Jonah 1:2 (YLT)

Passage

`Rise, go unto Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim against it that their wickedness hath come up before Me.'

Nearby Context

Jonah 1:1 And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jonah son of Amittai, saying:

Jonah 1:2 `Rise, go unto Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim against it that their wickedness hath come up before Me.'

Jonah 1:3 And Jonah riseth to flee to Tarshish from the face of Jehovah, and goeth down <FI>to<Fi> Joppa, and findeth a ship going <FI>to<Fi> Tarshish, and he giveth its fare, and goeth down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the face of Jehovah.

Jonah 1:4 And Jehovah hath cast a great wind on the sea, and there is a great tempest in the sea, and the ship hath reckoned to be broken;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "rise", "nineveh", "great", "city", "proclaim", "against", "wickedness", and "hath". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "rise" and "nineveh", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "And there is a word of Jehovah..." into verse 3's "And Jonah riseth to flee to Tarshish...", so "rise" 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 "rise" and "nineveh" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.