Jonah 3:3-5

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³So 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] ⁴As Jonah started into the city on the first day’s journey, he proclaimed the message, “40 days more and Nineveh will be overthrown!”

The City of Nineveh Repents

⁵The people of Nineveh believed God. They called for a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least important.

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

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The City of Nineveh Repents

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Jonah 3:3-5

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