Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city - The Assyrian history, as far as it has been discovered until now, is very lacking in events regardin…

Nineveh, that great city.— The size of Nineveh is throughout the book brought into prominent notice. ([Reference Jonah 4:…

Observe the misconduct of the prophet Jonah. He had a plain command from the Lord, and he knew it to be a command; but he felt that the commission …

As I have previously observed, Jonah seems here indirectly to imply that he had been previously called to the office of a teacher; for it is the sa…

Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city
That is, arise from the place where he was, and leave the business he was abou…

It is sad to think how much sin is committed in great cities. Their wickedness, like that of Nineveh, is a bold and open affront to God. Jonah must…