Midterm Reading Questions For Lp

Front 1

Where does the following passage occur: "Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool?"

Back 1

Isaiah 1:18

Front 2

Whose death precipitated Isaiah's ministry?

Back 2

King Uzziah (Isaiah 6)

Front 3

Where is the promise of the Immanuel child?

Back 3

Isaiah 7:14

Front 4

Where does the righteous branch first appear?

Back 4

Isaiah 4 then again in 11

Front 5

Where are the OAN in Isaiah

Back 5

Isaiah 13-23

Front 6

Who threatened Hezekiah with the power of Assyria?

Back 6

Rabshekah (Isaiah 36:4)

Front 7

To what does God initially compare the Babylonian armies?

Back 7

A whirlwind ( isaiah 21:1 or Jeremiah 25:32)

Front 8

Where is the Temple Gate sermon located in Jeremiah

Back 8

Jeremiah 7:1-10:25

Front 9

Where does Jeremiah hide his underwear?

Back 9

The Euphrates (Jeremiah 13)

Front 10

Where does the writer of Jeremiah record Jeremiah's imprisonment?

Back 10

Jeremiah 37-38

Front 11

Where does Jeremiah record the fall of the southern kingdom?

Back 11

Jeremiah 39 and 52

Front 12

What priest persecuted Jeremiah?

Back 12

Pashur (Jeremiah 20)

Front 13

Where is the field that Jeremiah bought from his cousin?

Back 13

Anathoth (Jeremiah 32:8-12)

Front 14

Who murdered Gedeliah?

Back 14

Ishmael (Jeremiah 41:2)

Front 15

Where are the OAN in Jeremiah?

Back 15

Jeremiah 46-51

Front 16

Who was Jeremiah's scribe?

Back 16

Baruch (Jeremiah 36 and 45)

Front 17

Where was Ezekiel when he experienced his first major theophany?

Back 17

River Chebar, Babylon (Ezekiel 1)

Front 18

Where are the OAN in Ezekiel

Back 18

Ezekiel 25-32

Front 19

Name two ways that Ezekiel symbolizes exile?

Back 19

Here are all four, even though only two are required: (Jeremiah 4-5)
1. Wrote Jerusalem on a Brick and layed siege to it
2.Laid on his side for 390 days (for Israel) and 40 days (for Judah) to bear iniquity
3. Cooked his food over cow dung
4. Cut his hair: 1/3 sword, 1/3 wind, 1/3 fire, and a remnant tied to his belt

Front 20

Where in the text does the Spirit of YHWH leave the temple? Where in the text does the Spirit/Glory of God re-enter the temple via the east gate?

Back 20

The Lord leaves the temple in Ezekiel 10-returns in Ezekiel 43

Front 21

How much does Hosea pay for Gomer's redemption?

Back 21

15 shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley (Hosea 3:2)

Front 22

Where does the following passage ocur? "When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son."?

Back 22

Hosea 11:1

Front 23

Where is a great locust invasion recorded? What do the locusts symbolize? Where is Ammon indicated for "ripping open pregnant women in Gilead

Back 23

Joel 1; Babylon; Amos 1:13

Front 24

Where does the prophet's audience completely misinterpret the Day of the Lord?

Back 24

Amos 5:18

Front 25

To whom does Obadiah prophesy

Back 25

Edom

Front 26

What is the response of the "pagan" sailors to Jonah's admonition to throw him into the sea?

Back 26

They rowed hard and tried to get back to the land, they prayed, hurled him into the sea, and feared, sacrificed, and made vows (Jonah 1)

Front 27

Who is condemned for eating "the flesh" of God's people?

Back 27

The heads of Jacob and the rulers of Israel (Micah 3:1-3)

Front 28

Which prophet prophesied concerning the "ruler of Israel, who is from everlasting?"

Back 28

Micah 5:2

Front 29

According to one prophet, what does the Lord "require of you"

Back 29

Micah 6:8 "..to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God."

Front 30

Where might one find peace proclaiming feet?

Back 30

Isaiah 52:7/ Nahum 1:15

Front 31

Where do the "just" live "by faith"

Back 31

Habakkuk 2:4

Front 32

Which prophet talks about his feet being like "deers feet"?

