Chapter III: Preface: v

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLES _Facing p. 1_ in Volume I

_INTRODUCTION TO THE PROPHETS OF
THE SEVENTH CENTURY_

CHAP.

I. THE SEVENTH CENTURY BEFORE CHRIST 3

1. REACTION UNDER MANASSEH AND AMON (695?—639).

2. THE EARLY YEARS OF JOSIAH (639—625): JEREMIAH
AND ZEPHANIAH.

3. THE REST OF THE CENTURY (625—586): THE
FALL OF NINIVEH; NAHUM AND HABAKKUK.

_ZEPHANIAH_

II. THE BOOK OF ZEPHANIAH 35

III. THE PROPHET AND THE REFORMERS 46

ZEPHANIAH i.—ii. 3.

IV. NINIVE DELENDA 61

ZEPHANIAH ii. 4-15.

V. SO AS BY FIRE 67

ZEPHANIAH iii.

_NAHUM_

VI. THE BOOK OF NAHUM 77

1. THE POSITION OF ELḲÔSH.

2. THE AUTHENTICITY OF CHAP. i.

3. THE DATE OF CHAPS. ii. AND iii.

VII. THE VENGEANCE OF THE LORD 90

NAHUM i.

VIII. THE SIEGE AND FALL OF NINIVEH 96

NAHUM ii. AND iii.

_HABAḲḲUḲ_

IX. THE BOOK OF HABAKKUK 115

1. CHAP. i. 2—ii. 4 (OR 8).

2. CHAP. ii. 5-20.

3. CHAP. iii.

X. THE PROPHET AS SCEPTIC 129

HABAKKUK i.—ii. 4.

XI. TYRANNY IS SUICIDE 143

HABAKKUK ii. 5-20.

XII. “IN THE MIDST OF THE YEARS” 149

HABAKKUK iii.

_OBADIAH_

XIII. THE BOOK OF OBADIAH 163

XIV. EDOM AND ISRAEL 177

OBADIAH 1-21.

_INTRODUCTION TO THE PROPHETS OF
THE PERSIAN PERIOD_
(539—331 B.C.)

XV. ISRAEL UNDER THE PERSIANS 187

XVI. FROM THE RETURN FROM BABYLON TO THE
BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE (536—516 B.C.) 198

WITH A DISCUSSION OF PROFESSOR KOSTERS’ THEORY.

_HAGGAI_

XVII. THE BOOK OF HAGGAI 225

XVIII. HAGGAI AND THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE 234

Haggai i., ii.

1. THE CALL TO BUILD (CHAP. i.).

2. COURAGE, ZERUBBABEL! COURAGE, JEHOSHUA AND
ALL THE PEOPLE! (CHAP. ii. 1-9).

3. THE POWER OF THE UNCLEAN (CHAP. ii. 10-19).

4. THE REINVESTMENT OF ISRAEL’S HOPE (CHAP. ii.
20-23).

_ZECHARIAH_
(_I.—VIII._)

XIX. THE BOOK OF ZECHARIAH (I.—VIII.) 255

XX. ZECHARIAH THE PROPHET 264

ZECHARIAH i. 1-6, ETC.; EZRA v. 1, vi. 14.

XXI. THE VISIONS OF ZECHARIAH 273

ZECHARIAH i. 7—vi.

1. THE INFLUENCES WHICH MOULDED THE VISIONS.

2. GENERAL FEATURES OF THE VISIONS.

3. EXPOSITION OF THE SEVERAL VISIONS:

THE FIRST: THE ANGEL-HORSEMEN (i. 7-17).

THE SECOND: THE FOUR HORNS AND THE FOUR
SMITHS (i. 18-21 ENG.).

THE THIRD: THE CITY OF PEACE (ii. 1-5 ENG.).

THE FOURTH: THE HIGH PRIEST AND THE SATAN (iii.).

THE FIFTH: THE TEMPLE CANDLESTICK AND THE
TWO OLIVE-TREES (iv.).

THE SIXTH: THE WINGED VOLUME (v. 1-4).

THE SEVENTH: THE WOMAN IN THE BARREL (v. 5-11).

