Jonah 3

Jonah Goes to Nineveh

1 And the word of the LORDLord: יְהוָה / אֲדֹנָי (YHWH / Adonai). When 'LORD' appears in small capitals, it represents the Tetragrammaton YHWH (יְהוָה), God's personal covenant name meaning 'I AM.' When 'Lord' appears normally, it's Adonai (אֲדֹנָי), meaning 'my Lord,' emphasizing sovereignty. 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. Resurrection: Jonah 1:2, Jeremiah 1:17. Parallel theme: Ezekiel 2:7

3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the wordWord: דָּבָר (Davar). The Hebrew davar (דָּבָר) means word, thing, or matter—God's creative and authoritative speech. 'By the word of the LORD were the heavens made' (Psalm 33:6). 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. Parallel theme: Jonah 3:10, Deuteronomy 18:22, 2 Kings 20:1, 20:6

Nineveh Repents

5 So the people of Nineveh believed GodGod: אֱלֹהִים (Elohim). The Hebrew Elohim (אֱלֹהִים) is a plural form denoting majesty and fullness of deity. Though grammatically plural, it takes singular verbs when referring to the one true God, suggesting the Trinity's plurality within unity., and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. References God: Daniel 9:3, Joel 1:14. Faith: Hebrews 11:1. Parallel theme: 2 Chronicles 20:3, Matthew 12:41, Luke 11:32

6 For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. Parallel theme: Job 2:8, Jeremiah 6:26, Daniel 9:3, Matthew 11:21, Luke 10:13

7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water: Parallel theme: Jonah 3:5, 2 Chronicles 20:3, Ezra 8:21, Joel 1:18

8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. References God: Jonah 1:6. Parallel theme: Jonah 1:14, Isaiah 59:6, Acts 3:19

9 Who can tell if God will turn and repentRepent: שׁוּב / נָחַם (Shuv / Nacham). The Hebrew shuv (שׁוּב) means to turn or return—a physical turning that represents spiritual redirection back to God. Nacham (נָחַם) conveys grief or relenting, often used of God 'repenting' of judgment., and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? References God: Jonah 1:6, 2 Samuel 12:22. Repentance: Psalms 106:45

10 And GodGod: אֱלֹהִים (Elohim). The Hebrew Elohim (אֱלֹהִים) is a plural form denoting majesty and fullness of deity. Though grammatically plural, it takes singular verbs when referring to the one true God, suggesting the Trinity's plurality within unity. saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not. Repentance: Jonah 4:2, Exodus 32:14, Jeremiah 18:8, Joel 2:13, Amos 7:3, 7:6, Luke 11:32. Parallel theme: Luke 15:20 +3