Jonah 3:1-3

Jonah’s Preaching

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1} Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time:^(A) ^{Tools
2} “Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh^(B) and preach^(C) the message that I tell you.” ^{Tools
3} So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh according to the Lord’s command.

Now Nineveh was an extremely large city,^(a)^(D) a three-day walk.^(b)

Footnotes:

a. Jonah 3:3: Or was a great city to God

b. Jonah 3:3: Probably the time required to cover the city on foot

Cross references:

A. Jonah 3:1: Jonah 1:1

B. Jonah 3:2: Zephaniah 2:13-15

C. Jonah 3:2: Jeremiah 1:17; Ezekiel 2:7

D. Jonah 3:3: Genesis 10:11-12; Jonah 1:2; Jonah 4:11