The Expositor's Bible
George Adam Smith, M.A., LL.D.
The Twelve Prophets Volume I
Table of Contents Volume I
 
Title Page
Table of Contents
Preface
Chronological Table

INTRODUCTION

I. THE BOOK OF THE TWELVE
II. THE PROPHET IN EARLY ISRAEL
1. From The Earliest Times Till Samuel.
2. From Samuel To Elisha.
III. THE EIGHTH CENTURY IN ISRAEL
IV. THE INFLUENCE OF ASSYRIA UPON PROPHECY
AMOS
V. THE BOOK OF AMOS
VI. THE MAN AND THE PROPHET
1. The Man And His Discipline (i. 1 ; iii. 3-8 ; vii. 14, 15).
2. The Word And Its Origins (i. 2; iii. 3-8; and passim).
3. The Prophet And His Ministry (vii.; viii. 1-4).
VII. ATROCITIES AND ATROCITIES
Amos i. 3—ii.
VIII. CIVILIZATION AND JUDGMENT
Amos iii.—iv. 3.
IX. THE FALSE PEACE OF RITUAL
Amos iv. 4—vi.
1. For Worship, Chastisement (iv. 4-13).
2. For Worship, Justice (v.).
3. "At Ease In Zion" (vi.).
4. A Fragment From The Plague (vi. 9, 10).
X. DOOM OR DISCIPLINE?
Amos viii. 4—ix.
1. Earthquake, Eclipse And Famine (viii. 4-14).
2. Nemesis (ix. 1-6).
3. The Voices or Another Dawn (ix. 7-15).
XI. COMMON-SENSE AND THE REIGN OF LAW
Amos iii. 3-8; iv. 6-13; v. 8,9; vi. 12; viii. 8; ix. 5, 6.
HOSEA
XII. THE BOOK OF HOSEA
XIII. THE PROBLEM THAT AMOS LEFT
XIV. THE STORY OF THE PRODIGAL WIFE
Hosea i.—iii.
XV. THE THICK NIGHT OF ISRAEL
Hosea iv.—xiv.
XVI. A PEOPLE IN DECAY: I. MORALLY
Hosea iv.—vii. 7.
1. The Lord's Quarrel With Israel (iv.).
2. Priests And Princes Fail (v. 1-14).
3. Repentance Fails (v. 15—vii. 2).
4. Wickedness In High Places (vii. 3-7).
XVII. A PEOPLE IN DECAY: II. POLITICALLY
Hosea vii. 8—x.
1. The Confusion Of The Nation (vii. 8—viii. 3).
2. Artificial Kings And Artificial Gods (viii. 4-13).
3. The Effects Of Exile (ix, 1-9).
4. "The Corruption That Is Through Lust" (ix. 10-17).
5. Once More: Puppet-kings And Puppet-gods (x.)
XVIII. THE FATHERHOOD AND HUMANITY OF GOD
Hosea xi.
XIX. THE FINAL ARGUMENT
Hosea xii.—xiv. 1.
1. The People And Their Father Jacob (xii.).
2. The Last Judgment (xiii.—xiv. 1).
XX. "I WILL BE AS THE DEW"
Hosea xiv. 2-10.
XXI. THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD
Hosea passim.
XXII. REPENTANCE
Hosea passim.
XXIII. THE SIN AGAINST LOVE
Hosea i.—iii.; iv. 11 ff.; ix. 10 ff".; xi. 8 f.
MICAH
XXIV. THE BOOK OF MICAH
XXV. MICAH THE MORASTHITE
Micah i
XXVI. THE PROPHET OF THE POOR
Micah ii., iii.
XXVII. ON TIME'S HORIZON
Micah iv. 1-7.
XXVIII. THE KING TO COME
Micah iv. 8—v.
XXIX. THE REASONABLENESS OF TRUE RELIGION
Micah vi. 1-8.
XXX. THE SIN OF THE SCANT MEASURE
Micah vi. 9—vii. 6.
XXXI. OUR MOTHER OF SORROWS
Micah vii. 7-20.