"Arise,goto Ninevehthe greatcityand cryagainstit, for their wickednesshas comeup beforeMe."
From that landhe wentforthinto Assyria,and builtNinevehand Rehoboth-Irand Calah,
So Sennacheribkingof Assyriadepartedand returned[home], and livedat Nineveh.
But a prophetof the LORDwas there,whose name[was] Oded;and he wentout to meetthe armywhich cameto Samariaand saidto them, "Behold,because the LORD,the Godof your fathers,was angrywith Judah,He has deliveredthem into your hand,and you have slainthem in a rage[which] has evenreachedheaven.
and I said,"O my God,I am ashamedand embarrassedto liftup my faceto You, my God,for our iniquitieshave risenaboveour headsand our guilthas grownevento the heavens.
So Sennacheribkingof Assyriadepartedand returned[home] and livedat Nineveh.
"Cryloudly,do not holdback;Raiseyour voicelike a trumpet,And declareto My peopletheir transgressionAnd to the houseof Jacobtheir sins.
But if I say,"I will not rememberHim Or speakanymorein His name,"Then in my heartit becomeslike a burningfireShutup in my bones;And I am wearyof holding[it] in, And I cannotendure[it].
"But you shall speakMy wordsto them whetherthey listenornot, for they are rebellious.
And they do not considerin their heartsThat I rememberalltheir wickedness.Nowtheir deedsare allaroundthem; They are beforeMy face.
"Arise,goto Ninevehthe greatcityand proclaimto it the proclamationwhichI am going to tellyou."
So Jonaharoseand wentto Ninevehaccording to the wordof the LORD.Now Ninevehwas an exceedinglygreatcity,a threedays'walk.
"Should I not havecompassionon Nineveh,the greatcityin whichthereare morethan120000personswhodo not know[the difference] betweentheir rightand lefthand,as well as manyanimals?"
On the otherhandI am filledwith power--With the Spiritof the LORD--And with justiceand courageTo makeknownto Jacobhis rebelliousact,Even to Israelhis sin.
The oracleof Nineveh.The bookof the visionof Nahumthe Elkoshite.
Thereis norelieffor your breakdown,Your woundis incurable.Allwho hearaboutyou Will clap[their] handsoveryou, For on whomhas not your evilpassedcontinually?
and you will evenbe broughtbeforegovernorsand kingsfor My sake,as a testimonyto them and to the Gentiles.
"The menof Ninevehwill standup with thisgenerationat the judgment,and will condemnit becausethey repentedat the preachingof Jonah;and behold,something greaterthan Jonahis here.
Behold,the payof the laborerswho mowedyour fields,[and] which has been withheldby you, criesout [against you]; and the outcryof thosewho did the harvestinghas reachedthe earsof the Lordof Sabaoth.
for her sinshave piledup as highas heaven,and Godhas rememberedher iniquities.
