Jona 3:1

1 Und das Wort Jehovas geschah zum zweiten Male zu Jona also:

Jona 3:1 Meaning and Commentary

Jonah 3:1

And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time
Jonah having been scourged by the Lord for his stubbornness and disobedience, and being humbled under the mighty hand of God, is tried a second time, whether he would go on the Lord's errand, and do his business; and his commission is renewed, as it was necessary it should; for it would have been unsafe and dangerous for him to have proceeded upon the former without a fresh warrant; as the Israelites, when they refused entering into the land of Canaan to possess it, upon the report of the spies, and afterwards reflecting upon their sin, would go up without the word of the Lord, and contrary to the advice of Moses, many of them perished in the attempt, being cut off by the Amalekites, ( Numbers 14:1 Numbers 14:3 Numbers 14:40-45 ) ; and this renewal of Jonah's commission shows that he was still continued in his office as a prophet, notwithstanding his failings; as the apostles were in theirs, though they all forsook Christ, and Peter denied him, ( Matthew 26:56 Matthew 26:75 ) ( 28:19 ) ( John 21:15-17 ) ; and that the Lord had heard his prayer, and graciously received him, and took away his iniquity from him, employing him again in his service, being more fitted for it: saying;
as follows:

Jona 3:1 In-Context

1 Und das Wort Jehovas geschah zum zweiten Male zu Jona also:

2 Mache dich auf, geh nach Ninive, der großen Stadt, und rufe ihr die Botschaft aus, die ich dir sagen werde.

3 Da machte sich Jona auf und ging nach Ninive, nach dem Worte Jehovas. Ninive war aber eine außerordentlich große Stadt von drei Tagereisen.

4 Und Jona begann in die Stadt hineinzugehen eine Tagereise weit, und er rief und sprach: Noch vierzig Tage, so ist Ninive umgekehrt!

5 Und die Leute von Ninive glaubten Gott; und sie riefen ein Fasten aus und kleideten sich in Sacktuch, von ihrem Größten bis zu ihrem Kleinsten.