CRITICAL NOTES.] JONAH 3:2. ARISE] J. might not imagine that God would send him again. But he appears to have some settled home, and an interval seems to have elapsed before the second commission, to give time for the report to spread. PREACH] Lit. proclaim. _HOMILETICS_ JONAH A SIGN TO THE NINEV... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.] JONAH 3:3. WENT] I am made wiser by correction. GREAT CITY] Lit. great to God. Some great _through_ God, _i.e._ through his favour; others great before God. “It was most natural to refer the size of a city, of which the Hebrews could form no adequate conception, to the Divine estim... [ Continue Reading ]
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 humiliation (1 Kings 21:27; Joel 1:13). Penitence universal. JONAH 3:6. WORD] The matter; report of Jonah’s preaching,... [ Continue Reading ]