Jonah 3:2-3

2 "Arise, go to 1Nineveh the great city and 2proclaim to it the proclamation which I am going to tell you."
3 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an 3exceedingly great city, a three days' walk.

Jonah 3:2-3 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JONAH 3

This chapter gives an account of the renewal of Jonah's message to Nineveh, and of his faithful execution of it, Jon 3:1-4; and of the fruit and effect of it, the conversion of the Ninevites, their faith in God, repentance of their sins, and reformation from them, Jon 3:5-9; and of God's approbation thereof, by revoking the sentence he had pronounced upon them, Jon 3:10.

Cross References 3

  • 1. Zephaniah 2:13
  • 2. Jeremiah 1:17; Ezekiel 2:7
  • 3. Jonah 1:2; Jonah 4:11

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Lit "a great city to God"
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