 | Alexander Taylor (of Muthill.) - Bible - 1860 - 226 pages
...we shall give it as recorded. " Kow the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it ; for their wickedness is come up before me. But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa ; and... | |
 | Edward Gomersall Charlesworth - 1861 - 176 pages
...He sends a preacher of warning. " The Word of the Lord came unto Jonah, the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it, for their wickedness is come up before me." It seems that Jonah did not relish the mission : it was neither pleasant nor safe, or likely in its... | |
 | John Foster - Sermons, English - 1861 - 412 pages
...HISTORY OF JONAH. JONAH i. — iv. " Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it, for their wickedness is come up before me. Hut Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish," &c. A PART of the history of the prophet Jonah has just been... | |
 | Edward Cooper - 1862 - 206 pages
...the address itself is striking. " The word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it: for their wickedness is come up before me." But Jonah obeyed not the command. Alarmed at the difficulties of the office imposed on him, he refused... | |
 | Joseph Hall - Theology - 1863 - 644 pages
...and God shall challenge to himself the right and protection of his kingdom of Israel. JONAH. I. 2. " Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against...it ; for their wickedness is come up before me."] — Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city of the Assyrians, and denounce my judgments against it ; for... | |
 | Samuel Davies - Presbyterian Church - 1864 - 664 pages
...destruction upon them. This is mentioned as the cause of the divine displeasure in Jonah's commission. Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it : for their wickedness is come up before me. Jonah i. 2. Their wickedness has reached to heaven; and can no longer be endured. But before the fatal... | |
 | 1864 - 302 pages
...Repentance of the people of Nineveh. '"The word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying, ! 'Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.' 3So Jonah arose and went, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city... | |
 | Christian seasons - 1864 - 592 pages
...both its suddenness and severity: " The word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before Mef." Its suddenness must have greatly startled him. There seems to have been no note of preparation.... | |
 | Ellen Henrietta Ranyard - Bible - 1865 - 620 pages
...Assyria looms again before our eyes, as " the word of the Lord came to Jonah, the son of Amittai, saying, Arise ! go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it ; for their wickedness is come up before Me." A most unusual commission for a Jewish prophet ; and it was not the first that had been given to him,... | |
 | 1865 - 570 pages
...character we would name as an instance of the Lord's forbearing mercy is Jonah, who was commanded to go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it, " for their wickedness is come up before me," said the Lord. We would ask you to observe how different the conduct of Jonah was to that of Abraham.... | |
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Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. 
