Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church Lay Academy
Your Nest is Set Among the Stars
Obadiah
Peter Combes – July 7, 2002                                        

(The answers to the following may be multiple, or "none of the above")
1.        The Book of Obadiah is very similar to:
                  Isaiah 63
                  Jeremiah 49
                  Ezekiel 25
                  Amos 1

2.       Edom is accused of:
                  entering Jerusalem with its enemies
                  looting Jerusalem
                  betraying refugees
                  idolatry

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3.       Isaiah prophesied that:
                  all nations would come to the temple
                  only Israel and Judah would come to the temple
                  only Israel would come to the temple
                  there would never be another temple

4.       The "merchant of the nations" was:
                  Rome
                  Athens
                  Tyre
                  Sidon

5.        According to Isaiah 63, the Redeeemer would come from: 
                  Nazareth
                  Bethlehem
                  Bozrah
                  Edom

6.     Jeremiah said God would bring prosperity to Jerusalem if the people would:
                  make sacrifices
                  sing psalms
                  love their neighbors
                  keep the sabbath

7.        Jeremiah told Baruch to finish his book and: 
                  publish it in Babylon
                  present it to the king
                  hide it in the temple
                  throw it in the river

8.        According to Ezekiel, in Sheol, Pharaoh would be:
                  tried by Isis and Set 
                  made king of the underworld
                  made a slave
                  reassured by the sight of the other people there

9.        At Belshazzar's feast, the writing on the wall was:
                  "Prince, king, emperor" 
                  "Thou art weighed in the balance and found wanting"
                  "A mina, a shekel, two half-minas"
                  "Number, weigh, and divide"

10.      Amos suggested that, in the wilderness, the Israelites worshipped:
                  Yahweh
                  The Queen of Heaven
                  Karwan
                  a golden calf