| Micah | |
| Introduction | 1 |
| A Nation in Crisis (1:1) | 5 |
| The Sins of Two Cities (1:2-9) | 8 |
| A Gazetteer of Judgment (1:10-16) | 13 |
| A Word of Woe to the Wicked (2:1-5) | 17 |
| On Preaching and Preachers (2:6-13) | 20 |
| The Centrality of Justice (3:1-12) | 25 |
| Swords into Ploughshares (4:1-5) | 30 |
| The Reign of God (4:6-13) | 33 |
| "Bethlehem Ephrathah" (5:1-6) | 38 |
| Israel's Prospect and Punishment (5:7-15) | 41 |
| The Lord's Controversy with Israel (6:1-8) | 44 |
| Of Crime and Punishment (6:9-16) | 47 |
| A Lament for a Lost Society (7:1-7) | 51 |
| A Postscript: the Continuity of Micah's Message (7:8-20) | 54 |
| Nahum | |
| Introduction | 58 |
| The Judge of Nineveh (1:1-15) | 62 |
| The Siege of Nineveh (2:1-13) | 67 |
| Nineveh and Thebes (3:1-19) | 71 |
| Habakkuk | |
| Introduction | 77 |
| The Prayer of Habakkuk (1:1-4) | 81 |
| God's First Response (1:5-11) | 84 |
| Habakkuk's Argument (1:12-2:1) | 88 |
| God's Response: the Vision (2:2-4) | 91 |
| Five Woes to the Wicked (2:5-20) | 94 |
| Habakkuk's Psalm (3:1-19) | 100 |
| Zephaniah | |
| Introduction | 105 |
| The Judgment of Judah (1:1-13) | 110 |
| The Day of Wrath (1:14-2:3) | 114 |
| The Desolation of Foreign Nations (2:4-15) | 118 |
| The Corruption of Jerusalem (3:1-7) | 122 |
| Judgment and Survival (3:8-13) | 126 |
| A Postscript of Joy (3:14-20) | 130 |
| Haggai | |
| Introduction | 133 |
| August 29, 520 B.C. (1:1-11) | 137 |
| September 21, 520 B.C. (1:12-15) | 141 |
| October 17, 520 B.C. (2:1-9) | 144 |
| December 18, 520 B.C. (2:10-19) | 147 |
| The Message to Zerubbabel (2:20-23) | 151 |
| Zechariah | |
| Introduction | 154 |
| Part I | Chapters 1-8 | |
| An Old Message for a New Age (1:1-6) | 159 |
| Vision in the Night (1:7-17) | 162 |
| The Second Vision: Four Horns (1:18-21) | 167 |
| The Third Vision: A City without Walls (2:1-13) | 168 |
| The Fourth Vision: Joshua and the Satan (3:1-10) | 172 |
| The Fifth Vision: the Lampstand (4:1-14) | 176 |
| The Sixth and Seventh Visions (5:1-11) | 180 |
| The Final Vision: Four Chariots (6:1-15) | 184 |
| The Sermons of Zechariah--I (7:1-14) | 188 |
| The Sermons of Zechariah--II (8:1-23) | 192 |
| Part II | Chapters 9-14 | |
| The Coming King (9:1-17) | 197 |
| The Coming of Redemption (10:1-12) | 202 |
| Further Reflections on the Shepherd Theme (11:1-17) | 206 |
| The Coming Day of God (12:1-14) | 211 |
| The Coming of Hope (13:1-9) | 215 |
| The Apogee of Apocalypse (14:1-21) | 218 |
| Malachi | |
| Introduction | 224 |
| The Love of God (1:1-5) | 226 |
| A Critique of the Priesthood (1:6-2:9) | 230 |
| Marriage and Divorce (2:10-16) | 235 |
| Justice and Judgment (2:17-3:5) | 238 |
| The Robbing of God (3:6-12) | 241 |
| Good and Evil (3:13-4:3) | 244 |
| Postscript: the Coming of Elijah (4:4-6) | 247 |
| Further Reading | 249 |
