Thematic Bible: Nineveh


Thematic Bible



This is the joyous city that lived carelessly, that said in her heart, "I am, and there is none besides me." How she has become a desolation, a place for animals to lie down in! Everyone who passes by her will hiss, and shake their fists. Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidencePride, Examples OfRidicule, Nature OfArrogant ExistenceAbasement, Examples OfHissingUnique NationsDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of Creatures

The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, someone greater than Jonah is here. Verse Conceptsevangelism, nature ofevangelists, identity ofPreaching, Effects OfGreatness Of ChristThe Final JudgementSigns Of RepentanceThe Dead Are RaisedJudgement

The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, one greater than Jonah is here. Verse Conceptsevangelism, nature ofevangelists, identity ofPreaching, Effects OfStandingGreatness Of ChristThe Final JudgementThe Dead Are Raised

The people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. The news reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. He made a proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, "Let neither man nor animal, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water; read more.
but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and animal, and let them cry mightily to God. Yes, let them turn everyone from his evil way, and from the violence that is in his hands. Who knows whether God will not turn and relent, and turn away from his fierce anger, so that we might not perish?"

Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried out, and said, "In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!" Verse ConceptsHeraldMissionaries, Task OfProphets, Role OfThe Number FortyForty DaysOne DayMore Than One Month

"Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach against it, for their wickedness has come up before me." Verse ConceptsMission, Of IsraelWitnessing, Importance Ofjonah

The word of Yahweh came to Jonah the second time, saying, "Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I give you."

This is the joyous city that lived carelessly, that said in her heart, "I am, and there is none besides me." How she has become a desolation, a place for animals to lie down in! Everyone who passes by her will hiss, and shake their fists. Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidencePride, Examples OfRidicule, Nature OfArrogant ExistenceAbasement, Examples OfHissingUnique NationsDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of Creatures

"Behold, I am against you," says Yahweh of Armies, "and I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show the nations your nakedness, and the kingdoms your shame. I will throw abominable filth on you, and make you vile, and will set you a spectacle. It will happen that all those who look at you will flee from you, and say, 'Nineveh is laid waste! Who will mourn for her?' Where will I seek comforters for you?"

So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and lived at Nineveh.

So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, went away, returned to Nineveh, and stayed there.

So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and lived at Nineveh. It happened, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esar Haddon his son reigned in his place.

So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, went away, returned to Nineveh, and stayed there. It happened, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons struck him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esar Haddon his son reigned in his place.

The noise of the whip, the noise of the rattling of wheels, prancing horses, and bounding chariots, Verse ConceptsNoiseWheelsWhipsAttacking With ChariotsSpeedWhippingBangsRumblingAutomobilesinvesting

He who dashes in pieces has come up against you. Keep the fortress! Watch the way! Strengthen your waist! Fortify your power mightily! For Yahweh restores the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel; for the destroyers have destroyed them, and ruined their vine branches. The shield of his mighty men is made red. The valiant men are in scarlet. The chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the pine spears are brandished. read more.
The chariots rage in the streets. They rush back and forth in the broad ways. Their appearance is like torches. They run like the lightnings.

For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly like dry stubble. Verse Conceptsdrunkards

You also will be drunken. You will be hidden. You also will seek a stronghold because of the enemy. Verse ConceptsNo EscapeGod Making Drunk

Thus says Yahweh: "Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even so they will be cut down, and he shall pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more. Verse ConceptsAliancesenemies, of Israel and JudahPeople Passing AwayMany EnemiesHow Death Is InevitableStrong PeopleGod Turned Back From Harming Them

the horseman mounting, and the flashing sword, the glittering spear, and a multitude of slain, and a great heap of corpses, and there is no end of the bodies. They stumble on their bodies, Verse ConceptsStumblingWarfare, Nature OfRiding HorsesSpeedPeople StumblingSparklingDeath

It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts. Verse ConceptsdovesPeople Stripping PeopleBeating OneselfBird SoundsPeople Carrying Live People

Yahweh has commanded concerning you: "No more descendants will bear your name. Out of the house of your gods, will I cut off the engraved image and the molten image. I will make your grave, for you are vile." Verse ConceptsThe DeadFalse ReligionExile, in assyriaTemples, HeathenDestruction Of Satan's WorksNames Blotted OutAbandoning Idols

"Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach against it, for their wickedness has come up before me." Verse ConceptsMission, Of IsraelWitnessing, Importance Ofjonah

"Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I give you." Verse ConceptsMission, Of IsraelMissionary Work, Examples OfMissionary Examplesjonah

The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved. Verse ConceptsThe Act Of OpeningOpening GatesCity GatesFear Of Other Things

But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. "Stop! Stop!" they cry, but no one looks back. Verse ConceptsPoolsCessationStopping StillPeoples Who FledPeople not returning

