Jonah began to go into the city, going a day’s journey. And he called out, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!” And the people of Nineveh believed God. (Jonah 3:4-5a)
We don’t know if Jonah preached a lengthier sermon to the Ninevites and this is a summary of his prophecy, or if this is indeed all he said. Either way, it’s interesting when you look at verse 5a.
The Ninevites “believed God.”
Here was a prophet from Israel come to Nineveh, the “great city”. (Jonah 1:2; 3:1). Normally the prophets preached from Jerusalem. Nahum later preached to the Gentiles as a follow up from Jonah, but to my knowledge this is the first time God sent a prophet to go to them. The pagan Ninevites didn’t know Jonah from Adam, as they say. Nor did they know God. Continue reading “Jonah goes to the Ninevites and…”
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