JOEL





Chapter 1


	The plague of locust. Joel, declaring various judgments of 
		God, exhorts Judah (1:1-7)
	And to mourn (1:8-13)
	He prescribes fasting and calling on God (1:14-20)




Chapter 2


	He shows God's judgment of Zion (2:1-11)
	He exhorts Judah to repent (2:12-14)
	Prescribes a fast (2:15-17)
	Promises a blessing (2:18-20)
	He comforts Zion with present (2:21-27)
	And future blessings (2:28-32)




Chapter 3


	God's judgments on the enemies of His people (3:1-8)
	God will be known in His judgment (3:9-17)
	His blessing upon the church (3:18-21)


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AMOS





Chapter 1


	Amos foretells God's judgment upon Syria (1:1-5)
	Upon the Philistines (1:6-8)
	Upon Tyrus (Tyre) (1:9-10)
	Upon Edom (1:11-12)
	Upon Ammon (1:13-15)




Chapter 2


	God's wrath against Moab (2:1-3)
	Against Judah (2:4-5)
	And against Israel (2:6-8)
	God complains of their unthankfulness (2:9-16)




Chapter 3


	The necessity of God's judgment against Israel (3:1-8)
	Its proclamation (3:9-15)




Chapter 4


	He reproves Israel for oppression (4:1-3)
	For idolatry (4:4-5)
	And for faithlessness (4:6-13)




Chapter 5


	A lamentation for Israel (5:1-3)
	An exhortation to repentance (5:4-15)
	The first woe of judgment (5:16-27)




Chapter 6


	The second woe of judgment (6:1-14)




Chapter 7


	The judgments of the grasshoppers (7:1-3)
	And of the fire, are averted by the prayer of Amos (7:4-6)
	The rejection of Israel is signified by the plumb line along the 
		wall (7:7-9)
	Amaziah complains of Amos (7:10-13)
	Amos shows his calling (7:14-15)
	And Amaziah's judgment (7:16-17)




Chapter 8


	A basket of summer fruit shows Israel's end is near (8:1-3)
	Oppression is reproved (8:4-7)
	Mourning is promised (8:8-10)
	A famine of the word threatened (8:11-14)




Chapter 9


	The certainty of the desolation (9:1-10)
	Restoration of David's tabernacle (9:11-15)


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OBADIAH





Chapter 1


	The destruction of Edom (1:1-2)
	For their pride (1:3-9)
	And for their wrongs (1:10-16)
	The salvation and victory of Jacob (1:17-21)


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JONAH





Chapter 1


	Disobedient to the first call, Jonah flees to Tarshish (1:1-3)
	He is overtaken by a tempest (1:4-10)
	He is thrown into the sea (1:11-16)
	And swallowed by a great fish (1:17)




Chapter 2


	The prayer of Jonah (2:1-9)
	He is delivered from the fish (2:10)




Chapter 3


	Obededient to the second call, Jonah, sent again, preaches 
		to the Ninevites (3:1-4)
	Upon their repentance (3:5-9)
	God relents and does not destroy them (3:10)




Chapter 4


	Jonah is angered by God's unexpected mercy (4:1-3)
	And is reproved by the sign of a gourd (4:4-11)


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MICAH





Chapter 1


	Micah shows the wrath of God against Jacob for idolatry (1:1-9)
	He exhorts them to mourn (1:10-16)




Chapter 2


	Against oppression (2:1-3)
	A lamentation (2:4-6)
	A reproof of injustice and idolatry (2:7-11)
	A promise to restore Jacob (2:12-13)




Chapter 3


	The cruelty of the princes (3:1-4)
	The false leadership of the prophets (3:5-7)
	The false security of both (3:8-12)




Chapter 4


	The glory (4:1-2)
	Peace (4:3-7)
	Kingdom (4:8-10)
	And victory of the church (4:11-13)




Chapter 5


	The birth of Christ (5:1-3)
	His kingdom (5:4-7)
	His conquest (5:8-15)




Chapter 6


	God's controversy with Israel, for unkindness (6:1-5)
	For ignorance (6:6-9)
	For injustice (6:10-15)
	And idolatry (6:16)




Chapter 7


	The church, complaining of her small number (7:1-2)
	And the general corruption (7:3-4)
	Puts her confidence not in man, but in God (7:5-7)
	She triumphs over her enemies (7:8-13)
	God comforts her by His promises (7:14-15)
	By confusion of her enemies (7:16-17)
	And by His mercies (7:18-20)


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NAHUM





Chapter 1


	The majesty of God, in goodness to His people, and severity 
		against His enemies (1:1-15)




Chapter 2


	The fearful and victorious armies of God against Nineveh (2:1-13)




Chapter 3


	The miserable ruin of Nineveh (3:1-19)


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HABAKKUK





Chapter 1


	Habakkuk, complaining of the iniquity of the land (1:1-4)
	Is shown that God's vengeance will come through the 
		Chaldeans (1:5-11)
	He complains that the Chaldeans are worse than those they 
		punish (1:12-17)




