“Arise, go to (A)Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you.”

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“Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.”

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And you shall speak my words to them, (A)whether they hear or refuse to hear, for they are a rebellious house.

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You must speak(A) my words to them, whether they listen or fail to listen, for they are rebellious.(B)

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17 But you, (A)dress yourself for work;[a] arise, and (B)say to them everything that I command you. (C)Do not be dismayed by them, lest I dismay you before them.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 1:17 Hebrew gird up your loins

17 “Get yourself ready! Stand up and say(A) to them whatever I command you. Do not be terrified(B) by them, or I will terrify you before them.

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“Arise, go to (A)Nineveh, that (B)great city, and call out against it, (C)for their evil[a] has come up before me.”

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  1. Jonah 1:2 The same Hebrew word can mean evil or disaster, depending on the context; so throughout Jonah

“Go to the great city of Nineveh(A) and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.”

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14 Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “See, you are well! (A)Sin no more, (B)that nothing worse may happen to you.”

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14 Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “See, you are well again. Stop sinning(A) or something worse may happen to you.”

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Bear fruit (A)in keeping with repentance.

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Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.(A)

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13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north
    (A)and destroy Assyria,
and he (B)will make Nineveh a desolation,
    a dry waste like the desert.
14 (C)Herds shall lie down in her midst,
    all kinds of beasts;[a]
(D)even the owl and the hedgehog[b]
    shall lodge in her capitals;
a voice shall hoot in the window;
    devastation will be on the threshold;
    for (E)her cedar work will be laid bare.
15 This is the exultant city
    (F)that lived securely,
that said in her heart,
    “I am, and there is no one else.”
What a desolation she has become,
    (G)a lair for wild beasts!
(H)Everyone who passes by her
    hisses and (I)shakes his fist.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 2:14 Hebrew beasts of every nation
  2. Zephaniah 2:14 The identity of the animals rendered owl and hedgehog is uncertain

Assyria

13 He will stretch out his hand against the north
    and destroy Assyria,(A)
leaving Nineveh(B) utterly desolate
    and dry as the desert.(C)
14 Flocks and herds(D) will lie down there,
    creatures of every kind.
The desert owl(E) and the screech owl(F)
    will roost on her columns.
Their hooting will echo through the windows,
    rubble will fill the doorways,
    the beams of cedar will be exposed.
15 This is the city of revelry(G)
    that lived in safety.(H)
She said to herself,
    “I am the one! And there is none besides me.”(I)
What a ruin she has become,
    a lair for wild beasts!(J)
All who pass by her scoff(K)
    and shake their fists.(L)

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So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now (A)Nineveh was an exceedingly great city,[a] three days' journey in breadth.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Jonah 3:3 Hebrew a great city to God
  2. Jonah 3:3 Or a visit was a three days' journey

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.

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17 (A)“Son of man, (B)I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall (C)give them warning from me.

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17 “Son of man, I have made you a watchman(A) for the people of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me.(B)

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19 Therefore thus says the Lord:
(A)“If you return, I will restore you,
    and you shall (B)stand before me.
If you utter what is precious, and not what is worthless,
    you shall be as my mouth.
They shall turn to you,
    but you shall not turn to them.
20 (C)And I will make you to this people
    a fortified wall of bronze;
they will fight against you,
    (D)but they shall not prevail over you,
(E)for I am with you
    to save you and deliver you,
declares the Lord.
21 (F)I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked,
    and redeem you from the grasp of (G)the ruthless.”

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19 Therefore this is what the Lord says:

“If you repent, I will restore you
    that you may serve(A) me;
if you utter worthy, not worthless, words,
    you will be my spokesman.(B)
Let this people turn to you,
    but you must not turn to them.
20 I will make you a wall(C) to this people,
    a fortified wall of bronze;
they will fight against you
    but will not overcome(D) you,
for I am with you
    to rescue and save you,”(E)
declares the Lord.
21 “I will save(F) you from the hands of the wicked(G)
    and deliver(H) you from the grasp of the cruel.”(I)

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