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Announce my judgment against it because I have seen how wicked its people are.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jonah/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jonah/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</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="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jonah/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jonah/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jonah/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and cry out against it, because their wickedness has come up before Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jonah/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and cry against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jonah/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Arise, go to Nineveh the great city, and cry against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jonah/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jonah/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim [judgment] against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jonah/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it because their evil has come up before me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jonah/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because their wickedness has confronted Me.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jonah/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jonah/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />to go to the great city of Nineveh and say to the people, "The LORD has seen your terrible sins. You are doomed!" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jonah/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jonah/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Leave at once for the important city, Nineveh. Announce to the people that I can no longer overlook the wicked things they have done."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jonah/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He said, "Go to Nineveh, that great city, and speak out against it; I am aware of how wicked its people are." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jonah/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Get up and go to Nineveh, that great city! Then cry out in protest against it, because their evil has come to my attention." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jonah/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</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="versiontext"><a href="/net/jonah/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"Go immediately to Nineveh, that large capital city, and announce judgment against its people because their wickedness has come to my attention."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jonah/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim against it, for their wickedness has come up before me."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jonah/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jonah/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach against it, for their wickedness has come up before me.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jonah/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“Rise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim against it that their wickedness has come up before Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jonah/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'Rise, go unto Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim against it that their wickedness hath come up before Me.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jonah/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and call against it; for their evil came up before me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jonah/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Arise, and go to Ninive the great city, and preach in it: for the wickedness thereof is come up before me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jonah/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Rise and go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach in it. For its malice has ascended before my eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jonah/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Set out for the great city of Nineveh, and preach against it; for their wickedness has come before me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jonah/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“Go at once to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before me.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jonah/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach against it; for their wickedness has come up before me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jonah/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />”Arise, go to Nineva the great city and proclaim against it, because their evil has come up before me”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jonah/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim against it; for their wickedness is come up before Me.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jonah/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Rise, and go to Nineve, the great city, and preach in it; for the cry of its wickedness is come up to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jonah/1-2.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=4" 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/1.htm">Jonah Flees From the LORD</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying, <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: qūm (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise.">“Get up!</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: lêḵ (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">Go</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: hag·gə·ḏō·w·lāh (Art:: Adj-fs) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent.">the great</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: hā·‘îr (Art:: N-fs) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">city</a> <a href="/hebrew/5210.htm" title="5210: nî·nə·wêh (N-proper-fs) -- Capital of Assyr. Of foreign origin; Nineveh, the capital of Assyria.">of Nineveh</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: ū·qə·rā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">and preach</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·le·hā (Prep:: 3fs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">against it,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">because</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: rā·‘ā·ṯām (N-fsc:: 3mp) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">its wickedness</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: ‘ā·lə·ṯāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">has come up</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lə·p̄ā·nāy (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before Me.