Jonah’s Disobedience

The word of the Lord came to (A)Jonah the son of Amittai saying, “Arise, go to (B)Nineveh the great city and (C)cry against it, for their (D)wickedness has come up before Me.” But Jonah rose up to flee to (E)Tarshish (F)from the presence of the Lord. So he went down to (G)Joppa, found a ship which was going to Tarshish, paid the fare and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.

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Nineveh Repents

Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, “Arise, go to (A)Nineveh the great city and (B)proclaim to it the proclamation which I am going to tell you.” So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was [a]an (C)exceedingly great city, a three days’ walk.

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Footnotes

  1. Jonah 3:3 Lit a great city to God