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Now Nineveh was a very large city; it took three days to go through it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jonah/3.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />This time Jonah obeyed the LORD’s command and went to Nineveh, a city so large that it took three days to see it all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jonah/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey in breadth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jonah/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />This time Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, in accordance with the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, requiring a three-day journey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jonah/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jonah/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three-day journey <i>in extent.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jonah/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly large city, a three days’ walk.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jonah/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three days&#8217 walk.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jonah/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three days’ walk.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jonah/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of Yahweh. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three days’ walk.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jonah/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So Jonah went to Nineveh in accordance with the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three days’ walk [about sixty miles in circumference].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jonah/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Jonah got up and went to Nineveh according to the LORD’s command. Now Nineveh was an extremely great city, a three-day walk.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jonah/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh according to the LORD&#8217s command. Now Nineveh was an extremely large city, a three-day walk.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jonah/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city, of three days' journey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jonah/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Jonah obeyed the LORD and went to Nineveh. The city was so big that it took three days just to walk through it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jonah/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city, of three days' journey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jonah/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Jonah immediately went to Nineveh as the LORD told him. Nineveh was a very large city. It took three days to walk through it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jonah/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />So Jonah obeyed the LORD and went to Nineveh, a city so large that it took three days to walk through it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jonah/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh to do what the LORD had ordered. Now Nineveh was a very large city, requiring a three-day journey to cross through it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jonah/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />This time Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, in accordance with the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, requiring a three-day journey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jonah/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So Jonah went immediately to Nineveh, as the LORD had said. (Now Nineveh was an enormous city--it required three days to walk through it!)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jonah/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days' journey across.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jonah/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jonah/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to Yahweh’s word. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey across. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jonah/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and Jonah rises, and he goes to Nineveh, according to the word of YHWH. And Nineveh has been a great city before God, a journey of three days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jonah/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and Jonah riseth, and he goeth unto Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. And Nineveh hath been a great city before God, a journey of three days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jonah/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Jonah will rise and go to Nineveh according to the word of Jehovah. And Nineveh was a great city to God, the going of three days.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jonah/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Jonas arose, and went to Ninive, according to the word of the Lord: now Ninive was a great city of three days' journey. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jonah/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And Jonah rose, and he went to Nineveh in accordance with the word of the Lord. And Nineveh was a great city of three days’ journey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jonah/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />So Jonah set out for Nineveh, in accord with the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an awesomely great city; it took three days to walk through it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jonah/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />So Jonah set out and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly large city, a three days’ walk across.