Chapter 2


	Habakkuk, waiting for an answer, is shown that he must wait 
		by faith (2:1-4)
	The judgment upon the Chaldean for greed (2:5-8)
	For covetousness (2:9-11)
	For cruelty (2:12-14)
	For drunkenness (2:15-17)
	For idolatry (2:18-20)




Chapter 3


	Habakkuk, in his prayer, trembles at God's majesty (3:1-16)
	The confidence of his faith (3:17-19)


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ZEPHANIAH





Chapter 1


	God's severe judgment against Judah (1:1-3)
	Causes of the judgment (1:4-13)
	Description of the judgment (1:14-18)




Chapter 2


	An exhortation to repentance (2:1-3)
	The judgment of the Philistines (2:4-7)
	Of Moab and Ammon (2:8-11)
	Of Ethiopia and Assyria (2:12-15)




Chapter 3


	A sharp reproof of Jerusalem (3:1-7)
	An exhortation to wait for Israel's restoration (3:8-13)
	And to rejoice at the people's salvation (3:14-20)


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HAGGAI





Chapter 1


	Haggai reproves the people for neglecting to build the Lord's 
		house (1:1-6)
	He urges them to the task (1:7-11)
	He promises God's assistance (1:12-15)




Chapter 2


	He encourages the people to work, by a promise of greater 
		glory to the second temple (2:1-9)
	In the figure of holy things and unclean, he shows that their 
		sins hindered the work (2:10-19)
	God's promise to Zerubbabel (2:20-23)


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ZECHARIAH





Chapter 1


	Zechariah exhorts the Jews to repent (1:1-6)
	The vision of the horses (1:7-11)
	At the prayer of the angel, comforting promises are made 
		to Jerusalem (1:12-17)
	The vision of the four horns and the four carpenters (1:18-21)




Chapter 2


	God, in His care for Jerusalem, sends a man to measure it 
		(2:1-5)
	The redemption of Zion (2:6-9)
	The promise of God's presence (2:10-13)




Chapter 3


	Under the type of Joshua, the restoration of Zion is foretold 
		(3:1-7)
	Christ the Branch is promised (3:8-10)




Chapter 4


	By the golden candlestick is foreshown the success of 
		Zerubbabel's foundation (4:1-10)
	And by the two olive trees, the two anointed ones (4:11-13)




Chapter 5


	Visions of a flying scroll (5:1-4)
	And of a woman sitting in a bushel measure (5:5-11)




Chapter 6


	The vision of the four chariots (6:1-8)
	By the double crown of Joshua are shown the temple and 
		kingdom of Christ the Branch (6:9-15)




Chapter 7


	The captives inquire concerning fasting (7:1-3)
	Zechariah reproves their fasting (7:4-7)
	The cause of their captivity (7:8-14)




Chapter 8


	The restoration of Jerusalem (8:1-8)
	The Jews are encouraged to build (8:9-17)
	Joy and enlargement are promised (8:18-23)




Chapter 9


	God defends His church (9:1-8)
	Zion is exhorted to rejoice for the coming of Christ and His 
		peaceable kingdom (9:9-11)
	God's promises of victory and defense (9:12-17)




Chapter 10


	God to be sought, and not idols (10:1-4)
	As He punished his flock for sin, so will He save and restore 
		them (10:5-12)




Chapter 11


	The destruction of Jerusalem (11:1-2)
	The elect being cared for, the rest are rejected (11:3-9)
	The staves of Beauty and Bands broken by the rejection of 
		Christ (11:10-14)
	The example and curse of a foolish shepherd (11:15-17)




Chapter 12


	The figure of a cup of trembling (12:1-2)
	And a burdensome stone (12:3-5)
	The victorious restoration of Judah (12:6-8)
	The repentance of Jerusalem (12:9-14)




Chapter 13


	The fountain of purging for Jerusalem (13:1)
	From idolatry, and false prophecy (13:2-6)
	The death of Christ, and the victorious trial of a third part of 
	the land (13:7-9)




Chapter 14


	The destroyers for Jerusalem will be destroyed (14:1-3)
	The coming of Christ, and the graces of His kingdom (14:4-11)
	The plague of Jerusalem's enemies (14:12-15)
	The remnant shall turn to the Lord (14:16-19)
	And their spoils shall be holy (14:20-21)


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MALACHI





Chapter 1


	God's complaint against Israel (1:1-5)
	Of their disrespect for religion (1:6-11)
	And profaning His name (1:12-14)




Chapter 2


	He reproves the priests for neglecting their covenant (2:1-10)
	And the people for idolatry (2:11-13)
	For adultery and infidelity (2:14-17)




Chapter 3


	Of the messenger, majesty, and grace of Christ (3:1-6)
	Of the people's rebellion (3:7)
	Their robbing God of tithes and offerings (3:8-15)
	The promise of blessing to those who fear God (3:16-18)




Chapter 4


	God's judgment on the wicked (4:1)
	And His blessing on the good (4:2-3)
	He exhorts the people to the study of the law (4:4)
	And tells of Elijah's coming (4:5-6)

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