Minor Prophets, Part 2: Babylonian Crisis
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Lesson OneNahum23 Activities|3 Assessments
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Nahum
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In | A Symbol for Nahum
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In | Workbook: Nahum
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In | Nahum's Name
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In | Vengeance
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In | Preparing for the Siege, Part 2
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In | YHWH and the Sea
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In | Nahum and the Exodus, Part 2
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Behind | Siege Tactics
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Behind | Cities and Their Gods
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Behind | Assyrian Empire
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Behind | The Brutality of the Assyrians
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Behind | Honor, Shame, War and Gender
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Behind | Honor, Shame, Nakedness and Weakness
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Behind | Nineveh and Thebes
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Behind | YHWH as the True King
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Behind | King of Kings
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In Front | The Fall of Nineveh
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In Front | Workbook: Honor, Shame, and YHWH
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In Front | Jonah and Nahum
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In Front | Workbook: Reflection
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson TwoZephaniah22 Activities|3 Assessments
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Zephaniah
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In | A Symbol for Zephaniah
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In | Workbook: Day of the LORD
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In | The Day of the LORD
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In | Zephaniah and Idolatry, Part 2
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In | A Day of Judgment
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In | The Sounds of Zephaniah, Part 2
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In | God as Judge and King
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In | The "Plot" of Prophetic Books
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In | Restoration of God's People and the Nations
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In | Shame Transformed, Part 2
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In | Workbook: Zephaniah and Human Sacrifice
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In | Zephaniah and Human Sacrifice
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Behind | The Decline of Assyria and Rise of Babylon
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Behind | Cats and Mice
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Behind | iMap: Cats and Mice
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In Front | Singing Martyrs
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In Front | Workbook: Singing Martyrs
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In Front | Zephaniah and the Suffering Church
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In Front | Workbook: Zephaniah and the Suffering Church
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson ThreeHabakkuk19 Activities|4 Assessments
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Habakkuk
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In | A Symbol for Habakkuk
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In | Workbook: Habakkuk
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In | Topic Study
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In | How Long?
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In | Why? Part 2
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In | The Just Shall Live by Faith
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In | Workbook: Waiting on the LORD
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In | Workbook: Habakkuk, the Second Exodus, and the Great Deeds of God
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In | A Steadfast Companion in Judgment, Part 2
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In | "You Are the Unrighteous" Part 2
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Behind | Locating Habakkuk, Zephaniah and Joel
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Behind | Theophany
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In Front | Workbook: Questioning God
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In Front | Habakkuk and the Abused
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In Front | Uncle Tom's Cabin
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In Front | Workbook: Waiting on the LORD, Today
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson FourJoel and Josiah24 Activities|2 Assessments
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Joel
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In | A Symbol for Joel
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In | Workbook: Joel
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In | Locusts and the Day of the LORD
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In | The Plight of the People, Part 2
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In | Security and Success
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In | The Holy Spirit
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In | The Valley of Jehoshaphat
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In | Joel and the Prophets
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In | Workbook: Joel and the Prophets, Part 1
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In | Workbook: Joel and the Prophets, Part 2
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In | Workbook: Joel and the Prophets, Part 3
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In | Plentiful Future, Part 2
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Behind | Dating Joel
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Behind | Workbook: Locusts and Armies, Part 1
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Behind | Workbook: Locusts and Armies, Part 2
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Behind | The Reign of Josiah
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Behind | Josiah's Reforms and Revolt
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Behind | Josiah and the Superpowers
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In Front | Workbook: Your Greatest Fear
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In Front | Workbook: The Role and Responsibility of Elders
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In Front | Workbook: Guiding Questions - Nahum, Zephaniah, Habakkuk and Joel
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson FiveInterpreting Prophecy34 Activities|7 Assessments
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Getting Started
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In | Workbook: Prophecy, Part 1
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In | Workbook: Prophecy, Part 2
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In | Workbook: Prophecy, Part 3
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In | Predictions, Prophecies, Promises, and Foreshadow
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In | Workbook: Different Kinds of Prophecy, Part 1
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In | Workbook: Different Kinds of Prophecy, Part 2
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In Front | The Variability of Prophecy
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In Front | Prophecy as an Arrow
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In Front | A Voice Calling Out: Arrow
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In Front | Son of Man: Telescope
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In Front | Prophecy as a Telescope
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In Front | Workbook: Psalm 22
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In Front | Psalm 22: Plant
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In Front | Prophecy as a Plant
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In Front | Workbook: The Reversal of Zebulun and Naphtali
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In Front | The Reversal of Zebulun and Naphtali: Plant
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In Front | Beasts of the Sea: Code
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In Front | Prophecy as a Code
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In Front | Prophecy as a River
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In Front | Workbook: The Fate of Nineveh: River
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In Front | The Fate of Nineveh
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In Front | Prophecy as a Bird
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In Front | Prophecy as Music
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In Front | The Prophecy Metaphors
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In Front | Interpreting Prophecy
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In Front | The 4 P's of Prophecy, Part 1
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In Front | Prophecy is Relational and Predictive
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In Front | Near, Future ... and Still Future Fulfillment
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In Front | Literal, Figurative and Symbolic
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In Front | Prophecy and Apocalyptic
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In Front | Workbook: Prophecy or Apocalyptic?
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In Front | Workbook: Reflection on Prophetic Literature
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Course Wrap-upCourse Completion1 Activity|1 Assessment
Participants 11
In | Zephaniah and Idolatry, Part 2

Be silent before the Lord GOD!
For the day of the LORD is near;
the LORD has prepared a sacrifice
and consecrated his guests.
And on the day of the LORD’s sacrifice—
“I will punish the officials and the king’s sons
and all who array themselves in foreign attire.”
Zephaniah 1:7-8 ESV
Although Zephaniah is a book that encourages praise in exile, he also prophesies that, initially, it’s a time for their singing to be silenced. It’s not that God is tired of praise, but the people’s praise has not been reserved for YHWH alone. Read these verses leading up to the command for silence:
Those who bow down and swear to the LORD and yet swear by Milcom, those who have turned back from following the LORD, who do not seek the LORD or inquire of him.
Zephaniah 1:5-6 ESV
“Milcom” is another name for the Canaanite god Molech, a god to whom people offered child sacrifices (2 Kings 23:10; Jeremiah 32:35). Although worship of Molech is prohibited in the Pentateuch, the people in Zephaniah’s day worship and “swear by him” anyway. As a result, the “day of the LORD” is near, and it’s a day of judgment.