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God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. God repented of the evil which he said he would do to them, and he didn`t do it.
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More Than Sackcloth
Commentators emphasize that God saw the Ninevites' "works," which meant they genuinely "turned from their evil way." Their repentance was not just an outward show of fasting and sackcloth, but a true change of heart that resulted in a changed life. This is the kind of repentance God responds to.
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Jonah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And God saw their works – “He did not then first see them; He did not then first see their sackcloth when they covered themselves with it. H…
19th Century
Anglican
And God repented. —See Note, Genesis 6:6.
And he did it not. —As we are entir…
Baptist
There is no change in God, absolutely considered, but there is often an apparent change: what he threatens while people remain in sin is not execut…
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16th Century
Protestant
Jonah now says that the Ninevites obtained pardon through their repentance: and this is an example worthy of being observed, for from this we learn…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And God saw their words, that they turned from their evil way, &c.] Not their outward works, in putting on sackcloth and …
There was a wonder of Divine grace in the repentance and reformation of Nineveh. It condemns the people of the gospel generation ([Reference Matthe…
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