Jonah 1:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. ”

• Jonah 1:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city - The Assyrian history, as far as it has yet been discovered, is very bare of events in regard to this period. We have as yet the names of three kings only f...

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• Jonah 1:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Arise, go to (b) Nineveh, that (c) great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. (b) For seeing the great obstipation of the Israelites, he sent his Prophet to the Genti...

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• Jonah 1:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Jonah 1:1 to Jonah 2:1 ; Jonah 2:10 . Jonah vainly Seeks to Evade the Mission to which God Appoints Him. Jonah is bidden by Yahweh to proclaim judgment on Nineveh for its sin, but he hurries in...

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• Jonah 1:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Arise, go. Contrast "rose up to flee" ( Jonah 1:3 ). Nineveh. Op. Genesis 10:11 ; Genesis 10:12 . Mentioned again in Jon 8:2, Jon 8:3. Jonah 4:11 . The capital of Assyria, on the left bank of...

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

  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...

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• Jonah 1:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. Go to Nineveh - This was the capital of the Assyrian empire, and one of the most ancient cities o...

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• Jonah 1:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Go to Nineveh—and cry against it— Or preach. It means the same as to prophesy; and therefore Houbigant so renders it.

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• Jonah 1:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. Arise, go to Nineveh - east of the Tigris, opposite the modern Mosul. The only case of a...

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• Jonah 1:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Disobedience of Jonah 2. Nineveh] the world-famous capital of Assyria, on the Tigris. For its wickedness cp. Nahum 3 . 3 . Jonah seeks to escape from the unwelcome task, both because he hat...

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• Jonah 1:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Nineveh, that great city. — The size of Nineveh is throughout the book brought into prominent notice. (See Jonah 3:2-3 ; Jonah 4:11 .) The traditions preserved in Greek and Roman writers dwell on...

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• Jonah 1:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  THE GREAT REFUSAL John 1:1-17 WE have now laid clear the lines upon which the Book of Jonah was composed. Its purpose is to illustrate God's grace to the heathen in face of His people's refusal...

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• Jonah 1:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Fleeing from God and Duty John 1:1-16 Jonah is mentioned in 2 Kings 14:25 . He was clearly very patriotic, and did not despair of his country in its darkest days. This commission to Nineveh wa...

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• Jonah 1:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  In narrating his own experience on his mission to Nineveh, Jonah intended to teach his people the lesson of the inclusiveness of the divine government, and thus to rebuke their exclusive attitude tow...

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• Jonah 1:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  By the word of the Lord coming unto Jonah, is meant the impression made on his mind, either by vision or revelation; and Jonah perfectly understood that the direction to go to Nineveh was of the Lord...

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• Jonah 1:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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 expediti...

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• Jonah 1:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. Ver. 2. Arise, go to Nineveh ] Haec est vocatio prophetae, saith Oecolampadius: this was the...

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• Jonah 1:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Now the word of the Lord An impulse or revelation from the Lord, significative of his will; came unto Jonah, the son of Amittai Of whom see 2 Kings 14:25 . It is probable he had been before acqu...

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• Jonah 1:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  A Commission against Nineveh; The Prophet's Disobedience. B. C. 840.       1 Now the word of t...

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• Jonah 1:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Arise; forthwith prepare thyself, and get all in readiness, and with hearty resolution set upon the work. Go; so soon as thou art ready, set forward on thy journey, make not any delay. Nineveh;...

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• Jonah 1:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it, for their wickedness is come up before me.' YHWH's command was that Jonah should go to Nineveh to proclaim His word there, because He was...

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• Jonah 1:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES .] And (now)] a continuation of the Hebrew writings, not an independent part. Jonah 1:2 . That] Heb. the city, the great, the art, a demonstrative force. Nineveh ] Cf. Genesi...

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• Jonah 1:2 - Scofield Reference Notes

  Nineveh ( See Scofield) - ( Nahum 1:1 ).

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• Jonah 1:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  John 1:1-2 The main features of the case are: (1) A Divine commission and command distinctly and authoritatively given, with some of the reasons for it annexed, although with others certainly not...

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• Jonah 1:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Jonah 1:1-3 . 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. But Jonah ro...

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• Jonah 1:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Jonah 1:1 . The word of the Lord came to Jonah. The word of prophecy, delivered by Christ, the preëxistent Word, as appears from his reasoning with the prophet when angry that Nineveh was spared....

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• Jonah 1:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Now the Word of the Lord came unto Jonah. Jonah, the runaway prophet The commission may be viewed-- I. In its source. It is-- 1. Supreme, as the Word of the Lord. 2. Peremptory; it is...

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• Jonah 1:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Jonah 1:1-32 Part I. THE MISSION OF JONAH . HIS DISOBEDIENCE AND PUNISHMENT . Jonah 1:1-32 § 1. Jonah is sent to Nineveh to cry against it; but he tries to a...

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• Jonah 1:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Jonah's Commission And Flight

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• Jonah 1:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Kings 19:36 ; Ezekiel 2:7 ; Ezekiel 3:5-9 ; Ezra 9:6 ; Genesis 10:11 ; Genesis 18:20 ; Genesis 18:21 ; Isaiah 58:1 ; James 5:4 ; Jeremiah 1:7-10 ; Jonah 3:2 ; Jonah 4:11 ; Micah 3:8 ;...

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• Jonah 1:2 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  Jonah, the Book of Divine Revelations Jonah 1:1-11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We want, as we enter into the Book of Jonah, to speak of its historicity. There are many today who relegate this most marv...

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