Jonah 1:2

New Century Version

“Get up, go to the great city of Nineveh, and preach against it, because I see the evil things they do.”

Cross References

Genesis 10:11

From there he went to Assyria, where he built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, and Calah.

2 Kings 19:36

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

2 Chronicles 28:9

But a prophet of the Lord named Oded was there. He met the Israelite army when it returned to Samaria and said to them, “The Lord, the God of your ancestors, handed Judah over to you, because he was angry with those people. But God has seen the cruel way you killed them.

Ezra 9:6

I prayed, “My God, I am too ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to you, my God, because our sins are so many. They are higher than our heads. Our guilt even reaches up to the sky.

Isaiah 37:37

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

Isaiah 58:1

The Lord says, “Shout out loud. Don’t hold back. Shout out loud like a trumpet. Tell my people what they have done against their God; tell the family of Jacob about their sins.

Jeremiah 20:9

Sometimes I say to myself, “I will forget about the Lord. I will not speak anymore in his name.” But then his message becomes like a burning fire inside me, deep within my bones. I get tired of trying to hold it inside of me, and finally, I cannot hold it in.

Ezekiel 2:7

But speak my words to them. They may listen, or they may not, because they turn against me.

Hosea 7:2

It never enters their minds that I remember all their evil deeds. The bad things they do are all around them; they are right in front of me.

Jonah 3:2

“Get up, go to the great city Nineveh, and preach to it what I tell you to say.”

Jonah 3:3

So Jonah obeyed the Lord and got up and went to Nineveh. It was a very large city; just to walk across it took a person three days.

Jonah 4:11

Then shouldn’t I show concern for the great city Nineveh, which has more than one hundred twenty thousand people who do not know right from wrong, and many animals, too?”

Micah 3:8

But I am filled with power, with the Spirit of the Lord, and with justice and strength, to tell the people of Jacob how they have turned against God, and the people of Israel how they have sinned.

Nahum 1:1

This is the message for the city of Nineveh. This is the book of the vision of Nahum, who was from the town of Elkosh.

Nahum 3:19

Nothing can heal your wound; your injury will not heal. Everyone who hears about you applauds, because everyone has felt your endless cruelty.

Matthew 10:18

Because of me you will be taken to stand before governors and kings, and you will tell them and the non-Jewish people about me.

Matthew 12:41

On the Judgment Day the people from Nineveh will stand up with you people who live now, and they will show that you are guilty. When Jonah preached to them, they were sorry and changed their lives. And I tell you that someone greater than Jonah is here.

James 5:4

The pay you did not give the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the workers have been heard by the Lord All-Powerful.

Revelation 18:5

Her sins have piled up as high as the sky, and God has not forgotten the wrongs she has done.