Jonah 3:2

Jonah 3:2 

Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.

a. ASV: Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.

b. YLT: ‘Rise, go unto Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim unto it the proclamation that I am speaking unto thee;’ 

c. Classic Amplified: Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach and cry out to it the preaching that I tell you.

d. Septuagint: Rise, go to Nineve, the great city, and preach in it according to the former preaching which I spoke to thee of.

e. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/ Writings: “Arise! Go to Nineveh the great city, and call out against her the proclamation that I tell you.”

1. “Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city…”

a. Arise [Strong: 6965 quwm koom a primitive root; to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative):--abide, accomplish, X be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, X be dim, endure, X enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, X but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-)rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-)stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, - rising).]

b. go [Strong: 1980 halak haw-lak' akin to 3212; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively):--(all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, + be eased, enter, exercise (self), + follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), + greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, X more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), + send, speedily, spread, still, surely, + tale-bearer, + travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-)faring man, X be weak, whirl.]

c. unto [Strong: 413 'el ale (but only used in the shortened constructive form sel {el}); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or among; often in general, to:--about, according to ,after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, X hath, in(- to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).]

d. Nineveh [Strong: 5210 Niynveh nee-nev-ay' of foreign origin; Nineveh, the capital of Assyria:--Nineveh.]

1). Unger’s Bible Dictionary: Nineveh: Famous ancient city situated on the eastern bank of the Tigris River, opposite the modern city of Mosul. The Bible names Nimrod as the founder of Nineveh (Genesis 10:8-11). In 612 B.C. the city , the capital of the Assyrian Empire was so completely obliterated, according the it prophesied decimation by Hebrew prophets, that it became like a myth until its discovery by Sir Austin Layard and others in the nineteenth century [2500 years]. The site has been extensively excavated. Its levels reach back as far as prehistoric times. Excavated pottery indicates Sumerian origin. The actual walled city has been outlined to indicate an area three miles in length and less than a mile and a half in breadth; the wall itself was 8 miles in length. The Hebrews, however, perhaps like other foreigners, were in the habit of including other cities under the name of Nineveh (Asyrian, Nuna or Ninua). A modern comparison would be the complex of cities that constitute New York City...The four cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth, Calah, and Resen are catalogued in Genesis 10;11,12 as constituting “the great city”. The prophesied destruction of Nineveh is found in Nahum 21-3:19 and Zephaniah 2:13-15.

2). It was about 160 years between the repentance of Nineveh and its destruction by an alliance of Babylonians, Medes, and Scythians.   

e. [that] great [Strong: 1419 gadowl gaw-dole' or (shortened) gadol {gaw-dole'}; from 1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent:--+ aloud, elder(-est), + exceeding(-ly), + far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, X sore, (X ) very.]

f. city [Strong: 5892 `iyr eer or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post):--Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.]

1). There were 120,000 people in Nineveh.

a). 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 much cattle?

b). The Ohio city of Dayton has 141,000 people.

2. “...and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.”

a. [and] preach [Strong: 7121 qara' kaw-raw' a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met); to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications):--bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.]

b. Unto [it] [Strong: 413 'el ale (but only used in the shortened constructive form sel {el}); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or among; often in general, to:--about, according to ,after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, X hath, in(- to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).]

c. [the] preaching [Strong: 7150 qriy'ah ker-ee-aw' from 7121; a proclamation:--preaching.]

d. that [Strong: 834 'aher ash-er' a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.:--X after, X alike, as (soon as), because, X every, for, + forasmuch, + from whence, + how(-soever), X if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), X though, + until, + whatsoever, when, where (+ -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, + whither(- soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.]

e. I [Strong: 595 'anokiy aw-no-kee' sometimes {aw-no'-kee}; a primitive pro.; I:--I, me, X which.

f. bid [thee] [Strong: 1696 dabar daw-bar' a primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue:--answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.]

g. [Strong: 413 'el ale (but only used in the shortened constructive form sel {el}); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or among; often in general, to:--about, according to ,after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, X hath, in(- to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).]