Jonah 3 Cross References - NSB

¹ The word of Jehovah came to Jonah a second time: ² »Arise and go to the great city, Nineveh. Proclaim to it the proclamation I give you.« ³ So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. Nineveh was a very important and large city, a three days' walk [from one side to the other]. ⁴ Jonah began to enter into the city, a day's journey walking, and he shouted: »Nineveh will be overthrown in Forty days.« ⁵ The people of Nineveh believed God and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. ⁶ The news reached the king of Nineveh. He left his throne, and took off his robe and covered himself with sackcloth. Then he sat in ashes. ⁷ He made proclamation and published it in Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying: »Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not eat, nor drink water. ⁸ »Let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and beast. Let them sincerely call on God! Let them turn away each one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in his hands. ⁹ »Who knows whether God will turn back and change his mind, and turn away from his fierce anger that we will not perish?« ¹⁰ God saw their works! That they turned from their evil way. God turned back from the deed that he said he would do to them. He did not do it.

³ Early the next morning Abraham saddled his donkey. He took two of his servants and his son Isaac with him. He had cut the wood for the burnt offering. Then he set out for the place that God had told him about.

⁸ Rachel said: »I have struggled hard with my sister, and I have won!« So she named the boy Naphtali.

¹⁸ »At this time tomorrow, I will send a very heavy hail, such as has not been seen in Egypt from the day it was founded until now. ¹⁹ »Bring your livestock and whatever you have in the field to safety. Every man and beast that is found in the field and is not brought home will die from the hail.« ²⁰ The ones among the servants of Pharaoh who respected the word of Jehovah made his servants and his livestock flee into the houses. ²¹ He who paid no regard to the word of Jehovah left his servants and his livestock in the field.

¹⁴ So Jehovah changed his mind and did not bring disaster on his people as he threatened.

²² »If a prophet speaks in Jehovah’s name and what he says does not happen or come true, then it did not come from Jehovah. That prophet has spoken on his own authority. Never be afraid of him.’

²² David replied: »I fasted and cried while the child lived. I thought Jehovah might be gracious to me and let the child live.

²⁷ Elijah finished speaking. Ahab tore his clothes and took them off. He dressed in sackcloth. He refused food (fasted) and slept in the sackcloth. He was gloomy and depressed. ²⁸ Jehovah said to the prophet Elijah: ²⁹ »Have you noticed how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Since he has done this, I will not bring disaster on him during his lifetime. It will be during his son's lifetime that I will bring disaster on Ahab's family.«

¹ Hezekiah became ill and was about to die. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz said to him: »This is what Jehovah says: ‘Give final instructions to your household. You will not recover. You will die.’«

⁶ »I will add fifteen more years to your life. I will rescue you and defend this city from the control of the king of Assyria. I do this for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.«’«

³ Jehoshaphat was frightened and decided to ask for Jehovah’s help. He announced a fast throughout Judah.

²¹ Then I gave orders for a time of going without food, there by the Ahava River, so that we might make ourselves low before our God in prayer, requesting from him a safe journey for us and for our little ones and for all our substance.

¹ When Mordecai learned what had been done, he tore his clothes in anguish. Then he dressed in sackcloth, covered his head with ashes, and walked through the city, wailing loudly and bitterly, ² until he came to the entrance of the palace. He did not go in because no one wearing sackcloth was allowed inside. ³ Throughout all the provinces, wherever the king's proclamation was made known, there was loud mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, wailed, and most of them put on sackcloth and lay in ashes. ⁴ Esther's women and her servants came and gave her word of it. The queen’s grief was great indeed. She sent robes for Mordecai, so that his clothing of haircloth might be taken off; but he would not wear them.

⁸ Job took a piece of broken pottery to scratch his sores as he sat in the ashes.

⁶ »Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.«

²⁷ »He comes to men and says: ‘I sinned, and perverted what was right, but I did not get what I deserved.’ ²⁸ »He redeemed me from going down to the pit, and I will live to enjoy the light.

¹⁰ Listen you kings, be wise (show discernment) and be warned you rulers of the earth. ¹¹ Serve Jehovah with deep respect and rejoice with trembling. ¹² Kiss the Son, lest he be angry and you be destroyed in your way, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed (happy) are all who take refuge (put trust) in him.

