约拿书 3:1-3 CUNPSS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jonah 3:1-4

We have here a further evidence of the reconciliation between God and Jonah, and that it was a thorough reconciliation, though the controversy between them had run high. I. Jonah's commission is renewed and readily obeyed. 1. By this it appears that God was perfectly reconciled to Jonah, that he employed him again in his service; and the commission anew given him was an evidence of the remission of his former disobedience. Among men, it has been justly pleaded that the giving of a commission... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jonah 3:1

And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time ,.... Jonah having been scourged by the Lord for his stubbornness and disobedience, and being humbled under the mighty hand of God, is tried a second time, whether he would go on the Lord's errand, and do his business; and his commission is renewed, as it was necessary it should; for it would have been unsafe and dangerous for him to have proceeded upon the former without a fresh warrant; as the Israelites, when they refused entering... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jonah 3:2

Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city ,.... So it is called; See Gill on Jonah 1:2 . The order runs in the same words as before; and the same discouragements are presented to Jonah, taken from the greatness of the city, the number of its inhabitants, its being the metropolis of the Assyrian empire, and the seat of the greatest monarch on earth, to try his faith; but these had not the like effect as before; for he had now another spirit given him, not of fear, but of a sound mind; he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jonah 3:3

So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord ,.... He was no longer disobedient to the heavenly vision; being taught by the rod, he acts according to the word; he is now made willing to go on the Lord's errand, and do his business, under the influence of his power and grace; he stands not consulting with the flesh, but immediately arises and sets forward on his journey, as directed and commanded, being rid of that timorous spirit, and those fears, he was before... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 3:1

And the word of the Lord - The same oracle as that before given; and which, from what he had felt and seen of the justice and mercy of the Lord, he was now prepared to obey. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 3:2

And preach unto it the preaching - הקריאה את וקרא vekera eth hakkeriah , "And cry the cry that I bid thee." Be my herald, and faithfully deliver my message. The word κηρυξ in Greek answers to the Hebrew קורא kore : both signifying a crier, a herald, a preacher; one that makes proclamation with a loud and earnest cry. Such was John Baptist, Isaiah 40:3 ; such was Jesus Christ, John 7:18-37; and such were all his apostles. And such earnestness becomes a ministry that has to do with... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 3:3

Nineveh was an exceeding great city, of three days' journey - See on Jonah 1:2 ; (note). Strabo says, lib. xvi., πολυ μειζων ην της Βαβυλωνος , "it was much larger than Babylon:" and Ninus, the builder, not only proposed to make it the largest city of the world, but the largest that could be built by man. See Diodor. Sic. Bib. 50:2. And as we find, from the lowest computation, that it was at least fifty-four or sixty English miles in circumference, it would take the prophet three days to... read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 1 There is here set before us a remarkable proof of God’s grace, — that he was pleased to bestow on Jonah his former dignity and honor. He was indeed unworthy of the common light, but God not only restored him to life, but favored him again with the office and honor of a prophet. This, as I have said, Jonah obtained through the wonderful and singular favor of God. As he had previously fled, and by disobedience deprived himself in a manner of all God’s favor, the recovery of his prophetic... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 3:2

Verse 2 The command now follows, Arise, go to Nineveh, to that great city, and preach there the preaching which I command thee. (42) God again repeats what we have observed at the be ginning, — that Nineveh was a great city, that Jonah might provide himself with an invincible courage of mind, and come there well prepared: for it often happens, that many boldly undertake an office, but soon fail, because difficulties had not been sufficiently foreseen by them. Hence, when men find more hardships... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 3:3

Verse 3 Jonah, by saying that he went to Nineveh according to God’s command, proves in the first place, as I have said, how great was the power and energy of his faith; for though Jonah had considered the greatness and pride of the city, he seems to have forgotten that he was an obscure man, alone, and unarmed; but he had laid hold on weapons capable of destroying all the power of the world, for he knew that he was sent from above. His conviction was, that God was on his side; and he knew that... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jonah 3:1-4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jonah 3:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jonah 3:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jonah 3:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 3:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 3:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 3:3

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 3:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 3:3

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