Jonah hated Nineveh; he did not want its reconciliation with God; he wanted its destruction. So, he sails away on a ship. When a storm comes, the crew and passengers pray to their gods for ...

Jonah hated Nineveh; he did not want its reconciliation with God; he wanted its destruction. So, he sails away on a ship. When a storm comes, the crew and passengers pray to their gods for ...

God then has the fish vomit Jonah up and again orders him to go to Nineveh, which he now does. He proclaims that in 40 days the city will be overturned, using the same verb used to describe what ...

British poet William Ernest Henley published a short poem that expressed one way to cope with life’s circumstances.  The poem ...

I believe that Jonah was in Nineveh in June of 763 BC during the total eclipse of the sun, which would help explain the remarkable response of the people of Nineveh. Jonah preaches at exactly the ...

The story: The prophet Jonah was sent by God’s command to save Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian Empire: “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim upon it” (Jonah 1: 2).

God sending Jonah to Nineveh would be like telling a modern-day rabbi to preach in Iran or Gaza. ... Jonah is the prophet we need today. Thomas J. Reese January 23, 2024.

Then he was obedient to God and he went to Nineveh to proclaim a message of repentance: And Jonah began to enter the city on the first day's walk. Then he cried out and said, "Yet forty days, and ...

Jonah* Mr. Nathan Sees a Figure in the Desert The Story. Jonah the prophet lived in the desert, daily companioned by such birds and beasts as lions, mice, gazelles and ravens, lying down at night ...

Jonah hurries to tell Nineveh that it’s doomed. But the city repents, and God forgives the people, which frustrates the prophet — after all, why all the drama if nothing was going to happen?

Today, Nineveh is marked by a stone and mudbrick wall encasing two large mounds, Tell Kuyunjiq and Tell Nabī Yūnus “Prophet Jonah," which date to 700 B.C. RELATED: Penn to rebury cranial remains of ...