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.…<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/11-30.htm">Luke 11:30</a></span><br />For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/3-1.htm">Nahum 3:1-4</a></span><br />Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey. / The crack of the whip, the rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot! / Charging horseman, flashing sword, shining spear; heaps of slain, mounds of corpses, dead bodies without end—they stumble over their dead— ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/28-19.htm">Matthew 28:19-20</a></span><br />Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, / and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”<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="/jeremiah/1-7.htm">Jeremiah 1:7</a></span><br />But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/17-30.htm">Acts 17:30-31</a></span><br />Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent. / For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-6.htm">Isaiah 55:6-7</a></span><br />Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. / Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/3-18.htm">Ezekiel 3:18-19</a></span><br />If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for his blood. / But if you warn a wicked man and he does not turn from his wickedness and his wicked way, he will die in his iniquity, but you will have saved yourself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/10-14.htm">Romans 10:14-15</a></span><br />How then can they call on the One in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach? / And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/18-7.htm">Jeremiah 18:7-8</a></span><br />At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed. / But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring.<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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-18.htm">Isaiah 1:18-20</a></span><br />“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool. / If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land. / But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/26-20.htm">Acts 26:20</a></span><br />First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-5.htm">Jeremiah 25:5-6</a></span><br />The prophets told you, ‘Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and deeds, and you can dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers forever and ever. / Do not follow other gods to serve and worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.’</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.</p><p class="hdg">Nineveh.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jonah/3-2.htm">Jonah 3:2</a></b></br> Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jonah/4-11.htm">Jonah 4:11</a></b></br> And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and <i>also</i> much cattle?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/10-11.htm">Genesis 10:11</a></b></br> Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,</p><p class="hdg">cry.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jonah/3-2.htm">Jonah 3:2</a></b></br> Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/58-1.htm">Isaiah 58:1</a></b></br> Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/1-7.htm">Jeremiah 1:7-10</a></b></br> But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I <i>am</i> a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak… </p><p class="hdg">for.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/18-20.htm">Genesis 18:20,21</a></b></br> And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezra/9-6.htm">Ezra 9:6</a></b></br> And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over <i>our</i> head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/james/5-4.htm">James 5:4</a></b></br> Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/obadiah/1-1.htm">Arise</a> <a href="/amos/7-17.htm">City</a> <a href="/amos/6-7.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/amos/5-12.htm">Evil-Doing</a> <a href="/amos/9-3.htm">Great</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-37.htm">Nineveh</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-37.htm">Nin'eveh</a> <a href="/amos/7-16.htm">Preach</a> <a href="/amos/4-5.htm">Proclaim</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-1.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/amos/9-6.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/joel/3-13.htm">Wickedness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jonah/1-6.htm">Arise</a> <a href="/jonah/3-2.htm">City</a> <a href="/jonah/2-2.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/micah/3-10.htm">Evil-Doing</a> <a href="/jonah/1-4.htm">Great</a> <a href="/jonah/3-2.htm">Nineveh</a> <a href="/jonah/3-2.htm">Nin'eveh</a> <a href="/jonah/3-2.htm">Preach</a> <a href="/jonah/3-2.htm">Proclaim</a> <a href="/jonah/1-6.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/jonah/2-2.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/micah/2-1.htm">Wickedness</a><div class="vheading2">Jonah 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jonah/1-1.htm">Jonah, sent to Nineveh, flees to Tarshish.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jonah/1-4.htm">He is betrayed by a great storm;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jonah/1-11.htm">thrown into the sea;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jonah/1-17.htm">and swallowed by a fish.</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'; 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It is a call to action, indicating that Jonah must leave his current state and prepare for a mission. Similar calls to action are seen in the lives of other prophets, such as Elijah and Jeremiah, where God commands immediate obedience.<p><b>Go to the great city of Nineveh</b><br>Nineveh was the capital of the Assyrian Empire, known for its size, power, and influence. It was located on the eastern bank of the Tigris River, in what is now modern-day Iraq. Archaeological discoveries have confirmed its grandeur and significance. The city's greatness is not only in its size but also in its historical and cultural impact. Assyria was a dominant force and often an enemy of Israel, making Jonah's mission particularly challenging.