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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jonah 3:7

And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh; - literally, “And he cried and said, etc.” The cry or proclamation of the king corresponded with the cry of Jonah. Where the prophet’s cry, calling to repentance, had reached, the proclamation of the king followed, obeying. “By the decree of the king and his nobles.” This is a hint of the political state of Nineveh, beyond what we have elsewhere. It was not then an absolute monarchy. At least, the king strengthened his command by... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jonah 3:7-9

Jonah 3:7-9. Let neither man nor beast taste any thing This was ordered to add the greater solemnity to the humiliation, and that men might be affected by the mournful cries of the cattle under such restraints, and thereby be moved to greater sorrow and contrition. It was, however, carrying their abstinence to a greater severity than we find practised among the Jews; for though, in times of public calamity, and on the day of solemn expiation, they made their children fast, as we may gather... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jonah 3:1-10

3:1-4:11 THE NINEVITES’ REPENTANCEJonah’s preaching in Nineveh (3:1-10)God repeated his command to Jonah to go and preach in Nineveh, and this time Jonah obeyed (3:1-3). God’s message was that within forty days Nineveh would, because of its wickedness, be overthrown. The Ninevites, leaders and common people alike, heeded the warning and turned in repentance to God (4-5). The king even issued a decree commanding a moral reformation in the city (6-9). As a result of the Ninevites’ repentance, God... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jonah 3:7

nobles = great. ones. man. Hebrew ' adam . App-14 . herd nor flock. See note on "that great city", Jonah 3:2 , and "much cattle", Jonah 4:11 , read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jonah 3:7

"And he made proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water."We shall not bother with noting various and sundry objections as to how Jonah might have known certain words used in this passage, such as robe, decree, etc. Jonah was an eyewitness of what he described in this passage; and the various unusual words used entered his vocabulary upon the same... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jonah 3:7

Jonah 3:7. Let neither man nor beast—taste any thing— This was carrying their abstinence to a greater severity than what we find practised among the Jews; for though in times of public calamity, and on the day of solemn expiation, we find that they made their children fast, as we may gather from Joel 2:16.; yet we nowhere read of their extending that rigour to their cattle. Virgil indeed, in his fifth eclogue, brings in a shepherd telling his companion, that for the death of Julius Caesar the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jonah 3:7

7. neither . . . beast . . . taste any thing—The brute creatures share in the evil effects of man's sin (Jonah 4:11; Romans 8:20; Romans 8:22); so they here according to Eastern custom, are made to share in man's outward indications of humiliation. "When the Persian general Masistias was slain, the horses and mules of the Persians were shorn, as well as themselves" [NEWCOME from PLUTARCH; also HERODOTUS, 9.24]. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jonah 3:5-10

B. The Ninevites’ repentance 3:5-10Jonah’s proclamation moved the Ninevites to humble themselves and seek divine mercy."Although Nineveh was not overturned, it did experience a turn around." [Note: Alexander, p. 121.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jonah 3:7

This verse further describes how seriously the king and his nobles regarded their situation and to what extent they went to encourage citywide contrition. They did not regard their animals as needing to humble themselves but viewed them as expressing the spirit of their owners. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 3:1-10

Repentance and Pardon of the Ninevites3. An exceeding great city] lit. ’great unto God,’ i.e. regarded as great by God: cp. Genesis 10:1.Of three days’ journey] i.e. in breadth.8. Even the cattle join in the mourning. Neglected by their owners, they fill the air with their groanings. Cp. Joel 1:20, ’The beasts of the field pant unto thee,’ and for an interesting parallel, Judith 4:9-15. The Persians are said, by Herodotus, to have clipped the hair of the horses and baggage animals that they... read more