⁶ Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are like great deep water. O Jehovah, you preserve man and beast.

¹⁰ Its shade covered the mountains. Its branches covered the mighty cedars.

⁴⁵ He remembered his promise to them. In keeping with his rich mercy, he changed his plans.

¹ Out of the depths of despair I have cried to you, O Jehovah. ² Jehovah, do hear my voice! Let your ears listen to the voice of my supplications.

¹⁶ »Wash yourselves! Become clean! Get your evil deeds out of my sight. Stop doing evil. ¹⁷ »Learn to do good (well) (right). Seek justice. Correct oppressors. Defend orphans. Plead the case of widows.« ¹⁸ »Come now, let us reason together (make things right) (correct matters) between us!« Says Jehovah. »Though your sins are like scarlet, they will become as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they will become as white as wool. ¹⁹ »If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best from the land.

⁶ Seek Jehovah while he may be found. Call on him while he is near. ⁷ Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to Jehovah, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.

⁶ »Is this not the fast I choose to loosen the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free and break every yoke?

⁶ Their webs cannot be used for clothes. They cannot cover themselves with their works for their works are evil. Their hands have committed acts of violence.

¹⁷ »Strengthen yourself, Jeremiah! Stand up, and say to them whatever I tell you to say. Do not be terrified in their presence, or I will make you even more terrified in their presence.

²⁶ O my people put on sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn as for an only son, a lamentation most bitter. For suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

¹⁸ Say to the king and his mother: »Come down from your thrones, because your crowns have fallen off your heads.«

¹⁹ Therefore Jehovah says: »If you return I will restore you. You will stand before me. If you extract the precious from the worthless, you will become my spokesman. They for their part may turn to you. But you must not turn to them.« ²⁰ »I will make you a fortified wall of copper to these people. Though they fight against you, they will not prevail over you. For I am with you to save you and deliver you, declares Jehovah. ²¹ »I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked. I will redeem you from the grasp of the cruel.«

⁷ »At one time I may threaten to tear up, break down, and destroy a nation or a kingdom. ⁸ »However if the nation that I threatened turns away from doing wrong. Then I will change my plans about the disaster I planned to do to it.

⁸ »However if the nation that I threatened turns away from doing wrong. Then I will change my plans about the disaster I planned to do to it. ⁹ »At another time I may promise to build and plant a nation or a kingdom. ¹⁰ »If that nation does what I consider evil and does not obey me I will change my mind about the good that I promised to do to it. ¹¹ »Now say to the people of Judah and to those who live in Jerusalem, This is what Jehovah says: ‘I am going to prepare a disaster and make a plot against you. Turn from your evil ways, change your lives, and do good.’

¹⁸ »I hear the people of Israel say in grief, ‘Jehovah, we were like an untamed animal, but you taught us to obey. Bring us back for we are ready to return to you, Jehovah our God. ¹⁹ »‘We turned away from you. But soon we wanted to return. After you had punished us we hung our heads in grief. We were ashamed and disgraced because we sinned when we were young.’« ²⁰ »Ephraim, O Ephraim my dear delightful son! Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him, I certainly still remember him. My heart yearns for him. I will surely have mercy on him,« declares Jehovah.

³⁴ »No longer will each person teach his neighbors or his relatives by saying: ‘Know Jehovah.’ »All of them, from the least important to the most important, will know me,« declares Jehovah. »I will forgive their wickedness and I will no longer hold (remember) their sins against them.«

⁹ In the ninth month of the fifth year of the reign of Jehoiakim, son of King Josiah of Judah, a time for fasting was called. It was a time for all the people in Jerusalem and for everyone who was coming from any city in Judah to Jerusalem to fast in Jehovah’s presence.

²⁹ Let him put his mouth in the dust for perhaps there exists hope.

¹ All the army leaders, including Johanan son of Kareah and Azariah son of Hoshaiah, came with people of every class.

⁸ I called together Johanan, all the army leaders who were with him, and all the other people.

⁷ »Speak my words to them whether they listen or not, because they are rebellious.

¹⁷ »Son of man, I have made you a watchman over the people of Israel. Listen to what I say, and warn them for me.

