Jonah’s Preaching

The word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time:(A) “Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh(B) and preach(C) the message that I tell you.” Jonah got up and went to Nineveh according to the Lord’s command.

Now Nineveh was an extremely great city,[a](D) a three-day walk. Jonah set out on the first day of his walk in the city and proclaimed,(E) “In forty days Nineveh will be demolished!”

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Notas al pie

  1. 3:3 Or was a great city to God

The Lord Again Calls Jonah to Go to Nineveh

This message from the Lord came to Jonah a second time: “Get up and go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you.” So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh to do what the Lord had ordered.

Now Nineveh was a very large city,[a] requiring[b] a three-day journey to cross through it.[c] As Jonah started into the city on the first day’s journey, he proclaimed the message, “40 days more and Nineveh will be overthrown!”

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Notas al pie

  1. Jonah 3:3 Lit. a great city of God; i.e. a city of enormous size
  2. Jonah 3:3 The Heb. lacks requiring
  3. Jonah 3:3 The Heb. lacks to cross through it