Reference: Nineveh
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NINEVEH (Assyrian Nin
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From that land he went forth into Assyria, and built Nineveh and Rehoboth-Ir and Calah,
"Behold, I am against you," declares the LORD of hosts "I will burn up her chariots in smoke, a sword will devour your young lions; I will cut off your prey from the land, and no longer will the voice of your messengers be heard."
"The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment, and will condemn it because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
"For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.
"The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.