in order to confirm these days of Purim at their proper time just as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had established them and just as they had committed themselves and their descendants to the practices of fasting and lamentation.
Jonah 3:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach the message that I tell you.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach and cry out to it the preaching that I tell you. American Standard Version (1901) Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. Common English Bible “Get up and go to Nineveh, that great city, and declare against it the proclamation that I am commanding you.” Catholic Public Domain Version Rise, and go to Nineveh, the great city. And preach in it the preaching that I say to you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Arise, and go to Ninive the great city: and preach in it the preaching that I bid thee. |
in order to confirm these days of Purim at their proper time just as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had established them and just as they had committed themselves and their descendants to the practices of fasting and lamentation.
Moses told Aaron everything the Lord had sent him to say, and about all the signs he had commanded him to do.
‘Now, get ready. Stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not be intimidated by them or I will cause you to cower before them.
Then the Lord said to me: Do not say, ‘I am only a youth,’ for you will go to everyone I send you to and speak whatever I tell you.
Speak my words to them whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.
‘Son of man, I have made you a watchman over the house of Israel. When you hear a word from my mouth, give them a warning from me.
‘Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it because their evil has come up before me.’
Jonah got up and went to Nineveh according to the Lord’s command. Now Nineveh was an extremely great city, , a three-day walk.
After this, Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, ‘See, you are well. Do not sin any more, so that something worse doesn’t happen to you.’