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Jonah 3:4 Cross-References
Explore 5 cross-references for Jonah 3:4 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jonah chapter 3 verse 4 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.”
Jonah 3:4 (KJV)
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Commentary on Jonah 3:4
And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. Jonah's message is shockingly brief—only five words in Hebrew: od arba'im yom veNineveh nehpakhet (עוֹד אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם וְנִינְוֵה נֶהְפָּכֶת). No explanation, no call to repentance, no offer of mercy—just stark announcement of imminent destruction."Forty days" (arba'im yom) establishes a divine timeline. The number forty frequently appears in Scripture as a period of testing, judgment, or probation: the flood rains (Genesis 7:12), Moses on Sinai (Exodus 24:18), Isr...
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Cross-References for Jonah 3:4
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“and concerning a kingdom”
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“and said to him”
“that they turned from their evil way. God relented of the disaster which he said he would do to them”