1 Jonah, sent again, preaches to the Ninevites.
5 Upon their repentance,
10 God repents.

the word. 1:1

the second. Joh 21:15-17

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

Nineveh. Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, was situated on the eastern bank of the river Tigris, opposite the present Mosul, about 280 miles north of Babylon, 400 N. E. of Damascus, in latitude 36? 20' N. longitude 73? 10' E. It was not only a very ancient, (Ge 10:11,) but also a very great city. Strabo says that it was much larger than Babylon, the circuit of which he estimates at 385 furlongs; and, according to Diodorus Siculus, it was an oblong parallelogram, extending 150 furlongs in length, 90 in breadth, and 480 in circumference, i.e., about 20 miles long, 12 broad, and 60 in compass. This agrees with the account given here of its being an exceeding great city of three days' journey, i.e., in circuit; for 20 miles a day was the common computation for a pedestrian. It was surrounded by large walls 100 feet high, so broad that three chariots could drive abreast on them, and defended by 1,500 towers 200 feet in height. See notes on Nahum. 3 1:2 Zep 2:13-15

preach. Jer 1:17 15:19-21 Eze 2:7 3:17 Mt 3:8 Joh 5:14

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.

arose. Ge 22:3 Mt 21:28,29 2Ti 4:11

an exceeding great city. Heb. a city great of God. So. Ge 30:8*marg. Ps 36:6*marg. Ps 80:10*marg.

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.

Yet. 10 De 18:22 2Ki 20:1,6 Jer 18:7-10

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.

believed. Ex 9:18-21 Mt 12:41 Lu 11:32 Ac 27:25 Heb 11:1,7

and proclaimed. 2Ch 20:3 Ezr 8:21 Jer 36:9 Joe 1:14 2:12-17

from. Jer 31:34 42:1,8 Ac 8:10

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.

word. Jer 13:18

and he arose. Ps 2:10-12 Jas 1:9,10 4:6-10

and covered. Es 4:1-4 Job 2:8 42:6 Jer 6:26 La 3:29 Da 9:3 Mic 1:10 Mt 11:21 Lu 10:13

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:

caused. 5 2Ch 20:3 Ezr 8:21 Joe 2:15,16

published. Heb. said. nobles. Heb. great men. herd. Joe 1:18 Ro 8:20-22

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.

cry. 1:6,14 Ps 130:1,2

let. Isa 1:16-19 55:6,7 58:6 Eze 18:21-24,27,28,30-32 33:11 Da 4:27 Mt 3:8 Ac 3:19 26:20

the violence. Isa 59:6

9 Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

1:6 2Sa 12:22 Ps 106:45 Joe 2:13,14 Am 5:15 Lu 15:18-20

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.

God saw. 1Ki 21:27-29 Job 33:27,28 Jer 31:18-20 Lu 11:32 15:20

and God repented. 4:2 Jer 18:8 Joe 2:13 Am 7:3,6