Jonah 1:2

Translations

Modern

“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me.”

Traditional

Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

Literal

“Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before My face!”

Latin

Surge, et vade in Niniven, civitatem grandem, et prædica in ea, quia ascendit malitia ejus coram me.

Original

Hebrew

English

“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me.”

Notes

Jonah 1:2

By the time of Jonah, Nineveh already had a long history (see Genesis 10:12). It was an important city in the Assyrian Empire until it was destroyed in 612 BC (see Nahum 1–3). Nineveh’s ruins are across the Tigris River from the modern city of Mosul, Iraq.
great city: See study note on Jonah 3:3.

Jonah 1:1–2:10

Jonah first refused the Lord's command to warn Nineveh about the judgment it faced due to its wickedness.

Events

Prophecies of Jonahc. 825 BC

Related verses

Genesis 18:20–21
Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,
Genesis 10:11
From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
Isaiah 58:1
“Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.
Nahum 1:1
This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:
Zephaniah 2:13–15
And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert.
Jonah 4:11
So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?”
Jonah 3:2
“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message that I give you.”
Ezekiel 3:5–9
For you are not being sent to a people of unfamiliar speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel—
Revelation 18:5
For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
Jeremiah 1:7–10
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.
2 Kings 19:36
So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
Ezra 9:6
…and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.

Parallels

Nahum 1:1–15

Places

Nineveh: The capital of Assyria, known for its wickedness and repentance

Glossary

Book of Jonah Nineveh, Ninevite

Topics

Christian Minister: Call of Christian Minister: Duties of Christian Minister: Jonah Disobedience to God: Jonah Jonah: Sent by God to Warn the City of Nineveh National Sins: Ministers should Testify Against Nineveh: Great Nineveh: Jonah Preaches To Nineveh: Jonah Sent to Proclaim the Destruction of Nineveh: Wicked Sin: National, Punishment of

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