Jonah 3
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Jonah Obeys the LORD
1Once again the LORD spoke to Jonah. 2He said, “Go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to the people the message I have given you.” 3So Jonah obeyed the LORD and went to Nineveh, a city so large that it took three days to walk through it. 4#Mt 12.41; Lk 11.32Jonah started through the city, and after walking a whole day, he proclaimed, “In forty days Nineveh will be destroyed!”
5The people of Nineveh believed God's message. So they decided that everyone should fast, and all the people, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth to show that they had repented.
6When the king of Nineveh heard about it, he got up from his throne, took off his robe, put on sackcloth, and sat down in ashes. 7He sent out a proclamation to the people of Nineveh: “This is an order from the king and his officials: no one is to eat anything; all persons, cattle, and sheep are forbidden to eat or drink. 8All persons and animals must wear sackcloth. Everyone must pray earnestly to God and must give up his wicked behaviour and his evil actions. 9Perhaps God will change his mind; perhaps he will stop being angry, and we will not die!”
10God saw what they did; he saw that they had given up their wicked behaviour. So he changed his mind and did not punish them as he had said he would.
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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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