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Jonah
Feature Pages(3)
- FeatureJonah — the Study GuideA prophet commissioned to preach mercy to Israel's enemy flees instead, is pursued and delivered by the God whose mercy he resents, and is angrier at Nineveh's repentance than he ever was at his own storm. The descent, the deliverance, the mirrored commissions, and the sign Jesus gave His generation.
- FeatureThe Sign of JonahAsked for a sign, Jesus gives exactly one: Jonah's own three days and three nights, pointing forward to His own three days in the heart of the earth — and a second edge: a greater than Jonah is here, and this generation will not repent even at the greater sign.
- FeatureNahum — the Study GuideThe sequel to Jonah: the city that repented is judged a century and a half later. God who is slow to anger and will not at all acquit the wicked, the siege of Nineveh in the most kinetic battle poetry in the Twelve, and the comfort promised to the oppressed — a stronghold in the day of trouble.
Verses(5+)
- VerseJonah 4:1Jonah, however, was greatly displeased, and he became angry.
- VerseJonah 2:1From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God,
- VerseJonah 3:1Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time:
- VerseJonah 1:1Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying,
- VerseJonah 2:10And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
People(2)
- PersonJonahThe prophet who fled his commission, prayed from the fish's belly, preached Nineveh's overthrow, and sulked at its mercy — the sign Jesus claimed for his own death and…
- PersonNahumThe Elkoshite (Nah 1:1), prophet of the burden of Nineveh — the sequel to Jonah: the city spared once, destroyed in 612 BC. His name means comfort. Hometown Elkosh disputed…
Places(2)
- PlaceNinevehThe great city of Assyria, three days' journey across, that repented in sackcloth at Jonah's preaching — and a century later fell under Nahum's burden, "the bloody city."
- PlaceAssyriaMesopotamian empire whose capital Nineveh repented at Jonah's preaching and fell to Nahum's burden in 612 BC; the rod of God's anger against the northern kingdom (722 BC).
Manuscripts(1)
Words (Strong's)(3)
Themes(3)
- ThemeJudgmentJudgment in Scripture is not a stray topic but a load-bearing theme, running from Eden to the lake of fire. It begins with a question, not a threat: Abraham asks whether the…
- ThemeGraceGrace is God's unearned favor. The Hebrew word for it is *chen* — a gift given because the giver is gracious, not because the receiver has earned it — and it is *chen* that the…
- ThemeMercyMercy in Scripture is not a mood God occasionally feels but a self-disclosed name. When the LORD passes before Moses on Sinai and proclaims who He is, the first words out are…
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Authors(2)
- AuthorVerecundus of JuncaVerecundus was bishop of Junca, a town in the African province of Byzacena, in the sixth century. He died at Chalcedon in 552. His life ran into the Three Chapters controversy…
- AuthorGregory of NazianzusGregory was born about 329 at Arianzus, near the town of Nazianzus in Cappadocia. His father, also Gregory, had belonged to an odd Jewish-pagan sect before his wife Nonna…