Bible Chapter Summary
Jonah 3 Summary
Jonah Preaches and Nineveh Repents
The Lord speaks to Jonah a second time, commanding him to go to Nineveh and preach the preaching the Lord bids him speak. Jonah obeys and enters the great city, crying that in forty days Nineveh shall be overthrown. The people of Nineveh believe God, proclaim a fast, and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least. The king arises from his throne, removes his robe, covers himself with sackcloth, and sits in ashes. By royal decree, all people and beasts are commanded to cry mightily to God and turn from their evil ways. God sees their works and repents of the evil He had threatened, choosing not to destroy the city.
Key themes
Key verses
Jonah 3:1
“And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying,”
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 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.”
Jonah 3:10
“And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.”
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