with him; his closing days
of peace and prosperity.

#Psalms#

A compilation of songs of praise and devotion, used
especially in the public worship of Jehovah.

#Proverbs#

A manual of practical rules of life setting wisdom over
against folly--principally the work of Solomon.

#Ecclesiastes#

The story of a search for happiness in the things of the
world, concluding with the emptiness of everything but the
doing of God's will.

#Song of Solomon#

There are three principal views concerning the Song of
Solomon or Song of Songs: (1) As a spiritual allegory,
teaching God's love for Israel; (2) As an allegory with
Christ as the Lover and his church as the beloved; (3) As the
story of Solomon's love for the Shulamite.

The Prophetical Books

_The Major Prophets_

#Isaiah#

Prophecies against Jerusalem; a forecast of Messianic days;
the relation of the Jewish nation to its enemies; the
disappearance of national distinctions, and the great future
of the church.

#Jeremiah#

Warnings to the Jews; a survey of all nations; a promise of
return from exile; prophecies regarding Egypt.

#Lamentations#

A pathetic ode, expressing Jeremiah's grief over the
destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple, and the miseries of
slavery and famine.

#Ezekiel#

Prophecies before and after the destruction of Jerusalem,
exhorting to repentance; pronouncing God's judgment on the
surrounding nations; and visions of the final glory of God's
people in a new Jerusalem.

#Daniel#

The story of Daniel in Babylon, and particularly noteworthy
because of its Messianic predictions.

_The Minor Prophets_

#Hosea#

Points out the unfaithfulness of Israel; the necessity for
punishment; the final restoration of Israel.

#Joel#

A prophetical description of locusts, drought, and invasion,
with exhortation to fasting, prayer, and repentance; a
promise of blessing; a warning of the destruction of
Jerusalem; a foretelling of the founding of Messiah's
Kingdom.

#Amos#

Denounces sins of nations around Israel and Judah; describes
the state of the two kingdoms, and pictures the coming of the
Messiah and restoration of the people.

#Obadiah#

Predicts annihilation of Edom, and contrasts it with the
future restora