<p><b>and preach against it</b><br>Jonah is instructed to deliver a message of impending judgment. This reflects the role of prophets as God's messengers, often tasked with delivering difficult truths. The call to preach against Nineveh highlights God's concern for justice and righteousness. Prophets like Isaiah and Jeremiah also delivered messages of judgment to nations, emphasizing God's sovereignty over all peoples.<p><b>because its wickedness has come up before Me.</b><br>The phrase indicates that Nineveh's sins are significant and have reached a point where divine intervention is necessary. This mirrors the biblical theme of God being aware of human actions and responding to persistent sin. Similar language is used in Genesis regarding Sodom and Gomorrah, where the outcry against the cities' wickedness reached God. This phrase underscores God's holiness and the seriousness with which He views sin.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jonah.htm">Jonah</a></b><br>A prophet of God, son of Amittai, called to deliver God's message to Nineveh. His initial reluctance and subsequent journey form the central account of the Book of Jonah.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/n/nineveh.htm">Nineveh</a></b><br>A major city in the Assyrian Empire, known for its size and wickedness. It was a significant center of power and culture, often seen as a symbol of human pride and sinfulness.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_command.htm">God's Command</a></b><br>The directive given to Jonah to go to Nineveh and preach against its wickedness. This command highlights God's concern for all nations and His desire for repentance.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_universal_concern.htm">God's Universal Concern</a></b><br>God's command to Jonah to go to Nineveh demonstrates His concern for all people, not just Israel. This challenges us to broaden our perspective and care for those outside our immediate community.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_obedience.htm">The Call to Obedience</a></b><br>Jonah's initial reluctance serves as a reminder of the importance of obedience to God's call, even when it leads us to uncomfortable or challenging situations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_mercy.htm">Repentance and Mercy</a></b><br>The account of Nineveh's eventual repentance (later in the book) underscores the power of repentance and God's readiness to show mercy. It encourages us to seek God's forgiveness and extend His message of grace to others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>Nineveh's wickedness had reached a point where God could no longer ignore it. This serves as a warning about the seriousness of sin and the need for timely repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>God's command to Jonah and His dealings with Nineveh highlight His sovereignty over nations and history, reminding us to trust in His ultimate plan and purpose.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jonah_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jonah 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_could_jonah's_mission_to_nineveh_occur.htm">Jonah 1:2 – If Nineveh’s historical timeline conflicts with the era of Jonah, how could this mission have realistically occurred? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_occurs_when_jonah_defies_god.htm">What happens when Jonah disobeys God's command to Nineveh?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_choose_tarshish,_not_nineveh.htm">Why did Jonah choose Tarshish over Nineveh?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_nineveh's_role_in_the_bible.htm">What is Nineveh's significance in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jonah/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">Nineveh, that great city.--</span>The size of Nineveh is throughout the book brought into prominent notice. (See <a href="/context/jonah/3-2.htm" title="Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the preaching that I bid you.">Jonah 3:2-3</a>; <a href="/jonah/4-11.htm" title="And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more then six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?">Jonah 4:11</a>.) The traditions preserved in Greek and Roman writers dwell on the same feature; and modern researches among the huge mounds scattered along the left bank of the Tigris more than confirm the impression produced on the ancient world by the city, or rather group of cities, buried beneath them. (Comp. <a href="/genesis/10-11.htm" title="Out of that land went forth Asshur, and built Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,">Genesis 10:11</a>.)<p><span class= "bld">Cry.--</span>A common word for a proclamation by a herald or a prophet. (Comp. <a href="/isaiah/40-6.htm" title="The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:">Isaiah 40:6</a>, &c.) The English word, in the sense of "proclaim," lingers in the term "public crier."<p><span class= "bld">For their wickedness is come up before me.</span>--"Every iniquity has its own voice at the hidden judgment seat of God" (S. Gregory, <span class= "ital">Mor.</span> v. 20; quoted by Pusey). But, as Pusey remarks, the Hebrew implies especially evil-doing against others, that <span class= "ital">violence</span> which in <a href="/jonah/3-8.htm" title="But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily to God: yes, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.">Jonah 3:8</a> is recognised by the Ninevites themselves as their characteristic sin. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jonah/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Nineveh</span>, the capital of the kingdom of Assyria, is first mentioned in <a href="/genesis/10-11.htm">Genesis 10:11</a>, as founded by Nimrod. It stood on the left bank of the river Tigris, where it is joined by the Khosr, opposite to the present town of Mosul. The Assyrians had already become known in Syria. In <span class="date">B.C. 854</span> Shal-maneser II. had defeated at Karkar twelve kings confederate against him, among whom is reckoned Ahab King of Israel. Long before his time, Tiglath-Pileser I. had made a great expedition to the west, captured a town at the foot of Lebanon, and reached the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Jehu was compelled to pay tribute to the Assyrians; and Rimmon-nirari, who reigned from <span class="date">B.C. 810</span> to 781, held the suzerainty of Phoenicia, Samaria, Edom, and Philistia. Jonah, therefore, knew well what his country might expect at the hands of this people. <span class="cmt_word">That great city.