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Jonah 3:5 Cross-References
Explore 16 cross-references for Jonah 3:5 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jonah chapter 3 verse 5 to related passages throughout the Bible.
Nineveh Repents
“So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.”
Jonah 3:5 (KJV)
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Commentary on Jonah 3:5
So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. The response is immediate and total. The Hebrew vaya'aminu anshei Nineveh be'Elohim vayyiqre'u-tzom vayyilbeshu saqqim miggdolam ve'ad-qetanam (וַיַּאֲמִינוּ אַנְשֵׁי נִינְוֵה בֵּאלֹהִים וַיִּקְרְאוּ־צוֹם וַיִּלְבְּשׁוּ שַׂקִּים מִגְּדוֹלָם וְעַד־קְטַנָּם) describes unprecedented revival."The people of Nineveh believed God" (vaya'aminu anshei Nineveh be'Elohim) uses aman (אָמַן), the root meaning to believe, trust, or have faith—the same verb describing Abrah...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Jonah 3:5
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“and will condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah”
“to seek by prayer and petitions”
“and will condemn it”
“turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.”
“and all the inhabitants of the land”
“and set himself to seek to Yahweh; and he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.”
“tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail”
“and every man his brother”
“from the least to the greatest”
“proof of things not seen.”