Jonah 3:2

Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Arise	ק֛וּם kum	H6965	to rise (in various applications · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
go	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
Nineveh	נִֽינְוֵ֖ה nin.Veh	H5210	Nineveh · proper noun, a place name
great	הַגְּדוֹלָ֑ה ha.ge.do.Lah	H1419	great (in any sense) · definite article + adjective, feminine singular absolute
city	הָעִ֣יר ha.'Ir	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
preach	וִּקְרָ֤א vik.Ra'	H7121	to call out to (i.e. properly · conjunction + verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
preaching	הַקְּרִיאָ֔ה ha.ke.ri.'Ah	H7150	a proclamation · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
bid	דֹּבֵ֥ר do.Ver	H1696	perhaps properly · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Jeremiah 1:17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound th…
Ezekiel 2:7 And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.
Jonah 1:2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
Jonah 3:3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days’ journey.
Jeremiah 15:19-21 Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the prec…
Ezekiel 3:17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
Zephaniah 2:13-15 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.
Matthew 3:8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:

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Commentary

Adam Clarke on Jonah 3:2

And preach unto it the preaching - וקרא את הקריאה vekera eth hakkeriah, "And cry the cry that I bid thee." Be my herald, and faithfully deliver my message. The word κηρυξ 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, Isa 40:3; such was Jesus Christ, John 7:18-37; and such were all his apostles. And such earnestness becomes a ministry that has to do with immortal souls, asleep and dead in sin, hanging on the brink of perdition, and insensible of their state. The soft-speaking, gentle-toned, unmoved preacher, is never likely to awaken souls. As we preach, so the people hea…

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John Gill on Jonah 3:2

Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city,.... So it is called; See Gill on Jonah 1:2. The order runs in the same words as before; and the same discouragements are presented to Jonah, taken from the greatness of the city, the number of its inhabitants, its being the metropolis of the Assyrian empire, and the seat of the greatest monarch on earth, to try his faith; but these had not the like effect as before; for he had now another spirit given him, not of fear, but of a sound mind; he considered he was sent by a greater King, and that more were they that were on his side than the inhabitants of this place, who might possibly be against him: and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee; th…

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John Calvin on Jonah 3:1-2

Jonah 3:1-2 1. And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying, 1. Et factum fuit verbum Jehovae ad Jonam secundo, dicendo, -- 2. Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. 2. Surge, proficiscere Nineven in urbem magnam, et praedica ad eam praedicationem quam ego mando tibi. There is here set before us a remarkable proof of God's grace, -- that he was pleased to bestow on Jonah his former dignity and honor. He was indeed unworthy of the common light, but God not only restored him to life, but favored him again with the office and honor of a prophet. This, as I have said, Jonah obtained through the wonderful and singular f…

The Church Fathers

Jonah arose, it says; he did not delay, but immediately made himself ready for obeying.
— Haimo of Auxerre,

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Dictionary and topics

Assyria · Prophecies concerning — Prophecies concerning
Missionary Work By Ministers · Exemplified: Jonah — Exemplified: Jonah
Missions · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Nineveh · Described as: Great — Described as: Great

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Jonah 3:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Adam Clarke on Jonah 3:2

John Gill on Jonah 3:2

John Calvin on Jonah 3:1-2

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Jonah 3:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Adam Clarke on Jonah 3:2

John Gill on Jonah 3:2

John Calvin on Jonah 3:1-2

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Jonah 3:1-4

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jonah 3:1–end