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Arise, go. Contrast "rose up to flee" (Jon_1:3).
Nineveh. Op. Gen_10:11, Gen_10:12. Mentioned again in Jon_8:2, Jon_8:3; Jon_4:11. The capital of Assyria, on the left bank of the Tigris. Called first Nina, from the patron goddess of the city; of Babylonian origin; founded by a colony from Nina in South Babylonia (see Records of the Past, vol. iv, part ii, p. 61). Khammurabi, 1915 B.C. (on Companion Bible dating), code iv, pp. 60-62, spells it Ni-nu-a. Excavations reveal "the mound of Nebi- Yunus crowned by the tomb of Jonah, which could not then be explored" (see Art. "Nineveh" in the Encycl. Brit., 11th (Cambridge) edition, 1911).
cry against it. Not whisper or speak softly, but cry, as making a general proclamation. Hebrew kara'. Compare Jdg_7:3, Jdg_7:20. Isa_58:1. Joe_3:9. Amo_4:5, &c. Compare also verses: Jon_1:2, Jon_1:6, Jon_1:2.
their wickedness. Nineveh was noted for violence and cruelty of all kinds, recorded in its own bas-reliefs, &c. (seven Nah_2:8-13). (Ref, to Pentateuch (Gen_18:20, Gen_18:21).
wickedness. Hebrew, plural of ra'a'. App-44.