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Jona 3
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Jona 3
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Jona gaat naar Ninevé
3 En de Heer zei voor de tweede keer tegen Jona: 2 "Ga naar de grote stad Ninevé. Zeg tegen de mensen daar wat Ik tegen jou zal zeggen." 3 Toen ging Jona naar Ninevé, zoals de Heer hem had bevolen.
Ninevé was een heel grote stad. Het kostte drie dagen om de stad helemaal door te reizen. 4 Jona ging één dagreis ver de stad in. Daar begon hij tegen de mensen te spreken: "Jullie hebben nog 40 dagen de tijd. Dan wordt Ninevé ondersteboven gekeerd!" 5 En de mannen van de stad geloofden God. Ze lieten rondzeggen dat iedereen, van hoog tot laag, rouwkleren moest aantrekken en niets meer moest eten, als teken van spijt.
6 Ook de koning van Ninevé kreeg te horen wat Jona zei. Toen stond hij op van zijn troon, legde zijn koningsmantel af, trok rouwkleren aan en ging in de as zitten. 7 De koning en de bestuurders van de stad lieten in de stad omroepen: "Geen mens of dier mag nog iets eten of drinken. Koeien en schapen mogen niet grazen en geen water drinken. 8 Alle mensen moeten rouwkleren dragen. En ze moeten ook als teken van rouw zakken leggen over de ruggen van hun vee. Iedereen moet luid tot God roepen en ophouden met het doen van slechte dingen. Iedereen moet spijt hebben van de slechte dingen die hij heeft gedaan. 9 Wie weet zal God dan zijn plannen veranderen en niet doen wat Hij heeft gezegd. Misschien zal Hij dan niet langer boos zijn en zal Hij ons niet doden."
10 God zag wat ze deden. Hij zag hoeveel spijt ze hadden van alle verkeerde dingen die ze hadden gedaan. Daarom veranderde Hij zijn plannen. Hij besloot om de stad niet te vernietigen.
Jonah 3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Jonah 3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 3
Jonah’s Obedience and the Ninevites’ Repentance. 1 The word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time: 2 Set out for the great city of Nineveh, and announce to it the message that I will tell you. 3 So Jonah set out for Nineveh, in accord with the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an awesomely great city; it took three days to walk through it. 4 Jonah began his journey through the city, and when he had gone only a single day’s walk announcing, “Forty days more and Nineveh shall be overthrown,” 5 the people of Nineveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast and all of them, great and small,[a] put on sackcloth.(A)
6 When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 7 Then he had this proclaimed throughout Nineveh:[b] “By decree of the king and his nobles, no man or beast, no cattle or sheep, shall taste anything; they shall not eat, nor shall they drink water. 8 Man and beast alike must be covered with sackcloth and call loudly to God; they all must turn from their evil way and from the violence of their hands. 9 [c]Who knows? God may again repent and turn from his blazing wrath, so that we will not perish.”(B) 10 When God saw by their actions how they turned from their evil way, he repented of the evil he had threatened to do to them; he did not carry it out.
Footnotes
- 3:5 Great and small: the contrast can refer to distinctions of social class (prominent citizens and the poor).
- 3:7–8 Fasting and wearing sackcloth are signs of human repentance; here they are legislated even for the animals—a humorous touch, perhaps anticipating 4:11.
- 3:9–10 Scripture frequently presents the Lord as repenting (or, changing his mind) of the evil that he threatens; e.g., Gn 6:6–7; Jer 18:8.
Jonah 3
King James Version
Jonah 3
King James Version
3 And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
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.
4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
6 For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:
8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
9 Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
Jonah 3
New International Version
Jonah 3
New International Version
Jonah Goes to Nineveh
3 Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah(A) a second time: 2 “Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.”
3 Jonah obeyed the word of the Lord and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very large city; it took three days to go through it. 4 Jonah began by going a day’s journey into the city, proclaiming,(B) “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown.” 5 The Ninevites believed God. A fast was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.(C)
6 When Jonah’s warning reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust.(D) 7 This is the proclamation he issued in Nineveh:
“By the decree of the king and his nobles:
Do not let people or animals, herds or flocks, taste anything; do not let them eat or drink.(E) 8 But let people and animals be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call(F) urgently on God. Let them give up(G) their evil ways(H) and their violence.(I) 9 Who knows?(J) God may yet relent(K) and with compassion turn(L) from his fierce anger(M) so that we will not perish.”
10 When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented(N) and did not bring on them the destruction(O) he had threatened.(P)
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