Jonah 1:2 NIV

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

Observe, 1. The honour God put upon Jonah, in giving him a commission to go and prophesy against Nineveh. Jonah signifies a dove, a proper name for all God's prophets, all his people, who ought to be harmless as doves, and to mourn as doves for the sins and calamities of the land. His father's name was Amittai?My truth; for God's prophets should be sons of truth. To him the word of the Lord came?to him it was (so the word signifies), for God's word is a real thing; men's words are but wind,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jonah 1:2

Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city ,.... That is, arise from the place where he was, and leave the business he was about, and prepare for a long journey to the place mentioned, and be as expeditious in it as possible. Nineveh was the metropolis of the Assyrian empire at this time; it was an ancient city built by Ashur, not by Nimrod; though he by some is said to go into Ashur or Assyria, and build it, Genesis 10:11 ; and called it after the name of his son Ninus; for it signifies the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 1:2

Go to Nineveh - This was the capital of the Assyrian empire, and one of the most ancient cities of the world, Genesis 10:10 ; and one of the largest, as it was three days' journey in circumference. Ancient writers represent it as oblong; being in length one hundred and fifty stadia, and ninety in breadth, the compass being four hundred and eighty stadia. Now as the stadium is allowed to have been equal to our furlong, eight of which make a mile, this amounts to fifty-four English miles:... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 1:2

Verse 2 Arise, go to Nineveh, to that great city. Nineveh is called a great city, and not without reason; for it was in circumference, as heathen writers say, 400 stadia: and we shall see that Jonah was three whole days in going through the squares and streets of the city (11). It hence follows, that it was a very large city, and this all allow. Profane writers call it Ninus, and say that it is a name derived from its founder; for it was Ninus, the son of Betas, who built it. But more correct... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 1:1-2

Jonah God's messenger. In these words we have important instruction as to God's messengers. I. THEIR CONTINUITY . The first word of this book is the Hebrew conjunction "and:" " And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah." Thus begin other books of the Old Testament. How significant! The Divine messages stand not alone; they are connected with those sent before. So with the Divine messengers. Did the word of the Lord come to Abraham, Moses, Elijah? And also to Jonah! He shows... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 1:1-2

The call of Jonah. We may fairly identify Jonah, the son of Amittai, with the prophet who preached in Israel during the reign of Jeroboam II . (see 2 Kings 14:23-27 ). His name signifies "a Dove," and it well expressed his mournful and brooding temperament. Amittai means "the Truth of God," and it has been wisely said by a great Puritan divine, "I would that truth were every preacher's father." The narrative is exceedingly simple, and the Hebrew remarkably pure; while the lessons... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 1:1-3

§ 1. Jonah is sent to Nineveh to cry against it; but he tries to avoid the mission, and to this end takes ship to Tarshish. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 1:1-3

A despicable deserter. "God looketh on the heart." And none but God can. It is an obscure and tortuous place—"deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?" Its chaos and darkness, transparent to the Divine Spirit, are impenetrable to any creature's eye. Even the new heart is not all new. Persistent among the grace germs are bacteria of sin, inseparable and morbific. In Jonah this baneful combination is obvious. He neither loved God supremely nor his neighbour as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 1:1-3

Jonah's call and flight. "Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying," etc. I. THE MAN . Jonah is introduced without a word of explanation, except (implicitly) that he was a prophet of the Lord. So also Elijah ( 1 Kings 17:1 ). Their previous history is assumed. God's servants are treated as all waiting on him to receive his orders, so that "he says to this one, Go, and he goeth, and to another, Come, and he cometh?" This is the true idea of servants;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 1:1-3

God speaking to man in mercy, and man fleeing from God in disobedience. "Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me." This is a strange book. It is not the record of a dream, nor the sketch of an allegory, but the history of a man written by himself. True, he speaks in the third person; but so did many of the old prophets, go did the Apostle Paul, and so have many... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jonah 1:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 1:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 1:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 1:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 1:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 1:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 1:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 1:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 1:1-3

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