Minor Hebrew Prophets Timeline

Joel
* Themes - Judgement & Repentance and salvation
* Ministry in Judah - 835-796 BC
* Recipients - Southern Kingdom

Jonah
* Themes - God's sovereignty & God's compassion and mercy & Mission
* Ministry Nineveh - 800-750 BC
* Recipients - Northern Kingdom (Israel)

Amos
* Themes - Social justice & Judgement
* Ministry in Israel - 760-750 BC
* Recipients - Northern Kingdom

Hosea
* Themes - God's faithfulness, mercy, and unfailing love & Judgement for sin & Repentance and restoration
* Ministry in Israel - 753-715 BC
* Recipients - Northern Kingdom of Israel

Micah
* Themes - Judgement against oppressors & Restoration & Justice
* Ministry in Judah - 735-700 BC
* Recipients - Southern Kingdom of Judah

Nahum
* Themes - Judgement & Deliverance
* Ministry - 645-620 BC
* Recipients - People of Nineveh & Nation of Judah

Zephaniah
* Themes - Judgement & Restoration
* Ministry in Judah - 640-627 BC
* Recipients - People of Judah

Habakkuk
* Themes - Justice & Faith
* Ministry in Judah - 605-588 BC
* Recipients - People of Judah

Obadiah
* Themes - Judgement for Edom & Deliverance and restoration for Israel
* Ministry - 605-585 BC
* Recipients - Judah

Haggai
* Themes - Priorities & Obedience
* Ministry - 520-480 BC
* Recipients - The Jews who returned to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem

Zechariah
* Themes - Israel's near future & Israel's distant future
* Ministry - 540-480 BC
* Recipients - The Jews who returned from Babylon to finish the Temple

Malachi
* Themes - Israel's unfaithfulness & judgement
* Ministry - 440-430 BC
* Recipients - The Jews who returned from Babylon

Works Cited

Cordeiro, Wayne, editor. NIV LifeConnect Study Bible: Growing Deeper, Growing Stronger in
Your Spiritual Life. Zondervan, 2015.

Peter C. Craigie. Twelve Prophets: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah. Westminster Press,
1984.

Petterson, Anthony R. Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi. IVP Academic, 2015. EBSCOhost,
search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=960746&site=ehost-live.