| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 1 The family of Hosea (Ho1:1-Ho2:3) 1:7 Yet for the house of Judah I feel pity (1:7) | Pity | 26 The day of judgment (Am5:9-17) 5:15 the LORD, the God of hosts, will have pity on the remnant of Joseph. (5:15) |
| 2 Betrayal of Israel (Ho2:4-15) 2:4 Protest against your mother, protest! for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband. (2:4) | Metaphor of a woman as a nation | 25 Seek the LORD (Am4:12-Am5:8) 5:2 She is fallen, to rise no more, the virgin Israel (5:2) |
| 3 Salvation of Israel (Ho2:16-25) 2:17 She shall respond there as in the days of her youth, when she came up from the land of Egypt. (2:17) | Returning / Not returning | 24 Unbelief of Israel (Am4:1-11) 4:6 Yet you returned not to me (4:6) |
| 4 Further assurance of God's redeeming love (Ho3:1-5) 3:4 For the people of Israel shall remain many days without king or prince, Without sacrifice or sacred pillar, without ephod or household idols.(3:4) | Destruction of the ritual | 23 Sin of Israel (Am3:1-15) 3:14 The horns of the altar shall be broken off and fall to the ground. (3:14) |
| 5 The idolatry of Israel (Ho4:1-Ho5:7) 4:1 Hear the word of the LORD, O people of Israel, for the LORD has a grievance against the inhabitants of the land: There is no fidelity, no mercy, no knowledge of God in the land. (4:1) | Accusation of sins of Israel | 22 Judgment on Israel (Am2:6-16) 2:6 For three crimes of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke my word (2:6) |
| 6 Sin and punishment of war (Ho5:8-Ho6:11) 5:12 I am like a moth for Ephraim, like maggots for the house of Judah.(5:12) | Punishment against Judah | 21 Judgment on nations (Am1:1-Am2:5) 2:5 I will send fire upon Judah, to devour the castles of Jerusalem. (2:5) |
| 7 Futile reliance on the nations (Ho7:1-12) 7:9 Strangers have sapped his strength, but he takes no notice of it (7:9) | Invasion of other nations | 20 The glorious future of Judah (Jl4:18-21) 4:19 Egypt shall be a waste, and Edom a desert waste, Because of violence done to the people of Judah, because they shed innocent blood in their land. (4:19) |
| 8 Israel's apostasy (Ho7:13-Ho8:14) 8:8 he is now among the nations a thing of no value. (8:8) | People of the nations | 19 Judgment in the valley of Jehoshaphat (Jl4:9-17) 4:9 Declare this among the nations: proclaim a war, rouse the warriors to arms! (4:9) |
| 9 Sin at Baal-peor and Gilgal (Ho9:1-17) 9:3 They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and in Assyria they shall eat unclean food. (9:3) | Diaspora | 18 Vengeance of the LORD (Jl4:1-8) 4:2 they have scattered them among the nations, and divided my land.(4:2) |
| 10 Israel's sin and captivity (Ho10:1-15) 10:12 for it is time to seek the LORD (10:12) | Seeking the LORD | 17 God's spirit poured out (Jl3:1-5) 3:5 in Jerusalem survivors whom the LORD shall call.(3:5) |
| 11 God's compassion despite Israel's ingratitude (Ho11:1-11) 11:8 My heart is overwhelmed, my pity is stirred.(11:8) | Pity | 16 God's response and promise (Jl2:15-27) 2:18 Then the LORD was stirred to concern for his land and took pity on his people. (2:18) |
| 12 The history of rebellion (Ho12:1-14_Ho14:1) 12:7 You shall return by the help of your God (12:7) | Returning | 15 The day of the LORD is coming (Jl1:13-Jl2:14) 2:12 return to me with your whole heart (2:12) |
| 13 Assurance of forgiveness (Ho14:2-10) 14:10 Let him who is wise understand these things; let him who is prudent know them. (14:10) | Understand | 14 Lamentation over the ruin of the country (Jl1:1-12) 1:2 Hear this, you elders! Pay attention, all you who dwell in the land! (1:2) |
| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 26 The day of judgment (Am5:9-17) 5:12 Yes, I know how many are your crimes, how grievous your sins (5:12) | Sins and crimes | 51 God's compassion and steadfast love (Mi7:14-20) 7:18 Who is there like you, the God who removes guilt and pardons sin for the remnant of his inheritance (7:18) |
| 27 Festival and justice (Am5:18-27) 5:24 then let justice surge like water, and goodness like an unfailing stream.(5:24) | Justice | 50 Penitence and trust in God (Mi7:9-13) 7:9 I will see his justice. (7:9) |
| 28 Judgment on arrogant people (Am6:1-14) 6:3 You would put off the evil day, yet you hasten the reign of violence! (6:3) | Injustice | 49 The total corruption of the people (Mi7:1-8) 7:2 The faithful are gone from the earth, among men the upright are no more! They all lie in wait to shed blood, each one ensnares the other. (7:2) |
| 29 The first, second and third vision (Am7:1-9) 7:8 I will forgive them no longer (7:8) | The patience of the Lord | 48 Cheating and violence to be punished (Mi6:9-16) 6:10 Am I to bear any longer criminal hoarding and the meager ephah that is accursed? (6:10) |
| 30 Amaziah complains to the king (Am7:10-17) 7:11 For this is what Amos says: Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be exiled from its land. (7:11) | Accusation | 47 God challenges Israel (Mi6:1-8) 6:1 Hear, then, what the LORD says: Arise, present your plea before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice! (6:1) |
| 31 The fourth vision (Am8:1-14) 8:3 Many shall be the corpses, strewn everywhere.--Silence! (8:3) | Destruction of cities | 46 The future role of the remnant (Mi5:9-14) 5:10 I will demolish the cities of your land and tear down all your fortresses. (5:10) |
| 32 The God of whole world (Am9:1-10) 9:8 I will not destroy the house of Jacob completely (9:8) | The remnant of Jacob | 45 The ruler from Bethlehem (Mi5:1-8) 5:6 The remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples (5:6) |
| 33 The restoration of David's kingdom (Am9:11-15) 9:13 Yes, days are coming (9:13) | The day is coming | 44 Restoration promised after exile (Mi4:1-14) 4:6 On that day, says the LORD, I will gather the lame (4:6) |
| 34 Book of Obadiah (Ob1:1-21) 1:10 Because of violence to your brother Jacob, disgrace shall cover you and you shall be destroyed forever.(1:10) | Wickedness | 43 Wicked rulers and prophets (Mi3:1-12) 3:10 Who build up Zion with bloodshed, and Jerusalem with wickedness! (3:10) |
| 35 Jonah tries to run away from God (Jon1:1-3) 1:2 their wickedness has come up before me. (1:2) | Wickedness | 42 Social evils denounced (Mi2:1-13) 2:1 Woe to those who plan iniquity, and work out evil on their couches (2:1) |
| 36 Jonah's disaster (Jon1:4-16) Jonah's rebellion | Betrayal against the LORD | 41 The doom of the cities of Judah (Mi1:8-16) 1:13 the beginning of sin for daughter Zion, Because there were in you the crimes of Israel. (1:13) |
| 37 A psalm of thanksgiving (Jon2:1-11) 2:9 Those who worship vain idols forsake their source of mercy. (2:9) | Idolatry | 40 Judgment pronounced against Samaria (Mi1:1-7) 1:7 All her idols shall be broken to pieces (1:7) |
| 38 Conversion of Nineveh (Jon3:1-10) 3:10 he repented of the evil that he had threatened to do to them; he did not carry it out.(3:10) | Punishment will be stopped | 39 Jonah is reproved (Jon4:1-11) 4:2 I knew that you are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger, rich in clemency, loathe to punish. (4:2) |
| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 51 God's compassion and steadfast love (Mi7:14-20) 7:18 Who is there like you, the God who removes guilt and pardons sin for the remnant of his inheritance (7:18) | Forgiveness of sins | 76 Fourth vision (Zc3:1-10) 3:4 Take off his filthy garments, and clothe him in festal garments. (3:4) |
