Jonah 3:2

Jonah 3:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
• New International Version (NIV)“Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you."
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I tell you.”

Context of Jonah 3:2

1Then the Lord spoke his word to Jonah a second time. He said, “Leave at once for the important city, Nineveh. Announce to the people the message I have given you.” 3Jonah immediately went to Nineveh as the Lord told him. Nineveh was a very large city. It took three days to walk through it. 4Jonah entered the city and walked for about a day. Then he said, “In forty days Nineveh will be destroyed.”

Jonah 3:2 word by word

ק֛וּם לֵ֥ךְ אֶל־נִֽינְוֵ֖ה הָעִ֣יר הַגְּדוֹלָ֑ה וִּקְרָ֤א אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙ אֶת־הַקְּרִיאָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָנֹכִ֖י דֹּבֵ֥ר אֵלֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ariseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• goיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• unto Ninevehנִינְוֵהnîynevêh · NinevehH5210
• that greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• and preachקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call outH7121
• unto it the preachingקְרִיאָהqerîy'âh · proclamationH7150
• that I bidדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696

Cross-references for Jonah 3:2

• Jonah 1:2“Leave at once for the important city, Nineveh. Announce to the people that I can no longer overlook the wicked things they have done.”
• 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.
• Jeremiah 1:17Brace yourself, Jeremiah! Stand up, and say to them whatever I tell you to say. Don’t be terrified in their presence, or I will make you ⌞even more⌟ terrified in their presence.
• Jeremiah 15:19This is what the Lord says: If you will return, I will take you back. If you will speak what is worthwhile and not what is worthless, you will stand in my presence. The people will return to you, but you will not return to them.
• Ezekiel 2:7Speak my words to them whether they listen or not, because they are rebellious.
• Ezekiel 3:17“Son of man, I have made you a watchman over the people of Israel. Listen to what I say, and warn them for me.
• Matthew 3:8Do those things that prove you have turned to God and have changed the way you think and act.
• John 5:14Later, Jesus met the man in the temple courtyard and told him, “You’re well now. Stop sinning so that something worse doesn’t happen to you.”

Commentaries on Jonah 3:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2And preach unto it the preaching - הקריאה את וקרא vekera eth hakkeriah, "And cry the cry that I bid thee." Be my herald, and faithfully deliver my message. The word in Greek answers to the Hebrew קורא kore : both signifying a crier, a herald, a preacher; one that makes proclamation with a loud and earnest cry. Such was John Baptist, Isaiah 40:3; such was Jesus Christ, John 7:18-37; and such were all his apostles. And such earnestness becomes a ministry…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Arise, go to Nineveh that great city, and preach (or cry) unto it - God says to Jonah the self-same words which He had said before; only perhaps He gives him an intimation of His purpose of mercy, in that he says no more, “cry against her,” but “cry unto her.” He might “cry against” one doomed to destruction; to “cry unto her,” seems to imply that she had some interest in, and so some hope from, this cry. “The preaching that I bid thee.” This is the only…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2The second part of the book begins in the same way as the first part (see Jonah 1:1–2).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-102. preach ... the preaching--literally, "proclaim the proclamation." On the former occasion the specific object of his commission to Nineveh was declared; here it is indeterminate. This is to show how freely he yields himself, in the spirit of unconditional obedience, to speak whatever God may please.Read the comment

Topics related to Jonah 3:2

• Assyria
• Minister, Christian
• Missions
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In the dictionaries

• Nineveh
• Nineveh, Ninevite
• Lay
• Mightily
• Jonah, the Book of
• Preacher; Preaching
• preach, preaching, preacher, proclaim, proclamation

Commentaries on Jonah 3

• 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
• Darby Translation 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