Jonah 1:2
Jonah · Old Testament · Chapter 1
“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.”Jonah 1:2
What Does Jonah 1:2 Mean?
Jonah 1:2 is found in the book of Jonah, chapter 1, verse 2 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Jonah 1:2 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Jonah 4:11“And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?”Genesis 18:20“And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;”Genesis 10:11“Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,”Revelation 18:5“For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.”Isaiah 56:10“His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.”Isaiah 58:1“Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.”Nahum 1:1“The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.”2 Kings 19:36“So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.”Psalms 77:6“I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.”Jonah 3:2“Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.”Zephaniah 2:13“And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.”Matthew 12:41“The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.”Isaiah 37:37“So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.”Jeremiah 1:7“But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.”Ezekiel 3:5“For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;”Ezra 9:6“And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.”Psalms 74:23“Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.”Ezekiel 2:7“And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.”Micah 3:8“But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.”Luke 11:32“The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.”
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