| 52 The consuming wrath of God (Na1:1-8) 1:7 The LORD is good, a refuge on the day of distress (1:7) | Protection by the LORD | 75 An appeal to the exiles (Zc2:7-17) 2:9 But I will be for her an encircling wall of fire, says the LORD (2:9) |
| 53 Evil plot (Na1:9-11) 1:9 It is he who will make an end! The enemy shall not rise a second time;(1:9) | Complete destruction | 74 Second vision and third vision (Zc2:1-6) 2:4 Here are the horns that scattered Judah, so that no man raised his head any more (2:4) |
| 54 Breaking the yoke (Na1:12-14 ) 1:12 Though I have humbled you, I will humble you no more.(1:12) | End of the punishment | 73 First vision (Zc1:7-17) 1:17 My cities shall again overflow with prosperity; the LORD will again comfort Zion, and again choose Jerusalem.(1:17) |
| 55 Good news for Judah (Na2:1-3) 2:3 The LORD will restore the vine of Jacob (2:3) | Restoration | 72 Israel urged to repent (Zc1:1-6) 1:3 Return to me, says the LORD of hosts, and I will return to you (1:3) |
| 56 The destruction of the wicked city (Na2:4-11) 2:5 the chariots dash madly through the streets And wheel in the squares (2:5) | Chariots | 71 God's promise to Zerubbabel (Hg2:20-23) 2:22 I will overthrow the chariots and their riders (2:22) |
| 57 Ruin imminent and inevitable (Na2:12-Na3:6) 2:14 Your preying on the land I will bring to an end, the cry of your lionesses shall be heard no more.(2:14) | Famine | 70 A rebuke and a promise (Hg2:10-19) 2:17 I struck you in all the works of your hands with blight, searing wind, and hail (2:17) |
| 58 Judgment on Nineveh (Na3:7-19) 3:7 Nineveh is destroyed (3:7) | Destruction of cities | 69 The future glory of the temple (Hg2:1-9) 2:3 Who is left among you that saw this house in its former glory? And how do you see it now? Does it not seem like nothing in your eyes? (2:3) |
| 59 The prophet's complaint (Hab1:1-2:6a) 2:4 the just man, because of his faith, shall live (2:4) | Faith | 68 Beginning of construction (Hg1:12-15) 1:12 Then Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, and the high priest Joshua, son of Jehozadak, and all the remnant of the people listened to the voice of the LORD (1:12) |
| 60 The woes of the wicked (Hab2:6b-20) 2:12 Woe to him who builds a city by bloodshed, and establishes a town by wickedness! (2:12) | Unjust construction | 67 The command to rebuild the temple (Hg1:1-11) 1:4 Is it time for you to dwell in your own paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?(1:4) |
| 61 The prophet's prayer (Hab3:1-19) 3:13 You come forth to save your people, to save your anointed one. (3:13) | Salvation | 66 A song of joy (Zp3:14-20) 3:19 I will save the lame, and assemble the outcasts (3:19) |
| 62 The coming judgment on Judah (Zp1:1-18) 1:18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to save them on the day of the LORD'S wrath (1:18) | The wrath of the LORD | 65 Punishment and conversion of the nations (Zp3:1-13) 3:8 In order to pour out upon them my wrath, all my blazing anger (3:8) |
| 63 The great day of the LORD (Zp2:1-4) 2:4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon shall be a waste, Ashdod they shall drive out at midday, and Ekron shall be uprooted.(2:4) | Destruction of the nations | 64 Judgment on Israel's enemies (Zp2:5-15) 2:13 He will stretch out his hand against the north, to destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a waste, dry as the desert. (2:13) |
| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 76 Fourth vision (Zc3:1-10) 3:7 If you walk in my ways and heed my charge, you shall judge my house and keep my courts (3:7) | Fear for the LORD | 101 The day of the LORD (Ml3:16-24) 3:20 for you who fear my name, there will arise the sun of justice with its healing rays (3:20) |
