In Jude, the apostle Paul warns against false teachers in the church. As for Micah, his prophecies are toward Samaria and Jerusalem.

Three entire books in one episode! In Obadiah, Paul vouches for a new believer who was a slave, to the slave’s former owner. In Obadiah, God’s displeasure at Israel is again evident, as is His forgiving nature. In Jonah, one of the best-known stories in the Bible, we see the prophet swallowed by the great…

God’s displeasure is tempered by His love for Israel.

God will avenge Israel, says the final chapter of Joel. Then, God says that he will judge the surrounding nations in the first chapters of Amos.

In Titus, Paul gives advice on what a church leader’s character should be like, and in Joel we read more prophecy of the end times.

The bottom line is this: God loves Israel too much to bring about her utter destruction.

God again refers to Israel as many things, including an adulterous wife and a stubborn heifer.