Jonah 3:2
“Rise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim to it the proclamation that I am speaking to you”;
Literal Standard Version
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 there is a word of YHWH to Jonah a second time, saying,
Cross References
Exodus 4:28and Moses declares to Aaron all the words of YHWH with which He has sent him, and all the signs with which He has charged him.
Jeremiah 1:7And YHWH says to me, “Do not say, I [am] a youth, for to all to whom I send you—go, and all that I command you—speak.
Jeremiah 15:19Therefore, thus said YHWH: “If you turn back, then I bring you back, || You stand before Me, || And if you bring out the precious from the vile, || You are as My mouth! They return to you, || And you do not return to them.
Ezekiel 3:17that there is a word of YHWH to me, saying, “Son of man, I have given you [as] a watchman to the house of Israel, and you have heard a word from My mouth, and have warned them from Me.
Jonah 3:3and Jonah rises, and he goes to Nineveh, according to the word of YHWH. And Nineveh has been a great city before God, a journey of three days.
Matthew 3:8Bear, therefore, fruits worthy of conversion,
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 →