Jonah 1:2

Jonah Disobeys Yahweh

¹ Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, ² “Go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim [judgment] against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me.” ³ But Jonah ran away to Tarshish to escape from the presence of the Lord [and his duty as His prophet]. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish [the most remote of the Phoenician trading cities]. So he paid the fare and went down into the ship to go with them to Tarshish away from the presence of the Lord.

Great City

Jonah

Nineveh

Genesis 10:11

From that land Nimrod went to Assyria, and built Nineveh, and Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah,

2 Kings 19:36

So Sennacherib king of Assyria left and returned home, and lived at Nineveh.

Jonah 3:2

“Go to Nineveh the great city and declare to it the message which I am going to tell you.”

Nahum 1:1

The oracle (a burdensome message—a pronouncement from God) concerning Nineveh [the capital city of Assyria]. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh [which he saw in spirit and prophesied].

Isaiah 58:1

“Cry aloud, do not hold back;
Lift up your voice like a trumpet,
And declare to My people their transgression
And to the house of Jacob their sins.

Jonah 4:11

Should I not have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,000 [innocent] persons, who do not know the difference between their right and left hand [and are not yet accountable for sin], as well as many [blameless] animals?”

Revelation 18:5

for her sins (crimes, transgressions) have piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered her wickedness and crimes [for judgment].

Genesis 18:20-21

And the Lord said, “The outcry [of the sin] of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is exceedingly grave.

Ezra 9:6

and I said, “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, for our wrongdoings have risen higher than our heads and our guilt has grown to the heavens.

Jeremiah 1:7-10

But the Lord said to me,
“Do not say, ‘I am [only] a young man,’
Because everywhere I send you, you shall go,
And whatever I command you, you shall speak.

Ezekiel 2:7

But you shall speak My words to them whether they will listen or refuse [to listen], for they are [most] rebellious.

Ezekiel 3:5-9

For you are not being sent to a people of unintelligible speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel,

Micah 3:8

But in fact, I am filled with power,
With the Spirit of the Lord,
And with justice and might,
To declare to Jacob his transgression
And to Israel his sin.

Nahum 2:1-3

The one who scatters has come up against you [Nineveh].
Man the fortress and ramparts, watch the road;
Strengthen your back [prepare for battle], summon all your strength.

Zephaniah 2:13-15

And the Lord will stretch out His hand against the north
And destroy Assyria,
And He will make Nineveh a desolation [a wasteland],
Parched as the desert.

Matthew 10:18

and you will be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.

James 5:4

Look! The wages that you have [fraudulently] withheld from the laborers who have mowed your fields are crying out [against you for vengeance]; and the cries of the harvesters have come to the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.