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jonah/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city in the presence of God, of three days journey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jonah/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Yonan stood and he went on to Nineva, according to the word of LORD JEHOVAH, and Nineva the city was great to God, a three days’ journey<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jonah/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city, of three days' journey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jonah/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Jonas arose, and went to Nineve, as the Lord had spoken. Now Nineve was an exceeding great city, of about three days' journey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jonah/3-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lfTdDqEKJXA?start=298" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jonah/3.htm">Jonah Preaches to the Ninevites</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message that I give you.” <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3124.htm" title="3124: yō·w·nāh (N-proper-ms) -- An Israelite. prophet. The same as yownah; Jonah, An Israelite.">This time Jonah</a> <a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: way·yā·qām (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise.">got up</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: way·yê·leḵ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">and went</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/5210.htm" title="5210: nī·nə·wɛh (N-proper-fs) -- Capital of Assyr. Of foreign origin; Nineveh, the capital of Assyria.">Nineveh,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: kiḏ·ḇar (Prep-k:: N-msc) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">in accordance with the word</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5210.htm" title="5210: wə·nî·nə·wêh (Conj-w:: N-proper-fs) -- Capital of Assyr. Of foreign origin; Nineveh, the capital of Assyria.">Now Nineveh</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yə·ṯāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">was</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: lê·lō·hîm (Prep-l:: N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">an exceedingly</a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: gə·ḏō·w·lāh (Adj-fs) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent.">great</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: ‘îr- (N-fsc) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">city,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7969.htm" title="7969: šə·lō·šeṯ (Number-msc) -- A three, triad. Or shalosh; masculine shlowshah; or shloshah; a primitive number; three; occasionally third, or Thrice.">requiring a three-day</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yā·mîm (N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4109.htm" title="4109: ma·hă·laḵ (N-msc) -- A walk, journey, a going. From halak; a walk, i.e. A passage or a distance.">journey.</a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>On the first day of his journey, Jonah set out into the city and proclaimed, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned!”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-41.htm">Matthew 12:41</a></span><br />The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-32.htm">Luke 11:32</a></span><br />The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jonah/1-2.htm">Jonah 1:2</a></span><br />“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/1-1.htm">Nahum 1:1</a></span><br />This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/2-13.htm">Zephaniah 2:13</a></span><br />And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/10-11.htm">Genesis 10:11-12</a></span><br />From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, / and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/19-36.htm">2 Kings 19:36</a></span><br />So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/37-37.htm">Isaiah 37:37</a></span><br />So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/50-17.htm">Jeremiah 50:17-18</a></span><br />Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.” / Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “I will punish the king of Babylon and his land as I punished the king of Assyria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/31-3.htm">Ezekiel 31:3</a></span><br />Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/16-4.htm">Matthew 16:4</a></span><br />A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” Then He left them and went away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/24-47.htm">Luke 24:47</a></span><br />and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/10-34.htm">Acts 10:34-35</a></span><br />Then Peter began to speak: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism, / but welcomes those from every nation who fear Him and do what is right.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/10-12.htm">Romans 10:12-13</a></span><br />For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him, / for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">2 Peter 3:9</a></span><br />The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.</p><p class="hdg">arose.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/22-3.htm">Genesis 22:3</a></b></br> And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/21-28.htm">Matthew 21:28,29</a></b></br> But what think ye? A <i>certain</i> man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_timothy/4-11.htm">2 Timothy 4:11</a></b></br> Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.</p><p class="hdg">an exceeding great city.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/30-8.htm">Genesis 30:8</a></b></br> And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/36-6.htm">Psalm 36:6</a></b></br> Thy righteousness <i>is</i> like the great mountains; thy judgments <i>are</i> a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/daniel/3-1.htm">Breadth</a> <a href="/jonah/3-2.htm">City</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-16.htm">End</a> <a href="/daniel/11-25.htm">Exceeding</a> <a href="/jonah/1-16.htm">Exceedingly</a> <a href="/jonah/3-2.htm">Great</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-13.htm">Important</a> <a href="/jonah/3-1.htm">Jonah</a> <a href="/amos/5-5.htm">Journey</a> <a href="/jonah/3-2.htm">Nineveh</a> <a href="/jonah/3-2.htm">Nin'eveh</a> <a href="/hosea/9-17.htm">Obeyed</a> <a href="/amos/9-5.htm">Riseth</a> <a href="/jonah/1-17.htm">Three</a> <a href="/amos/3-14.htm">Visit</a> <a href="/amos/3-3.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/jonah/3-2.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/habakkuk/1-6.htm">Breadth</a> <a href="/jonah/3-4.htm">City</a> <a href="/micah/4-1.htm">End</a> <a href="/jonah/4-6.htm">Exceeding</a> <a href="/jonah/4-1.htm">Exceedingly</a> <a href="/jonah/4-1.htm">Great</a> <a href="/matthew/6-25.htm">Important</a> <a href="/jonah/3-4.htm">Jonah</a> <a href="/jonah/3-4.htm">Journey</a> <a href="/jonah/3-4.htm">Nineveh</a> <a href="/jonah/3-4.htm">Nin'eveh</a> <a href="/micah/5-15.htm">Obeyed</a> <a href="/jonah/3-6.htm">Riseth</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-8.htm">Three</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-7.htm">Visit</a> <a href="/jonah/3-4.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/jonah/3-6.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Jonah 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jonah/3-1.htm">Jonah, sent again, preaches to the Ninevites.