Jonah 1:2
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.”
קוּם
To arise, to stand up, to establish. Quwm. Arise shine for your light has come. God calls His people to get up. Passivity is not the posture of those who carry His glory.
רַע
wickedness/ their
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רַע
Evil, wicked, bad. Ra. The LORD will keep you from all evil. Not just some evil or most evil. All evil. His protection matches His power.
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עָלָה
it has come up
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עָלָה
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
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עַל
on/ it
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עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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נִינְוֵה
Nineveh
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נִינְוֵה
Nineveh, the capital of Assyria
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