The 2nd Time the Lord Tells Jonah to Warn Nineveh |
Jonah 3:1-10 The Book of Jonah [in Smaller Chunks] |
And the Word of the Lord came to Jonah, the 2nd time, saying, Arise & go [into] Nineveh, that [large] city, & preach to it the preaching that I [requested of] you. So, Jonah arose, & went [into] Nineveh, according to the Word of the Lord. Now, Nineveh was an [exceedingly large] city, [taking a] 3 day journey [to cross it.] |
And [on the 1st] [day's] journey, Jonah began to enter into the city. And [Jonah] cried [out] & said, [In only] 40 days, Nineveh shall be overthrown. [Deuteronomy 18:21-22 And if you say [within] your heart, How shall we know the Word, [that] the Lord hasn't spoken? |
When a prophet speaks in the Name of the Lord, if the thing [doesn't] follow, nor [happens,] that is [what] the Lord hasn't spoken, but the prophet has spoken it, [over confidently.] You shall not be afraid of him.] |
So, the people of Nineveh believed God, & proclaimed a fast, & put on sackcloth from the [powerful, even to the powerless] of them. [Matthew 12:40-41 For [since Jonah,] was 3 days & 3 nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of Man be 3 days & 3 nights in the heart of the earth. |
The men of Nineveh shall rise [up] in judgment [against] this generation, & shall condemn it; because [Nineveh] repented at the preaching of [Jonah,] & [look,] a greater [One] than [Jonah] is here.] |
For Word came to the king of Neineveh, & he arose from his throne, & he [took off] his robe, & covered [himself] with sackcloth, & sat in ashes. And he caused it to be proclaimed & [distributed] through [out] Nineveh by the decree of the king & his nobles, saying, neither man; [animals;] herd; nor flock, [are to] taste anything. [Don't] let them [eat], nor drink water. |
[Joel 1:14 Sanctify a fast [for] [yourselves] & call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders & all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the Lord your God, & cry [out] to the Lord.] |
But let [men & animals] be covered with sackcloth, & cry [out] mightily to God. [Yes,] let everyone [of] them turn from his evil [ways,] & from the violence that is in their hands. |
[Isaiah 58:6-7 Isn't this the fast that I have chosen? To [loosen] the bands of wickedness, to [lighten] the heavy burdens, & to let the oppressed go free, [so] that you break every yoke? |
Isn't it to deal, [a.k.a. distribute,] your bread to the hungry, & that you bring the poor, [who] are cast out, [into] your house? When you see the naked, that you cover him; & that you [don't] hide yourself from your own flesh [& blood?] |
Who can tell if God will turn & [withdraw,] & turn away from His fierce anger, [so] that we [don't] perish? And God saw their works, [a.k.a. deeds,] & that they turned from their evil ways. And God [withdrew from] the [disaster,] that He had said that He would do to them; & He didn't do it. |