²¹ ‘»If the wicked man turns from all his sins and observes all my statutes and practices justice and righteousness, he shall live; he shall not die. ²² ‘»All his transgressions he has committed will not be remembered against him. He will live because of his righteousness he has practiced.’ ²³ ‘»Do I have any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord Jehovah, that he should turn from his ways and live? ²⁴ ‘»But suppose a righteous person turns away from doing right and he does evil things. He does all the disgusting things that the wicked person did. Will he live? All the right things that he has done will not be remembered because of his unfaithfulness and because of his sin. He will die because of them.

²⁷ ‘»When a wicked person turns away from the wicked things that he has done and does what is fair and right, he will live. ²⁸ ‘»He realized what he was doing and turned away from all the rebellious things that he had done. He will certainly live. He will not die.

³⁰ ‘»That is why I will judge each of you by what you have done, people of Israel, declares the Lord Jehovah. Change the way you think and act. (Repent!) Turn away from all the rebellious things that you have done so that you will not fall into sin. ³¹ ‘»Give up all the evil you have been doing. Get yourselves new minds and hearts. Why do you Israelites want to die? ³² ‘»I do not want anyone to die,’ says the Lord Jehovah. ‘Turn away from (repent of) your sins and live.’«

³⁰ »‘»And they will make their voice heard over you and will cry bitterly. They will cast dust on their heads and wallow in ashes. ³¹ »‘»They will make themselves bald for you and gird themselves with sackcloth. They will weep for you in bitterness and with painful mourning.

¹¹ Say to them: ‘»As I am alive!« Declares the Lord Jehovah. »I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked. Only that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back! Turn back from your evil ways! Why then will you die, O house of Israel?«’

²⁷ »Let my counsel be acceptable to you O King. Stop your sins by being righteous and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. May there be a lengthening of your prosperity.«

¹² »Even now,« said Jehovah, »turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning! ¹³ »Rip apart your heart, and not your garments. Turn to Jehovah your God! He is gracious and merciful. He is slow to anger and abundant in loving-kindness. He will turn back from doing harm.

¹³ »Rip apart your heart, and not your garments. Turn to Jehovah your God! He is gracious and merciful. He is slow to anger and abundant in loving-kindness. He will turn back from doing harm.

¹³ »Rip apart your heart, and not your garments. Turn to Jehovah your God! He is gracious and merciful. He is slow to anger and abundant in loving-kindness. He will turn back from doing harm. ¹⁴ »Who knows whether he will turn back, feel regret and leave a blessing behind him, a meal offering and a drink offering to Jehovah your God?

¹⁴ »Who knows whether he will turn back, feel regret and leave a blessing behind him, a meal offering and a drink offering to Jehovah your God? ¹⁵ »Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast and call a solemn assembly.

¹⁵ »Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast and call a solemn assembly. ¹⁶ »Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts. Let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

¹⁶ »Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts. Let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride out of her closet. ¹⁷ »Let the priests and the ministers of Jehovah weep between the Temple porch and the altar! Let them say: Spare your people, O Jehovah, and do not give reproach to your heritage. That the nations should rule over them and say among the peoples, ‘where is their God?«’

¹⁵ »Hate evil, and love good! Establish justice in the gate. It may be that Jehovah, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.«

³ Jehovah changed his mind about this. »It will not be,« said Jehovah.

⁶ Jehovah changed his mind concerning this: »This also will not be,« said the Lord Jehovah.

³ I looked to Jehovah God to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

¹⁴ »Sanctify a fast! Call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the House of Jehovah your God. Call out to Jehovah.

¹⁸ »How the beasts groan! The herds of cattle wander about because they have no pasture. The flocks of sheep suffer.

¹ Now the word of Jehovah came to Jonah the son of Amittai. He said: ² »Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and proclaim against her that Jehovah has seen their terrible wickedness.«

⁶ So the captain came to him, and said: »Why are you sleeping? Get up and call on your god. Perhaps your god will be concerned about us so that we will not perish.«

¹⁴ So they cried to Jehovah, and said: »We earnestly request that you, O Jehovah, do not let us perish because of this man. Do not allow the loss of innocent blood! For you, O Jehovah, have done as you pleased.«

³ So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. Nineveh was a very important and large city, a three days' walk [from one side to the other].

⁵ The people of Nineveh believed God and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

¹⁰ God saw their works! That they turned from their evil way. God turned back from the deed that he said he would do to them. He did not do it.

