Jonah 1:2 ““Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, becaus…”

Jonah 1:2

“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

World English Bible

“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach against it, for their wickedness has come up before me.”

American Standard Version

Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

Geneva Bible 1599

Arise, and goe to Nineueh, that great citie, and crye against it: for their wickednesse is come vp before mee.

Darby Translation

Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

Young's Literal Translation

'Rise, go unto Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim against it that their wickedness hath come up before Me.'

Bible in Basic English

Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and let your voice come to it; for their evil-doing has come up before me.

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Cross references

“Nineveh”

Genesis 10:11 Nahum 1:1 Jonah 3:2 Jonah 4:11 Zephaniah 2:13–15 2 Kings 19:36

Genesis 10:11 · BSB

From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,

Nahum 1:1 · BSB

This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:

Jonah 3:2 · BSB

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

Jonah 4:11 · BSB

So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?”

Zephaniah 2:13–15 · BSB

And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert.

2 Kings 19:36 · BSB

So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.

“cry”

Isaiah 58:1 Jeremiah 1:7–10 Ezekiel 3:5–9 Ezekiel 2:7 Micah 3:8 Matthew 10:18

Isaiah 58:1 · BSB

“Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.

Jeremiah 1:7–10 · BSB

But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.

Ezekiel 3:5–9 · BSB

For you are not being sent to a people of unfamiliar speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel—

Ezekiel 2:7 · BSB

But speak My words to them, whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.

Micah 3:8 · BSB

As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.

Matthew 10:18 · BSB

On My account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.

“for”

Revelation 18:5 Ezra 9:6 James 5:4 Genesis 18:20 Genesis 18:21

Revelation 18:5 · BSB

For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.

Ezra 9:6 · BSB

and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.

James 5:4 · BSB

Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

Genesis 18:20 · BSB

Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,

Genesis 18:21 · BSB

I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying,

3Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.

Read Jonah 1