Jonah 1:2

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“Nineveh is a big city. I have heard about the many evil things the people are doing there. So go there and tell them to stop doing such evil things.”

Cross References

Genesis 10:11

Nimrod also went into Assyria. In Assyria, Nimrod built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah, and

Nahum 1:1

This book is the vision of Nahum from Elkosh. This is the sad message about the city of Nineveh.

Jonah 4:11

If you can get upset over a plant, surely I can feel sorry for a big city like Nineveh. There are many people and animals in that city. There are more than 120,000 people there who did not know they were doing wrong.”

Jonah 3:2

“Go to that big city Nineveh, and say what I tell you.”

Isaiah 58:1

Shout as loud as you can and don’t stop. Shout like a trumpet! Tell the people what they did wrong. Tell the family of Jacob about their sins.

Revelation 18:5

That city’s sins are piled up as high as heaven. God has not forgotten the wrongs she has done.

2 Kings 19:36

So King Sennacherib of Assyria left and went back to Nineveh where he stayed.

Micah 3:8

But the Lord’s Spirit has filled me with power, goodness, and strength. So I can tell Jacob about his crimes, and so I can tell Israel about his sins!

Ezekiel 2:7

You must tell them what I say, whether they listen or not. They are people who usually refuse to listen!

Ezra 9:6

Then I prayed this prayer: “My God, I am too ashamed and embarrassed to look at you. I am ashamed because our sins are higher than our heads. Our guilt has reached all the way up to the heavens.

James 5:4

People worked in your fields, but you did not pay them. They are crying out against you. They harvested your crops. Now the Lord All-Powerful has heard their cries.

Matthew 10:18

You will be taken to stand before governors and kings. People will do this to you because you follow me. You will tell about me to those kings and governors and to the non-Jewish people.

Matthew 12:41

On the judgment day, you people who live now will be compared with the people from Nineveh, and they will be witnesses who show how guilty you are. Why do I say this? Because when Jonah preached to those people, they changed their lives. And you are listening to someone greater than Jonah, but you refuse to change!

Isaiah 37:37

So King Sennacherib of Assyria went back to Nineveh and stayed there.

Jeremiah 20:9

Sometimes I say to myself, “I will forget about him. I will not speak anymore in his name.” But when I say that, his message is like a fire burning inside me! It feels like it is burning deep in my bones! I get tired of trying to hold his message inside. And finally, I am not able to hold it in.

Hosea 7:2

They don’t believe that I will remember their crimes. The bad things they did are all around. I can see their sins clearly.

Jonah 3:3

So Jonah obeyed the Lord and went to Nineveh. It was a very large city. A person had to walk for three days to travel through it.

2 Chronicles 28:9

But one of the Lord’s prophets named Oded was there. Oded met the Israelite army that came back to Samaria. He said to the Israelite army, “The Lord, the God your ancestors worshiped, let you defeat the people of Judah because he was angry with them. But now he is angry with you, because he has seen how cruel you were in killing them.

Nahum 3:19

Nineveh, you have been hurt badly, and nothing can heal your wound. Everyone who hears the news of your destruction claps their hands. They are all happy, because they all felt the pain you caused again and again.