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1 Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying,
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Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time:
2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you. ”
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“Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.”
3 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey in breadth.
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Jonah obeyed the word of the LORD and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very large city; it took three days to go through it.
4 Jonah began to go into the city, going a day’s journey. And he called out, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown! ”
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Jonah began by going a day’s journey into the city, proclaiming, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown.”
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