Quotes about Nineveh
and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.
— Genesis 10:12
It was when Jonas was traveling as fast as he could away from Nineveh, toward Tharsis, that he was thrown overboard, and swallowed by a whale who took him where God wanted him to go.
— Thomas Merton
“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message that I give you.”
— Jonah 3:2
On the first day of his journey, Jonah set out into the city and proclaimed, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned!”
— Jonah 3:4
The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.
— Matthew 12:41
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.
— Jonah 3:3
When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
— Jonah 3:6
Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let no man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink.
— Jonah 3:7
Nineveh has been like a pool of water throughout her days, but now it is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.
— Nahum 2:8
And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert.
— Zephaniah 2:13
So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
— 2 Kings 19:36
So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
— Isaiah 37:37