Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
Jonah 1:2
Go to Nineveh—and cry against it— Or preach. It means the same as to prophesy; and therefore Houbigant so renders it.
Go to Nineveh—and cry against it— Or preach. It means the same as to prophesy; and therefore Houbigant so renders it.
Verse Jonah 1:2. _GO TO NINEVEH_] This was the capital of the Assyrian empire, and one of the most _ancient_ cities of the world, Genesis 10:10-1; and one of the _largest_, as it was _three days' jou...
ARISE, GO TO NINEVEH, THAT GREAT CITY - The Assyrian history, as far as it has yet been discovered, is very bare of events in regard to this period. We have as yet the names of three kings only for 15...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS CHAPTER 1 The Commission of the Prophet ,His Disobedience, and the Consequences _ 1. The commission (John 1:1) _ 2. The disobedience (John 1:3) 3. The consequences (John...
JONAH 1:1 TO JONAH 2:1; JONAH 2:10. JONAH VAINLY SEEKS TO EVADE THE MISSION TO WHICH GOD APPOINTS HIM. Jonah is bidden by Yahweh to proclaim judgment on Nineveh for its sin, but he hurries in the oppo...
ARISE, go. Contrast "rose up to flee" (Jonah 1:3). NINEVEH. Op. Genesis 10:11; Genesis 10:12. Mentioned again in Jon 8:2, Jon 8:3. Jonah 4:11. T
_Nineveh_ On the E. bank of the Tigris, the capital of the ancient kingdom and empire of Assyria, and "the most magnificent of all the capitals of the ancient world." The building of it is mentioned a...
_ARISE; GO PREACH TO NINEVEH -- JONAH 1:1-3:_ God is concerned even with the wickedness of heathen nations. So He commanded Jonah to preach in Nineveh. Jonah, the son of Amittai, was a prophet of God...
GOD'S MESSENGER RUNNING FROM GODTHE COMMISSION OF JONAH TEXT: Jonah 1:1-2 1 Now the word of Jehovah came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry ag...
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. ARISE, GO TO NINEVEH - east of the Tigris, opposite the modern Mosul. The only case of a prophe...
THE DISOBEDIENCE OF JONAH 2. Nineveh] the world-famous capital of Assyria, on the Tigris. For its wickedness cp. Nahum 3. 3. Jonah seeks to escape from the unwelcome task, both because he hates the N...
THE MAN WHO DISAGREED WITH GOD JONAH _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ INTRODUCTION The book does not say who wrote it. It is unlikely that Jonah was the author. This is because the story is not very favourable...
NINEVEH, THAT GREAT CITY. — The size of Nineveh is throughout the book brought into prominent notice. (See Jonah 3:2; Jonah 4:11.) The traditions preserved in Greek and Roman writers dwell on the same...
ק֠וּם לֵ֧ךְ אֶל ־נִֽינְוֵ֛ה הָ עִ֥יר הַ
THE GREAT REFUSAL John 1:1 WE have now laid clear the lines upon which the Book of Jonah was composed. Its purpose is to illustrate God's grace to the heathen in face of His people's refusal to fulfi...
FLEEING FROM GOD AND DUTY John 1:1-16 Jonah is mentioned in 2 Kings 14:25. He was clearly very patriotic, and did not despair of his country in its darkest days. This commission to Nineveh was theref...
In narrating his own experience on his mission to Nineveh, Jonah intended to teach his people the lesson of the inclusiveness of the divine government, and thus to rebuke their exclusive attitude towa...
Arise, go to (b) Nineveh, that (c) great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. (b) For seeing the great obstipation of the Israelites, he sent his Prophet to the Gentil...
Ninive, the capital city of the Assyrian empire. (Challoner) --- It was 150 stadia long and 90 broad, (Diodorus ii.) on the western bank of the Tigris. (Pliny, [Natural History?] vi. 13.) --- Mosul, w...
By the word of the Lord coming unto Jonah, is meant the impression made on his mind, either by vision or revelation; and Jonah perfectly understood that the direction to go to Nineveh was of the Lord....
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. The most cursory reader can hardly avoid seeing that Jonah has a peculiar place among the prophets. There is none more intensely Jewish; yet his prophecy was...
Jonah the Sprinter I. INTRODUCTION A. This morning we begin the study of the book of Jonah! 1. This little book is only 4 Chapter s long, but filled with spiritual truths! 2. There has also been m...
