1 И҆ бы́сть сло́во гдⷭ҇не ко і҆ѡ́нѣ втори́цею гл҃ѧ: 2 воста́ни и҆ и҆дѝ въ нїнеѵі́ю гра́дъ вели́кїй, и҆ проповѣ́ждь въ не́мъ по про́повѣди пре́ждней, ю҆́же а҆́зъ гл҃ахъ тебѣ̀. 3 И҆ воста̀ і҆ѡ́на и҆ и҆́де въ нїнеѵі́ю, ꙗ҆́коже гл҃а гдⷭ҇ь. Нїнеѵі́а же бѧ́ше гра́дъ вели́къ бг҃ꙋ, ꙗ҆́кѡ ше́ствїѧ пꙋтѝ трїе́хъ дні́й. 4 И҆ нача́тъ і҆ѡ́на входи́ти во гра́дъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ ше́ствїе пꙋтѝ днѐ є҆ди́нагѡ, и҆ проповѣ́да и҆ речѐ: є҆щѐ трѝ дни̑, и҆ нїнеѵі́а преврати́тсѧ. 5 И҆ вѣ́роваша мꙋ́жїе нїнеѵі́йстїи бг҃ови, и҆ заповѣ́даша по́стъ, и҆ ѡ҆блеко́шасѧ во врє́тища ѿ вели́ка и҆́хъ да́же до ма́ла и҆́хъ. 6 И҆ до́йде сло́во ко царю̀ нїнеѵі́йскомꙋ, и҆ воста̀ съ престо́ла своегѡ̀ и҆ све́рже ри̑зы своѧ̑ съ себє̀, и҆ ѡ҆блече́сѧ во вре́тище и҆ сѣ́де на пе́пелѣ. 7 И҆ проповѣ́дасѧ и҆ рече́но бы́сть въ нїнеѵі́и ѿ царѧ̀ и҆ вельмо́жъ є҆гѡ̀ глаго́лющихъ: человѣ́цы и҆ ско́ти, и҆ воло́ве и҆ ѻ҆́вцы да не вкꙋ́сѧтъ ничесѡ́же, ни да пасꙋ́тсѧ, нижѐ воды̀ да пїю́тъ. 8 И҆ ѡ҆блеко́шасѧ во врє́тища человѣ́цы и҆ ско́ти и҆ возопи́ша прилѣ́жнѡ къ бг҃ꙋ, и҆ возврати́сѧ кі́йждо ѿ пꙋтѝ своегѡ̀ лꙋка́вагѡ и҆ ѿ непра́вды сꙋ́щїѧ въ рꙋка́хъ и҆́хъ, глаго́люще: 9 кто̀ вѣ́сть, а҆́ще раска́етсѧ и҆ ᲂу҆моле́нъ бꙋ́детъ бг҃ъ, и҆ ѡ҆брати́тсѧ ѿ гнѣ́ва ꙗ҆́рости своеѧ̀, и҆ не поги́бнемъ; 10 И҆ ви́дѣ бг҃ъ дѣла̀ и҆́хъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ ѡ҆брати́шасѧ ѿ пꙋті́й свои́хъ лꙋка́выхъ, и҆ раска́ѧсѧ бг҃ъ ѡ҆ ѕлѣ̀, є҆́же гл҃аше сотвори́ти и҆̀мъ, и҆ не сотворѝ.
Jonah · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Jonah 3 Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
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Notes on this text (3)
- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
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Nineveh
Capital of the brutal Assyrian Empire. Jonah's reluctant mission brought it to repentance; Nahum later prophesied its fall, which came in 612 BC.
Cited in the guide: Jonah 3:3; Nahum 1:1; 2 Kings 19:36
Cross references (10)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jonah 1:1
- 2 Jeremiah 1:17; Ezekiel 2:7; Jonah 3:3; Jonah 1:2; John 5:14
- 3 Matthew 21:28–29; Psalm 80:10; Genesis 22:3
- 4 Deuteronomy 18:22; Jeremiah 18:7–10; 2 Kings 20:1; Jonah 3:10; 2 Kings 20:6
- 5 Luke 11:32; Daniel 9:3; Matthew 12:41; Joel 2:12–17; 2 Chronicles 20:3
- 6 James 4:6–10; Esther 4:1–4; Job 2:8; Daniel 9:3; Luke 10:13
- 7 2 Chronicles 20:3; Joel 2:15–16; Joel 1:18; Jonah 3:5; Ezra 8:21
- 8 Isaiah 59:6; Isaiah 55:6–7; Jonah 1:6; Jonah 1:14; Ezekiel 18:21–24
- 9 2 Samuel 12:22; Joel 2:13–14; Psalm 106:45; Jonah 1:6; Luke 15:18–20
- 10 Jeremiah 18:8; 1 Kings 21:27–29; Exodus 32:14; Amos 7:6; Luke 15:20
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… wrought in Jonah's case, as the Scripture says of them, "And they returned each from his evil way, and the unrighteousness which was in their hands, saying, Who knoweth if God will repent, and turn away His anger from us, and we shall not perish?" --so also, from the beginning, did God permit man to be swallowed up by the …
But some one may say, "How shall I know whether the prophet Jonah said to the Ninevites, Yet three days and Nineveh shall be overthrown,' or forty days?" For who does not see that the prophet could not say both, when he was sent to terrify the city by the threat of imminent ruin?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)