Jonah 1:2 (KJV)

Passage

Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

Nearby Context

Jonah 1:1 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

Jonah 1:2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

Jonah 1:3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.

Jonah 1:4 But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "arise", "nineveh", "great", "city", "against", "wickedness", "come", and "before". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "arise" and "nineveh", 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 "But Jonah rose up to flee unto...", so "arise" and "nineveh" 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 "nineveh" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.