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jonah/3-5.htm">Upon their repentance,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jonah/3-10.htm">God relents.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jonah/3.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jonah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jonah/3.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>This time Jonah got up and went to Nineveh</b><br>Jonah's obedience contrasts with his initial disobedience when he fled to Tarshish. This change highlights the transformative power of God's discipline and mercy. Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian Empire, was a significant city known for its size and influence. Jonah's journey to Nineveh signifies a mission to a Gentile nation, foreshadowing the New Testament's call to spread the Gospel to all nations (<a href="/matthew/28-19.htm">Matthew 28:19</a>).<p><b>in accordance with the word of the LORD</b><br>Jonah's actions align with God's command, emphasizing the importance of obedience to divine instruction. This phrase underscores the authority of God's word, a theme prevalent throughout Scripture (<a href="/psalms/119-105.htm">Psalm 119:105</a>). It also reflects the prophetic role of Jonah, who, like other prophets, was tasked with delivering God's message to people (<a href="/jeremiah/1-7.htm">Jeremiah 1:7</a>).<p><b>Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city</b><br>Nineveh's description as "exceedingly great" refers to its vast size and importance. Archaeological findings confirm its grandeur, with extensive walls and impressive structures. The city's greatness also symbolizes the significant impact of Jonah's message, as it was a center of power and culture. This phrase sets the stage for the miraculous repentance of its inhabitants, demonstrating God's concern for all people, not just Israel (<a href="/isaiah/49-6.htm">Isaiah 49:6</a>).<p><b>requiring a three-day journey</b><br>The mention of a "three-day journey" likely refers to the time needed to traverse the city, indicating its vastness. This detail highlights the scale of Jonah's task and the comprehensive nature of his mission. The number three often signifies completeness in the Bible, seen in events like Jesus' resurrection on the third day (<a href="/1_corinthians/15-4.htm">1 Corinthians 15:4</a>), suggesting the completeness of God's plan for Nineveh's repentance.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jonah.htm">Jonah</a></b><br>A prophet of God who initially fled from God's command to go to Nineveh but later obeyed after being swallowed and released by a great fish.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/n/nineveh.htm">Nineveh</a></b><br>The capital city of Assyria, known for its size and wickedness. It was a significant city in the ancient world, requiring a three-day journey to cross.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a></b><br>The covenant name of God, Yahweh, who commands Jonah to go to Nineveh and deliver His message.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_journey.htm">The Journey</a></b><br>Jonah's obedience to God's command marks a pivotal moment in his prophetic mission, highlighting the importance of following God's directives.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_call.htm">Obedience to God's Call</a></b><br>Jonah's eventual obedience serves as a reminder of the importance of following God's commands, even when they are challenging or counter to our desires.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_mercy.htm">God's Sovereignty and Mercy</a></b><br>The account of Jonah highlights God's sovereignty in directing His prophets and His mercy in giving Nineveh a chance to repent.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_impact_of_obedience.htm">The Impact of Obedience</a></b><br>Jonah's journey to Nineveh demonstrates how one person's obedience can lead to significant change and impact, emphasizing the importance of our actions in God's plan.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_nineveh.htm">The Significance of Nineveh</a></b><br>Understanding Nineveh's historical and cultural context helps us appreciate the magnitude of Jonah's mission and the power of God's message.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jonah_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jonah 3</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_was_nineveh_a_3-day_journey_across.htm">Jonah 3:3 – How could Nineveh realistically be so large that it required a three-day journey to cross? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_jonah's_fish_survival_historical.htm">How could the Book of Jonah be historical when a man surviving inside a fish for three days defies biology?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_nineveh_respond_so_quickly.htm">Jonah 3:5 – What evidence exists that an entire city as vast as Nineveh would respond so quickly and fully to a single prophet's warning? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/proof_linking_jesus'_ministry_to_jonah.htm">In Luke 11:29–30, what historical or archaeological proof supports the comparison of Jesus’ ministry with the story of Jonah, which skeptics consider a myth? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jonah/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) <span class= "bld">Now Nineveh was</span> . . .--The past tense here certainly seems to imply that at the time in which the author wrote the city was no longer in existence, but the force of a Hebrew tense is not to be estimated by the analogy of modern languages.<p><span class= "bld">An exceeding great city.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">A city great to God;</span> an expression equivalent to <span class= "ital">a divinely great city,</span> and taken, as Ewald thinks, from the language of the people, like the Arabic "to Allah," in the saying "to Allah (<span class= "ital">i.e.,</span> <span class= "ital">divine</span>) is he that composed this." In the Hebrew poetic and prophetic writings a finer form is found, <span class= "ital">e.g</span>., "mountains of God," "cedars of God" (<a href="/psalms/36-6.htm" title="Your righteousness is like the great mountains; your judgments are a great deep: O LORD, you preserve man and beast.">Psalm 36:6</a>; <a href="/psalms/80-10.htm" title="The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.">Psalm 80:10</a>), "trees of Jehovah" (<a href="/psalms/104-16.htm" title="The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted;">Psalm 104:16</a>), but in <a href="/genesis/10-9.htm" title="He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: why it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.">Genesis 10:9</a> a precisely similar proverbial use shows itself, also belonging to the Mesopotamian region, "Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord."