Compare in Ahab's case, parallel to that of Nineveh, both receiving a respite on penitence ( 1 Kings 21:27 , 1 Kings 20:31 1 Kings 20:32 , Joel 1:13 ). Verses 5-10 There was a wonder of Divine grace in the repentance and reformation of Nineveh. To the Pharisees in Christ's time, who, not content with the many signs exhibited by Him, still demanded a sign from heaven, He gave a sign in the opposite quarter, namely, Jonah, who came "out of the belly of hell" (the unseen region). His making use of us is an evidence of his being at peace with us. Jonah 3:3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. See the power of Divine grace, for affliction of itself would rather drive men from God, than draw them to him. God may relent and change his mind and turn {from his blazing anger} {so that} we will not perish.". On the latter occasion ( Matthew 16:1-4 ) when the Pharisees and Sadducees tempted Him, asking a sign from heaven, He answered, "No sign shall be given, but the sign of the prophet Jonas," Matthew 12:39 . Who can tell [if] God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? In prayer we must cry mightily, with fixedness of thought, firmness of faith, and devout affections. God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish.”. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey. Guilty Jonah saved from the jaws of death gives a ray of hope to guilty Nineveh. . God did not bring judgment on Nineveh. ', Compiled & Edited by BibleStudyTools Staff, Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Hoping for mercy. Jonah 3:9 (LEB) Study Jonah 3 - 'Pyhä Raamattu (1933/1938)' translation alongside Exploring the Meaning of Jonah 3 and Word. Re… 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. 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. Jonah 3:1-10 . Jonah 3:9 (NKJV) Jonah 3:9 (WEB) God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish.”. Who can tell if HaElohim will turn and relent, and turn away from His fierce anger, that we perish not? Who knows, God may yet repent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we perish not? . . 4 Jonah began by going a day's journey into the city, proclaiming, 'Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown.' In Noah's days one hundred twenty years of warning were given to men, yet they repented not till the flood came, and it was too late. Maybe God will turn around and change his mind about us, quit being angry with us and let us live! Jonah ( Jonah 4:11 ) mentions the children as numbering one hundred twenty thousand, which would give about a million to the whole population. Maybe he will stop being angry, and then we will not die. Why repentance is important for all people. (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! A fast was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth. Who can tell - Believed God; believed in God, which implies trust and hope; Vulgate, crediderunt in Deum. 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." (5-10). 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]. The Book of Jonah is a book of the Nevi'im ("Prophets") in the Hebrew Bible.It tells of a Hebrew prophet named Jonah son of Amittai who is sent by God to prophesy the destruction of Nineveh but tries to escape the divine mission. Who knows, God may yet repent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we perish not? Nineveh was an exceeding great city--literally, "great to God," that is, before God. Then we won't die. 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. Today, in Jonah 3, we are going to see Jonah running with God. Jonah 4:9, "[~'Elohiym]," the Ruler of Nature sends the east wind. ), Jonah 3:9 (YLT) of that knows the transgressions he is guilty of, will return, as three days' journey--that is, about sixty miles, allowing about twenty miles for a day's journey. Jonah Goes to Nineveh. . 3 Jonah obeyed the word of the LORD and went to Nineveh. 3 And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying, 2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. Proud member Jonah 3:9 (JUB) Gracious in … Jonas 3:9 (LXX) See here the nature of repentance; it is the change of our mind and way, and a return to our work and duty. But Jonah's entombment only had the effect of a moral suasive; Christ's resurrection assures us God is fully reconciliation between God and man [FAIRBAIRN]. ", Who knows? A very small degree of light may convince men that humbling themselves before God, confessing their sins with prayer, and turning from sin, are means of escaping wrath and obtaining mercy. 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. He doth turn back, and God hath repented, and hath turned back from the heat of His anger, and we do not perish. which some connect with the next word, "he will return": that is, . Perhaps God will change his mind; perhaps he will stop being angry, and we will not die! Who knows? Jonah 3:9 (KJV) Copyright © 2020, Bible Study Tools. God may turn and relent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish. Ben Melech; or that knows that he has sinned, as Aben Ezra: or Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey. ", Who knows whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, so that we might not perish?". They dared not presume, but they did not despair. The oldest palaces are at Nimroud, which was probably the original site. It was forty days that Moses, Elijah, and Christ fasted. Jonah 3 New King James Version (NKJV) Jonah Preaches at Nineveh. Jarchi; and so the Targum. God may relent and change his mind and turn {from his blazing anger} {so that} we will not perish.". Who knows if God will repent, and turn from his fierce anger, and we shall not perish? Who knoweth? 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 knows? All rights reserved. Prayer, on the other hand, must precede true reformation, as we cannot turn to God from our evil way unless God first turns us ( Jeremiah 31:18 Jeremiah 31:19 ). Then we won't die. Let us boldly cast ourselves down at the footstool of free grace, and God will look upon us with compassion. Perhaps even yet God will change his mind and hold back his fierce anger from destroying us.”, Who knows? ', Jonah sent again to Nineveh, preaches there. 8. cry . Who knows? ", Perhaps God will change his mind; perhaps he will stop being angry, and we will not die! 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. 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. from the greatest . that knows the ways of repentance, he will return, as Kimchi and It concerns us in prayer to stir up all that is within us. Who knows? Who can tell? (1-4) Nineveh is spared upon the repentance of the inhabitants. He is in perfect and complete control, and he will not allow some patriotic, Jewish prophet to keep Him from performing what He wants to do. 