Jonah 1:2

Jonah 1:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
• New International Version (NIV)“Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me."
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me.”

Context of Jonah 1:2

1The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: “Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it because their evil has come up before me.” 3Jonah got up to flee to Tarshish from the Lord’s presence. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. He paid the fare and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish from the Lord’s presence. 4But the Lord threw a great wind onto the sea, and such a great storm arose on the sea that the ship threatened to break apart.

Jonah 1:2 word by word

ק֠וּם לֵ֧ךְ אֶל־נִֽינְוֵ֛ה הָעִ֥יר הַגְּדוֹלָ֖ה וּקְרָ֣א עָלֶ֑יהָ כִּֽי־עָלְתָ֥ה רָעָתָ֖ם לְפָנָֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ariseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• goיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• to Ninevehנִינְוֵהnîynevêh · NinevehH5210
• that greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• and cryקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call outH7121
• against it; for their wickednessרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: evilH7451
• is come upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440

Cross-references for Jonah 1:2

• Jonah 3:2“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach the message that I tell you.”
• Jonah 4:11So may I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than a hundred twenty thousand people who cannot distinguish between their right and their left, as well as many animals?”
• Genesis 10:11From that land he went to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, Calah,
• 2 Kings 19:36So King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and left. He returned home and lived in Nineveh.
• Nahum 1:1The pronouncement concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
• Nahum 2:1One who scatters is coming up against you. Man the fortifications! Watch the road! Brace yourself! Summon all your strength!
• Zephaniah 2:13He will also stretch out his hand against the north and destroy Assyria; he will make Nineveh a desolate ruin, dry as the desert.
• Isaiah 58:1“Cry out loudly, don’t hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Tell my people their transgression and the house of Jacob their sins.
• Jeremiah 1:7Then the Lord said to me: Do not say, “I am only a youth,” for you will go to everyone I send you to and speak whatever I tell you.
• Ezekiel 2:7Speak my words to them whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.
• Ezekiel 3:5For you are not being sent to a people of unintelligible speech or a difficult language but to the house of Israel —
• Micah 3:8As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the Lord, with justice and courage, to proclaim to Jacob his rebellion and to Israel his sin.
• Matthew 10:18You will even be brought before governors and kings because of me, to bear witness to them and to the Gentiles.
• Genesis 18:20Then the Lord said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is immense, and their sin is extremely serious.
• Ezra 9:6And I said: My God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face toward you, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads and our guilt is as high as the heavens.
• James 5:4Look! The pay that you withheld from the workers who mowed your fields cries out, and the outcry of the harvesters has reached the ears of the Lord of Armies.

Commentaries on Jonah 1:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Go to Nineveh - This was the capital of the Assyrian empire, and one of the most ancient cities of the world, Genesis 10:10; and one of the largest, as it was three days' journey in circumference. Ancient writers represent it as oblong; being in length one hundred and fifty stadia, and ninety in breadth, the compass being four hundred and eighty stadia. Now as the stadium is allowed to have been equal to our furlong, eight of which make a mile, this…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city - The Assyrian history, as far as it has yet been discovered, is very bare of events in regard to this period. We have as yet the names of three kings only for 150 years. But Assyria, as far as we know its history, was in its meridian. Just before the time of Jonah, perhaps ending in it, were the victorious reigns of Shalmanubar and Shamasiva; after him was that of Ivalush or Pul, the first aggressor upon Israel. It…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2By the time of Jonah, Nineveh already had a long history (see Genesis 10:12). It was an important city in the Assyrian Empire until it was destroyed in 612 BC (see Nahum 1–3). Nineveh’s ruins are across the Tigris River from the modern city of Mosul, Iraq. great city: See study note on Jonah 3:3.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. to Nineveh--east of the Tigris, opposite the modern Mosul. The only case of a prophet being sent to the heathen. Jonah, however, is sent to Nineveh, not solely for Nineveh's good, but also to shame Israel, by the fact of a heathen city repenting at the first preaching of a single stranger, Jonah, whereas God's people will not repent, though preached to by their many national prophets, late and early. Nineveh means "the residence of Ninus," that is…Read the comment

Topics related to Jonah 1:2

• Jonah
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In the dictionaries

• Nineveh
• Nineveh, Ninevite
• Cry
• Raging
• Augury
• Jonah, the Book of
• Preacher; Preaching

Commentaries on Jonah 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings