Based on the NIV, the NIBC presents careful section-by-section exposition, with key terms and phrases highlighted and all Hebrew and Greek transliterated.

This is a series which offers the best of contemporary scholarship in a format that both general readers and serious students can use with profit. And Professor Elizabeth Achtemeier maintains the standard in this first part of the commentary on the Minor Prophets, as she explains the practices and customs which add meaning to the prophetic pronouncements.