요나 3:3-4 KRV

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Jonah 3:3-4

According to all historians, this city was greater than Babylon, and yet in gross darkness respecting divine things. Reader! think of the mercies of our land! And then stand amazed at the wonderful subject of our abuse of them, and the Lord's forbearance! I admire the faithfulness of Jonah. See how the Lord can, and the Lord doth, and will, strengthen his people! read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Jonah 3:3

Journey. By the computation of some ancient historians, Ninive was about fifty miles round: so that to go through all the chief streets and public places, was three days' journey. (Challoner) --- Diodorus (iii. 1.) says Ninive was 150 stadia or furlongs in length. It must have been therefore 480 round; and as each furlong contains 125 paces of 5 ft. each, the compass would be "60 Italian miles, (about 50 English)" which would employ a person three days to go through the principal streets.... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Jonah 3:4

Journey. He records what he said the first day, though he seems to have preached many (Theodoret) even during forty days, after which time (Haydock) he expected the city would fall, and therefore retired out of the walls, chap. iv. --- Forty. Septuagint three. St. Justin Martyr, (Dialogue with Trypho) "three, or forty-three." Theodoret thinks that the mistake was made by some ancient transcriber, and has since prevailed in all the copies of the Septuagint. All the rest have forty. St.... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 3:1-4

1-4 God employs Jonah again in his service. His making use of us is an evidence of his being at peace with us. Jonah was not disobedient, as he had been. He neither endeavoured to avoid hearing the command, nor declined to obey it. See here the nature of repentance; it is the change of our mind and way, and a return to our work and duty. Also, the benefit of affliction; it brings those back to their place who had deserted it. See the power of Divine grace, for affliction of itself would rather... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Jonah 3:1-10

Jonah's Message to the Ninevites and Its Results. The disobedient prophet had received a severe lesson at the hand of God, but he now profited by this lesson and was ready to undertake the commission which had originally been issued to him. v. 1. And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying, v. 2. Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, the Assyrian capital and metropolis, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee, loudly proclaiming the message which the Lord... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Jonah 3:1-10

CHAPTER 3[The Renewal of Jonah’s Commission (Jonah 3:1-2). His Preaching to the Ninevites (Jonah 3:3-4). Humiliation and Reformation of the Ninevites (Jonah 3:5-9) Reversal of the Divine Sentence (Jonah 3:10).—C. E.]1And the word of the Lord [Jehovah] came [was communicated] unto Jonah the second time, saying, 2Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto 3it the preaching [make the proclamation to it] that I bid thee. So [And] Jonah arose, and went unto [to] Nineveh, according to... read more

Alexander MacLaren

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