Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jonah 3

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← Jonah | ← Ch 2 | Ch 4 →

Jonah 3 . 1 , Jonah , sent again , preaches to the Ninevites; Jonah 3 . 5 , Upon their repentance , Jonah 3 . 10. God repents.

Jonah 3:1

Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time:

Jonah 3:1 · BSB

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Jonah 3:2

"Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message that I give you."

Jonah 3:2 · BSB

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Nineveh , the capital of Assyria , was situated on the eastern bank of the river Tigris , opposite the present Mosul , about 280 miles north of Babylon , 400 ne of Damascus , in latitude 36 degrees 20 minutes n longitude 73 degrees 10 minutes e. It was not only a very ancient

  • Genesis 10:11 but also a very great city. Strabo says that it was much larger than Babylon , the circuit of which he estimates at 385 furlongs; and , according to Diodorus Siculus , it was an oblong parallelogram , extending 150 furlongs in length , 90 in breadth , and 480 in circumference , i.e. , about 20 miles long , 12 broad , and 60 in compass. This agrees with the account given here of its being "an exceeding great city of three days' journey ," i.e. , in circuit; for 20 miles a day was the common computation for a pedestrian. It was surrounded by large walls 100 feet high , so broad that three chariots could drive abreast on them , and defended by 1 ,500 towers 200 feet in height. See notes on Nahum
  • Jonah 3:3
  • Jonah 1:2
  • Zephaniah 2:13-15

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Jonah 3:3

This time Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, in accordance with the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, requiring a three-day journey.

Jonah 3:3 · BSB

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an exceeding great city Heb. a city great of God

Jonah 3:4

On the first day of his journey, Jonah set out into the city and proclaimed, "Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned!"

Jonah 3:4 · BSB

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Jonah 3:5

And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least.

Jonah 3:5 · BSB

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Jonah 3:6

When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

Jonah 3:6 · BSB

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Jonah 3:7

Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: "By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let no man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink.

Jonah 3:7 · BSB

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published Heb. said

nobles Heb. great men

Jonah 3:8

Furthermore, let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and have everyone call out earnestly to God. Let each one turn from his evil ways and from the violence in his hands.

Jonah 3:8 · BSB

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Jonah 3:9

Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish."

Jonah 3:9 · BSB

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Jonah 3:10

When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.

Jonah 3:10 · BSB

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web5 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Allusions Jonah 3:9-10 → Exodus 32:12
Trajectories
Golden Calf (Idolatry and Intercession), Jonah (Death, Resurrection, and Mission to Gentiles)
Chiasms
Shaped Jonah 3:1–10, Jonah 3:10–4:5
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