Jonah 3:2
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“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message that I give you.”
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But speak My words to them, whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.
Get yourself ready. Stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not be intimidated by them, or I will terrify you before them.
This time Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, in accordance with the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, requiring a three-day journey.
“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me.”
Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance.
Afterward, Jesus found the man at the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”
“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.