Jesus answered him, "Are you the teacher of Israel, and don't understand these things? Verse ConceptsInsightTeachers Of The LawIgnorance Towards God, Examples OfExperimental KnowledgeBeing Without Understanding

The woman said to him, "Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. From where then have you that living water? Verse ConceptsDullnessDeep ThingsDrawing WaterNot EquippedWomen's Strength

He will stretch out his hand against the north, destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as the wilderness. Herds will lie down in the midst of her, all the animals of the nations. Both the pelican and the porcupine will lodge in its capitals. Their calls will echo through the windows. Desolation will be in the thresholds, for he has laid bare the cedar beams. This is the joyous city that lived carelessly, that said in her heart, "I am, and there is none besides me." How she has become a desolation, a place for animals to lie down in! Everyone who passes by her will hiss, and shake their fists.

This is the joyous city that lived carelessly, that said in her heart, "I am, and there is none besides me." How she has become a desolation, a place for animals to lie down in! Everyone who passes by her will hiss, and shake their fists. Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidencePride, Examples OfRidicule, Nature OfArrogant ExistenceAbasement, Examples OfHissingUnique NationsDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of Creatures

Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah, Verse ConceptsAssyria, Facts Of

Now the word of Yahweh came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, "Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach against it, for their wickedness has come up before me."

But with an overflowing flood, he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness. What do you plot against Yahweh? He will make a full end. Affliction won't rise up the second time.

He will stretch out his hand against the north, destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as the wilderness. Herds will lie down in the midst of her, all the animals of the nations. Both the pelican and the porcupine will lodge in its capitals. Their calls will echo through the windows. Desolation will be in the thresholds, for he has laid bare the cedar beams. This is the joyous city that lived carelessly, that said in her heart, "I am, and there is none besides me." How she has become a desolation, a place for animals to lie down in! Everyone who passes by her will hiss, and shake their fists.

Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah, and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (the same is the great city).

Behold, your troops in your midst are women. The gates of your land are set wide open to your enemies. The fire has devoured your bars. Verse ConceptsFeeblenessPowerlessnessEffeminacyThe Act Of OpeningOpening GatesWeak WomenLocks And BarsWomen's Strength

Yet was she carried away. She went into captivity. Her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets, and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples ofChainsNoblesPeople Cut In PiecesExiled ForeignersStriking To DeathTragedy On The StreetsChildren Suffering

Yahweh has commanded concerning you: "No more descendants will bear your name. Out of the house of your gods, will I cut off the engraved image and the molten image. I will make your grave, for you are vile." Verse ConceptsThe DeadFalse ReligionExile, in assyriaTemples, HeathenDestruction Of Satan's WorksNames Blotted OutAbandoning Idols

You have increased your merchants more than the stars of the skies. The grasshopper strips, and flees away. Verse ConceptsTradeCommerceThings StrippedPeople MultiplyingThose Flying

Shouldn't I be concerned for Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred twenty thousand persons who can't discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much livestock?" Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forCityLack Of DiscernmentImmaturityAnimal LifeWorldlinessAnimals, Care ForAnimals, God's Care OfOne Hundred Thousand And MoreGod Will Show MercyIgnorant Of Factsempathyjonah

All your fortresses will be like fig trees with the first-ripe figs: if they are shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater. Verse ConceptsFortressesFig treeMouthsThings ShakingEating With MouthsThings Falling

Yahweh has commanded concerning you: "No more descendants will bear your name. Out of the house of your gods, will I cut off the engraved image and the molten image. I will make your grave, for you are vile." Verse ConceptsThe DeadFalse ReligionExile, in assyriaTemples, HeathenDestruction Of Satan's WorksNames Blotted OutAbandoning Idols

Take the spoil of silver. Take the spoil of gold, for there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture. Verse ConceptsPlunderingAmassing SilverGold TransferredGetting Rich


because of the multitude of the prostitution of the alluring prostitute, the mistress of witchcraft, who sells nations through her prostitution, and families through her witchcraft. Verse ConceptsProstitutionNakednessmagicwitchesmistress

So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of Yahweh. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days' journey across. Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesBig Thingsjonah

"Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach against it, for their wickedness has come up before me." Verse ConceptsMission, Of IsraelWitnessing, Importance Ofjonah

Take the spoil of silver. Take the spoil of gold, for there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture. Verse ConceptsPlunderingAmassing SilverGold TransferredGetting Rich


Shouldn't I be concerned for Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred twenty thousand persons who can't discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much livestock?" Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forCityLack Of DiscernmentImmaturityAnimal LifeWorldlinessAnimals, Care ForAnimals, God's Care OfOne Hundred Thousand And MoreGod Will Show MercyIgnorant Of Factsempathyjonah

Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried out, and said, "In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!" Verse ConceptsHeraldMissionaries, Task OfProphets, Role OfThe Number FortyForty DaysOne DayMore Than One Month