Verse set: First Verses OT Part Three§↻

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• Joel 1:1-4: This is the LORD's message that was given to Joel the son of Pethuel: Listen to this, you elders; pay attention, all inhabitants of the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your whole life or in the lifetime of your ancestors? Tell your children about it, have your children tell their children, and their children the following generation. What the gazam-locust left the 'arbeh-locust consumed, what the 'arbeh-locust left the yeleq-locust consumed, and what the yeleq-locust left the hasil-locust consumed!
  
  
• Amos 1:1: The following is a record of what Amos prophesied. He was one of the herdsmen from Tekoa. These prophecies about Israel were revealed to him during the time of King Uzziah of Judah and King Jeroboam son of Joash of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
  
  
• Obadiah 1:1: The visionthat Obadiah saw. The Lord God says this concerning Edom: We have heard a report from the LORD. An envoy was sent among the nations, saying, "Arise! Let us make war against Edom!"
  
  
• Jonah 1:1-2: The LORD said to Jonah son of Amittai, "Go immediately to Nineveh, that large capital city, and announce judgment against its people because their wickedness has come to my attention."
  
  
• Micah 1:1: This is the prophetic message that the LORD gave to Micah of Moresheth. He delivered this message during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. The prophecies pertain to Samaria and Jerusalem.
  
  
• Nahum 1:1-2: The oracle against Nineveh; the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite: The LORD is a zealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and very angry. The LORD takes vengeance against his foes; he sustains his rage against his enemies.
  
  
• Habakkuk 1:1-2: The following is the message which God revealed to Habakkuk the prophet: How long, LORD, must I cry for help? But you do not listen! I call out to you, "Violence!" But you do not intervene!
  
  
• Zephaniah 1:1-2: This is the prophetic message that the LORD gave to Zephaniah son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah. Zephaniah delivered this message during the reign of King Josiah son of Amon of Judah: "I will destroy everything from the face of the earth," says the LORD.
  
  
• Haggai 1:1-4: On the first day of the sixth month of King Darius' second year, the LORD spoke this message through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak: The LORD who rules over all says this: "These people have said, 'The time for rebuilding the LORD's temple has not yet come.'" So the LORD spoke through the prophet Haggai as follows: "Is it right for you to live in richly paneled houses while my temple is in ruins?
  
  
• Zechariah 1:1-3: In the eighth month of Darius' second year, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah, son of Berechiah son of Iddo, as follows: The LORD was very angry with your ancestors. Therefore say to the people: The LORD who rules over all says, "Turn to me," says the LORD who rules over all, "and I will turn to you," says the LORD who rules over all.
  
  
• Malachi 1:1-4: What follows is divine revelation. The word of the LORD came to Israel through Malachi: "I have shown love to you," says the Lord, but you say, "How have you shown love to us?" "Esau was Jacob's brother," the LORD explains, "yet I chose Jacob and rejected Esau. I turned Esau's mountains into a deserted wasteland and gave his territory to the wild jackals." Edom says, "Though we are devastated, we will once again build the ruined places." So the LORD who rules over all responds, "They indeed may build, but I will overthrow. They will be known as the land of evil, the people with whom the LORD is permanently displeased.
  
  

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