Jonah 1:2 (DRB)

Passage

Arise and go to Ninive, the great city, and preach in it: For the wickedness thereof is come up before me.

Nearby Context

Jonah 1:1 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah, the son of Amathi, saying:

Jonah 1:2 Arise and go to Ninive, the great city, and preach in it: For the wickedness thereof is come up before me.

Jonah 1:3 And Jonah rose up to flee into Tharsis from the face of the Lord, and he went down to Joppe, and found a ship going to Tharsis: and he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them to Tharsis from the face of the Lord,

Jonah 1:4 But the Lord sent a great wind to the sea: and a great tempest was raised in the sea, and the ship was in danger to be broken.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "arise", "ninive", "great", "city", "preach", "wickedness", "thereof", and "come". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "arise" and "ninive", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "Now the word of the Lord came..." into verse 3's "And Jonah rose up to flee into...", so "arise" and "ninive" belong inside that flow. In Jonah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "arise" and "ninive" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.