§ 3. The Ninevites hearken to the cry of Jonah, believe in God, and repent.
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Jonah 3:5-9
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commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jonah 3:1-10Part III. JONAH'S PREACHING IN NINEVEH; THE REPENTANCE OF THE NINEVITES.Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jonah 3:1-10EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jonah 3:4-10A heathen city in sackcloth. Let us try to realize the scene. An Eastern city sleeps in the rosy morning light. Its moated ramparts tower a hundred feet in air, and, dotted with fifteen hundred lofty towers, sweep aroun…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Jonah 3:5-10There was a wonder of Divine grace in the repentance and reformation of Nineveh. It condemns the men of the gospel generation, Mt 12:41. A very small degree of light may convince men that humbling themselves before God,…Matthew HenrycommentaryNineveh's Repentance. (b. c. 840.)NINEVEH'S REPENTANCE. (B. C. 840.) Here is I. A wonder of divine grace in the repentance and reformation of Nineveh, upon the warning given them of their destruction approaching. Verily I say unto you, we have not found…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jonah 3:5Believed God; believed in God, which implies trust and hope; Vulgate, crediderunt in Deum. They recognized Jonah as God's messenger; they recognized God's power as able to execute the threat, and they had confidence in…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jonah 3:5-9The repentance of Nineveh. "So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them," etc. Here is Jonah in Nineveh alone against the world…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jonah 3:5National repentance. No doubt repentance is an individual exercise of heart; yet when the bulk of a community is pervaded by similar sentiments, it may be a national exercise also. Such seems to have been the case with…Joseph S. Exell and contributors