<p><span class= "bld">Of three days' journey.</span>--Hitzig takes this as giving the diameter of the city, but most commentators refer it to the circumference. The circuit of the walls was the most obvious measurement to give of an ancient city. Herodotus variously reckons a day's journey at about eighteen or twenty-three miles (v. 53, iv. 101), and the circuit of the irregular quadrangle composed of the mounds of Koujunjik, Nimrud, Karamless, and Khorsabad, now generally allowed to represent ancient Nineveh, is about sixty miles. This agrees sufficiently with the obviously vague and general statement of the text.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jonah/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 3.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Arose, and went.</span> He was now as prompt to obey as formerly to flee. <span class="cmt_word">Was</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> when Jonah visited it. Nothing can be argued from the past tense here as to the date of the composition of the book. It is a mere historical detail, and cannot be forced into a proof that Jonah wrote after the destruction of Nineveh. <span class="cmt_word">An exceeding great city</span>; literally, a <span class="accented">city</span> great to <span class="accented">God</span>; <span class="greek">πόλις μεγάλη τῷ Θεῷ</span> (Septuagint); great before God - in his estimation, as though even God must acknowledge it. So Nimrod is called (<a href="/genesis/10-9.htm">Genesis 10:9</a>) "a mighty hunter before the Lord;" and Moses, in <a href="/acts/7-20.htm">Acts 7:20</a>, is said to have been" beautiful to God." The expression may also mean that God (<span class="accented">Elohim</span>, God as Governor of the world) regarded this city with interest, as intended in the Divine counsels to perform an important part. For he is not the God of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles (<a href="/romans/3-29.htm">Romans 3:29</a>). <span class="cmt_word">Of three days' journey;</span> <span class="accented">i.e.</span> in circumference - about sixty miles (see note on Jonah 1:2). Or the writer may mean that it took Jonah three days to visit the various quarters of this huge place. The area of the vast quadrangle containing the remains of the four cities comprised under the name <span class="accented">Nineveh</span> is estimated by Professor Rawlinson at two hundred and sixteen square miles. We ought, however, to omit Khorsabad from this computation, as it was not founded till Sargon's time, <span class="date">B.C. 710</span>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jonah/3-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">This time Jonah</span><br /><span class="heb">יוֹנָ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(yō·w·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3124.htm">Strong's 3124: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jonah -- an Israelite prophet</span><br /><br /><span class="word">got up</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּ֣קָם</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·qām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6965.htm">Strong's 6965: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arise, stand up, stand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and went</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֵּ֛לֶךְ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yê·leḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Nineveh</span><br /><span class="heb">נִֽינְוֶ֖ה‪‬</span> <span class="translit">(nî·nə·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5210.htm">Strong's 5210: </a> </span><span class="str2">Nineveh -- capital of Assyr</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in accordance with the word</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּדְבַ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(kiḏ·ḇar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> </span><span class="str2">A word, a matter, thing, a cause</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the LORD.</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Now Nineveh</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנִֽינְוֵ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·nî·nə·wêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5210.htm">Strong's 5210: </a> </span><span class="str2">Nineveh -- capital of Assyr</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was</span><br /><span class="heb">הָיְתָ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·yə·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">an exceedingly</span><br /><span class="heb">לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(lê·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">great</span><br /><span class="heb">גְּדוֹלָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(gə·ḏō·w·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1419.htm">Strong's 1419: </a> </span><span class="str2">Great, older, insolent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">city,</span><br /><span class="heb">עִיר־</span> <span class="translit">(‘îr-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> </span><span class="str2">Excitement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a three-day</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת</span> <span class="translit">(šə·lō·šeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7969.htm">Strong's 7969: </a> </span><span class="str2">Three, third, thrice</span><br /><br /><span class="word">journey [to cross].</span><br /><span class="heb">מַהֲלַ֖ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(ma·hă·laḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4109.htm">Strong's 4109: </a> </span><span class="str2">A walk, a passage, a distance</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jonah/3-3.htm">Jonah 3:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jonah/3-3.htm">Jonah 3:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jonah/3-3.htm">Jonah 3:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jonah/3-3.htm">Jonah 3:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jonah/3-3.htm">Jonah 3:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jonah/3-3.htm">Jonah 3:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jonah/3-3.htm">Jonah 3:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jonah/3-3.htm">Jonah 3:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jonah/3-3.htm">Jonah 3:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jonah/3-3.htm">Jonah 3:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jonah/3-3.htm">OT Prophets: Jonah 3:3 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh (Jon. 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