² He prayed to Jehovah: »I pray to you, O Jehovah, was this what I said, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I hurried to flee to Tarshish. Because I knew that you are a gracious God. You are merciful, slow to anger, abundant in loving kindness, and one who takes pity over calamity (tragedy) (catastrophe) (disaster).

¹⁰ »Do not announce it at Gath, Philistia. Do not weep or show grief. At the house of Ophrah (house of dust) roll in the dust!

¹³ »He will stretch out his hand (exercise his power) against the north, and destroy Assyria. He will make Nineveh a desolation. It will be barren like the desert wilderness. ¹⁴ »And herds will lie down in her midst, all the beasts of the nations. The pelican and the porcupine will lodge on the top of her pillars. Their voice will sing (hoot) (croak) in the windows. Desolation will be in the thresholds for he will lay bare that which is built with cedar. ¹⁵ »This is the joyous city that dwelled in security. She said in her heart, ‘I am! There is no one else!’ She has become an object of desolation, a place for wild animals to lie down in. Every one who passes by her will hiss, and wag his hand.«

⁴¹ »The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it. After all, they repented at the preaching of Jonah. Yet someone greater than Jonah is here.

⁸ »Bear fruit worthy of repentance!

²¹ »Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! If the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon that were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

²⁸ »What do you think? A man had two sons. He asked the first to work today in the vineyard. ²⁹ »The first son said in answer, ‘I will not.’ Later he changed his mind and went to work.

¹³ »Woe to you Chorazin! Woe to you Bethsaida! If the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

³² »The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation. They will condemn it for they repented at the preaching of Jonah and someone greater than Jonah is here now.

¹⁸ »I will go to my father and say: ‘Father I have sinned against God and against you. ¹⁹ »I am not fit to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired workers.’ ²⁰ »He went to his father. He was a long way from home when his father saw him. His heart filled with pity. He ran and threw his arms around his son and kissed him.

²⁰ »He went to his father. He was a long way from home when his father saw him. His heart filled with pity. He ran and threw his arms around his son and kissed him.

¹⁴ Later Jesus found him in the temple and told him: »Now that you are healed do not sin anymore and avoid worse things happening to you.«

¹⁵ When they had eaten Jesus said to Simon Peter: »Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?« He said: »Yes Lord; you know I have affection for you.« Jesus said to him: »Feed my lambs.« ¹⁶ He spoke to him a second time: »Simon, son of John, do you love me?« He replied: »Yes Lord, you know I have affection for you.« Then Jesus said: »Shepherd my sheep.« ¹⁷ The third time Jesus said to him: »Simon, son of John, do you have affection for me?« Peter was grieved. Because he said to him the third time, do you have affection for me? Peter replied: »Lord, you know all things; you know I have affection for you!« Jesus said to him: »Feed my sheep.«

¹⁹ »Repent therefore, and turn around, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times (seasons) of refreshing shall come from the presence of Jehovah. (Deuteronomy 18:18, 19)

¹⁰ They all listened to him, from the least to the greatest, saying: This man has great power from God.

²⁰ »I preached first to Damascus, and to Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the people of the nations, that they should repent and turn to God, and prove their repentance by deeds.

²⁵ »Be of good cheer. I believe God. It will happen just as he spoke to me.

²⁰ For the creation was subject to corruption, not by it’s own will but by reason of the one who subjected it on the basis of hope. ²¹ The creation will also be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. ²² For we know that the whole creation groans and is in pain together until now.

¹¹ Only Luke is with me. Take Mark with you, for he is useful to me for ministering.

¹ Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, and evidence of things not seen.

⁷ By faith Noah, being warned by God about things not seen as yet, moved with godly respect. He prepared an ark to save his house. By his faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that is according to faith.

⁹ Let the brother of humble circumstances glory in his high position (exaltation). ¹⁰ But the rich must be glad when God humbles them. This is because they will wither like wildflowers and pass away.

⁶ But he gives more grace. The scripture said, »God resists the proud, but gives grace (loving-kindness) to the humble.« ⁷ Be subject to God! Resist [Satan] the Devil and he will flee from you. ⁸ Draw close to God, and he will draw close to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded (uncertain) (doubter) (skeptic). ⁹ Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. ¹⁰ Humble yourselves in the presence of God, and he will exalt you.