Jonah 3:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. ”

Jonah 3:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let man and beast be covered with sackcloth - The gorgeous caparisons of horses, mules and camels was part of Eastern magnificence. Who knows not how man’s pride is fed by the sleekness of his st...
Jonah 3:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and (f) cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that [is] in their hands. (f) He exhorted that t...
Jonah 3:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah 3. The Ninevites Repent at the Preaching of Jonah. When the prophet is bidden a second time to carry God's message to Nineveh, he knows that it is useless to disobey. Accordingly he takes the...
Jonah 3:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

evil wicked. Hebrew. raa App-44.
Jonah 3:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah afterwards adds, And they cried mightily (49) to God This must be confined to men; for it could not have been applied to brute animals. Men then, as well as the beasts, abstained f...
Jonah 3:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1201 REPENTANCE OF THE NINEVITES [Note: A Fast Sermon.] John 3:8-10 . Let man and beast be covered with sackcloth; and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evi...
Jonah 3:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. Let man and beast be covere...
Jonah 3:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Let man and beast be covered with sackcloth— The covering of horses and mules with sackcloth adds to the solemnity of a funeral. In like manner, the mournful garb of the Ninevites was an affectin...
Jonah 3:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. And cry mightily unto...
Jonah 3:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Repentance and Pardon of the Ninevites 3. An exceeding great city] lit. 'great unto God,' i.e. regarded as great by God: cp. Genesis 10:1 . Of three days' journey ] i.e. in breadth. 8 . Even...
Jonah 3:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE REPENTANCE OF THE CITY John 3:1-10 HAVING learned, through suffering, his moral kinship with the ‘heathen, and having offered his life for some of them, Jonah receives a second command to g...
Jonah 3:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Jonah 3:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Jonah 3:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What! But the sovereign grace of God could have induced such effects! What nation, what kingdom or people shall we look to, for similar humblings, at the preaching of a poor despised Prophet? Do we n...
Jonah 3:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth ,.... As the king was, and the people also were; and this order enjoined the same to the beasts, horses, and camels, whose rich trappings were to be t...
Jonah 3:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that [is] in their hands. Ver. 8. But let man an...
Jonah 3:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let neither man nor beast taste any thing This was ordered to add the greater solemnity to the humiliation, and that men might be affected by the mournful cries of the cattle under such restraints,...
Jonah 3:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Nineveh's Repentance. B. C. 840. 5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaim...
Jonah 3:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

But let man, every man, from the greatest, the king on the throne, to the least, the beggar on the dunghill, put off his usual and softer habit, and afflict himself in coarsest garments. And beast...
Jonah 3:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Changed Jonah Obeys God And Goes To Nineveh Proclaiming Its Overthrow Within Forty Days, With The Result That (To Jonah's Chagrin) Nineveh Repents ( Jonah 3:1-10 ). Jonah was no longer rebelliou...
Jonah 3:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Jonah 3:5 . Believed ] Lit. in God, in his word; trusted in him. Sackcloth ] The attire of deep mourning, irritating to the body. Fasting and sackcloth customary in humiliat...
Jonah 3:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Jonah 1-4 Jonah buried and risen a type of Christ. I. More than once in the course of our Lord's ministry, among different persons and for different objects, He makes use of the similitude of the...
Jonah 3:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jonah 3:1-2 . And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying, Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. There is no preaching li...
Jonah 3:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jonah 3:4 . Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. The LXX read “three days,” and they are followed by most of the Greek fathers. But three days is thought to be an error of the scribe,...
Jonah 3:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

So the people of Nineveh believed God. Belief inspired by fear How came the Ninevites to believe God, as no hope of salvation was given them? For there can be no faith without an acquaintance w...
Jonah 3:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Jonah 3:1-32 Part III . JONAH 'S PREACHING IN NINEVEH ; THE REPENTANCE OF THE NINEVITES . Jonah 3:1-32 § 1. Jonah is sent a second time to Nineveh, and obe...
Jonah 3:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 commiss...
Jonah 3:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 26:20 ; Acts 3:19 ; Daniel 4:27 ; Isaiah 1:16-19 ; Isaiah 33:11 ; Isaiah 55:6 ; Isaiah 55:7 ; Isaiah 58:6 ; Isaiah 59:6 ; Jonah 1:14 ; Jonah 1:6 ; Matthew 3:8 ; Psalms 130:1 ; Psal...
Jonah 3:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

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...
Jonah 3:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And beast — Their horses and camels, both which they adorned with rich and costly clothing, they must now in testimony of an hearty repentance, clothe with sackcloth; the clothing of beasts must wi...

Jonah 3:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jonah 3:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jonah 3:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah 3:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jonah 3:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah 3:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Jonah 3:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jonah 3:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jonah 3:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jonah 3:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah 3:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jonah 3:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jonah 3:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jonah 3:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jonah 3:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jonah 3:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jonah 3:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jonah 3:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jonah 3:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jonah 3:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah 3:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jonah 3:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Jonah 3:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jonah 3:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jonah 3:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jonah 3:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jonah 3:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jonah 3:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jonah 3:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Jonah 3:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes