Jonah 1:2 - Easy To Read Version2 ”Nineveh {\cf2\super [2]} is a big city. I have heard about the many evil things people are doing there. So go to that city and tell the people to stop doing those bad things.” Féach an chaibidilTuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 17692 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. Féach an chaibidilAmplified Bible - Classic Edition2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me. [Gen. 10:11, 12.] Féach an chaibidilAmerican Standard Version (1901)2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. Féach an chaibidilCommon English Bible2 “Get up and go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it, for their evil has come to my attention.” Féach an chaibidilCatholic Public Domain Version2 Rise and go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach in it. For its malice has ascended before my eyes. Féach an chaibidilDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version2 Arise, and go to Ninive the great city, and preach in it: for the wickedness thereof is come up before me. Féach an chaibidil |
But one of the Lord’s prophets was there. This prophet was named Oded. Oded met the Israelite army that came back to Samaria. Oded said to the Israelite army, “The Lord God your ancestors {\cf2\super [324]} obeyed let you defeat the people of Judah because he was angry at them. You killed and punished the people of Judah in a very mean way. Now God is angry at you.
Sometimes I say to myself,\par “I will forget about the Lord.\par I will not speak any more\par in the name of the Lord!”\par But when I say that,\par then the Lord’s message is like a fire\par burning inside of me!\par It feels like it is burning\par deep in my bones!\par I get tired of trying to hold\par the Lord’s message inside of me.\par And finally, I am not able to hold it in.\par
On the judgment day, you people that live now will be compared with the people from Nineveh, {\cf2\super [180]} and they will be witnesses to show that you are wrong (guilty). Why? Because when Jonah preached to those people, they changed their hearts and lives. And you are listening to someone greater than Jonah, \{but you refuse to change\}!