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. 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. Then () he cried out and said, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!”. 2 Pe 3:9, “ The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.” and He did not do it. JONAH'S SECOND COMMISSION TO NINEVEH: THE NINEVITES REPENT OF THEIR EVIL WAY: SO GOD REPENTS OF THE EVIL THREATENED. ", "Who knows, God may turn and relent and withdraw His burning anger so that we will not perish.". Prophecy is not merely for the sake of proving God's omniscience by the verification of predictions of the future, but is mainly designed to vindicate God's justice and mercy in dealing with the impenitent and penitent respectively ( Romans 11:22 ). The People of Nineveh Believe. Who knows, God may yet repent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we perish not? ", Jonah 3:9 (NAS) Who knows? The work of a fast-day is not done with the day. He thought, Who knows? Who can tell if God will turn and repent , and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? Jonah 3:9 (BBE) LAYARD latterly has thought that the name Nineveh belonged originally to Koyunjik, rather than to Nimroud. God may see this and turn from his wrath, so that we might not perish. Copyright © 2020, Bible Study Tools. Forty years elapsed from the beginning of Christ's ministry (the antitype of Jonah's) to the destruction of Jerusalem. Yonah 3:9 (OJB) 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. 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. 9. Who can tell--(Compare Joel 2:14 ). There is in the meaning of the Prophet nothing ambiguous, for he introduces the king here as expressing a doubt, Who knows whether God will be reconciled to us? ", Jonah 3:9 (GNTA) Jonah 3:9 (MSG) 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 ) . In this discussion of Jonah 3:9 we look at: The king’s statement that he hoped God would repent. 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. So God's mode of dealing with them must alter accordingly, if God is not to be inconsistent with His own immutable character of dealing with men according to their works and state of heart, taking vengeance at last on the hardened impenitent, and delighting to show mercy on the penitent. Perhaps even yet God will change his mind and hold back his fierce anger from destroying us.”, Jonah 3:9 (NRS) of We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. Maybe God will turn around and change his mind about us, quit being angry with us and let us live! Jonah 3:9 (ASV) He neither endeavoured to avoid hearing the command, nor declined to obey it. 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.” to the least--The penitence was not partial, but pervading all classes. Who knoweth but that God will turn and repent, and will turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? 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. Evil Ways is “Works” and Not Bible Repentance. 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. Who knows? Jonah 3:9, ESV: "Who knows?God may turn and relent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish.”" Jonah 1 English Standard Version (ESV) Jonah Flees the Presence of the Lord. As Jonah's restoration gave hope of God's placability to Nineveh, so Christ's resurrection assures us God is fully reconciled to man by Christ's death. This number is in Scripture associated often with humiliation. Who knoweth, if God be converted, and forgive, and be turned away from strong vengeance of his wrath, and we shall not perish? Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? Who knows? the preaching--literally, "proclaim the proclamation." Who can tell if God will turn and repent , and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? Their own religion was as likely to conceal as to make known the real character of the Deity. If the Ninevites had indulged in a captious spirit, they never would have inquired and so known Jonah's wonderful history; but being humbled by God's awful message, they learned from Jonah himself that it was the previous concealing in his bosom of the same message of their own doom that caused him to be entombed as an outcast from the living. 6. in ashes--emblem of the deepest humiliation ( Job 2:8 , Ezekiel 27:30 ). 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? Yet they believed in Him, as the Supreme God, “the” object of awe, the God אלהים 'ĕlohı̂ym Jonah 3:5, Jonah 3:8, האלהים ha'ĕlohı̂ym Jonah 3:9, although they knew Him not, as He Is, the Self-Existent One. ", Jonah 3:9 (TMB) Hope of mercy is the great encouragement to repentance and reformation. The change in the form which the Ninevites would hear from Jonah on anxious inquiry into his history, would alarm them the more, as implying the increasing nearness and certainty of their doom, and would at the same time reprove Jonah for his previous guilt in delaying to warn them. 1 The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.” 3 But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish ().He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. God may see this and turn from his wrath, so that we might not perish. Who can tell [if] God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? Jonah 4:4 "[~Yahweh]," meaning God the Creator is used. Let even the brute creatures' cries and moans for want of food remind their owners to cry to God. The story has a long interpretive history and has become well known through popular children's stories. Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from His fierce anger, that we perish not?". 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. Jonah 3:9 (RSV) . We should be alarmed if we were sure not to live a month, yet we are careless though we are not sure to live a day. Who can tell if God will turn and repent and turn away from his fierce anger, that we not perish? 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. But let examples illustrate this. On the former occasion the specific object of his commission to Nineveh was declared; here it is indeterminate. Jonah had made a serious mistake and suffered serious consequences. New American Standard Bible. Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? 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 (GW) Thus God, who brings good from evil, made Jonah in his fall, punishment, and restoration, a sign (an embodied lesson or living symbol) through which the Ninevites were roused to hear and repent, as they would not have been likely to do, had he gone on the first commission before his living entombment and resurrection. 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