o whom spoken.
2. Name the reason assigned by the people for not rebuilding.
3. Name four reasons given by the prophet why the people should rebuild.
4. State the result of the prophet's appeal.
_Prophecy Number Two: Chapter 2:1-9._
1. To whom spoken.
2. State the evident feeling of those who had seen the former house. See
verse 3, also Ezra 3:12.
3. Name the three promises of Jehovah calculated to remove this sting of
disappointment.
_Prophecy Number Three: Chapter 2:10-19._
1. State moral condition of the people.
2. Name the three causes of material loss.
3. State the promise.
_Prophecy Number Four: Chapter 2:20-23._
1. To whom spoken.
2. Name the two prophecies in your own words.
_Questions:_
1. What word indicates the small number who had returned?
2. Commit words, with location, of a striking verse, 2:8.
3. In how many days did they begin to work after the first appeal was
made?
4. What length of time do the four prophecies cover?
5. What statement is accepted by many as a prophecy of Christ? Use the
marginal reading.
6. By what two terms is Haggai called?
7. What word does Haggai use, and how many times, to set the people to
thinking?
8. By what expression is God most frequently described?
9. Why, possibly, was no prophet sent to Nehemiah?
10. Give an appropriate title to Haggai.
ZECHARIAH
I. _The Visions of Chapters 1 to 6:_
Record and commit, with chapter location.
II. _The Striking Phrases and Verses:_
Commit and locate the following:
"Apple of the eye."
Give meaning. State what other books of the Bible contain the phrase.
"Prisoners of Hope."
"Who hath despised the day of small things?"
"Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith Jehovah of hosts."
"Wounded in the house of my friends."
(Use concordance in finding location.)
III. _The Prophecies of Christ:_
Give the four names by which the Christ is described. See 3:8, 9:9,
13:7.
Name four events in Christ's life prophesied in the following verses:
9:9, 11:12, 13:1, 13:7.
IV. _General Questions._
1. Compare the beginning of Zechariah's prophecy with that of Haggai in
point of time.
2. Which of the major prophets and which of the minor prophets does
Zechariah resemble most?
3. By what name is Satan described in Chapter 3, and what other Bible
writers use the same description?
4. Name three general encouragements given by the prophet to Zerub
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