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The Book of the Twelve: Hosea–Malachi, 2 vols. (Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary | SHBC) is unavailable, but you can change that!

This commentary focuses on the books of Hosea through Malachi, focusing on their contents in light of the Minor Prophets as a whole. Over the last thirty years, biblical scholars have explored the implications of an ancient Jewish and Christian tradition that referred to the Minor Prophets as “the Twelve.” Scholarly work on the Book of the Twelve in the last quarter century has focused on...

In Jonah 4:4, YHWH responds to Jonah’s death wish with a rhetorical question: “Is it good for you to be angry?” The question presumes that Jonah knows the answer is “no.” The verb used for Jonah’s anger is the same as in 4:1 and connotes a burning anger. YHWH chastises Jonah not so much for his bigotry but for the audacity of challenging YHWH’s sense of compassion. Ironically, Jonah has himself benefited from YHWH’s compassion, but he burns with indignation at the idea of God showing that same compassion
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