Jonah 1:2

Good News Translation

He said, “Go to Nineveh, that great city, and speak out against it; I am aware of how wicked its people are.”

Cross References

Genesis 10:11

From that land he went to Assyria and built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,

2 Kings 19:36

Then the Assyrian emperor Sennacherib withdrew and returned to Nineveh.

2 Chronicles 28:9

A man named Oded, a prophet of the Lord, lived in the city of Samaria. He met the returning Israelite army with its Judean prisoners as it was about to enter the city, and he said, “The Lord God of your ancestors was angry with Judah and let you defeat them, but now he has heard of the vicious way you slaughtered them.

Ezra 9:6

I said, “O God, I am too ashamed to raise my head in your presence. Our sins pile up higher than our heads; they reach as high as the heavens.

Isaiah 37:37

Then the Assyrian emperor Sennacherib withdrew and returned to Nineveh.

Isaiah 58:1

The Lord says, “Shout as loud as you can! Tell my people Israel about their sins!

Jeremiah 20:9

But when I say, “I will forget the Lord and no longer speak in his name,” then your message is like a fire burning deep within me. I try my best to hold it in, but can no longer keep it back.

Ezekiel 2:7

You will tell them whatever I tell you to say, whether they listen or not. Remember what rebels they are.

Hosea 7:2

It never enters their heads that I will remember all this evil; but their sins surround them, and I cannot avoid seeing them.”

Jonah 3:2

He said, “Go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to the people the message I have given you.”

Jonah 3:3

So Jonah obeyed the Lord and went to Nineveh, a city so large that it took three days to walk through it.

Jonah 4:11

How much more, then, should I have pity on Nineveh, that great city. After all, it has more than 120,000 innocent children in it, as well as many animals!”

Micah 3:8

But as for me, the Lord fills me with his spirit and power, and gives me a sense of justice and the courage to tell the people of Israel what their sins are.

Nahum 1:1

This is a message about Nineveh, the account of a vision seen by Nahum, who was from Elkosh.

Nahum 3:19

There is no remedy for your injuries, and your wounds cannot be healed. All those who hear the news of your destruction clap their hands for joy. Did anyone escape your endless cruelty?

Matthew 10:18

For my sake you will be brought to trial before rulers and kings, to tell the Good News to them and to the Gentiles.

Matthew 12:41

On the Judgment Day the people of Nineveh will stand up and accuse you, because they turned from their sins when they heard Jonah preach; and I tell you that there is something here greater than Jonah!

James 5:4

You have not paid any wages to those who work in your fields. Listen to their complaints! The cries of those who gather in your crops have reached the ears of God, the Lord Almighty.

Revelation 18:5

For her sins are piled up as high as heaven, and God remembers her wicked ways.