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Jonah 1:2

Nineveh
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1 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.

4 But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me.”
KJV
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
WEB
“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach against it, for their wickedness has come up before me.”
ASV
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
DARBY
Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
BLB
“Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before My face!”
ÅB
Stå opp, gå til Ninive, den store stad, og tal for den! For deres ondskap er steget opp og er kommet for mitt åsyn.
OTB
“Stå opp, gå til den store byen Ninive og rop ut mot den,
for deres ondskap har kommet opp foran meg.”
B1930
Stå op, gå til Ninive, den store stad, og tal for den! For deres ondskap er steget op og er kommet for mitt åsyn.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 18:20–21

    And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

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  • Genesis 10:11

    Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,

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  • Nahum 1:1

    The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

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  • Isaiah 58:1

    Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.

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  • Jonah 4:11

    And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?

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  • Jonah 3:2

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

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  • 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.

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  • Ezekiel 3:5–9

    For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;

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