Jonah 3:9 (CEB)
God's servants must go where he sends them, come when he calls them, and do what he bids them; we must do whatever the word of the Lord commands.
Let even the brute creatures' cries and moans for want of food remind their owners to cry to God. ", Jonah 3:9 (GNTA)
Jonah Goes to Nineveh. By David J. Stewart | June 2017. The people followed the example of the king. Who can tell?
We hence see that the king was not overwhelmed with despair for he still thought of a remedy; and this is the purport of the verse. .
5. believed God--gave credit to Jonah's message from God; thus recognizing Jehovah as the true God. Thus the sign had a twofold aspect, a direct bearing on the Ninevites, an indirect bearing on the Jews in Christ's time. Jonah 3:9 (LEB)
God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish.”. Jonah finds himself in a similar situation with God. Jonah 3:9 (WYC) Who knoweth, if God be converted, and forgive, and be turned away from strong vengeance of his wrath, and we shall not perish?
The fact that repentance is not a condition for receiving eternal life. 4. a day's journey--not going straight forward without stopping: for the city was but eighteen miles in length; but stopping in his progress from time to time to announce his message to the crowds gathering about him. Who knoweth but that God will turn and repent, and will turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? Who may say that God will not be turned, changing his purpose and turning away from his burning wrath, so that destruction may not overtake us? But let examples illustrate this.
sackcloth--In the East outward actions are often used as symbolical expressions of inward feelings. Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? . Today, in Jonah 3, we are going to see Jonah running with God. ", Jonah 3:9 (TMBA)
5 The Ninevites believed God. Who can tell [if] God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? He thought, Who knows? . Jonah ( Jonah 4:11 ) mentions the children as numbering one hundred twenty thousand, which would give about a million to the whole population. Jonah 3:1 And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying, Jonah 3:2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. In Luke 11:30 it is said that Jonas was not only a sign to the men in Christ's time, but also "unto the Ninevites." Who can tell if God will turn, and forgive: and will turn away from his fierce anger, and we shall not perish? Jonah 3:9 (WEB)
Jonah 3:9 (CJB)
Jonah 3:3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I tell you. ", Jonah 3:9 (NRSA)
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Copyright © 2020, Bible Study Tools. From Koyunjik to Nimroud is about eighteen miles; from Khorsabad to Karamless, the same; from Koyunjik to Khorsabad, thirteen or fourteen miles; from Nimroud to Karamless, fourteen miles. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. It is not enough to fast for sin, but we must fast from sin; and, in order to the success of our prayers, we must no more regard iniquity in our hearts, ( Psalms 66:18 ) . The Ninevites hearken to the cry of Jonah, believe in God, and repent. They dared not presume, but they did not despair. "Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee." 4 Jonah began by going a day's journey into the city, proclaiming, 'Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown.' God repented: this is spoken as before, Jonah 3:9, (and as his seeing is attributed to him,) after the manner of man, and must be applied unto our unchangeable God so as may not reflect any blemish upon his truth, constancy, or immutability. to the least--The penitence was not partial, but pervading all classes. He doth turn back, and God hath repented, and hath turned back from the heat of His anger, and we do not perish. God may turn and relent; He may turn from His burning anger so that we will not perish. Jonah 3:9-10 New International Version (NIV) 9 Who knows? Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey. Whether Jonah said more, to show the anger of God against them, or whether he only repeated these words again and again, is not certain, but this was the purport of his message. Proud member
Jonah 3:9 (DBY)
Who can tell if God will turn and repent , and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
The two words for repentance that the king uses and what they both mean. The People of Nineveh Respond to Jonah’s Warning - The LORD’s message came to Jonah a second time, “Go immediately to Nineveh, that large city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you.” So Jonah went immediately to Nineveh, in keeping with the LORD’s message. In chapter 1, we saw Jonah trying to run away from God. It condemns the men of the gospel generation, ( Matthew 12:41 ) . But when they repented, the position in which they stood towards God's righteousness was altered. 1 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil [] has come up before me.” 3 But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. The more definite form of the denunciation implies that Nineveh has now almost filled up the measure of her guilt. Jonah 3:9 (CSB)
He thought, Who knows? Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.
the Ninevites; though very wrongly: or "who is he that knows";
Who knows whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, so that we might not perish? (1-4) Nineveh is spared upon the repentance of the inhabitants. The story has a long interpretive history and has become well known through popular children's stories. . 10 When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had threatened. God may reconsider his plans and turn from his burning anger so that we won't die.