THE EIGHTH: THE CHARIOTS OF THE FOUR WINDS (vi. 1-8).

THE RESULT OF THE VISIONS (vi. 9-15).

XXII. THE ANGELS OF THE VISIONS 310

ZECHARIAH i. 7—vi. 8.

XXIII. “THE SEED OF PEACE” 320

ZECHARIAH vii., viii.

“_MALACHI_”

XXIV. THE BOOK OF “MALACHI” 331

XXV. FROM ZECHARIAH TO “MALACHI” 341

XXVI. PROPHECY WITHIN THE LAW 348

“MALACHI” i.—iv. (ENG.).

1. GOD’S LOVE FOR ISRAEL AND HATRED OF EDOM (i. 2-5).

2. “HONOUR THY FATHER” (i. 6-14).

3. THE PRIESTHOOD OF KNOWLEDGE (ii. 1-9).

4. THE CRUELTY OF DIVORCE (ii. 10-16).

5. “WHERE IS THE GOD OF JUDGMENT?” (ii. 17—iii. 5).

6. REPENTANCE BY TITHES (iii. 6-12).

7. THE JUDGMENT TO COME (iii. 13—iv. 2 ENG.).

8. THE RETURN OF ELIJAH (iv. 3-5 ENG.).

_JOEL_

XXVII. THE BOOK OF JOEL 375

1. THE DATE OF THE BOOK.

2. THE INTERPRETATION OF THE BOOK.

3. STATE OF THE TEXT AND THE STYLE OF THE BOOK.

XXVIII. THE LOCUSTS AND THE DAY OF THE LORD 398

JOEL i.—ii. 17.

XXIX. PROSPERITY AND THE SPIRIT 418

JOEL ii. 18-32 (ENG.).

1. THE RETURN OF PROSPERITY (ii. 19-27).

2. THE OUTPOURING OF THE SPIRIT (ii. 28-32).

XXX. THE JUDGMENT OF THE HEATHEN 431

JOEL iii. (ENG.).

_INTRODUCTION TO THE PROPHETS OF
THE GRECIAN PERIOD_
(FROM 331 ONWARDS)

XXXI. ISRAEL AND THE GREEKS 439

“_ZECHARIAH_”
(_IX.—XIV._)

XXXII. “ZECHARIAH” IX.—XIV. 449

XXXIII. THE CONTENTS OF “ZECHARIAH” IX.—XIV. 463

1. THE COMING OF THE GREEKS (ix. 1-8).

2. THE PRINCE OF PEACE (ix. 9-12).

3. THE SLAUGHTER OF THE GREEKS (ix. 13-17).

4. AGAINST THE TERAPHIM AND SORCERERS (x. 1, 2).

5. AGAINST EVIL SHEPHERDS (x. 3-12).

6. WAR UPON THE SYRIAN TYRANTS (xi. 1-3).

7. THE REJECTION AND MURDER OF THE GOOD
SHEPHERD (xi. 4-17, xiii. 7-9).

8. JUDAH _versus_ JERUSALEM (xii. 1-7).

9. FOUR RESULTS OF JERUSALEM’S DELIVERANCE
(xii. 8—xiii. 6).

10. JUDGMENT OF THE HEATHEN AND SANCTIFICATION
OF JERUSALEM (xiv.).

_JONAH_

XXXIV. THE BOOK OF JONAH 493

1. THE DATE OF THE BOOK.

2. THE CHARACTER OF THE BOOK.

3. THE PURPOSE OF THE BOOK.

4. OUR LORD’S USE OF THE BOOK.

5. THE UNITY OF THE BOOK.

XXXV. THE GREAT REFUSAL 514

JONAH i.

XXXVI. THE GREAT FISH AND WHAT IT MEANS—THE PSALM 523

JONAH ii.

XXXVII. THE REPENTANCE OF THE CITY 529

JONAH iii.

XXXVIII. ISRAEL’S JEALOUSY OF JEHOVAH 536

JONAH iv.

INDEX OF PROPHETS 543

_INTRODUCTION TO THE PROPHETS OF THE SEVENTH CENTURY_