Jonah 3:2
Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
Arise, goe vnto Nineueh that great citie, and preach vnto it the preaching that I bid thee.
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- Ezekiel 2:7Rank 1 from verse 2
- Jeremiah 1:17Rank 2 from verse 2
17¶ Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.
17¶ Thou therefore gird vp thy loynes, and arise and speake vnto them all that I commaund thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I ‖confound thee before them.
- Ezekiel 3:17Rank 5 from verse 2
- Jeremiah 15:19–21Rank 6 from verse 2
19¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.
20And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the Lord.
21And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.
19¶ Therfore thus saith the LORD; If thou returne, then will I bring thee againe, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them returne vnto thee, but returne not thou vnto them.
20**And I will make thee vnto this people a fenced brasen wall, and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not preuaile against thee: for I am with thee to saue thee, and to deliuer thee, sayth the LORD.
21And I will deliuer thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeeme thee out of the hand of the terrible.
- Matthew 3:8Rank 8 from verse 2
- Zephaniah 2:13–15Rank 9 from verse 2
13And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.
14And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.
15This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.
13And he wil stretch out his hand against the North, and destroy Assyria, and wil make Nineueh a desolation, and dry like a wildernes.
14And flocks shall lie downe in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the ‖Cormorant, and the Bitterne, shall *lodge in the ‖vpper lintels of it: their voice shal sing in the windowes, desolation shall be in the thresholds: ‖for he shall vncouer the Cedar worke.
15This is the reioycing citie that dwelt carelessely, that said in her heart, *I am, and there is none beside me: how is shee become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie downe in! euery one that passeth by her, shall hisse and wagge his hand.
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Jonah 3:2
1. To rise, stand, get up, or move upward from a lower, lying, seated, fallen, or inactive position. 2. To begin, emerge, appear, come into being, or come forward. 3. To take action, intervene, or undertake the stated work. 4. To rise from death; to return to life.
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To proclaim, announce, publish, declare, or teach a message openly.
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Sense 1: To command, direct, or request. Sense 2: To invite or call. Sense 3: To speak or pronounce a greeting, as in bid farewell or bid God speed.
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3:1AND the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
3:1¶ And the word of y e LORD came vnto Ionah the second time, saying;
3:2Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
3:2Arise, goe vnto Nineueh that great citie, and preach vnto it the preaching that I bid thee.
Selected passage3:3So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days’ journey.
3:3†So Ionah arose and went vnto Nineueh, according to the word of the LORD: now Nineueh was an exceeding great citie of three dayes iourney.
3:4And Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
3:4And Ionah began to enter into the citie a dayes iourney, and hee cryed, and said; Yet fourtie dayes, and Niniueh shalbe ouerthrowen.