Shepherd's Notes: Hosea, Obadiah

This Shepherd's Notes commentary includes the writing of the minor prophets Hosea, Joel, Amos, and Obadiah.

The book of Hosea is first among the minor prophets and introduces the central question of the minor prophets - whether the Lord still loved Israel and had a purpose for them beyond His judgment on their sin.

Amos ministered as a prophet in Israel shortly before Hosea's ministry there. While Hosea preached judgment with a broken heart, Amos did so with a lion's roar.

Containing only 73 verses, the book of Joel is one of the shortest in the Old Testament. This small prophetic book had much influence on the Day of Pentecost when the promised Spirit of God came upon Jesus' followers, just as Joel announced.

The book of Obadiah presents the content of God's message to him. He graphically portrays God's judgment on Edom when it would be humbled and eventually destroyed.

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