Jonah 3
3
Nineveh Repents
1Now the word of Adonai came to Jonah a second time, saying,
2“Rise and go to Nineveh, the great city, and cry out to it the proclamation that I am telling you.”
3So Jonah rose and went to Nineveh according to the word of Adonai. Now Nineveh was a great city to God—the length of a three day journey.
4So Jonah began to come into the city for one day’s journey, and he cried out saying: “Another forty days and Nineveh will be overthrown!”
5Then the people of Nineveh believed God and called for a fast and wore sackcloth—from the greatest of them to the least of them.
6When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his robe, covered himself in sackcloth, and sat in the ashes.
7He made a proclamation saying: “In Nineveh, by the decree of the king and his nobles, no man or beast, herd or flock, may taste anything. They must not graze nor drink water.
8But cover man and beast with sackcloth. Let them cry out to God with urgency. Let each one turn from his evil way and from the violence in his hands.
9Who knows? God may turn and relent, and turn back from his burning anger, so that we may not perish.”
10When God saw their deeds—that they turned from their wicked ways—God relented from the calamity that He said He would do to them, and did not do it.
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Jonah 3
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Jonah’s Preaching
1Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time: # Jnh 1:1 2“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh # Zph 2:13-15 and preach # Jr 1:17; Ezk 2:7 the message that I tell you.” 3So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh according to the Lord’s command.
Now Nineveh was an extremely large city, # Or was a great city to God # Gn 10:11-12; Jnh 1:2; 4:11 a three-day walk. # Probably the time required to cover the city on foot 4Jonah set out on the first day of his walk in the city and proclaimed, # 2Kg 18:26-28; Mt 12:41; Lk 11:32 “In 40 days Nineveh will be demolished! ” 5The men of Nineveh believed in God. # Or believed God They proclaimed a fast # Dn 9:3; Jl 1:14 and dressed in sackcloth — from the greatest of them to the least.
6When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, put on sackcloth, # 1Kg 21:27; Est 4:1-4; Jr 6:26; Ezk 27:30-31 and sat in ashes. 7Then he issued a decree # 2Ch 20:3; Ezr 8:21 in Nineveh:
By order of the king and his nobles: No man or beast, herd or flock, is to taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink water. 8Furthermore, both man and beast must be covered with sackcloth, and everyone must call out earnestly to God. # Ps 130:1; Jnh 1:6,14 Each must turn from his evil ways # Is 1:16-19; 55:6-7; Jr 18:11 and from the violence # Or injustice he is doing. # Lit violence in their hands 9Who knows? # 2Sm 12:22; Jl 2:14 God may turn and relent; He may turn from His burning anger so that we will not perish. # Jr 18:7-8
10Then God saw their actions — that they had turned from their evil ways # 1Kg 21:27-29; 2Kg 17:13; 2Ch 7:14; Jr 18:11; 31:18 — so God relented from the disaster # Ex 32:14; Am 7:3,6 He had threatened to do to them. And He did not do it.
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