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 Lord spoke his word to Jonah, son of Amittai. He said, “Leave at once for the important city, Nineveh. Announce to the people that I can no longer overlook the wicked things they have done.” 3Jonah immediately tried to run away from the Lord by going to Tarshish. He went to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. He paid for the trip and went on board. He wanted to go to Tarshish to get away from the Lord. 4The Lord sent a violent wind over the sea. The storm was so powerful that the ship was in danger of breaking up.

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“Leave at once for the important city, Nineveh. Announce to the people the message I have given you.”
• Jonah 4:11Shouldn’t I feel sorry for this important city, Nineveh? It has more than 120,000 people in it as well as many animals. These people couldn’t tell their right hand from their left.”
• Genesis 10:11He went from that land to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
• 2 Kings 19:36Then King Sennacherib of Assyria left. He went home to Nineveh and stayed there.
• Nahum 1:1This is a revelation from the Lord about Nineveh. This book contains the vision of Nahum from Elkosh.
• Nahum 2:1The one who will scatter you is coming to attack you. Guard your fortress! Keep a lookout on the road! Prepare for battle! Be very courageous!
• Zephaniah 2:13The Lord will use his power against the north and destroy Assyria. He will turn Nineveh into a deserted ruin, a dried up wasteland like the desert.
• Isaiah 58:1Cry aloud! Don’t hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Tell my people about their rebellion and the descendants of Jacob about their sins.
• Jeremiah 1:7But the Lord said to me, “Don’t say that you are only a boy. You will go wherever I send you. You will say whatever I command you to say.
• Ezekiel 2:7Speak my words to them whether they listen or not, because they are rebellious.
• Ezekiel 3:5I am not sending you to people whose language is hard to understand or difficult to speak. I am sending you to Israel.
• Micah 3:8But I am filled with the power of the Lord’s Spirit, with justice, and with strength. So I will tell ⌞the descendants of⌟ Jacob about their crimes and ⌞the nation of⌟ Israel about its sins.
• Matthew 10:18Because of me you will even be brought in front of governors and kings to testify to them and to everyone in the world.
• Genesis 18:20The Lord also said, “Sodom and Gomorrah have many complaints against them, and their sin is very serious.
• Ezra 9:6and said, “I am ashamed, my God. I am embarrassed to look at you. Our sins have piled up over our heads, and our guilt is so overwhelming that it reaches heaven.
• James 5:4The wages you refused to pay the people who harvested your fields shout ⌞to God⌟ against you. The Lord of Armies has heard the cries of those who gather the crops.

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

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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