Nahum 1

God Is Serious Business 1 A report on the problem of Nineveh, the way God gave Nahum of Elkosh to see it: 2-6 Godis serious business. He won’t be trifled…

Nahum 2

Israel’s Been to Hell and Back 1 The juggernaut’s coming! Post guards, lay in supplies. Get yourselves together, get ready for the big battle. 2 Godhas restored the Pride of…

Nahum 3

Let the Nations Get Their Fill of the Ugly Truth 1-4 Doom to Murder City— full of lies, bursting with loot, addicted to violence! Horns blaring, wheels clattering, horses rearing,…

Habakkuk 1

Justice Is a Joke 1-4 The problem as God gave Habakkuk to see it: God, how long do I have to cry out for help before you listen? How many…

Habakkuk 2

1 What’s God going to say to my questions? I’m braced for the worst. I’ll climb to the lookout tower and scan the horizon. I’ll wait to see what God…

Habakkuk 3

God Racing on the Crest of the Waves 1-2 A prayer of the prophet Habakkuk, with orchestra: God, I’ve heard what our ancestors say about you, and I’m stopped in…

Zephaniah 1

No Longer Giving God a Thought or a Prayer 1 God’s Message to Zephaniah son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah. It came during the…

Zephaniah 2

Seek God 1-2 So get yourselves together. Shape up! You’re a nation without a clue about what it wants. Do it before you’re blown away like leaves in a windstorm,…

Zephaniah 3

Sewer City 1-5 Doom to the rebellious city, the home of oppressors—Sewer City! The city that wouldn’t take advice, wouldn’t accept correction, Wouldn’t trustGod, wouldn’t even get close to her…

Haggai 1

Caught Up with Taking Care of Your Own Houses 1 On the first day of the sixth month of the second year in the reign of King Darius of Persia,God’s…