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Jonah 3:1-10 (RSV)

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1 Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying, 2 "Arise, go to Nin'eveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you." 3 So Jonah arose and went to Nin'eveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nin'eveh was an exceedingly great city, three days' journey in breadth. 4 Jonah began to go into the city, going a day's journey. And he cried, "Yet forty days, and Nin'eveh shall be overthrown!" 5 And the people of Nin'eveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them. 6 Then tidings reached the king of Nin'eveh, and he arose from his throne, removed his robe, and covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 7 And he made proclamation and published through Nin'eveh, "By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, or drink water, 8 but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them cry mightily to God; yea, let every one turn from his evil way and from the violence which is in his hands. 9 Who knows, God may yet repent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we perish not?" 10 When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God repented of the evil which he had said he would do to them; and he did not do it.


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 5) Believing / Unbelief - Ninevites - believed God after Jonah call them to repentance
(v. 5) Fasting - Ninevites - fasted after hearing their city would be overturned
(v. 7) Evangelism - Jonah - brought the message to the Ninevites
(v. 8) Evangelism - Jonah - brought the message to the Ninevites
(v. 9) Evangelism - Jonah - brought the message to the Ninevites
(v. 9) Repentance - Who knows? God may yet relent
(v. 10) Evangelism - Jonah - brought the message to the Ninevites
(v. 10) Compassion / Concern - God had compassion on the Ninevites - after seeing them turn from their evil ways

This passage relates to the following question(s):
(v. 10) Does God change or not? God did not bring upon them the destruction he had threatened

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 7) Lead By Example (2015-02-11)
(v. 8) Lead By Example (2015-02-11)
(v. 10) Change in Plans (2015-09-23)

Definition(s):
Jonah (Joh-na): or Jonas, a dove; he that oppresses; destroyer