Jonah 3:2
Arise, and go to Ninive the great city: and preach in it the preaching that I bid thee.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
In Context
1And the word of the Lord came to Jonas the second time, saying:
Cross References
Exodus 4:28And Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord, by which he had sent him, and the signs that he had commanded.
Jeremiah 1:7And the Lord said to me: Say not: I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee: and whatsoever I shall command thee, thou shalt speak.
Jeremiah 15:19Therefore thus saith the Lord: If thou wilt be converted, I will convert thee, and thou shalt stand before my face; and if thou wilt separate the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: they shall be turned to thee, and thou shalt not be turned to them.
Ezekiel 3:17Son of man, I have made thee a watchman to the house of Israel: and thou shalt hear the word out of my mouth, and shalt tell it them from me.
Jonah 3:3And Jonas arose, and went to Ninive, according to the word of the Lord: now Ninive was a great city of three days' journey.
Matthew 3:8Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of penance.
Matthew Henry on Jonah 3:2-5
Jonah's Mission Renewed; The Prophet's Mission to Nineveh. ( b. c. 840.) 1 And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying, 2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. 3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord . Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey. 4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. We have here… Read the whole commentary →