Jonah 3:9 (NIRV)
Who knows if God will repent, and turn from his fierce anger, and we shall not perish? Now Nineveh was a very large city; it took three days to go through it. 2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.. 3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. The pathos of this question is increased as we call to mind the ignorance of the Ninevites regarding the true God. Who knoweth whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? Maybe God will change his mind, relent and turn from his fierce anger; and then we won't perish.". God might take pity on us. The only ground which their ready faith rested on, was the fact of God sending one to warn them, instead of destroying them at once; this suggested the thought of a possibility of pardon. Verses 1-4 God employs Jonah again in his service. (Who knoweth, if God shall not be converted, or shall not change his thinking, and forgive us, and turn away from the strong vengeance of his anger, and then we shall not perish!) "When the Persian general Masistias was slain, the horses and mules of the Persians were shorn, as well as themselves" [NEWCOME from PLUTARCH; also HERODOTUS, 9.24]. They looked for a Messiah gloriously coming in the clouds of heaven; the Messiah, on the contrary, is to pass through a like, though a deeper, humiliation than Jonah; He is to lie "in the heart of the earth." The Bible ever assigns the first place to the eternal principles of righteousness, rooted in the character of God, subordinating to them all divine arrangements. Jonah 3 King James Version (KJV).
Jonah 3:9-10, “Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.”
3 Jonah obeyed the word of the LORD and went to Nineveh. Who knoweth?
God may relent and change his mind; he may turn from his fierce anger, so that we do not perish. God gave Jonah a mission, and Jonah tried to decline the mission, but God would not let him. Who knoweth, if God be converted, and forgive, and be turned away from strong vengeance of his wrath, and we shall not perish? Jonah 3:9 (JUB)
Who can tell if God will turn and repent and turn away from his fierce anger, that we not perish? Article Images Copyright © 2020 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. Jonah 3:9 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Jonah 3:9, NIV: "Who knows?God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish.'" Jonah 3:9 Who can tell if God will turn? He might turn away from his burning anger. The parallelogram in Central Assyria covered with remains of buildings has Khorsabad northeast; Koyunjik and Nebbi Yunus near the Tigris, northwest; Nimroud, between the Tigris and the Zab, southwest; and Karamless, at a distance inward from the Zab, southeast. 3 Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time: 2 “Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.” 3 Jonah obeyed the word of the Lord and went to Nineveh. 7. neither . 3. arose and went --like the son who was at first disobedient to the father's command, "Go work in my vineyard," but who afterwards "repented and went" ( Matthew 21:28 Matthew 21:29 ).
See the power of Divine grace, for affliction of itself would rather drive men from God, than draw them to him. ", Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from His fierce anger, that we perish not?". Jonah 3:9 (KJVA)
God may see this and turn from his wrath, so that we might not perish. Jonah 4:6, "[~Yahweh] ['Elohiym]," the compound name of God found in the Book of Genesis. HERODOTUS defines a day's journey to be one hundred fifty stadia; so three days' journey will not be much below DIODORUS' estimate. ", Jonah 3:9 (RSVA)
Jonah faithfully and boldly delivered his errand.
He might turn away from his burning anger. God may turn and relent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish. Jonah 3:9 (ESV)
", Perhaps God will change his mind; perhaps he will stop being angry, and we will not die! Jarchi; and so the Targum. God may see this and turn from his wrath, so that we might not perish. Israel professing to obey, but not obeying, and so doomed to exile in the same Nineveh, answers to the son who said, "I go, sir, and went not." Jonah 3:9 (NKJV)
God may relent and change his mind; he may turn from his fierce anger, so that we do not perish.". God may see this and turn from his wrath, so that we might not perish. He doth turn back, and God hath repented, and hath turned back from the heat of His anger, and we do not perish. Who knows? Compiled & Edited by BibleStudyTools Staff, California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. . Who knoweth, if God be converted, and forgive, and be turned away from strong vengeance of his wrath, and we shall not perish? We read of no sacrifices offered to God to make atonement for sin; but a broken and a contrite heart, such as the Ninevites then had, he will not despise. LAYARD latterly has thought that the name Nineveh belonged originally to Koyunjik, rather than to Nimroud. ", Who knows whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, so that we might not perish?". . Jonah 3:9 (CEBA)
Jonah's statement is confirmed by heathen writers, who describe Nineveh as four hundred eighty stadia in circumference [DIODORUS SICULUS, 2.3]. Also, the benefit of affliction; it brings those back to their place who had deserted it. (5-10). To the Ninevites he was not merely a prophet, but himself a wonder in the earth, as one who had tasted of death, and yet had not seen corruption, but had now returned to witness among them for God. 3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord.Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey. Who knoweth but that God will turn and repent, and will turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? turn--Prayer without reformation is a mockery of God ( Psalms 66:18 , Isaiah 58:6 ). Who can tell if God will turn and relent, and turn away from His fierce anger, so that we may not perish? . The walls were a hundred feet high, and broad enough to allow three chariots abreast, and had moreover fifteen hundred lofty towers.