</span> It is thus called in <a href="/jonah/3-2.htm">Jonah 3:2, 3</a>; <a href="/jonah/4-11.htm">Jonah 4:11</a>; and the epithet is added here in order to show to Jonah the importance of his mission. The size of Nineveh is variously estimated according to the sense attached to the name "Nineveh." This appellation may be restricted to Nineveh proper, or it may comprise the four cities which lay close together in the immediate neighbourhood of each other, and whose remains are now known as the mounds of <span class="accented">Kouyunjik</span>, on the southwest, directly opposite to Mosul; <span class="accented">Nimrud</span>, about eighteen miles to the southeast; <span class="accented">Karamless</span>, twelve miles to the north; and <span class="accented">Khorsabad</span>, the most northerly, about the same distance both from Karamless and Kouyunjik. Khorsabad, however, was not built till some hundred years after Jonah's time (Schrader, 'Keilinschr.,' p. 448). These cities are contained in an irregular parallelogram of some sixty miles in circumference. The following account of Nineveh proper is derived from Professor Rawlinson, 'Ancient Monarchies,' 1:252, etc.: "The ruins consist of two principal mounds, Nebbiyunus and Kouyunjik. The Kouyunjik mound, which lies nearly half a mile northwest of the others, is very much the more considerable of the two. Its shape is an irregular oval, elongated to a point towards the northeast. The surface is nearly flat; the sides slope at a steep angle, and are furrowed with numerous ravines worn in the soft material by the rains of some thirty centuries. The greatest height above the plain is ninety feet, and the area is estimated at a hundred acres. It is an artificial eminence, computed to contain 14,500,000 tons of earth, and on it were erected the palaces and temples of the Assyrian monarchs. The mound of Nebbi-yunus is at its base nearly triangular, and covers an area of nearly forty acres. It is loftier, and its sides are more precipitous than Kouyunjik, especially on the west, where it abutted on the wall of the city. The mass of earth is calculated at six and a half millions of tons. These two vast mounds are both in the same line, and abutted on the western wall of the city, which was some two and a half miles in length. Anciently it seems to have immediately overhung the Tigris, but the river has now receded to the west, leaving a plain of nearly a mile in width between its bank and the old rampart which evidently once followed the course of the river bank. The western wall is joined at fight angles by the northern rampart which runs in a straight line for seven thousand feet. At its other extremity the western wall forms a very obtuse angle with the southern, which impends over a deep ravine, and runs in a straight line for about a thousand yards, when it meets the eastern wall, which is the longest and the least regular of the four. The entire length of this side is sixteen thousand feet, or above three miles. It is divided into two portions by. the Stream of the Khosr-su; which, coming from the northwest, finds its way through the city and then across the low plain to the Tigris. The town is thus of an oblong shape, and the circuit of its walls is somewhat less than eight miles, and the area which they include is eighteen hundred acres. This, at the computation of something less than one hundred inhabitants per acre, would ascribe to Nineveh a population of one hundred and seventy-five thousand souls" (Rawlinson, 'Anc. Men.,' 1. ch. 1). <span class="cmt_word">Cry against it.</span> The message is given in <a href="/jonah/3-4.htm">Jonah 3:4</a>. Thus the knowledge of the true God is made known among the Gentiles. <span class="cmt_word">Their wickedness;</span> <span class="accented">i.e.</span>, as Pusey notes, their evil doing towards others, as in <a href="/nahum/3-19.htm">Nahum 3:19</a> (see Introduction, § I.). <span class="cmt_word">Is come up before me,</span> and appeals for punishment, as <a href="/genesis/4-10.htm">Genesis 4:10</a>; <a href="/genesis/18-20.htm">Genesis 18:20, 21</a>; Septuagint, <span class="greek">Ἀνέβη ἡ κραυγή</span> <span class="greek">τῆς κακίας αὐτής πρὸς μέ</span>, "The cry of its wickedness is come up unto me." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jonah/1-2.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">“Arise!</span><br /><span class="heb">ק֠וּם</span> <span class="translit">(qūm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - 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">Go</span><br /><span class="heb">לֵ֧ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(lêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - 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">the great</span><br /><span class="heb">הַגְּדוֹלָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(hag·gə·ḏō·w·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | 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">הָעִ֥יר</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘îr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<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">of Nineveh</span><br /><span class="heb">נִֽינְוֵ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(nî·nə·wêh)</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">and preach</span><br /><span class="heb">וּקְרָ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(ū·qə·rā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> </span><span class="str2">To call, proclaim, read</span><br /><br /><span class="word">against it,</span><br /><span class="heb">עָלֶ֑יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·le·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">because</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">its wickedness</span><br /><span class="heb">רָעָתָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(rā·‘ā·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bad, evil</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has come up</span><br /><span class="heb">עָלְתָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·lə·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before Me.”</span><br /><span class="heb">לְפָנָֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(lə·p̄ā·nāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jonah/1-2.htm">Jonah 1:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jonah/1-2.htm">Jonah 1:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jonah/1-2.htm">Jonah 1:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jonah/1-2.htm">Jonah 1:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jonah/1-2.htm">Jonah 1:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jonah/1-2.htm">Jonah 1:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jonah/1-2.htm">Jonah 1:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jonah/1-2.htm">Jonah 1:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jonah/1-2.htm">Jonah 1:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jonah/1-2.htm">Jonah 1:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jonah/1-2.htm">OT Prophets: Jonah 1:2 Arise go to Nineveh that great city (Jon. 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