Jonah 1:2
1:2 “Go immediately
to Nineveh,
that
large capital
city,
and announce judgment against
its people
because their wickedness
has come to my attention.”
Jonah 3:5
3:5 The people of Nineveh believed in God, and they declared a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.
Jonah 2:2
2:2 and said,
“I called out to the Lord from my distress,
and he answered me;
from the belly of Sheol I cried out for help,
and you heard my prayer.
Jonah 3:2
3:2 “Go immediately
to Nineveh, that large city,
and proclaim to
it the message that I tell you.”
Jonah 3:4
3:4 When Jonah began to enter the city one day’s walk, he announced, “At the end of forty days,
Nineveh will be overthrown!”
Jonah 3:8
3:8 Every person and animal must put on sackcloth and must cry earnestly
to God, and everyone
must turn from their
evil way of living
and from the violence that they do.
Jonah 1:6
1:6 The ship’s captain approached him and said, “What are you doing asleep?
Get up! Cry out
to your god! Perhaps your god
might take notice of us
so that we might not die!”
Jonah 1:14
1:14 So they cried out to the
Lord, “Oh, please,
Lord, don’t let us die on account of this man! Don’t hold us guilty of shedding innocent blood.
After all, you,
Lord, have done just as you pleased.”