Jonah 3:5 - Forerunner Commentary

Jonah 3:5

3 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city,¹ a three-day journey in extent.

4 And Jonah began to enter the city on the first day’s walk. Then ^ahe cried out and said, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!”

The People of Nineveh Believe

5 So the ^apeople of Nineveh believed God, proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.

6 Then word came to the king of Nineveh; and he arose from his throne and laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth ^aand sat in ashes.

7 ^aAnd he caused it to be proclaimed and published throughout Nineveh by the decree of the king and his¹ nobles, saying,
Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; do not let them eat, or drink water.

8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily to God; yes, ^alet every one turn from his evil way and from ^bthe violence that is in his hands.

9 ^aWho can tell if God will turn and relent, and turn away from His fierce anger, so that we may not perish?

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Definitions of words in Jonah 3:5:

Nineveh {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Nineveh {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Nineveh {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Put {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Sackcloth {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Sackcloth {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

So {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
So {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
So {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Fast {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

God {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

On {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
On {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Other definition entries containing Jonah 3:5:

Fast {Easton's}
Jonah, The Book Of {I.S.B.E.}

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