Reference: Nineveh
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NINEVEH (Assyrian Nin
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from that land he hath gone out to Asshur, and buildeth Nineveh, even the broad places of the city, and Calah,
And Sennacherib king of Asshur journeyeth, and goeth, and turneth back, and dwelleth in Nineveh;
And journey, and go, and turn back doth Sennacherib king of Asshur, and dwelleth in Nineveh.
Lo, I am against thee, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, And I have burned in smoke its chariot, And thy young lions consume doth a sword, And I have cut off from the land thy prey, And not heard any more is the voice of thy messengers!
'Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, for they reformed at the proclamation of Jonah, and lo, a greater than Jonah here!
for as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also shall the Son of Man be to this generation.
'Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, because they reformed at the proclamation of Jonah; and lo, greater than Jonah here!