The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

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Jonah 3:1 (NIV)

Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time:

 

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Jonah 3:2 (NIV)

“Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.”

 

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Jonah 3:3 (NIV)

Jonah obeyed the word of the Lord and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very large city; it took three days to go through it.

 

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Jonah 3:4 (NIV)

Jonah began by going a day’s journey into the city, proclaiming, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown.”

 

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Jonah 3:5 (NIV)

The Ninevites believed God. A fast was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.

 

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Jonah 3:6 (NIV)

When Jonah’s warning reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes,
covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust.

 

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Jonah 3:7 (NIV)

This is the proclamation he issued in Nineveh:

“By the decree of the king and his nobles:
Do not let people or animals, herds or flocks, taste anything; do not let them eat or drink.

 

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Jonah 3:8 (NIV)

But let people and animals be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call urgently on God.
Let them give up their evil ways and their violence.

 

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Jonah 3:9 (NIV)

Who knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish.”

 

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Jonah 3:10 (NIV)

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.

 

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Jonah 4:1 (CSB)

Jonah was greatly displeased and became furious.

 

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Jonah 4:2 (CSB)

He prayed to the Lord, “Please, Lord, isn’t this what I said while I was still in my own country? That’s why I fled toward Tarshish
in the first place. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in faithful love, and one who
relents from sending disaster.

 

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Jonah 4:3 (CSB)

And now, Lord, take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

 

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Jonah 4:4 (CSB)

The Lord asked, “Is it right for you to be angry?”

 

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Jonah 4:5 (CSB)

Jonah left the city and found a place east of it. He made himself a shelter there and sat in its shade to see what would happen
to the city.

 

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Jonah 4:6 (CSB)

Then the Lord God appointed a plant, and it grew over Jonah to provide shade for his head to rescue him from his trouble.
Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant.

 

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Jonah 4:7 (CSB)

When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant, and it withered.

 

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Jonah 4:8 (CSB)

As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind. The sun beat down on Jonah’s head so much that he almost fainted,
and he wanted to die. He said, “It’s better for me to die than to live."

 

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Jonah 4:9 (CSB)

Then God asked Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?”

“Yes, it’s right!” he replied. “I’m angry enough to die!”

 

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Jonah 4:10 (CSB)

And the Lord said, “You cared about the plant, which you did not labor over and did not grow.
It appeared in a night and perished in a night.