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Throughout the Old Testament, Yahweh drew his prophets from the most unlikely circumstances. The minor prophets Amos, Jonah, and Micah were each called out of their ordinary lives to deliver timely messages—both to their original audiences and for us, today. While they’re each unique, these three biblical books can be connected by the theological themes of divine justice, mercy, judgment, and...

this juncture is no certain sign of piety. After all, he prays at 4:2 also, and in that prayer Jonah is clearly shown to be a hypocrite.”4 The psalm begins with the generally expected summary statement, “I cried to Yahweh and he heard me.” This sounds like an appropriate way to begin a cry of repentance; however, as the psalm continues, the pious-sounding words focus more on Jonah than on Yahweh. Not once in the psalm is there even a hint of repentance or even an acknowledgment of sin. Even the format
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