FAMOUS WHINERS of the BIBLE ~ JONAH 3

God Speaks a Second Time

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Jonah, this is the second time I'm telling you to go to Nineveh and proclaim my message.

"Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying,  “Go to Nineveh the great city and declare to it the message which I am going to tell you.”  Jonah 3:1-2  AMP

Jonah proclaimed God's message: "You have 40 days to get right with God, before the city will be overthrown."

"So Jonah went to Nineveh in accordance with the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three days’ walk [about sixty miles in circumference]. Then on the first day’s walk, Jonah began to go through the city, and he called out and said, “Forty days more [remain] and [then] Nineveh will be overthrown!”  Jonah 3:3-4  AMP

People of Nineveh believed God's message.

"The people of Nineveh believed and trusted in God; and they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth [in penitent mourning], from the greatest even to the least of them.         Jonah 3:5  AMP

Jonah's message reaches the king.

"When word reached the king of Nineveh [of Jonah’s message from God], he rose from his throne, took off his robe, covered himself with sackcloth and sat in the dust [in repentance].  Jonah 3:6  AMP

King makes a proclamation for fasting and repentance.

"He issued a proclamation and it said, “In Nineveh, by the decree of the king and his nobles: No man, animal, herd, or flock is to taste anything. They are not to eat or drink water. But both man and animal must be covered with sackcloth; and every one is to call on God earnestly and forcefully that each may turn from his wicked way and from the violence that is in his hands. Who knows, God may turn [in compassion] and relent and withdraw His burning anger (judgment) so that we will not perish.”              Jonah 3:7-9  AMP

God spared Nineveh when they turned away from their wickedness.

"When God saw their deeds, that they turned from their wicked way, then God [had compassion and] relented concerning the disaster which He had declared that He would bring upon them. And He did not do it.                               Jonah 3:10  AMP (Amplified Bible)