should not I. ? Figure of speech Erotesis (App-6), no answer being required.
are. exits. Hebrew. yesh. See note on Proverbs 8:21.
that cannot discern, &c. Put by Hebrew Idiom (App-6), for little children;. similar idiom in Deuteronomy 1:39 App-92.
much cattle. See notes on "great city", Jonah 3:2. and "herd and flock", Jonah 3:7. Nineveh's walls included large areas for pasturage and cultivation. In speaking of the innocent ones in the city these are naturally included. Thus the book suddenly ends; and we are left with the solemn reflection that, Nineveh being spared, the way was thus open for the execution of Jehovah's judgment on Israel by the sword of Assyria, which took place in due time.