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Jonah 3:2

New International Reader's Version

“Go to the great city of Nineveh. Announce to its people the message I give you.”

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The letters established the days of Purim at their appointed times. They spoke about what Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had ordered the people to do. Everything should be done in keeping with the directions the Jews had set up for themselves and their children after them. The directions applied to their times of fasting and sadness.

Then Moses told Aaron everything the Lord had sent him to say. Moses also told him about all the signs the Lord had commanded him to do.

“So get ready! Stand up! Tell them everything I command you to. Do not let them terrify you. If you do, I will terrify you in front of them.

But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I’m too young.’ You must go to everyone I send you to. You must say everything I command you to say.

You must give them my message. They might listen, or they might not. After all, they refuse to obey me.

The Lord said, “Son of man, I have appointed you as a prophet to warn the people of Israel. So listen to my message. Give them a warning from me.

“Go to the great city of Nineveh. Preach against it. The sins of its people have come to my attention.”

A message from the Lord came to Jonah a second time. The Lord said,

Jonah obeyed the Lord. He went to Nineveh. It was a very large city. In fact, it took about three days to go through it.

Live in a way that shows you have turned away from your sins.

Later Jesus found him at the temple. Jesus said to him, “See, you are well again. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”




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