God may relent and change his mind and turn {from his blazing anger} {so that} we will not perish.". We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. Article Images Copyright © 2020 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated.
Why repentance is important for all people. Jonah 3 New King James Version (NKJV) Jonah Preaches at Nineveh. of
Thus he was a "sign" to them of wrath on the one hand, and, on the other, of mercy. Perhaps God will change his mind; perhaps he will stop being angry, and we will not die! beast . Existing ruins show that Nineveh acquired its greatest extent under the kings of the second dynasty, that is, the kings mentioned in Scripture; it was then that Jonah visited it, and the reports of its magnificence were carried to the west [LAYARD]. Jonah 3:9 (BBE)
Then we won't die. . Jonah 4:8, "[~'Elohiym]," the personal God, sends the worm. The Septuagint and Arabic versions prefix to this the word God sees who turn from their evil ways, and who do not. that knows the ways of repentance, he will return, as Kimchi and Who can tell if God will turn and relent, and turn away from His fierce anger, so that we may not perish? Who can tell if God will turn and repent and turn away from his fierce anger, that we not perish? Proud member
And should it not awaken us to get ready for death, to consider that we cannot be so sure that we shall live forty days, as Nineveh then was that it should stand forty days? which some connect with the next word, "he will return": that is, In prayer we must cry mightily, with fixedness of thought, firmness of faith, and devout affections. taste any thing--The brute creatures share in the evil effects of man's sin ( Jonah 4:11 , Romans 8:20 Romans 8:22 ); so they here according to Eastern custom, are made to share in man's outward indications of humiliation. The work of a fast-day is not done with the day. Maybe God will turn around and change his mind about us, quit being angry with us and let us live! The length thus was greater than the breadth; compare Jonah 3:4 , "a day's journey," which is confirmed by heathen writers and by modern measurements. ), Jonah 3:9 (YLT)
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Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown--The commission, given indefinitely at his setting out, assumes now on his arrival a definite form, and that severer than before.
Jonah 3:9. that we perish not?
", Who knows? They recognized Jonah as God's messenger; they recognized God's power as able to execute the threat, and they had confidence in his mercy if they repented. But God was merciful and offered another chance. Verses 5-10 There was a wonder of Divine grace in the repentance and reformation of Nineveh. Hoping for mercy. Who knows? 8. cry . Maybe God will change his mind. The Jews stumbled at Christ's death, the very fact which ought to have led them to Him, as Jonah's entombment attracted the Ninevites to his message.
Jonah 3:9 (KJV)
Perhaps even yet God will change his mind and hold back his fierce anger from destroying us.”, Who knows?
Who knoweth whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? fast . Jonah was not disobedient, as he had been. Who knows? Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. All greatness was in the Hebrew mind associated with GOD; hence arose the idiom (compare "great mountains," Margin, "mountains of God," Psalms 36:6 ; "goodly cedars," Margin, "cedars of God," Psalms 80:10 ; "a mighty hunter before the Lord," Genesis 10:9 ).
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he speaks here not as nor as absolutely doubting, but as between hope and fear: for, by the light of nature, it is not certain that God will pardon men upon repentance; it is only probable or possible he may; neither the light of nature nor the law of Moses connect repentance and remission of sins, it is the Gospel does this; and it is only by the Gospel revelation that any can be … Jonah 3:9 (WBT)
Though he is said to repent, it is not as man doth, who may, through frailty of his nature, lie; but our God is not a man, or as the son of man, that he should change or lie.
(Who knoweth, if God shall not be converted, or shall not change his thinking, and forgive us, and turn away from the strong vengeance of his anger, and then we shall not perish!
In this discussion of Jonah 3:9 we look at: The king’s statement that he hoped God would repent. Forty days is a long time for a righteous God to delay judgments, yet it is but a little time for an unrighteous people to repent and reform in. Who can tell? What was really a change in them and in God's corresponding dealings is, in condescension to human conceptions, represented as a change in God (compare Exodus 32:14 ), who, in His essential righteousness and mercy, changeth not ( Numbers 23:19 , 1 Samuel 15:29 , Malachi 3:6 , 1:17 ).
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