Reference: Nineveh
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NINEVEH (Assyrian Nin
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From that land he went out [to] Assyria, and he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
Then Sennacherib king of Assyria set out and went and returned and lived in Nineveh.
"Look! I am against you!" {declares} Yahweh of hosts. "I will burn her chariots {with fire}; the sword will devour fierce lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth; the voice of your messengers will no longer be heard."
The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the proclamation of Jonah, and behold, [something] greater than Jonah [is] here!
For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also the Son of Man will be to this generation.
The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the proclamation of Jonah, and behold, [something] greater than Jonah [is] here!