Jonah 3:3 (DRB)

Passage

And Jonah arose, and went to Ninive, according to the word of the Lord: now Ninive was a great city of three days' journey.

Nearby Context

Jonah 3:1 And the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time saying:

Jonah 3:2 Arise, and go to Ninive, the great city: and preach in it the preaching that I bid thee.

Jonah 3:3 And Jonah arose, and went to Ninive, according to the word of the Lord: now Ninive was a great city of three days' journey.

Jonah 3:4 And Jonah began to enter into the city one day's journey: and he cried and said: Yet forty days and Ninive shall be destroyed.

Jonah 3:5 And the men of Ninive believed in God: and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jonah", "arose", "went", "ninive", "word", "lord", and "great". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jonah" and "arose", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "Arise and go to Ninive the great..." into verse 4's "And Jonah began to enter into the...", so "jonah" and "arose" 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 "jonah" and "arose" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.