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Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Jonah 3:1-10

Jonah THREEFOLD REPENTANCE Jon_3:1 - Jon_3:10 . This passage falls into three parts: Jonah’s renewed commission and new obedience Jon_3:1 - Jon_3:4, the repentance of Nineveh Jon_3:5 - Jon_3:9, and the acceptance thereof by God Jon_3:10. We might almost call these three the repentance of Jonah, of Nineveh, and of God. The evident intention of the narrative is to parallel the Ninevites turning from their sins, and God’s turning from His anger and purpose of destruction; and if the word... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Jonah 3:1-10

a Repentant City John 3:1-10 Peter was not only forgiven, but restored to his office; so also was Jonah again sent to Nineveh. Thank God for our second chances! There was no hesitancy this time. The prophet arose and went. The story of his deliverance seems to have reached Nineveh and to have prepared its people to receive his word, Luke 11:30 . We must deliver God’s messages and preach only as He bids us. He will tell us what to say. Nineveh is said to have been sixty miles in circuit, the... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Jonah 3:1-10

Immediately Jonah was again charged to go to Nineveh. There is a fine revelation of the patient grace of God toward His servant in the statement, "The word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time." With a new sense of the authority of Jehovah, Jonah arose and obeyed. It was a strange and startling thing for Nineveh, this arrival of a man who had been cast into the deep; and it is easy to understand how the monotony of his declaration, that within forty days Nineveh would be destroyed,... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Jonah 3:1-10

On to Nineveh Jonah 3:1-10 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Our opening verse says, "The Word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time." These words bring to us the thought of a second chance. We are reminded of the story of the potter. Only lately, we were in North Carolina in a rustic, old-fashioned pottery house. Before our very eyes, the potter took a large lump of clay, started his wheel, which he ran with a foot pedal. With his hands, he molded a beautiful vase. We stopped him, and said, "You... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 3:1-10

A Changed Jonah Obeys God And Goes To Nineveh Proclaiming Its Overthrow Within Forty Days, With The Result That (To Jonah’s Chagrin) Nineveh Repents (Jonah 3:1-10 ). Jonah was no longer rebellious. He had learned his lesson. So when YHWH came to him again and told him to go to Nineveh to proclaim His word, Jonah did as he was bid. Unlike the seas and the fish he did it by free choice. And the consequence of his preaching was that the people of Nineveh repented deeply, and sought and found... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 3:7-8

‘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, but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and beast, and let them cry mightily to God, yes, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in his hands.” The king issued an official proclamation calling on the people, along with their domestic animals, to fast and... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 3:1-10

Jonah 3. The Ninevites Repent at the Preaching of Jonah.— When the prophet is bidden a second time to carry God’ s message to Nineveh, he knows that it is useless to disobey. Accordingly he takes the tidings that in forty days Nineveh will be destroyed. So huge was the city that three days would be spent in passing through it. Jonah advances one day’ s journey into the city and then announces its doom. His message meets with instant belief from the whole of the Ninevites. The king leaves his... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Jonah 3:8

But let man, every man, from the greatest, the king on the throne, to the least, the beggar on the dunghill, put off his usual and softer habit, and afflict himself in coarsest garments. And beast; their horses, in which they gloried much, their camels also, both which they adorned with rich and costly clothing in their stables, and with as rich furniture for saddles, bridles, and trappings when they were used abroad, now all, in testimony of a hearty repentance, must clothe with sackcloth; the... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Jonah 3:4-10

CRITICAL NOTES.] Jonah 3:5. Believed] Lit. in God, in his word; trusted in him. Sackcloth] The attire of deep mourning, irritating to the body. Fasting and sackcloth customary in humiliation (1 Kings 21:27; Joel 1:13). Penitence universal. Jonah 3:6. Word] The matter; report of Jonah’s preaching, and its effects in the city. Nineveh never so moved and shaken. Laid aside] The king approved the proclaimed fast, disdained not to follow the example of the people, but humbled himself with them in... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Jonah 3:1-10

Jonah 1-4 Jonah buried and risen a type of Christ. I. More than once in the course of our Lord's ministry, among different persons and for different objects, He makes use of the similitude of the prophet's burial and resurrection. When the Jews asked for a sign He refused it, (i) because it was presumptuous to ask it; (ii) because they were blind to actual signs already given and constantly existing before their eyes; (iii) because the very demand was a proof of deep ungodliness, and the... read more