (14:10 [9]) --^ Joel -- Translation And Commentary -- A Simple Title (1:1) -- A Call To Lament (1:2-20) -- Excursus: Literal Or Figurative Locusts? -- Sounding The Alarm In Zion (2:1-17) -- Restoration And The Outpouring Of The Spirit (2:18--3:5 [2:18-32]) -- Judgment Against Israel's Enemies (4:1-21 [3:1-21]) -- Amos -- Translation And Commentary -- The Title And The Time (1:1) -- Yahweh The Lion Sends Desolation (1:2) -- Judgment For International And Israelite Atrocities (1:3--2:16) -- Covenantal Accountability (3:1-2) -- A List Of Inseparables (3:3-8) -- The Annihilation Of The Opulent (3:9--4:3) -- Past Punishments Only A Sampling (4:4-13) -- A Lament For Fallen Israel (5:1-17) -- The Woeful Day Of Yahweh (5:18-27) -- The First Shall Be First (6:1-7) -- Complete Defeat To Come (6:8-14) -- Vision Of Doom And An Official Response (7:1--8:3) -- Hypocrisy: Punishments Fitting The Crime (8:4-14) -- No Escape From The Almighty's Wrath (9:1-10) -- Restoration, Rebuilding, Replanting (9:11-15) --^ Obadiah -- Translation And Commentary -- Edom And The Future Of Israel (1-21) -- Jonah -- Translation And Commentary -- Jonah Rebels Against Yahweh's Revelation (1:1-3) -- Storm And Sacrifice At Sea (1:4-16) -- Jonah Rescued By Yahweh's Grace (2:1-11) -- A Second Beginning (3:1-3a) -- Preaching And Repentance At Nineveh (3:3b-10) -- Excursus: The Sign Of Jonah (matt 12:39-41; Luke 11:29-32) -- God Teaches Jonah About Anger And Compassion (4:1-11). Douglas Stuart. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.Categories: Religion & Spirituality Christian Books & Bibles Bible Study & Reference Old TestamentCommentaries