Back 32

Habakkuk 3:19

Front 33

Where can one find both a flying scroll and a woman in a basket in proximity to one another?

Back 33

Zechariah 5

Front 34

Where does Joshua the High priest receive new clothes?

Back 34

Zechariah 3:5

Front 35

What post-exilic prophet berates the priesthood for the thievery of God?

Back 35

Malachi 3:8

Front 36

What two armies are threatening to invade Judah In Isaiah 7?

Back 36

Syria and Israel

Front 37

To which army does Ahaz run?

Back 37

Assyria

Front 38

What is built between Egypt and Assyria and why is it built?

Back 38

Highway, so they can worship the Lord together

Front 39

5 Nations in AON for Isaiah and Jeremiah BED PM

Back 39

Babylon, Egypt, Damascus, Philistia, Moab

Front 40

5 for Ezekiel? SET PM

Back 40

Syria, Egypt Tyre, Philistia Moab

Front 41

5 for Amos TED PM

Back 41

Tyre, Edom, Damascus, Philistia, Moab

Front 42

What Persian ruler appears as God's chosen anointed servant in the songs? 42-53?

Back 42

Cyrus

Front 43

What does YHWH do to repel assyria

Back 43

sends a rumor and an angel to destroy 185,000

Front 44

How does YHWH answer Hezzys [personal prayer for health

Back 44

gives him 15 more years of health

Front 45

Name one of the three kings under whose administration Jeremiah prophesied.

Back 45

Jehoiakim

Front 46

What cultically framed "deceptive words" was Israel not to rely upon?

Back 46

"The temple is the Lord's

Front 47

Beside what river did Jeremiah hide his infamous loincloth?

Back 47

The Euphrates

Front 48

Which official beat Jeremiah after hearing him preach?

Back 48

Pashur

Front 49

After visiting Assyria, what did Ahaz decide to build in Jerusalem?

Back 49

an altar

Front 50

In Obadiah there are "escapees" at Mt. Zion. What did they escape?

Back 50

God's judgment

Front 51

Who told king jeroboam that Amos had conspired against him?

Back 51

Amaziah

Front 52

Where was Amos from?

Back 52

Tekoa, Judah

Front 53

Who broke Jeremiah's "yoke-bars"?

Back 53

Hananiah

Front 54

Explain why Jeremiah bought a field from his cousin Anathoth

Back 54

to symbolize that israel would come back to the land

Front 55

Where does Zedekiah die

Back 55

Babylon

Front 56

What Oholah and Oholibah represent

Back 56

Samaria and Jerusalem

Front 57

In Joel, where does God bring all of the nations at the restoration of Judah and Jerusalem?

Back 57

Valley of Jehoshaphat

Front 58

What king does Amaziah seek to defend against Amos?

Back 58

Jeroboam II

Front 59

To whom does Obadiah prophesy

Back 59

Edom

Front 60

From the text when might Haggai prophesy?

Back 60

After the exile

Front 61

Who is the davidee that Haggai prophesies will be God signet ring?

Back 61

Zerrubbabel

Front 62

What is happening when Rachel is weeping for her children?

Back 62

Going into exile

Front 63

Where is Ammon indicated for "ripping open pregnant women in Gilead?" Where does the prophet's audience competely misinterpret the Day of the Lord?

Back 63

Amos

Front 64

Which prophet prophesied concerning the "ruler of Israel, who is from everlasting?"

Back 64

Micah

Front 65

Amos 5:26 " You shall take up ____ your king, and ______ your star-god--your images that you made for yourselves"

Back 65

Sikkuth; Kiyyun

Front 66

What three things does Amos see in his Warning Visions Chapter 7?

Back 66

Locusts, fire, plump line

Front 67

Where does Amaziah refer to as being the king's sanctuary and the temple of the kingdom?

Back 67

Bethel

Front 68

What was Amos job before he was called as a prophet? Amos 7

Back 68

herdsman and a dresser of sycamore figs

Front 69

What does God show Amos in teh opening verses of chapter 8?

Back 69

A basket of summer fruit

Front 70

After Habakkuk's complaint of injustice, who does God say he is raising up ? Habakkuk 1

Back 70

The Chaldeans