_Arise, go to Nineveh, to that great city. _Nineveh is called a great city, and not without reason; for it was in circumference, as heathen writers say, 400 stadia: and we shall see that Jonah was thr...
Introduction to Jonah Nineveh-which represents the world in its natural greatness, full of pride and iniquity, regardless of God and of His authority-had deserved the righteous judgment of God. This i...
ARISE, GO TO NINEVEH, THAT GREAT CITY,.... That is, arise from the place where he was, and leave the business he was about, and prepare for a long journey to the place mentioned, and be as expeditious...
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. Ver. 2. _Arise, go to Nineveh_] _Haec est vocatio prophetae,_ saith Oecolampadius: this was the p...
_Now the word of the Lord_ An impulse or revelation from the Lord, significative of his will; _came unto Jonah, the son of Amittai_ Of whom see 2 Kings 14:25. It is probable he had been before acquain...
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it, by preaching a call to repentance; FOR THEIR WICKEDNESS IS COME UP BEFORE ME, as had that of Sodom and Gomorrah hundreds of years before. Cf...
JONAH'S COMMISSION AND FLIGHT...
ARISE; forthwith prepare thyself, and get all in readiness, and with hearty resolution set upon the work. GO; so soon as thou art ready, set forward on thy journey, make not any delay. NINEVEH; the ch...
Jonah 1:2 Arise H6965 (H8798) go H3212 (H8798) Nineveh H5210 great H1419 city H5892 cry H7121 ...
‘Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it, for their wickedness is come up before me.' YHWH's command was that Jonah should go to Nineveh to proclaim His word there, because He was aw...
NINEVEH (_ See Scofield) - (Nahum 1:1). _...
John 1:1 The main features of the case are: (1) A Divine commission and command distinctly and authoritatively given, with some of the reasons for it annexed, although with others certainly not fully...
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 pro...
Jonah 1:1. Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. But Jonah rose up...
CONTENTS: Jonah's commission and effort to avoid God's will. Swallowed by a great fish. CHARACTERS: God, Jonah, seamen. CONCLUSION: Men may be distinctly called of God to proclaim His message, yet r...
Jonah 1:1. _The word of the Lord came to Jonah._ The word of prophecy, delivered by Christ, the preëxistent Word, as appears from his reasoning with the prophet when angry that Nineveh was spared. Jon...
_Go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it._ THE COMPARATIVE CORRUPTION OF GREAT CITIES PROPOSITION That though by no means exclusively, yet in cities that are great and luxurious, integrit...
_Now the Word of the Lord came unto Jonah._ JONAH, THE RUNAWAY PROPHET The commission may be viewed-- I. In its source. It is-- 1. Supreme, as the Word of the Lord. 2. Peremptory; it is absolute,...
JONAH 1:1 Jonah’s Commissioning and Flight. This episode records Jonah’s call to prophesy and his flight from that call. Two questions drive the plot: (1) What will happen to the Ninevites? and (2) Wh...
JONAH—NOTE ON JONAH 1:2 NINEVEH was on the east bank of the Tigris River, more than 500 miles (805 km) northeast of Israel. GREAT is used 14 times in Jonah. Nineveh was an important CITY (see...
CRITICAL NOTES.] AND (now)] a continuation of the Hebrew writings, not an independent PART. Jonah 1:2. That] Heb. the city, the great, the art, a demonstrative force. NINEVEH] Cf. Genesis 10:11, _Sm...
EXPOSITION JONAH 1:1 Part I. THE MISSION OF JONAH. HIS DISOBEDIENCE AND PUNISHMENT. JONAH 1:1 § 1. Jonah is sent to Nine
CHAPTER II. THE PROPHET'S COMMISSION TO GO TO NINEVEH WHY GIVEN? AND FOR WHAT ENDS? JONAH, we have already seen, was a prophet in the kingdom of Israel; and as the prophetical gift, like every other c...
Jonah Now we come to that interesting prophet Jonah. Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedne...
2 Kings 19:36; Ezekiel 2:7; Ezekiel 3:5; Ezra 9:6; Genesis 10:11;...
JONAH, THE BOOK OF DIVINE REVELATIONS Jonah 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We want, as we enter into the Book of Jonah, to speak of its historicity. There are many today who relegate this most marvelous me...