Jonah 3:2
Jonah · Old Testament · Chapter 3
“Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.”Jonah 3:2
What Does Jonah 3:2 Mean?
Jonah 3:2 is found in the book of Jonah, chapter 3, 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.
Key themes in this passage include Mission.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Jonah 3:2 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
2 Timothy 4:2“Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.”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?”Jeremiah 1:17“Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.”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.”Jonah 1:2“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.”Jonah 3:3“So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days’ journey.”Luke 11:30“For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.”Acts 18:9“Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:”Exodus 4:28“And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.”2 Kings 19:36“So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.”Esther 9:31“To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.”Jeremiah 15:19“Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.”Jeremiah 19:2“And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee,”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;”Ezekiel 3:17“Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.”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 3:8“Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:”Matthew 21:29“He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.”John 5:14“Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.”Ecclesiastes 1:1“The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.”
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