| 77 Fifth vision (Zc4:1-14) 4:14 These are the two anointed who stand by the LORD of the whole earth (4:14) | Servants of the LORD | 100 The coming messenger (Ml2:17-Ml3:15) 3:1 Lo, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me (3:1) |
| 78 Sixth and seventh vision (Zc5:1-11) 5:3 in accordance with it shall every perjurer be expelled from here. (5:3) | Perjury | 99 Do not betray (Ml2:10-16) 2:10 Why then do we break faith with each other, violating the covenant of our fathers?(2:10) |
| 79 Eighth vision (Zc6:1-8) 6:7 "Go, patrol the earth!" Then, as they patrolled the earth, (6:7) | Being sent by the LORD | 98 Exhortation to priests (Ml1:14-Ml2:9) 2:2 I will send a curse upon you and of your blessing I will make a curse (2:2) |
| 80 The coronation of the branch (Zc6:9-15) 6:12 he shall build the temple of the LORD. (6:12) | Rebuilding | 97 Corruption of the priesthood (Ml1:1-13) 1:4 We have been crushed but we will rebuild the ruins (1:4) |
| 81 Question of prophet (Zc7:1-7) 7:3 Must I mourn and abstain in the fifth month as I have been doing these many years? (7:3) | Unjust rituals | 96 Final victory (Zc14:20-21) 14:21 On that day there shall no longer be any merchant in the house of the LORD of hosts.(14:21) |
| 82 Punishment for rejecting God's demands (Zc7:8-14) 7:14 but would scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they did not know (7:14) | Diaspora / return | 95 Fight in Jerusalem (Zc14:8-19) 14:11 they shall occupy her. Never again shall she be doomed; Jerusalem shall abide in security. (14:11) |
| 83 The promise about Zion (Zc8:1-8) 8:3 I will return to Zion, and I will dwell within Jerusalem (8:3) | Restoration / destruction of Jerusalem | 94 The day of the LORD is coming (Zc14:1-7) 14:2half of the city shall go into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be removed from the city. (14:2) |
| 84 The seed of peace (Zc8:9-13) 8:13 so will I save you that you may be a blessing; do not fear, but let your hands be strong. (8:13) | Converted people | 93 The shepherd struck, the flock scattered (Zc13:7-9) 13:9 I will bring the one third through fire, and I will refine them as silver is refined, and I will test them as gold is tested@(13:9) |
| 85 Judgment for peace (Zc8:14-17) 8:16 Speak the truth to one another; let there be honesty and peace in the judgments at your gates, (8:16) | Escape from sins | 92 Idolatry cut off (Zc13:1-6) 13:1 a fountain to purify from sin and uncleanness.(13:1) |
| 86 Joyful fasting (Zc8:18-23) 8:19 The fast days of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months shall become occasions of joy and gladness, cheerful festivals for the house of Judah; only love faithfulness and peace.(8:19) | Salvation of Judah | 91 Mourning for the pierced one (Zc12:7-14) 12:7 The LORD shall save the tents of Judah first (12:7) |
| 87 Judgment on Israel's enemies (Zc9:1-8) 9:4 she shall be devoured by fire. (9:4) | Being devoured by fire | 90 Jerusalem's victory (Zc12:1-6) 12:6 On that day I will make the princes of Judah like a brazier of fire in the woodland, and like a burning torch among sheaves, and they shall devour right and left all the surrounding peoples. (12:6) |
| 88 The coming ruler of God's people (Zc9:9-Zc11:3) 10:3 My wrath is kindled against the shepherds (10:3) | Unjust shepherd | 89 Two kinds of shepherds (Zc11:4-17) 11:16 For I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will take no note of those that perish, nor seek the strays, nor heal the injured, nor feed what survives (11:16) |