God sees who turn from their evil ways, and who do not. Thus he spared Nineveh. We read of no sacrifices offered to God to make atonement for sin; but a broken ...

God may turn towards us, change his purpose, and save us alive. While there is life there is hope; God has no pleasure in the death of sinners; he is gracious ...

That knows the ways of repentance, he will return, as Kimchi and Ben Melech; or that knows that he has sinned, as Aben Ezra.

The king and the people of Nineveh respond positively to Jonah's message. They abandon their evil behavior and turn to God.

Who knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish.

David Guzik commentary on Jonah 3 describes the ministry of the prophet, who preaches repentance in Nineveh, which causes the city to repent.

4 дек. 2001 г. · God pitied the Ninevites. Most of the forty occurrences of this word refer to turning to God from sin.

This chapter's pivotal moment emphasizes not just the repentance of the Ninevites but also Jonah's internal struggle with God's compassion towards them.

In Jonah 3:9, the king hopes that God will repent in response to the repentance of Nineveh. But does God repent? What is repentance? Listen now to find out.

Who knows, God may turn and relent, and turn from His burning anger so that we will not perish.' - What is the meaning of Jonah 3:9?