The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 3:1-3
§ 1. Jonah is sent a second time to Nineveh, and obeys the command. read more
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Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 3:1-3
Peremptory reiteration and prompt obedience. We see Jonah entering here on the second stage of his strange career. And it is adjusted logically to the first. His recent experiences and their resulting sentiments form an obvious preparation for the duty next to hand. He has sinned and suffered and repented. He has deserted, and been captured and surrendered unconditionally. He has prayed, and been forgiven and set free. And it is natural that duty should be faced from a different standpoint... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 3:1-4
Jonah's second call. "And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying, Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee," etc. I. REINSTATEMENT OF THE PROPHET . "The word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time." Jonah's rebellion had had a twofold effect on his relations to God—broken up his personal fellowship with him, and suspended his official function as a prophet. God's grace restored him both personally and... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 3:1-4
Jonah in Ninevah. I. A GREAT RESTORATION . After his recreancy to duty, who had been surprised if Jonah had been thrust out of the prophet's office? The guilt of his flight, the moral insensibility into which he had sunken, rendered him, many would think, unfit to be God's spokesman to men. But God had mercy on him. And saved, he had presently the assurance of it. He was reinstated in the prophet's office, and solemnly commissioned anew to the prophet's work. A " second time"... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 3:1-10
Part III . JONAH 'S PREACHING IN NINEVEH ; THE REPENTANCE OF THE NINEVITES . read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 3:2
That great city (see note on Jonah 1:2 ). Preaching ; rendered "cry" in Jonah 1:2 ; Septuagint, κήρυγμα . This time the proclamation is unto it, as interested in the message, not "against it," as doomed to destruction (Pusey). read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 3:2
City preaching. In Palestine there were no great cities. The population was scattered through pastoral regions or gathered in small and unimportant towns. This fact gave a character to the national life of the Hebrews and to their national religiousness. It was a strange experience for a Jew like Jonah to be brought into contact with city life upon a grand, colossal scale. We modern Englishmen are more familiar with, this development of human existence and activity. We need to study the... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 3:2
The preaching that God bids. 1 . Not the message of our own imagination. 2 . Not what me, desire and what will be palatable to them. 3 . But what God bids. To the messenger he gives the message—from his Word; by his Spirit. His gospel—not altered, not added to, not diminished—is to be preached "to every creature." With faithfulness, simplicity, persistence—whether men hear or whether men forbear. Like Luther, "I can do no other; God help me!"—G.T.C. read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 3:3
Arose, and went. He was now as prompt to obey as formerly to flee. Was ; i.e. 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. An exceeding great city ; literally, a city great to God ; πόλις μεγάλη τῷ θεῷ ; great before God—in his estimation, as though even God must acknowledge it. So Nimrod... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 3:1
The second time. He is forgiven and restored to his office, and the commission formerly given is renewed. Commentators have supposed that he went up to Jerusalem to pay his vows, and that the word of the Lord came unto him there. But all unnecessary details are omitted from the account, and we know nothing about this matter. The beginning of the next verse, "arise," seems to imply that he was then in some settled home, perhaps at Gath-hepher. read more