Prophets of the Old Testament True or False Quiz — 10 Questions with Answers Flashcards

#1

Jonah was swallowed by a whale while fleeing to Nineveh.

📖 Jonah 1:17

#2

Isaiah prophesied that a virgin would conceive and bear a son named Immanuel.

📖 Isaiah 7:14

#3

Elijah was taken to heaven in a chariot of fire without experiencing physical death.

📖 2 Kings 2:11

#4

Hosea married a woman named Gomer, whom God commanded him to marry as a sign of Israel's unfaithfulness.

📖 Hosea 1:2–3

#5

Jeremiah was thrown into a cistern filled with water and left there to die.

📖 Jeremiah 38:6

#6

Ezekiel experienced his first vision of God's throne while standing by the river Euphrates.

📖 Ezekiel 1:1–3

#7

Micah prophesied that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem.

📖 Micah 5:2

#8

Obadiah's prophecy concerns the judgment of Edom and its treatment of Judah.

📖 Obadiah 1:10–14

#2

True

Isaiah 7:14 records this prophecy: 'Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.' Christians interpret this as fulfilled in Jesus; Jewish tradition interprets 'almah' (young woman) differently.

Isaiah 7:14

#1

False

Scripture does not specify the creature as a whale. Jonah 1:17 states only that the Lord appointed 'a huge fish' to swallow Jonah; later Jewish and Christian tradition interpreted this as a whale, but the biblical text leaves the exact species unidentified.

Jonah 1:17

#4

True

Hosea 1:2–3 records God's instruction: 'When the Lord began to speak through Hosea, the Lord said to him, "Go, marry a promiscuous woman and have children with her, for like an adulterous wife this land is guilty of unfaithfulness to the Lord." So he married Gomer daughter of Diblaim.'

Hosea 1:2–3

#3

True

2 Kings 2:11 records: 'As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind.' Elijah was translated (raptured) rather than dying.

2 Kings 2:11

#6

False

Ezekiel 1:1–3 locates his inaugural vision 'by the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians' among the exiles, not by the Euphrates. The Kebar River was a major waterway in Mesopotamia, likely a canal, but not the Euphrates itself.

Ezekiel 1:1–3

#5

False

Jeremiah 38:6 states he was thrown into a cistern, but it contained mud, not water: 'So they took Jeremiah and put him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king's son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah by ropes into the cistern; it had no water in it, only mud.' He sank into the mud but was later rescued.

Jeremiah 38:6

#8

True

The book of Obadiah is a single-chapter prophecy entirely focused on Edom's condemnation for violence against Judah and its betrayal during Jerusalem's downfall. Obadiah 1:10–14 details Edom's crimes against 'your brother Jacob' (Judah).

Obadiah 1:10–14

#7

True

Micah 5:2 explicitly states: 'But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.' This prophecy is cited in Matthew 2:5–6 as fulfilled in Jesus.

Micah 5:2

#9

Daniel refused to eat the royal food and wine in Babylon because he wanted to remain ritually clean according to Jewish law.

📖 Daniel 1:8

#10

Nahum prophesied during the reign of Josiah, after Assyria's power had already begun to decline.

📖 Nahum 1:1–3

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#10

True

Nahum's prophecy focuses on the coming destruction of Nineveh (Assyria's capital), which occurred in 612 BCE. Scholarly consensus and the book's internal evidence place Nahum's ministry during Josiah's reign (640–609 BCE), when Assyrian power was weakening but still a threat.

Nahum 1:1–3

#9

True

Daniel 1:8 records: 'But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way.' Later verses (1:12–16) describe Daniel's diet of vegetables and water as an alternative, consistent with kosher dietary restrictions.

Daniel 1:8

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