Jonah 3:2
'Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and make unto it the proclamation that I bid thee.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 unto Jonah the second time, saying:
Cross References
Exodus 4:28And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD wherewith He had sent him, and all the signs wherewith He had charged him.
Jeremiah 1:7But the LORD said unto me: say not: I am a child; for to whomsoever I shall send thee thou shalt go, and whatsoever I shall command thee thou shalt speak.
Jeremiah 15:19Therefore thus saith the LORD: If thou return, and I bring thee back, thou shalt stand before Me; and if thou bring forth the precious out of the vile, thou shalt be as My mouth; let them return unto thee, but thou shalt not return unto them.
Ezekiel 3:17'Son of man, I have appointed thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; and when thou shalt hear a word at My mouth, thou shalt give them warning from Me.
Jonah 3:3So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city, of three days' journey.
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 →