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Jonah 1:2
2He said, ‘Go now to the great city of Nineveh. Tell the people in the city that I know how wicked they are. Tell them that I will punish them because of their sins.’
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 Lord spoke a message to Jonah, Amittai's son. He said, ‘Go now to the great city of Nineveh. Tell the people in the city that I know how wicked they are. Tell them that I will punish them because of their sins.’ 3But Jonah did not want to obey the Lord's command. He decided to run away to Tarshish. He went down to Joppa. There he found a ship that was ready to sail to Tarshish. After he had paid for the journey, he got into the ship. He wanted to go on the ship to Tarshish, to get far away from the Lord. 4Then the Lord sent a strong wind on the sea. The storm was so powerful that it almost broke the ship into pieces.
Read all of Jonah 1Jonah 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 3:2He said, ‘Now go to that great city, Nineveh. Tell the people there the message that I will give to you.’
- Jonah 4:11So it is right for me to be sorry about Nineveh. It is a great city. More than 120,000 people live in it. They cannot understand the difference between what is right and what is wrong. They also have many farm animals.’
- Genesis 10:11From that land he went to Assyria. This is where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir and Calah.
- 2 Kings 19:36So King Sennacherib of Assyria took his army away. He returned to Assyria and he lived in Nineveh.
- Nahum 1:1Nahum lives in Elkosh and this is his prophecy about the people in Nineveh.
- Nahum 2:1An enemy is coming to attack you, people of Nineveh. Watch carefully from the city's walls! Prepare your army to protect the city. Watch the road. Get ready to fight with all your strength!
- Zephaniah 2:13The Lord will go against the north. There, he will destroy the country called Assyria. He will also destroy Nineveh city. That place will become as dry as a desert.
- Isaiah 58:1The Lord says, ‘Shout out! Shout as loudly as you can! Make as much noise as a trumpet makes! Tell my people that they have not obeyed me. Tell the family of Jacob about their sins.
- Jeremiah 1:7The Lord said to me, ‘Do not say, “I am only a child.” You must go to everyone that I send you to. You must say whatever I tell you to say.
- Ezekiel 2:7You must speak my words to them, whether they listen to you or not. They are people who refuse to obey me.
- Ezekiel 3:5I am not sending you to a people whose words you cannot understand. They do not speak a difficult language. No, I am sending you to Israel's people.
- Micah 3:8But the Spirit of the Lord fills me, to make me powerful. He helps me to know what is right and fair. He makes me brave so that I can speak to you, Jacob's people. I can tell you what you have done wrong. You are Israel's people, but you have not obeyed God.
- Matthew 10:18They will take you to stand in front of kings and rulers. All this will happen because you are my disciples. You will tell all these important people and also the Gentiles the good news about me.
- Genesis 18:20So the Lord said to Abraham, ‘I have heard how bad the people in Sodom and Gomorrah are. Everybody says that their sins are very bad.
- Ezra 9:6I said, ‘My God, I am too ashamed to look up at you. Our sins are very great. They are so many that they reach far above us. We are completely guilty.
- James 5:4But you have not paid the workers in your fields the money that you should have paid them. You have cheated them. Now they are shouting against you. The Lord of great power has heard them when they cry to him for help.
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
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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
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