Reference: Nineveh
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NINEVEH (Assyrian Nin
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He went forth out of that land into Assyria, and built Nineveh, and Rehoboth-ir, and Calah,
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
Behold, I am against thee, says LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions. And I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be hear
The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.
For as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also the Son of man will be to this generation.
The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.