Jonah 3:2
"Go immediately to that great city called Nineveh, and tell the people who live there the message that I gave you previously." that great city OR that large/important city that great city Jonah 1:2 that great city How you described the city in Jonah 1:2, be consistent to describe it the same way here.
Jonah (Easy-to-Translate)
In The King James Version
Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
In Context
1Then Yahweh said to Jonah a second time, saying,
Cross References
Jonah 3:3So, this time Jonah obeyed Yahweh, and he went to Nineveh. That city was so big that a person had to walk for three days to go everywhere in it. a person had to walk for three days to go everywhere in it OR it took three days to walk through it OR it took three days for a person to visit/see it all a person had to walk for three days to go everywhere in it The walls surrounding Nineveh extended five kilometers around, so a person could walk around the city in a few hours. Jonah’s three-day walk likely refers to walking about inside the city. The number three is important to retain in this story.
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 →