Jonah 3 - Introduction - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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J O N A H.

CHAP. III.

      In this chapter we have, I. Jonah's mission renewed, and the command a second time given him to go preach at Nineveh, Jonah 3:1; Jonah 3:2. II. Jonah's message to Nineveh faithfully delivered, by which its speedy overthrow was threatened, Jonah 3:3; Jonah 3:4. III. The repentance, humiliation, and reformation of the Ninevites hereupon, Jonah 3:5-9. IV. God's gracious revocation of the sentence passed upon them, and the preventing of the ruin threatened, Jonah 3:10.